Crime Prison Island
Chapter 64 - 21 Audience and Settlement Rewards_4

Chapter 64: Chapter 21 Audience and Settlement Rewards_4

Then, using the prepared rope device, he pulled it open and put it around his own neck.

At this point... he was wearing three types of collars.

"Gao Xin, what are you doing?"

Everyone in the hall was resting, and upon seeing Gao Xin’s actions, they were all astounded and confused.

The game was about to end, why put on an extra collar, and a dog’s collar at that? Dogs are the least useful; wearing it won’t give any extra rewards.

But Gao Xin did not answer and ran out straight away.

He quickly entered the secret room again, stood on the stairs, and took a deep breath.

"It’s a bit risky, but it should be fine."

Gao Xin no longer had any reason to take risks, since death would be a total loss, but he was also genuinely curious where the passage led.

However, he hesitated for a long time and observed for a long time and saw no pattern whatsoever.

"I’m too stupid..." sighed Gao Xin.

Still, he decisively stepped forward into the rats’ area.

Continuing forward, it was still the rats’ area.

After that, there was the dogs’ area, he hadn’t finished walking through it when it changed to the cats’ area, and still, nothing happened.

"So identities can indeed be stacked... wearing three types of collars allows one to move through the so-called hidden area, still vastly favoring the strong."

Gao Xin walked very quickly, and eventually started running.

He now had three identities, and theoretically could move horizontally, but anything unexpected could still happen.

So it was still necessary to be cautious, and on this path, the faster he ran, the better.

"I’ve arrived!"

Gao Xin delved deeper into the passage, where there were no patterns, resembling an underground burrow.

He pressed on with caution, walking very carefully while occasionally throwing things to test the way.

The passage was extremely narrow at first but then suddenly opened up.

It turned out to be another room, but it was completely empty, only having another passage straight ahead.

Gao Xin continued forward, through the narrow passage, and arrived in the third room, which again had various patterns just like the first one...

"So it leads to under a certain tree in the backyard?"

Gao Xin crawled out, and it was indeed under a tree.

Just as he was about to leave very disappointed, he suddenly turned around, feeling that something was off.

"What was that middle room for? For cat and mouse fights?"

Gao Xin went back again to the middle room and searched around.

The room was completely empty, nothing at all.

But the walls were very smooth, all made of special metals.

Just as Gao Xin was about to leave, a brainstorm struck him, and he turned and shouted, "Number 97!"

Immediately, the surroundings lit up.

Everything was illuminated brightly, as if he were in a huge white hall.

The projection of Number 97 directly appeared in midair, and at the same time, above Gao Xin, below his feet, and even in the air around him, text flickered everywhere!

"Wow, a regular person actually found this Easter egg?"

"This guy eliminated the cats and dogs first before finding the underground area, awesome..."

"The game ’Cat Catches Mice’ has been open for three months now, who would have thought that the first one to trigger the Easter egg would be a glass man?"

"Fuck, who would have thought? Anyone bet right, speak up?"

"I lost, lost a hand of SR."

"Same loss, SR."

"Same here, dying in a low-level game is really something else."

"Exactly, I was waiting for that guy to rise and take revenge on the Tigerhead Shark. I didn’t expect he’d die just like that."

"Haha, now that’s interesting. Always having the strong win is boring."

"But this guy is too weak, right? His physical strength is at the bottom, just slightly better than those two girls."

"This guy is quite interesting, but to correct you, it’s one woman and one trans woman."

"If an ordinary person wins, then let it be; I like rooting for the underdog."

All kinds of words moved and flickered around.

Above and below were also full of them, as if he was in a mirage of various texts, which nearly made Gao Xin’s eyes pop out of his skull.

He had thought there might be some hidden treasure, but it turned out to be an Easter egg room where he could see the live broadcast’s behind-the-scenes viewers’ various chat projections, presented in the form of three-dimensional bullet-screen comments.

"Are you done talking?" Gao Xin coldly said.

"This kid is getting impatient."

"You don’t actually think you’ve beaten the game, do you?"

"Didn’t you want to escape the Yakuza’s servitude?"

"This is the only chance to communicate with us; are you sure you don’t want to kneel and beg us for more donations?"

Gao Xin frowned, so there were donations?

Extra rewards given by the viewers behind the scenes?

Gao Xin steadied himself and said, "Knowing that I want to escape, you should understand that my knees can’t bend."

"Hahaha, good, that’s the spirit."

"This kid has a future, too bad he’s a glass man."

"A glass man might not necessarily be unable to rise; let’s see if he can truly escape from the Yakuza’s clutches in the future."

"Hey, little mouse, did you plan to become the cat from the beginning?"

Seeing many people ask this question, Gao Xin frowned but still said, "Sort of."

"What do you mean ’sort of’?"

"You let it slip earlier, said you ’also wanted’ to keep the redemption ticket. I noticed it."

Gao Xin shrugged and said, "Initially, being a cat or not didn’t matter to me; I intended to kill all the Radiations. In this game, whoever survives to the end is the cat. If I eliminate those stronger than me, I’m the strongest, and the collar doesn’t matter."

"Also, I wasn’t actually letting it slip earlier but hinting to Jin Meimei that I also needed the redemption ticket."

"She’s smart and wanted to follow me. If I could survive in the end and indicate that I won’t kill, she would understand that I wanted to peacefully collect money and then speak on my behalf."

The bullet-screen viewers were startled, then eagerly asked, "Is that so?"

"That’s right, having someone else speak up about handing over rewards voluntarily would be better than if you asked for them directly; it also builds more team cohesion."

"Because in their eyes, it’s an investment in you, not your exploitation."

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