Crime Prison Island
Chapter 76 - 24 Desperate Struggle_2

Chapter 76: Chapter 24 Desperate Struggle_2

Previously, Meimei had only worked in law before she was agreed by Viper to be sent into the Redemption Team. Luo Yan merely mentioned that he had graduated from a technical school and read a lot of books, and despite having the appearance of Oiran, Viper still sent him to atone.

Gao Xin had asked Liu Xu very clearly, physical fitness might be one aspect, but other abilities could also add points, and that’s how it was with every batch in the past.

So it changed when it came to him?

Luo Yan also knew this was bad news, especially knowing what kind of place the Hunters Team was... Su Lei, Meimei, and others all turned pale.

If their strength wasn’t up to par, were they going to be used as food?

Luo Yan glanced at Gao Xin, and Gao Xin looked back at him, both overwhelmed with great sorrow.

Plans could not keep up with changes...

"What do we do?" Luo Yan whispered.

Gao Xin bitterly said, "You’ve enhanced your strength, you can still fight for it."

Then he looked towards Meimei, "Viper agreed with you yesterday, if he doesn’t want to go back on his word, you also have a chance."

Luo Yan clenched his fist, "What about you?"

Gao Xin smiled wryly, his eyes showing a hint of madness.

Luo Yan said in a deep voice, "We have to find a way to make them change their minds, it’s just a word from Viper."

Gao Xin shook his head, "There’s no way, this isn’t Viper’s whim."

"I don’t know what kind of background Six Paths Scars has, he calls him ’sir’ but doesn’t act at all like a subordinate."

"He speaks so disrespectfully, yet his suggestion was naturally adopted by Viper."

"Hahaha... This is probably something we can’t change no matter what."

By then, Sasaki had already had people bring over a pile of machines, and Zhou Fangjiang looked on in confusion, not knowing their purpose, only recognizing the ones for measuring height and weight.

He was first arranged to measure his weight, then tested on bench press, punching strength, and the like.

In the end, Sasaki disdainfully said, "Strength not even matching weight, utter rubbish!"

He also saw Zhou Fangjiang not only unable to lift something of equal weight but even after punching the bag with all his might, he grimaced and rubbed his wrists.

Seeing this, Sasaki shook his head even more: "A subpar glass person."

This time, disregarding his cries, and without a word from Viper, Zhou Fangjiang was directly dragged to the side.

As for what would happen to him later, it wasn’t mentioned!

But Gao Xin and the others looked ghastly, very well aware that this person was going to be used as food.

The other newcomers might not know, still guessing he might be sent to dry salt or do hard labor, or even something worse.

But the unknown breeds fear. Having seen the casual killing of a slave for a heart transplant, many of them frightened themselves with their wild imaginations.

This made everyone very anxious, a label of subpar glass person didn’t bode well, so they must strive to achieve a higher assessment.

"Next!"

The evaluation of the newcomers, thus, proceeded in turn.

At first, everyone was confused, but later they understood.

Here, glass persons were divided into five grades: excellent, good, average, poor and subpar.

Those with a bench press strength below their weight were subpar.

Those who could match or exceed their weight were poor.

Those who could reach 1.5 times their weight were average.

And those who could lift twice their weight or more were good.

Only those whose strength reached 2.5 times their weight could be considered excellent glass persons!

If it had been before, those with other combat experience, or precision technique, education, and culture could also be given extra points as appropriate.

It had to be genuinely useful skills, ones that could come into play in the Redemption Game, whereas cooking, singing, and the like would not be considered here at all.

But that was before...

Now, with a single word from Viper, all the extra points were abolished! Strength was the only criterion!

"What... what can we do?" Su Lei muttered, his turn was coming up soon.

Gao Xin had been thinking furiously, his mind almost bursting, but precisely because he was lucid enough, he understood very well that the test method was final, unchangeable, and arguing was useless.

"We’re all ordinary people, there are too many things in this world that, even after struggling desperately to the end, still result in failure. Maybe someone’s whim or a single word could destroy all your efforts, what can you do about it?"

"It’s like how gene protectors used to be dirt cheap, and even given away for free earlier on, but by the time it got to our generation, the price skyrocketed to a million coins each."

"The rules that have always been in place, he changed them with a single word, what can you do about it?"

He racked his brain for a solution, but his intellect was just the pinnacle of an ordinary person, not a superhero.

At that moment, Sasaki pointed at Su Lei, "Next!"

Su Lei stood there, stunned.

Gao Xin immediately spoke from behind him, "Fight! Your strength is great, maybe you can make it. If you can lift twice your weight, I will step forward and persuade Viper to include good glass persons in the Redemption Team as well."

Stepping forward to persuade Viper, he had no certainty.

But hearing this, Su Lei grew confident, "Yes!"

He stepped forward, handed over his name tag, and announced his crime: "Intentional injury, a ten-year sentence."

Intentional injury merits ten years? Who did he hurt?

But Sasaki didn’t care; he asked him to stand in front of the machine and quickly started the test.

First, they measured his weight: 80 kilograms.

Then, Su Lei bellowed and lifted a weight of a full 200 kilograms.

He clenched his teeth, persisting, pushing it over his head and desperately holding on.

Afterward, Su Lei let go of the weight, his eyes widening in surprise at his success, and moved on to the next test.

After all the tests were complete, Sasaki said with satisfaction, "Not bad, we finally have a superior glass person."

At that moment, everyone looked at Su Lei with envy.

Gao Xin and Luo Yan were stunned; they had not expected Su Lei to lift such a heavy weight.

He... was already a superior glass person!

Luo Yan muttered, "Who would have thought, he’s so strong?"

Gao Xin knew that Su Lei was strong; he had been thoroughly beaten by him multiple times in the game, but he had not expected him to be this strong.

Luo Yan tilted his head and said, "Then maybe I can do it too?"

Gao Xin looked at Luo Yan again, a surge of sourness in his heart.

Luo Yan had always been into fitness; you could tell from the beach, and he had enhanced his strength the previous night. If the Japanese lowered the difficulty level because he was missing an arm, maybe he really could do it.

But what about himself?

Gao Xin assessed himself internally.

"A 2.5 multiplier in strength is needed for a superior glass person. I weigh 70 kilograms, which means I would need to lift a weight of 175 kilograms..."

Gao Xin evaluated himself inwardly, feeling ashamed; it was too heavy, utterly impossible. The gap between him and the superior rank was huge.

He then calculated twice his own body weight and realized that was out of reach too, as he had struggled just to push a 140-kilogram motorcycle, let alone lift it.

So, what about a medium glass person? For him, it meant lifting a weight of 105 kilograms.

"210 pounds? That’s just the weight of my fat neighbor!"

Gao Xin’s face turned sour as he recalled the build of that fat man in his memories, realizing that it had been a struggle just to embrace him, lifting him would be... haha.

"So I’m just an inferior glass person here... Even if I exerted all my strength, at best, I would only be mediocre."

Gao Xin’s expression was one of misery; although he was committed to escaping this place, he still had to face reality for the time being.

Without a doubt, this evaluation was extremely important; it would determine his fate.

"I’ve got to fight with all I’ve got. Who would have thought that, just one day later, I’d be gambling with my life again..."

Gao Xin’s gaze was resolute; even though he was just an ordinary person, he had no intention of living like a cowardly cur, suppressed until death.

If he survived one day, what about the second day? The third day?

For this reason, from the very start in the game, his goal was not merely to survive, but to win everything.

He thought that gaining over three thousand points and strengthening his brain would change his situation, but it turned out even worse! He would have been better off improving his strength...

But nobody has hindsight; now there was only one way left.

"Next, you!" Sasaki pointed at Gao Xin.

Gao Xin stepped forward, and Sasaki asked, "Name."

"Gao Xin." He proactively took off his name tag and handed it over.

Sasaki tossed it aside, not even lifting his head, "Crime..."

Gao Xin looked down at his hands and said, "Murder."

Luo Yan and Meimei were taken aback behind him; Gao Xin always said he was framed, that he was innocent, but this time he said nothing.

Was it because he had indeed killed someone?

Sasaki didn’t care about that, he just made a simple record.

"Test him."

Gao Xin said coldly, "I have a special skill."

Sasaki frowned, they had said not to ask about these things, just to directly test the physique.

"Quit the chatter, get on the machine!"

Gao Xin flatly refused, "With my special skill, there’s no need to test."

Sasaki didn’t understand, "What special skill?"

Gao Xin took a deep breath, his voice clear and resolute.

"I’m really good at fighting!"

Six Paths Scars abruptly lifted his head, many people around turned in amazement.

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