In a dark corner, there was a huge iron cage. Each structural frame of the iron cage was filled with inward spikes. In the iron cage, a pool of black flesh was floating up and down with the sound of breathing. .
From Calvin's voice, Apu heard an obvious sense of fear. He held the umbrella tremblingly, walked behind the two of them, and gently patted the nervous Monk. His body instantly stiffened, as if he had been beaten. It was like an electric shock. If Calvin hadn't covered his mouth, he would have screamed.
"It's me." Apu was a little embarrassed and whispered in Munch's ear.
The gentle tone relieved the fright Munch had just suffered to a great extent, and he pointed to the dark corner.
"The source of the smell and sound has been found, but I can't see clearly." Munch muttered in a low voice and moved away from the shelf.
Apu raised the umbrella above the heads of the three people and gently rotated the umbrella handle. The surroundings of the black umbrella immediately emitted soft light, illuminating the corners.
All three were shocked by what they saw. Lying in the iron cage was an unusually large wild boar. To be precise, it should be a combination of a wild boar and mechanical parts.
The bristles on the back of the wild boar are in a relaxed state at this time, and the surface is covered with a layer of silver-white metal scales, which reflect bright white spots under the soft light. The tail was transformed into an electric whip. At the end of the whip, there was a heavy iron ball hanging. The dark red mark on the iron ball looked like blood. The fangs in the mouth have become bamboo-shaped, and some kind of anti-personnel weapon should be implanted inside. It is covered with thick saliva secretions and emits a stench.
Munch looked at the monster in front of him and felt that it looked familiar. He raised his left hand, opened the hidden pattern, and whispered to the two people next to him: "Look, is this the mechanical creature No. 3 on the hand-painted ticket?"
Calvin moved his face closer, not noticing the black umbrella above his head. The impact of his body triggered a series of chain reactions, eventually knocking a black metal accessory off the shelf.
"Careful!" Munch exclaimed, watching helplessly as the parts slipped past his outstretched palm.
With a "clang" sound, the part swung back and forth left and right after contacting the ground. The three of them looked nervously at the corner. The wild boar in the iron cage stopped snoring. A stream of secretions flowed from the corner of its mouth. It twisted its lazy body. After a while, it turned sideways and continued to sleep.
Before anyone could recover, the part shook a few times, stood on the ground, and then slowly rolled towards the iron cage.
"Dang" there was another loud noise, the parts collided head-on with the iron cage, and the thunderous snoring stopped. The three of them turned their attention from the parts to the wild boar.
A pair of big bloodshot eyes stared fiercely at the three heads behind the shelves. For a moment, the wild boar roared so loudly through the iron cage that Munch felt his eardrums were about to be torn. The wild boar gasped in its nostrils, and easily blew away the parts in front of the iron cage, hitting the shelf next to it with another "ding" sound.
The three of them were frightened. Just when Monk was about to retreat into the yard, a cold muzzle was pressed against him, and a stern voice sounded from behind: "Who are you?"
"Monk Brian, these two are my friends." Monk wanted to look back and see who was coming.
"I advise you not to do this before you make it clear." The visitor warned.
Calvin and Apu stood next to Monk, holding their breath, firstly because of nervousness, and secondly because the smell of the wild boar was so bad. He was fine when he was sleeping, but now he is awake and roaring crazily in the iron cage. The smell More intense than before.
"Is that Lao Deng? Ron Deng?" Monk only knew his name before he came. "Ovid Bryan asked me to come here and asked me to give this to you." He went to look for it in his pocket. That coin. But after searching for a long time, I found nothing.
"what?"
"Wait, let me look for it again. I put it in my pocket. It must have fallen somewhere. I really belong to Ovid..." The word came to his son's mouth, but he couldn't say it out. “The coin had the face of half a demon, half an angel, surrounded by a circle of plants that Ovid himself invented.”
"What he said is true, I can prove it." Calvin whispered.
"Look, is this one? I picked it up at the threshold of the yard." The man behind him put a coin on his thumb and flicked it onto Munch's head.
"Okay, I won't kid you anymore. I've been observing you since you entered the door. That guy Ovid has already greeted me and asked me to take good care of you and your friends."
When Monk turned around, the man stretched out his hand in front of him, "Ron Deng, just call me Ron. You have to be careful in the future, especially in Dent City, where there are too many eyes and ears." You’d better leave that thing to me for safekeeping.”
He is about forty years old, has a mohawk haircut, and sword-like earrings hanging from both ears. There is a sun-like pattern tattooed on his chin.
Munch put the coin in his hand, and then he realized that what was against him just now was just a metal round tube on the shelf.
"This is Fury. One of the contestants in tonight's Biological Duel." Ron bypassed the three people and walked straight to the iron cage. He turned on the current switch on the wall next to him. The wild boar instantly became more excited, and the electric hammer behind him With a sizzling sound, all the silver scales opened at the same time, and the bamboo-like fangs gradually became higher and thicker, showing a completely different state from before.
"It can absorb high-frequency voltage as an energy supplement for the body. The greater the voltage, the more excited it is. This is my most satisfying transformation this year. Whether I can make money or not depends on tonight." Ron turned off the switch. When passing by the three of them, he said: "Let's go and sit in the yard. This thing really stinks!"
The ceiling of the courtyard was set to bright mode, and several people sat around a round wooden table.
"This is Apu Andy, she is a famous writer." Monk introduced. "Come with me to collect materials to prepare for her new book. These literary people have some quirks." After speaking, she pointed to the black umbrella that Apu always held in her hand. At this time, she activated the suspension mode. The handle of the umbrella was folded, and only the body of the umbrella remained above her head.
Apu nodded. In Dent City, it is best not to mention the sensitive status of a reporter.
"This is Calvin Yang. He is unemployed now. Come out with me to relax." An identity like a police officer cannot be mentioned even more.
Ron nodded to the two of them in turn as a greeting.
"Old Deng, can I call you that?" Apu first opened the topic, looking at Ron's expression of no disgust, and then continued: "Can you tell us about the Biological Duel Competition?"
Ron leaned back, his hand inadvertently sliding through his standing hair. "It all happened because of the obsidian fragments in Lake Demiga. It is said that the strong radiation from the obsidian fragments caused the magnetic field in Dent City to often emit chaos. Later, various forces competed for the obsidian fragments, which intensified the chaos in the city. . Without the control of the legal system, human desires will expand infinitely, and work through normal channels is obviously unable to satisfy the increasingly impetuous people. Gambling using biological duels as a carrier came into being. "
"In the beginning, the participating creatures were all mutated creatures captured from the strong radiation area near Lake Demiga. As time passed, the audience and contestants felt that the blood and excitement were not enough, so they began to biologically modify the captured creatures... "
"By the way, I heard from Ovid that you like mechanical transformation?"
Monk nodded.
"Then you should come and live in Dent City. Maybe you can work with me! Make a lot of money through biological modification. It can be said that in the field of mechanical modification, Dent City is definitely a paradise for modifiers."
"Old Deng, what happens next?" Apu tried to pull Ron back from the topic.
"Sorry, I got excited when I talked about making money. Where did I go? Yes, contestants can freely transform any living thing without being restricted by law, let alone moral condemnation."
"I've seen people transform their sons into robots before to compete. Of course, in the end, they still failed."
"What are the rules of this kind of duel?" Apu asked next.
“There are no rules, one side dies, one side wins.”
"Then you still have the heart to let your son compete..."
"The little boy was torn in half by a mandrill called Ghost and eaten into his stomach." Ron said lightly about the stomach-churning scene. "By the way, that mandrill will also compete tonight. Just wait for my fury to beat him to a pulp."
"Okay, it's getting late. You can rest freely in the yard. I'll pick you up here at 11 o'clock in the evening. I have to prepare for the game in the evening. If you have confidence in me, place a bet on me to win." Ron stood up and walked towards the corner where Fury was, leaving behind three young men who were shocked by what they had just said.
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11pm.
With the roar of a motorcycle, Ron appeared at the door of the grocery store on time, followed by a young man dressed in a style similar to Ron's. The two of them each rode a motorcycle. After the young man parked the motorcycle, he turned around and left.
Hearing the noise, Meng and the others walked out of the small courtyard. Ron was riding a cool-looking Harley, and parked next to him was an old pedal car.
"Let's go! Let's go! The beauty will take my car, you two can do whatever you want." Ron held Apu's hand in a gentlemanly manner and helped her sit in the back seat.
Monk and Calvin looked at the dilapidated scooter in front of them with disgust in their eyes.
"How about you come?" Calvin automatically sat in the back seat, where the metal support was exposed.
Looking at Ron who stepped on the accelerator a few times and was about to set off, Monk smiled bitterly and reluctantly got into the driver's seat. After starting the engine, he placed his feet squarely on the pedals.
The wind blowing in front of them brought a rare coolness to several people in the red city background. If it weren't for the bumpy ride, Munch would still be willing to enjoy a night ride in the city. Being in the confined space of the water drop car all year round, he has forgotten the feeling of wind.
"I have been thinking today that this duel competition is too cruel. We should not sacrifice our lives for survival." Apu leaned on Ron's back, and the umbrella above his head followed the moving motorcycle.
"Do you know where this motorcycle came from? Fury earned it for me. It used the iron ball on its tail to break the heart of a modified brown bear. This world is originally a place where the weak eat the strong. Even we humans need to rely on parasitism. Only in this way can we obtain real food, otherwise it will become a defective product that relies on injections to survive. How many choices do other creatures have?"
"All things are created equal and have the right to survive." Apu whispered in a low voice, as a resistance to Ron's words just now, although the voice of resistance was very weak.
"We're here." Ron said to Apu. The two waited there for a long time before Monk arrived with Calvin, swaying left and right.
A huge abandoned mine appeared in front of a few people, with only a little red light emerging from the dark edge.
