Chapter 42: Living Out the Rest of Your Life Like an Animal

"Just in time, I'm hungry too."

Ace sat down at the dining table as if it were his own home, picked up a bowl, and started eating right away.

Lu Meng immediately panicked, "Hey, that's my food!"

Ace curved his lips, his tone frivolous, "No wonder it smells so good."

Lu Meng widened her eyes, "You..."

How could this person be so shameless?

Fuming with anger, she stood up to dish herself a bowl of rice, feeling like something wasn't quite right.

What was she about to say just now?

She couldn't remember.

Never mind, she'd eat first.

After being busy all morning and getting such a scare, she hadn't even taken a single bite yet!

Instead, that guy Ace got off easy!

She brought her bowl back to the dining table and sat down across from him.

Ace was eating with his eyes shining, his mouth never stopping.

Lu Meng looked at his manner of eating with a complicated expression.

How many days had he gone without food? He was eating so eagerly he looked like a starved ghost reincarnated.

Wasn't he afraid of choking?

Ace genuinely hadn't expected that she, a guide, would actually cook for herself!

And it tasted this good, to boot.

This was the most delicious meal he had ever eaten since he was born!

Lu Meng's mouth opened slightly as she watched him sweep away all the dishes like a tempest, pressing down the rice in his bowl until not even the bottom of the pot was left.

"You... haven't eaten in a long time?"

Ace's gaze shifted. He slowly put down his bowl and let out a theatrical sigh.

"Yeah."

Lu Meng looked at him suspiciously. Didn't they just eat together in the cafeteria a couple of days ago?

How could he not be full? Could he not get full on cafeteria food?

Even though the portions were always huge.

Sensing the skepticism in her eyes, Ace explained,

"You have no idea, our sentinel training is extremely harsh, and they often don't let us eat. If my constitution weren't so good at enduring hunger, I probably would have ended up in the hospital long ago."

"Really?"

Lu Meng found it hard to believe. How could that be possible!

No matter how harsh the training, they wouldn't starve someone to this extent, right?

Ace chuckled lightly, "Fake. And you actually believed it."

Lu Meng rolled her eyes in annoyance. She knew it!

"I didn't believe it at all!"

Ace couldn't help but curve the corners of his mouth.

Seeing that he seemed to be in a good mood, Lu Meng hesitated for a moment before asking, "However, that mental contamination level of yours..."

Before she could finish, Ace interrupted her, "None of your business."

His expression turned a bit colder.

Lu Meng curled her lips. Fine, it was none of her business.

However, the military district regulations stated that sentinels with a contamination level reaching 80% should be controlled and isolated.

With him like this, it was very dangerous for everyone else! He was like a bomb ticking away right beside them...

At this thought, she couldn't help but ask,

"Why are you doing this? You're already showing signs ofbestialization, and your contamination level is so high. Why won't you speak up?"

She paused for a second,

"Could it be that you don't want to be put under control?"

A cold, thin smile touched the corners of Ace's eyes as he looked at her and asked, "Do you know where sentinels with an 80% contamination level are locked up?"

At this moment, he looked different from usual, carrying an aura of heavy sorrow.

Though they hadn't met many times, the impression he always left her with was one of frivolity and danger.

Yet right now, he was completely unlike before.

She couldn't help freezing for a second, then shook her head.

Ace looked at her and slowly spat out a few words, "The military district prison."

"Prison?"

Lu Meng couldn't help crying out in surprise.

Why lock them up in a prison? They weren't criminals, were they?

"Yes, locked up together with death row inmates. Stripped of dignity and human rights, living like livestock through the final days of their lives."

Ace looked at her, and as he said this, the usual luster in his eyes vanished entirely.