Chapter 284
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Chapter 284: The Place of Fasting
Lin Qiye followed the caregiver through the winding corridor and stopped in front of a transparent door several centimeters thick.
The material of this door was unknown. Lin Qiye walked to the side of the door, barely extending his mental energy outside his body, only to find that even the “Mortal Realm” could not penetrate this door. It was like a mental energy insulator, blocking all forms of psychic exploration.
He saw the caregiver take out a work ID in front of the camera overhead, seemingly waiting for verification. The next moment, a deep male voice came from a tiny speaker.
“Employee number 39180, please respond to today’s passphrase.”
“Um.”
“What does the lamp bearer most want to eat today?”
“Delicious taro mud bubble tea that makes you go ‘meh meh’.”
“Passphrase correct, please proceed.”
The verification device next to the glass door lit up with a green light. With a soft sound, the transparent door that blocked mental energy slowly opened, revealing a large outdoor activity area behind it.
Lin Qiye: …
What kind of verification is this?
From the metal cube to the entrance of the research institute, it was a short five-minute walk, yet there were nine checkpoints along the way, including but not limited to passwords, fingerprints, iris scans, voice recognition, and work ID verification. These were not difficult for Lin Qiye, but the final passphrase checkpoint truly shocked him.
What era is this? There are still people using such primitive verification methods?
And a passphrase like “delicious taro mud bubble tea that makes you go ‘meh meh'”—is that something a normal human could come up with?
The caregiver turned sideways, standing behind the transparent door and gesturing for him to enter.
Lin Qiye stepped forward, somewhat puzzled, and asked, “Am I going in alone? Aren’t you going to watch me?”
“I am a caregiver at the Sunshine Mental Hospital and cannot leave this place at will. There are cameras everywhere in this activity area, and someone will always be monitoring and recording your actions and words. Moreover, Dr. Li has mentioned that the best observation environment is when the patients are alone,” the caregiver explained to Lin Qiye.
“However, you must return here before two o’clock in the afternoon, or someone will come to bring you back. If you want to end your observation period quickly, you must be punctual.”
Lin Qiye nodded, took a step outside, and then seemed to remember something, turning back to ask:
“This is the activity area shared with those prisoners, right? How is the security here?”
The caregiver hesitated for a moment but kindly reminded him, “It’s not very good.”
The people held in the fasting facility are all violent superhumans, and they can roughly be divided into three categories. One category consists of those who became evil after acquiring forbidden realms and were brought here as vicious criminals; this group is the largest and loves to cause trouble.
Another category includes terrorists like “Believers,” who once acted in organized groups. Although they cannot use forbidden realms here, they are all professionally trained and can kill a group of people even when unarmed.
The last category consists of night watchmen who were imprisoned here for various reasons. Although they may not be good people, they were all once soldiers and generally keep a low profile, not intentionally causing trouble. However, this group is not numerous.
In summary, the vast majority of those locked up here are lawless individuals capable of anything. Although you are not a prisoner but a patient, they generally won’t provoke you, but it’s still better to keep your distance from them.
After hearing the caregiver’s reminder, Lin Qiye nodded thoughtfully and then stepped into the activity area.
The activity area of this prison was larger than Lin Qiye had imagined. Towering steel walls surrounded it, enclosing an area the size of two gymnasiums. Every hundred meters atop the steel walls stood a dark watchtower, with the faint reflection of a sniper scope shining through.
Lin Qiye approached the wall, extending a finger to gently touch its surface. It felt smooth and cold, incredibly hard. Just based on the hardness and thickness of these walls, even a cannon would struggle to make a dent.
He looked up and saw that about twenty meters above the ground, there were electric fences and barbed wire, and the wall itself was approximately fifty meters high!
Without using forbidden realms, it was impossible for anyone to climb over this wall, especially with watchtowers surrounding it. If someone made a move, the sniper’s bullets would teach them a lesson.
Lin Qiye walked forward along the path. On both sides of the basketball court, several muscular men were playing basketball, their movements brutal and violent, almost devoid of technique, but from their ferocious smiles, it was clear they were enjoying themselves.
Not far from the basketball court was an old rubber track, and beside it was an area with fixed equipment, including pull-up bars, parallel bars, and spinning discs. A large group of prisoners gathered there, laughing heartily about something.
As soon as Lin Qiye entered their line of sight, all the prisoners stopped their actions, their gazes fixed on Lin Qiye, occasionally whispering to their companions.
Amidst the many black-and-white striped prison uniforms, Lin Qiye, dressed in a blue-and-white patient outfit, stood out like a star in the night.
“Boss Han, how did another patient pop up?” A scar-faced man leaned toward a burly figure beside him, puzzled.
Boss Han’s gaze was fixed on Lin Qiye, a strange light flickering in his eyes. Another one has come… but this one looks quite good, I must say!
The scar-faced man raised an eyebrow, a lewd smile creeping onto his face. “Boss Han, a handsome young man like this is rare in this fasting facility. We should act first to avoid letting other bastards get to him first.”
“Don’t rush.” Boss Han narrowed his eyes into a slit. “These patients are all freaks. Let others test the waters first and see where he comes from.”
“Just a mental patient, what’s there to be afraid of?” The scar-faced man shrugged, speaking nonchalantly. “Look at that old dog Wu; he’s just a crazy waste who can’t even use forbidden realms. What do we have to fear?”
Boss Han shot him a glance and snorted coldly. “Have you forgotten how Fourth Brother died a few years ago?”
Hearing this, the scar-faced man froze, his expression shifting.
Back in the day, my Fourth Brother was quite a big shot in this fasting facility. Who would have thought he would be stabbed to death by that little madman named Cao with a dinner knife?
Boss Han turned around, his eyes fixed on the hoop, and forcefully threw the basketball!
Bang—!!
With a loud crash, the glass behind the hoop shattered from the impact of the basketball, shards of glass clattering to the ground, glinting ominously.
If he really is a soft target, he will eventually become my plaything. A cold smile crept across Boss Han’s lips.