Crime Prison Island
Chapter 140 - 58: Crown Within a Crown

Chapter 140: Chapter 58: Crown Within a Crown

Qiao Long quickly ended the game.

And until the end, Gao Xin hadn’t killed a single glass person.

He was covered in blood, his body wrapped in both new and old bandages, ignoring the barrage of bullets raining down on him from the sky as he walked straight out of the white corridor.

On the other side, Su Lei and Xing Shiping, carrying various trophies like Sofia’s guns and laser emitters, also emerged from the black corridor.

"It wasn’t easy, bro, not sure if this laser eye will be of any use, but I took it with me," Su Lei said, handing over the spoils of war.

Gao Xin waved his hand for Qiao Long to take them.

Qiao Long fiddled with the item for a moment and said, "It’s of no use now, mainly because it has no power source. Later, I’ll try to match one and turn it into a handheld laser."

Gao Xin remembered that the bald man once had a hand-cranked electric shock device that had come in handy in dealing with Silver Hand, which Qiao Long had made.

One very important reason why he had high prestige in the team was that he often made little gadgets to give to the team members, helping them increase their survival chances in the game.

"Not bad, what did you use to do?"

Qiao Long gave a bitter smile, "In our community, there used to be a cyber-wizard. I learned a lot of skills from him when I was a kid."

"So, you’re a cyber apprentice?" Gao Xin raised an eyebrow.

Qiao Long replied, "Something like that. They were all learned in childhood, a hodgepodge of handcraft work. I just have more interest in machinery and electrical systems."

The two were still talking when everyone had gathered.

Number 97 appeared and proceeded directly to the settlement.

"Black survival rewards 5,000, killing three from an enemy faction, additional reward 3,000."

"Viewer patronage 50,000!"

"A total of 58,000 redemption tickets."

Gao Xin chuckled at that.

Fifty thousand patronage, they really gave it.

This was because the cap was fifty thousand...

Actually, for a regular mid-level game, the cap is usually ten thousand, but because it was a five-person team battle, the cap for the whole team was fifty thousand.

However, the viewers gave all the patronage to Gao Xin alone.

Others were also curious as to whether the patronage was given or not and crowded around to ask.

However, Gao Xin just shrugged his shoulders, then was enveloped in a stream of matter.

Soon all the shrapnel was removed from his body, and his wounds were healed as well.

Afterward, Gao Xin looked at the NPCs: "Gentlemen, as promised, I’ve brought you all out. We will meet again in the future."

The NPCs were in tears, feeling reborn, and they all bowed deeply to thank him.

Gao Xin waved his hand and told them to leave.

But halfway through, Gao Xin suddenly called out, "Han Qing, wait a moment."

With a gesture, Number 97 healed Han Qing.

Han Qing moved his tongue around and said gratefully, "Boss, from now on, my life is yours."

The other NPCs were also dancing with joy, expressing their wishes to follow Gao Xin.

Even though they were alive this time, what about next time? These NPCs had no hope at all, now treating Gao Xin as their pillar, it offered them a glimmer of hope.

Seeing that two traitorous NPCs were also among them, Dongfang Yi stepped forward and gave them a kick before dragging them out of the crowd, "You two can forget it."

"Boss Gao might not mind, but I’m petty. The last person who offended me still has his head hanging in the redemption group."

The two NPCs were terrified, stammering and babbling as they begged for mercy.

Suddenly, Gao Xin said, "Forget it, it’s a minor matter. It’s not like they created the game."

Dongfang Yi said, "Just don’t heal these two. It’s quite normal for NPCs to participate in games with missing limbs or mouths."

Gao Xin did not argue but teasingly said, "Aren’t you a doctor? Why so cruel?"

Dongfang Yi rubbed his hooked nose, "The medical skills passed down from my grandfather, I learned them since childhood, yet I haven’t treated patients outside... strictly speaking, you’re my first patients."

Gao Xin came to a realization; it made sense that he didn’t have a medical license, no wonder he didn’t look like a doctor at all.

At this moment, the remaining NPCs were all looking at Gao Xin with eager eyes.

Gao Xin said indifferently, "Go back. From now on, just listen to Han Qing, and if anything happens, I’ll arrange it through him."

The NPCs were taken aback, all looking at Han Qing with envy.

Heartened, Han Qing said, "Boss, you can tell me to do anything."

Gao Xin told him, "I’ll leave this bunch to you from now on. Also, I want to know how I can contact you at the hunting group’s base."

Han Qing immediately replied, "I can come out every day from two to four in the afternoon."

As he spoke, he pointed to the other NPCs, "We are all responsible for delivering food to the Radiation Beast Nest; after two o’clock in the afternoon, we can leave the base to collect food for the Radiation Beasts."

"At that time, I’ll wait a bit longer outside. If you need to find me, just come during this time frame."

Gao Xin nodded and curiously asked, "Are the Radiation Beasts’ ingredients... not humans?"

Han Qing was stunned, then realized what he meant, "Boss, are you talking about the prey? It’s mainly to train the Radiation Beasts’ hunting abilities, they don’t eat that at every meal."

Gao Xin nodded in understanding; after all, Yakutza couldn’t afford it if they only ate people.

After chatting with Han Qing for a while, Gao Xin let him go.

Once all the NPCs had left, everyone immediately gathered around Gao Xin, all curious.

"How much, how much?"

"Was the patronage given?"

After Gao Xin finished his threatening speech, although he closed his eyes, the others saw the barrage of messages that were all criticizing him, even some aristocrats threatened to kill him.

It left everyone trembling with fear.

However, seeing that Gao Xin didn’t open his eyes, the barrages gradually split into two factions; some people jumped out to defend him, and the two sides were quarreling endlessly.

They were very curious about what the outcome of Gao Xin’s arrogant threat would be.

"Gave it." Gao Xin said.

Meimei stared in horror, "Really gave it? Fifty... fifty thousand?"

Gao Xin nodded.

Everyone was shocked; giving rewards was the true essence of the Redemption Game.

After Su Lei learned about the incident, he said in surprise, "That works? How could those elites tolerate such treatment? Why would they give in?"

Dongfang Yi pondered, "They are rich and powerful; they have plenty of people licking their boots outside. Aren’t they watching the Redemption Game precisely for the thrill?"

"If they really couldn’t stand the humiliation, they would’ve left long ago."

"Maybe not everyone likes the likes of Gao Xin, but the key point is as long as there is one, that’s all that matters..."

"With so many barrages, could there not be one wealthy person willing to spend fifty thousand to keep him?"

It dawned on everyone; yes, Gao Xin didn’t need everyone to fall for his method.

With such huge traffic in this game, there might just be a group of people who liked players with foul mouths like Gao Xin, so they gave him the fifty thousand.

Su Lei slapped his thigh, "Ah! So being foul-mouthed works, these elites are just begging to be cursed at."

Dongfang Yi glanced at Su Lei, "It’s not that simple. Ordinary people really shouldn’t try to court death like this."

"You think anyone can have that kind of deterrent effect just by saying so?"

"First, you have to be truly capable, making them feel that such players are rare, basically unseen."

"Just like Gao Xin, he took down real-wolf-level Radiation in two consecutive games with his glass cannon status."

"This time he even achieved an ending where all glass cannons survived. Although they didn’t set this achievement, does that mean no reward just because it’s not preset?"

"The point is, no other player has done that, not even considered doing it."

"Such unprecedented strategy and pursuit can only be seen from Gao Xin, which constitutes his unique style, irreplaceable."

"Gao Xin has tested it out this time; the normal Easter egg is not the real way to rake in rewards, it’s just the trigger."

"What really catches the eyes of the elites are the distinctive, historic achievements."

"No achievement for all glass cannons surviving? Good! Paths are made by walking, and after Gao Xin’s game, this achievement exists!"

"If it doesn’t, it has to; otherwise, Gao Xin will refuse to play, rather die than play."

"Others can’t wield such a threat, it may even bring disaster upon them, but Gao Xin does it with great deterrent power..."

"Knowing Gao Xin’s performance in the game, he’s quite resolute. Saying he’d rather die, he dares to face death, there’s precedent..."

"This group of spectators has watched the entire game, they know if Gao Xin says he won’t play, he truly means it, he’ll be absolutely resolute. They just need one person who doesn’t want to lose this player, they’ll definitely give enough reward to keep him."

Everyone nodded in agreement, understanding Gao Xin’s move wasn’t aimless.

The elites weren’t fools either; a normal person really couldn’t pull this off unless they were truly incredible.

There were only two players in this game with Easter eggs who could receive rewards.

Besides Gao Xin, there was Louis, and Louis died.

But if he hadn’t died, just a normal trigger, even being led to trigger it by Gao Xin, would definitely not bring in much in terms of rewards, and how much depended on the mood of the elites.

That’s why most players try to please others during the Easter eggs.

But Gao Xin had his plan early on, played it to new heights, directly flipping the tables.

"Fifty-eight thousand, your move might rank as top seller even in the hitmen group, let alone the Black Hand Group," Qiao Long lamented.

Everyone else was amazed; this was the champion among top sellers.

"And you led us all to victory too. I got eight thousand," Dongfang Yi announced his reward.

The others reported theirs one by one... Qiao Long, Meimei, the three servant squad members, were also eight thousand points each.

The black survival reward was five thousand, and three thousand for participating in rooting out traitors; they all took down two members of the Viking Gang, plus one black tank-top’s reward.

In addition, Su Lei got nine thousand! Because Gao Xin arranged for him to kill Sofia.

As for Xing Shiping and the curly-haired boy, they got six thousand, as they had turned to the black side early on and only had rewards for taking down the opposing faction.

Gao Xin, even though he also took down three, was different from the others.

He participated in the traitor vote only once, and the other two kills were achieved by pretending to be a glass cannon on the opposing side and taking them down, plus the solo fight against Louis.

In total, the ten people’s rewards amounted to one hundred and twenty-seven thousand!

"Holy shit... hit the jackpot in one game," everyone was astounded.

Su Lei’s mouth hung wide open, "We struck it rich!"

"How... how do we spend this?"

Everyone looked at Gao Xin, after all, it was mostly him who had brought in the haul.

Their original goal was to breach ten thousand, and they did, but they hadn’t expected it to be ten thousand per person!

Without Gao Xin, even if they had survived as the white team, the survival reward would have been only one thousand, and at most killing a few people would bring three or four thousand.

How could they have such a hefty reward as now?

Everyone was waiting for Gao Xin’s direction while he started to browse the shop.

Without a doubt, the gene protector was a must-exchange item.

If he hadn’t managed to get the rewards from the spectators, the goal was only the gene protector.

But now that he’d snagged fifty thousand, Gao Xin was going to enjoy shopping thoroughly.

"Item 97, list out everything a glass cannon can strengthen or modify directly for me."

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