Volume 6: Mecha Contest Chapter 304 Slave Gladiator
It was a huge metal box, a box that should not have appeared at this cocktail party. On one corner of the box, there was a logo of the "Morgan Consortium", the organizer of the cocktail party.
"This box...is it some kind of special feature of the Morgan Consortium?" Lu Che asked in confusion.
"There is another logo below the Morgan Consortium's emblem... What does that logo mean?" Ke Lan asked.
"That's the logo of Angres Biotech... It's a subsidiary of the Morgan Consortium. Its main business is capturing living samples of indigenous organisms and selling them to various scientific research institutions, including research institutes, for research." Zofia replied.
"Could it be that the box contains... a monster from outside?" Lu Che's face changed slightly, and he subconsciously took a step back. "Using their authority to bring such a dangerous thing to the cocktail party... These guys are really too reckless..."
"But at least it stole the show, didn't it?" Ke Lan said. He saw the crowd surrounding a young man with light brown hair. From the ostentatious look on his face, it was obvious that he was the one who arranged this "regular program".
"It's mainly because the elders of these little guys are not here." Lu Che lowered his voice and said, "These young people are so presumptuous..."
The wall of the metal box fell down, revealing a cage made of alloy. Inside was a giant black beetle over three meters long. Unlike the beetles that appeared on the asteroid "Ashes" in the Ruins Trial, this beetle obviously did not have the ability to fly, but the six limbs under the carapace appeared much thicker, and the pair of huge jaws outside its mouth were very similar to those of the Thunder Beast... Obviously, this was a power monster that had put all its talent points into close combat on the ground.
After seeing the true appearance of this giant insect , many ladies attending the party exclaimed in surprise. As for the men, their performance was relatively better, and many of them showed a hint of excitement on their faces.
Most of these young masters and young ladies from wealthy noble families have never left the Ark, and perhaps they will never go to the outside world in their lifetime. This is the first time for them to see the indigenous creatures of Alpha Planet at such a close distance.
"Don't panic!" The young man who was surrounded by the crowd stood on a platform. "The specially made cage is very strong. This heavily armored rhinoceros shovel can't get out of it!"
He turned around and clapped his hands. Several burly men in black suits pushed a ragged, pale-faced middle-aged man to the cage. They opened several suitcases and loaded the contents of the suitcases onto the middle-aged man one by one.
It was a very simple and old-fashioned exoskeleton, with so little armor that it couldn't even protect the wearer's joints and vital parts. Seeing this scene, Ke Lan immediately understood what the so-called "reserved program" was all about - this huge cage was actually a special arena, and the guy wearing the exoskeleton was the gladiator who was about to be thrown into it.
A burly man in black took out a syringe and without hesitation inserted it into an injection port reserved on the back of the exoskeleton. The more than ten-centimeter-long needle directly injected the medicine in the syringe into the gladiator's body... In less than ten seconds, the gladiator's muscles all over his body tensed up, and his breathing became gradually heavier.
Two big men in black carried the gladiator along a simple ladder to the top of the cage, where there was a hole with a diameter of less than one meter. A heavily armored rhinoceros could not escape from this hole, but humans could easily get through it.
The gladiator wearing an exoskeleton was thrown into the cage, and the man in black threw a hand axe only 30 centimeters long and a round shield that could only protect half of his forearm into the cage... These things were the gladiator's complete armament.
"This man must have owed the Morgan Consortium a lot of money." Zofia said softly, "He didn't want to implicate his family, so he chose to sell his life to the Morgan Consortium to pay off his debts... The Morgan Consortium controls a lot of illegal boxing rings in the gray area, and most of the contestants in those boxing rings are there to pay off their debts..."
Before she could finish her words, the fight in the cage had already broken out—
This heavily-armored rhinoceros had obviously been hungry for several days. As soon as the gladiator was thrown into the cage, it rushed directly towards the gladiator, which immediately aroused exclamations from the onlookers.
The space inside the cage was very narrow, and the gladiator had no room to maneuver, so he could only face the enemy head-on. Fortunately, under the effect of the drug, the gladiator 's fear was completely suppressed. He growled, raised his shield, and rushed towards the heavy armored rhinoceros shovel!
"Bang!"
There was a loud bang, and the small round shield and the front end of the huge jaw of the heavy armored rhinoceros shovel collided strongly. The alloy shield surface was instantly dented, and the gladiator's arm holding the shield and the exoskeleton fixed on the arm were flipped outwards at a strange angle.
"The two sides are not even on the same level..." Ke Lan shook his head and said, "Even with the help of a powered exoskeleton, human strength is still much weaker than that of a heavily armored rhinoceros shovel. The reason he was able to block this attack was thanks to the toughness of the material of this shield."
In Ke Lan's opinion, this was not a fight at all, but just a bloody massacre... But the young ladies and gentlemen who were watching did not think so. Just a short-distance charge of the heavy-armored rhinoceros shovel was enough to make them secrete a large amount of adrenaline.
The heavily-armored rhinoceros just shook its head slightly, and its huge jaws swept across with a gust of wind... The gladiator quickly lay down, barely avoiding the attack that was enough to break his body in two.
But when he wanted to get up again, the heavily armored rhinoceros had already approached him, and its four eyes embedded in the gaps of its shell looked down at him condescendingly, and its sharp jaws almost touched his head.
It’s too late! I can’t escape! I’m dead!
Even the drugs could no longer suppress the fear in his heart. He widened his eyes and his body trembled uncontrollably... At the moment of death, it seemed that even time slowed down, and the memories of this life flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern...
At this time, some kind-hearted or timid people had already turned their heads away, unable to bear to watch any longer, but more people held their breath, with a look of anticipation on their faces...
There were also a few younger masters who even cheered, waving their arms excitedly, as if they couldn't wait to see the bloody scene...
The huge jaws of the heavily armored rhinoceros were frozen in mid-air, and the look of fear on the gladiator's face was solidified. Everything was reduced to black and white, and in this scene, the only thing that was not restricted was Ke Lan's consciousness.
He calculated the trajectory of the throw as quickly as possible and then released the time stop.
He grabbed an empty tray from the waiter and threw it toward the ceiling. The heavy tray directly broke an exquisite crystal lamp tube, which fell from the air. At the same time, the huge jaws of the heavy-armored rhinoceros shovel bit down on the gladiator lying on the ground.
Ke Lan jumped up and kicked the ball in the air. The broken crystal lamp tube immediately changed direction and shot towards the cage not far away, accurately piercing the eyes of the Heavy Armor Rhinoceros Shovel!
Although the material used to make crystal lamp tubes is very easy to break, its hardness is not low at all. As long as the angle of force is adjusted, the broken lamp tube can be equivalent to a sharp armor-piercing cone.
What's more, the eyes of the heavy-armored rhinoceros shovel are not protected by a hard shell. This is the only weak point on its body besides its abdomen.
The entire crystal lamp tube sank into the eyes of the Heavy Armored Rhinoceros Shovel. It pierced the soft tissues inside the eyes and penetrated into its brain.
The huge jaws stopped.
