Crime Prison Island
Chapter 148 - 65: Death

Chapter 148: Chapter 65: Death

On the other side, atop the barren land, Gao Xin was being dragged along by two people.

They crossed the wasteland and brought him onto a small hill.

This place was no longer desolate but lush with abundant branches and leaves.

"Just dump him here," the two casually found a patch of grass on the hilltop, tossed Gao Xin onto it, and left.

This was originally an unnamed hill, but since it was located in the eastern part of Yamato’s territory, it was called East Mountain.

East Mountain referred to a range of small hills, which was also the junction of three villages. In other words, Gao Xin had actually been thrown out of the village.

"I never expected... to escape... in this way..."

"Ha ha... He he... Cough cough cough..."

Gao Xin lay sprawled on the ground, retching up blood-tinged foam.

He was on his last breath, near death, teetering on the edge of life.

His lungs were filled with blood bubbles, making breathing extremely difficult.

Gao Xin’s body was bruised and blackened all over, and in some places, there was even the stench of rot.

Genetic collapse was certain death. From the first life under the sea, to the birth of AI Little Ran, no life could survive with all cell DNA shattered.

But at this moment, Gao Xin remained confident.

"I... won’t die..."

"Luckily I took the gene protector... about to... become a Radiation..."

Of course, Gao Xin didn’t want to die, although he was someone who could take action without hesitation and risk everything for a chance at life.

But it wasn’t in his nature to simply give up without a fight. Knowing well that backing down from Sasaki’s resolute intent on his death was futile, he had no choice but to fight.

Unfortunately, there were too many enemies, and he still had not managed to consume the black medicine.

But even without it, he still had one last method... and that was to eat something he had never eaten before... he ate Sasaki’s knife.

That was a nano weapon, all made by AI, why couldn’t it enable his life to leap forward?

In addition, he also ate the flesh of a Radiation Creature, which being a creature of Radiation, was naturally useful.

This logic was bizarre, but he had already convinced himself of it.

That was the gene protector! He had already taken it, it was in his stomach!

"Come on! Leap of Life! Come... fast!"

"A mortal body has its limits, but I shall transcend and become holy!"

...

A day had passed...

With the rise and fall of the sun, Gao Xin still lay there, like a body in a mass grave.

His skin turned black, his flesh turned black, ants crawled and gnawed on him, flies had laid their eggs, and maggots had hatched.

His body was decomposing, countless cells dying, cellular fluid seeping out, becoming food for bacteria.

If not for the faint rising and falling of his chest, one would really think he was dead.

His breathing was extremely difficult, his mind was muddled, but with strong willpower, he continued to hold on until now.

He had suffered in torment for over twenty hours, not willing to die.

He watched the sun set, until it dipped below the hills, and darkness fell.

He made it through the long night and saw the dawn break in the east.

One day and one night, aside from his ever worsening physical condition, no metamorphosis had occurred; instead, his muscles had started to dissolve.

"Why? My life... still hasn’t... leaped forward..."

"Does it... take... this long?"

All he could do was think, with his brain faintly functioning.

With his physical condition, being able to hold on for an entire day without dying was indeed a miracle.

This was all thanks to Gao Xin’s strong willpower, desperately consuming Heart Power to maintain the last bit of vitality in his brain.

But it had been too long.

He wavered over and over, and reaffirmed his resolve time and time again, struggling to breathe, barely clinging to life.

While Heart Power may be limitless, the laws of physics are equally strong, and genetic collapse turned his life into water without a source, a tree without roots.

The embers of life eventually fade.

Gao Xin could already feel it, his Heart Power growing frail, having spent a day and a night, his mind disintegrating, his spirit on the verge of collapse.

"Sleep for a bit... After sleeping, I’ll be restored... Then I can continue to endure..."

"But... what if... I never wake up?"

"No, I can’t sleep."

Inside Gao Xin’s head, it seemed as though a little person was incessantly persuading him to go to sleep.

Yet he didn’t dare to succumb to sleep, fearful that he might never awaken, worried that if his will was severed, the last sliver of life within him would also be cut off.

Of course, his concern wasn’t the fear of death.

Fear comes from the unknown; no one knows what they face in death, only that those who die never return.

But Gao Xin was different, he had comprehended the truth: who I am, where I come from, where I am going.

He firmly believed in the truth he held, and thus, death was not something to fear for him.

It was nothing more than the physical self, the shackles of flesh dissolving, consciousness returning to the Great Spirit.

Of course, although Gao Xin was not afraid of death, he also had a strong will to survive.

For he understood the meaning of life, which is the process in between.

He did not know if he would return, but if it was sufficiently thrilling, valuable enough, then he could leave without regrets.

Although he had escaped, through a thousand hardships, he had faced countless accidents and trials... He had even, with a body as fragile as glass, killed more than a dozen Radiation.

But was that life enough? Was it beyond regret?

"Not enough, still not enough..."

Gao Xin glared with bloodshot eyes; he had many more things he wanted to do.

He had no fear of death, but an affection for life.

He didn’t want to end this journey lightly unless absolutely necessary.

The life of a Glass Man had reached its peak, but he still needed to become a Radiation.

He had escaped, and now he must fight his way back!

Luo Yan, Su Lei, Meimei, Qiao Long, Dongfang Yi...

They were all waiting for him, their hopes resting on him, and they had all entrusted their redemptive tickets to him, hoping only that he would become stronger.

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