Black sail

Chapter 636 XVI. Dark Experiments
The bloody fourth round of the Mainland Martial Arts Tournament.

After several matches, the entire field was splattered with scattered blood.

Salert held twin swords, his eyes cold beneath his iron mask, but his opponent had yet to enter the fray.

Glenn and Galen, still on the edge of the packed stands, had also pre-purchased arena tickets for tomorrow's Stargazing Festival showdown at an exorbitant price.

Thanks to Galen's intelligence, Dawlinger's illegitimate daughter, Glenn, spent a fortune and earned in sports betting as soon as she entered society an amount that would take an ox or a horse hundreds of thousands of years to achieve.

Glenn was originally a young lady from a wealthy family, and she had a trust fund in the National Bank of Aran. But with her gambling spree in the past few days, she has already surpassed that amount.

But she still felt it wasn't enough; she needed an invincible army to return to the East China Sea and go to her homeland, which she had never seen before.

"Something's strange, Garen. The fight between Ironhead and Blackhead hasn't even started yet, what's going on..."

Glenn was completely baffled.

Blackhead, Ironhead, and Sister Head are the cute nicknames that Glenn gave to the executioner, Salert, and Kaden, respectively.

In the early rounds, they made a fortune by exploiting information asymmetry, resulting in terrifying odds. However, as the competition progressed, the three players' performances on the field became increasingly dazzling, and the odds gradually dropped to a normal range.

They still placed their bets on these three, hoping to turn their 40,000+ gold dragons into more. However, having gambled for several days, Glenn was a seasoned player and didn't go all in. With more capital, he knew he couldn't put all his eggs in one basket and had to learn to hedge his risks. He kept only 10,000 gold dragons for a comeback and threw the rest in.

According to Glenn's own observations, she also had a strong liking for two other contestants: one was the stateless man, Gerdley, and the other was Greenberg, a Southlander from Issu known as the "Demon King."

Currently, it seems that none of the three Black Iron Sisters are as strong as these two. Gerdley not only possesses incredible strength, capable of sending bricks flying, but his martial arts skills are also terrifyingly powerful, completely overwhelming all opponents. Greenberg is even more frightening; he prefers to use unconventional weapons with long, light blades—large scythes and extremely thin-bladed greatswords, practically human guillotines, instantly slicing almost all opponents to pieces.

The middle section of the stands.

"Mu Ran died at the end of last year, it's unbelievable. I can sense that Akasa hasn't made any moves since the beginning of the year. Is the battle royale over?"

A priest dressed in the robes of the Holy Spirit Church had no interest in the competition at all.

Eleven years ago, due to a strange malfunction at the underground dark matter research institute, and because of this unusual fluctuation, the students who went to visit were all transferred to the Northern Prison by this other-dimensional sorcerer as research material.

All thanks to the chance of Akash's apprentice's negligence, when he approached the fence, five men used chains to bind his head and limbs, and strangled him to death.

The person who organized this meeting was one of the five. He had established an adventure team in Lostella and registered a card game company in his home country. His business was huge, and he was endorsed by a Hall of Fame adventurer. His name was Lin Jun.

The four people in the row are all alumni, who survived eleven years ago.

Lin Jun has fully adapted to the pace of life here. He wears a light black armor made of magical beast scales, which is also decorated with magical patterns. He has a neat short haircut, a sharp face, and piercing eyes.

"It's not the end. Eleven years ago, before leaving the Great Prison, I took some of Akasa's experimental logs with me during my escape. We were illiterate when we came here, and they were only declassified a few years later."

Akasa's experiments were not so simple. They were not only searching for extradimensional life forms as materials, but also conducting other research. You have heard of the Miracle of Suffering, right? The only known path to godhood. Those cult members would look for people as vessels for the descent of gods.

Akasa is also conducting similar experiments; we might be candidates for the container.

Lin Jun said this.

"You mean to say that if we hadn't chosen to run away, perhaps some of us would have become gods?"

The representative of the Church of the Atomic Heart in Pedan wore a mithril robe, and the church emblem was an abstract line drawing of an atomic structure.

"Of course, the more likely scenario is that we will all die."

A woman dressed in leather armor answered.
Many people were transferred here. Some died as material in the Northern Prison, some died in the prison riot, and many more fled due to language barriers, resulting in even more deaths.

It's easy to imagine that not many people survived, especially considering that many others had died in the previous years due to the hunting and killing by Akash.

It wasn't just because Mu Ran and his group wanted to surrender to Akasa; according to the intelligence provided by Lin Jun, there were many hidden organizations in this world maintaining a kind of destiny-like order, developing according to a predetermined script. Akasa also seemed to have difficulty bearing the consequences of this extradimensional variable, which is why he went crazy and sent people to hunt him down in the first few years.

"I never said it was a vessel for God. It could be something else entirely. Where is Mo Yutong now?"

Lin Jun asked the representative of the Atomic Heart Church.

The biggest contributor to the connection between these people was Mo Yutong, who was able to bring together such a resistance organization thanks to her intelligence network, which she had previously used when she held a high position in Alan.

However, apart from the Church of the Atomic Heart, the others didn't have a good impression of Mo Yutong. They hadn't received any favors from her, so they remained neutral, maintaining a purely self-interested relationship and sharing information. "In short, as long as it's a safe place, you don't need to interfere."

The Heart of Atom represents Mo Yutong's loyalty to the highest level, which is not an exaggeration for a Heavenly Mother.

The beautiful news anchor broadcast the message through a loudspeaker.

"Contestant number 114 has been forced to withdraw from the competition due to a sudden recurrence of an old illness and is currently undergoing emergency treatment. All bets placed on contestants number 114 and 777 in this match will be fully refunded."

After he finished speaking, the whole audience erupted in uproar.

However, such incidents are not uncommon at the Continental Martial Arts Tournament. Over these nine days, there are many martial arts fanatics who are determined to win the title of the world's number one champion. Their bodies are already at their breaking point, but they still have to push themselves. It is understandable that their pre-match injuries flare up.

Demon Eye Mad Blade Salert has a bye this round.

Lin Jun was not concerned about the competition, and he did not reveal all the contents of the experimental log to these people.

He could tell he wasn't young. Converted to Earth's age, he and others who had come here by accident must be at least thirty-three or thirty-four years old.

On Earth, without superhuman strength, firearms determine everything, and under the influence of the Matthew effect, it's difficult to turn the tide.

The "turnaround" here doesn't mean having the money to buy a sports car or a large apartment in a world-class city's CBD. Even if that were the case, although it would be difficult, it's still possible for people with exceptional intelligence and courage.

What he wants is for a match to be found immediately when there is an organ problem, for stem cell transplantation to extend life, so that he can have complete control over life and death – that's what he wants.

Today, the gambling loan business, operating under the guise of a card game company, has spread throughout Lostella on a scale that is beyond the reach of most people.

But he could feel himself growing old and that one day he would lose everything he had.

Lin Jun doesn't think this is greed, but rather a desire that everyone has—to live forever. He even has to reassess the experimental value of Akash's research.

“Although you’ve been very discreet, I have companies and informants in many ports in the Narrow Sea. I know that Mo Yutong is currently with Li Site on shipments destined for Heaven Port.”

Lin Jun frowned. He had thought he had reached the pinnacle that his group could achieve, but that wasn't the case. There were still competitors, and Li Site was one of them.

"and then?"

"This is what the representative of the Atomic Heart Church asked."

"We should cooperate and share intelligence when the opportunity arises."

Lin Jun calmly replied that he hoped to contact Li Site through him today, which was also the main purpose of the meeting.

On the other side of the audience seats.

Glenn was speechless. She was planning to make a big profit today, but it didn't matter. Iron Head and Sister Head were still playing the fourth round.

"I have something to do, I'm going out for a bit, see you at the usual place later."

"What could be more important than the Continental Martial Arts Tournament! Don't leave!"

Glenn has already taken Garen as his advisor. The tens of thousands of gold dragons he has, apart from the initial capital, are all thanks to Garen's strategies and contributions.

"Don't ask, little kids."

Garen flicked Glenn's forehead, and he made up his mind again and again.

After learning yesterday that Glenn was the daughter of the former King of the East Sea, he did not intend to tell Lisite. In order to eliminate any potential threats, Lisite might very well kill her.

But in this past week, I've actually gotten to know this little girl a bit.

Gradually, things began to get out of control. The more money Glenn had, the stronger the flames of revenge burned. How could an outsider like myself possibly quell them?

Just letting Li Site know, Li Site has a large fan base at the bottom of the Adventurers' Guild, and Garen is one of Li Site's male fans.

(End of this chapter)