Crime Prison Island
Chapter 316 - 144: As Vicious as a Viper

Chapter 316: Chapter 144: As Vicious as a Viper

Ling Sha was indeed Number 3, a small figure that was useless to pair with—only by pairing with a number above 5 could one ensure scoring points.

But that carried risks.

The Black Knight and two AIs were known to be 678.

Truth be told, even though she was among the top ten in Yamaguchi Village, she did not recognize anyone ranked after the fifth place.

After all, they were only local experts, and Tangren City, where she resided, was in a different country from Yamaguchi Village; unless someone reached Elephant Level, their reputation wouldn’t spread far.

If Ironhand completed a pairing with the Black Knight, then from 678, one would be missing—what if it were the 6?

That would leave 78. Ling Sha, lucky to choose between the two.

Choose 7 for a gain of four points; choose 8 for a loss of five points—one thought heaven, the other hell.

"Sister, you should just pair up with Number 5," Lin An suggested. "That makes 8, and since my Number 9 paired to make 10, you’d rank second and earn 2 points... No need to aim for the full amount."

Ling Sha said, "Playing it safe, that is the sensible approach... but it’s uncertain whether Number 5 is the Blue Madman or Suzuki Shougen."

"Lin An, the Blue Madman is one of your people, and you have crossed fists with Suzuki many times, haven’t you? Who is stronger, him or Suzuki?"

Lin An pondered, "He should be slightly inferior."

Ling Sha nodded her head.

Soon after, Ironhand emerged again with the Black Knight, slapped the round table to initiate pairing, and placed the Black Knight on the table.

Gao Xin exclaimed, "Weren’t you the one who said you’d never pair up, even if it killed you?"

The Black Knight, without a word, accepted Ironhand’s pairing.

Seeing this, Ling Sha also initiated a pairing with E.

Once everyone had finished pairing, time quickly passed.

Raguel announced the results, "A5, B2, C7, D8, E4, F6, G3, H1, I10, J9."

The outcome differed somewhat from what everyone expected; 4 and 5 were guessed wrong.

The Black Knight was taken aback, "What! You’re Number 10?"

For three rounds, he had been utterly deceived. This time, the whole group conspired to fool him!

Furiously glaring at Ironhand, he became hysterical, leaping off the table to tear and bite.

With a cyber-enhanced punch, Ironhand sent him flying, "What’s the matter? Can’t I be Number 10?"

"So you were Number 6, huh? Fine, you’re off the hook."

Having said that, he grabbed the Black Knight and threw him into the room, ignoring his hysteria.

"Hope is completely lost... completely lost..." the Black Knight’s face turned ashen.

The Black Knight was Number 6; Ironhand was Number 10. Paired together, the Black Knight lost 5 points; Ironhand gained 4 points.

Now Ling Sha herself was somewhat regretful; the Blue Madman actually ranked fourth, stronger than Suzuki Shougen?

If so, her pairing made her Number 4, combining for only 7, ranked third, giving her just one point.

"I was at minus one point before this round; adding just one, I’m now at zero."

She looked at Lin An, "Didn’t you say Suzuki was stronger?"

Lin An gave an awkward smile, "I thought Suzuki was stronger, the last time the Blue Madman faced him, he only narrowly lost."

"I didn’t expect the AI to judge the Blue Madman to be stronger, how exactly does this AI evaluate?"

Ling Sha was at a loss; this was the AI’s ranking, and Lin An could be excused for the mistake.

But now there was trouble; she was paired with a 4, which was too low.

Ling Sha frowned, "Tai Sui, I’m at zero points, unable to participate in the betting. How are you going to give me points?"

Gao Xin said indifferently, "The plan we agreed on is for everyone, including me, to put all their points into the prize pool, making it a stalemate and giving the points to you."

"If you have 1 point, you can harvest them, concentrating the points on yourself."

"I’m doing this partly because I trust you will return the points to me afterward, and partly because I want to concentrate all the players’ points."

"But if you can’t inherit those points, it’s no problem either. Let’s just concentrate all the points in the prize pool."

"The key is, no player has any points in hand, so no one can withdraw the money."

"Having the money on you is the same as having it in the prize pool. I only allow you to withdraw it; better yet if you can’t."

Ling Sha raised her eyebrow, "Are you treating the prize pool like a bank?"

Gao Xin nodded, "Can’t I? Originally, I wanted to use you as the bank because I only trust you. But since you have no points, then the prize pool must serve as the bank, and everyone else must give up all their points."

"Now, it’s not that I want to covet your points, but since you can’t get mine, everyone else must also pour their points into the prize pool, otherwise, there will definitely be foul play."

"This round I have 44 points, Ironhand has 8 points, and Lin An also has 8 points, totaling 60 points. It must all be pooled together, so no one can withdraw, ensuring we all make it safely through the third round without betrayal."

Ling Sha nodded, indicating she understood.

Ironhand was somewhat hesitant. He had 8 points, but had to hand them over, clearly reluctant.

But the primary goal now was survival, as well as securing the Easter egg.

If he could get the Easter egg, then the income from this game would not be small.

More crucially, there was the fourth round. Since everyone’s points were going into the prize pool, whoever had the most points in hand during the fourth round would have a high probability of sweeping the board!

"No problem, go ahead and place your bets, Tai Sui."

Gao Xin nodded, "Let’s duel Robot J together, and none shall fall behind."

Everyone nodded and issued their challenges simultaneously, "Tai Sui duels Robot J."

"Ling Sha duels Robot J."

"Ironhand duels Robot J."

"Hunter duels Robot J."

The four of them dueling a single robot made them appear united.

With a thunderous roar, inside Robot J’s chamber, intense activity erupted, accompanied by mechanical noises.

"Bet quickly!" Gao Xin commanded, "Bet on my draw."

Ironhand and Lin An immediately wagered their 8 points, and Gao Xin, without any tricks, bet all 44 of his points on his own draw.

Their battle was going to be with the robot to the bitter end, ensuring that, for this round, all 60 points of everyone’s would end up as a stalemate and pour into the prize pool.

This third round was unitedly focused on hitting the jackpot, staking all on the fourth round... that is, the final break.

"Click!"

Robot J, with an air of cold indifference, emerged from the chamber. Its body was made entirely of metal, standing two meters tall, with a slender humanoid form.

However, it had no facial features, its visage a blur of geometric light and shadow.

"Eat my blast!" Ironhand’s palm fired a Plasma Cannon, launching a blue-white projectile.

The J-model robot swiftly dodged, moving like an agile assassin, while its left hand’s liquid metal spread, forming a silver long knife with a spike-like edge.

Its right hand fingers pointed like a knife, emitting a restrained plasma light cone, creating a plasma light saber.

Its body unfolded like a great bird, moving as fast as a rabbit, with sparkling light; the two blades spiraled in for the slash.

"So fast!"

Gao Xin exclaimed in surprise, decisively activating overclocking, otherwise with his sub-Tiger Level reaction speed, he would probably not keep up with the robot.

"Ding!"

"Boom!"

Gao Xin’s Demon Blade also burst into a light blade, crossing with a slash to meet the incoming light saber.

In an instant, the J-model robot retracted its light saber, blocking with the silver long knife in its left hand.

Metal clashed with metal, sparks flew everywhere; Gao Xin’s Demon Blade actually couldn’t slice through the long knife but left a melted notch on it with the plasma.

Then a huge force struck, sending Gao Xin flying backward.

"It’s so strong... and it recognizes my Demon Blade..." Gao Xin shouted.

The robot had obviously intentionally avoided with its light saber, choosing to block with the solid blade instead.

Wielding both weapons, one an energy weapon and the other a kinetic solid weapon, it would not be easily overpowered.

Even during the ferocious fight, it was emitting lasers from its head.

With a whoosh, a red beam of light struck Lin An, instantly melting a charred blood hole in his chest.

Lin An’s clothes caught fire, and he quickly patted them out, "Damn it, it’s all weapons!"

"What’s the use! I’ll smash it into scrap metal!" Ling Sha seized the opportunity to launch a punch.

"Blast Punch!"

Her iron fist twisted the air itself, and while the robot was dealing with Gao Xin, she had already smashed into it.

"Clang!"

The robot was sent flying back, its chest caved in by the punch.

Not only that, Ling Sha’s punch carried a powerful kinetic wave that vibrated and tore through the robot’s body.

Like a tattered cloth, the robot spun and crashed into the wall, a web of cracks radiating from its chest as sparks sizzled out.

"Ling Sha is mighty!" Lin An cheered, clutching his chest.

Ling Sha’s expression, however, changed as she covered her chin, blood streaming out.

It turned out that in the moment the robot was sent flying, its right hand burst forth with a light saber again, slashing fiercely and cutting through Ling Sha’s chin.

If it weren’t for Ling Sha’s constant vigilance and swift reaction to duck, she might have been split vertically from her chin to her head.

"This combat robot must have expert-level combat skills," Ling Sha said gravely.

Gao Xin’s face looked odd, "Oh? Expert-level?"

Ling Sha continued with a serious tone, "Don’t underestimate the expert level. As far as I know, robot combat consciousness is divided into three levels."

"They are Elite Level, Expert Level, and the Legendary Level."

"These are the three ’combat consciousness systems’ that Emperor Ran created by collecting a huge amount of data from human fighters."

"Of these, the Expert Level can defeat ninety-nine percent of human fighters of the same level."

Everyone was shocked. Ninety-nine percent of human fighters of the same level?

This robot had the strength of a True Tiger Level and its body’s durability was of B+ grade weaponry. Combined with this combat awareness, wasn’t it essentially at the brink of Tiger King level combat power?

Tie Shou exclaimed, "Even if the real Tiger King Wei Lan came here, he’d probably have to fight fiercely, right?"

"That’s not necessarily the case," Ling Sha commented. "Wei Lan would win easily against this thing."

"Don’t get scared by the ninety-nine percent. There are millions of Tiger Level experts and at least several hundred thousand at True Tiger Level. Even one percent is thousands of people..."

Gao Xin raised an eyebrow. Although that was said, such robots were mass-produced, and there were ten of them just in this game!

AI being able to mass-produce near-Tiger King level combat power was in itself terrifying.

By now, the J-model robot had once again attacked.

The dent in its chest visibly inflated back into shape, while silver liquid metal seeped from the cracks, quickly filling them so it looked as though it had never been damaged.

"This place is too cramped, we can’t move around with so many people, let’s go down first!" Tie Shou shouted.

He could briefly hover and even stick to the ceiling of the Duel Arena. Just with one hand, even Gao Xin found him difficult to deal with.

It could be said that this was one of his great advantages. If they had to fight in a hall, they’d be at a significant disadvantage.

Moreover, they had to enter the Duel Arena within three minutes or face execution, so if they didn’t seize the moment to go down, when would they?

"Whizz, whizz, whizz!"

The group retreated to the passageway, arriving in the middle of the Duel Arena.

"Tai Sui, it’s your chance again. Use the Kishin One Strike move," Lin An called out.

Everyone had witnessed how Gao Xin wiped out the hunters with his maneuver, his demonic-like blade work perfectly suited the ambush from the passageway entrance.

"Swoosh!"

"Sizzle!"

Gao Xin didn’t need them to tell him. He deliberately came out last, triggering triple overclocking and suddenly turning back for a sneak attack.

His Demon Blade struck with an exquisite angle, flashing like lightning.

The pursuing robot had its neck severed on the spot, its head sent flying!

"Damn! It really is a one-strike for everyone!" the others exclaimed in horror.

It truly was a Kishin One Strike!

From the beginning to the end, they had seen Gao Xin perform such a slash three times.

The first time Ling Sha got her neck touched, the second time the hunters, and the third time the robot—all of which had their heads cut off.

And the time Ling Sha’s neck was touched, she relied on her reaction speed and resilience to withstand Gao Xin’s attack. And Gao Xin had no intention to kill, because if he really had, it would have led to execution.

"Having seen it three times, I still can’t figure out how to counter that blade... Even the robot can’t figure it out!" Lin An trembled inwardly, utterly shocked. He didn’t know how to counter Gao Xin’s blade work, it was incomprehensible.

So what about Expert Level? What does it matter if it can defeat ninety-nine percent of humans?

At the same entrance, the same turn for a sneak attack, the same one-strike, the same flying head.

The robot was no different from the hunters, were they?

Expert Level? As weak as the hunters.

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