The apocalypse arrived, and Lin Xi unexpectedly turned into a conscious zombie.
From then on, she embarked on a journey to find her family alongside superpowered companions.
When encoun...
Lin Xi was used to seeing battle scenes and had little interest in this kind of fight. After glancing at the abilities of both sides, he completely lost interest.
"My God, what is that person doing?" Chen Jin suddenly gripped the glass railing tightly, his expression agitated.
Jiang Chuan merely frowned slightly, then instantly regained his composure.
Lin Xi's interest was piqued by his exclamation, and she slowly looked up at the screen.
"Do these two have some kind of personal grudge? Why were they so violent? They don't seem to care about the other's life or death at all!"
A man next to them chuckled, mocking their ignorance, and then kindly explained, "New to the capital, right? You'll be going on stage soon, won't you? Let me give you some advice: when you're fighting, if you can kill your opponent, you absolutely must."
Brother, just as you finished speaking, the sweet-voiced girl suddenly cheered, and the female host's beautiful face reappeared on the big screen.
"The first winner of the day has been decided! Let's give a warm round of applause to number one!"
The camera zooms back to the arena, where the winner is bruised and battered, but still has a smile on his face. The camera then pans to number two, who lies face down behind number one with his eyes closed, his chest no longer rising and falling.
Just then, the older man's voice rang out, "Look, another one has died."
Why can he say it so casually?
It seems that this kind of thing is common here.
For some reason, Lin Xi suddenly remembered what the older brother who was about to leave had said when they came in.
On the screen, the three large characters for "Colosseum" were particularly glaring in the darkness.
Lin Xi seemed to have thought of something and suddenly looked up at the three big characters again.
"Colosseum".
In an instant, she felt as if the blood in her body had frozen, and her whole body stiffened.
The Colosseum.
The "beast" here does not refer to a ferocious wild animal, but rather to the people who participate in the gladiatorial combat!
They use ticket sales and live streaming to treat these life-or-death battles as entertainment for others, while the superhumans fighting with all their might in the arena are the beasts in their eyes!
These beasts! They're toying with human lives.
The people who organized this arena have no regard for human dignity. This is a completely inhuman, insane, and perverted act!
"Once you register for something like this, you can't back out. You guys better pray for yourselves."
In the second match, unsurprisingly, one of the two contestants survived and the other died.
After the performance ended, someone came to pick up Lin Xi and take her to the waiting room.
Lin Xi took a deep breath. "Let's go."
“We’re together,” Jiang Chuan said, stopping the person who was supposed to guide them.
The man looked puzzled.
Chen Jin explained, "He wanted to ask if we could go into the waiting room together?"
"No." The guide refused expressionlessly.
"Don't worry about me. If someone has to die, I don't think it will be me."
Lin Xi didn't dare to speak too absolutely. Of course, this conclusion wasn't made up on a whim. After watching the first two battles, she discovered that among the four people, the one with the highest superpower level was only level four.
Lin Xi could confidently guarantee that among level four ability users, she was absolutely invincible, and even most level five ability users would find it difficult to gain any advantage from her.
She gave them another reassuring look, and Jiang Chuan nodded without saying anything more.
"You believed her just like that?" Chen Jin asked, puzzled. "You're really not taking this seriously."
Jiang Chuan scanned Chen Jin from head to toe with a sweeping gaze before slowly saying, "You'd better take care of yourself first. You can't even beat me now, so the probability of you getting killed is the highest among the three of us."
"I...I..."
After arguing for a while, he found himself unable to refute it!
Jiang Chuan is right. Although Lin Xi looks weak, he really is only weak. Although he has improved a lot, he still can't beat Jiang Chuan, let alone Lin Xi.
He became more and more conflicted and troubled the more he thought about it.
Jiang Chuan finally spoke up, "Don't worry, you've already reached level five in metal element enhancement, so it's not a big problem. You won't die easily."
Deeply depressed and unable to pull himself out of it, Teacher Chen did not feel any better after his words of comfort. Instead, he muttered to himself with a sour expression, "I thought the outside world was chaotic enough after the apocalypse, but I never expected there would still be places like this where people treat human life so lightly. What's the difference between humans and animals here?"
“There have always been many people with this kind of hobby, but we have lived a peaceful life for too long. Before, we had the protection of the country and the law. Now that the situation is turbulent again, human life is naturally worthless.” Jiang Chuan said this as if it were as simple as eating and sleeping, without any fluctuation in his emotions.
Meanwhile, Chen Jin looked down at number twelve in his hand, his face pale, and unconsciously clenched his fist.
"Jiang Chuan, have you ever killed anyone?"
Jiang Chuan turned to look at him, "What counts as killing someone? Zombies are people before they are infected by the virus. If I kill you, I kill you too."
"This is different. They're practically dead. They're completely inhuman!"
“Because they have no humanity, they attack humans indiscriminately. In the end, we kill zombies only to protect ourselves.” Jiang Chuan looked at the screen again and continued, “Then why can’t we do it here? Chen Jin, kindness is fine, but it has to be appropriate to the situation. What’s the use of kindness if you’re dead?”
These words were deafening.
Chen Jin looked at the screen again; this time, the opponent was a man and a woman.
The man unleashed a wind-based attack, and a strong gust of wind swept the woman violently from the sky to the ground. The woman coughed up a mouthful of blood, and in that instant, her eyes suddenly turned fierce. She urged a ball of fire to constantly change size and shape, engulfing her opponent with irresistible force.
The man convulsed and screamed amidst the flames until he fell silent.
None of the audience members felt grief for his death; instead, they cheered for another victor.
The cheers rose higher and higher, and the man died silently and painfully in this enthusiastic atmosphere.
To the audience, it didn't seem like such a cruel thing.
After a while, the female host came out, said a few words of introduction, and then gracefully stepped down.
Lin Xi finally made her appearance.
Facing a muscular man, Lin Xi was already at a significant disadvantage in terms of physique and presence.
A commotion arose in the audience. "Is the Colosseum so unprofessional now? They just pull anyone up. What's the point of watching this?"
"Exactly! We want to see a great duel, not some weakling like this!"
"What's so interesting about this? You can tell who won and who lost at a glance."