Chapter 173 Iron Scorpion
In the Sky Arena auditorium, Li Ang crossed his arms in front of him and stared at the arena below.
The competition on the first level has already started for three hours, with battles going on in more than a dozen arenas at the same time.
Strong lights, flames, acid, flying swords, guns, and even invisible and intangible curses and psychic powers appeared one after another on each stage, almost blocking the line of sight.
Although it is impossible to cross the invisible barrier of the arena, through the strong sound and light blockage, one can perceive the real-time situation inside the arena.
But well-informed advanced players can still guess the general situation based on their experience.
"...The body enhancement system user in Arena 13 is going to win. His hidden bloodline potential is taking effect. In another ten seconds, the opponent's magic missiles will not be able to penetrate his skin.
The battle on the 14th arena will soon end. The illusion player thought he was in control of the situation, but he didn’t know that he was the one who fell into deep hallucinations. The guy opposite who looked like a puppet master was actually a puppet master. Illusionist.
The Japanese player on the 15th stage still has about one minute to surrender. His familiar talisman paper is about to be exhausted, and by then he will be beheaded by the opposite demon at close range..."
Li Ang nonchalantly assessed the situation in each arena and told Wang Congshan, who was holding a telescope at the side.
In order to take care of the general audience, the people of the Watcher Guild have prepared a comprehensive shooting system, and like last time, they have arranged enough commentators to explain in the real world.
However, the professionalism of those commentators is more reflected in the field control and language description ability, which is obviously not as accurate as Li Ang's judgment of the situation.
"Really..."
Wang Congshan put down the special telescope and smacked her lips, "How can you predict it accurately?"
"The more you see it, the more you will be able to judge."
Li Ang curled his lips casually. After opening the Wuzuo Furnace shop for such a long time, he produced a large number of equipment and props.
I have seen all kinds of strange and weird items sent by players, and I have a lot of experience in the field of extraordinary elements.
“This time the Battle of Command and Killing Game does not have a lottery system open to the public.
However, some private platforms have privately opened handicaps on the results of the game. It's a pity that no one asked me to do planning or anything. "
Li Ang said casually: "If you come to me,
The probability of guessing the outcome of each game must be 70% to 80%. "
"Li Ang is competing, right? Someone must dare to find you."
Wang Congshan sighed. In fact, during the last battle for the door, the chain of interests surrounding the competition was terrifying.
Now, due to the rapid deterioration of the current situation in the real world, most of the people in the East have been evacuated by the special affairs bureau, European residents have accepted martial law-style militarized management, North America has become a scene of gun battles, and other places are left to fend for themselves.
This time, the chain of interests surrounding the Battle of Siming was much smaller than last time.
"By the way, if I read correctly,
Those taking the field now should all be players ranked lower among the contestants, right? "
Wang Congshan thought of something and asked: "Is there any benefit to them coming out early?
If you use logical reasoning, the later you appear, the greater the advantage, right? You can collect as much information about other competitors as possible to reduce your own flaws.
If you play first, you will expose the information to your opponent. "
"The reason is simple. They know they are not strong enough, so they can only grab time."
Li Ang said casually: "Judging from the results of previous observations, there are more than 4,000 contestants on the Earth side in this battle of command.
Only 2,000 of these players will advance. In other words, there is internal competition among the contestants on Earth.
If you want to win and advance, you have to climb higher and go further than others in the arena.
If you appear early, your information will be exposed.
But you can also take advantage of the early stage, when the first and second tier players have not yet entered the competition, to climb to a high place in advance, such as the 30th or 40th floor, to gain a favorable position.
Maybe with luck, the players in the first and second echelons will also stay there due to increased internal friction?
In that case, their probability of successfully advancing will be higher. "
"So that's it."
Wang Congshan nodded, "I understand, and another advantage of participating early is that you can get rewards from the Sky Arena earlier, right?
Judging from the experience of the previous month, Sky Arena is now more "generous", giving away props, scrolls, experience points and so on. Participating early can also give yourself some development time. "
"That's right."
Li Ang smiled slightly, nodded to Wang Congshan with a "teachable" smile, and suddenly stood up.
Wang Congshan was stunned when she saw this, "Eh? What are you doing?"
"Let's compete."
Li Ang replied matter-of-factly, reaching out and patting the non-existent dust on his white coat.
"Didn't you say that only rookies are in advance..."
"That's their, my word, exception."
Li Ang smiled, waved his hand, and walked down the steps.
Wherever they went, people sitting in the auditorium stepped aside to make way for Li Ang.
"So fast?"
Wanli Fengdao and others, who were scanning the audience with special glasses, also noticed the figure in a white coat walking downwards. They were a little surprised, but considering Li Ang's usual style, they didn't think it was strange.
"I'm here to compete."
Li Ang skillfully filled out the application for participation in the virtual panel, and soon Sky Arena arranged an opponent for him, a player from the GRU department.
Every second counts in the battle of command, Li Ang stepped onto the ring,
The player on the opposite side of the ring glanced at Li Ang, then at the line of ID names that appeared in the sky [Authentic Good Supermarket Authentic Good Clinic, New Shop Wushu Furnace in the southeast corner of the square...] and took a deep breath.
There is only one person with such a long list of IDs, Li Risheng, and there is absolutely no counterfeiting.
The GRU player raised his arms without hesitation and said solemnly: "I abstain."
With a flash of light, he was teleported directly out of the ring, leaving Li Ang standing alone on the ring.
No one in the audience expressed any surprise at this result.
On the first floor of the Sky Arena, you are matched with a top player like Li Ang. It is completely normal to surrender.
In other words, matching him on the first floor of the Sky Arena is actually considered lucky in a certain sense - no points will be deducted for admitting defeat on the first level, and if you meet him on a higher level and give up again, you will have to move down the floor.
"ah..."
Before he could take action, his opponent surrendered, which made Li Ang a little bored.
He stood on the ring, nodded to Wang Congshan in the audience, directly called the virtual panel to signal to the sky arena, and teleported to the second floor instantly.
Then, he stood on the second floor of the arena and continued to apply for the arena competition.
The opponent surrenders, wins easily, and advances to the floor.
third floor,
The opponent surrenders and wins easily.
fourth floor,
The opponent surrenders and wins easily.
...
Three hours after the start of the game, many players had already reached the tenth or twentyth level. After seeing that their matching opponent was Li Ang, these people directly chose to surrender.
I would rather waste the level earned through hard fighting and be downgraded on the spot.
I don't want to stay in the ring for one more second.
"Am I so terrible?"
Li Ang shook his head helplessly and continued to advance on the road where his opponent surrendered in seconds, until he reached the twenty-seventh floor.
[Has been matched with opponent "Iron Scorpion"]
[The opponent has agreed to the duel agreement]
"Um?"
When Li Ang heard the sudden system sound, he raised his eyebrows and looked around.
As before, players can teleport between the various floors of the sky arena at will (ordinary people who are not qualified as players have to climb the stairs or take the elevator by themselves).
There was no one on the twenty-seventh floor of the Sky Arena.
The tens of thousands of new spectators who appeared in the auditorium were all teleported after him.
"The twenty-sixth floor just now should be the highest floor that Earth players have reached before, right?
I didn't see the so-called Iron Scorpion on the list of opponents that Mule gave me that needed attention.
Is it a randomly generated puppet in the Sky Arena?
Or maybe they are players from other worlds..."
Li Ang thought casually, waved to Wang Congshan who appeared in the audience, and said hello.
[Generating a protective force field for the arena]
[Thirty seconds countdown to duel]
The system's voice remained steady, and soon a ripple appeared in the space in front of Li Ang.
A strange creature emerged from the void.
It was a giant three-tailed scorpion as big as a truck. The chitinous carapace on its body was glowing with black oil. It looked thick and strong. It seemed that it could not be destroyed even by bombardment.
The crab claw-like forelimbs at the front of the body are thick and powerful, leaving no doubt that they can easily crush special alloys into powder.
On the back of the body, there are three tails, each with barb-shaped spikes at the end. The surface of the spikes shines with blue light, seeming to be stained with deadly poison.
Of course, the most concerning thing is the object on the scorpion’s back.
Those were four people pieced together,
They are men, women, old and young,
They were all wearing brown coats, their faces were dull, their eyes were dull, and their eight hands held swords and weapons.
The surface of each weapon is shrouded in jewels, and does not look like an ordinary object, giving people a sense of mystery.
An opponent I have never seen before.
Li Ang tilted his head slightly. There are some extraordinary people on the earth who will abandon their human appearance and become monsters.
But I have never seen anything as unique as this one.
It is not so much a human being as it is some kind of deformed creature similar to a synthetic beast. It definitely does not exist in the player list on Earth.
"A transcendent person from an alien planet?"
Li Ang raised his palm and took out the Colt revolver from the void. Taking advantage of the thirty-second countdown before the duel started, he waved to the opponent,
However, the strange creature showed no reaction.
In the audience, the players who saw this strange scorpion looked surprised and uncertain.
Wang Congshan frowned slightly and immediately took out her tablet computer and logged into the Special Affairs Bureau database to search for information.
During the offseason of the previous month, the Sky Arena was open as usual, and many players challenged themselves to fight in it to obtain rewards. During the battle on the stage, they also encountered alien creatures that were obviously not native to the earth.
This iron scorpion is one of them.
As soon as it appeared, it had a duel battle with a Level 25 Earth player.
The Earth player originally belonged to Prometheus,
After Prometheus Laboratories was merged and acquired by Euro Heavy Industries, it did not choose to remain loyal to Euro Heavy Industries. Instead, it took Prometheus' important information and samples and absconded directly.
That information was very important to European Heavy Industries. They sent a large number of manpower and material resources to hunt down the operator.
But everything was in vain. The former Prometheus operator was experienced and powerful.
Time and time again, he repelled the pursuit of the European heavy industry, killed the assassins they sent over, and lived peacefully.
European Heavy Industries regarded him as a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh. They constantly issued reward orders and hired anyone to kill him. On several occasions, they even participated in the chase and interception at dawn with a Kabini mecha, but they still let him escape and failed to capture him. Bring to justice.
As a result, the player was included in the second tier.
His fighting skills may not be very strong, but there are definitely not many people who can control him calmly.
Until the offseason of the Battle of Siming.
"...This creature called the Iron Scorpion appeared during the offseason.
At the moment when the absolute protection countdown reaches zero, it disappears on the spot and appears in front of the opponent. It cuts off the opponent's neck with one pincer, causing the opponent to die instantly without even having time to surrender.
The other two battles with Earth players are also exactly the same.
Flash, kill, win.
The observation department of the Special Bureau did not even understand what extraordinary techniques it used, whether it was skills, props, equipment, or racial talents..."
Wang Congshan looked at the information in the file, her eyelids twitching slightly.
The depth and strength of this creature were unknown. It was hard to say whether it was an intelligent life that humans could understand. It was really dangerous to confront her in a hurry. She couldn't help but worry about Li Ang's safety.
Especially after Wang Congshan noticed the sentence at the bottom of the document——
[If contestants from the Special Affairs Bureau are matched with Iron Scorpion in the preliminaries of the Battle of Command, it is recommended that they release detection skills and detection props at the end of the countdown, and then activate level 5 life-saving devices to observe the opponent's action pattern, and Use the data for combat analysis of other companions]
The Special Affairs Bureau noticed during the offseason that the alien creatures that appeared in the Sky Arena during the offseason might be terrifying opponents in the subsequent matches.
Detailed documents have been formulated specifically for those powerful alien creatures.
All suggestions are to observe first, then fight.
It is better to surrender directly after encountering one than to fight an unprepared battle - after all, the preliminaries are to compete with other players inside the earth, and safety is more guaranteed.
Even a first-tier player like Zhongli Mieming, who was ranked ninth in the combat power rankings before the battle for the door,
They also suggest this.
Wang Congshan quickly browsed through all the words, and her anxiety slowly rose in her heart. She stood up without hesitation, released the Cardinal Rubik's Cube, summoned fine particles like black iron sand, and formed a line of large characters in mid-air for Li Ang to see on the stage.
【Beware of opponents...】