The cramped room was oppressive, with large pieces of peeling wall skin and mottled mold, cobwebs tangled in the corners, and only a broken window letting in the faint light, like an isolated world.

"Squeak" With the creak of the iron door opening, two guards walked in.

The old guard stood in front with his hands on his waist and introduced: "Every night at 6 o'clock is the feeding time, let them eat within 5 minutes." Remember to check the cutlery at the end of the market. ”

"Some little mongrels will secretly hide the utensils for suicide, and if they find out, just break their hands."

The new guard followed, his hand fanning his nose constantly: "What kind of smell is this, I can't stand it." ”

"Stop complaining, how nice it would be for mongrels to live." The old guard threw the key to him, and then the flashlight shone on the iron cage in the corner, and said, "People over there, let her out." ”

The new guard went over to open the cage door.

The door of the "squeak" cage slowly opened.

The first thing that the flashlight reflected was a thin arm, the skin was almost pale, because there was no flesh, the blood vessels under the skin became very conspicuous, twisted and coiled like small green snakes.

An emaciated child crawled out of the cage, her head covered with bloody crusts from mosquito bites, resulting in almost no hair, her eyes were sunken and her cheeks were sunken, and she was completely out of shape, looking like an ugly humanoid monster from a distance.

The new guard sneered with wide eyes, "I'll go, this is human?" It's too ugly, right, where did you get it? ”

The old guard said lightly: "You know about the 'Origin Project' in the garden a few years ago, right? ”

New Guard: "Yes, it is the use of genetic compilation technology to modify the DNA of embryonic cells to create human beings who are free of defects in all aspects." ”

Old Guard: "Most of the test subjects of the Origin Project never survived to reach their full age, this guy is the only one who survived, she is 4 years old this year, and we all call her 'Zero'." ”

The new guard gasped: "Is anyone really going to survive that kind of experiment?" It's a monster! ”

The old guard casually teased, "Who's to say it's not." The gap between us and her is bigger than the gap between dogs and people. ”

The new guard sneered, "So what, we're the regulators here." Monsters must also surrender to us. ”

After speaking, he opened the lunch box he was holding.

The lunch box is mashed potatoes made of potatoes and mixed vegetables, the raw materials are mass-produced by the factory, the taste is like chewing wax, the only advantage is that it is cheap and does not kill people.

The new guard flipped the lunch box over, poured the mashed potatoes onto the ground, and sneered at Zero, "Come on, ugly monster, come and eat." ”

Zero lifted his thin arm and crawled over to the smell of food.

She crouched down in front of the pile of mashed potatoes, picked it up with her dirty little hands, and shoved it into her mouth.

"Rustle." The mashed potatoes were dusty and gritty on the ground, and there was a constant noise as she chewed in her mouth.

Some of the grit was sharp, cutting her mouth, and blood was oozing from her lips, but she didn't feel anything, and she was still stuffing the filthy food into her mouth.

She was about to grab another handful, when suddenly there was a "bang", and the boot-wearing foot stepped on the back of her hand.

The new guard stepped on Zero's hand, rubbed back and forth with the hard soles of his shoes, and said coldly, "Have you forgotten the rules?" Before eating, say thank you to us. ”

"You bastards who don't have parents or parents, but it's all because we have food to eat, why should people be a little grateful, right?"

Zero didn't speak, his eyes were lifeless and bright, and he let his hand be trampled and bruised and bleed, and stretched out his other hand to continue grabbing mashed potatoes and stuffing them into his mouth.

The new guard couldn't lift his other foot to continue to step on it, it would not keep his balance, and he was a little embarrassed for a moment.

"Dog cub, quite temperamental?" He grabbed Zero by the ragged collar and punched her in the face.

"Boom!"

Zero's nose was broken, and blood was gushing out, but she didn't seem to feel anything, those dark eyes didn't have any emotional fluctuations, and the guard was in front of her, but she didn't look at him, as if he didn't exist.

"Rustle." She continued to chew on the mashed potatoes, nosebleeds flowing into her mouth, staining her mutilated baby teeth red.

This disregard made the new guard even angrier, and he slammed punches into her face.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!."

During the beating, Zero's nose was crooked, several baby teeth were missing, his mouth was covered in blood, the corners of his eyebrows were fractured and swollen, and his face was bruised.

"Rustle." She still didn't react, just numbly ate the filthy food, bite after bite.

Seeing that the new guards were tired, the old guard sneered: "Don't bother, this guy was genetically treated before he was born, and he was born with no pain nerves and no pain." ”

The new guard kicked Zero over and cursed: "Or is it really a monster of monsters, ah?" ”

The old guard patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly: "Young man, don't be so impatient, monsters also have monster training methods, I'll come." ”

The old guard opened the secret door on the wall of the room with the key, and his eyes became deep,

Then, he walked over and grabbed Zero by the collar.

Zero saw the secret door open, seemed to realize something, and finally reacted.

"Woo! Yes! Her eyes were filled with panic, and she struggled and screamed, her gravel-cut throat screaming like a monster.

The old guard threw Zero into the darkroom and said only two words with a smile: "Three days." ”

"Ahh Ah!!.h Amid Zero's heart-rending wails, he closed the door.

Three days later, the old and new guards returned to the room again.

The moment the secret door was opened, the thin body leaning on the edge of the door fell out.

After three days and three nights of water and fasting, Zero's body was even thinner than last time, and there was blood all over her lips, so she could only bite her lip and drink her own blood in order to quench her thirst.

If Zero was a little angry when he came out of the cage last time, now he is like a puppet with a broken string, his eyes slumped on the ground with a hollow gaze, and there was no light in his eyes.

The old guard kicked Zero over with the tip of his shoe, looked at those empty eyes and sneered: "The place where she is locked up is called the 'Dark Prison', and it is surrounded by soundproof cotton, and the light can't get in, the sound can't come out, and it's in absolute darkness and closure. ”

"The fear of darkness is in our DNA. People can not be afraid of pain, but it is impossible not to be afraid of the dark, and they are not afraid just because it is not dark enough for long. ”

"To deal with this disobedient monster, just use the darkness."

The old guard took out the kettle from his bosom and poured it on Zero's face: "Drink, drink with gratitude." Remember, if you don't obey in the future, this is the end. ”

The cool water flowed into his mouth, bringing a rejuvenating vitality, and driven by the desire to survive, Zero gulped down, because he drank too fast, and was choked with tears and snot kept flowing out.

Her vision was blurred by tears and water poured over her face, and she coughed as she stared blankly at the ceiling.

Why.

Why is it so disgusting to be alive.

(End of chapter)