Jiang He couldn't help but grit her teeth: "Is the imitator who designed this game a psychopath? How could there be such a hidden mechanic!"

Obviously, she couldn't bring herself to use the dagger to personally kill this criminal.

But now, the game was stuck here.

Since a verdict had been reached and the gavel struck, they couldn't change the verdict to acquittal or punishment.

But if they didn't kill this criminal, they wouldn't get the 10,000 fertility fund, and the door to the next Judgement Room wouldn't open.

The imitator who designed this game was forcing the players of the Judicial Council to personally use the dagger to kill the criminal.

Li Jiang glanced at Bai Yanyan, who was trying to stay hidden in the background: "How about you? You've killed before, you have the experience."

Bai Yanyan shook her hands repeatedly.

Jiang He furrowed her brows: "Aren't you going too far?"

Li Jiang said indifferently: "Which part of what I said wasn't true?

"Fine, if none of you dare to do it, then I'll do it."

With that, he pulled the dagger from the judgment table and walked towards the male criminal who was shackled to the wall.

The criminals seen so far in the Judgement Room were all conscious, but their mouths were completely sealed, unable to make any sound.

He struggled in terror, desperately shaking his head.

Li Jiang stood in front of him, hesitated slightly for about a minute or two, then ultimately made up his mind, slowly stabbing the dagger into his heart, then twisting it hard.

The criminal jerked violently, then dropped his head.

Li Jiang didn't pull out the dagger, to avoid getting himself covered in blood, and turned around and walked back.

The scene made everyone else instinctively turn their heads, not daring to watch anymore.

[Remaining Fertility Fund: 129,000]

According to the game rules:

[Any violent behavior or other violations against the four members of the Judicial Council is strictly prohibited, otherwise, an instant death penalty will be enforced.]

Now everyone understood why it wasn't 'restrict all violent behavior' but only 'restrict violent behavior against the four members of the Judicial Council.'

Because this game supports, even encourages, players to commit violent acts against criminals.

Li Jiang looked at the others, somewhat angry: "Why are you all looking at me like that?

"Come on, I wasn't the one who made the death penalty decision, I'm just cleaning up the mess for this verdict. Are you all going to morally criticize me?

"If you have to say it, making a death penalty decision without any killer's determination, that's really ridiculous."

Jiang He's expression was a bit unpleasant, but she didn't say anything.

This Judgement Room also had fertility torture devices, but unlike the initial room, there were 4 machines here in total.

Machine 1 and Machine 2 had two each.

"Should we use it?"

"Let's use it."

Although they would return to the initial room later, it was certain that there was a reason for these devices to be set up in this Judgement Room.

Now that they had the fertility fund, they might as well try it.

Li Jiang very consciously lay on one of Machine 2's platforms, as the gender and machine had already been matched.

"Help me press the start button, please."

As he spoke, he tore off a strip of fabric from his shirt and bit it in his mouth.

Yang Yuting asked, "Do you want to add more fertility funds to reduce the difficulty?"

Li Jiang temporarily took the fabric out of his mouth and shook his head: "Of course not, the fertility fund is too tight, and it's uncertain how much we can get afterward, we can't waste it."

Jiang He stepped forward and pressed the 'start' button on the machine, automatically deducting 10,000 fertility fund points, and Machine 2 started operating in standard mode.

The machine locked Li Jiang firmly, a large number of electrode patches adhered to his body, and high-voltage currents were released at the same time.

"Uh… ahhhhh——"

Even though Li Jiang had bitten the fabric in advance, it clearly didn't help at all. He soon couldn't control himself and shouted out loud.

Jiang He also stood ready under Machine 1: "Yuting, press the button for me."

Yang Yuting nervously pressed the button: "Be careful, don't push yourself too hard."

With a 'click', the machine unlocked.

Jiang He felt a heavy weight on her shoulders, like a mountain, causing her body to subconsciously want to sink.

Fortunately, she was prepared, gripping the handrails on both sides tightly with both hands, all her muscles tensed to resist the gravity of the heavy object.

Though her face was a bit twisted, she still managed to squeeze out a smile and said to Yang Yuting: "It's okay… I can manage…"

However, at that moment, she suddenly felt a sharp pain from a certain part of her shoulder.

"Ah!!"

Jiang He cried out unconsciously, startling Yang Yuting.

"Are you okay? Where did you get hurt?"

Jiang He clenched her teeth and couldn't speak, but fortunately, the duration for both machines wasn't long, and they managed to endure it.

The weight on her shoulders was removed, and Jiang He nearly fell to the ground, but Yang Yuting quickly caught her.

Upon examination, a bloody hole was found on her left shoulder.

Jiang He bit her teeth: "Wasn't it only a 5% chance?… I get it, the 5% chance refers to 5% of the whole body, so it's higher than imagined…"

She glanced at Li Jiang, and Machine 2 had finished operating as well.

But Li Jiang immediately got onto another Machine 2 and let Chen Yumei press the button for him.

More screams echoed, but evidently, as long as Machine 2 didn't trigger the death penalty by bad luck, it could indeed be used continuously.

But Machine 1 could not, Jiang He's strength was already exhausted at this point, and she couldn't use it again in a short time, likely unable to hold on.

She first looked at Bai Yanyan.

Bai Yanyan was definitely out of the question, as she had been injured because of the 'punishment' decision earlier. Although the wounds weren't deep and had initially stopped bleeding, she certainly couldn't handle the weight of Machine 1.

Even without triggering an injury, exerting force against these heavy objects would inevitably cause the wounds to tear open again, likely unable to hold on.

As for Yang Yuting and Chen Yumei, although they weren't injured, they were indeed too skinny, lacking strength.

Jiang He finally said: "It's alright if we waste one use of Machine 1, when we return to the initial area later, both machines can be used an unlimited number of times.

"I'll rest a bit before continuing.

"You two should also prepare yourselves mentally sooner.

"The most important thing now is to seize the time. The more time we save early on, the more rest time we'll have later when using the machines."

Yang Yuting nodded, unable to say anything else.

She glanced at Machine 1, having some thoughts of trying it herself, but considering her physical strength objectively, she ultimately didn't dare to attempt it.

She just whispered to Jiang He: "Let's figure out a way to save a female criminal with better stamina later."

Jiang He nodded.

Li Jiang also finished with the second Machine 2.

His entire body was drenched in sweat, probably from enduring long periods of intense pain, he couldn't walk immediately, resting on it for a while.

Afterward, he managed to limp down.

Fortunately, their efforts paid off, and whether due to good luck or the probability being relatively high, they used the machines three times in total and successfully created the corresponding badges.

1 'Male Badge' and 1 'Female Badge' automatically synthesized.

Everyone looked at the data display:

[Remaining Fertility Fund: 99,000]

[Fertility Badge: 1]

[Male Badge: 0]

[Female Badge: 1]

Nobody said anything more, just quietly moved to the next Judgement Room.

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