Chapter 101: The Mountain Clan's Infighting...

Viewers watching the live stream have already started discussing it.

"That Shanhe is just an ordinary person, right? He can deal with the polluters with just an axe. I think there's still a chance that some of the performers tonight will survive. If the polluters who haven't come out yet are all at this level, then there's no suspense."

"That's not necessarily true. Before that door closed, there were still countless infected people behind it. With such a large number, we could wear them down with sheer numbers."

Yu Yuan turned to observe Shan Ran for a while, and seeing no sign of distress or reluctance on her face, he finally spoke with relief: "What do you think?"

"What do you think?"

Do you think they can be saved?

What Yu Yuan really wanted to ask was, should we save them?

If they were to rescue her, it would inevitably affect their subsequent actions. He worried that Shanran might put herself in danger because of a moment of weakness.

The key is that by saving those people, we might have ended up saving a bunch of ungrateful wretches.

He had just noticed that Shan Lingjiao and Shanhe's children had pushed them, yet now they were acting as innocent bystanders, weeping for their loved ones.

These are not simple characters; he's worried that Sister Ran might get hurt!

Shan Ran looked at Yu Yuan, who had a worried expression, with a half-smile: "What difference does it make whether someone who can push their loved ones out in a moment of crisis is saved or not?"

Yu Yuan let out a long sigh of relief, then turned to look intently at the curtain.

The number of polluters on the field dwindled, and Shan Lingjiao and Shan He even joined forces to actually eliminate all of them.

Shanhe suffered many injuries, one of which was so deep that the bone was visible.

The third brother's wife was a healer, so she quickly called Shanhe over and used her powers to heal him.

At this moment, the barriers between relatives seemed to disappear. As long as the people in front could hold out a little longer, the people in their cages would have a better chance of survival.

However, not long after, they heard the sickening sound of the door opening.

The iron gate opened again!

This time, the polluters are more numerous and stronger.

Shan Lingjiao didn't even bother to work alongside her older brother. She found an opening and escaped, using the antelope's agility to climb up the wall.

The abandoned mountains and rivers can only withstand a group of polluters by one person.

Before long, he was covered in wounds and no longer had the strength to lift his arms.

He turned and lunged toward the cage where his family was imprisoned, one hand reaching through the gap to grab the people inside and try to get them to come out and rescue him.

They're all superhumans; they could easily help him by throwing out a few of their abilities!

But instead of making a move, they slowly stepped back, widening the distance between themselves and him.

"Help...me..."

The polluters quickly surrounded them.

These polluters have lost their minds, but their fighting instincts remain. Faced with mountains and rivers devoid of superpowers, they did not waste their energy using their abilities.

Instead, they tore the mountains and rivers apart with their bare hands.

Shan Xuerong and Shan Xuelou closed their eyes tightly and covered their ears with their hands, but they still couldn't stop their father's screams from breaking in.

Their mother, lacking superpowers, had become weak and forgot to close her eyes, watching helplessly as her husband was torn to pieces.

The polluters attacked the cage but found it ineffective, so they stopped wasting time and headed towards the distant mountain spirit.

Using the body of an antelope, Shan Lingjiao actually managed to climb to the top of the wall.

Just as she was about to step over the wall, she was suddenly attacked by a gust of wind from the audience. Fortunately, she dodged it in time and it didn't hit her neck, but it did cut her arm.

She could no longer maintain her balance and fell from the height.

The fall was quite severe; Shan Lingjiao vomited blood, and one of her forelimbs was broken.

An antelope with only three legs is not as good as a human with two legs.

So Shan Lingjiao transformed back into her original body, propped herself up, and began to flee for her life.

Even using her own two legs, she is very fast.

However, after many battles, her energy was limited, and coupled with her injuries, she quickly slowed down.

This gave the polluter an opening, and it struck her right leg.

She fell to the ground with a thud, struggled to her feet, and fought back with her only remaining hand, but was quickly overwhelmed by a large number of polluters.

Mountain Spirit Beauty, Mountains and Rivers Die.

The first round has finally come to an end.

The audience was extremely excited; some drank heavily, while others asked the waiters for potions, and the atmosphere became increasingly lively.

Shan Ran glanced indifferently at Xie Huaimin, who was sitting in a corner in the distance. He had been drinking ever since he came in, and now he was looking down with his head down, supporting his chin with one hand, looking like he was already drunk.

"Holy crap! These two actually lasted that long! I thought they'd die soon without any superpowers, but they're really good at it. They made me lose, ugh!"

"Hahaha, I guessed right! That's exactly how they died! I won money! Hahahaha!"

Shan Ran coldly stared at the noisy crowd ahead, a dark emotion flashing in her eyes.

Killing someone is just a matter of beheading them; no matter how much you hate someone, at worst you can tie them up, whip them, and then kill them.

Instead of letting them fall from heaven to hell, be betrayed by their loved ones, and then die miserably in extreme fear.

They even become the amusement of others, with all their suffering becoming a source of entertainment for onlookers.

Finally, it turned into a pile of mud, ending in a miserable failure.

Shan Ran loosened her clenched fist, revealing the marks of her fingernails on her palm.

Yu Yuan felt unwell, a little nauseous, and her stomach was upset, but she managed to hold it in.

With the intermission very short, the organizers wanted to strike while the iron was hot and take the atmosphere to the next level, so they added more features to the software to make the event even more exciting for the audience.

Soon, the second match began.

"The second round, Sister-in-law, Shan Qi, Shan Yan."

The eldest sister-in-law is Shanhe's wife, and she has no special abilities.

Although they knew that staying in the cage might not guarantee their survival, but going out meant certain death, the three clung tightly to the bars, reluctant to leave.

Having learned from the experience of the first round, the others did not hesitate and quickly pushed the three of them out.

"You will all die a horrible death! You will all die a horrible death!"

Shan Yanyan has no special abilities, is young, and has already mentally collapsed. She offers no resistance and just waits to die outside the iron bars.

Before she died, she cursed everyone viciously, including her sister.

Solomon didn't care about those who had harmed her; she first cursed the person who had pushed her out in front of her.

Shanqi cried out her sister's name, and without stopping, turned around and ran to where there were weapons, picking up a kitchen knife.

But in the end, the second game didn't last as long as the first.

"Oh dear! What a pity, I was just a little short of winning!"

"Those guys from the Shan family are so useless! They're a family! If they had any backbone, they wouldn't have pushed anyone out, they would have united and I could have won. The odds for that option are much higher!"

"Come on, we've seen what they were like in the previous videos before. This is the kind of choice they would make now."

"......"

The third match features a couple from the mountains and the sea.

Shan Hai is a plant-type character, while his wife is a healing-type character. The two initially fought together, one in front and one behind, one attacking and one healing, constantly maintaining their momentum for a relatively long time.

Once his wife's powers were exhausted, Shan Hai immediately abandoned her without hesitation.

Under her extremely resentful gaze, Shan Hai used plant branches to carry himself to the top of the iron cage.

The height at the top did provide a moment of safety.

He was finally able to rest for a while, but before long, polluters began to climb up one after another.

The polluters are simply irrational, but they do have some intelligence. Some of them used superpowers to get up, while others stacked on top of each other to climb up.

Since the mountains and seas occupy a high position and have a terrain advantage, they were able to hold their ground at the beginning.

However, the people in the cages below suffered the consequences. Thick liquid and chunks of meat kept falling from above, leaving them nowhere to hide and making them covered in filth.

Shan Hai persisted for a long time, until the next batch of polluters arrived.

When the iron gate opened again and they saw the polluters pouring in, Shan Hai and the three people in the cage were filled with despair.

Shan Hai eventually died after exhausting his supernatural powers.

The last match was between Shan Hang and the siblings Shan Xuerong and Shan Xuelou.

They huddled in the very center of the iron cage, still clinging to a sliver of hope. The iron cage that had once imprisoned them had now become their last refuge.

But in the end, their prayers were in vain. The iron gate was opened remotely, and the three had no choice but to rush out, otherwise they would be trapped inside and waiting to die.

With the example of the mountains and seas, they managed to climb to the top of the iron cage.

The three, who were usually at odds, surprisingly cooperated atop the iron cage.

But wave after wave of polluters swarmed in, eventually exhausting the three of them.

Shan Hang's trouser leg was grabbed and pulled down. In desperation, he tightly hugged Shan Xuerong's leg.

The two started fighting, and with other pollutants climbing up nearby, Shan Xuelou couldn't care less about his sister.

Shan Xuerong gritted her teeth and aimed her poison-type ability at Shan Hang.

With a sudden surge of determination, Shan Hang bit the other man's calf.

Soon, the two of them fell down.

In the end, only Shanxuelou was left to struggle on.

At this moment, another burst of screams and laughter erupted in the arena.

"As expected, this guy made it to the end! I've been rooting for him from the start, he won, I won!"

"You piece of shit, you're so useless! I've lost all night! What kind of luck is this?"

"Don't worry, the Shan family is all gone. The next performers are about to take the stage. It's still uncertain who will have the last laugh."

"Wow, this is so exciting! Hahaha, so much fun! I never knew you could do this!"

It was at the height of the atmosphere, and also the time when everyone was most relaxed and unsuspecting, that no one noticed someone was missing.

Shan Ran quietly left and hid in the restroom. Then, using her digital information ability, she replaced all the corridor and other areas with static images.

During the intrusion, they encountered resistance from another group of digital information superpowered individuals.

However, the other party's level was lower than Shan Ran's, and they did not notice anything unusual. Instead, Shan Ran tracked them down and found their location.

To be on the safe side, Shan Ran teleported directly into the room where the other party was and killed him with a single blow.

He happened to be resting next to the monitoring room, so Shan Ran went all out and entered the monitoring room, clearing out all the people on duty and those about to take their shifts.

Instead of constantly worrying about being discovered by surveillance footage, it's better to address the problem at its root.

Without the worry of surveillance, Shan Ran's actions became much easier.

She sent a message to Jiawen, informing him of the situation.

"Sister is awesome, I'll start now."

Gavin Gara remained in the appropriate position, awaiting instructions from Yamazaki.

Gano can now bring misfortune upon ten people at a time, and the misfortune can last for up to three days.

Hugh Solomon and his group are in charge of the Second Continent. They are knowledgeable and experienced. If they were to suffer misfortune early on, they would definitely notice something was wrong and become vigilant, making it difficult for Shan Ran's actions to proceed.

After receiving Shan Ran's message, Gano controlled a small, invisible black snake and quickly swam to the audience seats in the arena.

Once you reach Rank B, Gano can use the little black snake to inflict misfortune on others.

The first person, of course, is Hugh Solomon.

Then there were his two most skilled assassins. Although they were very well hidden, they couldn't escape the eyes of Gano, who was also an assassin.

The next target was the head of the Mikhail family. His youngest son's superpower was mediocre and not very intimidating, so he didn't waste this opportunity of misfortune and instead targeted the assassins behind them.

After going around in circles, it was finally Gongyang Huo from the Gongyang family.

Just as the little black snake was about to use its special ability on Gongyang Huo, he suddenly turned his head and actually found the little black snake's location precisely, looking towards the seemingly empty place.

A vulture appeared out of nowhere on his shoulder, flapping its wings impatiently. The vulture seemed extremely agitated, and its large, almost bulging eyes were also fixed on that direction.

A henchman stepped forward from behind, and without saying a word, unleashed a burst of supernatural energy in the direction Gongyang Huo was looking.

There was nothing there.

Gano keenly sensed something was wrong. Without even using his curse, he decisively withdrew his power, and the invisible little black snake vanished instantly.

Almost at the same moment the little black snake disappeared, the vulture swooped down, its sharp claws scratching the floor several times, shattering a tile in the process.

"Young Master Huo, what has happened?"

Someone nearby asked a question.

Gongyang frowned, recalled the vulture, and made it disappear from the spot.

He sniffed the air; there had been a faint smell that inexplicably disgusted him, but it was gone in no time.

He was too lazy to say anything more, lest he spoil his mood, so he shook his head and said, "It's alright."

Gong Yanghuo was one of the behind-the-scenes managers of the Colosseum. Before the apocalypse, similar projects existed on every continent, and he was involved in almost every one of them.

He enjoyed torturing small animals from a young age, but later he became dissatisfied and began to harm humans.

Born at the top, he could easily get whatever he wanted, and his family could cover for him even when he did things that defied common sense.

Later, ordinary methods could no longer satisfy him, so he began to look for like-minded people, established these projects, created websites and venues, and lured or kidnapped people from all over the world to become "performance guests".

Those who could cooperate with him were all from various powerful families. When they gathered together, they became even more unscrupulous.

After the apocalypse, they didn't restrain themselves; instead, they indulged even more. Because the original laws and regulations had become invalid, nothing could restrain them anymore.

"The end times are truly wonderful," Gongyang Huo exclaimed.

The crowd in the stands looked once again toward the Colosseum not far away.

Viewing live offers a more intuitive and clear experience, and the viewing experience here is incomparable to watching from an indoor screen.

The entire Shan family was wiped out. Even though they knew from the beginning that the chances were slim, they still wanted to take a gamble, which was exactly what the founder wanted to see.

Striving to survive, when faced with life and death, they reveal their most primal and ferocious side, tearing away all pretense, and human instinct takes over.

"It's really interesting. I've seen the toys struggling for ages, and I still can't get tired of it."

Hugh Solomon leaned back comfortably, finding a more comfortable angle, and exchanged a glance with his old friend, Ram, seeing the satisfaction in each other's eyes.

Hugh squinted and sighed, then reached out and flicked his cigar, preparing to flick off the ash.

The waiter next to him immediately stepped forward, wanting to catch it with an ashtray.

However, a gust of wind blew the cigarette ash onto Hugh's trousers.

Before the cigarette ash had completely died down, it burned a hole in his pants.

Xiu frowned, looked down, and examined the trousers, remaining silent for a moment.

How could a tiny bit of cigarette ash burn a hole in such fine trousers? He couldn't figure it out.

Upon seeing this, the waiter was terrified and hurriedly tried to kneel down, but his movement was too big, he slipped and fell backward, landing in the shadows.

And just like that, the dark-type assassin was pulled out of the shadows.

Another assassin instinctively reached out to help, but took too big a step and his groin was ripped open. He froze, his movements halting.

The dark-type assassin's hand, which he had intended to use to support another assassin, slipped through his fingers. For some reason, his mind went blank for a moment, and in that brief delay, he fell to the ground.

He plopped down on the shattered glass shards of the broken ashtray.

It happened to be the sharpest piece of the broken metal, its point pointing upwards as it pierced deeply into the buttocks.

This series of actions was completed in just two seconds.

Hugh watched the whole thing and was stunned. His hand trembled, and the cigar slipped backward, burning his thumb.

He instinctively flung his cigar away, which landed squarely on the collar of the man in charge, Mikhail, opposite him.

A gust of wind blew from who-knows-where, and the fire instantly ignited.

The man screamed, and a water-elemental assassin threw a water ball at him. However, the water ball was accidentally too big and hit the leader squarely, causing him to choke on water and temporarily lose his sight.

Because of his experience of drowning as a child, Mikhail instinctively fears water.

He suddenly stood up, grabbed at his hands, and coughed violently.

He accidentally grabbed the lower body of the assassin next to him, and because he used too much force, he crushed one of the balls.

Superhumans are already stronger than ordinary people, not to mention that this person in charge is a dual-type superhuman with both strength and animal abilities.

The assassin, who had been captured and killed, bulged out of his eyes in pain, fell to the ground screaming, and almost fainted.

In extreme pain, he haphazardly unleashed his supernatural abilities, hitting bystanders and injuring some. Others fled in panic, accidentally injuring others, which then triggered a series of chaotic events.

To put it simply, it was a bloody incident caused by a cigar.

Hugh was still a little confused. When had he ever seen such a strange and chaotic scene?

Everything seems like a coincidence, but with so many coincidences together, is it still just a coincidence?

Gongyang Huo also nearly encountered danger, but luckily he managed to escape in time.

In the midst of the crisis, his vulture hopped onto his shoulder again, spread its wings, and made a few chirping sounds.

"What's wrong? Did you notice something's amiss?"

"Chirp chirp".

"Was there something you couldn't see over there just now?"

The vulture, of course, wouldn't answer him. This was the product of the ram acquiring his own superpowers; it was a clone of his own consciousness, but with a more acute sense than the original.

He was talking to himself. Everything was happening so fast and absurdly, and he felt something was very wrong.

"Is it a superpower? Or something else...?"

Before the ram could get any answers, his thoughts were interrupted by an explosion in the distance.

Crocodile Island was dug down to a deeper level, specifically to house the polluters, whose numbers accumulated to an enormous size.

There are three upward passages inside: one for employees, one for emergencies, and one leading to the arena performers' area.

However, the staff passageway in Building 8 has been blown open, and the railings that could withstand attacks from D-level superhumans have been cut by an unknown weapon.

Countless polluters, huddled together, found an exit and poured out.

The employees and guests inside Building 8 were the first to suffer.

The employees were only concerned with saving their own lives and ignored the group of spectators who were still excitedly watching the screen.

Completely unaware of the situation, they were still commenting on the ongoing killings and anticipating the next "performance."

Standing on the high ground, Nikolai remained expressionless, unsurprised by the scene.

He lowered his eyes, staring listlessly at the cufflinks, completely unaffected by the frenzied and excited atmosphere below; in fact, he seemed a little irritated.

How much difference do these people think they are between themselves and the performers on stage?

Whether one is a guest or a victim of massacre is entirely up to the host's whim.

They can decide their life or death with a flick of their fingers.

A bunch of smug little people, and he still has the nerve to stand here and entertain them for so long.

It really... annoyed him.

Just as Nikolai was idly examining his cufflinks, he suddenly twitched his ears.

He turned to look at the small doors on either side of the hall, which led to the corridor.

Building No. 8 is shaped like the Chinese character "回" (hui), with four square buildings connected together and an open-air courtyard in the middle.

Guests could only gather in the building at the front; the building at the back connected to a prison-like complex, which housed the arena where the Colosseum was in action.

An unusual noise was coming from the direction of the corridor.

Nikolai picked up the walkie-talkie to contact security, but found that no one answered, and the same was true in the monitoring room.

He quickly looked around at the curtains and saw the iron gate leading to the Colosseum slowly opening, from which countless corrupted beings poured out.

And that door was never closed again.

The main gate is out of control; someone has broken into the control room!

Nicholas rushed down the stairs, wanting to go to the Colosseum to find his master, Hugh Solomon.

However, this was a lively time for the crowd. Some people were laughing loudly because they had drunk too much, some were cheering because they had won money, and some were incoherent because they had taken drugs.

The sound was chaotic and loud, with background music mixed in, making it deafening, and no one could hear Nikolai's voice at all.

Nikolai was momentarily blocked by the crowd and could not move an inch.