Zhou Lin

2195, spring.

Crystal County, a certain business district.

A young and beautiful woman was walking down the street pushing a stroller.

Warm sunlight poured into the car, illuminating the baby's tender face.

This is a very cute child, which can even be described as "beautiful"; the genes given to him by his parents should have been a blessing, but...

That day, the child was snatched away.

Two skilled human traffickers cooperated with each other. One stepped forward to distract the mother's attention, while the other took the opportunity to take away the sleeping baby.

Four months later, the mother became seriously ill and passed away soon after.

The father of the child was a civil servant with a decent job, but under the double blow of losing his wife, he chose to end his life with a bottle of liquor and a bullet.

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Babies that have not yet remembered are hot commodities in the hands of traffickers, especially boys. If factors such as cuteness and good health are added, the price can be raised even higher.

In this case, the baby was undoubtedly a hot commodity. Ten days after he was abducted, he was sent to a city in Long County and adopted by a couple named Che, or... Being "bought and adopted".

From a certain perspective, he was still lucky.

"I hope my abducted child will be raised as his own by others somewhere and grow up well" is the last line of psychological defense for most families whose children have been abducted. However, the reality is...most of the abducted children The kid who left was not so lucky.

Take Che Wuchen as an example. If he had been a child who could remember things when he was abducted, he would probably have had his tongue cut out, his legs broken, and turned into a tool for begging.

And if she is a girl, she may be bought by some perverts with special hobbies, or she may be kept as a child bride in a closed environment, and used as a tool for reproduction and labor throughout her life.

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The couple who bought Che Wuchen's family still had some money. Even if they didn't reach the middle class, they were at least better than working-class wages.

The man's family has deep-rooted feudal and conservative ideas, while the woman's family is also very money-minded, so they can be considered well-matched.

The union of a man and a woman is less a marriage than a transaction—a transaction that satisfies two narrow-minded families.

Since it is such a family, it naturally adheres to the concept of "must raise a son to carry on the family line", but unfortunately, both men and women have physical problems.

If the problem only lies with the woman, the man will most likely find a surrogate, a mistress, or even go to the woman’s family to file a claim and get a divorce. But if the problem lies with the man, their family will have different standards and coping strategies. .

At first, the couple planned to go through the legal adoption procedures. However, because each of them had a lot of bad records since they were students, they were still turned away by the adoption agency even though their financial conditions were acceptable. .

Of course, this is not a big deal. Regulations are dead, but people are alive... If you can't follow the procedures according to the regulations, just "find someone to help".

They bribed the person in charge of a local adoption office, who said, "Although on the surface, based on your materials, I can't help you submit an application to the higher authorities, I can introduce you to other ways... to wait for the child." Now that I have it, I can also help you get his birth documents. Just by looking at the files, he will look like your biological child; however... this requires a certain commission, which is not cheap."

Being able to say this means that this is not the first time this person in charge has done something like this; he naturally has a backer at the top of the federal government, otherwise he would not dare to promote this human trafficking business within the system.

It can be said that this is already a very mature industrial chain and benefit chain.

And this filthy chain, which feeds on the destruction of countless families, feeds and fattens many people.

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Che Wuchen's childhood was not easy.

As he grows up day by day, the gap between him and his "adoptive parents" becomes deeper and deeper.

Just seeing that face that had nothing to do with him would make his "father" inexplicably angry.

In addition... During those few years, the Ches each made some failed speculations and almost lost their entire family fortune; both of them started to drink and gamble after turning from luxury to frugality, and their tempers became worse and worse.

In the eyes of the older generation of the two families, Che Wuchen was just a "helpless choice". Not only his appearance, but also his intelligence and personality were incompatible with everyone in the family.

When he questioned some of the ideas instilled by his "adoptive parents" while growing up, or even made a strong refutation, what he often received was not a rational discussion, but an angry beating and scolding.

Finally, in junior high school, Che Wuchen, who was in his rebellious period, began to make his "adoptive parents" feel an unprecedented emotion - "fear".

He is like a tiger and wolf committed to the livestock pen. As his vision broadens and his mind matures, his sharp fangs gradually appear.

It was also in this year that the Che couple sent him to the "Sunshine Youth Behavior Correction Center", hoping to "correct" him into an "obedient child" with the help of Professor Tang.

People like Mr. and Mrs. Che are actually very typical - their narrow vision and understanding, as well as the selfishness, ignorance, anti-intellectualism, and incompetence that permeate their bones... make them constantly make wrong choices in life.

They can push others into the abyss of misfortune without hesitation and peace of mind for their own interests, but when they themselves encounter misfortune, they will be extremely psychologically unbalanced, blame others, and even take revenge on society.

They will never understand...it is they who lead them to destruction.

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A few years later, Che and his wife died in an accident.

At least all the evidence at the time showed that it was an "accident", and no police officer saw anything suspicious.

Since it was an "accident", there wouldn't be an in-depth investigation and the case would be closed quickly.

Soon after that, Che Wuchen was admitted to university and left his hometown.

He worked on his own to earn tuition and quickly severed ties with his hometown.

Many years later, Che Wuchen, who became an "inspector", found out that he was not born to the Che couple, and also learned that his biological parents had died many years ago.

But at this time, he no longer felt anything about these things.

The results of these investigations only verified the facts that he had been convinced of since he was a teenager.

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Time, back to the present.

The ninth prison, the female prison side, the sixth prison, "Youquan Shafu".

The person who made Che Wuchen see his dead "adoptive parents" was none other than one of the four deputy wardens of the Ninth Prison - the "Dream Master", Sarah Ambrolin.

She is also the only deputy warden still resisting.

As for her ability, you can almost guess it from her title, which is to "invade the dreams you create and defeat or kill people in the dreams."

From a certain perspective, it is actually similar to Che Wuchen's "daydream", but... upon closer inspection, there are still some differences.

First of all, Che Wuchen's ability...at least at his current level, still needs to touch the opponent's body with his hand to activate, but Sara's ability can be activated directly at mid-range.

Secondly, Che Wuchen's ability can take effect immediately on anyone in any mental state, but Sara's ability must take advantage of the moment when a target is "asleep" or "distracted".

Third, and the biggest difference, they have fundamental differences in their "dreaming methods": Che Wuchen's "daydream" is "completely controlled" by the caster, and the scenes he creates in the dream are not It requires no logic or support from the subject's memory, and the only limitation is his own imagination; and Sara's ability is to "expand dreams based on the 'impressions' and 'memory fragments' in the subject's mind." The advantage is... the dreams created in this way often hit the point directly and can defeat the person's will very efficiently. The disadvantage is that the dream is limited and it is impossible for things beyond the cognition of the subject to appear.

"Oh? You can actually see me?" Two seconds after Che Wuchen said those words to the air, Sara appeared and responded, "It's not simple... As expected, he killed his parents with his own hands. Where is the man."

Sara is also very accomplished in the field of interrogation. She knows how to use words to stimulate others, making them lose their calmness and emotional control... and ultimately destroy their psychological defenses.

"You are not simple either." However, when Che Wuchen heard this, he replied expressionlessly, "What age are you in, and you still create such boring and cliche dreams... I must have read a lot of second-rate movies. Family ethics dramas and horror movies, is this the daily life of an older leftover girl?"

If Sarah is a qualified interrogator, then Cha Wuchen is a rock star in the interrogation world; although Agent Cha cannot read the other party's memory fragments, with the personnel files he has seen in advance, he can easily and accurately He found a pain point that the other party was extremely concerned about.

"Bang..." Sure enough, after hearing the words "elderly leftover girl", Sarah's face immediately became extremely ugly, with anger and murderous intent written all over her face; even the dreams around her were also affected by her. The emotional changes were slightly distorted, and instantly there was an invisible pressure pouring out from all directions, making Che Wuchen feel as if he was in a fist that was gradually tightening, and he could not breathe.

"What? Is it so unpleasant to be hit by what I said?" Seeing that the tactics were effective, Che Wuchen immediately took advantage of the situation and said, "Actually, I don't mean anything else. I just sympathize with people like you... otherwise , you surrender immediately, I guarantee that I can ask the organization to let you live; in addition, I can also help you introduce a few good men... If you have urgent physical needs, you can't wait to get acquainted with them, I can also I reluctantly accept it and serve as your cannon for the time being..."

Ping——

At this moment, a sharp, loud sound of something breaking interrupted Che Wuchen's sarcasm, which did not contain any curse words but was unpleasant to hear.

Immediately afterwards, the invisible pressure turned into a tangible force, forcing Che Wuchen to kneel on the ground, sweating profusely.

"The scumbag who speaks freely..." Sarah looked at Che Wuchen and said in a cold tone with clear murderous intent, "I wanted to get some information from you, but since you are seeking death..."

She was telling the truth.

When the situation has developed to this point, Sara must also know that she can't save herself, but if she can get some information from a member of the prison robbery organization before escaping... then it will be good for her after escaping back to the Federation. If you explain something, you might still get some credit.

With this idea in mind, Sarah would ambush here.

A few minutes ago, Kaijiu and Anshui were the first to pass here. One was very strong and the other was not human at all. Sarah would not have done anything to them; and Che Wuchen, Sakaki Wuhuan and Meng who arrived later Of the three people, Kuenhan, two more feel too weak...

According to general logic, Zayu shouldn't know much, so Sara finally chose Che Wuchen, who was of average strength, to start with.

"Huh..." Che Wuchen adjusted his breathing and panted back, "You... think... ha... you can... kill me?"

"Ha." Sarah sneered, she was too lazy to answer the other party's question.

In the next second, the illusion of Mr. and Mrs. Che changed rapidly. Black blood flowed from their seven orifices, and their fingers grew into hooks. They looked like ghosts commonly seen in horror movies. At the same time, the ground under Che Wuchen turned into a bloody quagmire. , before he could react, dozens of slender arms stretched out from the swamp, covering his whole body, and slowly dragged him down...

Limbs, torso, and finally the head.

In just a few seconds, Che Wuchen was dragged into the blood swamp without even bubbling.

Three minutes later, Sara released her ability, walked out of the hiding place, walked around a room, and came to Che Wuchen's body.

People who die in "dreams" will die in a similar way in reality, but they may not have corresponding "trauma".

For example, if a person is beheaded in a dream, his/her neck must still be connected in reality, but his/her brain will think that his/her head has been severed, and his/her body will also stop supplying blood and oxygen to the brain, causing Death; for example, for people who drown in dreams, their lungs will become congested and stop moving in reality, and eventually die of lack of oxygen; and for people who die of gluttony or starvation in dreams, their stomach will naturally be in reality. Death due to perforation or rapid loss of sugar, fat, etc. in the body.

Right now, Che Wuchen's physical signs showed... that he "drown" in an air-filled environment; his palpebral conjunctiva, mucous membrane, and serosa all had petechial bleeding, and some light red fluid oozed from his mouth and nose. Foamy slime.

Sara had seen a lot of corpses like this, so she was not surprised at all. However, out of caution, she walked over, squatted next to the corpse, and reached out to feel the other person's pulse.

At the moment when she was sure that the other party was dead... Che Wuchen's eyes suddenly opened.

This unexpected incident made Sarah scream in surprise.

Her fear at this time had nothing to do with her fighting ability. Even if a living person pointed a gun at her, she would not be so scared. But when a corpse she had just confirmed to be dead suddenly opened its eyes and stared at her from such a close distance, she It was impossible not to be startled.

"You haven't answered my question just now..." Looking at Sara who staggered back, Che Wuchen's "corpse" slowly stood up from the ground and continued calmly, "Do you really think... you can kill me?"

"It's impossible..." After taking a breath, Sara, who had calmed down a little, stopped retreating. The confidence of a fierce-level ability user allowed her to regain the courage to fight, "In the dream just now, you were definitely killed by me... ..." She paused and thought of a hypothesis, "You...do you have the ability to resurrect?"

"That's what you think about..." Che Wuchen nodded, patted the dust on his body, and then continued leisurely, "Then, what makes you think...that you have escaped from the 'dream' at this moment? "