Luo Kai and Li Gui looked at Thirteen in shock. The spine was connected to the nervous system of the whole body. Once the spine was injured, the whole body would be paralyzed. In the worst case scenario, it would be hard to keep one's life. However, Thirteen was still fine even after suffering such a serious injury.
Thirteen put on his shirt again and said in a muffled voice, "Someone used an iron awl to seal the nerves in my spine. In the past few days, I have pulled out two of them. The one at my waist has already grown together with my spine. Once it is pulled out, I will be paralyzed immediately.
Right now, I can't use the strength in my lower limbs. I can walk, but I can't run vigorously. I can only use 20% of my strength. Simple fights are not a problem, but if I can't defeat my opponent in a short period of time, it will be troublesome. "
Luo Kai had always wondered why a person like Thirteen would be locked up here. At this moment, he finally understood. Thirteen must have been kidnapped by someone using such a vicious method.
Li Gui frowned and sighed, "Brother Thirteen, since you let me know about this, it means that you no longer treat me as an outsider. Fine, I will think about this matter again."
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These few days, the mine looked calm on the surface, but it was turbulent in the dark. The new batch of war criminals was looking for trouble everywhere.
Although the prisoners here were not experienced, they had been fighting since they were young. Generally speaking, in a group fight, the strength of an individual would be insignificant. Whoever had more people would be stronger. However, although the number of war criminals was small, they were proficient in a military joint attack technique. They beat the old prisoners until they were in a complete mess. However, the leader of the war criminals, Tyrannical Tiger, considered himself the sixth prison bully.
Most of the prisoners in the mine had bruises all over their faces. It was obvious that they had been involved. Every day, they stared bitterly at the group of war criminals. All of this had nothing to do with Luo Kai and Thirteen. Usually, the fights would happen at night, and they would be escorted back to their cells at night.
Humans were very adaptable creatures. Luo Kai had already adapted to the dull life here. He was gradually reducing the intensity of his training. When he saw the supervisor leave, he would quickly slack off.
He took out half a cigarette butt and half a box of matches from his pocket and started smoking under the big rock.
Originally, this body was not addicted to smoking. However, ever since he smoked for the first time, he could not suppress it. He felt that the addiction to smoking had been engraved in the depths of his soul. Even if he reincarnated, he could not get rid of it. In addition, Li Gui would come over to give him cigarettes for no reason. It was even harder to quit.
Today, the sky in the distance was covered with dark clouds. It seemed that there was going to be a heavy rain.
At night, dark clouds had already enveloped the sky above South Tooth Island. The rumbling of thunder constantly resounded, and the mines had already finished their work. The prisoners all had excited expressions, as they could not work when it rained. They could finally rest.
Luo Kai's group of five was escorted to the prison by a group of guards.
"It hasn't rained for a long time. This rain must be very heavy." Li Gui looked up at the sky and muttered.
Luo Kai was also staring at the sky. His expression became more and more surprised because he only heard the sound of thunder, but didn't see any lightning!
He suppressed the doubts in his heart. After returning to his cell, he hurriedly climbed to the front of the iron window and stared at the dark clouds in the sky.
The pitter-patter of rain had already fallen. Thunder continued to rumble in the dark clouds, but not a single trace of lightning could be seen.
Luo Kai frowned. He did not pay much attention to it in the past, but now that he thought about it, he did not seem to have seen lightning every time it rained.
Generally speaking, if there was thunder in the clouds, it would be accompanied by lightning. There was no unified theory as to why lightning was formed. The scientists in his previous life all had their own theories. Generally speaking, they believed that it was caused by the collision of the electric charge fields in the clouds. However, this was only a hypothesis and could not be proven. This meant that with the level of technology in his previous life, they still could not determine the specific cause of lightning.
Luo Kai was puzzled because he remembered the official history book of The New Age. Ever since the Great Cataclysm, mankind had been lacking an important source of energy. He originally thought that it was petroleum, as petroleum was an extremely important industrial source. Once petroleum was gone, there would be a huge impact. However, today, he suddenly felt that it was not the case. Even if petroleum was gone, it would not be to the extent of causing a gap in civilization. This was because there were still many substitutes for petroleum.
Then what kind of resource could cause a gap in civilization?
Could it be electricity?
Luo Kai immediately shook his head. He was not a scientist, but he still knew some common sense. Sound, light, electricity, heat, and most of the energy actually originated from the interaction of electromagnetic forces.
Electricity was the basic force that constructed matter itself. All known substances emitted various kinds of strange electromagnetic forces at all times. Even the self-awareness of life was due to electromagnetic forces. Consciousness was actually a group of weak electromagnetic signals produced by the cerebral cortex.
It could be said that the world was a complex electromagnetic network. If there was no electricity, then the foundation of the material world would collapse.
Luo Kai racked his brains to recall the knowledge about electricity in his previous life. He felt that it should not be electricity. To be specific, he had to go out and try to make a generator. A simple hand-cranked generator was not difficult to make. He only needed to find a magnet.
The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier. As usual, Luo Kai practiced the Soft Body Tempering Technique. This set of body tempering techniques was very painful in the beginning, but he gradually became able to endure it. He was still unable to stretch his body into all kinds of exaggerated long strips like the drawings on the kraft paper, but he could easily achieve the general appearance of each posture.
After the body tempering technique, his body was slightly sweaty, and his mind and body became calm. This feeling was very comfortable, and was also the reason why he persisted in practicing every night.
He had dug the tunnel for nearly a hundred meters, and he estimated that he had already dug it to the outside of the prison. However, he did not dare to dig through because there were many hunting dogs on the island. Every night, they would patrol in groups. These hunting dogs fed on garbage and the corpses of prisoners. They were very fierce, and if he was discovered, he had no confidence in escaping.
The heavy rain continued for three days. As the Hanhua Festival that Li Gui mentioned was approaching, lanterns were hung up in the mine and the prison. There was also a lot of coarse grain in the meals. This made Luo Kai very satisfied. After the experience of almost starving to death, his desire for food was at its peak.
Li Gui came over mysteriously again. He first threw a thick cigarette to Luo Kai, then smiled and said, "Tomorrow is the Hanhua Festival. There will be a gladiator fight. It will be very lively then!"
Luo Kai looked at the supervisor not far away expressionlessly and whispered, "What do you mean? Have you found someone?"
Li Gui shook his head and said, "No, there are too few capable and trustworthy people."
"Then what do you plan to do tomorrow?"
Li Gui's old face became serious. He lowered his voice and said, "We are not the only ones who thought of fishing boats. According to my estimation, there might be another group of people who will take advantage of the chaos to escape from the prison tomorrow!
If there is a chance, are you willing to take a gamble? "
Thirteen closed his eyes and thought for a while. He nodded and said, "Then we will act according to the circumstances tomorrow."
"Good!
Brothers, be prepared. Whether you live or die, we will find out tomorrow! "