“Who knows?” Boss Shaw frowned as he dusted the dirt off his sleeves. “The Virginia Base heard about it and yelled at the decision of our base. They sent scientific research teams with machines to identify the heterogenous species. They also used drones to place opposition leaflets everywhere, rebuking the Northern Base for losing humanity and violating human rights. Then what happened?”

Poet whispered, “Three years later, a humanoid marine heterogenous invaded the Virginia Base and its fall was declared.”

“Thanks to Virginia’s silliness, the Judges’ Act officially continued. Any judge can shoot and kill. If the judge can’t decide, it will be handed over to the judge’s discretion and they won’t be held responsible for any wrong killings. The judge is God.” Boss Shaw grinned. “It is a pity that God is crazy. There were so many people killed that couldn’t be stopped. The Lighthouse scientist in charge of the trial changed one after another. Three went mad in 10 years and two committed suicide. No one wanted to take this position so the military took over.”

“The military people have been stationed in the wilderness for many years and have seen many monsters. Their ability to distinguish the heterogenous species aren’t bad and their psychological quality is also strange. The judge’s replacement rate stopped from one going crazy every three years to one growing crazy once every five years. Lu Feng was less than 20 years old when he became a judge. I thought he was too old and bet he wouldn’t even last three years.” Boss Shaw shrugged. “I lost a lot of money. He is now in his seventh year. Hubbard said that he has killed as many people as the previous judges together and that it has multiplied every year. Everyone knows he isn’t far from madness.”

“The person being tried or the person trying them, it is hard to say who has the bigger psychological pressure.” Poet leaned against the wall. “However, since Colonel Lu is in the mood to sleep with the child, it seems he is far from losing control.”

“No, that isn’t right.” The moment he finished speaking, he frowned and changed his words. “For a callous man like Colonel Lu, this is one of the harbingers of madness.”

He came close to An Zhe, a similar look to Boss Shaw in his eyes. “How was he? Did he hurt you?”

An Zhe folded his clothes tightly around him and huddled in a corner, not wanting to talk to them.

Thump!

There was a bang. The atmosphere in the room froze and all three people looked at the source of the sound. A colourful beetle crashed into the window.

CHAPTER 21

Downstairs, from an unknown place, a woman screamed. Perhaps she also saw the bug.