434: Give in? Did I fucking piss him off?

Hearing Geheros's words, Liu Yan's mouth slightly opened, and he looked at him with an incredulous expression.

This was something Liu Yan had truly never considered.

"You mean..."

Before Liu Yan could finish, Geheros had already nodded first.

"Beat them until they have no choice but to behave."

"As long as you exist for a day, no one will be able to stir up trouble."

"Whoever stirs up trouble, kill them."

Liu Yan rolled his eyes and couldn't help but ask in return:

"But your situation is similar to mine; why do you still care about Hafke's opinion and not just kill Raven directly?"

Geheros pondered for a while.

"It was only after I woke up, the moment I saw Raven, that I had this strong urge."

"But I cannot bring myself to do something ungrateful to Hafke."

"So, I prepared to release Raven. If he truly behaves, then there's nothing to be done; I won't kill him."

"But if he commits even the slightest offense, I will not tolerate him."

After listening to Geheros, Liu Yan looked him up and down for a long time, his gaze finally resting on those two names.

Geheros, Chen Yu.

It looked like...

...a conflict between the actions of two souls.

After figuring out the contradiction on Geheros's side, Liu Yan began to ponder his own.

He sat on the chair, elbows resting on his thighs, head bowed in deep thought.

What Geheros just mentioned was actually very similar to how one of Liu Yan's personalities would solve things.

It's just that that personality's way of solving things was to kill everyone.

If violence and gentleness could coexist...

If he took a little more trouble, forcibly intervened in the conflicts between the factions, and used iron-fisted methods.

Could it really be solved?

After all, Liu Yan now knew clearly.

Even if he faced the siege of three factions simultaneously by himself.

He could still win.

Seeing that Liu Yan was really thinking seriously, Geheros couldn't help but speak up to remind him:

"Brother, I'm just making a suggestion. Whether it can actually be implemented depends on your own capabilities."

"Don't accidentally get yourself killed."

"After all, no matter how many offensive methods you have, if your defensive methods are lacking, taking a sniper shot is also very dangerous."

Liu Yan waved his hand.

"Not really, don't we have heaven is round, earth is square?"

"I won't die even if I get shot by a sniper."

"But, even with heaven is round, earth is square, if you don't have time to take it out during a fight, isn't it possible for danger to occur?"

Geheros asked, somewhat puzzled.

"How could that be? That thing can be used passively; just put it in quantum storage."

"I've already tested it. Of course, I didn't test it actively; your Hafke helped me test it out."

"Can't yours?"

Liu Yan asked in return.

Geheros pondered for a moment and shook his head.

"I don't know, but I can't test it."

"What if it doesn't work? Isn't that risking my life?"

"Just like how your gun can fly; maybe only you can do that."

What a joke.

This is experimenting with one's life.

The trigger method for heaven is round, earth is square is fatal damage.

If it really didn't trigger, that would be a huge problem.

"Fine."

"But mine definitely works. I'll go back to the dormitory... cell, and ponder the feasibility of this."

After saying this, Liu Yan stood up.

"Do you need me to walk you back?" Geheros tilted his head to look at Liu Yan at the door.

The latter turned back helplessly.

"I won't get lost, it just depends on whether you're worried about others gossiping about you."

"Uh... I'd better walk you back." Geheros stood up and followed by Liu Yan's side.

...

Solitary confinement cell.

"Big brother, if it really doesn't work, why don't you just give in to the Warden?"

"If this continues, you're really going to die here."

Kim Jae-wook shook his head repeatedly while feeding Raven.

The environment of this solitary confinement cell, not to mention Raven staying here.

Even just coming over to feed him, with the door still open behind him, he already felt suppressed to the extreme.

It's imaginable how one could even live like this.

Moreover, looking at the injuries on Raven's face, he was likely frequently beaten with hammers or clubs.

"I don't understand what you're saying."

At this moment, Raven's mental state seemed much better, without the previous madness.

Even though the person in front of him was chattering away in some bird language he didn't understand.

He was also very calm and not angry because of it.

Kim Jae-wook was stunned for a moment, then slapped his forehead, and repeated what he had just said in the Asara language.

"Give in?" Raven looked at Kim Jae-wook with an uncertain gaze.

The latter nodded.

"Did I provoke him?"

"Did I go against him?"

Raven's tone began to turn displeased; the dissatisfaction and anger accumulated over these two days left him with no good feelings toward Geheros.

Hearing Raven's retort, the words on Kim Jae-wook's lips were gradually swallowed back.

"Since I arrived, he has been targeting me!"

"I also know that I am sometimes crazy, but who is the culprit?!"

"It's Asara's betrayal! It's Hafke's experiment!"

Bang, bang—

Just as Raven was about to speak again, the Prison Guard outside the solitary confinement cell knocked with a baton.

"What are you shouting for! Keep it down!"

"Afraid the Warden won't hear you, right?"

With the Prison Guard's reminder, Raven slowly closed his mouth.

Then he whispered to Kim Jae-wook:

"I think that Warden also did brain-machine interface experiments."

"He's crazier than me; he's a total lunatic."

"Keep feeding me, why did you stop?"

"Oh, oh, here." Kim Jae-wook once again delivered a spoonful of meat and rice into Raven's mouth.

Raven ate all the food on the spoon in one bite, swallowing it directly into his stomach with almost no chewing.

"Water! Water!"

"Coming, coming." Seeing Raven choking, Kim Jae-wook hurriedly delivered the water he had prepared to Raven's mouth.

"Mmm, mmm!" Being force-fed a huge gulp of water by Kim Jae-wook, Raven hurriedly made frantic noises before choking, signaling the other party to stop.

After Kim Jae-wook stopped, Raven let out a satisfied sigh while licking his dry lips.

"Thank you."

"By the way, this tray of yours... is the food here this good? So much meat?"

Kim Jae-wook shook his head with a bitter smile.

"What are you thinking? This is a prison."

"Consider yourself lucky today, you caught the cafeteria causing trouble. Before I left, I took a Second-in-Command's tray."

"After this, your food... probably won't be this rich."

"But if I become a veteran prisoner later, my meals should be plenty, and I'll give you mine then."

"Keep eating." As he spoke, Kim Jae-wook delivered another spoonful of food to Raven's mouth.

This time, Raven didn't open his mouth wide to swallow it all like before.

Instead, he slowly opened his mouth, looking at Kim Jae-wook while eating the food.

"Did you specifically go get the Second-in-Command's food for me?"

Raven asked, chewing and speaking indistinctly.

Kim Jae-wook nodded noncommittally.

"Yeah, you're almost starving to death. After this meal, who knows if you'll be cut off from food again later."

"Eat as much as you can. We're all prisoners, we should look out for each other."

After swallowing the food, Raven stared at Kim Jae-wook for a long time.

He stared until Kim Jae-wook felt a bit of scalp numbness.

"What's wrong?"

"Have you thought about... whether that Second-in-Command will retaliate against you?"

After Raven asked, Kim Jae-wook scooped food with the spoon and said nonchalantly:

"At most, they'll beat me up a couple of times during break time."

"Anyway, I already got beaten once when I first arrived."

"They don't dare to kill me, but if you don't eat, you'll really starve to death."

After Kim Jae-wook finished speaking, Raven fell silent.

"Next time... if there's leftovers, just bring me the leftovers. Don't take risks."

Raven's voice was filled with a sense of powerlessness.

He knew very well that Kim Jae-wook would basically be unable to avoid a beating.

And all of this was because of him.

But he was locked in solitary confinement and couldn't help him even if he wanted to.

Before Kim Jae-wook could answer, the voice of the Prison Guard sounded outside the door:

"Feeding time is almost over! Hurry up and come out!"

"Okay, coming right away!" Kim Jae-wook turned back and shouted at the top of his lungs.

Then his movements sped up quite a bit.

"Open your mouth, eat a bit more." He quickly shoved all the food from the spoon into Raven's mouth.

Then, under Raven's gaze, he strode out of the solitary confinement cell.

Bang—

As the door of the solitary confinement cell closed.

Darkness once again completely engulfed Raven.