I, a Mental Patient, Was Chosen to Participate in AnalogHorror
Chapter 80 - 77: Clues to the Mysterious Device

Chapter 80: Chapter 77: Clues to the Mysterious Device

"(๑¯ิٹ¯ิ)‎ ’Kid, you had an artifact and didn’t say anything earlier? Well then, make one for me too.’"

Jiang Xiao naturally extended his hand toward the Prison Director.

His shameless attitude stunned Wang Dayong.

Make one for you too?

This guy wants to freeload with that big face of his?

"What do you mean? Isn’t this just plain robbery?"

୧(๑•̌～•̑) "Otherwise, what do you think I’m doing right now?"

Jiang Xiao scratched his head. According to Old Li’s style, that’s how it was.

Wang Dayong: Resentment +999

"Cough, Jiang Xiao, didn’t I just tell you? I said I have a clue about an exchange artifact, not that I have one."

"Fine! Show me the clue, and let’s see what’s up."

Emm...

The Prison Director was extremely uncomfortable inside.

Why is talking to him so exhausting?

I understand every word clearly, but it all sounds so weird.

Is a clue something you describe with "pull out"?

"If I said it’s a clue, would you believe me?"

Jiang Xiao looked deeply at the Prison Director.

After all, the other guy exists in the nine-star Analog Horror.

Setting aside whether what he says is true or false, he must know more than the other kaidan.

Seeing Jiang Xiao remain silent, the Prison Director kept going on his own.

"Now that it’s come to this, let’s be straight with each other, there’s an artifact among the prisoners."

Huh?

Jiang Xiao froze.

No way, the artifact is in the hands of the prisoners?

Seeing Jiang Xiao’s disbelief, the Prison Director continued.

"You saw their peculiar behaviors last night, didn’t you?"

Jiang Xiao frowned, nodded slowly, and said,

"I thought..."

"You thought they were puppets?"

Jiang Xiao didn’t speak, but in his heart, he truly felt the prisoners were being controlled by someone.

"Hey!"

The Prison Director sighed and had his secretary dress quickly and leave.

"Jiang Xiao, this is Analog Horror, how can you directly judge based on the surface phenomena you see?"

"You, as the highest authority in Hengshui Prison, if there is such a great artifact with the prisoners, would you just ignore it?"

The Prison Director seemed to know Jiang Xiao would ask this and immediately gave his own answer.

"We manage the prisoners, but we don’t control the artifacts. When the prisoners do those things at night, we managers must retreat and keep our distance."

"Let me tell you this..."

Wang Dayong rambled on for seven or eight minutes before stopping.

Summary.

Wang Dayong indicates there’s a potent artifact with the prisoners.

The source of their strange behaviors at night also comes from it.

And these managers, who are mighty during the day, must also shrink back into their rooms at night, following the prison’s rules.

[Rule Six: At night you will hear some sounds that do not belong to the prison, remember, please ignore them, please do not go outside.]

This point Wang Dayong mentioned also perfectly corresponds with the rules’ description.

So, to say.

Was I really wrong in my suspicion before?

The Prison Director is okay?

The real issue of this prison lies with the prisoners?

Can’t say that either, only that the artifact and the prisoners are intricately linked.

It’s still unclear which prisoners exactly, that much remains to be debated.

After nodding to the Prison Director, Jiang Xiao left the office.

The other side did have extensive knowledge and made points that were somewhat reasonable.

But convincing me with just one side of the story is by no means easy.

Nonetheless, this matter is related to whether they could rescue Sun Wei and the others.

So as long as there’s a glimmer of hope, Jiang Xiao would give it his all!

While Jiang Xiao was in a whirl of thoughts, a coarse voice seemed to ring in his head.

"Hey, kid, Old Li may be rough around the edges, but he gets you."

How powerless had Li Yunlong felt when Xiu Qin was trapped in Ping’an County?

Probably, the kid’s mood wasn’t much better than his own back then.

So the normally domineering Li Yunlong unusually took the initiative to relinquish control of his body.

And incidentally suppressed that extremely bizarre ailment in Jiang Xiao’s mind.

Otherwise, Jiang Xiao could not have had that kind of normal interaction just now.

"My wife’s trapped, and if I don’t let out even a fart, am I still a man?"

"Don’t rush, kid. Didn’t that Prison Director just say it? The clue should be among the prisoners, and Old Li will help you with this. Also, what’s going on with your brain, I almost couldn’t suppress it."

Having finished speaking, Jiang Xiao’s consciousness was suppressed by Lao Li once again.

His body once again exuded the iron-blooded spirit and steely will of a soldier!

Hehehe~

The thing, is it with the prisoners?

Damn simple, isn’t it? Just go and ask them one by one, and won’t you know?

Our Lao Li has never treated these rascals unfairly, right?

As for the confidence in his own personal charm, the commander approached it like a test, with a mysterious self-assurance!

Jiang Xiao walked onto the drill ground, where everyone was energetically practicing their military postures and marching under Da Yong’s leadership.

Many of the prisoners looked at Jiang Xiao with friendly, even admiring, smiles when they saw him.

Li Yunlong was all too familiar with these smiles.

Back in the day, the troops of his own independent regiment looked up to him with the same kind of admiration.

"Alright, everyone stop for a moment."

"Okay, boss!"

Da Yong swiftly called out the command.

"Attention!"

"One, two!!"

The prisoners tried their best to stand as straight as possible, hoping to make a good impression on the best warden ever.

Before Jiang Xiao could speak, Da Yong and Scar-faced hurried over.

"Boss, something’s not right. I was in such a rush this morning that I only just realized that someone seems to have hit me last night."

Scar-faced nodded.

"Me too!"

"Boss! The person who attacked us is very strong! Probably not weaker than you!"

"That’s right, but this pain... it gives me a feeling of déjà vu..."

Jiang Xiao: ...

୧(๑•̌~•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ "Uh, really? I can’t see any signs that you two were hit. Might it just be an illusion?"

An illusion?

The two unlucky guys exchanged glances.

(#҉̛)꒪ͦ҉̛ཀ꒪ͦ҉̛(#҉̛)(ʘ̆҉̛ཀ[x]҉̛(#)...

Since the boss says it’s an illusion, it’s probably just an illusion.

Having duped the two fools, Jiang Xiao’s expression turned serious.

"Can any of you explain these weird incidents that happen every night?"

No beating around the bush, no theorizing, no wild guesses.

Just a straight question, with all sincerity at the forefront!

Rough yet perceptive, Lao Li naturally had his own logical way of handling matters.

But it seemed to have no effect. All the prisoners just scratched their heads in bewilderment.

Hadn’t this question been asked last night?

They really didn’t know what was going on, nor how the doors of the cells were opening.

Let alone the eerie singing and page-turning sounds.

Seeing their clueless and lost expressions, Jiang Xiao’s brows furrowed deeply.

"Don’t want to talk? You’re going to keep secrets from me too?"

Seeing Jiang Xiao’s unhappy look, Da Yong struggled for a while but ultimately couldn’t help but speak up.

"Boss, we’ve been living here for so long, we really have no idea about any strange things happening at night."

Zhen Meili, who didn’t talk much, chimed in.

"That’s right, we truly have no need to hide anything. Weird incidents? Isn’t our existence the strangest thing of all?"

Jiang Xiao glanced at both of them.

In that instant, he even suspected they knew the whereabouts of the Kaidan.

But he knew, no matter how impatient he felt inside, he couldn’t be arbitrary.

"If nobody’s talking, then no one will sleep tonight. Let’s see what’s going on."

Ah?

No sleeping?

A pained expression appeared on many prisoners’ faces.

Rowdy military posture training in the morning, hard labor in the afternoon, and the Prison Director’s test to contend with.

Now they weren’t allowed to sleep at night?

Even an iron-clad Kaidan couldn’t stand being ordered about like this.

This guy, even the production brigade’s donkeys would have to bow down and learn a trick or two from them.

"It’s for your own good to find the source," he said.

Although what he said was true that finding the source was indeed good for the prisoners,

The problem was the prisoners didn’t really care, did they?

They just wanted to quickly slip into dreamland after a tiring day.

They were indifferent to the freaky nursery rhymes or stiff movements.

"What’s with those faces? Not happy, hmm? Then let’s not practice anymore today, everyone go rest. Finish your workload quickly this afternoon, and I’ll let you take a nap. Eat your fill at lunch and dinner! Tonight, I’ll stay up with you!"

Ah, this...

Crap!

The warden himself was going to stay up with them, so what else was there to say?

Say no more!

Many prisoners’ faces turned red; they couldn’t believe they’d been so critical of such a responsible warden just moments before...

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