Chapter 10: Beat! Beat them all!
Ana Shen stared at the two words on the terminal for a while.
It wasn't until his eyes felt a little sore that he lowered his eyes, rubbed them, and reluctantly closed the terminal.
No reply.
He can't give any guarantees, he has no ability, he is just an ordinary handsome guy.
All I can say is try your best.
Ana Shen stretched and looked around.
With more than half an hour left before the game, the players stood in groups of three or four, keeping a wary eye on each other.
Shen Yan was one of the latecomers, and the admission started two hours ago.
Because the contestants are not very clear about the rules of the field, they dare not form alliances easily. Most of them get together just to exchange information and inquire about each other.
Therefore, the team of fifteen or sixteen people, who were sitting against the north wall of the preparation room, were silent and had obviously reached a cooperation. In this hostile environment, they seemed out of place.
Guarded by a group of muscular men and mechanically modified people is a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old.
He was very white, so white that he seemed sickly, and he was thin and tall. He stood there indifferently, like a handful of out-of-place snow in the smoky room.
In the original text, the author gave a brief description of him from Ruan Zhixian's perspective.
A little pet of the nobles, he was sent to the Colosseum after being abandoned. He is very good at inciting people and has good decision-making ability. Under his command, twelve of the fifteen people in the alliance survived the elimination round, accounting for one-fifth of all the survivors.
There is no description about him later, and he seems like a tool used to send the villain to the male protagonist.
The author is obsessive-compulsive when it comes to settings and details. Sometimes he has to spend a long time quoting from classics to set up a spider web in the corner. The author has written many such tool characters who only appear once but look very powerful, and readers are no longer surprised by them.
His gaze stayed on the boy for too long, and he noticed something, so he looked over calmly.
A pair of inorganic, emotionless grey-blue eyes.
nice.
Ana Shen looked at it for a few seconds, then quickly looked away, blushing.
The honest man's skin needs to be welded for a while, Ruan Zhixian is not dead yet.
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Inside the luxurious box.
The decoration is quite stylish. In the middle of the black leather sofa set is a low smoky quartz coffee table, on which are placed several bottles of opened wine. The tall and short glass bottles sparkle like glass under the dim light overhead.
There are seven people in the room.
Two bodyguards were guarding the door, their bodies were mechanized to a degree of 30%, and their modified hands and brains allowed them to melt the enemy's heads in an instant.
The bald man sitting on the sofa poured himself a drink while complaining to the woman on the single sofa to his right: "I lost more than a thousand on the boat during the day. I wanted to ask Nini to come up and help me change my luck, but she didn't live up to her expectations. She lost another six hundred after only playing three games."
The woman exhaled a puff of cigarette and glanced at the bald man nonchalantly, "Watch?"
The bald man slapped his thigh and said, "As expected of my sister Liu, you have such a keen observation - the watch was stained by her. Things stained with blood are unlucky. I remember that you have a famous exorcist under your command. Can you lend him to me?"
Liu Dan: “Five thousand.”
The bald man nodded repeatedly, handed over his business card, and smiled flatteringly: "Then I'll trouble you, Sister Liu."
The young man who was leaning against the dining table and studying the small flowers on the table laughed suddenly.
“How generous.”
Undisguised sarcasm.
The bald man, who is very adept at business, has become accustomed to this kind of ridicule and keeps smiling.
"Oh, Master Shang, you are joking. For big shots like you and Sister Liu, you must have talented people under you. These people are arrogant. They don't even look at me as a small businessman. It's only because of Sister Liu's kindness that I can use them. Five thousand is not a lot of money for talented people."
Shangze sneered and continued to study the little flower without interest.
It seems that I have managed to get away with it.
The bald man breathed a sigh of relief.
Among these three people, he has the lowest status. He spent a lot of money and connections to be in the same room with them. Even if the man asked him to dance samba, he had to smile and shake his butt.
As a shareholder of Daydream Technology, he had recently suffered heavy losses in the internal struggle within the company and his foundation was in urgent need of replenishment. Otherwise, he would not have accepted the invitation to come on board.
The situation on the ship this time was more complicated.
There was news that District 13 had come up with something incredible, where one person was worth an army. The organizer thought it was interesting, so they bought it and used it in this beast fight.
Everyone around him found it exciting and was curious about how powerful this thing could be. He agreed with them on the surface, but he was extremely scared in his heart. He thought they were all crazy people who were willing to die.
If the monster gets out of control, who is willing to be the savior?
The bald man wanted to liven up the atmosphere, but Liu Dan just smoked and looked at the terminal, occasionally teasing the little pet kneeling at her feet, and was indifferent; Shangze stood in front of the one-way glass not far away, looking at the layout of the Colosseum with interest, and also had no intention of talking to him.
The bald man tactfully gave up.
The room became quiet, and the little pet lowered its head, trembling with fear and not daring to make a sound.
They are all capitalists who do not treat people as human beings and should not be provoked.
Crackle, clackle——
Several people who were doing their own things looked towards the source of the sound.
There is a small bar against the wall on the left, and there are more wines on the wall. Ruan Zhixian is standing at the island counter, mixing cocktails.
Ruan Zhixian shook the shaker up and down, and the ice cubes made loud clinking sounds. The muscles in his shoulders and arms tensed as he exerted force, and he could vaguely feel the explosive body wrapped in the cloth.
The wine, as thick and sticky as blood, was poured into the glass.
Liu Dan chuckled, "Not bad."
Ruan Zhixian glanced at him, didn't say anything, and nodded in response.
He didn't mix the cocktail to drink it. He just left the glass there without moving and opened the terminal to look at something.
It seems like a game played purely out of boredom, or like waiting for someone to drink.
Liu Dan handed the rope in his hand to the bald man, walked to the small bar, sat down, and accepted his implicit invitation.
"Whose people?"
Ruan Zhixian: "Cato."
Liu Dan raised her eyebrows slightly, and the bald man named Kato came over and introduced her, "This is my friend's younger brother, Ruan Zhixian." He looked at Ruan Zhixian again, winking at him to show him the atmosphere, "Ruan Zhixian, this is Liu Dan, just call her Sister Liu, you should have seen her on TV."
The secretary of the star minister of the Department of Health and Environmental Protection of District 7 often follows the minister around. Wherever she speaks, she will definitely be there.
Because the two look similar, netizens joked that they are the twin flowers of District 7, one is as cold as fire, and the other is as gentle as water.
The forum of the former is filled with a lot of dogs, while the forum of the latter is full of things like "Woo woo woo, my mom's voice is so nice, and her smile is so pretty, I love her so much."
"This is a nice sangria. What else do you have?"
Ruan Zhixian remained silent, took down a few more bottles of wine, and moved quietly.
Liu Dan didn't mind his indifference. He looked at him mixing the cocktails and his expression was much happier than when he was smoking just now.
Seeing that the atmosphere was getting tense, the bald man quietly stepped back without interfering with the two men.
Ruan Zhixian is a hacker's man. The price for the hacker to help him, in addition to a large amount of money, is to bring this person on board.
Many celebrities came to this rally, and the hacker probably heard the news and wanted to get a piece of the pie, but it was inconvenient for him to show up, so he sent Ruan Zhixian as his spokesperson.
A waiter at a small bar in the 13th arrondissement.
He originally thought that Ruan Zhixian had some extraordinary qualities, so he kept an eye on him after getting on board. He did not expect that this guy had a different way of thinking from ordinary people and his actions were extremely strange.
I don't gamble, socialize, or play games. I just got a set of clothes and served dishes coolly. Even when a dog came, I had to give it a glass of water before leaving.
It made him a little confused.
——Is being a waiter with a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan also addictive?
What's more, no one on the ship gave him money.
He brought water in the morning and disappeared in the afternoon. He was excited and thought that everything was a disguise, so he finally took action.
As a result, this guy hooked up with his sponsor's pet and went to bed with her!
I spent the whole afternoon there and arrived almost when the show was about to start!
fine.
This kid didn't forget his mission. He was having fun but he acted like a minister's secretary the moment he made a move.
As a middleman, maybe he can get some benefits or something.
Shangze put one hand in his pocket, looked at the reflective glass surface, raised his hand and tapped it a few times.
The system was activated, and the blue light shone on Shangze's face. The quiet room was filled with the host's passionate commentary and music, and screens with different perspectives in the venue surrounded him.
Shangze narrowed his eyes and said happily: "It's finally started."
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The atmosphere in the Colosseum was very lively. The singer from District 7 stood in the center of the Colosseum, surrounded by floating simulated starlight.
The drum beats became more and more frequent. She tore off her long skirt, revealing a pair of long legs, and danced enthusiastically with the dancers around her.
A total of 52 numbered screens were placed in midair around the audience areas on both sides. Bee-sized cameras were flying in the air, focusing on the performance in the middle of the venue, allowing the audience to enjoy it from all angles.
Fei Shen had also heard of this singer. After finding their location with his friends, he turned on the terminal and followed the steps given by the staff to connect to the camera in the venue.
Lu Jia was not interested in women, so he adjusted the terminal screen to the dancer next to the woman, looked at his deliberately sweaty chest, and turned to ask Fei Shen: “Brother Fei, after you finish dealing with Ana Shen, can you give it to me?”
Fei Shen was now annoyed, and without even raising his head, he asked, "Why are you always thinking about him?"
Hals said expressionlessly, "Of course I miss what I can't have, but if you let us play with it, I won't think about it anymore." After a pause, he said meaningfully, "I don't think I've seen you protect anyone like this before. You give it to someone as soon as you say so."
They all played together, had similar interests, and knew each other's personalities. Fei Shen couldn't stand being provoked, so Lu Jia cooperated with Hals and said with a smile, "If this little thing is really Fei Ge's true love, then I will dig out its eyes every time I look at it in the future, how about that?"
Fei Shen snorted coldly, "How much are your broken eyes worth?"
Lu Jia heard the relaxation in Fei Shen's tone and continued to ask: "Speaking of which, how does Fei Shen plan to deal with him?"
No man can tolerate being cuckolded, let alone a traditional man like Feishen.
After he found out that his girlfriend was cheating on him, he buried her and sent her to undergo sex reassignment surgery. She is currently a man.
Before Shen Yan was retaliated against, he had to take a bite no matter what, otherwise his whole body would feel itchy.
Unexpectedly, Fei Shen tapped the terminal and said nonchalantly, "I sent it here."
Lu Jia was surprised: "Eh? I thought the participants were fixed. I should have signed up Hals earlier so that he wouldn't have to use his brute force."
Hals laughed and cursed: "Get lost."
After that, the two of them tacitly did not mention Shen Yan, but just turned on the terminal and looked for Shen Yan's shadow from the only two preparation room broadcast screens.
They only knew about the Colosseum after they got on board, and their understanding of it was limited to the fact that they could watch it, but Fei Shen was able to open a registration channel for Shen Yan, which was obviously instructed by an insider.
The organizers and investors of the entire ship's activities are the big guys from Districts 13 to 7. The personnel and modified items for this competition are all provided by them. These big guys are not yet in the reach of these rich second-generation young masters.
Feishen... has something.
Fei Shen didn't know that in the eyes of his friends, he had become unfathomable because of this incident, and now he was just worried.
He found Ana Shen.
He zoomed in on a small dot on the screen, and found, not surprisingly, that when other contestants heard the exciting music in the Colosseum, they were moving around on the spot, adjusting their body equipment, and doing warm-up exercises—
He hid in a corner and shut himself in.
Ana Shen was about 1.8 meters tall, squatting in the corner, hugging his knees and trembling, raising a pair of eyes from his arms, looking at those strange-looking modified people anxiously.
Feishen closed his eyes.
The temperament of a cannon fodder from the inside out, and the dark future that is visibly visible to the naked eye.
After seeing him, Lu Jia and Hals didn’t dare to recognize him. They looked him up and down for a long time before they confirmed that this timid mushroom was Ana Shen.
It turns out that underneath the appearance of the cool elite, there is nothing but weeds.
Lu Jia raised the corner of his mouth awkwardly and looked at Fei Shen. Seeing Fei Shen's livid face, he actually felt empathy. Just as he was about to comfort him and tell him not to take it too seriously, and say something caring and warm, he was interrupted by a huge explosion.
Everyone's attention was drawn to the field.
In the center of the Colosseum, sparkling electronic smoke slowly rose up. The scattered smoke changed several times and finally formed the face of a handsome man with heavy makeup.
"Wee to Pearl No. 8! The exciting and bloody competition is about to begin!"
“Is it the victory of mankind, or the glory of technology? Is it bravery and fearlessness, or cowardice and hiding? How many survivors can be left under the surging beast tide? The struggle of humanity and the cry of life are all in it! Infinitely exciting!”
"One minute countdown, start——"
The big face disappears and turns into a page-turning timer. The numbers keep changing, giving a sense of urgency.
"The competition rules for this elimination match have been sent to all terminals. In order to add more fun to the competition, the organizer has opened an entertainment project. Dear guests, you can log in to the Pearl No. 8 applet to participate!"
The man said in a very seductive voice:
"The prize pool is 5 billion! Please place your bet if you're interested!"
Click on the mini program, and you will see the complete information of the 432 contestants. The ranking is given by the official, and is based on the comprehensive values of physical fitness, intelligence level, degree of transformation, etc.
There is a small camera logo in the upper right corner of the first forty-nine and the last person.
"All the technology in this venue is provided by Yongheng Technology. The cameras following the first 49 and the last person after entering the venue, and there are also two cameras that capture the global perspective for your reference!"
"In ten minutes, the □□ project will officially begin. Now, please focus on the competition field. Our players are about to appear on stage!"
Feishen's emotions were also aroused. The other contestants in the picture had completed their preparations and were staring intently at the exit.
Ana Shen slowly stood up, stamped his feet, sighed deeply, and looked like he had accepted his fate.
The host said passionately: "Let's count down together——"
"three!"
"two!"
"one!"
"Please welcome our protagonist to the stage!"
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The Colosseum has a circular structure, with audience and VIP seats on the left and right, an exit at the top and an exit for the animals at the bottom.
There were more than 500 monsters in total, and they were released early by the staff. Even though the door was closed, their terrifying screams could still be felt.
There are more than a dozen climbable pillars erected high and low in the venue. Various props will be randomly refreshed on the top of the pillars. Every fifteen minutes, other props voluntarily donated by the audience will be dropped into the air.
The door of the preparation room opened and the contestants quickly entered the venue to grab the territory.
At the same time, the Bee Cam follows and fifty faces appear on the big screen.
The first place was a man over two meters tall, with a bald head and many tattoos on his exposed skin, which were now glowing red.
As soon as he appeared, he laughed excitedly with his head raised, tearing his upper body clothes and revealing his mechanized chest.
"Oh my god, a full body transformation? You must be rich. No, you must be lucky."
"If he really had money, he wouldn't come here to work hard. I think his master is really rich."
"Cute, I want to keep it."
"Hahahaha, look at the last one, a healthy person? Did he offend the captain and be sent to this place to be food for monsters?"
"What a poor little baby. He is so cute, but his owner is so reluctant to let him go."
Fifty screens are arranged neatly, with the lower right corner standing out from the other screens, and the fear and despair on the faces of the people being photographed are undisguised.
Just hearing the roars of these monsters is enough to scare the hell out of me.
After appreciating it with great interest, the audience's admiration for the strong made them quickly shift their attention, and most of the people who watched Shen Yan's special shooting dispersed.
Finally only one was left.
On the other side, the monster side door opened, and the hungry monster that had lost its mind rushed in, causing the ground to shake.
The fist-sized spiders spread out in a patch and moved very fast. The bluish-white spider silk they spit out would be impossible to pick up if you stepped on it. The python as thick as a human thigh was winding forward, and its mouth had been transformed into a serrated mouth the size of a human head. One bite from it was not suitable for children.
Various modified biological experiments swept in with their pure wild power, brutal and cruel. Within a dozen seconds of their appearance, the number of survivors dropped to more than three hundred.
Shen Yan rushed to the side of the pillar as soon as possible. He looked up but couldn't see the top. Many people climbed up to get the props. Shen Yan climbed up twice and then slowly slid down.
There is a mutant chicken in the air, as big as an arm, which can peck a hole in a person's shoulder with one bite.
Ana Shen picked up an arm from the ground at random. This person had installed a laser knife, but unfortunately, before he could use it, his body was eaten up by the black insects.
Fortunately, these bugs didn't survive for too long, as the other player's flamethrower was a natural counter to them.
At that time, Ana Shen was next to Brother Spitfire and was inadvertently protected by him.
After Brother Spitfire died, Ana Shen ran around like a headless fly again.
And every time he was about to be killed, there would be someone nearby who would be affected by the attack and would have to help.
The player who inexplicably became a hero was thanked very sincerely by Shen Yan. He didn't know what to say, so he just frowned and told him to get out.
Ana Shen slipped away with humiliated look on his face.
He gets out as soon as I tell him to. He's very obedient.
Ten minutes had passed at this time, and the situation on the field gradually stabilized. The first wave of people who were unable to adapt to the battle had died, and the ones who were still alive now had some skills.
And the most unexpected one is Shen Yan, who is at the bottom of the ranking.
Because so many people died, Shen Yan, who was originally numbered 432, now jumped to 282.
Many curious people flocked in again.
The official discussion room was bustling with activity.
[282 is still alive? ...Now it's 273.]
[If I had half the ability to survive like him, I wouldn't have been beaten into a cripple by my wife's husband.]
[This guy is a bit lucky. Does anyone know who brought him here? Let's get to know each other and play a few games at the casino tomorrow? ]
[I bet 50 cents on him to survive to the end]
[Is this a small amount of money? I bet one million that he won’t survive]
The gambling game has begun, and the stakes are varied. The organizers understand these people's minds very well and quickly launched a special topic on Shen Yan.
[Can the original 432 contestants survive to the end? ]
[Can/52; Cannot/989372]
Ana Shen knew that many people were watching.
He wanted to pretend to be "pale and trembling lips", but it was a bit difficult.
Running around the field activated all his body functions. Instead of feeling scared, he felt extremely excited.
His face was ruddy, his eyes were bright and shining, and he even ran faster and faster. He even pulled up a contestant who had fallen to the ground and was almost bitten to death by a giant wolf.
He even ran to the point of wanting to laugh.
Although the stadium was littered with corpses and the smell of blood was overwhelming, I felt happy when I thought about my happy life, harmonious family, dogs, cats, flowers and grass, and traveling and having fun when I had nothing to do.
But now he has become a fourth-class citizen, running around in the Colosseum, seeing more corpses in one day than he has seen in his entire life, and being watched and evaluated by hundreds of eyes, with his life and death being gambled on—
And he had caused all this by himself.
It’s so funny, haha! Hahahaha!
The brackets don't mean collapse.
Shen Yan seemed to be split into two people, one of whom controlled his expression and body, pretending to be a cowardly and honest person and enjoying the scene happily;
Another of him was floating in the air, thinking calmly and coming up with a plan.
Running on like this is not a solution.
The game lasts for three hours in total. The monsters released now are just appetizers. Their biggest function is to eliminate those who have poor physical fitness, reaction ability and luck.
When the situation gradually stabilizes and humans take control of the situation, there will be about a hundred people left on the field.
This is not the scene the organizers want to see.
They hoped to have only about fifty people left.
There are too many people nowadays.
In the last half hour, they will release more monsters that were originally intended to be used in the next few battles. If you are not really able to fight, know how to fight, or don't have the key items, you will definitely die.
Not to mention whether he can hold on until then, given his current state of excitement, he will have to stop after running for another hour.
He had to do something, but it couldn't be too obvious.
Ruan Zhixian must be watching.
what to do?
His eyes fell on the props that had just been airdropped by the audience not far away.
He walked over and picked it up.
The yellow plastic bag was oversized, and the writing on it was also oversized, with four words clearly written on it:
Momo shrimp crackers.
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