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In the South China Sea, there exists an island, formally under Red China, that is used as a labor camp for resources. The island of Gǎishàn is hell on Earth, where slaves are forced to work eighteen hours a day under minimal working conditions. The totalitarian rule forbids vocal communication under punishment of death. Many people aim to leave, but it is not a feasible task. The cold waters and maximum security create an impossible journey. However, Xi Wang, an entrapped laborer, fabricated a plan to escape the tyranny.
Xi Wang gets up at five hundred, works until thirteen hundred to eat, and resumes until twenty four hundred. It is her two hundredth day at the camp; after countless bodies having dropped right in front of her, she finally

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