Chapter 96: Funeral (Part 1)

"Thank you, Gene, thank you!"

The turbid old tears had already flowed down the wise man's cheeks, and his shriveled body seemed to be injected with vitality. He was so excited that he could no longer suppress the trembling of his heart. His whole body spasmed violently, and the hand holding the phone seemed to have lost its strength.

More than 30 years of dark life is about to end. At this moment, all you need to do is continue to wait and endure.

"Don't hold too much expectations. Maybe the General Affairs Department and the Parliament will not allow it."

Soon the wise man suppressed his excitement and shook his head with a smile.

"I don't know about others, but I know your ability, Gene, the Six God King Seal."

The other end of the phone fell silent.

"Extraneous things"

"I won't mention a word to others, Mr. Gene."

The other side of the phone hummed, and the phone was hung up. The wise man sat down limply, sweating profusely, and the fingers holding the cigarette were still shaking uncontrollably.

"You can go out now."

At lunchtime, the door of the prison tower opened. Jewell saw that the wise man had returned, and he was relieved.

"What's wrong? You're back so soon."

The wise man wiped the sweat off his face and shook his head.

"I'm old and can't work anymore. Thank you, Jewell. Can I ask you for a favor? I want to go back to the underground tonight to chat with my old friends."

Jewell looked at the wise man in confusion. There were so many staff members in the cafeteria watching him. He stared at the wise man with a serious face. He couldn't tell what was strange. The wise man went out for a while, and his expression changed completely when he came back. He looked very relaxed.

"Forget it, it's up to you."

Ten minutes later, the wise man returned to the tunnel at the bottom again, accompanied by several guards.

"Hey, old man, I haven't seen you for a few days. Did you encounter any good news?"

"Old man, you are enjoying your life up there. Why don't you stay here and come back?"

"Do you have cigarettes? Old man, give me one."

As soon as the wise man entered the tunnel, many prisoners immediately surrounded him and greeted him. The wise man smiled and said he would talk to him later, and then walked towards the depths of the tunnel.

This tunnel, which is nearly 100 meters wide and has extended for nearly 20 kilometers, is close to the gully area. The prisoners can only dig day and night. The 20-kilometer tunnel round trip every day is a common occurrence for the prisoners.

Microbial battery lights are placed everywhere on the tunnel wall for lighting. From time to time, prisoners can be seen dragging bags of heavy stones from the opposite side. The excavated stones are packed in special strong bags, and can be loaded with up to one or two tons at a time. This is no problem for mutants, but those who are not mutants will suffer. It is extremely difficult to drag back 500 kilograms at a time.

Therefore, most men and women who are not mutants can only rely on their bodies to exchange for some food, dig from time to time, and have a good relationship with mutants, because they can pick up some stone debris dug by mutants.

Most prisoners go back and forth several times to exchange for two or three days' worth of liquid food, and then rest near the square. The tunnel is too cold.

After walking for nearly an hour, the wise man came to the door of a cave and looked inside. A thin man with a yellow face and thin muscles was squatting on the ground, sucking something, smacking.

"Billy, come in with me, there is an urgent matter."

After a while, the strong man sitting in front of the thin man named Billy in the cave put down a can of liquid food with satisfaction and left. Billy wiped his mouth and walked out.

The man named Billy has high cheekbones, a thin nose, a somewhat weak appearance, long hair, and a woman's demeanor. He moves shyly and has a delicate face. He doesn't look like a working person.

"Walk faster, Billy."

The wise man said with some annoyance. He hated this Billy. The Billy behind him suffered from a rare multiple personality disorder. Now Billy's personality was just that of a weak woman, which was the most useless, except for exchanging food. The wise man didn't know how many personalities Billy had. He had only seen Billy's 6 personalities, among which the smart doctor Billy was the most useful. The fake death pill that Leng Rui took last time was made by Billy's doctor personality.

"Sorry, I walk slowly."

The wise man looked at Billy angrily.

"Where are the others? You can call anyone out. What I hate most is little girls like you."

Billy nodded and lowered her eyebrows, taking small steps, looking like a girl. She was not tall, only about 1.7 meters, and her hands were placed in front of her with reserve.

"No one has talked to me much lately, so I'm sorry, old man."

The wise man sighed helplessly, and the two walked all the way. Finally, after an hour, they arrived at the excavation site. A large number of prisoners were sweating profusely, holding pickaxes and digging hard stones. Alpha was there too.

At this time, Alpha was sweating all over, and the only white vest on her body had turned black. She had just washed in the women's bath a few days ago, and the cigarette butt in her mouth had long been extinguished.

"Alpha, come here."

The knocking sound paused, Alpha turned around and glanced at Billy.

"Who is it today?"

"It's Billy."

Billy lowered his head shyly, and Alpha walked over with a little helplessness, and the group walked into the newly excavated cave.

"Why did you come down, old wise man!"

Leng Rui had just recovered from a serious illness and was much better. Quasimodo was still standing by, and he turned his head slightly.

"Billy"

"Mr. Quasimodo."

Billy leaned over like a little bird. The other three people in the room didn't like Billy very much, except Quasimodo, who was closer to her.

The five people came to the corner of the wall, and the wise man took a deep breath.

"It's done. Gene agreed to my conditions. We can go out soon."

Leng Rui jumped up in an instant, and just as he was about to shout, Alpha pulled him over and covered his mouth.

At this time, Leng Rui kept sobbing, tears streaming down his face and nodding his head, while Billy was laughing with tears of joy. Quasimodo, who was always taciturn, also widened his eyes and moved his throat. Alpha bit his lips, raised the corners of his mouth, smiled coldly, and suddenly punched a hard wall on one side.

Bang

A fist-sized hole was punched into the wall, dust gushed out, and the stone that was punched into it was crushed into powder.

"I know you are all very excited. After all, in such a dark underground, the longest is more than 50 years, and the shortest is 7 years. But please remember, until the last moment, hold back and act like usual. Don't show any joy at all."