Silence, brilliant lights, night, a rare good weather. A few days of drizzle washed away the hustle and bustle of the capital, and on the uphill slope not far from the bustling city, a teenager sat under a willow tree, with blood donation at the corner of his mouth, gasping for breath. His name is Lin Shuang, he is an orphan, his name was given to him by his teacher in the orphanage, one day by chance when he was 10 years old, a strange man in a gray trench coat took him away from the orphanage, in this materialistic society, it is difficult for the disappearance of an orphan to cause much ripple in the crowd. Lin Shuang did not resist, and the pain of his childhood made him accustomed to being submissive. In Lin Shuang's mind, life is already like this anyway, is there anything worse to suffer?

After the bumps along the way, I don't know how many days and nights passed, Lin Shuang woke up quietly, and a strange smell came to his face, and he suddenly opened his eyes, and there was only one color in his eyes, blue. It's an island, and it's a good idea to say that it's not large, maybe only four or five football fields, but it's underground. Lin Shuang grew up in an orphanage, and the first time he saw the sea, it was new and slightly frightening for any child, and when he woke up, he was taken to a large room without windows, and there were many children about his age in it, and he smiled, because this scene was so similar to the orphanage.

The calm was short-lived, and after eating food and drinking water, Lin Shuang and the other children were taken to a special room filled with equipment. Lin Shuang saw it on the TV in the orphanage, this is called a treadmill, children are always curious about unknown things, there are already children who have the courage to walk over and touch the east and west, Lin Shuang stood in place and did not move, he didn't know what other children were like before they came, but he has a unique sensitivity and intuition in the orphanage all the year round, he feels that these things should not be touched.

The other children had already begun to familiarize themselves with the environment and laughed, only Lin Shuang was still standing in place, looking so maverick. Suddenly, with a whip sound, I saw a child fall back with blood on his face, and it seemed that he had fainted, and the other children were scared stupid, some began to cry, and some were stunned in place, but the sound of the whip continued, and all the children who cried each ate a whip, and Lin Shuang stood in place and didn't dare to move. It wasn't until every crying child had been whipped unconscious that the room fell silent, and a cold-sounding female voice rang out:

"Take them to the infirmary, just get them alive. ”

A woman slowly played with the horsewhip in her hand and said without any expression. "Yes!" replied two men in camouflage T-shirts standing behind the woman. The two strode over to the fallen child, grabbed three men in one arm, and walked out the door. Lin Shuang took a closer look, this woman was very beautiful, much more beautiful than the fat aunt in the orphanage, dark purple hair, tight dress, until this time Lin Shuang didn't know what the "S" shape looked like on TV, with a high nose and big eyes with cold eyes, which made people feel that it was not easy to approach, especially a small mole on the right eyebrow, which made people feel that this woman was even more cold.

Lin Shuang was looking at her, and she was also looking at Lin Shuang. The child was the only one who didn't move, didn't cry, didn't even show panic or fear. She noticed his difference at first sight, although the boy in front of her was still very young, but she could already see the face of a standard handsome guy, coupled with those eyes that revealed a resolute gaze, "This boy must not be simple in the future" She thought silently in her heart.

The cold voice sounded again, "I'm just like you, I've been here since I was a child, I have forgotten what my name is, but everyone here calls me Snow Snake", she twisted her bewitching figure and slowly walked towards the children, until she walked in front of Lin Shuang, and raised Lin Shuang's head with a whip, "What's your name, how old are you?"

Although Lin Shuang was also scared in his heart, his tenacity since childhood made him look directly into the eyes of the snow snake, this posture made him very uncomfortable, but he himself knew that he had no room for resistance, so he could only answer in a trembling voice:

"My name is Lin Shuang, and I'm ten years old."

"Well, that's good", after taking a deep look at Lin Shuang, the snow snake began to twist his waist and walk towards the place, "When you get here, you no longer need to remember who you were from, forget your family, your parents, and even yourself, if you feel wronged and homesick, then I can only say, unfortunately, this is fate." Here, never ask why, never think why, I, your God, every word I say, you have to do it, that's the rule here, and the purpose here is very simple, just three words: live!" As the sound of the snow snake fell, several howling voices came from the crowd, and the children felt that they had been deceived, thinking that they would never see their parents again, and that they would never return home, and began to cry hysterically. A few more whips sounded, and several children flew out upside down with blood on their faces, and this time without waiting for the snow snake to command, the two big men had already come over to deal with it just now. When the children saw this, the girls covered their mouths to prevent themselves from crying, and the boys bit their lips and even began to ooze blood, because the most intuitive scene of blood was more stimulating to their hearts than not being able to go home. Only Lin Shuang still looked at it lightly, although his face was a little pale. To be honest, he had never seen so much blood, and besides, blood had already been splashed on his body just now, but when he heard the words of the snow snake just now, he was no longer afraid, and it had always been his goal to live.

"Good, it looks like someone is starting to understand the rules here"

Snow Snake gently tapped the whip with his hand, as if he was somewhat satisfied with the mess on the scene, "Today's first lesson is to run", pointing to the neatly arranged treadmill next to him, "Run until I think you can't run anymore." ”

"Yes, Aunt Snow Snake", a seemingly clever little boy replied, and with a slight smug on his face, Lin Shuang knew this boy, his name was Zhou Bai, they were originally in an orphanage, and later because of their sweet mouths, they were adopted by a pair of parents, but they didn't expect to meet here again, Lin Shuang looked at him, smiled gently, and finally had someone to know.

"Smack!" Another sound of Qin Cui's whip, before Lin Shuang's smile could fall, he saw Zhou Bai's body flying upside down towards him, Lin Shuang didn't dare to move, Zhou Bai's body smashed in front of Lin Shuang, his face was covered with blood, Lin Shuang felt that his soul was trembling, and before he could calm down, he remembered the cold voice in his ears again:

"I didn't ask you to answer, and besides, my name is Snow Snake, not Aunt Snow Snake."