Chapter 459: Gladiator

Fu Qinghai, escorted by five Cybertronians, followed the one-eyed Cybertronian in front and walked towards the legendary...Galon City Arena.

The expression on his face was relaxed and natural.

There was no sign of panic or fear.

He still has a lot of cards in his hand!

There are still many tricks that have not been used.

But so what?

Suddenly, they would attack and kill all six Cybertronians, then go look for other Cybertronians. If the other Cybertronians were also unfriendly, they would repeat the process and look for the next batch of victims?

It would be endless.

Using Qingming to hack into Cybertron's data network to obtain information has been blocked. Fu Qinghai feels that he urgently needs an identity now, an identity to integrate into Cybertron's society, even if this identity is a thief, a criminal, or a vagrant, it doesn't matter, it is better than hiding in the dark and watching without knowing anything, and...

Gladiator?

That doesn't seem like a bad thing.

Fu Qinghai thought to himself.

Angron was also a gladiator.

In the distance, the city buildings are already visible.

…

The great wilderness.

Jazz transformed into a vehicle form, a four-wheel sports car, speeding across the vast and endless plain, with no human habitation around, leaving a trail of dust.

The journey was not short. He started from Iron Castle and first arrived at Blade City, bypassing the source of life for all Cybertronians - the Well of Allspark, then passed through the Orbital Province, entered the Rust Sea, and arrived at the Southern Sonic Canyon.

Finally arrived at the destination.

The coordinates marked by Orion Pax.

But there are no living creatures here either.

"This is a bit bad..."

Jazz transformed back into human form and frowned.

He saw the ruts and indentations along the roadside.

The wheel tracks converge into a road that leads to the distance.

That's the direction of Kalon City.

"Could it be in the city of Kalon?"

The Jazz said to himself:

"That's not good news."

…

Of course the Jazz knew what Caron was like.

The sight of two or more Cybertronians fighting and tearing each other to pieces is not a pleasant one. However, the gladiatorial arena in the lower district of Charon City is one of the most popular tourist attractions on Cybertron, and the communication network repeatedly broadcasts the latest gladiatorial events. The only industry in Charon that can rival the gladiatorial industry is medical care. Therefore, the mechanical surgeons of Charon City and its competitor, Slaughter City, are all extremely skilled.

Gladiators are illegal throughout Cybertron, but the Supreme Council is extremely wise to realize that people divided by class need something that can break the law occasionally. The gladiatorial arena in Kalon City was originally just a place for workers in the big foundry to entertain themselves, but now, although it does violate Cybertron law, the gladiatorial industry has become unshakable. The same is true for Carnage City next door to Kalon City.

The area of ​​Karon is about three times the surface area of ​​Ironburg, and the sky above the city is always shrouded in a perpetual cloud of smoke and heavy metal compounds. The buildings of Ironburg always stretch upward, with many towers and vaults, residential areas with pointed roofs, and other architectural wonders.

Charon, on the other hand, was a mass of black rubble, with large mechanical structures pressed together and new buildings piled on top of them. The whole city looked as if it had been blown apart by an orbital bomb and then pieced together by blind Mini-Kings.

Jazz used the vehicle form to pass through the suburbs of Kalon, and changed back to human form when approaching the central city. He wanted to find out where the largest arena in Kalon City was. He had a hunch that if the alien disappeared in Kalon City, then the arena must be the best place for him to go - the criminal group in Kalon City had no other industries.

The city lacks planning, and the traffic routes are intricate and chaotic. There are drainage canals and walking paths built overhead... If there were no communication network interface and satellite navigation to guide the direction, I would definitely get lost, thought the Jazz.

The knight walked all the way, looking for the building he had just heard about - the largest arena in the city of Karon. It was located in the south of the city of Karon, between two mines.

…

Kalon City, Colosseum.

The arena is rectangular and large enough for a whole legion to train here. It is 300 meters long and 200 meters wide. The entire arena is built of mineral gravel, which is the waste crushed in the foundry. The metal content is too low and there is no other use for it.

There were some machine wreckage scattered around the arena, as well as piles of burning garbage, which looked a bit dazzling and created endless opportunities for ambushes and sneak attacks. There were four levels of audience seats around the arena, connected to the ceiling that was more than 100 meters high.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The lighting included various wavelengths from infrared to ultraviolet, and the entire venue was illuminated. The stands were filled with workers from the Caron Foundry and the Element Refinery. They stomped their feet rhythmically, causing each level of the stands to sway up and down, challenging the pressure limit of the steel structure. The noise was deafening. When the real fights came, the sound of the venue would be so loud that even the audio sensors could only emit continuous white noise, and the gladiators fought in the noise.

Champions League.

A self-named name given by gladiators from the gladiatorial world.

Now, the competition is about to begin.

"Beep, beep, beep—"

A loud whistle sounded.

"ladies and gentlemen!"

"Welcome to the Kalon City Arena!"

The host's voice echoed through the loudspeaker:

"I know that many of you are from Iron Castle, from Kalon, from Crystal City, from Moye City, from Hydra Island, from Yunwu Mountain City... You are from different classes and have different identities."

"But here, in this moment."

"You are both enjoying the same pleasure!"

"That's the thrill of violence!"

"Take off your hypocritical mask and stop trying to pretend! Throw away your self-deceiving nobleness and morality. You just want to see a Cybertronian tearing another Cybertronian apart! May I ask all the viewers, am I right?"

the host screamed.

"call---"

There was a loud cheer at the scene.

Then there was continuous stomping of feet.

"But today!"

The host suddenly changed the subject:

"We are about to welcome a different gladiator."

The scene gradually became quiet.

"In the past, Cybertron civilization maintained contact with civilizations on other planets, and Cybertronians visited other planets. Through the use of a network of space bridges built using lost ancient technology, Cybertronians on distant planets were also able to maintain contact with the Cybertron home planet. Giant Star, Speed ​​Star, and even the Central Core Star were once part of the great Cybertron civilization."

The host spoke in an impassioned tone.

"That era is really nostalgic. But now, as we all know, the space bridges have long since degraded and collapsed. The last space bridge is still between two moons and the asteroid belt, but it has been out of use a long, long time ago."

In the audience, people looked at each other and talked a lot.

I wonder why the host suddenly brought up these old stories? Could it be that... Cybertronians from other planets came here, to the Kalon City Arena?

The thought of this possibility.

All the audience became excited at once.

The entire audience gradually became noisy.

"I know what you're thinking."

The host said with a smile.

"But what I want to say is that the surprise is beyond your imagination! The gladiator we are about to welcome is not even a Cybertronian! He calls himself a human, an alien race that we have never heard of or seen before!"

Human?

A question mark arose in the minds of all the audience.

What is that?

"Hualalalalal!"

All the spotlights in the arena suddenly turned together.

Focused on a certain area at the edge of the venue.

There stood an unassuming armored dwarf.

Fu Qinghai lowered his head and was checking his equipment.

Bolt pistol? Too weak to be considered.

Incendiary pistol? Transformers are not carbon-based creatures.

Gravity pistol? That's something you can consider.

As requested by the organizers of the arena, he took off his helmet and revealed his face. At this moment, facing the gazes of thousands of Cybertronians, Fu Qinghai was expressionless and indifferent, just pulling the bolt to check the bullet.

"Is this a human?"

"He's so small."

"Just a little bigger than a Mini-King."

"It doesn't look good."

The audience in the arena was talking about it.

"He is not only a human being, but also a warrior!"

The host suddenly raised his voice.

It drowned out the discussions at the scene.

"He calls himself a 'Space Marine'! Wow, listen to that, what a scary, terrifying title."

There was some sarcasm and ridicule in the host's tone.

The audience also laughed.

"Well, in that case, let us bring this human warrior a great Cybertron-style challenge and a Charon City-style welcome ceremony. The fight is about to begin!"

The host finished his lines.

Fu Qinghai put on a helmet.

The eyepiece suddenly lit up with a scarlet light.

The gate of the arena burst open.

Fu Qinghai held the chainsaw sword in both hands and was ready for battle.

"Wow! Ga-ga-ga!"

Five mini-Kings rushed out with weapons in hand.

What? Mini-King Kong?

Fu Qinghai was surprised.

Isn't this too contemptuous?

Fu Qinghai looked up.

The odds were written on the big screen in the arena: Human Space Marines, win (1.97), lose (1.88).

What? There are people who bet on me to lose?

Fu Qinghai was so angry that his teeth were itching.

This is outrageous.

Fu Qinghai retracted his gaze and strode towards the five mini-Kings in front of him. These mini-Kings in the arena were not cute in appearance, but very evil. They were about the same height as human children, with strange shapes and crude appearances, like a bunch of mechanical chimeras, wielding circular saws, welding guns and drills, as well as some small-caliber laser guns and ion guns.

"Biu!"

Fu Qinghai slightly turned his head to avoid a shot.

"Biu!"

Fu Qinghai casually raised his sword to block a laser.

"Die!"

The first three Mini-Krons leapt forward.

The Blue Fang Chainsaw Sword slashed diagonally from bottom to top.

"Clang—Snap!"

The six-petal mechanical structure fell to the ground.

The three mini-Kings were cut in half, and the broken ends were smooth and neat, even smoother than their rough and bumpy body surfaces. Only after a moment did an oily liquid begin to flow out.

The sword blade just raised up and slashed down fiercely. A white light in the shape of "入" flashed in the air. The saw blade slashed to the left and cut down another mini-Kong. Without waiting for the wrist to turn the hilt, it swept to the right directly. The broad blade of the Blue Fang Chainsaw Sword hit the last mini-Kong heavily - it was holding a bomb-like object in its arms!

"Pah-boom!"

The Mini-King was knocked flying.

Then it exploded in mid-air and disintegrated into pieces.

All five Mini-Kings died in one round.

There is no prompt for assimilation point bonus.

What's going on?

Fu Qinghai thought to himself.

Because the opponent is the Mini-Con?

The relationship between the Mini-Con and Transformers in Cybertron society is similar to the relationship between the Farts and the Orks in Ork society. In the movie version of Transformers, the Mini-Con is a kind of miniature Transformer, nothing special about it. But in G1 Transformers, the Mini-Con is set to be the cells of Unicron, and is not of the same origin as the Transformers from Primordial. I don't know what kind of situation the Mini-Con in the Transformers United Universe belongs to.

At this time, the arena was very quiet.

Fu Qinghai folded his hands together, pressed the end of the chainsaw hilt, and stood with the sword in the middle of the venue. He did not raise the sword to cheer, nor did he roar to vent, he just stood there calmly.

As if nothing happened just now.

He was responding to the Cybertronians' disdain for him with this silent act - and all the audience members saw it, including the host and the other gladiators.

"Very good. It seems that the Mini-Kings can't pose any threat to the human warriors. The human warriors won the first round very easily. Then, the new betting has begun, and we will start the second round right away!"

The host was speaking the connecting words on the big screen.

Suddenly, he seemed to have received some instructions.

He immediately changed his tone and said,

"The latest news, the latest news, dear audience friends. The organizer of the arena just requested that this human warrior be arranged to participate in the battle above his level! According to the regulations, after challenging the five Mini-Cons, he should challenge a real Cybertronian gladiator. However, we are very optimistic about his potential and decided to arrange an opponent of Megatronus level for him!"

"Oh? Is that true?"

"Just him? Is he worthy?"

"He'll die in less than one round, right?"

There was a lot of discussion in the audience.

Fu Qinghai also raised his head curiously.

I wonder who is Zhen Tianzun?

"The gladiators will enter the arena first and can transform at will according to their wishes. Anything that can be scanned and assimilated is allowed to be used as camouflage. And this is the new rule of gladiatorial combat! Friendly reminder, human warriors..."

The host "kindly" reminded:

"Be careful around you."

"The fight... begins!"

After the host finished speaking with a smirk, the screen went off.

Fu Qinghai looked around.

According to him, the opponent has already entered the arena? When did he enter the arena? Why didn't I notice it?

The arena was too big, and the view in the center was not wide. There were a lot of mechanical wreckage blocking the view. In addition, the audience in the surrounding stands were shouting and stomping all the time, and the sound and vibration interfered with Fu Qinghai's perception.

At the same time, in a secret box at the top of the stands, several Cybertronians were discussing in low voices:

"You can let him lose, but don't let him die."

"I understand. It's a rare opportunity to meet an alien gladiator. How can we let him die so easily?"

"Metronome is becoming more and more insubordinate, and the Kalon City Arena needs a new sign."

At this time, in the center of the arena.

Fu Qinghai was vigilantly scanning all the spare parts and mechanical ruins around him. If the enemy was already in an ambush, then these places would be the best choices.

"Crash!"

A cloud of broken parts flew everywhere.

The opponent disguised as a scrapped crane jumped out from behind a pile of aircraft parts. He quickly completed the transformation process in the air, raised his fist and smashed towards Fu Qinghai.

Fu Qinghai did not dodge or evade, nor did he draw his sword.

He swung his right fist and hit the gladiator directly.

"Bang!"

There was a deafening bang.

The Cybertronian gladiator flew backwards into the ruins.

Fu Qinghai staggered back two steps.

He unclenched his fist and clenched it again.

Fu Qinghai deliberately did not use weapons because he wanted to test the strength of the Cybertronians. The result surprised him. Although the vibranium lining of the power armor had absorbed most of the kinetic energy, the intense force feedback still cracked his finger bones, making his arms slightly numb and his shoulders slightly sore.

"Is this the advantage of silicon-based life?"

Fu Qinghai turned his shoulders and thought to himself.

The Transformer who fell back into the ruins roared and climbed up again, clawing the ground with his limbs and rushing towards this side. At the same time, the surroundings suddenly changed, and two more Transformers took off their disguises and transformed, raising their guns to aim and shoot. There was a laser on the left and a plasma beam on the right. For Transformers, these were handheld weapons, but in fact, the caliber was comparable to that of the Knight Mech. Fu Qinghai seemed to have no way to avoid them.

The laser plasma was about to hit Fu Qinghai.

The invisible force field twisted its direction and shot it in all directions.

The deflection field of the Iron Halo was activated!

Fu Qinghai's sword collided with the Cybertron Gladiator.

However, all the spectators present did not hear any sound of collision. The two gladiators, one big and one small, overlapped with each other, and passed each other as if there was no collision!

The Cybertronian opened his arms and sharp fingers, with two wrist blades on the outside of his wrists, and pounced on him in a bear hug, about to crush Fu Qinghai into pieces, but the Space Marine twisted his body nimbly and dodged under his armpit by a hair's breadth.

"Sizzle, sizzle…"

The Blue Fang Chainsaw Sword's lateral high-frequency vibration and longitudinal cutting rotation were performed simultaneously. The single-molecule saw teeth made of true adamantium alloy cut deeply into the body of the Cybertronian, and a stream of red and black mixed oily fluids splashed out.

"Crackle!"

Accompanied by arc flashing, sparks and explosions.

"Bang!"

The Cybertronian missed his target and fell heavily to the ground.

The sky was filled with gray dust and gravel.

Behind him, Fu Qinghai stood up straight.

Skill!

Fu Qinghai commented in his mind.

These so-called Cybertron gladiators are extremely powerful, extremely fast, and have instantaneous reactions, but they lack true combat skills.

The other two Cybertronians were not idle either.

One of them started transforming again, becoming an all-terrain vehicle with rivet-studded tires and magnetic adsorption function. He rushed towards the wall of the arena, and sped along the inclined wall, building a firepower network around Fu Qinghai. "Thump, thump, thump," a stream of metal bullet chains poured towards him like water, but were all twisted by the deflection force field and flew in all directions.

Another Cybertronian came running over. This Cybertronian was huge and had heavy steps. There was a pointed nozzle on each of his arms. He waved his arms and sprayed a large ball of red flames more than ten meters high, forcing Fu Qinghai to roll to avoid it and hide behind a garbage mountain. A fan-shaped dark green acid followed and sprayed over the garbage mountain.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak…"

White smoke was coming out of the scrap parts.

A flamethrower and an acid thrower?

I have to defeat them all!

Fu Qinghai formulated a strategy.

The Cybertronian at the beginning had slowly stood up. From his shoulder to his waist, there was a long and deep gash, sparks bursting and oil dripping from it, and one arm was hanging on one side. This kind of injury is fatal enough for any human, and even for a Space Marine, it would cause the loss of most of the combat effectiveness, but for a Cybertronian, it was far from enough to stop him from fighting.

Another gladiator helped him to his feet.

Fu Qinghai threw out two armor-piercing grenades.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

The explosion was powerful enough to shatter the power armor, but it only caused two Transformers to have scratches on their faces and stumble. Fu Qinghai threw another stasis grenade, and the ball of time-distorting light expanded rapidly, locking onto one of the Transformers.

Fu Qinghai immediately raised the pulse bolter, pointed the muzzle at the Transformer's head in the ball of light, and held the trigger tightly. "Da da da da", a cross of flames spurted out of the muzzle, and the ball of light was quickly filled with dense pulse bolts. All of the bullets stopped less than ten centimeters away from the Cybertronian's head and could not move forward an inch, almost covering the entire face.

At this time, another Transformer stepped forward and rushed over. Fu Qinghai threw away the pulse bolter with an empty magazine, picked up the chainsword and rushed forward.

The two men immediately engaged in a fierce hand-to-hand fight, "ding ding dang dang", sparks flew, metal clashed, and the speed was so fast that the surrounding audience could only see an afterimage.

Organic fragments kept flying out.

But all from Cybertronians.

Cybertronians are also humanoid creatures. Qingshan Khan has been through hundreds of battles and his fighting skills have long been perfected. Just by looking at the opponent's calf support and the direction of the waist twisting, he can predict which direction the enemy wants to swing. In addition, the Force perception brings subtle insights that are almost predictive. Although the two are equally powerful, the Cybertronian can hardly touch Fu Qinghai. In addition, the indestructible artifact Qingfang Chainsaw Sword...

Qingshan Khan has the upper hand!

"clang——"

Fu Qinghai slid to his knees and swept across.

The Cybertron gladiator's calf broke with a sound.

The sticky black lubricant dripped down, moistening the sandy ground under his feet. The enemy fell to the ground, and Fu Qinghai was about to take advantage of the victory to chase him and behead him with a sword, but the ATV changed back to human form and came to support him. Fu Qinghai was no match for the two Transformers and could only retreat temporarily and use the terrain to avoid.

Five minutes passed.

The stasis field expanded and the light ball dissipated and disappeared.

The biggest Cybertronian has just escaped.

"Pah pah pah pah pah!"

In an instant, he was covered in the face by the pulse bomb.

Although he was not hit directly in the head, the visual and auditory receptors on his face were blown up, and he immediately became blind and deaf, and let out an angry roar.

Fu Qinghai hid in the cracks of the garbage dump.

The Transformers can't squeeze into this place.

Fu Qinghai had just opened the white briefcase and was about to take out large firearms such as the double-barreled melta cannon and the plasma incinerator, when he saw from the corner of his eye that the three Transformers outside had their bodies mechanically transformed, and the three of them had actually combined together!

"Fuck, it's a combined Transformer!?"

Fu Qinghai's eyes widened instantly.

"Ka-ka-ka-ka…"

Originally, one of the three Transformers was lame and the other was blind, so only one could continue to fight. But after they were combined into a combined Transformer, the lame Transformer provided vision, the blind Transformer provided limbs, and the intact Transformer was responsible for connecting the two of them together... All the previous injuries were actually not counted, which was equivalent to not being injured!

A 30-meter-tall behemoth stood up shakily, casting a shadow that covered the entire garbage mountain and Fu Qinghai who was hiding in the gap.

"Isn't that necessary? This is going to kill me."

Fu Qinghai thought to himself.

"Isn't that necessary? This goes against our purpose!"

In the box at the top of the auditorium, several elderly Cybertronians saw this scene, frowning and looking at each other.

"I don't remember the three of them being able to fit together."

A Cybertronian whispered,

"All gladiators are miners in the city of Kalon. How could they have such an advanced ability as fusion?"

"So what's the problem?"

another partner asked.

"Shockwave!"

One of the Cybertronians suddenly shouted angrily:

"Our doctor, that guy must have been doing some kind of human transformation experiment behind our backs, giving them the ability to combine! What a shameless bastard with no bottom line!"

"What do we do now?"

"I don't know. Let him fend for himself."

In the arena.

"roar--"

The combined King Kong roared to the sky and beat his chest.

A huge roar swept across the entire arena.

The audience all jumped up with excitement.

This combined King Kong seemed to have some flaws, and its body was obviously jerky and stuck, with a few parts popping out from time to time. It was not as smooth and natural as what Fu Qinghai saw in the movie. But it was still very scary. After venting its anger with a loud roar, it leaned down and slapped the garbage mountain with a slap.

"Boom!"

The garbage pile that Fu Qinghai used as a shelter was swept away, revealing the gap below, the armored man in the gap, and the strange pistol in the armored man's hand.

The small gun muzzle was pointed at the Combined King Kong.

It seems a bit funny.

"Jiu——"

The gravity pistol fired.

A gravity ray flashed by, distorting the air.

Accurately hit the waist of the combined King Kong.

No explosion, no sparks, no penetration.

Seemingly no harm was done.

The audience around were all confused.

What kind of abstract performance art is this?

At this moment, the face of the combined King Kong suddenly changed. He suddenly felt his whole body sink. The weight of his body seemed to increase by dozens of times in an instant, and it was only partially increased. The parts and supporting structures that made up his body could not bear such a huge weight. They began to crack, twist, break, and then squeeze...

"Ping-pong..."

Tiny parts shot out like bullets.

"Boom boom boom—"

The combined King Kong collapsed instantly.

Like a Lego model that has fallen apart.

Fu Qinghai glanced at the gravity pistol in his hand.

I thought that Relic Technology really lived up to its reputation.

The Combiner separated again, but only two Transformers came out. The Transformer at the bottom was crushed to death, and turned into a discus with broken parts all over the ground.

While the two Transformers were confused and just about to transform into vehicle form to escape, a thick blue plasma shot out from the gap and pierced through the Cybertron gladiator's head. Fu Qinghai jumped out with a double-barreled melta gun.

"boom--"

The molten flames swept straight forward.

It melted through the gladiator's chest.

The last Cybertronian was killed.

Fu Qinghai stood on the corpse holding a hot melt gun.

He turned his head and looked around, panting.

"Wow——"

The entire arena was in uproar.

All the audience held their heads in disbelief.

Looking at the human standing alone on the corpse.

"I won, I actually won!?"

"He succeeded, he did it!"

"Is this a human being? It's so terrifying!"

"Thirteenth Ancestor, is this true?"

The audience seats surrounding the duel venue were boiling with excitement.

Discussions, speculations, doubts, exclamations...

Finally it all came down to one word:

"Space Marines! Space Marines! Space Marines!"

All the audience stamped their feet and shouted.

The entire arena was shaking.

Fu Qinghai burst out laughing.

At this moment, he suddenly discovered that on the Cybertronian's body at his feet, there was a large hole in the chest that was pierced by molten metal, and a small golden flame was floating out of it.

Fu Qinghai noticed this little thing instantly.

"Could this be the legendary...fire?"

Fu Qinghai immediately reached out to grab the small flame.

However, the flame seemed to have no substance. It suddenly emerged from the gaps in the gauntlet, swaying towards the sky, getting faster and faster, and soon disappeared into the air.

"this..."

Fu Qinghai watched the fire drift away.

There are many questions in my mind at the same time:

Is this fire?

Where is it going?

How can we restrain this thing?

At the same time, Fu Qinghai thought of another question:

Why is there still no assimilation point prompt?

He just killed three Transformers.

But there was no hint at all from the world of reincarnation.

According to the setting of the Transformers movie universe, Transformers are either Autobots or Decepticons, either Autobots or Decepticons, there are only two camps. Since you killed a Transformer, if it is an Autobot, your assimilation points will be deducted, and if it is a Decepticon, you will be rewarded with assimilation points.

But it's like this now.

Neither reward nor deduction.

What does this mean?

Fu Qinghai was increasingly confused.

…

At the same time, in the audience.

Jazz looked at the little armored figure in the center of the field.

His expression was stunned and his heart was extremely shocked.

"This fighting power is too strong... Orion Pax, what did you find?"

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