Prison Island

Chapter 67 Death
On the other side, on the wasteland, Gao Xin was dragged along by two people.

Across the wasteland, it led to a hill.

This place is no longer barren, but lush and green.

"Just throw it here." The two men found a piece of grass on the top of a hill, threw Gao Xin there, and left.

This was originally an unnamed hill, but because it was located in the eastern part of Yamato territory, it was called Higashiyama.

Dongshan refers to a small hill, which is also the junction of three villages. In other words, Gao Xin was actually thrown out of the village.

"I didn't expect... that I would escape... in this way..."

“Haha… hehe… cough cough cough…”

Gao Xin collapsed on the ground, vomiting blood foam.

He was dying, on the verge of death.

There were blood blisters in my lungs and breathing was extremely difficult.

Gao Xin's entire body was covered in blood and black, and some parts even had a rotten smell.

Genetic collapse means certain death. From the first life underwater to the birth of AI Xiaoran, no life can survive when all cell DNA is broken.

But at this moment, Gao Xin is still confident.

"I...will not die..."

"Fortunately, I took the gene protector... I was about to become a radiator..."

Gao Xin certainly didn't want to die, even though he could take action when the time came and risk everything for his life without hesitation.

But he couldn't just die in vain. Faced with Sasaki's determination to kill him, he knew that retreating was useless and he had no choice but to fight.

Unfortunately, there were too many enemies and he still couldn't take the black medicine.

But if he didn't get to eat it, he still had one last way... that was to eat something he had never eaten before... he ate Sasaki's knife.

Those are nano weapons, all made by AI, so why can't they allow him to leap into another life?

In addition, he also ate the meat of radiated beasts, which are all radioactive creatures, so they are naturally useful.

The logic was bizarre, but he had convinced himself of it.

That's the gene protector! He's already eaten it, it's in his stomach!

"Come on! Life Leap! Quick... come!"

"The mortal body has reached its limit, and I will definitely become a saint!"

……

One day passed...

As the sun rose and set, Gao Xin still lay there, like a corpse in a mass grave.

His skin had turned black, his flesh had turned black, ants were gnawing and crawling on his body, flies had laid eggs and maggots had been born.

His body was rotting, countless cells were dying, and cell fluid was flowing out, being used as food by bacteria.

If it weren't for the slight rise and fall of his chest, I would have thought he was dead.

His breathing was extremely difficult and his head was dizzy, but he had persevered until now with his strong will.

He suffered torture for more than twenty hours, but was unwilling to die.

He watched the sun go down until it set behind the mountain and darkness fell.

After enduring another long night, I saw the dawn of light in the east.

After a day and a night, no transformation occurred except for the body's continued deterioration. Instead, the muscles had begun to dissolve.

"Why? My life... has not yet... leaped..."

"Does it take... so... long?"

He could do nothing, only his brain was still functioning weakly.

Given his physical condition, it was truly a miracle that he managed to survive the entire day without dying.

This was all thanks to Gao Xin's strong will, which madly consumed his mental energy and maintained the last bit of vitality in his brain.

But, it's been too long.

He wavered again and again, and then stood firm again and again, breathing with difficulty, and struggling to survive.

Although his willpower is unlimited, the laws of physics are equally powerful. The collapse of his genes made his life like water without a source and a tree without roots.

The embers of life will eventually go out.

Gao Xin could already feel that his mental strength was becoming increasingly exhausted. After a day and a night of exhaustion, his mind was melting and his spirit was about to collapse.

"Take a nap... You'll recover after a nap... I can continue to endure..."

"But...but what if...I can't wake up?"

"No, I can't sleep."

It seemed as if there was a little person in Gao Xin's head, constantly soothing him to sleep.

But he didn't dare to fall asleep, for fear that he would never wake up, and that once his will was gone, his last bit of hope for life would be gone as well.

Of course, his worry was not about fear of death.

Fear comes from the unknown. No one knows what death will bring. We only know that the dead will never come back.

But Gao Xin is different. He has already figured out: who am I, where do I come from, and where am I going.

He firmly believed that he held the truth, so death was not something to be afraid of.

It is nothing more than the physical self, the shackles of flesh and blood disappear, and the consciousness returns to the Great Holy Spirit.

Of course, although Gao Xin is not afraid of death, he also has a strong will to survive.

Because he understands that the meaning of life lies in this process.

He doesn't know whether he will come back, but if it is wonderful enough and valuable enough, he can leave without regrets.

Although he escaped, he went through numerous dangers and experienced countless accidents and tests... He even killed more than a dozen radiators with his glass body.

But is this kind of life enough? Is there no regret?

"Not enough, not enough..."

Gao Xin glared with his scarlet eyes, he still had a lot of things he wanted to do.

He has no fear of death, but is attached to life.

I don't want to end this journey easily unless it is absolutely necessary.

The glass man's life has reached its limit, and he wants to become a radiator.

He escaped, but he's going to fight back!

Luo Yan, Su Le, Mei Mei, Qiao Long, Dongfang Yi...

They were all waiting for him, their hopes were all on him, and they gave him all the indulgences, just hoping that he would become stronger.

How could I just give up like this?

Not only friends, but also relatives. He also has to fight his way out of the Prison Island and go home to see Aunt Yao, whom he regards as a mother.

"What's missing... What's missing for the conditions for life transition..."

Gao Xin finally stopped stubbornly imagining a piece of blade, which he could evolve after swallowing as medicine.

It had been too long, and there had been no effect for so long that he had to consider that it was useless.

But he was not really shaken! He just accepted the fact that the human body could not change its life out of thin air.

He always believed that the power of life was supreme and could generate that mysterious substance like a purple cloud.

However, he was still a little short of it, because the laws of physics were extremely powerful and the material basis was indispensable.

It must be like this, he lacks the basic ingredients...

"No matter what is missing, I will get it all."

"Aunt Yao once said that everything in the world belongs to the five elements."

"No matter what materials the medicine created by AI is made of, as long as I have the five elements in my body, it will definitely be fine."

"Could it be that it is beyond the Three Realms and not in the Five Elements?"

Gao Xin's mind was really about to melt. His thoughts were so bizarre at the moment that he actually took the words of Aunt Yao, the charlatan who raised him, as the truth.

But he did it as he thought. Although he couldn't move, he could still rely on the last bit of neurotransmitters to convey commands to the digestive bacteria.

The fungus was completely exposed and was even feeding on him.

They are well developed, and there look like lumps of pus and blood on Gao Xin's belly. In fact, they are the hyphae, spreading on the grass.

Gao Xin made them eat dirt, grass, and everything else, until he became more and more like a rotting corpse.

"It devoured Sasaki's sword, which was gold... and now it has devoured the earth and grass..."

"We still need...water...fire..."

"water……"

……

The next day...dusk.

Several hounds came running over following the scent.

They found a person lying down and barked a few times.

"What did you find?"

The bushes in the distance were pushed aside and a group of women suddenly walked out.

The white woman in the lead had black hair and brown eyes. She looked pretty good, but she was extremely tall, at about 1.9 meters tall.

She was wearing black leather armor of an unknown animal, holding a shield in one hand and an axe in the other, like a wild man. This was an extremely strong woman, full of masculine beauty, her arms were tight and strong, exuding healthy vitality. Especially the majestic double peaks on her chest, which were exaggerated.

And behind her, dozens of people followed, all of them were women!

Some of them were obviously radiators as well, but they were not as masculine as the first woman. Although they had muscles all over their bodies, their lines were smooth and graceful, presenting a healthy and agile beauty, like a cheetah.

"Chief, there is a body here." A woman with a high ponytail and two swords on her back pointed at Gao Xin on the ground.

"I saw that there are Yakuza people here, please be alert!" said the female leader.

Many women holding weapons immediately stood guard in their surroundings, and some even took out binoculars to look down the mountain in the direction of Yamaguchi Village.

There is a wasteland at the foot of the mountain, and then there is the radiation base.

From this position, you can overlook the entire radiation base.

The female leader squatted down and touched the corpse. Her hands were covered with pus and blood. "He died of genetic collapse. It's strange that the Yakuza haven't used this place as a mass grave for two years..."

As he was speaking, the 'corpse' suddenly moved, with its chest rising and falling slightly but violently.

"Huh... tsk..."

"Ah! He's still alive!"

The women were all shocked, especially the glass man, who couldn't help but scream.

They had never seen such a miserable body, and they thought it was a living person. They thought they had seen a ghost.

"Quiet!" The female leader immediately glared at the screaming women.

The women immediately shut up and looked timidly at Gao Xin lying on the ground.

The female leader looked at Gao Xin, who was barely breathing on the ground, with pity, and sighed, "Is he alive? No, he is actually dead."

"You guys are new here, you haven't seen this before... This is a genetic collapse."

The woman with a high ponytail examined him and said, "Chief, not only did this person's genes collapse, he was also seriously injured."

"Many cells have died, and there are maggots in it. I don't know how long it has been lying here."

The female leader was shocked and said, "It's unbelievable. He can drag it until his muscles dissolve without dying. What kind of will to survive is this?"

The other women were either frightened, curious, or sympathetic.

A frail woman stood out from the crowd. Although she was made of glass, she bravely knelt down and cleaned the maggots off Gao Xin's body, and drove away the two hunting dogs raised by her own girl group.

"Chief, please save him."

The female leader shook her head and said, "It's impossible to save him. We don't have any gene protectors. He will definitely die if his genes collapse."

"Then are we just going to watch him die?" the weak woman said reluctantly.

The female leader's eyes sternly said, "Xiao Yan, I have told you so many times that you must be ruthless."

"People die on this island every day. This hilltop used to be a mass grave, with bodies thrown by the Yakuza everywhere."

"It was only in the last two years that they started raising radiation beasts and stopped throwing them away."

The woman with the high ponytail also scolded: "Just because the leader rescued you from the Yakuza doesn't mean she can rescue everyone."

As she spoke, she looked at the sky and saw dark clouds approaching. She then said, "Let's go! This place is too close to the Yakuza territory, and it's going to rain heavily."

"Yes, I'm sorry, Chief... I'm sorry, Sister Taylor, I just couldn't help but ask." Xiao Yan said with her head down, and had to stand up and leave with her sisters.

But at this moment, Gao Xin suddenly breathed heavily: "Eat... snort..."

He exhaled weakly from his throat and tried to speak, but only a hissing sound came out.

"What do you want to say?" Xiao Yan came back immediately and threw herself close to Gao Xin's face to listen.

"eat……"

"Do you want to eat something?" Xiao Yan didn't know if he was just letting out his anger or saying he wanted to eat...

Taylor, who had a high ponytail, frowned and said, "What can he eat like this? He'll choke to death even if he drinks water. You might as well just use the sword."

As she spoke, she took a sword from a sister next to her and handed it to Xiao Yan.

"Kill him, Xiao Yan, and put an end to his suffering."

Xiao Yan was shocked and said at a loss: "I...I, I have never killed anyone."

Taylor said solemnly: "Who has ever killed anyone before? Before I came to the island, I didn't even dare to kill a chicken. Wasn't it because I was forced to do so?"

"You've been on the island for a month. It just so happens that you met a dying person this time. He's in so much pain. You can use him to train your courage."

Xiao Yan took the sword, and her sisters all looked at her, some were afraid, some were encouraging.

But she didn't dare to do it, especially when she saw Gao Xin's terrifyingly difficult breathing, she couldn't bear it so much that her hands were shaking.

Seeing how reluctant she was, the female leader said, "Forget it. What's the point of killing a man who can't resist and is a complete stranger? We'll talk about it next time."

Xiao Yan felt as if she had been pardoned. She heaved a sigh of relief and put down the sword.

However, Taylor scolded: "Chief! You love them too much! We are a group of more than 50 women. We have exhausted all our strength just to fill our stomachs. Can we survive by relying on your protection forever?"

The female leader sighed, "Don't we still have you guys? We don't have gene protectors now, so they can't become radiators..."

Taylor said seriously, "How can just a few of us be enough?"

"Even if they can't become radiators, they should always be prepared! Xiao Yan, don't you want to share the leader's worries and protect your sisters?"

"I...I think." Xiao Yan raised the sword again with tears in her eyes.

She aimed at Gao Xin's heart and raised the sword with both hands.

Take a deep breath and try to control your shaking hands.

Suddenly, there was a flash of light, she closed her eyes, and dropped the sword suddenly!

Puff! The long sword pierced into Gao Xin's chest, and he was motionless.

"Boom!"

Soon after the flash, there was a loud thunder. It turned out to be lightning.

"Well done..." Taylor finally felt relieved and hugged her.

The female leader also smiled slightly. Seeing Xiao Yan looking at Gao Xin absentmindedly, she consoled him, "Okay, you've already taken the first step. Let's leave it at that for today."

"The rainstorm is coming. Draw your swords and let's go."

After the sisters left, Xiao Yan stood there till the end, not daring to draw the sword.

The female leader turned back and said, "It doesn't matter if you can't pull it out. It's just an ordinary iron sword. Let's go."

Xiao Yan lowered her head and left. A wild girl group without any territory came and went, and nothing changed.

Instead, in order to end Gao Xin's pain, he stabbed him with a sword!
"Huff..." Gao Xin suddenly exhaled another breath of foul air, and then breathed with difficulty.

He's not dead yet!

"Beauty... your sword is inserted crookedly..."

Gao Xin murmured in his heart that the lightning just now frightened Xiao Yan, and he hurriedly dropped his sword, but it missed her heart.

"I don't need gold anymore... Give me something else to eat, even water..."

Gao Xin was helpless, but the person had already left and he couldn't make a sound.

He had really reached his limit. After being hit by the sword, he had difficulty breathing and was deprived of oxygen for a period of time. He was already confused and unconscious.

His internal organs were ruptured in many places, his skin was rotten over a large area, and his muscles were dissolved over a large area. The small amount of blood was no longer enough to support his body, and all the energy was supplied to his brain.

Brain cells are like sand in your hands, constantly disappearing, like a countdown.

Gao Xin has been relying entirely on his mental energy to squeeze out brain cells to hang on to his last chance of survival, but the consumption of mental energy itself will also blur his mind.

I want to sleep, I really want to sleep.

This was an unprecedented moment of near-death, and he was really going to die.

"Tick...tick..."

But suddenly, small drops of water fell on his face, and then one drop after another...

The continuous heavy rain poured down, washing the woods and cleansing Gao Xin's whole body.

He shuddered and gathered the last of his mental strength again.

"Water... it's rain! Yes, heavy rain... and the thunder before..."

"Yes, Lei!"

"Lightning, there's still lightning! I know, there's still lightning!"

He suddenly widened his eyes and glared at the sky; even the raindrops dripping on his pupils could not make him close his eyes!

"Strike me! Strike me! I need you, Lightning!"

Gao Xin roared in his heart, but the thunder flashed several times in the sky, dancing like silver snakes in the dark clouds, but it just didn't strike him.

Yes, in fact, it is a low-probability event for lightning to strike a person on the ground.

Even if he was lying under the tree, it wouldn't be easy, and he wouldn't be unlucky at the critical moment...

Gao Xin felt his consciousness gradually fading. He could no longer see and was rapidly falling into darkness.

"Hit me! Go ahead and hit me! God's will is with me... God's will is with me... No... My life is with God! My life is with God!"

Gao Xin's last ounce of sanity erupted into a final roar, but the gravity of reality was too heavy.

Consciousness is like falling into an abyss, completely immersed in darkness.

At this point, Gao Xin took his last breath and his heart stopped beating.

Only his eyes were still wide open, refusing to close.

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ps: Sorry.

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