Recap
According to Officer Li, the reason why he was in such a hurry to escape was because when he was blindfolded and taken into the car by the gang, there were other victims in the car.
The voice sounded like a little girl, about thirteen or fourteen years old. The men had been verbally harassing her, and Officer Li wanted to protect her.
He put up a fierce struggle in the car which angered them and was knocked unconscious. When he woke up again, he was taken into this building.
What happened next is known by Shen Xiuzhe and Chu Shici.
Officer Li didn’t know where this place was, and he couldn’t figure out why these people wanted to capture him.
He only knew that the little girl might be locked up somewhere in this building. She is in a highly dangerous situation, and he wanted to rush over to rescue her as soon as possible.
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T/N: This chapter contains content that may be highly triggering including non-consensual contents.
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The reasons given by Officer Li do not sound logical without loopholes.
The anxiousness to save the child could explain why he acted so impulsively.
Chu Shici thought for a moment and tilted his head, “No, that’s not right. Zhe-ge, he said he was on vacation, so he didn’t have any equipment with him. Then why is there a baton in the lounge?”
Shen Xiuzhe didn’t answer and leaned against the wall silently.
Chu Shici used to get into fights a lot and was a frequent visitor to the police station. He was pretty sure it was a police baton.
Officer Li did not bring any equipment, it was not his baton.
It can’t be those scumbags’ own things.
Maybe other police officers are imprisoned?
After the little speaker stopped speaking, Shen Xiuzhe continued. He was very objective and did not infuse any personal opinions or emotions when recounting the story.
Although a lot of information was provided, Chu Shici felt even more confused than before after listening to it.
According to Officer Li, his hometown is out of town, he is not married and does not have any children. He lives alone.
He was walking around near his home when he was captured.
While walking through a deserted alley, the door of a van parked next to him suddenly opened as he passed by. Two men rushed out, covered his mouth, and dragged him into the car.
They were skilled and moved very quickly. Officer Li had no time to react.
After getting into the car, his hands and feet were tied, his mouth was taped and his eyes blindfolded.
Officer Li heard them discussing while driving, saying that it was not easy to purchase goods these days and that chickens were too hard to find.
There were also people who grabbed his face and pinched it back and forth and said something disgusting about him, saying he couldn’t be a chicken. But his body is full of tendon meat, so he should be able to withstand torment and be used as a dog.
Officer Li was thinking about the meaning of dogs and chickens when he suddenly heard the cry of a girl.
As soon as she cried out, the group immediately became excited.
Someone slapped the girl and said, “You learned to be a third party at a young age and are bold enough to seduce a teacher, yet you still have the nerve to cry.”
The little girl was probably frightened, she cried and said, ‘I didn’t.’
Those people ignored her words and started touching her in the car.
Officer Li immediately hit those people with his head, squeezed over and pressed up against the little girl, trying to protect her with his body.
He was already prepared to be pulled away, and he kept his body arched and tightened his stance the whole time. But those people did not move him away immediately. Instead, they took a few photos before knocking him out.
After Officer Li woke up again, he was already in the elevator. There was a man next to him who was on the phone. He had not yet passed out from the drug and was still in a daze.
He vaguely heard the man say something like, “The person has been caught and the matter has been taken care of. Don’t worry, he can’t run away, give the payment first.”
The person on the phone said something, but the voice was too low for Officer Li to hear clearly.
The man next to him paused and continued: “This is the first time. Okay. It’s not that I don’t dare, it’s mainly that the risks are too great. After all, losing a police officer is like poking a hornet’s nest.”
“There are no witnesses, so there must be no problem on our side. I’m just afraid… OK, as long as you can handle it.”
The call was quickly hung up.
They kept him blindfolded all the way until they got him into the room, then they took off the blindfold.
The incident happened so abruptly, that Officer Li was confused.
He could only guess from the few words the man said on the phone that the kidnapping and imprisonment had been premeditated, and that someone was spending money to capture him.
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After confirming that Officer Li could provide no other clues, Shen Xiuzhe followed the instructions of the little speaker and started to ask other questions.
These questions are all related to the news they listened to during this time.
But Officer Li’s answer left Shen Xiuzhe confused.
Officer Li claimed that he had worked in the police station for five years and had never encountered a case of corpses hidden in trash cans, nor had he heard of police officers dying nearby.
There have been no bus explosions recently. The last time such a major case occurred was five years ago.
A tour bus exploded and killed three people. The remaining 54 people were either in prison or killed.
This is not an unsolved case, it was solved that year.
There are 2 staff members and 55 passengers on board.
The passengers are online netizens of a group, they are all lovers of Dangerous games. They had made an appointment to play together and that was the first time they met.
The reason why the bus stopped on a remote road was because they had discussed it privately with the driver and tour guide.
They have prepared several themes for this Dangerous games trip.
Escape on the late night highway, Werewolf in an abandoned villa and fake suicides.
Dangerous games refer to activities that challenge the limits, are exciting but may put people’s lives in danger.
It was very popular at the time, so the driver and tour guide did not hesitate and readily agreed.
Drivers travel this area frequently and are familiar with the road conditions.
He drove the car to an inaccessible road with poor signal and no surveillance, and pretended that the vehicle broke down.
The tour guide took the money and proceeded to tell everyone to rest in the car and not be nervous.
The people in the car began to play freely, some took out their mobile phones to record the happenings, and some tried to create a tense atmosphere.
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Everything was going fine until two of the men accidentally ripped a woman’s skirt while playing around.
The two men apologized quickly, and the matter was over. The woman covered up her skirt and the group continued to play the game.
But after a while, someone ‘accidentally’ ripped another woman’s clothes, whether intentionally or not.
This time the man’s apology was far more perfunctory than before.
The majority of fans of Dangerous escape games are young and middle-aged men. Most women play deduction games, or other types of games that do not require high physical and strength requirements.
There were 57 people in this car, including the driver and tour guide, a total of 40 men and only 17 women.
There are no street lights or surveillance on the empty highway.
Cars passing through the area is rare. It is also far away from the village, and no villagers are likely to pass by until four or five o’clock in the morning at the earliest.
Desire gradually amplified in the dark carriage, and the atmosphere gradually became tense. The originally bustling carriage gradually became deathly silent.
The driver had previously turned off the lights at their request. In the dark car, No one knew who reached out to the female netizen next to him first.
The girl had just grown up, was timid and mild-tempered, and was too frightened to resist after being threatened. There were people around who noticed something unusual, but didn’t want to cause trouble, so they didn’t care.
The weakness of the person involved and the indifference of the onlookers encouraged the evil in that person’s heart.
In the end, he lost his humanity and turned into a beast, and the girl’s scream broke the false calm.
Others smelled the fragrance of meat and started to move.
When a few more people joined in, the situation completely got out of control.
The woman who was seated close to the door and was not being held down ran away from the bus in fear. A nearby male passenger saw her and chased her out for fear that she would run out and call the police.
It was the first time those people had ever done those kinds of things and they had no experience.
14 of the 17 girls ran out. Three girls, who were weak and seated at the back, were surrounded by the remaining men.
The night wind blew in through the window, cleansing the minds of four of the men. They calmed down and tried to stop the others, but were beaten up by them, completely beating them into submission.
After showing off their strength, the gang watched the three dying women. Anyone with a discerning eye will know what has happened to them at a glance, and everyone will go to jail then.
Finally, with the help of the driver, they set the bus on fire and caused it to explode.
Looking at the blazing flames, they were both frightened and excited, thinking that as long as the corpses were destroyed and no traces were left, no one would be able to discover what they had done.
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With so many people testifying against each other, the police will definitely not see a problem.
The four people who had previously tried to stop the atrocity became more and more afraid.
They had not participated in it just now, but when they saw the gang burning the three victims alive, they were afraid that they would also be pushed into the sea of fire.
There were so many people in the gang on the opposite side of the road that they knew they were no match for them. In addition, there was no cell phone signal, and nowhere to call for help on the roadside.
One of the four men broke into a run along the road, soon he was surrounded, dragged into the bushes and beaten to death. The remaining three people had nowhere to go, so they ran up the mountain as fast as they could.
On the way up the mountain, they discovered several more women. They were captured after escaping from the bus and were now turned into corpses with no intact body parts.
Some had their heads smashed with stones, and some were strangled to death.
The three people’s mobile phones had been taken away long ago, so they could only run around like headless flies.
Occasionally they met one or two women on the road, and formed a team with them, supported each other and continued running.
They thought they could survive as long as they ran out of the mountains and found a nearby village.
But the mountain under the night is like a coffin, burying all their hopes.
Whether it is a man with a conscience still alive or a woman struggling to survive, they are eventually caught up and killed by the monsters themselves.
They counted the bodies and found just the right number, there was no one left alive.
They were just ordinary people before, and this is the first time in their lives that they had done this kind of thing. After the violence and blood lust ended, the brain woke up, leaving only fear.
After hiding the bodies, they did not dare to go down the mountain. They gathered together in the mountains, dealing with the blood on their bodies, and confessing to each other.
Some people suggested that with so many people together, the police can easily spot the flaws in their statements so they might as well try to separate themselves. They pretended to be lost and separated in the mountains while playing games and waited for the police to come find them.
None of the survivors are clean, they are all murderers, there is no need to worry about anyone telling the truth.
Some people did not dare to face the police and ran away secretly, while a few hid and pretended to be missing. It took several days to find everyone.
The crude plan and testimonies full of loopholes cannot deceive the police.
The task force soon found out the truth.
Behind the tourist bus bombing was a gang rape case that shocked the nation.
At that time, the news was overwhelming.
After these thirty people were caught, they were punished for the crimes and should have been sentenced to death according to law.
But the family members reacted very strongly, saying that they are usually honest people and only made mistakes in the heat of the moment.
Some people also pointed out that in a civilized society, it is inhumane to execute so many people in one go.
It just so happened that the New Entertainment Law had just been implemented at that time. The five principal criminals were sentenced to death, and the others were charged with the New Entertainment Law for the next ten years.
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After listening to Shen Xiuzhe’s retelling of the story, Chu Shici was temporarily stunned.
He digested it for a while, then his eyes widened in shock, “Fuck, a bunch of scum! How could those family members beg for mercy? Death penalty is too kind. The Ling Chi that our ancestors invented should be given to those trash!”
Shen Xiuzhe, who had been silent for a long time, turned his head slightly when he heard the words: “Ling Chi?”
“It’s a punishment of being cut into pieces with a thousand slashes. A person’s flesh is cut off slowly with a single blade while he’s still alive, do you not know it?”
“Never heard of that.”
Chu Shici remembered.
The world of this novel is very different from the place where he lives. The history of this place is completely different from his.
Chu Shici became angry when he thought that there were still twenty or thirty people who were not dead.
He shook his plug and slammed the ground hard, “They are beasts, not humans. Why did they even bring up ‘humane’ to describe their punishments! By the way, Zhe-ge, what exactly is the New Entertainment Law?”
Shen Xiuzhe’s voice was as calm as ever, but his face was a little ugly, and it was obvious that he was holding a deep burning fire in his heart.
His pale fingertips tapped the bed board subconsciously, “Every once in a while, we will broadcast the lives of prisoners for a day. When the live broadcast reaches a reward threshold, the audience can vote to request the prisoners to do something. Every place has different requirements. The reward threshold is not unique, and the number of times a person can get rewarded within 24 hours is not limited.”
“If the prisoners perform well during this period, they have a chance to win the love of the audience and the understanding of the victims’ families. At the annual selection, one to three prisoners will be selected through online voting. After obtaining the consent of the victims’ families, the selected prisoners will receive a reduced sentence.”
Shen Xiuzhe picked up the little speaker and gently stroked its outer shell.
“All the money earned from the live broadcast, after deducting the cost, will be donated. It will be used to build schools, support mountainous areas, fund orphanages, or be given to help other people.”
Chu Shici nodded, “It’s a good thing to squeeze all the value out of those criminals and use them for charity.”
Shen Xiuzhe laughed mockingly. Chu Shici quickly reacted.
There are too many hidden dangers here.
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If it is a criminal who committed a petty crime such as stealing chickens and dogs, it will not be a big problem to put them in a live broadcast. At most, it will lead to them bringing a few immature children astray, making them think that this is cool, and encouraging them to steal things.
Setting an age limit for the live broadcast, making it 18+, can reduce the adverse effects.
But the New Entertainment Law is used to replace the death penalty.
The threshold for the death penalty in civilized society is set very high, and even murder may not result in the death penalty.
Only if the impact is particularly severe and the methods are particularly cruel will the criminals have a chance of biting the bullet.
Usually when the crimes of a death row prisoner is exposed, it will directly inflame the hatred of the victim’s family and onlookers.
Chu Shici imagined that scene.
The families of the victims spent money frantically out of hatred, trying to personally punish the criminals who killed their loved ones through the live broadcast.
The onlookers, either out of good intentions or just to watch the fun, threw money in.
If no conditions are imposed, the live broadcast of criminals’ daily lives will definitely turn into a scene of bloody torture.
Some death row inmates with outstanding looks and miserable life experiences can also use this opportunity to weave a tragic tale. Win the sympathy of netizens and attract a group of fans.
Then through the annual selection, their sentence can be reduced. After being released from prison, they won’t have to worry about finding a job and can directly become an internet celebrity.
No matter whether those on death row are living comfortably or not, the live broadcast will subtly affect the public’s perception, and sooner or later something terrible will happen.
Chu Shici expressed what he thought.
Shen Xiuzhe hummed lightly, “The New Entertainment Law has many restrictions and a set of special rules. The specifics are too much, and Officer Li did not go into the details. But he did say that the management is very strict, and it has now been extended to the whole nation, and the public response is very good.”
Having said that, why did Chu Shici feel that this information is so unreliable?
He thought for a while and suddenly remembered something.
“Zhe-ge, when did you just say that the tourist bus exploded?”
“Five years ago.”
“Five years ago?!”
“I confirmed with him that the number of people and the location are correct. There is no mistake.”
“But we obviously heard the news last week!”
Shen Xiuzhe didn’t reply and turned his head away coldly.
When Chu Shici saw Zhe-ge like this, he knew that he was also confused.
He tsked in confusion.
Could it be that the news they overheard had been recorded long ago?
But why do some people get up at 5 o’clock every day just to watch news that was recorded so long ago?
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