Enforcer's Handbook

"Have you heard? If a person lives in a dark environment, he may degenerate into a caveman."

"what is that?"

"A small, hunched and aggressive people who will throw rocks at you if they meet you."

"Who did you hear this from?"

"Igor, but I haven't seen him for many days."

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Walking through the streets of the deep area, two teenage children were talking about cavemen.

The architectural style here makes Song Lan feel as if she has returned to 2020. There are also amusement parks and other facilities that have disappeared in the 17th District.

Slides, sand, and some simple climbing facilities.

There are footprints of children on the sand, as well as some dried blood. I don't know who left them.

In District 17, the entertainment method for children of this age is usually the latest holographic game technology, allowing them to experience a different world without leaving home.

Entertainment in 2166 is very cheap, and even families on the poverty line have the opportunity to get an old holographic helmet, which is one of the few means for the poor to relieve stress and fatigue.

In the deep areas of the Fourth Neutral Kingdom, Song Lan did not see too many high-tech facilities. It was more like a city in 2020, with familiar scenery along the way, but he could always seem to be harmonious here. Under the environment, I found some details that are very scary to think about.

For example, the missing Igor, the dried blood in the sand, and the missing person notice on the wall.

He hoped that this was just a figment of his imagination and that everything he had seen and heard along the way was just a coincidence.

The purpose of his trip was simple and clear, passing through the civilian area and the old city to the only prison set up outside the deep area.

According to the markings on the map found by "Rat", the old city does not refer to the old buildings, but the area specially designated by the rangers for the villains, and those who are suspected will be sent here. To fend for themselves, as long as they don't make too much noise, the Rangers won't interfere too much with the security of these areas.

The most obvious difference from the civilian areas is that everyone in the old city is armed.

There are snack bars and synthetic butcher shops in the lively market area. On the left are goods and lists, and on the right is a light machine gun. The waiter only wears an apron on his upper body that has been stained by oil and turned dark yellow. Menacing muscles and scars are displayed in front of customers.

Song Lan glanced at it from a distance. There was no doubt that the waiter was the most vicious person in the whole store.

There are no pretty ladies in uniforms, they are all frighteningly muscular men.

In fact, since entering the old city, all the women he saw were wearing this style, carrying individual rocket launchers while chatting.

Each restaurant is committed to providing customers with a home away from home service.

Delicious synthetic food feasts or guns - you can always buy what you want.

In a place like this, Song Lan felt that the prison might be an unnecessary facility. Walking on the streets of the old city, you might not be able to say hello to others without a dozen lives on your hands.

Other districts have another name for the old town.

Waste treatment plant.

There are only two possibilities for normal people who are sent to the old city, either to become a garbage disposal person, or to become garbage and be disposed of by others.

Song Lan feels that the folk customs here are much "simpler" than those in the 17th District before Lu Xiang came. After all, for the sake of the Foster family, prosecutorial departments and law enforcement agencies, local criminals still have to pay attention to some face occasionally. Engineering.

Therefore, it was difficult for him to imagine what kind of prisoners would be sent to the only prison in the city.

But if Lu Xiang's teacher was escorted to this city and was still alive, then she was probably imprisoned in this prison.

He stayed for a while in the lively market area and heard some talk about the prison. People in the old city called it the "dungeon." When these ruthless men with muscles on their arms bigger than his head talked about the dungeon, All of them were so talkative that their voices became much lower.

Song Lan was glad that he was controlling the Hornworm Warrior at the moment instead of coming here himself.

With his thin arms and legs, it would be difficult for him to pass through this city safely. The tough residents of the old city reminded Song Lan of a famous saying by the philosopher Zarya, "In our place, you can only be played. portion".

This is the real story, nothing embellished.

Fortunately, although these people were fierce, they had no special interest in insects. He adjusted his mood and walked through the crowded downtown area. The southwest corner of the old city was connected to the prison called the dungeon. Song Lan did not understand The name comes from the fact that the prison looks more like a majestic castle to him.

The Rangers held the only major route to the prison.

According to people in the old city, the dungeon does not provide the option of visiting the prisoner. If someone around you is sent in, just stay at home and wait for the result. Don't ask about what is available all day long, unless you want to go in too.

And even after serving their sentences there, they all suffered from mental illness without exception.

A moment later, when Song Lan was inside the prison, he finally understood the origin of the name "dungeon".

The environment in the prison can only be described as darkness. It was pitch black and it was impossible to see the way forward. The flashlight of the patrolling guard was the only light source in the prison. Even if someone who was unfamiliar with the structure of the prison escaped from the cell, He couldn't even tell where he was.

Fortunately, in order to cope with the complex environment, Graves set up a night vision system for the Hornworm Warrior so that he could clearly see what was going on in the dungeon.

Different from the grand appearance from the outside, the cell inside is dark and narrow, and looks like a storage room. The prisoners are sent into the compartment like objects. The sound insulation effect of the compartment is excellent, even if you shout inside Even if you scream, no one outside can hear you.

Song Lan once read in a scientific magazine that being in a dark environment for a long time can make people go crazy. He understood why people in the old city said that most criminals who had served their sentences had become crazy.

In order to avoid being discovered by surveillance and prison guards, Song Lan carefully chose ventilation ducts and water pipes to move.

But he doesn't seem to be the only infiltrator of the prison.

When he came to a relatively empty area through the water pipe, an unexpected figure caught his eye.

It was also a bug, but it was doing something clearly unbecoming of a bug.

It stood upright and used its sharp claws to carve some incomprehensible words on the wall, but Song Lan could understand the map next to the words.

Is this species of its own kind drawing a structural diagram of the prison?

Seemingly noticing Song Lan's arrival, the map-drawing bug stopped its movements. It raised its tail pincer fiercely in a threatening manner, as if it wanted to drive out Song Lan, the uninvited guest.