Chapter 2710 - 2772: The More Shocking, the Healthier

Many people begged for mercy right from the start, saying they couldn’t endure it.

"Can’t handle just a few watts? Those kids were exposed to dozens of watts. You’re adults, and you’ve been in this line of work for so many years, so you should have more resistance than them. Stop pretending. Come on, keep increasing it!" Li Yifei’s icy voice reached their ears, and many immediately began to struggle, but the security guards ignored them and executed Li Yifei’s orders truthfully, increasing the current from a few watts to ten watts, then to over twenty, finally reaching forty.

Of course, this process wasn’t instantaneous. Li Yifei might not care about their life or death, but the security guards had to be cautious not to actually electrocute them. Every person’s body can tolerate different levels. Some might be naturally insulated and could touch 220 volts without harm, but for others, a few watts could be unbearably painful.

When the current reached above twenty watts, many people began to react. Some suddenly straightened their bodies, eyes wide open like a fish, tensed for several seconds before collapsing heavily back onto the electric bed, gasping deeply. Some woke from unconsciousness, their bodies convulsing continuously, evidently unable to bear the pain.

There were also those who shouted and begged continuously, but at this point, the guards had no sympathy, showing no mercy. If these adults couldn’t endure the electric punishment, how could those children fare any better? People who did such atrocious things to children shouldn’t expect to get off easy just because they aren’t dead.

The reason electric punishment is excruciating is because it penetrates the marrow and is hard to forget, even for a lifetime. Li Yifei couldn’t imagine someone using this on children, with the officials even endorsing such beasts, promoting them extensively. Just how ignorant were these people? Did they have any minds left? How much more shameless could they get just to secure their positions?

Without much thought, Li Yifei knew that in a big city like Lin City, most officials knew about the Web Addiction Treatment Center. Were they all brainless? That was impossible. However, for the sake of so-called political achievements, many simply ignored their doubts and concerns. After all, the Web Addiction Treatment Center was nationally renowned and had received numerous reports and awards domestically, which also counted as their accomplishments, so why bother to expose it?

Inaction is a crime, especially when in such a position where doing nothing is the greatest evil and the root of anger. Of course, Li Yifei didn’t know specifically who they were just yet. Right now, he simply wanted Yang Wei and the others to be punished, to taste a living hell of electric shock for as long as possible.

The boy woke up, saw his sister, and after understanding what had happened, he struggled to get up and came over to Li Yifei, kneeling down with tears in his eyes, "Thank you, thank you. If it weren’t for you, I would be finished. Those people caught me this time simply to kill me. They wanted to torture me to death!"

"Stand up. Anyone who witnessed such things would have acted. You did well too, risking your life to expose them, which is not something ordinary people can do. I admire your courage!" Li Yifei said.

The boy shook his head, tears streaming down his face, but instead of stepping back, he walked to Yang Wei, who was already turning blue and would have bitten his tongue if not for the guard, looked at him calmly and said, "This is what you invented, right? Feels good, doesn’t it? After I got out last time, my biggest wish in life was to see you receive electric punishment and taste this feeling. Feels great, right? You demons, you all have your day too!"

"Brother, let’s go out, don’t disturb Uncle and them!" The sister came over to pull him away.

The boy replied, "I’m fine, sis. I’m very happy right now. This is hell, and these people are demons. Today the demons have become the ones lying there receiving electric shocks. This is simply the happiest day of my life, wonderful, absolutely wonderful!"

"Sigh!" The sister sighed.

Yang Wei heard these words and never dreamed that he would see such a day. Things had turned completely upside down, and now he was the one lying on the table. As the creator of the electric beds, he knew how powerful they were, which was why he was confident that the threat of electric punishment would scare those internet-addicted teenagers into remembering today’s pain every time they wanted to use a computer, achieving the goal of quitting.

But now that he was the one in pain, Yang Wei realized just how painful the electric punishment was. It was an unbearable feeling like one would rather die immediately, and hearing the words of that newly caught boy made it crystal clear.

"You... will regret this!" Yang Wei gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence.

The boy smiled faintly, walked to the side of the bed, reached out and twisted the power source, clicking several times, causing the current to increase again. Under his operation, the current was not a continuous output, but paused momentarily before starting again, the intensity varying each time. The sister wanted to stop him, but the boy simply said, "This is your killer move, calling it a winding mountain road, huh? Well, now President Yang, you’ve tasted it yourself, right? How does it feel? It’s simply exhilarating, isn’t it? Makes you want to just die, but I think calling it ’eighteen twists’ is inappropriate; it should be ’one hundred and eighty twists’ because there are so many changes, and each kind of current gives you different pain."

"Aaaaah!" Yang Wei finally couldn’t bear it anymore and let out a miserable scream.

Li Yifei frowned; this child’s mind probably had problems. He signaled a guard to take the boy out, and the girl followed soon after. Then he came to Yang Wei’s bed, looked down from above, and said, "Does it hurt?"

"I swear, I will get to the bottom of this!" The electric punishment temporarily stopped, with Yang Wei pale and sweating profusely, but still not forgetting to threaten.

"Ha, funny, that’s exactly my intention too. I won’t stop until you’re in a pitiful state. I have no personal vendetta against you, but I need to seek justice for those poor kids. This is not meddling but... my punishment!"

"You, you won’t get away with...aah!" Yang Wei’s cursing words weren’t finished before his body tensed as Li Yifei’s hand pressed the switch, a current over forty watts bursting out, Yang Wei stiffened like an electrocured fish, his eyes rolling, sustaining for over ten seconds before collapsing down, gasping heavily.

It might seem cruel to torture people like this, but Li Yifei and the security guards didn’t feel they were wrong. The many网友 who saw the boy’s revelation probably felt the same, wishing Yang Wei and the others would die instantly; there is a saying that "the wrath of a multitude can be the death of." This seems impossible, but since Li Yifei stepped in, he would ensure Yang Wei and the others receive the greatest punishment, unforgettable for eternity.

Not directly killing them was already Li Yifei’s benevolence, of course killing them would be too easy; Li Yifei couldn’t do that, it would be too inhumane, it’s better to let them enjoy the joy of electric shock.

This electric shock continued for two hours. During this time, Li Yifei also had people gather all the children undergoing web addiction treatment together and talked to them, almost all of them thanking Li Yifei, eyes sparkling with some unable to hold back tears, crying over finally being saved and not having to suffer the electric punishment, and crying over the demons finally being punished.

"You don’t have to rush, you can live well here now, I will arrange for your parents to be notified to pick you up, so don’t run away on your own and avoid further issues. As for your worries about internet addiction, it’s not an addiction but self-control, I will explain this to your parents at that time!" Li Yifei said.

The children immediately cheered, otherwise, some would still have worried about recurrence, facing heavier electric punishment next time.

The issue wasn’t resolved yet, Li Yifei still had matters to attend to, and screams from the treatment rooms continued. After apprehending other staff, security, etc., the electric beds were insufficient, requiring shifts; electrocuting for half an hour here, refreshing for fifty minutes there, so it wasn’t until night that everyone in the Web Addiction Treatment Center received electric punishment, but Li Yifei felt unsatisfied, as some didn’t seem to enjoy their electric service, didn’t cry or resist, lying like dead fish, which wasn’t ideal. Some were too exaggerated in their performance, screaming like pigs being slaughtered, annoying to hear, so in the second round of electric punishment, they would have their mouths blocked before enjoying another round.

By morning, after drinking two bowls of millet porridge, Li Yifei patted his belly, ordered Yang Wei to be dragged over. As the top evil here, he naturally endured the most electric punishment. Yang Wei seemed to age a decade overnight, dragged by two people, utterly dispirited, but the pharmacy had some psychiatric medication, namely stimulants, and after being administered some, Yang Wei only managed to recover some energy, although he might have preferred not to, as the night’s ordeal shattered his will completely, and he dared not threaten Li Yifei anymore.

Therefore, when Li Yifei interrogated him, Yang Wei spared no details, holding nothing back.

Such a demon had been electrocuted to this extent, answering everything asked, what about those kids? They were merely fond of playing computer games and got caught here to suffer electric punishment. Comparing the two, one realizes just how vile Yang Wei and the others were.

Justice delayed is justice denied, but now is Yang Wei’s and the others’ time of reckoning, not to mention he also confessed everything, from the hospital’s profit model to the shady deals with provincial and municipal leaders. This was one of the significant reasons for Yang Wei’s persistent arrogance.