Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 43: Under The Arena

"Where in life do we not meet? We meet again, Ellen."

After arriving at the island, the first and only person to greet Alan was Anse. This tall and thin teenager that Alan had wanted to get to know that day, but missed out on because of Fatty Lucen. Anse's body was covered in blood, and his right hand was covered in bandages, stained with blood. It must have been a fierce battle to get here. As for the others, they were either gasping for breath or casting malicious gazes at Alan, such as Mike.

Even Lucy was surprised that he could come here. After all, this youth had suffered a terrible demotion because of his provocation of Allen's End Fruit, and his ranking had plummeted to the fifth from the bottom. After entering Yellowstone Park, one could imagine how terrible his position was. Being able to arrive here was enough to make people look at him differently and be wary.

Alan nodded to Ann as a greeting, and then said, "What do you think of this place?"

Ann smiled bitterly. "We are the fighters in the arena now. Alan, we will fight later. I hope to join hands with you for the time being."

"I have the same idea." Alan stretched out his hand.

Ans shrugged his shoulders and clenched his hands together to reach a consensus. The actions of the two of them caused the other youths to have their own thoughts in their eyes. Beside Fatty Lusen, besides Fast Gunner Wayne, another two teenagers, one male and one female, walked over to him. Seeing the top three standing together, he felt threatened and naturally wanted to join forces with Lu Sen.

In the end, Mike was left standing in the middle, feeling rather embarrassed.

Ellen finally said, "Come to our side? Mike, I don't think you'll like the fat man either?"

Mike remembered Lucen's humiliation that night and nodded heavily. When Lucy saw Alan, she didn't mind her previous feud with Mike, so she naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to add an ally to Luxembourg on the other side. That was why he felt contempt for Mike in his heart, but he didn't say anything.

As a result, the eight youths were instantly divided into two camps.

The ground shook without warning, and Lucy said first, "There's been a change in the shield!"

The energy shield that had previously enveloped the central region suddenly spread out, continuously spreading in all directions, and in the blink of an eye, it stumbled past Allen and the others. The moment the shield passed, Alan felt as if a gentle breeze was blowing on his face. The surface of his body became slightly cold, but there was nothing special about it. However, the lake trembled violently when the shield was fixed in the center of the island.

Alan came to the shore and looked down. A huge shadow was constantly spinning on the surface of the lake, stirring up the lake water as if it was boiling, producing a string of bubbles. The ferocious piranhas even jumped into the lake and tried to pounce on Alan. However, it was bounced back by the shield. The seemingly thin shield had an exceptionally large energy density, enough to absorb and even rebound the impact.

Ans walked over and observed for a few seconds before saying, "The water has been sucked away."

Indeed, the water level on the lake is falling. It could be imagined that there must be some kind of pumping equipment under the lake, and this lake was not natural, but an artificial lake built for some purpose! The cable bridge that had suddenly risen from the bottom of the lake was one of the arrangements. Now, the lake water and the evil fish in the water had also been sucked away. It was another arrangement. When the water level dropped by two or three meters, Alan and the others could clearly see that there was a huge turbine under the lake. It took the central floating island as its axis and rapidly rotated to generate a huge suction force, completely pumping the lake water.

When the lake water had completely disappeared, a metal base began to rise. Along the rails, the base rose, causing the central island to tremble. Seeing the raised platform, An Si's expression changed. "Not good, they want danger to come over!"

Allen looked at the shore. Indeed, the metal base had risen to the same height as the shore. In this way, even if there were no cable bridges, many dangerous species would still be able to walk as flat as the ground!

"Damn it, do those bastards want to kill us?"

Gunner Wayne cried out. He gripped his two revolvers uneasily and slowly retreated. Until he bumped into Fatty Lu Sen, Fatty pushed him away with one hand and smiled sinisterly, "What the hell are you nervous about? Didn't you see that this energy shield has already protected us? If those bastards from the committee wanted us dead, this shield would have been removed long ago."

Lu Sen looked very stupid, but this fatty's mind was exceptionally delicate. Hearing what he said, the other two youths who chose to join his camp heaved a sigh of relief. But then Lucy suddenly said, "It can't be that cheap. Just you wait. There must be more to it. Look, the dangers are coming."

The first to charge down the metal platform was the Sword Tooth Berserk Wolf. It didn't matter how many of these wild beasts were originally irritable in nature. One by one, they ran over the platform, but in the blink of an eye, they had already arrived near the central floating island. A strong brown male wolf suddenly jumped up and pounced into the air. However, when it crashed into the barrier, it let out a low cry. The entire Berserk Wolf bounced back and fell a few meters off the platform. It knocked down several of its peers before stopping.

The berserk wolf continuously attacked the shield. The shield's energy screen didn't even shake for a moment, appearing to be extremely stable. However, at this moment, a strong tremor came from Lu Sen and the others. Alan turned around to look, and his eyebrows furrowed. A group of armored mad rhinoceroses were charging forward with red eyes. The charge of the mad rhinoceroses was not something the Berserk Wolf could compare to. Even the fatty's face was deathly pale, let alone the others.

Wayne and the two youths were so scared that they retreated. Lu Sen suppressed his fear and gritted his teeth as he stared at the shield. He knew very well that if the shield could not withstand it, he would die wherever he retreated!

Wild Rhinoceros rushed closer and smashed heavily into the shield. The shield instantly emitted a strong purple-blue light that was as bright as a light bulb. In the intense light, Lu Sen could vaguely see a few crazy rhinos bouncing back. This energy shield had indeed blocked their attacks! Following that, the Fierce Poison Wolf Spider and the Steel-feathered Warhawk also joined the charge. The wolf spider spat out poisonous spider silk at the shield, while the warhawk used short-range acceleration to hit the shield with its claws and steel beak.

However, this energy shield was exceptionally stable. Despite the constant attacks of many dangerous species, there was not the slightest sign of dissipation. When the youths were relieved, they had been ignoring the past. Suddenly, the metallic cube in the center sounded with Alstair's voice, "Oh, I haven't seen you in a few days. Are you all alright?"

The youths looked at each other and leaned towards the cube. At this time, the corner of the cube suddenly lit up, and a pale red energy shield rose from the ground, enveloping the cube. After the shield was completed, the cube extended a metal arm from different directions, and a needle could be seen on the arm. Fatty walked to the shield and reached out to touch it. His fingers immediately sizzled and his skin instantly burned. Not only did this shield have defensive properties, it also had a high temperature effect.

"You guys better be careful, especially Lu Sen. I'm not responsible for roasting a pig." Alstair cleared his throat and continued, "Alright, let's cut to the chase. See those four injections? They're not drugs, they're nanobots that emit a special wavelength to chase away dangerous species. The duration is 48 hours, and then they break down naturally and exit the body's secretory system."

"Yes, these little fellows can save your lives. See those dangerous plants out there? Right now, they want to tear you apart immediately. Of course, that energy shield can temporarily block them. But darling, this shield is in sixth gear, and every 10 minutes it weakens by one gear. In other words, it will completely disappear in 60 minutes. But as you can see, there are only four needles for nanobots. "As for the protective shield, it will only be opened when there are four of you left "

"So what are you waiting for? Only four people can leave in 60 minutes! Now, the stage is back to you. I'm looking forward to your performance." Alstair ended the communication with a string of laughter.

At the same time, a string of numbers appeared in the center of the dome of the outer energy shield.

The countdown began!

"Although I hate them very much, this arrangement is really interesting." Fatty Lu Sen clenched his hands and smiled sinisterly as he walked towards Allen and the others.

Behind him, Wayne and the other two teenagers followed closely behind.

"I'll deal with Wayne." Said Lucy. Wayne was also an expert at using guns, so it would be most appropriate for her to deal with him.

Ans looked at the fatty and said, "Lucen, let me do it."

"No." Alan shook his head and said, "Anse, help Lucy. Mike, you deal with Lucy!"

"Me?" Mike's face turned ugly. After all, Lucen was not simple. He had some difficulty dealing with it alone. Besides, Mike suspected that Alan was pushing him out on purpose to die.

"You don't need to kill him. You just need to stall him." Ellen whispered, "I'll deal with the other two. Once Anne and Lucy are done, help Mike take care of Lucen. Let's go!"

Everyone saw that his plan was reasonably distributed, so they had no objections. Lucy gestured to Wayne first, then left the team and left. Wayne chuckled coldly as he bent his body to the side and moved away. Ann followed behind Lucy quietly. Looking at the situation, Lucy snorted and went straight to deal with Ann. Suddenly, Mike's voice sounded, "Lucen, you fat pig, do you dare to fight me one-on-one?"

Lu Sen stopped and clenched his fingers. He turned to look at Mike and squeezed a few words out of his teeth, "You're courting death!"

Everyone who knew Lu Sen knew that he was the most taboo person to be called "fat pig".

Mike led Lucen to the right, away from the cube at the center. The remaining pair of young men and women exchanged glances, and the woman was about to help Wayne. Suddenly, a black moonlight slashed towards her, forcing the girl to retreat. Yue Hua's disappearing momentum did not stop, and she covered the boy in it again. The boy held a thick-backed alloy saber in his hand and immediately slashed at Yue Hua.

With a sound, the boy took two steps back. He felt pain in the tiger's mouth and was shocked.

As Yuehua dissipated, Alan raised his saber in one hand and pointed at the two of them, "Your opponent is me!"