Free Web NovelChapter 573: Chapter 314: I Will Guard the Gates of Pure White Hell
"First of all, welcome everyone to today’s meeting.
"Today, there are three important issues."
The morning sunlight shines into the conference room.
Chairman Chen Shu, with panda eyes, holds his speech draft, his voice slightly hoarse, seemingly having burnt the midnight oil again.
"The first is good news!
"Big news!"
He grins, looking at the people around the conference table.
Professor Zhang already knows the news, and he smiles too.
Song Yin, Committee Member Gu Lin, Professor Gan, and Professor Qin all look up.
Mo Lanyou, Bai Mo, and Wu Qingyun also turn their eyes to Chairman Chen Shu.
Several newcomers, who hadn’t been seen before, also look at Chairman Chen Shu.
"...According to reliable intelligence, internal divisions have begun within the Dark Side.
"A few days ago, the leader of the Red Blood Secret Sect and the second-in-command of the Dark World clashed in Dongguo City!"
Oh?
It really is good news!
Everyone in the conference room beams with delight.
"Moreover, this is not an isolated case. Our experts speculate that the division and infighting within the Dark Side might have started six months ago.
"The harder they fight, the heavier the infighting, the less pressure we have.
"However, it’s a bit of a pity that in this clash between the Red Blood Secret Sect and the Dark World giants, neither of them died."
After briefly talking about some past examples and expert analyses, Chairman Chen Shu moves to the next topic.
"The second issue is, Ms. Lu Qian proposed... um... closing the Immortal Involvement Prison."
Hmm?
Bai Mo furrows his brows, not quite understanding.
What does it mean?
Close? Immortal Involvement Prison?
Who is Ms. Lu Qian?
The conference room falls silent.
Bai Mo looks at Song Yin, seeing him squint with a mocking smile on his face.
Following his gaze, Bai Mo spots a new face at the conference table, presumably Ms. Lu Qian, who proposed closing the Immortal Involvement Prison... She is a fair-skinned, slightly plump woman in her forties, wearing a white suit and a neatly coiffed bun, facing Song Yin boldly with composure, showing no fear.
Mo Lanyou nudges Bai Mo’s arm, secretly leaning her head over.
Bai Mo, understandingly, leans closer.
Hu Hufeng, nestled in Bai Mo’s arms, also leans closer alongside his master.
Listening to Mo Lanyou’s secret introduction.
"This Lu Qian is the Legal Affairs Director of the West State Immortal Committee.
"All legal procedures are formulated by her alone.
"Major legal documents require her signature."
Oh?
An expert in legal affairs?
Bai Mo realizes.
In his work, most legal matters are fast-tracked. The remaining few are handled by Fang Xiaoyu, resulting in Bai Mo not being directly involved or knowing Ms. Lu Qian.
Then Ms. Lu Qian softly speaks.
"I have prepared a video, please take a look."
The large television in the conference room plays scenes from the Immortal Involvement Prison.
Unexpectedly, this prison is not dark or damp; instead, it’s very bright!
In fact, it’s overly bright, with ceiling lamps in the hallway so densely packed that the corridors are devoid of shadows—even the fake Wine Vessel Flowers there have no shadows... This prison is starkly built with the effect of shadowless lamps.
A corridor with cells on both sides has no doors, only doorways.
Inside the cells, the lighting is equally bright and dense, with no shadows.
Inmates are tied to mechanical beds, their bodies shackled with various restraints, unable to move.
"Inmates are injected with Five Red Boiling Soup, unable to move or sleep, only allowed four hours of sleep a day.
"They don’t eat meals, nutrients are supplemented via mechanical hands injecting glucose.
"Excretion also happens on the mechanical bed, handled by mechanical hands.
"Bathing and drying too are managed on this mechanical bed by mechanical hands.
"In this prison, the only thing inmates do is be tied in a stupor on mechanical beds, unaware of day or night, uninformed of time’s passage, in an environment glaringly bright without shadows, in this pure white hell-like place, unable to move, unable to sleep, perpetually staring at the bright white ceiling... living.
"Is this legal?
"Do they still count as humans?
"The first time I saw this video, I was deeply shocked."
The conference room is rather silent.
Not only Ms. Lu Qian, but everyone else is deeply shocked too.
Bai Mo even sees on the video, circles of muscle boundary limiters and other restraints on the inmates.
Song Yin clears his throat.
"I want to correct Ms. Lu Qian’s statement.
"First, these inmates have plenty to do.
"For example, they need to cooperate in experiments involving firearms, melee weapons, medicine, runes, and many other fields.
"For example, they need to cooperate with interrogation experts, engaging in conversations, divulging secrets about the Ancient Immortal Dynasty and the Immortal Techniques.
"Second, these inmates’ lives actually have lots of enjoyment.
"For instance, injecting glucose produces a sense of happiness in their bodies.
"For example, every forty-five minutes, a promotional slogan appears on the ceiling they stare at. Things like ’The Human Race will triumph,’ ’The Immortal Committee will save the world,’ ’Crime must pay the price,’ etc. Each slogan lasts three seconds, adding a sliver of fun to their pure white life.
"Third, Ms. Lu Qian asked me if they still count as humans?
"I’ve pondered before, when they kill innocent people to cultivate Immortal Techniques, do they ever think if they still count as humans?
"And do those innocent victims ever agree that they are humans?
"Huh?
"Ms. Lu Qian, please use the laws you hold, the knowledge you’ve learned, the cases you’ve judged, the education you’ve received over the years, your work experience, life’s anecdotes, to answer me these two questions!"
