Chapter 2309: Hypnosis and Disappointment
The place specially prepared by the state was, of course, far more tightly run than the one Dr. Zhang had borrowed. From the moment Xu Huo entered, he was questioned twice every day, once in the morning and once in the afternoon. He didn't have to take any medication, but he was monitored from every angle, and the Special Forces' watchful presence permeated every day. They weren't even allowed to talk to one another. In an atmosphere like that, anyone who stayed long enough was bound to develop problems.
On Xu Huo's third day there, a man suddenly went mad while out for a walk. He didn't attack anyone. Instead, he slammed into a wall and kept bashing his head against it, shouting, "Everything I said was a lie! I'm not an alien! I don't know anything about the Wormhole's secrets! It's all fake! Let me out! Let me out!"
The Special Forces quickly carried him away, but those who had seen it were more or less shaken. Some, however, were used to it. One even sneered at once, "You think you can leave after coming in here? Unstable people like you would only harm society if you got out. Dying here would be a relief!"
Xu Huo turned to him. "Then why did you come in?"
The man answered with a hint of pride. "I transmigrated back from a cultivation world. Unfortunately, the spiritual energy here is too thin for rapid cultivation. I've already written down my cultivation techniques and insights and handed them over to the state. Someone will come to take me out soon."
"How long have you been waiting here?" Xu Huo asked.
"Half a year." The man showed no sign of realizing that he might have been forgotten. "The spiritual