Crime Prison Island

"Not bad, not bad, more than 270,000 Redemption Scrolls," Sasaki was very pleased, as he took thousands from the total and stuffed them into his pocket, then whispered a number and deposited the remaining 270,000 intact Redemption Scrolls into someone's account.

After doing this, he signaled to the remaining 32 people to continue registering.

However, this time, it wasn't any NPC procedure, but a normal player registration.

No Redemption Scrolls were given for this type of registration.

Everyone dared not make a fuss and stepped forward to register.

Upon inspecting the contract of registration, Gao Xin was shocked to his core.

Participating in various Redemption Games, surviving or completing missions, would result in various amounts of Redemption Scroll rewards.

This was definitely a hard currency, as it could be used in the towering silver building to exchange for anything in this world.

From food, clothes, medications, or various raw materials to airplanes, cannons, tanks, rockets, and other weapons and vehicles.

It also included gene protectors, nanomedicines, cybernetic enhancements, Prosthetic Devices, Radiation Creatures... and all sorts of strange technologies developed by AI that humans couldn't decipher or learn.

Even freedom could be bought — 300 Redemption Scrolls could offset one day of an ordinary person's sentence.

Gao Xin's ten-year sentence could be completely served with just under 1.1 million, setting him free from his confinement.

Apart from that, anything not listed could also be customized, as long as there were enough Redemption Scrolls, even bringing an innocent from the outside to face directly was possible.

Of course, exchanging people was extremely expensive, but the mere fact that such a thing was permitted was horrifying.

"Is this really established by the officials? Could it be private action by some powerful people?" Gao Xin couldn't believe it. He remembered that the official wasn't that great but it was still the global authority, and highly valued order and law.

After all, this place was to exile a group of criminals, how could there be a mechanism to exchange for everything? Even innocents could be exchanged, which was completely lawless.

Luo Yan coldly remarked beside him, "Hard to say, the Radiation here is especially powerful, and if people always think of escaping, the officials would certainly have a headache."

"This Redemption Game solves all the needs of the criminals, while not giving anything for free, letting them compete against each other, even to the death."

"Some powers have even built strongholds around the gaming area, claiming territories and striving for dominance on this island.

"Those who are strong can enslave the weak, whoever you might think of, do you think they'd want to leave?

"Especially this option to exchange people, which means that the powerful can even bring their inseparable family or foes who have sworn revenge from the outside, decreasing their tendencies to think about escape."

"Those who still think about escaping under these circumstances are the truly dangerous ones with ideas of overturning the officials, and just need to be eliminated by the military power surrounding this island."

Gao Xin pondered and asked himself, his main reason for wanting to leave was because he was framed by a powerful figure on the outside and was living a life worse than that of pigs and dogs here.

But what if he were strong? If he could enjoy everything in the world here while also bringing his enemies to taste a miserable life here, how satisfying would that be?

Why would he risk his life to escape? Even if he succeeded, what good would await him on the outside?

On the outside, power triumphs over might, no matter how strong one is, one could not do as one pleases, why bother with that restraint?

Only the weak thought of leaving, only they would think of the restrained, orderly society that respected power, status, and background, yet could protect themselves.

But the weak... they couldn't gather enough Redemption Scrolls...

"But allowing criminals to exchange for people from the outside, wouldn't that terrify everyone? And it seems there are no limits; what if I were to exchange for a supreme military marshal, or the chief of the Supreme Council, or CEOs of gigantic corporations?" Gao Xin murmured.

Luo Yan pondered, "I'm afraid it's possible, though there are not without restrictions. Aren't Redemption Scrolls themselves a limitation? The characters you mentioned would definitely cost a fortune."

"Moreover, you should be aware, being brought before you doesn't mean they also become exiles, these are two different concepts.

"If you truly brought a supreme military marshal here, he would probably have countless strong men around him; what could you possibly do to him?"

Gao Xin realized, indeed, if he had a feud with some top authority, bringing them here would only offer a chance for revenge; whether he could exact revenge was still a question of ability.

Yet, even so, such a chance was incredibly rare. In the outside world, they had more power, and getting a meeting was tough, nearly like fighting against the entire world order.

Compared to that, here, the powerful only needed to gather enough Redemption Scrolls for an opportunity, which is much simpler and more straightforward.

"What are you dawdling for? Pair up for the game and head up from the elevator; it will automatically take you to your respective playing fields."

Sasaki eyed Gao Xin and the others, "This is just a test for newcomers, I'm not asking too much, just survive, and no matter how many Redemption Scrolls you get afterward, you're not allowed to use them. Bring them here, understood?"

The crowd responded in a scattered fashion. Those who became NPCs, already unlikely to receive Redemption Scroll rewards, would have to participate in games for free in the future.

But the remaining 32 people could still earn rewards; however, these Japanese fellows clearly wouldn't ignore this income, demanding a hundred percent for themselves!

No wonder they were called swine; they truly were raising pigs.

"Technician brother, Gao Xin, you said this game can exchange all sorts of things, but does it only make the strong stronger? The weak being manipulated by them, do they really stand no chance at all, not even offering some protection for newbies..." the youth named Su Lei suddenly mentioned.