"Go over there. Someone will tell you what to do," a U.S. Army officer said to Jiang Cheng and the others. He then waved his hand and signaled them to move closer to the prisoners.
Right now, Jiang Cheng and the others were about 50 to 60 meters away from the prisoners. It was not far. After hearing his words, they all walked over together. When they got closer, they found that there were a few U.S. Army officers giving orders to others. Jiang Chen and the others joined the group of people who were listening to orders.
"You newcomers will live in the warehouse in front. Your beds have already been prepared there. Hehe …" A U.S. Army officer looked at Jiang Cheng and the others and laughed mockingly.
After a while, he continued, "You have just arrived here today. You will be given some food later. Just wait quietly."
Hearing him mention food, the prisoners who had just been captured today were tempted. They had not eaten anything since this morning. They were starving and urgently needed some food to fill their stomachs.
Jiang Cheng touched his stomach. He was also a little hungry. Although he had eaten a lot in the morning, it had been ten hours since then. He had already digested the food and was waiting for his meal. Since it was already 10 o 'clock in the evening, all the prisoners would be arranged to rest soon. So, it didn't take long for the U.S. Army to send some food to everyone. To Jiang Cheng's surprise, it was some compressed biscuits and bottled mineral water.
Each person was given a small package of compressed biscuits and a bottle of mineral water. According to the U.S. Army who distributed the food, this was their food for tonight and tomorrow morning. It would only be distributed again at noon the next day.
Jiang Cheng held the compressed biscuits in his hand. He had mixed feelings. This kind of tasteless and tasteless thing was not something ordinary people could get used to eating. Besides, the amount was too little. It was the size of a small package of snacks sold in a store. It was the size of a palm. There were three rectangular white compressed biscuits inside. Each compressed biscuit was six to seven centimeters long and five centimeters wide. It was as thick as an ordinary biscuit. This amount was equivalent to half a meal for an ordinary person.
'Forget it. Since I'm here, I'll just take things as they come. It's good enough that I have something to eat.' Jiang Cheng comforted himself in his heart.
When the food was distributed, three or four American soldiers with guns led the captives who had just arrived that day into the distance. They stopped in front of a huge building, and when they walked in, they found that it was a huge warehouse. Many prisoners were already resting there. The warehouse was divided into three floors, and Jiang Cheng and the others were arranged to sleep in the first floor. It was also the floor with the most female prisoners. The sphere was surprisingly mixed.
"You'll sleep here tonight!" A US Army soldier pointed at the bunk beds in front of them. There was a tattered quilt on each bed.
Jiang Cheng and the others immediately nodded in agreement. Under such circumstances, no one dared to resist anymore. Everyone obediently obeyed this order.
After the US Army left, everyone began to eat. The captives who had been staying here before also gathered around when they saw Jiang Cheng and the others eating. Obviously, they were also very hungry and did not have enough to eat. It seemed that life in the captive camp was very difficult.
Jiang Cheng was eating the hardtack when he suddenly saw two or three prisoners around the bed. He could not help but smile bitterly. The hardtack was not enough for him. How could he share it with them?
Suddenly, a prisoner reached out to grab the hardtack in Jiang Cheng's hand. He looked extremely poor and hungry!
With a "pa" sound, Jiang Cheng grabbed his wrist and pushed him away coldly. He did not want to give it to him, but he actually tried to grab it. He did not like this kind of person. Human beings were really strange. They had fallen into such a situation, but they still wanted to bully others for their own benefit.
Jiang Cheng's swift and decisive actions shocked the people around him who were originally tempted to snatch the food from his hands. All of them restrained their thoughts and didn't dare to have any wishful thinking.
After pushing the man away, Jiang Cheng raised his eyes and looked at him coldly.
This man was a young man in his 20s. He was thin and had dark skin. Jiang Cheng did not know how he dared to grab something from his hand.
After the young man was pushed away by Jiang Cheng, he stood in the distance and looked at Jiang Cheng. A trace of fear had risen in his heart. He did not dare to continue to grab it. After a long silence, he said to Jiang Cheng, "You, you give it to me. I will give it back to you tomorrow."
"Why?" Jiang Cheng was a little surprised.
"My, my father, he has diabetes. He has nothing to eat and now he is very uncomfortable," the young man said hesitantly.
Jiang Cheng suddenly understood. His eyes flashed a few times and he said, "Where is he? Take me to see him. If it is true, I will give you some food."
"Thank you, thank you!" The dark and skinny young man nodded and said. He pointed to the side and said, "He is over there. He is weak now and can't even stand up."
Jiang Cheng nodded and walked behind the dark and skinny young man. After walking for more than 20 meters, they came to the side of a bunk bed. A dark and skinny old man was lying on the bed, trembling. Jiang Cheng went forward and turned him over. His face suddenly changed. He saw that the old man's face was pale and his lips were trembling.
"Here, feed this to him." Jiang Cheng immediately handed a piece of hardtack and water to the dark and skinny young man. He was not lying. This old man was in a confused state because of the lack of sugar. The situation was very dangerous. If he was allowed to continue like this, it was very likely that he would lose his life.
"Thank you, thank you!" The dark and skinny young man thanked him again and took the hardtack and water to feed his father. His actions were very careful. It could be seen that he was very filial.
"Why didn't you go to the US Army and explain the situation? Your father's condition just now was very likely to be life-threatening. You were too careless! "Jiang Cheng said with a slight frown.
The dark and skinny young man shook his head and said, "I just went to the US Army, but they refused to help. They said … if we can't hold on, we can only give up. Those damn bastards!" He said through gritted teeth. The words that came out from between his teeth were filled with deep hatred.
Jiang Cheng sighed. The US Army did not treat these Syrians as human beings. Although this father and son pair could escape tonight, they were still destined to die in this base. Their fate had long been decided.
"Dad, hold on. We will definitely get out of here alive." The dark and skinny young man comforted his father.
"How long have you been in here?" Jiang Cheng asked.
"Twenty-six days. Most people will be released after a month. So, we just need to hold on for a little longer and we will definitely be able to get out," the dark and skinny young man replied.
"What?" Jiang Cheng was a little surprised. He thought for a moment and continued to ask, "How many people have you seen being released from here?"
The dark and skinny young man thought for a moment and looked back at Jiang Cheng and said, "More than a hundred. However, people are constantly being released and captured, so the overall number of prisoners has not decreased. For those who came in, some of them were released in a few days. Some of them had to wait more than a month. Usually, people who were captured would be released after two months at most."
"Released?" Jiang Cheng felt very complicated when he heard this. According to Zhao Hu's surveillance, none of the civilian prisoners had left since they came in. But now this dark and skinny young man said that more than a hundred people had been released in the past twenty-six days. What did this mean? It made people shiver when they thought about it.
The people that the dark and skinny young man said that they had been released had probably become human experimental materials. Now, they were either being monitored in a laboratory or had become corpses and been thrown into a big underground pit somewhere in the base. In short, no one had been released. This dark and skinny young man actually fantasized that he and his father would soon be released. It was really … This vision made people feel very uncomfortable.
"Take good care of your father. That piece of compressed biscuit can be divided into three feeds." Jiang Cheng sighed softly and told him. Then he turned around and walked to his bed.
Back to his bed, Jiang Cheng ate the remaining two pieces of compressed biscuit, but he still felt that his stomach was empty. He couldn't help but smile bitterly. He had to grab the mineral water bottle and drink some water to deceive the hungry ghost worm in his stomach. Then he lay down on the bed and fell asleep. In fact, he was thinking about the problem while cultivating his True Qi.
(It seems that when I am informed that I can go out, it will be time to be experimental materials.) Jiang Cheng thought in his heart.
…
The next morning, Jiang Cheng and other prisoners were whistled out of bed and gathered at the camp outside. After yesterday's arrest, the number of male, female, and children had now reached nearly 400. The first thing in the morning was an early roll call and the name list of those who could be released from prison today was reported.
More than a dozen people whose names were called walked out from the line in high spirits. There were men and women, and they seemed to be extremely happy that they could go out from here.
The other prisoners were also extremely excited when they heard the news. It seemed that because these people were released from prison, it also gave them hope and confidence to go out.
"Okay, those who are called, follow us. The others can move freely." The US Army with a form in his hand raised his head and said to the crowd. As he said that, he waved to the other US Army members and left with the dozen people.
Jiang Cheng stared at the direction in which they left. His eyes were fixed on it, trying to determine which direction the laboratory was.
However, after the dozen people followed several US Army members into a car, they drove to the southwest of the base. It didn't take long for them to disappear from Jiang Cheng's sight. Jiang Cheng's vision was blocked by many obstacles.
Seeing that he couldn't track the traces of these people, Jiang Cheng began to look around the base. He secretly let the True Qi flow in his body to make his ears and eyes sharper. He tried his best to explore everything around him. He analyzed the terrain in his mind, deduced and simulated the structure of other places, and possible strategies for escape. The plan gradually unfolded in his mind.
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