"There are prisoners in the jail, and many of them are serious offenders. If you let other people in, can you guarantee their safety? Besides, that would cause considerable chaos in the jail, and if prisoners were to escape, they might be even more dangerous than zombies."

The young prison guard said, "So, I'm not letting you in precisely to protect you!"

"If we take care of those criminals..."

Grizzly Bear was about to suggest to the prison guard that they simply eliminate the criminals when Li Chenzhou interrupted him directly. He looked at the prison guard and said, "How about this? We'll go in and take a look. If it's really not suitable, we'll discuss other solutions. I think you should have seen the convoy outside. There are so many old people and children. If they live outside, they'll easily get sick. In this world, getting sick is practically a death sentence!"

"Well... all right! But you can only look, don't touch anything!" The prison guard hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded in agreement.

This was the first time Li Chenzhou had seen the inside of a prison. The entire prison was very open, its structure somewhat like the rooftop of a shopping mall, except that surrounding the rooftop walkway were prison cells of various sizes!

Moreover, all the cells had iron bars, allowing a clear view of everything inside. The prisoners had absolutely no privacy.

"Before, all the cells had curtains, but to prevent accidents, I tore all the curtains down!" the prison guard explained, pointing to the cells.

"Damn it! You bastard, hurry up and let us out! So many people have died already, do you want us all to die in here?"

"Hey Ding, if you let us out now, we promise not to hurt you. If you keep us locked up, and you end up getting killed by your colleagues, we'll all starve to death! Then you'll be a murderer! You'll go to hell!"

"Government, please let me out! I can help you. I swear I won't cause trouble. I'll do whatever you say. If I can't, may I die a horrible death!"

"In this godforsaken world, you think you'll get a good death? Dream on!"

"Let us out!"

"Open the door! I don't want to stay inside! Guard, there's someone in our cell who's turned into a monster! Open the door!"

"..."

The prison atrium was a chaotic mess, with all kinds of garbage scattered everywhere, even human waste. Upon seeing the prison guard and Li Chenzhou enter the prison, the prisoners in the surrounding cells immediately erupted into a frenzy, saying all sorts of things – threats, intimidation, pleas, lies, and so on!

"See? This is why I didn't want you to come in!" The prison guard seemed to be used to this kind of scene. He turned to look at Li Chenzhou and said, "Except for six o'clock every evening, when I bring them food, they act like this whenever someone comes in. They used to throw things at me, but now they've run out of things to throw, so they just grab their own shit and use it to pelt me!

Do you think it's doing those people outside a favor to have them live here? I think they'd rather stay outside!"

"That blood... and the empty cells?" Li Chenzhou noticed that there were many bloodstains on the ground, and even marks like those left by a mop being dragged across the floor, except these marks were made of black blood, not water stains. He tentatively asked.

"Alas! Come with me!" The young prison guard looked at the empty cells, sighed, then turned and led the way, taking everyone to a monitoring room!

At this time, the surveillance system in the monitoring room was still powered on, the computer screens were all lit, and all the cameras were working. Li Chenzhou even saw the convoy outside, and Duan Lei leading people in an attempt to break through the prison gate.

"I noticed you when you arrived, but because I saw the guns you were carrying, I didn't know who you were, so..." The young prison guard sat down in a chair, then operated a computer for a few moments. The prison gate instantly opened, and Li Chenzhou saw that Duan Lei in the surveillance footage looked quite surprised, raising his head to look around, and finally staring at the surveillance camera for a long time.

"The disaster happened while I was on duty. I was sitting right here, and Xiao Gang, who was on duty with me, went to the bathroom. That guy always had to pee and poop a lot. Actually, I knew he was sneaking off to the bathroom to smoke.

Then, I saw that the criminals in some of the cells were starting to fight each other, and many of them were biting each other's bodies, tearing frantically, with blood spurting out like a fountain!"

The young prison guard began to recount what had happened in the prison before: "Before, although these prisoners often fought, they were usually quite restrained, because injuring someone here would result in a longer sentence, let alone drawing blood, especially with so many prisoners in so many cells fighting at the same time.

I sensed that something was wrong, so I immediately hit the alarm bell. Normally, there would be a team in the prison guarding nearby, and as soon as they heard the alarm, they would rush in within a minute.

But this time, I pressed the alarm bell and stared at the cells, but found that a full two minutes passed, and still no one rushed in, not even an internal phone call. No one even asked about it.

This situation was definitely not right, unless the alarm bell was broken, but I clearly heard the piercing alarm sound! So, I ignored the chaos in the prison, locked the door directly, and rushed outside to see what was going on!

While rushing outside, I kept calling out to the others on the intercom, but the responses I received were quite chaotic. Some people wanted to answer me, but they were saying things I didn't understand, things like red snakes, Daqiang has gone crazy, and so on."

As he spoke to this point, a trace of fear and sadness appeared in the young prison guard's eyes, as if he was seeing the chaos of that time again: "Because I couldn't understand, I continued to rush outwards, intending to go to the warden's office to see what was happening, but just as I rushed out of the second gate, which is the one I just led you through, a person suddenly rushed out, pushing me towards the monitoring room.

That person was Xiao Gang. At this time, his face was covered in blood, his right ear was gone, and his uniform was wet and slippery, covered in a heavy, bloody smell."

"I was a little stunned by the fright, and Xiao Gang pushed me directly into the monitoring room, while stuffing a pistol and a string of keys into my hand, panting as he said to me:

'Nail! I'm not going to make it, but I can hold on for a while. These are the warden's keys, which include the armory. You hide in here now, and don't open the door no matter who comes. Remember that! As for what exactly happened, I'll tell you. Turn on the intercom, go to channel seven!'

After saying that, he slammed the door shut and turned to rush outside, while shouting loudly: 'Nail, listen to your brother one last time, don't open the door no matter what!'"