#978 - Chapter 978 Deep Despair
The training ground echoed with the crack of whips and screams of agony.
In mere moments, the dozen or so people suspended were covered in blood.
Flogging was an extremely brutal punishment at any time, far beyond what ordinary humans could endure.
"Ahhh!!! It wasn't me!!! I really didn't do anything!!! It hurts so damn much!!! Please, have mercy!"
"Not me, not me!!!! I didn't do anything last night!!!"
Some, unable to bear the excruciating pain, repeatedly begged for mercy.
But this did not soften the heart of the cadre in charge.
The Sanitation Department was originally a low-status department in the Prison-style Base, specializing in dirty and tiring work, and naturally had no high-ranking relatives from the base.
In other words, no one would feel sorry even if these people were all dead.
That's why the person in charge used such a direct method to force the culprit out.
"Hit harder! Haven't you eaten!? Huh?"
"Beat them to death!! If no one confesses, and no one reports the culprit, then beat them all to death!!"
He even felt it wasn't enough and added fuel to the fire, urging the burly men wielding the whips.
His words ignited those men like gasoline; who would dare admit they lacked strength?
Impossible!
Snap—
An even louder whip crack resounded, causing the suspended victims to scream even more miserably.
Gao Qiang nearly bit through his teeth, the intense pain assaulting his brain.
But remembering the suffering his younger brother had endured, and the hardships his sister had experienced in this past year of the apocalypse, he stubbornly endured it.
His pain was nothing compared to the suffering his siblings had gone through!
However.
He could stoically withstand such punishment, but others around him were not Gao Qiang.
Among those being punished was a member of the Mad Dog Gang!
Luo Zihau!
This former leader of the Mad Dog Gang had joined the Prison-style Base yesterday and, unfortunately, happened to be among those on duty last night!
Now, he was enduring the painful punishment along with the other duty personnel!
Heavens!
Why was he so unlucky!?
A few days ago, he was fine in his own base when suddenly a group of ruthless thugs descended from the sky, wiped out his subordinates, and then grabbed him, demanding information about a female survivor he had never seen.
He barely managed to provide the clues they needed, and then he was injected with various life-and-death control measures and arranged to join the Prison-style Base with those thugs.
Luo Zihau could guess that last night's incident must have been caused by those two thugs who had come in with him!
These two were trying to kill him!
The person in charge of the investigation had said that if no one confessed, they would whip them to death!
Betraying those two thugs might mean not getting the next dose of antidote and being poisoned to death.
Too difficult!
Facing death either way, Luo Zihau, writhing in pain, decided to risk it all!
"I'll talk!!! I know who did it last night!! It's that man next to me!! He threatened me to bring him into the Prison-style Base! He must have done something bad!!"
The words of betrayal escaped his lips.
Following the direction he pointed with his chin, everyone's gaze focused on Gao Qiang, who had remained silent all along!
The person in charge on the platform smiled.
"Clap clap clap—"
He clapped his hands, and the dozen or so burly men, sweating profusely, immediately stopped wielding their whips.
In a good mood, the person in charge walked between Luo Zihau and Gao Qiang, staring with interest at these two very different men.
"I noticed you earlier, quite tough!"
He reached out and patted Gao Qiang's face, saying with a sinister smile.
"Continue!"
Then he said to Luo Zihau.
Having already broken down, Luo Zihau naturally no longer concealed anything, spilling out everything he knew.
Anyway, if he didn't betray those two thugs today, he might really be whipped to death; rather than die in agony, he might as well drag them down with him before he died!
Besides, maybe the Prison-style Base would spare his life, seeing that he had voluntarily surrendered!
The largest base in Xiang Province; maybe they had a way to save him!
Soon.
The investigation leader finally understood what had happened.
Good heavens!
"Hehehe! What a touching display of brotherly love! Everyone, listen! This man went through all kinds of hardships to come to our base to save his sister, how rare!"
A mocking voice came from the person in charge, drawing laughter from the surrounding crowd.
Understood.
So, he wanted to sneak in to save his relatives.
Understandable.
But this man had come to the wrong place.
This was the most brutal and evil hell!
Even the Heavenly King himself had to listen to Black Boss here!
Another Green Source team member hidden among the onlookers and the remaining members of the Mad Dog Gang were also dragged out and hung on the iron railings.
The other Sanitation Department personnel, who had been unlucky enough to receive a whipping, were finally released in tears of joy, leaving two Green Source team members and three Mad Dog Gang members, a total of five people, hanging above.
The nighttime murder case was solved.
Next was Black Boss's punishment time!
The results of the search were quickly reported to the upper levels of Hell, making everyone aware.
"Hahahaha!!! I'm dying of laughter!! He actually wanted to come in and save his sister!?!"
In the high-level hall of the Prison-style Base, Black Boss laughed so hard he bent over backward after hearing the investigation results.
He really couldn't imagine that someone would be so foolish as to run into the most terrifying place in the entire Xiang Province to save a relative.
They completely disregarded the terror of Hell!
"Someone!"
"Bring that woman named Gao Lan here!"
"Tonight, I'm going to prepare a grand beast-fighting competition!! Since their brotherly and sisterly love is so deep, I can't possibly disappoint them!"
"I'm going to give them a chance!! Hahaha!! Let everyone in Hell participate in the betting! Those who win will have the honor of tasting this woman later!!"
Black Boss, in high spirits, gave his orders!
He decided to be "generous" and be careful not to kill the woman while he was enjoying her, and then let everyone else in the base have a chance to get close to her!
Let everyone in Hell vent their bestial desires in front of that brother!
The thought alone excited him!
Could the outcome of this competition be unexpected?
Impossible!
There was only one possible outcome!
This group of people who dared to sneak into Hell to cause trouble only had one path to take: failure!
In the end, that man would painfully watch his sister being humiliated in every way!
Give him hope, and then give him the deepest despair!
In the cold wind.
Gao Qiang, the other Green Source team member, and the members of the Mad Dog Gang, who were hung in the training ground, were shivering from the cold.
Although the temperature had risen slightly recently, it was only ten degrees Celsius.
Wearing only a pair of pants, they were suffering from the cold.
Even more terrifying was the unknown treatment they would face next.
Gao Qiang looked at the sky, feeling deeply desperate.
What to do?
(End of this chapter)
