Chapter 364: The Underground Extension Construction (1)
4 a.m. the next day.
Vikir was taken to the workshop as soon as he awoke.
Even the strongest and most ferocious prisoners have no business having the BDISSEM chains around their necks forcibly pulled by a giant pulley in their sleep.
Countless prisoners were dragged out and lined up in the corridors like rotting zombies.
Then the guards on duty at dawn would come out and count the prisoners from a distance, out of their reach.
That's the morning count.
The prisoners were generally well behaved.
They might be chronically sleep deprived and malnourished, but that didn't stop them from being irritable and sensitive.
There was a risk of being killed by a fellow prisoner, but mostly because they didn't have the energy to be angry in the first place.
Standing in front of the massive iron gates to the workshop, Vikir waited to be given his tools.
As he waited, he could see the prisoners on the next lower level lined up to get their tools.