Chapter 10: Life and Death Duel

Lin Fei began to persuade his despondent fat cellmate while inquiring about the rules of the life-and-death combat arena taking place tonight

Have you ever seen a normal human being over three meters tall with a fully muscular physique? This is the fighter who emerged from the second corridor, two of whom are said to be genetically modified soldiers. Due to the instability of their genetic modifications, they went berserk during a mission, killing their commanding officer and many ordinary civilians, and were subsequently convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment here

From the words of his overweight cellmate, Lin Fei learned that the so-called rules of the life-and-death fighting arena were, in fact, devoid of rules; the only victor is the one who remains alive and standing in the arena.

As a fighter, sometimes luck is on your side, and you can turn the tide of battle by obtaining a weapon from a randomly opened metal cage. After all, when the difference in strength is not significant, the outcome of a fight between an unarmed person and one wielding a laser sword is easily predictable

I want to eat roast duck

As the sound announcing the start of the fight echoed, the iron gates of the three passages closed completely. Six prisoners stood in the arena, staring at each other for a few seconds.

These opponents cannot be considered as human, or rather, they cannot be regarded as purely human

After the metal limbs are installed, if they are of a high grade, a single punch can create a large hole in a marble floor. The explosive power should not be underestimated

Two two-meter-tall, metallic beings, leaving a metallic footprint on the ground, appeared at the third door. These half-human, half-machine cyborgs each possess one hand, one mechanical leg, and a laser infrared eyeball, while the other half of their bodies is flesh. They can be described as a hybrid of machine and human. Such a combination of humanity and metallic machinery has been officially prohibited in the Empire.

Lin Fei listened to the introduction from the overweight man behind him, explaining that these metal cages would open randomly during the fight

Hearing this, Lin Fei couldn't help but admire the warden's business acumen, as he had managed to establish a special attraction in this nearly uninhabitable, desertified planet, which also had a profit-making nature. It is estimated that the income from a few fighting matches exceeds the warden's entire lifetime salary

Certainly, those who come to the site to watch are mostly wealthy space merchants or scions of affluent families. After all, the cost of arriving here on a luxury transport ship is not something an average citizen can afford, nor do they have the leisure to travel such a distance to sightsee the prison scenery

Kill them, just as you crippled me, kill them

Transform them into women and cripple them

Lin Fei, standing behind the high-voltage barbed wire, waved to express his gratitude to the many injured fellow inmates who supported him, a smile on his face

However, for those who face certain underground organizations and interstellar mercenaries, if they are injured during missions and wish to avoid the high costs of prosthetic medical expenses, or if they seek to enhance their combat abilities and strength, they may opt for metal limb transplantation

At night, in a large fighting arena surrounded by electrified barbed wire within Karl Prison, at one of the three entrance gates, a boy with a metal ball strapped to his foot stands at Gate No. 1, followed by a corpulent man who is helping him carry the metal ball. This boy is Lin Fei himself

"Hitting the chrysanthemum..."

Now we welcome the representatives of the second gang from Carl Prison, the Heavy Meat Grinder Brothers, to enter the arena

Each cafeteria will send two contestants to compete in a large fighting arena along with six individuals from the library, utilizing the weapons provided within the arena. Additionally, there will be some bored spectators who have specifically traveled from other planets to watch the live combat.

If these two opponents could still be considered human adversaries in the eyes of the chubby man behind Lin Fei, then when the third passageway leading to the fighting arena opened, the chubby brother regretted not having left a farewell letter and not having shared his bedding with the other inmates.

As for the chubby man, Bao Tieqiu, who was following Lin Fei, he was completely overlooked by the commentator

They were all once soldiers, and it was due to issues arising from genetic modification technology that the neurotic attacks occurred. Although the harm was sufficient to warrant the death penalty several times, in order to appease the various emotions of other genetically modified soldiers, as well as the friends of the deceased commander and the civilians, two genetically modified individuals with violent tendencies were compromise-sentenced to life imprisonment at Karl Prison.

Representatives of the Third Gang, the Terminators enter as a duo, in the Death Arena at Karl Prison. We welcome everyone to come and watch, and place your bets on tonight's showdown of the strong, which is not to be missed. Will the emerging dark horse, the young cafeteria butcher, achieve victory, or will our seasoned champion, the Meat Grinder Brothers, maintain their title? Will the Terminator humans prevail? All will soon be revealed. I now announce that the life-and-death combat, the Innocent Star live broadcast from Karl Prison, is about to begin.

The iron cage in the center of the arena containing the laser swords has opened

However, within just half a month of his imprisonment, he unified the first cafeteria of Karl Prison, becoming one of the three leaders of the underground kingdom of Karl Prison. Will he continue his reign of terror tonight? Let us wait and see

As the metallic door for Lin Fei's first combat opened, numerous prisoner spectators who had come to watch the fight, many of whom were bandaged or in casts from the first cafeteria, began to cheer and shout for Lin Fei, or rather, they were more hopeful that Lin Fei would improve their meals for the coming month

Lin Fei looked around, and the entire fighting arena appeared to be circular, with a diameter of approximately 30 meters. Inside the arena, numerous obstacles were placed, and there were also ten metal cages. Inside the metal cages were various weapons, including laser knives, metal cutting tools, long whips, flamethrowers, and so on.

As Gate No. 1 opened, Lin Fei and the chubby man appeared in the fighting arena. The announcer of the arena began to introduce them: "Now entering the arena is the young man shackled with leg irons, known as the butcher of the cafeteria, a demon. Although he is not yet twenty years old, he has been sentenced to life imprisonment for slaughtering the entire class of students at the military academy. Due to the extreme danger posed by this individual, he has been sentenced to serve his term while living with leg irons weighing fifty kilograms.

There is no way around it; it turns out that the first cafeteria has a few capable individuals, but they have all been incapacitated by Lin Fei over the past few days. In comparison, it is much safer to bring along the inmate Fatty, as he at least does not dare to cause trouble. He shares a cell with Lin Fei and lacks the courage to do so.

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In addition, three ordinary iron cages containing metal swords, daggers, and broadswords were also opened simultaneously around the area

The stout man standing behind Lin Fei initially wore a cheerful smile, but soon that smile faded. As the second and third metal doors leading to the fighting arena opened, the stout inmate realized that his opponent was even more terrifying than he had anticipated

These spectators will visit Karl Prison beforehand, touring the remote prison facilities specifically designed for housing death row inmates serving life sentences, observing the prisoners' living conditions. Later in the evening, they will watch live combat matches performed by the inmates, placing bets on-site, engaging in live betting, and streaming online.