Crime Prison Island
Chapter 164 - 74: Erasure is a Gimmick

Chapter 164: Chapter 74: Erasure is a Gimmick

Five Radiants gathered in the hall on the third floor.

The other Glass People were nowhere to be found, except for one who fell into Kerry’s hands.

But this one was enough because he was the Ghost.

The game had ended, and only the Ghost could not be erased.

The reward of this game could also only be claimed by killing as the Ghost.

There could only be one Ghost in the entire game at any time.

In other words, whoever was the Ghost became the target of everyone else. To control the Ghost was to seize the initiative.

A Glass Person, who had found the Demon Blade and became the Ghost with great difficulty, now had no choice but to hide.

What Ghost capturing people? He dared not at all, and yet he still couldn’t hide well enough and ended up being caught.

Fatty glanced at Gao Xin and declared loudly, "No, in this game, whoever is strong becomes the Ghost!"

"It’s all about killing the Ghost, taking the blade and surviving until the end, but in the end we have to return to the Ghost killing people."

"A mere Glass Person is qualified to be the Ghost?"

"Speak up, where the hell did you hide the blade!"

He questioned the Glass Person aggressively.

Although the Glass Person was afraid, he simply refused to speak, but instead said resolutely, "As long as no second person gets the Demon Blade, I remain the first holder forever."

"If you kill me, then no one will know where the Demon Blade is ever again!"

Fatty glared at him with a terrifying aura, "You’re asking for death!"

The Glass Person gritted his teeth and said, "Either way, it’s death. If I can drag all of you down with me, so be it!"

Hearing this, Kerry’s face changed dramatically, "You didn’t throw the Demon Blade out of the apartment, did you?"

The flesh on Fatty’s face trembled as he said harshly, "The area outside the apartment is just so big. If it were thrown out, I would have seen it long ago."

"Besides, even without the Demon Blade, perhaps wearing your Ghost necklace around my neck could turn me into the Ghost!"

"I’ll give you one last chance, reveal the location of the Demon Blade, and you might live a little longer; otherwise, I’ll just kill you now and take the necklace."

Kerry urgently said, "Boss, don’t be impulsive. If you kill him, then truly no one will know where the Demon Blade is."

Fatty simply raised his fist, aimed at the Glass Person through the air, "Stop the nonsense! If you won’t kill him, then hand him over to me."

"I just want the necklace. Kid, your four fingers can’t protect you!"

The Glass Person was extremely scared.

But at that moment, Gao Xin stepped forward, "What if you add me to the equation?"

Fatty was taken aback, not expecting Gao Xin to intervene.

Gao Xin said solemnly, "This is not how the game is played. I don’t believe that in the end, only one person can survive."

Upon hearing this, Kerry glanced at Gao Xin.

Fatty’s face shook, "What do I care about what you believe? Becoming the Ghost is a clear path to survival."

As he was about to open fire, Kerry quickly shielded the person behind him and said urgently, "But what if there are other roles?"

"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, Fatty looked puzzled.

Gao Xin also frowned.

Kerry quickly said, "The game rules only mention that there can be only one Ghost at the same time."

"Whoever holds the Demon Blade becomes the Ghost. But what if a second person becomes the Ghost, then what would the first Ghost turn into?"

Fatty frowned, "They turn back into a person."

Kerry smiled, "The rules didn’t say they would become a person."

"They only said that a person holding the Demon Blade would become a Ghost. As for what the Ghost turns into after being replaced, that has never been mentioned."

"So, I suspect there is a hidden third identity! Whether it’s a demon or something else, it’s definitely not human."

"Otherwise, erasing all human players at the end of the game would be too farfetched!"

"After all, this is just a beginner’s game."

Upon hearing these words, it was as if a realization dawned upon the Radiants, and they all began to contemplate.

Gao Xin’s brow furrowed deeply, "Are you suggesting that the path to survival is for everyone to take turns becoming the Ghost once?"

Kerry nodded, "Exactly."

"This game is misleading us to hunt the Ghost, to kill the Ghost, and to take the knife to become the new Ghost."

"It repeats this cycle until the strongest Ghost is decided."

"But if that was the case, then why not just kill people and take their necklaces instead of needing the Demon Blade as an extra medium?"

"It’s giving us an opportunity for a peaceful handover of the Ghost identity."

As he spoke, he looked at the Glass Person he was restraining, "Do you understand? This game requires the Demon Blade; it’s crucial. Without it, you’re definitely going to die."

"Tell us where the Demon Blade is, we’ll let someone else be the Ghost, and when the time comes, you can become the third identity, so you don’t have to die."

His words were coherent, and the Glass Person looked enlightened.

After thinking for a while, he finally said, "I didn’t throw the Demon Blade away. Instead, I hung it outside the window of that room over there, tight against the bottom of the windowsill."

His hiding method had some merit. It was impossible to find from inside the room, and if you only looked outside, you wouldn’t be able to see it either.

Kerry was instantly overjoyed, but Fatty moved even faster, thudding towards the room that was pointed out.

Two members of the Viking Gang were also swift, even dividing their tasks; one intercepting, the other searching.

"Get out of my way!" Fatty’s organs once again went into overdrive, and his iron fists bombarded fiercely.

His stamina was astonishing. Despite revving up several times, his body didn’t seem to slim down noticeably.

With a few thuds, the muscular Viking Gang member simply couldn’t withstand it.

He was directly blown from the third floor all the way down to the second! The floor was shattered!

By then, another member of the Viking Gang had come out, holding a blade in one hand and an axe in the other.

"Brother!"

He shouted, burning with rage as he stared at Fatty.

Everyone could see that in his left hand, he held a magnificent long knife.

The material was extraordinary, smooth and uniformly jet-black, so black that it shone.

The collar around his neck had also changed, emitting a red fluorescence and displaying a ghastly ghost image.

The second-generation ghost had appeared, and Fat Pig did not hesitate to charge at it, engaging it in a fight to the death.

The two began a fierce battle.

Meanwhile, Gao Xin and Kerry immediately turned their attention to the glass person they had encountered earlier.

"It actually... actually..." Kerry looked very disappointed to see that the collar of the first-generation ghost had turned back to blue, showing a little figure on it.

He even scrutinized the details to confirm there was no difference.

"Turned back to a human..."

Gao Xin said, "Of course he turned back into a human, did you seriously think otherwise? I thought you were just pretending to believe that, to trick the glass person into revealing the whereabouts of the Demon Blade."

Kerry sighed, "I guess my theory did have issues. But I still held on to that hope. Now it seems, this is just a goddamn Game of Solo Survival with Gu raising!"

"Damn! I just wanted to lay low, why did I get dealt such a hard hand? Is it because I’ve been passively playing too many times? Did I end up on some kind of blacklist?"

He angrily punched a wall, creating a large hole in it.

Gao Xin raised an eyebrow, not expecting that there was actually a player willing to help the glass person survive. Although he wasn’t as diligent as Gao Xin, such a player was rare indeed. When he himself had been a glass person, he had never encountered even one.

Upon hearing this, the glass person’s face turned ashen.

Now that he was human again, anyone who became a ghost would slaughter him.

Suddenly, the man struggled free from beneath Kerry’s dagger and dashed desperately toward the stairs.

But Gao Xin was quick to react and captured him in an instant!

"Don’t run. Are you from team 02? One of Peter’s men?" Gao Xin asked with a smile.

The glass person with a stern face paused, "Yes... my name is Elon, and Peter is my older brother."

Then, with wild elation, "That’s right, you’re from the Yakuza, you’ll save me, right?"

"I’m from the Yakuza Redemption Group, spare my life, and I can still contribute to the syndicate in the future! Our team is very powerful, I often earn redemption tickets too!"

Gao Xin let out a snort, "I’ll say this again, I am not Japanese, and I’m certainly not with the Yakuza."

Elon’s face fell into despair again.

However, Gao Xin added, "Still, I indeed intend to save you, I just happen to need you to deliver a message to the Redemption Group for me."

Elon was skeptical but had no other choice, and he couldn’t escape Gao Xin’s grasp.

That’s when Kerry, looking puzzled, said, "If there’s no third-party identity, then this game is a Solo Survival game. On what grounds will you spare someone’s life?"

Gao Xin smiled, "Who says it’s a Solo Survival game? I don’t believe it."

"Don’t you disbelieve it too? You just got sidetracked."

"Honestly, your theory about the third-party identity even confused me for a bit."

"But if we take your theory as truth, then the game is too simple. You just need to hold the Demon Blade once and become the ghost in turn."

Kerry wondered, "How is that simple? Basic games are supposed to be like that; theoretically, everyone could end without conflict."

"Except that, for the sake of gain, even when such a path exists, some people choose not to take it. The strong wish for more—to win rewards—they have to kill all opponents to win everything."

As he spoke, he glanced at Fat Pig, who was fighting one against two against the Viking Gang duo.

Their fight had escalated to the point of intense combat, a battle to the death.

Gao Xin smiled indifferently, "You’re right; basic games typically provoke Radiation to fight and hunt down glass people just like this."

"But what about the benefit? If a third party exists, the rewards don’t add up."

"Everyone just needs to pass the Demon Blade around simply, and easily become the so-called third party... Then whom would the ghost kill?"

"This game has only one kind of reward: the ghost killing people; there isn’t even a survival reward!"

Kerry nodded, that made sense.

Then his gaze sharpened as he looked at Gao Xin, "You must have figured out the real way to survive in this game."

Gao Xin spread his hands, "It’s simple. The key lies in the eradication rule."

"The most incongruous part of the entire game rules is just that. It mentions two kinds of death."

Kerry pondered, "That’s right. All games have something like an instant-kill rule, but this one added eradication."

"Forcing us to kill each other, making those who think it’s a Solo Survival game abide by the last rule: complete eradication."

"So, this so-called ’eradication’ is fake, or something we can endure."

"At first glance it seems fatal, but it’s not."

Realizing this, he touched his collar, "Eradication collars... right, in the rules, eradication is just the name of the collar, just a name; call it whatever, in the end, it might just explode a little."

"Injure us, but not kill us, resulting in ’eradication failed’... Yes! That must be it!"

"After all, every Redemption Game that assures death only ever involves ’instant-kill.’

He started looking excited again, and Elon also showed surprise.

But Gao Xin spoke somberly, "Even so, do you dare to bet on it?"

Kerry’s heart skipped a beat, right, dare he bet?

Keep in mind that eradication would come after the game ends; there’s no way to verify it in advance.

One can only gamble their life on whether the eradication is truly lethal or just a bluff that ends in eradication failed.

And even if he dares to gamble, and even if the glass people have no choice but to bet the same way, what about others?

They still have to fight desperately for the identity of the ghost!

Because this is the only identity the rules clarify will not be eradicated. And it is also the only identity that can earn rewards.

So all it takes is a gimmick, and even if it really ends in eradication failed, the way the game is played won’t change—it will still be all about every person trying to kill the ghost, and the ghost trying to kill people!

This is human nature.

"Fuck! Spot on! That’s exactly what those damn elites are like!" Kerry cursed as his fists punched the wall, creating several more holes with dull thuds.

Gao Xin looked in the direction where Fat Pig was fighting, "Actually, I have another idea to verify, but first, let’s deal with that Fat Pig."

As he spoke, Fat Pig had already seized the Demon Blade, and his collar lit up red, becoming the third-generation ghost.

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