"It's rather splendid, isn't it? The beehive prison is built according to the standards of the super level-one prisons of the Imperium. It can accommodate more than half a million prisoners at best, and we boast the ability to imprison, transport, and interrogate Yuanying -level prisoners. "
In the ascending channel of the beehive prison that was filled with cold wind, the warden introduced the place to Li Jialing gloatingly. "Of all the private prisons of the Imperium, our place is definitely one of the best in terms of scale, facilities, and danger levels of the prisoners locked here. It is only one level lower than the 'Godly Might Prison', the prison of the highest level in the capital of the Imperium.
"Lord Wuying asked me to fully cooperate with your training. A spacious lounge has been arranged down below. Here are the files of the three thousand prisoners that I carefully selected. How about it? Which ones do you like? I'll retrieve them right now for your enjoyment."
The warden's hands slid and tapped on the spherical light beam quickly, and all the files of the thousands of prisoners poured down like a glittering waterfall.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! Seeing that they were passing by on the floating discs, the dangerous prisoners caged in various floors of the beehive prison all roared inhumanly and bashed the tempered glass with all their strength, sticking their bizarre-shaped, hideous faces to the transparent glass wall. They did not show any sign of stopping even when their skin was broken and their heads were bleeding.
The ghastly blood left burning marks on the tempered glass, turning into an even more bizarre and twisted mask.
"What kind of guys are locked here?"
Li Jialing browsed through the files of the prisoners quickly. "They all seem rather interesting."
"They are mainly all kinds of traitors who instigate riots, sabotage, or slack in the rear when the army of the Imperium is fighting a tough battle against the Covenant Alliance in the frontline, hoping to overthrow the Imperium in such a way."
The warden said, "However, those traitors are often relatively weak. Many of them are even hominoids, and they are not very helpful for your training.
"If you have to choose these people, I suggest you choose this batch. Yes, we have done a lot of modifications on these people. They are all able to survive more than 90% of the death selections time and time again, which is why they have a certain level of combat power.
"Otherwise, it's these criminals who have committed very serious crimes. They are usually the poor wretches who have failed in the internal competitions of the major families and sects. In order to take back everything, they have to take risks and embark on the path of crime. Unfortunately, they are stupid enough to be discovered and sent here in the end.
"These people were originally Immortal Cultivators, so their strength is quite strong."
Li Jialing whistled softly. "Judging from the records here, those people are all ferocious. Can you ensure the absolute safety of the beehive prison?"
"Of course!"
The warden grinned confidently. "As you have seen, the entire beehive prison is soaked in a super magnetic field that we call 'Dragnet'.
"The materials used to build the beehive prison, including the walls and the floor of all the cells, have all been specially refined. They are made of very special magnetized materials, which are connected to the shackles on the prisoners' wrists, ankles, and necks, making them seem to be bound by invisible chains. It will take a lot of effort for them to make every step forward.
"Under the most extreme circumstances, when we activate the 'Dragnet' to the maximum, the traction force generated is equal to the greatest impetus of a crystal warship when it is activated!
"It must be noted that the shackles on the prisoners are not as simple as simply covering their wrists, ankles, and necks. They have pierced through their skin and flesh and directly intertwined with their spinal cord and nerves!
"Whoever dares to move recklessly will be attracted to the ground, the wall, or other people's shackles by the super magnetic field. If they try to move without bothering anything, their bones will be pulled out of their fleshly body and ripped apart!
"Therefore, even if the Yuanying is caged here, it is impossible for them to escape!"
While talking, the warden displayed a simple diagram of the defense array of the beehive prison on the light beam, allowing Li Jialing to see the energy supply of the entire beehive prison as well as the source of the energy supply pivot.
"So, are the Yuanying really caged here?"
Narrowing his eyes, Li Jialing asked calmly.
The warden smiled. Such a sensitive question was beyond the authority that Wuying Lan had given him. Naturally, it was inappropriate for him to answer it.
"Then, let's pick these three first."
Li Jialing clicked three names on the light beam randomly, pretending that he had just asked a random question.
…
BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!
BAM! BAM! Three prisoners who had been modified beyond recognition like ferocious beasts attacked Li Jialing, who was wearing a pure white Crystal Suit, from three different directions, only to be blown away time and time again into the walls of the training room, leaving shocking bloodstains on them.
However, the three prisoners seemed to have been injected with exhilarants that exceeded the limit before they were sent to Li Jialing for tests. They had completely entered the berserk state. Even though they were bleeding, their joints were broken, and their guts were flowing out, they could not stop their crazy charge.
"Just blow up the joints of their limbs."
Li Yao couldn't help but say, "Completely cripple their ability to move. Chances are that they can be saved. Otherwise, they will really keep charging until they are killed."
"You are even going to save the lives of the insane prisoners?"
Li Jialing snatched the wrist of one of the prisoners as fast as lightning. After a slight shake, all the bones in the arm were blown into pieces the size of fingernails.
Then, both of his legs shot out like cannonballs. With two "Pa Pa" sounds, the prisoner's kneecaps were completely shattered. Finally, he swung a leg at the prisoner's chest and sent him flying into the opposite wall, causing a bright flower of blood to splash out.
The youth coldly said in his heart, "You still haven't answered my question just now. What exactly is a cultivator? Why would a person like you, who possesses absolute strength, who can clearly do as he pleases, who is lawless and out of control, foolishly become a cultivator?"
After a brief silence, Li Yao said, "I'm not going to tell you all the philosophies. After all, you won't believe me even if I tell you now. So, I'll just talk about the beginning. The reason why I wanted to become a Cultivator in the beginning was probably because I could not bear to feel what others were feeling."
"What do you mean by 'empathy'? What do you mean by 'empathy'?"
The young man turned into a streak of brilliance and opened his fingers to press the head of the second dangerous prisoner, before he was blown to the ground brutally. His spiritual energy was transmitted to the back of his head through his chin, completely destroying his cervical vertebrae and ending his ability to move.
"It's a very simple reason."
Li Yao said, "For example, there are so many innocent or guilty prisoners locked in this beehive prison. But whether they are innocent or guilty, they are all suffering inhuman tortures that are beyond their crimes. You should know how terrifying such tortures are just by listening to the incessant screams and roars outside day and night.
"The same tortures once happened to you. It is a past that you are never willing to recall, isn't it?"
Li Jialing's pupils constricted violently as he threw the second prisoner far away.
"When you hear other people's screams and remember your own pain in the past, you realize that those prisoners are the same as you and that we are the same kind of people. This is called 'empathy'."
Li Yao said, "When you think about how horrible the pain you suffered in the past was and how the horrible pain is happening to the ordinary people who can't even truss a chicken, or even to the innocent little girls and the white-haired grannies, it is only natural that you can't bear it and even feel angry. That is why you can't bear it."
"I'm different from them."
Li Jialing caught the third prisoner's iron fist and stared at the guy who looked like a skinned gorilla coldly.
"I totally understand."
Li Yao said, "After 'empathy', you will have two choices. The first is to naturally regard the other party as your own kind or even your family, and you will try to relieve the other party's pain without caring about anything and destroy the guys who cause your common pain.
"However, the path is too difficult to walk on after all, and the price is too high. You may not even be able to walk on it.
"Therefore, you will have another path that is even simpler. You will find a way to hypnotize yourself and convince yourself that you are different from those people. Or rather, those people do not deserve to be called real 'human beings' but 'hominoids', 'pigs', 'dogs', 'ants', and so on.
"In such a way, you will abandon your ability to 'empathy' and replace it with a cold, heartless, and self-deceiving heart of stone. Naturally, you will be able to turn a deaf ear to the screams and cries of your own kind and turn a blind eye to their bloody miseries.
"You must've guessed it. The first choice is the choice of the Cultivators, and the second is the choice of the Immortal Cultivators.
"In fact, even I feel that the choice of the Immortal Cultivators is rather simple, straightforward, and unrestrained. I don't want to meddle in other people's business and ask for trouble all the time. I even don't want to be scolded for being sentimental and merciful! But it can't be helped. However hard I hypnotized myself, I couldn't completely erase the tiny bit of 'empathy' deep inside my heart. Just for the tiny bit of 'empathy', I've suffered too much. What can I do? I'm quite troubled, too! "
Li Jialing sniffed. "Empathy?"
"Exactly."
Li Yao smiled and said, "Did you know? A long, long time ago, I grew up in a place with an extremely harsh environment. In the beginning, I was as cold and heartless as you, and I would do anything for survival. I vaguely believed in the primitive law that the strong prey on the weak.
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