chsdbacks Chapter 41 The People Who Ran Out
Chapter 41 The People Who Ran Out
"So...do we need to kill Quaid to escape?"
Following the clues Lizzie had given her, Tian Tian continued to ponder, "Or... should we kill Kurt too?"
"Then we need to find all of Sergei's rings. That's easy; we're only missing Joe's." Tian Tian rattled off a whole bunch of things in one breath.
Lizzie also shared her thoughts: "In my opinion, killing Quaid and Kurt is not the key to our escape."
The most important thing is to get these three rings out of prison.
After all, Su Zixu said that this was Lawson's obsession.
I think the solution to this dream is to fulfill Lawson's wish.
"I will give them the painting tomorrow morning. I will leave the task of killing Kurt to them. After all, the Night Owl goes to their place every night, so it seems that it is looking for Kurt."
As for Quaid... I'll see how it goes."
Tian Tian took out the oil painting and gestured to Lizzie, but did not unfold it. She was worried that seeing the oil painting would have bad consequences for Lizzie, such as entering the painting.
"Tian Tian, you should get some rest tonight."
"Tonight, Old Zeng and Ron are going to sneak off to the playground to get Joe's ring."
Lizzie interrupted Tian Tian and began to explain the action plan for tonight.
"night?!"
Tian Tian felt that this plan was somewhat risky.
"Su Zixu said he had seen the last ring on Zhalan's hand, but he didn't pay attention to it at the time."
"I went to the library to look at my notes again this morning, and followed the watch face all the way to the playground where we're out for exercise," Lizzie explained.
"Because we need to dig out Zhalan's body, we can only do it at night. I will go to the monitoring room to meet them then."
After Lizzie finished speaking, she patted Tian Tian on the shoulder to reassure her.
"Besides, there are more than just two of them."
The junior prison guard they recruited switched sides immediately when he learned Quaid was going to kill them all, saying he wanted to help them.
"Okay, then you must be careful."
Do you know what Lao Zeng and the others' plans are for this afternoon?
Tian Tian carefully put the oil painting away and asked again.
"Old Zeng and Ron are responsible for conserving their energy and preparing for the evening."
As for Su Zixu... sigh, don't even mention him. That Su Zixu insisted on returning to District Three to rescue Liu Runyu; I just can't understand it."
"He should be inside by now, I wonder how he is."
............
Outside the gate of the men's prison, Section 3.
Su Zixu stood quietly with his back to the iron gate.
Old Zeng and Ron both said they wanted to come with him, but he refused both times.
After all, the grave-digging operation tonight can be done without him, but what if two or three people are suddenly gone?
Then this dream can basically be declared over.
Su Zixu repeated in his mind several times the instructions Ron had given him on how to use those machines.
After confirming that nothing had been missed, I slowly backed away and smoothly re-entered Zone 3.
The cold, damp air filled his nostrils, and the dust in the air made Su Zixu sneeze several times.
After entering the elevator, Su Zixu pressed the button for the eleventh floor.
The elevator went upwards, whether due to aging equipment or hitting something, it's unclear.
Su Zixu heard a muffled sound coming from above.
"Thump, thump, thump."
The sound was irregular and lacked rhythm, but it sounded increasingly anxious.
However, just as Su Zixu was intently staring upwards, the elevator suddenly shook violently, paused briefly on the ninth floor, and then continued its ascent.
Su Zixu stumbled and almost fell.
Eleventh floor.
The elevator doors slowly opened, and everything appeared normal from the outside.
The scene I saw last time has now disappeared.
However, Su Zixu was not careless. He turned his flashlight on full brightness, which he had asked a junior prison guard to find for him.
"I hope it won't be of any use." Su Zixu took a few deep breaths and silently prayed for himself.
"Brother Luo is really skilled, but I wonder if this key works well." Su Zixu took out a tin key from his pocket and rubbed it repeatedly.
Ron used soap to imprint several key keys, including the key to the eleventh-floor vault.
The transformation of Liu Runyu's destiny through knowledge became tangible at this moment.
The beam of the flashlight pierced through the dim corridor, illuminating the doors on both sides.
Su Zixu tiptoed, trying each door one by one, and finally arrived at the door at the end of the corridor.
"Click".
The door unlocked smoothly, and the old door panel creaked softly, but the sound echoed particularly jarringly in the deathly silent corridor.
Su Zixu gently pushed the door inward a few times, but found it wouldn't budge. He pushed harder a few more times, but the result was the same.
It seemed that something was blocking the door from the inside.
So Su Zixu shone his flashlight through the crack in the door, but found that the light seemed to be blocked by something and could not penetrate.
The area illuminated by the flashlight was completely dark, so Su Zixu dared not reach inside the door.
Maintaining the size of the gap in the door, Su Zixu slowly took a few steps back, and the halo of the flashlight gradually grew larger.
When he had retreated to a distance of five or six steps from the door, Su Zixu suddenly stopped. He moved the beam of his flashlight upwards, and his pupils slowly contracted.
Through the crack in the door was a man nearly three meters tall; what Su Zixu had seen just now was merely this man's prison uniform.
Su Zixu slapped the man's stubble-covered face; the man's expression was blank, making it impossible to tell if he was still alive.
But seemingly startled by Su Zixu's actions, the man's lifeless eyes began to tremble slightly, and his body followed suit, one hand stiffly gripping the door frame, as if he wanted to come out.
Su Zixu's breathing became a little rapid, but he didn't panic immediately.
Ron had told him last night that the consciousness of the people being decomposed in the lab could emerge from the mirror.
However, if they stay outside the mirror for too long, they will lose their self-awareness and only be left with some instinctive behaviors.
External stimuli may trigger an overreaction.
"Looks like this is the prisoner who escaped from the mirror." Remembering Ron's instructions, Su Zixu immediately turned off the flashlight.
After thinking for a long time, Su Zixu felt there was only one way: to lure the man out.
Without hesitation, Su Zixu turned on the flashlight and aimed it at the man's eyes again, retreating into the corridor while shining the light into the man's eyes.
Stimulated by the light, the man's body movements became more and more pronounced, and he began to move his feet little by little.
Su Zixu controlled the switch button, repeatedly turning the light on and off, which would maximize the stimulation of the man and make him act faster.
Throughout the ordeal, the two maintained a considerable distance until he retreated to the other end of the corridor.
After gently pointing the flashlight at the tall man and placing it on the ground, Su Zixu retreated to the wall and slowly backed away from where he came from.
The tall man continued walking unhurriedly toward the flashlight. Su Zixu dared not relax for a moment, keeping an eye on the man's movements as he walked.
Just as the two brushed past each other, Su Zixu suddenly felt a chilling, bone-deep sensation in his right arm.
An unexpected turn of events occurred at that moment; the man suddenly sprang up and grabbed Su Zixu's arm.
"Damn it!" Su Zixu thought to himself, and at the same time, he gathered his strength and prepared to sprint into the house.
But the man moved so fast that he didn't have enough time to escape.
"Crunch."
With a sharp crack, Su Zixu's entire arm was snapped by the tall man, the joint making a sound as it dislocated.