Building a Prison of Horrors

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Chapter 6: The Butcher Appears

"You... who are you? I'm warning you, we are protected by prison laws." Brother Long shouted, trying to muster courage as he faced the masked man in front of him, who was as strong as a bear. Brother Long thought the man must have been sent by the warden to scare him, but his trembling voice betrayed his fear.

The man was terrifying. It wasn't just the ferocious machete in his hand, seemingly made of countless iron pieces, but also the fact that, in the moonlight, Brother Long could see an iron wire as thick as a baby's finger piercing the man's shoulders and arms. The wire was covered with black blood that had solidified long ago. "Oh my God, what kind of person would inflict such wounds on themselves?" thought Brother Long, realizing that compared to the man before him, his own perversions were nothing.

Suddenly, the masked man moved. Seeing him come towards him with the machete, Brother Long's fear urged him to run. If he didn't, there would be no chance. Without hesitation, Brother Long released his grip, letting the half-broken animal trap snap back onto the injured prisoner's leg, causing him to cry out in agony.

"Chen Erlong, I call you uncle!" his companions shouted angrily, but Brother Long had to save himself first. As the saying goes, a dead Taoist friend would never die but a poor Taoist, and the Thirty-six Stratagems are the best strategy for survival. 

As Brother Long disappeared into the night, the prisoner caught in the animal trap sensed something was wrong. Seeing the shadow under the pale moonlight, his face turned pale. Trembling, he looked back and screamed sharply upon seeing the strong man with the machete.

"You... what are you going to do? No! You can't kill me! Ah!" he cried.

Running in the distance, Brother Long heard the scream behind him. Instinctively, he looked back and turned pale at the sight. His struggling companion lay twitching on the ground, blood dripping from the strong man's machete. The man didn't seem to care, wiping the blood off the machete with his arm before looking directly at Brother Long.

At that moment, Brother Long saw the cold eyes behind the mask—emotionless, cold, and numb, like those of a wild beast.

Seeing this, Brother Long didn't dare to stay and ran away desperately. The strong man just looked at Brother Long, who had disappeared into the distance, and did not pursue him. After glancing at the twitching prisoner on the ground, the strong man reached down, picked him up like a dead pig, and walked deeper into the forest. This scene was witnessed by a crow on a branch not far away.

At this time, in the Iron Fort Prison Office, Yang Chi was observing the entire process through the eyes of these crows. Seeing the strong man carrying the prisoner away, Yang Chi couldn't help but smile. As a former Murderous Machine player, this scene was all too familiar.

In the game rules of Dead by Daylight, the Butcher carries away the downed humans and hangs them on hooks on the map as a sacrifice to the evil spirits. The strong man who attacked Brother Long and others earlier was one of the many butchers in the game, known as a trap killer. In previous games, people usually called him "Brother Jia."

The reason is simple. Each butcher in Dead by Daylight has a unique special ability, and Brother Jia's special ability is to place bear traps. These bear traps can be placed in dense weeds or narrow intersections to block human movement, causing headaches for many experts. The unlucky prisoner just now accidentally stepped on an animal trap and was caught by the butcher.

Yang Chi believes that someone else will be unlucky next. Through the eyes of the crow, Yang Chi could clearly see Brother Long struggling to survive. Watching Brother Long's panicked expression, Yang Chi couldn't help but sneer. "Enjoy the game I prepared for you, and don't collapse."

At this time, Brother Long didn't know that his every move was being monitored. Of course, Brother Long didn't know that the prisoner who was just taken away by the butcher was not dead but had merely lost his ability to move. In fact, in the entire world of Dead by Daylight, there is never real death. But in Brother Long's eyes, his unlucky companion was already dead. "Damn, damn, damn! He really dares to kill!"

Hiding in an abandoned white square hut, Brother Long was breathing heavily, his expression extremely ugly. At this moment, Brother Long finally realized a problem: the message in the envelope beside the campfire was not alarmist. In this abandoned manor, there is indeed a brutal killer chasing him. Originally, Brother Long scoffed at the "game" mentioned in the letter.

But now Brother Long understands that the game he is facing is not a child's game, but a real killing game! Brother Long used to love playing games like this with the victims he captured. However, this time, in this terrible game, he is not the hunter but the prey. Thinking of this, Brother Long's face turned pale.