Chapter 58: Suspicion
The faces of the four jailers lying on the ground were distorted in pain, and the terrible screams were intermittent because they were not gagged, but they only stimulated the madness of the slaves even more.
They scratch with their nails, bite with their teeth, stab with sharp blades, tear with all the means they can vent their emotions.
The four jailers were at first shaking and wailing in low voices, but at last they were overwhelmed by the crowd, and slowly lost their breath and remained motionless.
Seeing that the jailer was dead, the slaves who were venting also stood up, looked in the direction of Thomas, and a slave came out and asked loudly: "Hey, Thomas, you let us out, everyone is grateful to you, but what to do next." ”
Thomas knew the man, Dylan, who was a thorn in the prison, and he had lectured him a few times, and he was much more honest in front of him, and he smiled: "Everyone, please be quiet, I'm just saying a few words." ”
Maybe it was because Thomas was the benefactor who freed them, or maybe it was because of Thomas's prestige in prison, and the slaves who were buzzing and chaotic below were rarely quiet.
Thomas was pleased with the effect and continued: "Today will be our day of freedom. ”
"Freedom! freedom!
The slaves below cheered.
"Shhhh Thomas made a silent gesture until the cheers died down, and then he said, "But here are 1,000 well-equipped guards, and when you get out of this gate, there are mountain walls in front and back, and there is no way to go." To the east is the base camp where the guards are stationed, and to the right, everyone who has been here for a long time must know that this is the easy way to freedom, but we need to solve the problem of taking the troublesome guards on the eight guard towers. ”
"Go out and kill him, there are a lot of us. Dylan, the slave who spoke first, roared loudly.
"Okay, let's have fun. A group of slaves in the back shouted.
Thomas gave Dylan a foolish assessment in his heart, and continued to say patiently: "We want to be free and escape from here, not to kill out of vents, and most of us have no weapons, how can we fight the guards empty-handed." ”
"Then what do you say. Dylan continued.
"Everyone, be quiet, don't go out in a swarm first, I'll go with Ron and a few friends to solve the nearest few watchtowers first, and then send someone to inform everyone to come out, if you don't worry, the gate can be ignored and hidden, you can also let one or two representatives go outside occasionally to have a look, remember to move lightly, wake up the guards and have no good fruit to eat." Thomas said.
"Okay, you take a few people out to see the situation first. The slave said.
Thomas nodded, found a bow and a few arrows in the cell, carried them on his back, and then beckoned Ron, Nalan Xingtian, Sanger, and Vane out of the cell together.
The long period of tranquility and the submissiveness of the slaves caused the guards of the gold mines to relax their vigilance, and there were no other guards outside the cells, except on the watchtowers
The five of them were outside the cell, and it was pitch black outside, and only the chirping of night insects was silent.
In the distance, only the torches on the watchtower were clearly visible.
Nalan Xingtian and his party bowed down, and came to the edge of the grass next to the sentry tower, and the five people fell down, afraid of attracting the attention of the sentries on the sentry tower.
Thomas lowered his voice: "Little brother, you are the best at lurking here, is there anything you can do?"
Nalan Xingtian said in a low voice: "I'm in front, you follow behind me, the range of movement should be smaller, don't make a sound, don't move around without permission." ”
"Yes, good. Thomas said, "The slaves in the cell are now quite peaceful, and there is no great disturbance. ”
"Time is pressing, it's late at night, the guards are at their most relaxed, and we're afraid that the peace of those slaves won't last long, so we have to hurry up. "Nalan Punishment Heavenly Dao.
Nalan Xingtian took the lead, lurking in the grass and crawling slowly, he gave an order to Apocalypse in his heart: "Apocalypse, turn on the observation mode and night vision mode." ”
"Drop... Drip... , which is turned on. ”
Nalan Xingtian saw that the whole world lit up in his field of vision, which was different from the green color of the night vision device deduced in the movie, but a real image with a filtered sense of light, no different from the daytime, but the color was lighter.
There are some fan-shaped green areas in front of the sentries on the watchtower, which represents their field of vision, which is much smaller than during the day, and at night, it is even more beneficial to Nalan Xingtian's actions.
The darkness had no effect on Nalan Xingtian's vision, but the guards on the sentry tower had a much lower frequency of walking back and forth to inspect due to the boredom of the night and the reduction of their vision, which made Nalan Xingtian move forward even faster.
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In the cell, Dylan was in the hidden doorway and saw Thomas and the five of them crawling through the grass, but the distance was too far, and there was no light everywhere, and it was impossible to see the human figure clearly.
"Boss Dylan, what's going on out there. One of the slaves in the cell asked.
"I saw them go into the grass and head towards the watchtower, but it was too dark to see where their figures were?" replied Dylan truthfully.
"You mean you can't see their figure at all?" the slave continued.
"Yes, not at all. Dylan narrowed his eyes, trying to get a clearer view, but in the distance, except for the light of the fire on the watchtower, the rest of the city was pitch black.
Dylan had a vague guess in his heart that they would sneak over and slip away by themselves.
"Are they going to leave us here alone and sneak away on their own? The slave questioned himself.
"Yes, Thomas is here on weekdays, where will he estimate our life or death. "Some of the slaves began to heckle.
"Boss Thomas said he was coming back. There were also some voices in the slave crowd defending Thomas.
"Will come back, real idiot, do you think that Boss Thomas of your mouth cares about you? ”
"I feel like I'm staying here like an idiot, why don't I get out when we're all free, and then wait for the dawn when the guards come and drive us all back to our cells one by one?"
Discussions like this come and go, and Dylan actually has some trust in his heart, but hearing these remarks, he still has some wavering in his heart.
Suspicion grows like weeds in Dylan's heart.
Coupled with the silence of waiting in the middle of the night, it did make people feel anxious, and the invisibility of Thomas and his party in the distance destroyed the last trace of defense in his heart.
"Let's go out and have a look. Dylan said casually.
The slaves in the back row scrambled for the first time, and Dylan picked a few men and took advantage of the darkness to get out of the prison door.