It is strictly forbidden to pay for the ticket after getting on the bus

This snow island surrounded by rivers looks very wide, covers a large area, and has a thick ice layer. The gray-black building in the center looks very old. The iron gate is closed and rusty. It seems to be some years old. .

The four of them got off the boat, and other boats arrived one after another. When they got closer, they realized that the gray-black building was not locked. When the iron door was pushed open, there was a harsh and sharp friction sound that had not been lubricated for a long time.

After the gate was opened, it was different from the gloomy and gloomy scene as imagined. After walking through the road in front of the gate, what appeared in front of us was a large open-air playground surrounded by barbed wire. The muddy ground in the playground was probably covered by It has been frozen for a long time, and the texture looks extremely hard.

"Is this a school? There is such a big playground." Lin Jiu asked.

"Which school have you seen built in this kind of icy and snowy place with no village in front and no shop behind?" Si Qi shook her head, "Skiing and rowing to school?"

Behind the playground is a three-story building, which is probably similar to the function of an administrative building, but the dark gray mottled exterior wall contrasts with the desolate snow scene, which is too suitable for the occasion.

"Let's go to that building and have a look." Bai Jue said.

Too lazy to detour, they went directly through the net gate in the middle of the playground and set foot on the dirt road of the playground.

Sure enough, as soon as I stepped on it, I felt that the muddy ground was solid and uneven, but it was as hard as a stone.

The four of them crossed the playground, exited through the net gate on the other side, and arrived in front of the three-story building.

This place seems to be the side of the building, there is only a small door, when Bai Jue was about to reach out to open it, a cool wind suddenly came from around him.

He turned his head to look at it, but was caught off guard and almost yelled.

Bai Luochuan beside him quickly took two steps back with his arms around his waist.

At some point, an old mother-in-law appeared silently beside them.

It was almost impossible to guard against, Bai Jue's heart skipped a beat, and he almost used his swords. Everyone held their breath and dared not speak suddenly, but after standing still, they found that the old lady had no intention of attacking them at all.

The old woman was dressed in rough linen clothes, with a stooped figure, gray and thin hair, ravines on her face, and a pair of eyes without waves, as if she had experienced all the big winds and waves, and no water could seep into it without ripples or waves.

She held an oil lamp that was always prepared for trekking in the deep mountains, looked at the group of them, and spoke slowly, with a hoarse voice, just like the door, as if she hadn't spoken for many years.

"...It's getting dark in the snow field, everyone, please follow me to the tower to rest."

The others didn't dare to say anything, and after the old woman turned around, they quietly followed behind her and walked along the building.

Not long after, they walked to the front of the three-storey building, and the words 'Snow Island Prison' were impressively written beside the main entrance of the building.

"It's actually a prison..." Bai Luochuan murmured softly.

"So the playground is probably for the prisoners to relax?"

"The prisoners in these places are probably death row, the most vicious kind."

"What are you afraid of? The most vicious ones must be in handcuffs and shackles. You can't even beat them?"

"..."

While whispering, the old lady in front suddenly said, "Here we are."

Bai Jue looked up, and saw a lighthouse in front of him, with a warm yellow light shining on the top, presumably it was burning. The lighthouse was about five or six stories high, made of stone bricks, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top. Columnar, the outer stone bricks have been exposed to the wind and sun, showing a weathered and ancient color.

"Please choose a room to live in." After the old woman said this, she carried the lamp and walked back to the playground building by herself, leaving a group of people looking at each other in blank dismay.

Bai Luochuan sighed: "Let's go, it's useless to stand here, let's check the room first."

This stone brick seems to have a good effect on blocking the cold wind. After entering the lighthouse, it immediately feels less cold.

There are three huts on the first floor. The stone ladder is turned upwards. There is no guardrail. There are places on the wall to put oil lamps, which makes it not so dark. The space becomes smaller as you go up. There is only one room on the fourth and fifth floors. Up is the tower that is ventilated on all sides.

The four of Bai Jue chose the third floor, which happened to only have two rooms, and the rooms were not too narrow.

As the old lady said, night falls very early on the snowy field, and it was still bright when they first arrived, but now looking out from the only small window in the room, the sky began to darken rapidly.

"This lighthouse seems to be on the edge of the prison wall." Bai Jue said.

"Well, it should be built to serve as a watchtower. If you climb to the top of the lighthouse and look out, you can probably see the whole prison." Bai Luochuan said.

Not long after, the sky outside was completely dark, and the cold wind was blowing, crackling against the windows.

There is a fireplace and wood in the room. After the fire is ignited, the whole room is warm, but there is no humidity, but the smell is not pleasant because it has not been lived for a long time.

"This quilt doesn't taste very good either, so I can only make do with it." Bai Luochuan shook off the quilt and spread it on the bed, "The conditions are so difficult, so I don't know what the three meals for tomorrow will be like? The food in the prison is good. ?"

"It should be okay." Bai Jue recalled some prison movies he had seen in the past, and still held his reservations, "But this prison doesn't look very modern, and it's still in this kind of place, so don't get your hopes up too much. .”

In fact, everyone didn’t sleep very well that night. The wind outside the window was too loud. There was almost no obstruction on the snow field. The strong wind hit the windows and the outer wall directly. Will the tower be blown down in the next second?

In addition, the fire in the fireplace has been burning, and the body loses water too quickly. When I woke up in the middle of the night, I found that my lips were already dry, but there was no water in the room.

The night in the snowy field came quickly but was long, and finally made it to the morning, when the sky was bright, Bai Jue called Si Qilin for a long time, and the four of them left the lighthouse together.

Walking all the way to the front of the three-story main building, there happened to be passengers on the train coming out of it.

Si Qi stopped him: "Hey buddy! Are you eating inside? Is there a canteen inside?"

The man hesitated for a moment, with a strange look on his face, but nodded: "There is a cafeteria, you can eat."

"Any other questions?" Seeing that his expression was not quite right, Bai Jue stepped forward and asked.

"Tsk, how should I put it, it's normal in this kind of place," the man had a disgusted expression on his face, "It's just that the prisoners were there during the meal, and their state is not quite like... ...people, just not normal people like us, you understand?"

Bai Jue nodded expressionlessly, and said succinctly, "Well, neither human nor ghost."

"Yes, yes, yes..." The man frowned, "That's it, not angry, a ghost who needs to eat, a little disgusting, anyway, I advise you to eat faster, it doesn't taste too good Nice."

After thanking him, the four of them walked into the main building. The cafeteria was easy to find, on the first floor.

Because I lowered my expectations beforehand, I was quite pleasantly surprised when I saw the cafeteria.Although it is not bright and brand new, it is not as dilapidated as imagined. The tables and chairs are simple and clean. Standing behind the food window is the old lady who led the way last night. Three dishes, one soup and meat are served on an iron rice plate. The taste isn't too bad, at least it's moderately salty, much better than Bai Luochuan expected.

Just as the person said just now, some prisoners with handcuffs and shackles are also eating in batches. They look like living people, but their overall state is not like living people at all.

With a pale face that has not seen the sun all year round, you can almost see the ferocious blue blood vessels inside, and the eyeballs are extremely cloudy, like a pool of stagnant water that has been muddied, unable to penetrate a single ray of light.Their body movements were also very stiff, even a little twisted, extremely awkward, and there was a cold, rancid smell all over their bodies.

"Fuck! Are these still human?" Si Qi rubbed her hands together, squinting her eyes and looking up and down at the prisoners who were a few tables away.

"I don't know." Lin Jiu answered.

Although these prisoners were in a weird state, their behavior patterns were very orderly. They put the food on the plate and put it on the plate after eating. This sense of order was a bit like those servants who were burned to death in the general's mansion, but it was a bit different.

"I've heard some stories before," Bai Luochuan said softly, "Some people don't know that they are dead under certain circumstances, and then their soul can drive the dead body to repeat the behavior of life .”

"You mean they don't realize they're dead?"

"It's not necessarily true, it's all guesswork, and we have to look for clues." Bai Luochuan found some military water bottles in a corner of the cafeteria, filled them with clean water, and moistened his lips from time to time.

"Why don't we ask that old lady later, maybe she may know something." Lin Jiu suggested.

"Sure," Si Qi said indifferently, "But NPCs generally don't reveal too many clues."

After eating, there were not many people left in the cafeteria. Si Qi walked to the food window and said with a smile, "Grandma, are you alive or dead now?"

The three men behind: "..."

Three black lines appeared on Lin Jiu's head, he gritted his teeth and whispered, "Aren't you awake? Are you so casual?"

Bai Luochuan patted Lin Jiu's shoulder lightly: "Don't be afraid, sometimes you have to be bold."

Lin Jiu: "..."

But at this moment, the old woman who had been expressionless all this time suddenly sighed melancholy: "What difference does it make between a dead person and a living person..."

The sound is not loud, and if you don't pay attention, you will miss it.

Si Qi took the opportunity to ask again: "Are the prisoners in the prison dead or alive?"