Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 313 Very delicious

The prisoners gave their souls voluntarily.

The moment they input their names into the instrument, their souls were extracted from their bodies.

Duan Mingyuan and Owl agreed that the judge might have a wrong understanding of the word "voluntary". Depriving someone of their soul without their knowledge could not be called voluntary. However, the mechanical prison guard came up with an irrefutable reason.

Even the prisoners themselves had no objection.

In order to prove this, it specially invited a prisoner who had signed up, and told the prisoner the whole process of losing his soul in front of Duan Mingyuan and Owl without hiding anything.

The prisoner was not angry, and as the mechanical prison guard said, he didn't mind.

He also admitted that he had never felt so good. Negative emotions such as anger, hatred and unwillingness had left him. Now, even if he was in a cage, he could remain calm.

He got what he really wanted.

"What happens to those who have their souls taken away from them?"

On the other side of the video, Jiu Yue almost put her chin on the phone, so that her face almost filled the entire screen.

Before making the call, she had just finished taking care of her tail, applied skin care lotion on her face, and then lay on the bed with great interest to listen to Mr. Mingyuan's stories about prison.

Although they were only a few kilometers apart physically, they seemed to be in two different worlds.

She recalled some words written in a book, "People say that once you lose your soul, you become an empty shell."

This is also the most mainstream view at present. Many philosophers believe that the human soul is much more important than life. All life is eroded by time, and only the soul can last forever.

But in reality, no one has ever really known what would happen to humans after they lost their souls.

No one is even really sure whether the soul exists.

"They become kind and calm, like a different person."

Duan Mingyuan said.

They lost their souls, and thus their desires. They no longer had the hunger for victory, and they also gave up their obsession with leaving the prison.

He soon discovered that the real difficulty of this trial was not hiding the souls in a place where the prisoners could never find them, but making them completely lose the desire to compete.

Just as the mechanical prison guard said, they will remove the prison restrictions on these prisoners. They can go anywhere they want, do whatever they want, and believe that these villains will never embark on the path of crime again.

Duan Mingyuan suddenly thought of something and asked, "Have you watched the previous trials? There should be video replays on the official website."

Most prisoners are afraid of the trial itself. Although there is no restriction on registration, only the "warriors" in each prison area can muster up the courage to go up to the platform and enter their names into the instrument.

"I saw it, it's delicious."

September blinked a few times. She was watching the Purification Trial with great interest. She ate six fried chicken legs without noticing. "In the finals, the robots used white bandages soaked in some kind of solution to wrap the prisoners like mummies, and then placed them in the Iron Maiden and set it on fire from the outside."

It was dinner time, and she looked at the light blue flames burning in the video and seemed to smell the aroma of roasted chicken.

"The one who lasted the longest was the 'debt collector' from D17, Bo, Bo... I forgot his name, but it's said that he worked for a debt collection company before he was imprisoned. He is proficient in all kinds of torture methods. He not only tortures those who owe money to the company, but also likes to use these tortures on himself."

The reason for his imprisonment was that he went too far in a debt dispute and tortured the other party to death. The deceased was a prince of a planet. His father had some connections with the Sixteen Star Summit. In his grief and anger, he used his connections to make the matter bigger. In order to give an explanation to the Summit, the company handed over the "debt collector" as a scapegoat. "The information said that this person had a rare disease since childhood. His body would convert pain into pleasure. When he was released from the Iron Maiden by the mechanical prison guard, his whole body was almost roasted, but he was still smiling."

The scene shocked the audience greatly and made the "Debt Collector" the well-deserved winner of the Purification Trial.

"I downloaded the videos of other trials and plan to watch them later."

Jiu Yue thought this was very delicious.

This was a high compliment, as she used to only feel hungry when watching food shows.

"I see. In the past, the judges would torture the prisoners' bodies during the trials. That's why they called the trials the games of the brave."

Duan Mingyuan suddenly realized, and combined with what Warden Norton said, he guessed that each trial had a deeper meaning.

Norton believes that the Judge has changed over the years, becoming more and more like a religious fanatic.

The scene described by September is roughly what is described in those doctrinal texts, placing extremely evil people in hell and burning them in the fire of karma.

This was one of the most punishing tortures in the doctrine, but it still failed to truly purify the prisoners.

The "debt collector" became a hero and brought a bathroom to the D17 prison area. Instead of changing their ways, the prisoners regarded every trial as a bridge for them to negotiate with the prison guards and the company.

So the judge changed his approach in disappointment and decided to solve the problem from the root.

"But then again, aren't those mechanical prison guards artificial intelligence? How come they have become so thoughtful?"

September asked curiously.

In her impression, artificial intelligence would only faithfully execute the instructions they received, and from Duan Mingyuan's description, the judge's actions were no different from those of humans, like a real warden.

She thought of something else, "Also, why can it take away other people's souls so easily?"

"These questions can only be answered after meeting Eisenberg-Adler."

Duan Mingyuan said.

At least Norton was sure that it was Eisenburg's doing. All the changes in the judge started after Eisenburg was imprisoned. They also found that the mechanical prison guards paid special attention to Eisenburg, and even the prison guards found it difficult to get close to him.

At first, Norton thought it was an order from Universal Company, but after staying in prison for a long time, he realized the special relationship between Eisenberg and artificial intelligence through various details.

"Go to bed early. If everything goes well, you will be able to meet this legendary scientist tomorrow."

"Then, you have to be careful not to have your soul stolen."

September half joked.

"Ah."

"Also, don't hang up the phone, put it on the bedside table and sleep with me."

(End of this chapter)