#277 - Chapter 276 Panic
#277 - Chapter 276 Panic
After leaving the deathmatch arena, Li Chenqiu led Xiang Nanzhi to the prison's records room.
After some friendly communication with the prison guard in the records room, the guard very cooperatively pulled up the inmates' information on the computer.
"Their information is all here. Is there anything else I can do for you?" the guard asked with a friendly expression, dark circles under his eyes.
"No need, you can go back to your work!" Li Chenqiu waved his hand, then began to hold the mouse, find the names on the death list, click on them, and then exit, constantly repeating this operation.
Xiang Nanzhi leaned on the table, looking down at Li Chenqiu: "Aren't you going to kill people?"
Li Chenqiu said without looking up: "How can I kill people if I don't know the faces corresponding to the names?"
Li Chenqiu knew very well that these prisoners were unlikely to abide by his rules, so he needed to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, and the people on the death list were his chickens.
...
The night was deep, and the stars twinkled.
In a dark alley.
"Pfft—"
A thin prisoner slammed hard against the wall, spitting out a large mouthful of blood.
"I told you to hand over your contribution card, but you had to get beaten up before you'd listen?"
A middle-aged man with a toothpick in his mouth and a fierce face stepped forward and stomped on the prisoner's shoulder.
The prisoner begged weakly: "I... I don't have many contribution coins left... Please let me go!"
The middle-aged man put his hands in his pockets and leaned down: "Not many contribution coins, so you still have some!"
Just then, a voice came from the alley entrance.
"I have a lot, a lot of contribution coins. Do you want to rob me?"
"Huh?"
The middle-aged man turned his head in surprise, and under the dim, flickering electric light, he saw a young man standing quietly.
The middle-aged man's eyes widened: "Li... Li Chenqiu?"
Li Chenqiu walked towards the middle-aged man step by step: "You forgot the rules I just mentioned as soon as I said them."
The middle-aged man leaned against the wall, trembling as he retreated: "I... I, I don't know the rules you're talking about. I just came back from the mountains."
Li Chenqiu raised an eyebrow: "Is that so?"
The middle-aged man nodded like a chick: "Yes, yes, yes!"
Li Chenqiu said sympathetically: "Then you're really out of luck."
He reached out and grabbed the man's collar, dragging him out of the alley.
"Brother Li... No, no, no, Grandpa Li, ignorance is bliss!" The man struggled desperately, but to no avail.
Li Chenqiu looked down at the man: "Ignorance is bliss, what does that have to do with you? Did your parents name you Ignorance?"
The alley was located in District Two, not far from the square. Before long, Li Chenqiu dragged the man to the center of the square.
"Hey, isn't that Li Chenqiu?"
"Damn, it's really him! It's really Li Chenqiu!"
"What is he going to do?"
Passing prisoners stopped one after another, watching Li Chenqiu from a distance. It wasn't that they didn't want to get closer, but they didn't dare to.
In the square, Li Chenqiu released his hand, and the man instantly fell to the ground. However, he did not stand up, but knelt at Li Chenqiu's feet, begging for mercy while hugging Li Chenqiu's leg:
"Please let me go! I really know I was wrong. Please give me another chance!"
Li Chenqiu touched the man's head: "Where were you wrong? Shout it out loud and let everyone hear."
"Will you let me go if I shout?" The man looked at Li Chenqiu expectantly.
Li Chenqiu said coldly: "I'm not sure, but I'm sure you'll die immediately if you don't shout."
The man was stunned for a moment, then shouted at the top of his lungs: "I was wrong! I shouldn't have beaten Huang Qi! I shouldn't have tried to steal his contribution card! I really know I was wrong!"
Li Chenqiu smiled, looking around: "Did everyone hear that clearly?"
As he spoke, Li Chenqiu's left hand quickly reached out and grabbed the man's neck, his five fingers exerting slight force.
Crack!
A crisp sound of bone breaking rang out, and the man's head bent to the right at a strange angle, and his whole body fell to the right along with it.
"This..."
The surrounding prisoners were frightened and retreated, looking at Li Chenqiu in horror.
They didn't expect Li Chenqiu to dare to kill people in public. This wasn't the deathmatch arena. What's the difference between doing this and ignoring federal law?
Li Chenqiu kicked the man away and shifted his gaze to a prisoner who was bare-chested.
"You, come here." Li Chenqiu beckoned to him.
"Ah?"
The prisoner subconsciously took a step back.
Li Chenqiu raised his voice: "Didn't you hear me? I told you to come here!"
The prisoner's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and he walked up to Li Chenqiu with a stiff scalp: "You... Do you need something?"
Li Chenqiu lowered his eyebrows: "Aren't you clear about the prison's rules and regulations? Except in the dormitories and bathhouses, you must wear a full set of prison uniforms in other places. Don't you know that?"
"I... I'll go back and put it on right away! Ten minutes, I'll put it on right away!" The prisoner said eagerly, but was stopped by Li Chenqiu when he was about to leave.
"Wear it in your next life!"
Whoosh—
Flames erupted from Li Chenqiu's fingertips, slashing across the other party's neck with lightning speed.
"Ugh..."
The prisoner clutched his neck and fell straight to the ground, his eyes filled with fear and confusion, staring at Li Chenqiu, seemingly unable to believe that Li Chenqiu had killed him so casually for a prison uniform.
"He just... killed him?"
"Too arrogant! How can he kill people at will!"
"Isn't he afraid of federal law?"
The prisoners widened their eyes, looking at Li Chenqiu as if they had seen a ghost.
What they didn't know was that Li Chenqiu wasn't killing people at random. The people he killed were all prisoners who would be sentenced to death under federal law.
"Three rules, everyone must keep them in mind, otherwise I'll be very busy."
Li Chenqiu blew out the flames on his fingertips, turned and left the square. Two... are far from enough.
...
This night was destined to be a turbulent night, a night of fear and anxiety.
Li Chenqiu roamed wantonly between the four districts, and in just one night, he slaughtered nearly fifty prisoners with thunderous means.
The prison authorities took no action on this, as if they were blind, completely ignoring Li Chenqiu.
After this news came out, the prisoners who had originally dismissed the three rules set by Li Chenqiu completely panicked, and found the dusty "Prison Rules" that night and read it carefully.
Their diligent appearance was probably unmatched even by high school students in their senior year.
"What's going on? Li Chenqiu is killing people like this, isn't the warden going to do anything about it?"
"Don't you fucking yell! If you don't study yourself, don't disturb others!"
"Keep it down! Don't you know that the prison doesn't allow loud noises in the middle of the night?"
"That's right! Aren't you afraid of Li Chenqiu knocking on your door!"
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