Why it never ends

Chapter 1041 Restrictions
After giving the young people a hard time, Hesta locked them in the basement.

There is a cell for chelates in the basement of every mercury needle workstation, and this one is no exception. But compared to the real workstation, the cells here are much simpler, with only a few relatively sturdy metal cages. Hesta believes that once these reservists have fully recovered, it will only be a matter of time before they escape from the cages.

She dragged the cage and the people to different locations in the basement. One of them kept yelling and cursing, while the one with a blocked throat was very quiet. Hesta checked her injuries. She was breathing with difficulty the whole time, and the iron nail seemed to have rubbed her trachea.

"She's seriously injured," Hesta stood up and looked at the others, "Do you have a hospital like the one at the base in Deep Anchor?"

"You'll pay! You'll—"

"She's dying." Hesta interrupted the young man.

There was some confusion on the faces of several people. The little man who was crying grabbed the cage with both hands and begged Hesta to save him.

"You must be sent to a doctor immediately," Hesta said, "but seriously, why should I save you, especially since you are here to kill me tonight?"

"What do you want in exchange for saving her—"

"What are you talking about!" said another person, "Do you really think she will save people? She said it herself--"

"First tell me what you did tonight," Hesta raised his voice, "Where are the Victorians?"

"She was taken away by our companions," said the adult Mercury Needle who had never spoken, "but she should be safe because several people in our team like her very much and want to invite her to join us."

"Where is she now?"

"If you want me to continue, you save people first."

Hesta lowered his eyes and glanced at the mercury needle on the ground: "Where is your hospital?"

"I can't tell you our coordinates," the man said, "Do you have any way to save her?"

Both sides were silent for a moment.

Hesta took out her cell phone and called Ximoya. She pressed the speakerphone and told Ximoya everything that happened at the temporary workstation in the Fayalar Desert tonight in front of everyone, and then asked Ximoya to find a way to come and rescue people immediately.

It was almost midnight. Ximoya, who was suddenly woken up, was furious on the other end of the phone: "What can I do——"

Hesta hung up the phone.

"Okay," Hesta said, "tell me what you did tonight."

……

"Honestly, your experience is already impressive, but when we saw the resume of that inspector, we were shocked."

Victoria listened to the stories of the people around her in a dim vision. She was put into a hood again, and she could only feel from the fine gaps in the textiles that she was probably transported to a bright corridor.

The young girl walked beside her, and there were at least four people walking with her, pushing Victoria across the stretcher.

"It's impossible to win a duel with such a person head-on. We have to think of other ways," the girl said. "So we thought of nerve inhibitors. Chelated nerve inhibitors are also effective for mercury needles - this is exactly what I saw in your article. As a result, after personal experience, we found that it is more suitable than we thought, because before entering bullet time, even if the concentration of the inhibitor in the blood has reached the effective concentration, the person will not be affected at all until she enters bullet time."

Victoria said with difficulty: "You... added... the inhibitor... into... the tableware?"

"...tableware? I haven't thought about it. That might be more difficult to find, but it's hard to guarantee the concentration, and most people would simply wash the tableware before using it." The girl said, "We directly add the inhibitor to the water tank and the filter element of the water filter, so that no matter which method you use to get water, there will be no problem." Victoria sighed lightly.

The problem is in the water...

Victoria gently turned her wrist. At this moment, her body was gradually recovering, like a person who had just stood up after sitting in the bathroom for a long time. She felt a tingling sensation all over her body, but at the same time, her strength was also returning.

The procession stopped and Victoria heard a door open.

The sound reminded her of the sliding door of a base or workstation.

Victoria felt someone straighten her up.

"You seem to be recovering," the girl said, "but for our own safety, we have to take some measures..."

Someone rolled up Victoria's sleeve and rubbed cold alcohol on the inside of her elbow, and then a syringe was pushed in.

"It's still an inhibitor, don't worry." The girl said, "Please remember, don't enter bullet time, and the inhibitor will not take effect."

After the injection, the hood and shackles were removed at the same time. Victoria lost her support and almost fell down. The strong light in the room made it difficult for her to open her eyes. A young man named Shui Yinzhen supported her.

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"Are you still used to it?" the young man asked. "We can stand here for a while."

"No need." Victoria pushed the other person's hand away, "Show me what you want to show me."

The girl smiled and walked forward, and Victoria followed immediately.

"I heard that you didn't grow up in a reserve base."

"Well," Victoria said, "I added the mercury needles relatively late..."

"No wonder. I was a little confused when I read your materials. Why are you so radical in restricting the authority of the mercury needles in the habitable area... It's as if you were born to be an enemy of all mercury needles."

"Why do you say that?"

"I heard that a few years ago, Office 4 was planning to lower the penalty for Mercury Needle's unauthorized entry into bullet time, from 40 years' imprisonment to 20 years," the young man glanced at Victoria, "and you, as a member of the Ethics Committee, cast a public vote against it."

"…It's just to find a balance." Victoria said, "The base and the workstation have formed a very solid utopia. The preferential treatment and care that Mercury Needle enjoys are unimaginable to ordinary people. When facing ordinary people who are unarmed in the habitable area, the restrictions Mercury Needle is subject to should be equal to this."

The young man's pace slowed down.

"Do you really think so?"

"Why should I lie?" Victoria said, "The preferential treatment given by AHgAs is not only in the material aspect—"

"If I tell you that it is the AHgAs that have taken away our most precious freedom, how will you answer me?"

"If you mean the chips in our bodies—"

"I mean," the young man pressed the fingerprint lock on the last inner door, "time limit."