Time always passed too quickly. Unknowingly, Cyndia had already returned home for three or four days. Of course, in other words, the two Melroy prisoners of war had already been locked up in the Fourth Zone for three or four days.
According to the mental state records of the previous prisoners, three days was the maximum amount of time an intelligent creature with the toughest mental state could last in the Fourth Zone. However, the two Melroy prisoners of war were said to have undergone comprehensive modifications, and the extent of the modifications even affected the soul. So, it was possible that they could last longer? But I don't think it would be much longer. Everything in the Fourth Zone was the result of Liliana's meticulous design. Every criminal sent to the Fourth Zone would receive a "punishment" that specifically targeted the mental weaknesses of intelligent creatures. Faced with such an extreme environment, I believe that simple brainwashing and mental strengthening training would not be of much use.
As for the captured Melroy fighter jet, it was still placed in the second research lab. The progress of decrypting its core was slow. The Melroy people's data encryption technology was directly inherited from the old Empire. This was a huge problem. All of our scanning equipment had encountered a targeted defense. From the looks of it, it seemed that the fastest way to activate the navigation computer was to find a breakthrough point from the two prisoners of war. Thus, I once again came to the Fourth Zone. Even though the atmosphere in this place made me feel really uncomfortable.
Liliana now spent half of her time in the Fourth Zone every day. She personally observed the mental state of the two prisoners of war and judged when to give them what level of stimulation. This mentally unstable fellow was never tired of this work. Even when she was eating at home, she would suddenly reveal a suspicious and sinister laughter. I had to be thankful that this fellow was under my control. Otherwise, it would be a humanitarian disaster no matter where I threw her.
"If it wasn't for Boss, I would have ended up like them sooner or later." In the surveillance room of the Fourth Zone, which was also the strange office, Liliana said to me. We were waiting for the prison guards to bring the two prisoners out from the prison area. I just happened to mention this lass' mental problems. She didn't avoid my words at all. Instead, she pointed at the prison cell displayed on the surveillance screen. "I will become an even more despicable fellow than them. Then, I will be locked in the same cell and die a hundred times a day."
It seemed that this girl had some self-awareness. Whenever I heard her say something like that, I would always feel uncomfortable in my heart. Thus, I extended my hand and knocked on Liliana's head. Liliana raised her head and smiled foolishly at me. "But don't worry, Boss. I'm a SemiGod. I have strong self-control. I won't do anything that Boss forbids."
At this moment, a hoarse voice came from the side. "Your Majesty, Lord Warden, I have brought the prisoner."
I turned my head in the direction of the voice and saw the two skeleton prisoners dressed in clown masks and king and queen costumes. Two days ago, after talking to Liliana, I found out that these two tyrants who had ordered the cooking of tens of thousands of civilians were the best offenders in the Fourth Zone. Thus, they were chosen by Liliana to be the prison guards. They had to serve here until they paid for the heinous crimes they had committed before they could be released. The Fourth Zone was like the Hell in religious legends. Everything here followed the rules of Hell. It was common to see people who were both prisoners and prison guards at the same time, living dead who had to atone for their crimes in Hell for hundreds of years.
The two Mellovan prisoners were behind the two skeleton prison guards. Their bodies were shackled with pulsed chains that flickered with blue light. Their faces were pale and weak, but their faces were very clean. There wasn't even a scratch on them. This didn't mean that they weren't injured. It could only mean that these two fellows had just been resurrected once before they were brought here and hadn't been torn into minced meat by the other prisoners. Their original uniforms had been destroyed when they were thrown into the acid pool a few days ago. Now, the two of them were wearing the prison uniforms of the Fourth Zone. Liliana had designed a different uniform for each type of prisoner. The prison uniform for the special criminals was a furry teddy bear suit that even included a gray fur hat. This cartoon-like attire on the two prisoners who looked like living dead was nothing but eerie.
"Stay here. Don't leave yet." Liliana waved her hand at the two prison guards and asked them to wait in the corner. She then turned her gaze to the two Mellovan prisoners. "How is it? Are you used to living here?"
The two prisoners' eyes were dull as if they could no longer understand human language. They only nodded slightly in response to the foreign voice. Liliana only giggled when she saw that. "Stop pretending. You have blessings on you. You won't go crazy, faint, lose your five senses, and you won't even feel sleepy. Who are you trying to fool with that stupid look of yours? "
Probably only Liliana could use the Blessing of Life to such an effect. But I also noticed that when she was in the Fourth Zone, she never spoke in the name of the Goddess. This was probably one of the only rules she had.
"You … lunatic …" One of the prisoners in the teddy bear suit glared at Liliana fiercely. His voice was weak. Even though his tone was fierce, it was not threatening at all. After a few days of torture, the barrier in his mind was on the verge of collapse.
"How about it? Tell me how to turn on the navigation computer." Liliana sat opposite the two prisoners calmly. "That way, you won't have to suffer. There has never been a prisoner who could leave the Fourth Zone alive. But maybe the two of you can be an exception — as long as you are willing to ask. "
The two prisoners remained silent. I could tell that the two of them had a mental breakdown, but some kind of long-term brainwashing reflex made them keep their mouths shut. Liliana squinted her eyes as if she was calculating the best punishment. Then, she smiled. "Speaking of which, you haven't eaten for a few days, right?"
The two prisoners looked at each other in confusion. They didn't know what she meant. In the Fourth Zone, 'starvation' wasn't any form of punishment. It was just a normal situation. However, Liliana had specifically ordered them not to eat. Even the prisoners who fought each other at twelve o 'clock every day couldn't make them open their mouths. What could this' starvation 'punishment do? In the eyes of the two prisoners, all the orders of the crazy warden in front of them were basically incomprehensible. So, they chose to remain silent.
"You can eat now." Liliana looked at the two prisoners with a smile. "Warden, chop off their hands."
"What are you doing?!" One of the prisoners finally couldn't help but shout. Everything that he experienced in the Fourth Zone over the past few days must have reminded him of something rather chilling.
"I'm serving you food." Liliana spread her hands. "The resources in the Fourth Zone are tight. You have to solve the problem of food on your own. Now, do you want to make a guess? What you're going to eat later, is it your own flesh, or … "As she spoke, her eyes alternated between the two of them." Or is it someone else's flesh? Aiya, I was touched. Is this the deep friendship between comrades? Eating each other's flesh in the prison, and in the end, both of them survived. Tsk tsk … Warden, what are you waiting for! King, prepare the stove. Queen, take out your meat cleaver! Prisoners have to eat too! "
I felt nauseous. I felt that it was time to drag Liliana down. But before I could take action, the Merlowis prisoners finally had a mental breakdown. One of them softened. "Alright … I'll talk …"
Liliana waved her hand and dismissed the two skeletons. She said through the mental link, "I'm just scaring them. Sometimes, psychological shock is much more effective than physical pain."
I nodded and tried to recall the scene of flesh and blood splattering on the battlefield. After staying in the Fourth Zone for too long, I needed something lighter to adjust my mood.
Hmm … I need to adjust my mood.
The two Merlowis prisoners were escorted out of the Fourth Zone. The moment they saw the sky outside, the two brainwashed enemy soldiers actually cried tears of joy. Even though the chains on their bodies were emitting violent pulses, they still trembled and knelt down, kissing the ground. Liliana looked on coldly from the side. She didn't urge them or punish them. Because the punishment was over, she wouldn't punish those who left the Fourth Zone. Although she looked like an unreliable and temperamental person, Liliana's stubbornness towards "justice" was also surprising. She followed the laws of the Fourth Zone, even though the laws were a little cruel and scary.
"So, if you don't seek death, you won't die." Liliana waited for the two prisoners to stand up before saying slowly, "Cherish your lives. If you really commit a grave mistake, there won't be a chance to redeem it. Hell exists, and it's always open. Everyone is on the waiting list … I'm sorry, my occupational disease is acting up again. Boss, bring them to the headquarters. "
"You're not following them?" Liliana, who had been joining in the fun for ten thousand years, actually took the initiative to leave. This made me feel a little strange.
"I'm going to the Temple of Light to bless the world," Liliana said with a smile.
I said, "… You just came out of the Fourth Zone. Are you alright with your mental state?"
Liliana was silent for a moment. She suddenly raised her head and said, "Boss, do you know that if we judge from the scope of their work, the Goddess of Life is also the Goddess of Death?"
I said, "?"
"Don't worry, I've always been a lunatic, so I won't be any crazier." Liliana put on a heartless smile and turned to walk in the direction of the Goddess of Life's Temple. Her tone instantly became low and gentle, like the compassionate tone when she was preaching. "I punish the sinners with hell, and bestow the virtuous with heaven. The balance here is to reward the good and punish the evil. After dealing with the sinners, it's time for me to bless the world …"
I was speechless.
A few minutes later, the two Mellowa prisoners were teleported to the headquarters. Sandora had already been waiting there for a long time.
"So, the two of them have finally decided to work together?" Sandora looked at the expressions on the faces of the two prisoners. After listening to what happened in the Fourth Zone, her expression showed that she had expected it. "Hmm, it's faster than expected. So, you know what to do, right?"
Her gaze fell on the Mellowa prisoners. The latter no longer had the tough and fearless attitude he had at the beginning. Hearing Sandora's words, the two prisoners nodded mechanically. "We will activate the navigation computer. It requires soul recognition. This … is a technology we learned from the Empire."
Their answers were quite honest, and they didn't seem to resist at all. It would seem that their brainwashing barriers had been completely destroyed, and their remaining willpower had probably been completely worn down. I reckoned that even if some random passerby asked them to commit suicide, they would still do it.
Sandora frowned. She believed in the power of the Fourth Zone, but she didn't quite believe in the reliability of the Mellowans. "If you play any tricks during the activation of the navigation computer and destroy the coordinate data …"
"I'll call Shallow shallow over." I waved my hand. "Let's turn back time. It's so simple."
Sandora slapped her head. "Oh, I forgot."
The two Mellowa prisoners looked at each other. When they heard that there was a bug like time turning back time, they were clearly stunned for a moment. Regardless of whether the two of them had any thoughts of playing tricks before, they must have dispelled it completely now.
Once Shallow shallow heard that there was a commotion here, she almost instantly went straight to the headquarters. Then, she looked at the two Mellowans curiously. After studying them for half a minute, she made her evaluation. "Tsk, they actually have two eyes and one nose. I've been imagining it for a few days."
… I basically didn't dare to imagine what she had imagined the Mellowans to look like. Even now, the girl still had the beautiful image of a little green man in her mind.
After Shallow shallow understood her mission, the two Mellowan prisoners were brought to their fighter jet. I don't know if it was an illusion, but the moment the two prisoners saw the fighter jet, they seemed to have aged several times. Well, it was normal to think about it. They were captured with this thing, and now that they saw it, they definitely felt like they had seen the ocean but could not see the water. But now was not the time for them to reminisce. Sandora snorted softly, and the two prisoners shuddered as if they had been electrocuted. Then, they climbed into the fighter jet.
At that moment, Shallow shallow set a restore point for the space and time where the fighter jet was located. No matter what happened later, she would be able to ensure that the fighter jet would return to its normal state. Although I didn't think that the two Mellowan prisoners would have any thoughts of playing tricks, these precautions were necessary no matter how I looked at it. By the way, it should be mentioned that Shallow shallow loved this restoration skill the most when she watched television. She watched the live broadcast as if it was a recording …
The military experts at the scene connected the data detection equipment to the Mellowan fighter jet. Soon, there was a slight buzzing sound from the flat, oval-shaped aircraft. Its core was reactivating. After a moment, a large amount of data was continuously refreshed on the nearby scanning terminal. A senior technical assistant translated the data and nodded at us. "It's the coordinate database. It's very detailed. The navigation computer has also been unlocked."
"Copy the entire database." Sandora nodded and exhaled softly. "Also, the Third Army is on standby. Prepare for the expedition."
Soon, we obtained a detailed map of the Mellowans' territory. At first glance, this map contained at least eighty percent of the Mellowans' world. Of course, it couldn't be one hundred percent detailed. There would always be some places in an Empire that ordinary soldiers had no right to know about. But this didn't affect us. The experts would soon use this map to roughly calculate the data frequency band that each Mellowan world occupied. Then, they would calculate how big the entire Empire was. We could seal off the corresponding white space.
When the two Mellowan prisoners of war came out of the fighter jet, their eyes were dull, like walking corpses. Their wills had been destroyed by the Fourth District, and now, their psychological foundations had been destroyed by their own hands. The moment they opened up their home database to the enemy, all the pillars of support that they had built up in their hearts through long-term brainwashing collapsed. I could imagine the mission of these brainwashed warriors: they had no value other than loyalty. So now, they had really become walking corpses.
"What should we do with these two prisoners of war?" I glanced at Sandora. According to the rules, these prisoners of war, especially those who had been ordered to be exterminated, would definitely be executed. But I felt that the two in front of me … didn't seem to make a difference whether they were dead or alive. How many times would they have to endure the death penalty to walk around the Fourth District?
"They should be executed, but let's keep them for now." Sandora seemed to have a plan. "We can still squeeze some value out of them. Bring them along to the expedition and take good care of them. I want to give the Mellowans a huge gift. "
I glanced at Sandora. I didn't know what she was planning, but I didn't ask much. Anyway, with Her Majesty the Queen's steadiness, she wouldn't make any mistakes.
The two prisoners of war were temporarily sent to the regular prison and were prepared to be brought along to the expedition fleet. The Third Army had already been dispatched a few days ago and was now in a state where they could set off at any time. They only needed to update the navigation system. The command re-coded the Mellowan coordinate database they had just obtained and set it into a format that the Empire could recognize. Then, they entered it into the database of the expedition army. This didn't take much time because we realized that the navigation system used by the Mellowans was similar to the current navigation system of the Empire. We only needed to adjust the details to be compatible. This was probably because they had once studied under the Empire …
Everything they had was inherited from the old Empire. Although this would bring us a lot of trouble during the expedition, sometimes, it could also bring a lot of convenience to the Imperial Army.
After I returned home, I first announced the news that the Mellowan world had been exposed, and then announced that the expedition army was about to set off. "So … the fleet will probably be able to set off in a day or two. Who is going this time? "
I raised my head and looked around the living room. "First of all, Sandora and I will definitely be going. According to Sandora, Mellowan is the oldest vassal of the old Empire after all. It would be appropriate for the two emperors to 'send them off'."
"I'll go, I'll go!" Shallow Shallow hopped over as expected. She had followed me back from the City of Shadows. Along the way, she had already said this many times. Of course, I nodded in agreement. Then, the two 1.2m men would definitely tag along as well. I wasn't sure if Big Sis would tag along …
"I'll stay behind." Big Sis took the initiative without waiting for me to speak. "After you guys set off, the Empire will switch to a defensive stance. Be careful of the Fallen Apostle's tricks. Tawil has already found a way to connect my power to the Garden of Departed World. It's a good chance for me to test out the effects of setting up an anti-shock net at the entire border … "
I nodded silently. Is Tawil finally going to break the bottom line of the Imperial Army again …
"I'll tag along too. But before that … can I make a suggestion?"
Lin Xue was lying on the sofa, hugging the little crow and watching Animal World when she suddenly said this.
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