Volume 5: Bottomless Sinkhole Chapter 288 The Second Stage
The bone blade finally pierced into Ke Lan's body, but it stopped after penetrating less than half a centimeter.
The monster's body melted like heated wax, and the bone blade fell off Ke Lan's body, fell to the ground, and turned into a pool of fine bone powder.
The melted flesh and blood flowed back onto the statue along the gaps between the hexagonal floors. For a moment, Ke Lan seemed to see the statue tremble slightly.
"The first stage of the trial is completed." That voice sounded in Ke Lan's ears again. Ke Lan breathed a sigh of relief, got up from the ground, and patted the bone powder stuck to his body.
But for some reason, he suddenly had a bad feeling...
"The second stage of the trial begins. Countdown... ten..."
As expected, Ke Lan sighed inwardly. Since this trial has a first stage, there must be more than one stage...
He quickly picked up the pistol that had fallen to the ground, put it back into the holster, and then filled the empty magazine with bullets.
Because the middle finger would affect the wound on the ring finger, Ke Lan simply wrapped the middle finger as well when bandaging it. Only the index finger and thumb of his right hand could move, and the speed of loading bullets suddenly became much slower than usual.
After seven bullets were loaded, there were only four seconds left in the countdown.
The statue in the middle of the hall began to tremble, and Ke Lan realized that it was not his illusion.
"……three……"
In the second stage of the trial, his opponent seemed to be this statue that was more than ten meters tall.
"I...fuck your mother..." Ke Lan couldn't help but swear.
"...Two..." The coating on the surface of the statue fell off, revealing the rusty metal body inside.
This body is covered with fine lines like blood vessels, and the blood flowing back to the statue is flowing through these lines.
"……one……"
Ke Lan looked at the stone spike in his hand and couldn't help feeling a little desperate. Even if this big guy stood there and let him stab it, even if he could easily pierce through the hard metal body, the length of the stone spike would only break a layer of skin for it, and it would not be able to hurt the important parts inside the statue at all.
Speaking of important parts, Ke Lan couldn't help but take a look at the organ between the legs of the statue. Like the body of the statue, the surface of that thing was also covered with rust, and it was obviously made of metal...
If there was a heavy combat mecha like the Iron Colossus or the Cyclops, Ke Lan might have a chance. But now, with only a pistol and two daggers, facing a metal statue more than ten meters high - Ke Lan could not help but deeply feel the malice of the builder of this relic.
I am neither Dongfang Bubai who can dismantle the Gundam with my bare hands, nor Iron Pilot who can climb walls and pull out batteries. It is obvious that arranging such an opponent is to kill me.
The difficulty gap between stages one and two is so huge, is this trial not intended for people to pass?
Ke Lan could only retreat, but before he took a few steps, the wall-like light curtain appeared again. This time, the battle area enclosed by the light curtain was even smaller than in the first stage.
Considering the size of the metal statue, it only takes a few steps to walk from one end of the light curtain to the other. The entire area is within its attack range, and Ke Lan doesn't even have room to move or dodge.
"Fuck your mother!"
Ke Lan fired repeatedly at the metal statue in indignation. The bullets hit the statue's body but only created a few inconspicuous sparks. The only effect was probably to remove the rust from the rusty statue.
Ke Lan thought, if only he could blow up the statue like the Tiger tank was blown up with one shot at the end of a certain movie... However, reality is reality after all. No matter how much Ke Lan prayed, it didn't mean that a miracle would definitely happen... What's more, in the movie, it wasn't the protagonist's pistol that destroyed the Tiger tank, but the aerial firepower of friendly fighter planes...
Even if Ke Lan could call for air support now, his damn fighter jets couldn't fly underground!
The metal giant took a step toward him, and then another.
Ke Lan stopped cursing. He pulled out the dagger and straightened his body.
He wanted to see if there was a chance to jump onto the metal giant—even though there was almost no place on the surface of the giant to climb, even though he didn't have a jetpack equipped with thrusters, and even though he had only tried such difficult moves in video games...
But he was unwilling to be crushed into a pile of pulp by this thing.
He stared at the Colossus' every move, ready to activate his ability to stop time at any time. He didn't know if there was a glimmer of hope... Even if there was, it would be fleeting...
He must seize the opportunity that may not exist at all, otherwise, the only outcome will be death.
But at this moment, a miracle...really happened!
The metal giant knelt on one knee in front of Ke Lan, stretched out a hand, palm up, and placed it on the ground.
There was an opening in its chest and abdomen, and a dark red seat could be vaguely seen inside.
For Ke Lan, who has watched many mecha animations and movies and played many similar games, the meaning of this action is obvious - it is inviting herself to "board the plane"!
So... this metal giant is not his enemy, but a weapon prepared for him? !
Is this thing... a mecha developed by the Alpha civilization?
Without giving it much thought, Ke Lan climbed up the arm of the giant and entered the hole... However, when he saw the dark red chair, he felt a little hesitant.
The chair seemed to be made of flesh, and it was moving slightly... Apart from that, Ke Lan did not find any joysticks, monitoring screens or anything like that in this "cockpit".
"How do I control this thing?" he couldn't help but ask in his heart.
"Sit on it, the trial is about to begin." The voice suddenly appeared and answered his question.
"Is this thing for people to sit on? Why does it feel like a piece of rotten meat? Who are you? Can you tell me what the purpose of this trial is? And...how do we get out of this relic?" After finding that the voice answered his questions, Ke Lan immediately asked one after another.
"The trial is about to begin." But this time, the voice ignored his question and repeated the previous sentence.
Ke Lan noticed that the outer circle of light had changed from a light white to an orange-yellow color, and was also showing a tendency to turn into a darker red.
Is this considered pushing myself?
Forget it, let’s not worry about it for now - Ke Lan made up his mind and sat down on the chair.
But after sitting down, he immediately regretted it...
The chair was very comfortable, and the seat fit his back perfectly. It could be said that it was tailor-made... But the next second, countless tiny tentacles stretched out from the seat, penetrated his clothes, and pierced into his back!
Ke Lan could even clearly feel that the tips of the tentacles had passed through the two layers of ligaments on the spine and penetrated deep into his spinal cord.
But at the same time, Ke Lan suddenly discovered that his consciousness was actually connected to this metal giant!
