Chapter 117 They are determined
Less than three minutes after Tank left the ring, he returned to the stage amidst the crowd's fierce cheers.
The host's passionate introduction began, "This time, Tank is punishing a few bastards who just graduated from the training camp. They've committed all sorts of evil and are completely anti-human. They're super villains that even Tank wants to kill."
The audience in the Colosseum seemed to have taken stimulants and started cursing and shouting again when they heard the words.
"Kill them!"
"The tanks cut them to pieces!"
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Their angry voices echoed in every corner of the Colosseum. Jiang He was not shocked by the momentum. She continued to stare at the arena with an expressionless face.
When she saw Lan Hu, Yao Leng and others walking onto the stage, she first glanced at everyone.
Fortunately, no one lost any limbs or broke any legs, and it looked like they didn't suffer any serious injuries.
She called out in her mind: "Xiao A?"
Your Majesty, please give your orders.
"Can you hack the tank's systems? Or cause it to temporarily malfunction?"
Although the two sides have not yet started fighting, Jiang He has already anticipated that Lan Hu and his men are no match for Tank.
This robot is too powerful.
"No," the robot said, a little ashamed. "Your Majesty, the tank is different from ordinary robots. It has a special system in its core, which is very powerful. And it seems to have sensed my presence."
Little A hesitated. "Your Majesty, I have a risky plan. Systematic calculations show that the chance of success is less than 50%. Personally, I don't recommend this."
Jiang He: "You say."
Her tone was extremely crisp and clear.
As the system that assists her, Xiao A has already understood that even if there is a one percent chance of success with this risky method, its queen will still try it. This is the charm of her personality.
"My Queen, you can try communicating with the tank through your consciousness. Although it's a robot, it has absorbed the consciousness of countless other robots. Its core not only houses a unique system, but also a vast corpus of consciousness. If human consciousness is a drop of water, the tank's consciousness is a tank of water. My Queen, if you engage in a conversation with it, you'll easily be influenced by its variegated consciousness."
Jiang He noticed that Xiao A was talking about being affected by the tank's consciousness, not being swallowed up.
Jiang He asked: "Can Tank's consciousness control me?"
"No." Little A paused, as if trying to decide on the right words. "Your Majesty, although your consciousness is firm, a small part of your mind is extremely confused. Although it is being suppressed well now, if a riot occurs, it will affect your overall consciousness, causing you to become confused and unable to control yourself."
Jiang He hadn't expected Little A to be so perceptive, even able to detect the confusion in a certain part of her consciousness. But it was undeniable that Little A was right; there was indeed something wrong with her consciousness.
Even she herself could vaguely feel that her brain was occasionally "abnormal".
She even felt that this part of her abnormal consciousness was related to her amnesia.
The tank is a robot. It has no consciousness of its own. It has absorbed the consciousness of countless robots to form its own water tank consciousness. Because of the different sources of its consciousness, even if it is finally squeezed into a ball, the inside is still chaotic and extremely violent. This kind of consciousness chaos will be transmitted to Jiang He like bacteria, triggering the abnormal consciousness that has been suppressed deep in her brain.
The two sides have already started fighting on the ring.
Lan Hu and his companions all transformed into beast forms. The most vulnerable Zhang Yi was protected at the back by everyone. Zhang Yi was timid to begin with, and when facing a behemoth like a tank, his face turned pale without a trace of blood.
"It's a robot," he said to Yao Leng and the others, "You must be careful. It's different from a robot. It looks huge, but it's more agile than a robot and can judge the pros and cons more accurately."
Qian Baobao, who had always been silent and like a marginal figure, suddenly spoke up, "The weak point is in the center of its chest. That's its main control system, and its defenses are very strong. We can't open its chest with our abilities. The iron chain it's dragging on the ground is as agile as Baba's tentacles. It's best not to confront it head-on, and focus on dodging."
This is Caihe's ability. Although Qian Baobao is controlling Caihe's body, Caihe can obviously observe the outside world through Qian Baobao.
After Qian Baobao's analysis, everyone had a slight understanding of tanks and would not rush forward rashly and use brute force to test the opponent's strength.
Jiang He had been keeping an eye on the situation of his companions on the ring. Lan Hu not only transformed into a beast, but also grew countless thin thorns on his beast-like body. He seemed to have consciousness and dodged the iron chains of the tank. He nimbly penetrated through the heavy defenses and stabbed towards the tank's chest.
These thorns are the mutated plant genes in the Blue Tiger Inhibitor. At the beginning, the Blue Tiger's body was invaded by the mutated plant genes, just like the colorful crane before. After the mutated plants briefly invaded, they were driven away by the Blue Tiger to regain control of its own body.
But now, seeing Blue Tiger's fighting style, Jiang He asked Xiao A in surprise: "Did Blue Tiger's genes merge with the distorted plant genes that entered his body?"
[For now, it looks like this] Little A said: [For now, the fusion is going well. Blue Tiger is taking the lead, and the distorted plant genes are growing within him. It looks like he's even more powerful.]
But can two completely different genes really merge together?
How could foreign genes always be suppressed and dominated?
Jiang He: "Lan Hu's mental will is very strong."
Even Caihe had to accept sharing control of his body with Qian Baobao, but Lanhu was able to control the deformed plants in his body. She admired him a little, "He is a man who never gives in."
Although the friends were powerful, they still had no chance of winning against the powerful tank. Seeing that the friends were showing signs of defeat, Jiang He said to Xiao A, "Tell me how to contact the tank's consciousness."
[Okay, Your Majesty]
The clamor around him receded like the tide. Jiang He raised his eyes and met Tank's "gaze".
"You've been staring at me." Her consciousness was like another transparent self, floating in the air, facing the tank.
It was not until the moment when his consciousness left that Jiang He realized that Tank's consciousness had been "staring" at her in all directions.
Tank's consciousness also floated in the air.
Unlike its huge mechanical body that is as big as a mountain, its consciousness is that of a burly man wearing only a tight short coat and shorts. The short coat is tight on his body, highlighting his muscular body with clear lines, making him look like a masculine man with strong male secretion and great power.
"I feel your strength." Tank crossed his arms and nodded slightly at Jiang He.
Although it is a robot, its understanding of humans far exceeds Jiang He, and there is no incongruity in its ideology imitating human form.
Jiang He didn't care whether what it said was true or not. The other party had no intention of making friends through fighting, so she was also gentle and harmless: "Hello, I don't mean to offend you, but they are my friends. Can you please let them live?"
Tank's consciousness followed Jiang He's gaze and landed on the ring. In his eyes, those humans were as small as ants. He looked embarrassed, "But Jin Bazi promised me that everyone in the ring is my food. He won't deprive me of the pleasure of eating in any way."
Jin Bazi is the boss behind the Colosseum.
Jiang He: "I'm not someone sent by Jin Bazi. I'm a friend of these people. I'm here to prevent them from becoming your food."
Tank's face showed an increasingly confused expression, "Aren't you here to challenge the Berserker?"
Jiang He was not surprised that Tank knew about her match with the Berserker Beast. After all, the robot in front of her was a robot that even Xiao A was afraid of.
"I thought my friends were fighting against the Berserk Beast." Jiang He answered frankly, "If I could take my teammates with me, I wouldn't have to fight against the Berserk Beast."
But she immediately changed her mind, "I still have to fight. I've staked my entire net worth on a perfect victory. If I leave like this, I'll lose all my points."
She spoke in a light-hearted and teasing tone, and did not think that fighting the Berserker War Beast was a difficult matter. Tank then understood that she was very confident in her own strength and felt that it was more than enough to defeat the Berserker War Beast.
He reminded the other party: "The Berserker War Beast is very powerful. It is the most powerful aberration in the Colosseum so far. You humans worship it as a god, and some even fanatically sacrifice themselves to the Berserker War Beast."
Jiang He asked in return: "What about you? Can you defeat the violent war beast?"
Tank smiled. He understood the implicit meaning of her words. She had heard that although he was praising the Berserk Beast for its power, he classified it as a deformed creature.
It was really interesting. Even Jin Bazi didn't notice his contempt and disdain for the violent war beast. The woman in front of him understood his thoughts just by meeting him.
Jiang He didn't want his response. After asking, he continued, "Release my friend, and you can propose the terms of the deal."
"I'm happy to let your friends go. After all, I have plenty of food, so I don't need these few." Tank glanced at the insignificant humans on the arena, puzzled as to why she would develop such an emotional connection to them. He continued, "But once a human enters the arena, there are only two ways to leave: kill them and leave, or die. In the Colosseum, it's a fight to the death; you can't both survive."
Jiang He pursed her lips slightly and looked up at the tank.
Tank sensed the murderous intent beneath her calm gaze.
But it didn't want to fight her to the death for the time being, after all, this was a special human being.
"I have a suggestion," it said to Jiang He, "I will pretend to eat them, and then you can come into my stomach and take them away."
Jiang He looked at it, "Conditions?"
There is no free lunch in the world, especially when it comes to a calculating robot.
"Wait until you kill the Berserker Beast," Tank said. "Only then will you be qualified to stand before me."
"Okay." Jiang He nodded, "I look forward to seeing you next time."
"I believe this won't take long." Tank floated forward and came in front of Jiang He. He stretched out his hand and touched Jiang He's head.
Consciousness actually has no entity, it is like a projected virtual image, or even more illusory than a virtual image.
But Tank performed this action very seriously and solemnly.
He lowered his head slightly and stared at Jiang He, "You are an excellent human being. I will cheer for you."
As soon as it finished speaking, Lan Hu, Yao Leng and others were all rolled into its stomach by its chains.
The audience thought it had eaten these aliens, and they jumped up and cheered.
At the same time, Jiang He's consciousness returned to the sea of consciousness.
This part of the consciousness that had returned seemed to be bumping around in my mind, as if it had nowhere to go.
Her face was pale and she was trembling all over.
The security guard nearby thought she was so frightened because she was about to go into battle with the violent beast, and immediately felt disdainful and said, "Coward."
After calling out to Jiang He a few times with no response, he simply grabbed Jiang He's arm and carried her backstage like a chicken. The other person was much heavier than he had expected.
He took a few steps and almost fell down because of the other person's weight. He looked thin and small, so how could he be so heavy?
The security guard cursed and threw Jiang He onto his broad shoulders again, carrying him away. His face became paler and paler, and he fell to the ground under the weight of the other party after walking a short distance.
His companions saw him fall to the ground and laughed at him, "Scorpion, what the hell are you doing? Who are you giving this gift to? Where's the thing the manager wanted? Don't tell me you ran away without being noticed."
Scorpion slowly got up from the ground, pointed at Jiang He who was still twitching on the ground, and said to his companion, "Here, this is him, he's the thing the manager wants to feed to the violent war beast. Damn, he's too heavy, I can't carry him."
"Bullshit, you can't even hold such a small insect, what nonsense are you talking about?"
His companion was speechless, probably thinking that Scorpion had tripped and was trying to find an excuse to cover it up. He bent down and tried to pick up Jiang He, but he didn't expect that he could not pick him up, and instead he stumbled and fell to the ground.
"Fuck, what is this thing? Why is it so heavy?"
This really speaks to the Scorpio's heart.
Countless voices were shouting in Jiang He's ears.
"The men of our expeditionary force are worthy of heaven and earth. We are heroes in life and heroes in death. Men, our comrades need us. Please join me in dedicating our consciousness to the Tianlong. Protect the Tianlong, protect our comrades, and escort them home safely."
"Live as a hero, die as a hero. Protect the Tianlong and bring your comrades home!"
"Live as a hero, die as a hero. Protect the Tianlong and bring your comrades home!"
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The voices of countless people gathered together, but there was no chaos or noise at all. The uniform voices repeated over and over again, sad and heavy, yet firm and resolute.
Along with these sounds, row after row of people jumped into the core of the Tianlong and were crushed into flesh and blood. Behind them, the soldiers who took another step forward were in tears, but no one retreated.
They used themselves as food and gave their sea of consciousness to the Tianlong first.
Jiang He's heart was churning. She stood in the middle of them and seemed to have become one of them.
Her eyes were firm as she looked at the huge core of the ship below, watching her companions jump in resolutely, leaving no trace of their bodies. Like her teammates, she was in tears, but her eyes became more firm and resolute.
She followed the crowd, her voice choked with sorrow but firm, "Live as a hero, die as a hero. Defend the Tianlong and escort our comrades home!"
As her comrades in front of her jumped into the core of the ship one row after another, she finally reached the edge of the deck. Just as she was about to jump, someone held down her shoulder.
"General, please don't be sad. It's my honor to join the expeditionary force and defend our homeland with you!"
"General, please stay alive!"
Those sad yet resolute voices shouted in unison, "General, please live!"
They saluted her one by one, "General, please stay alive!"
Their figures and facial features were so familiar, yet they seemed blurred. She always wanted to call out their names, but she forgot the names she wanted to call out when she was about to speak. Her heart ached unbearably as she watched them retreating away after saluting, becoming more and more blurred until they disappeared. Her heart was overwhelmed by grief, and she ran wildly trying to grab all these people.
【Your Lady Queen】
【Your Lady Queen】
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Those uniform and resolute voices receded like the tide.
My ears were drowned by the noisy sounds.
Jiang He's sea of consciousness was in excruciating pain, as if his head had been torn into several pieces and then rubbed together randomly.
She heard someone say, "We've been promoting this everywhere these past two days, so why are there still so few people coming today?"
"Boss, there are four times more people coming today than usual, and we don't have enough seats in the auditorium."
"Is four times more? I want ten times the number. Where the hell are all those bastards? They keep saying they worship Berserk as a god, but none of them show up at the crucial moment."
"Fuli Hospital seems to have been attacked. The Golden Eagle Gang has been running around like mad dogs, looking for strangers. Something seems to have happened in the mountains. I heard that most of the Golden Eagle Gang's top brass have gone to the mountains, and most of the Three Thunder Gang's members have gone to the earthquake zone to pick up trash. Some people heard these rumors and followed suit. Many regular customers from the two gangs are missing today, so the number of people is lower than you predicted."
"Boss, how about we do it another day..."
"We can't wait any longer," the golden-clad fellow said expressionlessly, "Our god must be born today."
He sneered as he finished speaking, "Those guys ran eagerly into the mountains, thinking they could find it there. Ha, a bunch of idiots, courting their own destruction."
His eyes fell on the unconscious Jiang He on the ground, "Find someone else to replace him and fight Kuang Bao. Don't bring this useless thing around to get in the way in the future."
Jiang He stood up at this moment, and neatly knocked down the nearby security guard. He looked at the golden man sitting on the golden seat, "Boss Jin, I spent five million points to blow the violent war beast's head off, not to be thrown out by you."
"Hehe." Jin Bazi lived up to his name. His whole body was golden, with sparkling diamonds of various colors on his ten fingers, and even his ears were adorned with colorful diamonds. He was a very kind person, and his golden teeth were exposed when he smiled.
"Want to fight with Rampage? As you wish."
He waved his hand, signaling the useless security personnel to take Jiang He out. "Let him go. I want to personally watch Kuang Violently tear him to pieces."
The appearance of the violent beast made the audience more excited than the appearance of the tank.
The moment they saw the violent beast, the audience screamed and their eyes filled with tears of excitement. "God, my God has appeared. I have been waiting for it for a long time, and finally I see it."
"Great God, please look at me. I am willing to be your slave and be driven by you for the rest of my life. Please eat me."
"Eat me, my God. Please give me a chance to serve you."
"God, tear these ants who don't fear you into pieces."
Seeing that the one challenging the violent war beast was actually a weak human, the audience present were both angry and excited. They couldn't wait to see the bloody scene of Jiang He being torn to pieces.
Jiang He asked Xiao A in his mind, "These people have fast heartbeats and wild, excited eyes. There's something wrong with their condition. Do you know why?"
[My Queen, the Berserker has the ability to obsess. This ability is colorless and tasteless, but it can make people lose themselves and become mindlessly obsessed with it.]
But obviously, Jiang He was not affected at all.
She finally understood why good people would regard an ugly aberration as a god.
Following the audience's fascinated and fanatical gaze, Jiang He turned her head to look at the behemoth opposite her.
The violent war beast is no smaller than a tank. Its lower body is like an octopus, composed of countless mechanical legs, while its upper body is composed of countless human limbs stacked together.
It not only has many heads, but also many arms. Every human being it swallows will become a part of its body.
This is also why people are so keen to be "eaten by God", because by being eaten by God, they can become part of God.
However, Jiang He, who offended the gods, certainly had no right to be eaten by the gods, so she should be torn into pieces.
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