Chapter 78: Super Warrior?
This wasn't hard to understand; before the apocalypse, a certain professor used this method to enslave children. "This is more like the City of Darkness! Only 85%? Then let's continue!" Alex preferred this straightforward and brutal method over the slow process of enslavement.
Alex reactivated the Torn Iron Maiden. As the torture continued, Sun Weifei's loyalty further increased until it reached 90% and then stopped growing. No matter how much Alex tortured him, the loyalty remained at 90%.
Additionally, Alex noticed a side effect. Prolonged use of the Torn Iron Maiden could dull a person's senses, making them appear almost like an imbecile. "I wonder if Sun Weifei can still work." If this method of increasing loyalty also erased a person's intelligence, Alex felt it might be a pyrrhic victory. After all, he had gone to great lengths to capture these people for their usefulness.
Alex called in two female doctors and ordered them, "Do you know how to castrate? That is, turn them into eunuchs." The two female doctors exchanged glances, their eyes filled with horror. Lu Xiaodong and Song Haojia widened their eyes in terror, screaming in utter despair.
"No!! Please, no!!! Kill me!! I beg you to kill me!!" "I'll do whatever you ask! Just please don't castrate me!!" Lu Xiaodong and Song Haojia struggled and screamed desperately. For most men, losing that part of their body was worse than death itself.
Only Sun Weifei remained still, staring blankly ahead, his gaze hollow. Tears fell from his eyes, but there was no expression or any sign of resistance on his face, as if he had completely surrendered to his fate.
"We understand the principle a bit, but we've never tried it before..." Xia Xuan said with some difficulty. "I know someone who can do it! Among the people who came with us, there was a veterinarian who specialized in neutering cats and dogs! This task can be left to that lady; we just need to take care of their medical and emergency treatment," said another female doctor.
"Good! Then go and call that veterinarian over," Alex nodded. Soon, the woman who had worked as a veterinarian came in. Seeing the situation inside, she was visibly scared and hesitant to speak. "Lord... I indeed have neutered dogs and cats before...
but I have never tried it on people..." the veterinarian said timidly.
"Then treat them like dogs," Alex said coldly.
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The castration procedure was quickly completed. The veterinarian's hands were skilled, and the operation did not cause significant harm to their lives. With the treatment and bandaging by the two female doctors, the three men all successfully became like the disabled servants in the ancient palaces.
"Do you still know how to dismantle and install those solar power and water purification systems?" Concerned that Sun Weifei had become an imbecile, Alex asked just in case.
"Yes," Sun Weifei said emotionlessly, tears streaming down his face. After the castration, Sun Weifei's loyalty increased to 95%. The other two also went from 0% to 20% loyalty. It seemed that more methods of torment were needed.
"That's good. Put the other two up there as well, and take good care of them!" After tormenting the other two to a loyalty of 95%, Alex was finally satisfied. These men had just undergone major surgery and needed time to recuperate. Alex temporarily abandoned the plan to immediately have these three dismantle the water and power supply equipment.
He ordered that the three be taken to the castle, utilizing its healing capabilities to expedite their wound recovery.
Meanwhile, Si Ruqing had also made preparations. The women's assault team was ready to go. The inner city gate of the City of Darkness slowly opened. The fully armed women's assault team, in an attack formation, headed towards the outer city.
Alex did not plan to participate in the women's assault team's first battle. He simply stood on the city wall, quietly watching. The close-combat team was led by Keke, with the other four members being Si Ruqing's original teammates. Following them were Si Ruqing, Li Wanqing, and others with rifles and pistols.
Keke, holding two military spikes and dressed in a red Nike tracksuit, bowed her back and walked at the forefront.
As the women had just stepped out of the inner gate of the City of Darkness, the door closed heavily behind them.
"Heh heh... uh... heh heh..."
"Uh uh... heh heh..."
About a dozen zombies wandering nearby, like wild beasts starved for over ten days smelling delicious food, charged towards the women.
"Bang bang!" Si Ruqing fired the first shots. Her accurate marksmanship instantly blew the heads off two zombies. "Bang... Bang... Bang..." Li Wanqing and others also fired in succession. Although they had been training for several days and all the women had reached a satisfactory level in target shooting, target practice and actual combat were entirely different things.
Zombies moved quickly and were nothing like stationary targets.
Moreover, the recoil of the guns and the tension from facing zombies at such close range for the first time caused Li Wanqing and the others to panic. They fired several shots but only managed to kill two zombies. The other zombies, though hit in the body, seemed unfazed by the damage, which was negligible to them.
Si Ruqing originally intended to let Li Wanqing and the others get accustomed to firing guns, so she only fired two shots before putting down her rifle. However, in that brief moment, the zombies had already closed in! At such close range, even Si Ruqing was somewhat flustered.
"Close combat team! Prepare to engage!" Si Ruqing ordered in a low voice. Keke, who had been crouching, seemed to have been waiting for this command. With a burst of energy, she charged out like an arrow released from a bow. Her military spikes moved swiftly, flashing like lightning. "Puff!
Puff! Puff! Puff!" The sounds of exploding heads followed one after another. In an instant, Keke had blown the heads off the remaining dozen zombies.
Keke coolly pulled out a cloth, wiped the blood off her spikes, and looked in Alex's direction, sticking out her tongue in a playful gesture, as if to boast, "Daddy, see how good I am?!"
The women were all dumbfounded, looking at Keke in utter disbelief. Even Alex was stunned. Was this really the same Keke who seemed soft, weak, and even a bit dazed? She was like a super warrior!