Chapter 270: Test Subject No. 7 — Rajiv
At this moment, someone from Tai Country spoke up:
"Alright everyone, stop arguing. Our bickering is useless. Everything depends on the lab rats' performance! That's what really matters!"
Perhaps everyone silently agreed with this statement.
After that, the live stream room's chat area indeed saw much less verbal sparring.
Reality.
Macedonia Island.
Jiang Ran pulled his suitcase and carried a large backpack on his back.
He followed the crowd queuing to disembark.
Just as he set one foot on the shore.
He heard a voice emerge in his mind: [Ding, dangerous area detected! Please leave immediately, Host! Points +5! Points +5...]
Jiang Ran had originally come happily for vacation, but this system notification immediately confused him.
What the hell?
Dangerous area?
Macedonia Island?
What dangers could this tourist island possibly have?
He couldn't understand it.
But he immediately thought of Alice Apartment. Yes, who would have thought that an Alice Apartment would be full of dangerous people?
So now, should Jiang Ran disembark onto the island or not?
Just kidding, was he afraid?
If he could survive Alice Apartment, what could a mere island possibly do to him?
Moreover, he looked around.
And discovered there were truly many people.
With this many people around, he felt completely secure!!!
Therefore, he pushed the system warning aside and continued disembarking onto the island.
Macedonia Island was a tropical island.
The blazing sun overhead, combined with the constant crowding from people around.
Heat concentrated, unable to dissipate.
Sweat formed on his body faster than bullets being produced.
Droplets continuously generated, each one either sliding down his skin or being absorbed by his clothing.
"I really want to jump into the sea and cool off."
Jiang Ran was also extremely hot at this moment. In front of him were Xiao Q, Su Yang, and the others.
Even though Su Yang was a rich second generation, he still had to queue obediently here.
No special privileges.
This made Jiang Ran feel somewhat balanced in his heart.
The Macedonia Island pier was constructed quite luxuriously.
Grand, clean, with perfectly smooth concrete ground.
There were many boats near the pier.
Of course, most were yachts.
The common white color.
After the crowd queued and disembarked, following instructions, they reached a ticket checkpoint.
At the checkpoint, everyone had to submit a pre-purchased ticket.
This ticket was the island admission pass that Jiang Ran had received in his delivery.
With this ticket, one could enjoy everything on the island for free.
Jiang Ran naturally had one, as it was in his delivery.
It seemed everyone coming to this island had purchased this ticket in advance.
Of course, from Jiang Ran's perspective, he also saw many people who apparently hadn't bought tickets in advance being pulled aside by staff.
Soon.
It was Jiang Ran and his group's turn.
Jiang Ran and the others submitted their respective tickets, and after the island staff verified them without issues, they were allowed through.
After passing through.
They followed the directional signs at the pier, walking all the way.
Until they reached a very large parking lot.
There were many sightseeing tour buses in the parking lot.
Each sightseeing tour bus would automatically depart for the hotel once full.
Jiang Ran's group happened to catch a sightseeing tour bus, riding together to the island's hotel first.
...
Rajiv was Lab Rat No. 7, from A San Country, 23 years old this year.
His skin was dark, with a lean and wiry physique.
Before entering A San Country's Alice Apartment, he was a fruit vendor.
Selling fruit by the roadside every day.
He had many siblings in his family.
Including himself, there were seven total.
His family was very poor.
Therefore, the whole family lived in a dirty, chaotic slum.
This was also why he was approached by a middle-aged man, signed an agreement with that person, and entered A San Country's Alice Apartment.
The reason was that he wanted money.
He needed money.
And this time, coming to Macedonia Island, even though he knew it was dangerous.
As long as he survived seven days, the money he could earn daily would double.
This was an enormous temptation for him.
Currently, he pulled his suitcase through the initial ticket inspection and was now preparing to take a sightseeing tour bus to the hotel.
Although Rajiv came from the slums.
If you observed Rajiv carefully.
You could see he was dressed very fashionably, completely unlike someone from A San Country's low-caste slums.
His appearance completely resembled that of a high-caste individual.
Today's outfit consisted of a patterned summer shirt on top.
Very lightweight and cool.
On the bottom, patterned beach shorts.
On his feet, a pair of Nike shoes.
Additionally, he wore sunglasses on his face.
Overall, he looked like an elite professional coming for vacation.
Of course, what was most eye-catching was the suitcase he was pulling.
This suitcase had a very attractive light blue surface.
Moreover, the overall design of this suitcase was quite interesting.
While appearing simple in design, it exuded a sense of simple sophistication.
This suitcase was from a very popular brand in A San Country.
Priced at over two thousand if converted to Chinese yuan.
A suitcase costing over two thousand wouldn't even get a glance from truly wealthy people.
But for ordinary people, this was already quite good.
In A San Country, carrying this brand of suitcase served as proof of status.
Proving oneself to be wealthy, not some poor slum dweller.
The money he earned daily at A San Country's Alice Apartment.
Was not used to support his family.
But entirely spent on himself.
Why?
Because he knew his family were all bloodsuckers.
And this money was earned by risking his life.
So why should he support his family?
He wanted to spend it on himself, he wanted to enjoy the life of a wealthy person!!!
In fact, he believed he was already wealthy now.
Because the A San Country Alice Apartment he lived in was a high-end apartment, exactly where wealthy people lived.
And with the money he earned daily, his daily expenses were all at places only wealthy people frequented.
He felt that through his own efforts, he had already escaped his original social class.
Currently, he pulled his suitcase and boarded a sightseeing tour bus that was almost full.
The driver of this sightseeing tour bus came down to check if the bus was full or nearly full enough to depart.
He checked and found there was still one seat left to be completely full.
He turned around to return to the driver's seat and start driving.
But at that moment, a voice came from the distance.
"Wait for me! Wait for me!!! (English)"
The driver heard this voice and turned his head.
He saw a young man dragging a suitcase, continuously waving his right hand upward while shouting toward him.
The driver saw this and therefore waited here for this young man.
Two minutes later.
The young man arrived at the sightseeing tour bus, panting heavily.
The driver saw him and said in English: "Get on board. (English)"
The young man quickly thanked him, then pulled his suitcase and boarded this sightseeing tour bus.
Macedonia Island's sightseeing tour buses had just a canopy overhead, with both sides open.
There was ample space between the front and back seats, allowing for luggage and other items to be placed.
Coincidentally, this young man happened to sit in the very back row, right beside Lab Rat No. 7, Rajiv.
Rajiv was still wearing sunglasses at this moment. He turned to look at the heavily panting young man beside him.
He discovered this young man had an Asian East Asian facial appearance.
Although A San Country's ethnic classification is Caucasian, many A San Country people have very dark skin.
In contrast, East Asians, though called yellow race, many actually have quite fair skin.
Like this person before him, whose skin was very fair.
"Hello, which country are you from? (English)"
He asked.
Because A San Country was once colonized by the UK.
Many people in A San Country can speak English.
Including this poor boy from the slums.