Chapter 376: The Hounds of Nouvelle Vague (2)
The dreamlike Christmas was over in the blink of an eye.
And then they were back to the same old hellish labor.
...ttang! ...kkaang! ...ttang!
Everywhere, prisoners were breaking stones and digging up soil. The sounds of sulfurous gas, steam, and lava were erupting.
Since the discovery of the mysterious explosives in the labor camp on Level Nine, the work had changed a bit.
Where the guards had previously formed a panopticon-like formation to keep an eye on the prisoners, this time the guards have moved to the perimeter instead of the center.
This was due to Colonel D'Ordume's orders to keep the guards as far away from the explosives as possible.
It was also a strategic move to take advantage of the temporary chaos to make it easier to subdue rioting prisoners with concentrated firepower.
However, it is inevitable that there would be errors, large and small, in the process of changing the original system.
The response of the guards, who would normally be able to intervene immediately in the event of laziness or disputes among the inmates, was slowed down even slightly as they adjusted to the change.
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