Building a Prison of Horrors

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Soon, since Butcher did not interfere with everyone's repairs in the early stage, three generators were started one after another under Zhou Hu's quick repair plan. Seeing this, Zhou Hu and the others became energized. Repairing three generators in the first two minutes, what does this mean? It means they have a good chance of winning the game! Even with his usual steady demeanor, Zhou Hu couldn't help but cheer at the thought. As long as they complete the game, Yang Chi will release him, and he will receive what the Scarlo Group promised. Zhou Hu felt a rush of excitement as he imagined the wonderful world outside the prison opening its doors to him again. However, just as he was lost in these thoughts, a scream in the distance broke his fantasy. Not far from him, Henry had accidentally stepped on a trap! "Zhou! Help me!" Hearing Henry's voice trembling with pain, Zhou Hu quickly rushed to his side to help remove the trap. At that moment, the figure of the butcher appeared in the woods. "Damn it!" Seeing the butcher striding closer, Zhou Hu's expression changed drastically, and he quickened his movements. With a click, Zhou Hu managed to open the animal trap, and he supported Henry as they fled. Unexpectedly, the butcher didn't continue chasing the injured Henry but instead picked up the trap and turned back. This behavior puzzled Zhou Hu. Is this normal? Typically, the Butcher would chase humans relentlessly until they were taken down. But this time, the butcher ignored them, taking the trap and leaving. Zhou Hu sensed a conspiracy involved. "Zhou, he didn't catch up, did he?" Henry asked. "No, he took the animal trap and left." Zhou replied. "Thank God. Zhou, don't worry about me. Go and repair the remaining two generators quickly. Ending this damn game is the most important thing." Hearing Henry's words, Zhou Hu was suddenly startled as if realizing something. His eyes widened, and his face turned grim. "It's broken! Damn it, he's guarding the generator!" Henry was also surprised to hear Zhou Hu's sudden curse, knowing that Zhou Hu isn't one to swear often. "It's over. He didn't chase us on purpose. The guy's using bear traps to seal the wall and board areas around the generator!" Zhou Hu quickly deduced. The entire in-game map flashed through his mind, and he understood the butcher's intention of picking up the traps and not killing anyone. They only needed to repair five out of seven evenly distributed generators to escape. Only then did Zhou Hu recognize the error in repairing generators that were too close to each other, leaving the remaining four also grouped together.

This means that the range the Butcher needs to defend and monitor is greatly reduced. Thinking of this, Zhou Hu's eyes were full of unwillingness. No wonder the butcher didn't choose to chase people at first but opted to find a bear trap. If I guessed correctly, the four generators are now covered with bear traps, which will greatly increase the difficulty of repair. After listening to Zhou Hu's explanation, Henry was also stunned. Understanding the seriousness of the matter, Henry's face instantly turned pale. 

"Then, what are we going to do?" 

"There is no other way. We must start from the middle. Judging from the distribution of the generators, the remaining four are basically in a line. We must repair the two middle ones first; otherwise, those three remaining generators will be finished!" Zhou Hu gritted his teeth and said. 

But will things really go as Zhou Hu thinks? Of course not. Meanwhile, Yang Chi has already placed clips under important windows and boards. In this way, as long as humans get within a certain range, there will be no way to escape. Looking at the trap array he had set up nearby, Yang Chi smiled slightly. 

"Sorry, game over!" 

Just as Yang Chi thought, after he placed the clamps next to the machine he wanted to defend, no matter how Zhou Hu tried, he could not break through the dense array of clamps. Although the game time was greatly extended because the butcher became the defender, under Yang Chi's patient pursuit, Zhou Hu's side still took the lead in attrition. With the death of the first human, Zhou Hu's team could no longer break through Yang Chi's defense line and was finally defeated one by one. 

In this way, game after game, Zhou Hu tried his best to crack Yang Chi's "defending three companies" tactic. But it was useless. Until the end of the last game, Zhou Hu could not break Yang Chi's law. In these seven days, the most glorious achievement of Zhou Hu's team was only to repair four generators. But that last generator was blocking Zhou Hu like a natural chasm. 

Seven days have passed, and the game is finally over. As the door to Room 0 was opened, Zhou Hu walked out blankly. When he saw the smiling Yang Chi standing at the door, Zhou Hu smiled bitterly and made a series of remarks to Yang Chi. 

"Warden Yang, I admit defeat. From today on, I, Zhou Hu, will obey your orders." 

"OK." Yang Chi stepped forward and patted Zhou Hu on the shoulder. Yang Chi was really happy. Once upon a time, I could think of having a genius from a human elite training camp work for me. Looking at the stunned three people next to Zhou Hu, Yang Chi restrained his smile and said to them, "You three have worked hard. Although you didn't win the game, I will submit a proposal to commute your sentences to the higher authorities, but the premise is that you don't tell anyone what happened today, and you abide by the rules and reform in prison. Understand?" 

Hearing this, the three of them couldn't help but be overjoyed and quickly nodded in agreement. Just kidding, the warden personally promised to apply for commutation of the sentences of the three of them. Even if they die, they will never tell anyone what happened today!