Crime Prison Island
Chapter 269 - 126 Adding Rules_2

Chapter 269: Chapter 126 Adding Rules_2

All players could enter any room, and players in the same room would share the same number, with spare rooms having AI to answer questions.

"Wait for me, I’m also from Yamaguchi Village!" Gao Xin lunged forward, wanting to join as well.

But the last Viking Gang member to enter had already closed the door.

"Let me in too..." Gao Xin charged forward, grasped the handle, and pushed, only to be struck as if by lightning.

"Ah!"

Gao Xin’s body convulsed, and burn patterns like lightning spread across his arms!

Severe burns appeared instantly on his body, pus and blood spurted out, and his palms were charred.

His hair stood on end, smoke issued from his mouth and nose, and his body stiffened and flew backward.

"Thud!"

He flew several meters, struck a round table, and slumped to the ground.

His neck twisted, and he spat out another mouthful of charred smoke.

"Ah?" The crowd was shocked.

Even the three people in Room A, hearing the noise, opened the door to see what was going on.

Seeing Gao Xin in such a terrible state, as if hurt by a powerful electric current, they couldn’t help but be shocked.

"What happened?"

"What’s going on?"

Swamp Crocodile came out and with one look knew that Gao Xin was seriously injured.

Rockethead and others said, "There’s electricity! This guy, after you guys went in, also tried to get in and ended up getting shocked by high voltage!"

Everyone could see plainly that Gao Xin had blood and pus flowing from him, lying paralyzed on the ground and unable to get up, clearly indicating the power was no small matter.

All were Tiger Level, and if electricity could injure Gao Xin like that, it could do the same to them.

Swamp Crocodile’s eyes gleamed, "So that’s it, a hidden rule."

"Although the rules allow players to enter any room and the number of people in the room is not limited, once the door is closed from the inside, no one else can enter."

"Otherwise, they will be electrocuted, though the power is not enough to be fatal, this rigidity..."

Just then, Ling Sha appeared, her eyes filled with murderous intent.

"You are indeed a Japanese!"

She had heard earlier that Gao Xin wanted to side with Swamp Crocodile and had said he was from Yamaguchi Village.

Even if he wasn’t Japanese, he was still her enemy.

Now, opportunistically injured by the electric shock and unable to move, she could cripple him by breaking his limbs.

As long as she didn’t kill him, it wouldn’t violate the rules.

Then Gao Xin would be a public score pack, to be used when needed for pairing, fattening for direct duel.

Everyone could see what Ling Sha was thinking, and no one stopped her.

Only Swamp Crocodile moved quickly, drawing his sword to block Ling Sha: "This is my man, you think you can just kill him?"

He displayed a protective attitude, since Gao Xin’s actions suggested he was on his side.

However, Swamp Crocodile barely blocked two of Ling Sha’s moves before he was sent flying.

His sword scraped the ground far away.

Ling Sha seized the opportunity to smash her fist towards Gao Xin, while Swamp Crocodile seemed unable to help in time.

"Tsk..." Gao Xin sneered inwardly.

He immediately roared, breaking the rigidity, and caught Ling Sha’s bloody punch with his palm.

"Boom!"

A vigorous force swept through, and his arm exploded on the spot, blood spraying everywhere.

Gao Xin slid on the ground and staggered to his feet.

His left arm was gone, bloody and mangled, he rushed towards a room.

"Whoosh!"

Ling Sha did not relent, her organs overclocking, triple accelerating like lightning towards him.

Her gauntlet emitted an explosive shockwave mid-air!

"Damn!"

Gao Xin knew he was faking earlier, but now he couldn’t afford to take it lightly.

Quickly turning around, he slashed with the Demon Blade, also double overclocking.

"Clang!"

The Demon Blade collided violently with the Rose Gauntlet, emitting a piercing roaring sound.

Gao Xin slammed against the wall hard, his right arm also broken, blood streaming down.

"This woman is indeed formidable..."

Gao Xin assessed internally while shouting aloud, "Mo Lei, save me!"

Swamp Crocodile indeed arrived in time, clashing again with Ling Sha.

The two fought fiercely, sparks flying, clearly neither wielding ordinary weapons.

Gao Xin took the opportunity to open the door of room G next to him, twisted his body to enter, and immediately shut the door.

The panic on his face disappeared in an instant.

Gao Xin had Silver Hand massage him and reset the bones in his right arm before drinking a pot of water.

His injuries gradually healed, but he restrained the skin on his body’s surface, which still showed the fierce and terrifying electric burn patterns.

As for his left arm, it had not healed and remained in the state of being severed.

He leaned against the door, with no one coming to open it.

The sounds of fighting outside also quickly subsided.

Swamp Crocodile shouted, "Stop it, Ling Sha. We can’t fight to the death now; there’s no point."

"This lightning-struck kid, I’ve got him covered. He’s locked the room, and you can’t enter either. We might as well start the quiz now."

Ling Sha snorted coldly and turned to enter a room.

She immediately closed the door behind her, clearly not planning to let anyone follow her in.

The others also immediately found rooms to enter.

Gao Xin smiled, evidently everyone believed the ’once someone closes the door from the inside, anyone else who touches it will get an electric shock.’

After all, he really was injured, just like the body’s reaction after an electric shock.

Electric burn patterns, charred skin, flesh turning to pus... these were not some color-changing cells, no disguise involved.

If you’re going to play, play for real!

The rules allowed players to enter any room freely.

This point was very frustrating.

Although the game stated that you cannot kill anyone without permission, you could still hit people.

By crippling someone, that person, in a bid to survive, would naturally have to cooperate with the stronger player.

This way, the game would start to see clearly defined factions during the mid-stage, leading to a big melee.

Victors would turn losers into score packets, pairing with them to score points before finally dueling to kill them off.

In the later stages of the game, these defeated players would be at someone else’s mercy, making it difficult to turn the tables.

It could even be said that, led by Swamp Crocodile and Ling Sha, two overt groups would continuously look for opportunities to ambush people who were alone, turning them into score packets.

This would be coupled with other strategic plays until one side was completely dead.

Even if the strength of individuals was similar one-on-one, they couldn’t withstand a mob attack.

In short, if alliances and attacks on others were freely allowed, the game was very likely to evolve in this way.

After all, who had the clout of Sea King Port and Tangren City?

This would be extremely unfriendly to solo players or players from small factions.

They could only choose sides like the Viking Gang did, and this would further exacerbate the formation of the two major camps.

Then, at some unknown point, they would be abandoned by their faction or killed by the opposing faction.

Gradually, there would be no place for a neutral or third party to stand.

"Hmph... formation of factions, who wants to form factions with you?"

Gao Xin naturally did not want the game to head towards that scenario; he hoped the game would foster an environment for three, or even four or five, small teams.

Then, the small groups could constantly break apart and reorganize according to pairing situations and scoring situations!

Each round’s numbers were random, circumstances changing in an instant.

That is, more focused on the internal game dynamics to decide on teammates, not some external gang reputation or power.

And for that, they needed a relatively safe ’small team stronghold.’

The rooms were meant to be such a place, and Gao Xin’s added rule was just right.

It did not cause a qualitative change in the way the game was played.

It just made it more convenient for lone wolf players and small group players to stir up trouble.

Of course, for him, there was an even more important purpose...

"This rule should not be exposed for the first few rounds."

"As long as the waters are muddy enough, no one would risk being electrified to the point of rigidity and serious injury by bursting into someone else’s room."

"I... am a bloody example!"

"Now that I’ve lost a hand and been seriously injured, even if I heal, I’ve probably already become a soft target in everyone’s eyes..."

"Heh, that Swamp Crocodile, pretending to protect me, if he really wanted to protect me, he wouldn’t have let my hand get broken."

Gao Xin muttered, not believing for a second that Swamp Crocodile was really blown away by two moves.

It looked as though he hadn’t been quick enough to protect him.

This guy wanted Ling Sha to cripple a soft target that could be easily manipulated, while simultaneously trying to earn Gao Xin’s goodwill.

From his perspective, Gao Xin was likely to align with him, precisely because he was injured by entering the room.

If he was crippled and then ’protected’ by Swamp Crocodile, he would be even more likely to obey him completely.

Swamp Crocodile, this guy, was very scheming.

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