After setting the objective for this instance, Jiang Li closed the system's background introduction.
He looked at his shoulder and found that the wound he had been cut had already closed.
He then touched his face.
He could already feel the hard blood scab.
“Looks like my healing ability is pretty good.”
Jiang Li's understanding of himself deepened.
In addition to his extraordinary speed and jumping ability, he now also had excellent self-healing ability.
After briefly treating his shoulder injury.
Jiang Li looked around.
After so long, this "Death Match Cage" was about time to give some reaction.
As expected.
After a while, a mechanical voice suddenly sounded in the room.
“Today's Death Match is over.”
“Number 555, congratulations on winning your third battle, you can now go to the Intermediate Area!”
“Number......555?”
“Is that me??”
Jiang Li was a little confused, mainly because the number was too special.
It made him think of Faiz.
Jiang Li also didn't understand the Intermediate Area mentioned in the voice.
But at this moment.
The white door in front of him had already opened to both sides.
Jiang Li slightly adjusted his emotions, then resolutely stepped into the passage.
On both sides were white walls.
The straight passage was almost endless.
After Jiang Li walked for a considerable amount of time, the front finally became bright.
But when he saw the situation after the passage.
Jiang Li couldn't help but show a look of astonishment on his face.
Because this so-called Intermediate Area was not what he imagined, like the Initial Area, it was a closed, oppressive, pure white space, but rather......more like a square!?
At a glance.
Many figures were moving around the square.
And when they noticed Jiang Li walking out of the passage, many figures turned their eyes towards him, in their eyes, besides a hint of indifference, the rest......was naked killing intent!
“They are all Orphnoch!”
Jiang Li quickly scanned the area, his heart pounding.
These figures that seemed human in appearance, moving around the square, were all Orphnoch!
Moreover, each of their auras was not weaker than the Mantis Orphnoch that Jiang Li had just killed!
Several Orphnoch in particular made Jiang Li feel uneasy, obviously incredibly powerful!
Besides that.
He also noticed that these people had metal rings on various parts of their bodies.
Some, like him, were wearing them around their necks.
Some were on their arms, ankles, and some were in places Jiang Li couldn't see.
“Hehe, little brother.”
At that moment.
An old man approached from the side, a smile on his face: “Congratulations on reaching the Intermediate Area!”
Jiang Li was suspicious and wary inside.
He took a slight step back: “Who are you?”
“Just call me Old Ghost!”
The old man, who called himself Old Ghost, revealed a set of teeth that were half black and half yellow, saying kindly: “Little brother, you've just arrived, I'm sure you have many questions in your mind?”
“Don't worry, little brother, I don't want to harm you.”
Seeing Jiang Li's expression, Old Ghost waved his hand: “The place we are in is the activity square of the Intermediate Area, fighting is not allowed, if you violate the rules, you'll be taken for experiments......tsk tsk, you definitely won't want to experience that.”
“Look at the other Orphnoch, their eyes are filled with madness and bloodlust, they want to swallow each other alive, but in reality, they are all well-behaved, all because of this.”
Jiang Li looked around.
He was already half convinced.
The killing intent in the eyes of those Orphnoch was unconcealed, yet none of them acted, enough to prove that Old Ghost was telling the truth......Of course, Jiang Li still didn't let his guard down.
“Come come come, have a seat!”
Seeing this, Old Ghost enthusiastically pulled him aside, “I'll tell you all about this place......”
Through Old Ghost's explanation, Jiang Li had a general understanding of the "Death Match Cage."
The entire Death Match Cage.
Is divided into three areas: low, middle, and high.
As the name suggests, each area corresponds to Orphnoch of different strengths.
The lower area is the weakest, and the higher area is the strongest.
The prisoners rise through death matches and killing, from low to high.
Once you rise to the higher area, you have a chance to leave this killing cage!
And the reason why Old Ghost told him this...
“Hehe.”
“Before I tell you why, let me tell you about the mechanism of this Death Match Cage.” Old Ghost chuckled, not answering directly, but talking about something else.
“You came from the lower area, so you should know that there is a death match every day there, you can only get promoted to the Intermediate Area after you win three times in a row and survive.”
“And once you reach the Intermediate Area, the death match is extended to once every three days, and......you can also designate a target!” After saying this, Old Ghost looked at Jiang Li.
Jiang Li nodded silently: “I understand, you mean, don't choose you as my target later?”
“Little brother is indeed smart!”
Old Ghost quickly nodded.
He then waited for Jiang Li's response.
Under his nervous gaze, Jiang Li pondered for a moment and finally nodded: “Okay! I promise you, if a death match starts, I will never choose you as my opponent!”
......
......
“But will what you are doing work?”
Although Jiang Li didn't explain the meaning, Old Ghost clearly understood what he was asking.
To this.
Old Ghost showed a smug expression: “Guess how long I've been here, old man?”
“Half a year!”
Under Jiang Li's gaze.
Old Ghost held up his hand and made a number.
“What do you think I survived for these six months? It's because of this new recruit mentor identity!”
Upon hearing this.
Jiang Li was indeed surprised.
A death match once every three days, in half a year, that's at least sixty death matches......
This old ghost actually survived sixty death matches!?
At this moment.
Jiang Li re-examined Old Ghost.
Of course, not because of some new recruit mentor.
He didn't believe that Old Ghost could survive sixty death matches just by introducing the situation to people.
What Old Ghost did was make others not choose him, but in this "Death Match Cage", fighting and killing are inevitable, he will eventually be forced to fight.
Under such circumstances, if Old Ghost himself didn't have some strength, he wouldn't have been able to survive.
Seeing the surprise on Jiang Li's face.
Old Ghost was even more pleased.
“Let me tell you something else. Old Ghost, I don't explain things to everyone!”
“Those prisoners who are bloodshot and only know how to howl, I won't approach them......Those are the kind who have completely lost control after many killings, they are just like wild beasts......talking to them is basically pointless.”
“I only approach those prisoners who are rational and clear-eyed......um, like you, often, these kinds of Orphnoch are quite strong.”
After listening.
Jiang Li suddenly realized, at the same time.
He also understood part of the reason why Old Ghost lived so long.
The Mantis Orphnoch he had just killed was the type that Old Ghost wouldn't approach.
This type of Orphnoch had completely lost their rationality after countless killings, becoming true beasts......and this precisely proved that their strength was insufficient.
And for the strong ones, they agreed to not choose him as their opponent after Old Ghost explained things to them. In this way, Old Ghost only needed to face those weak prisoners......
“Tsk tsk.”
Jiang Li secretly admired in his heart.
After saying all this, Old Ghost immediately straightened his face.
“Cough, of course.”
“There is also a very important point.”
“For the prisoners in the Intermediate Area.”
“Their minds are no longer about hacking each other to death, but about advancing to the next level!”
Hearing these words.
Jiang Li immediately asked: “Then what is the mechanism of the High Area?”
Old Ghost was truly a new recruit mentor, he was not at all impatient when faced with Jiang Li's continuous barrage of new questions, instead, he answered Jiang Li seriously: “The High Area is different from the lower and intermediate areas, there is no need for them to kill each other, instead, they use......a tournament system!”
“Tournament?”
Old Ghost continued:
“There are only a fixed number of prisoners in the High Area, only nine!”
“If a prisoner from the Intermediate Area wants to get promoted to the High Area, guess what they have to do?”
Jiang Li's expression flickered.
He already had an idea in his mind.
“It seems like little brother has already thought of it.”
Old Ghost confirmed Jiang Li's guess, he gave Jiang Li a thumbs-up, and then said: “To get promoted to the High Area, the only way is to defeat the previous High Area prisoners!”
“And when you successfully defend the arena for a month, that is, thirty days, you can completely leave this cage!”
......
......
Regarding what Old Ghost said.
Jiang Li took some time to digest it.
Old Ghost didn't say anything either, just sat next to him and waited.
When he had completely organized his thoughts, looking at Old Ghost next to him, who was smiling and constantly greeting others, Jiang Li asked the final question: “Haven't you thought about escaping?”
Old Ghost wasn't surprised that Jiang Li would ask such a question, it seemed like every newcomer asked him this, so after greeting a prisoner, he turned back, answering without hesitation: “Of course I want to!”
Then.
Old Ghost changed his tone: “But you know what.”
“The entire "Death Match Cage" has nearly two hundred researchers......um, these two hundred people are all Orphnoch, they usually focus on research, but once they transform, they more or less possess some combat ability!”
“And besides the researchers, guarding this cage laboratory are a hundred Leo Riders......Leo Riders, you know, those who can transform into steel armor, they deal with us intermediate prisoners like chopping melons and vegetables!”
“And then.”
“There is this.”
Old Ghost pointed at the metal collar around his neck: “This thing is very troublesome!”
“This collar is custom-made for each prisoner.”
“For some prisoners who can induce electricity and lightning, the collar is made of insulating material, and it is loaded with a highly toxic module, if the prisoner makes any move, the toxin will be injected, it only takes three seconds to poison any creature to death!”
“For some prisoners whose bodies can deform and soften, the collar will be loaded with a high-power electric shock module, if the body change is detected, the current will be triggered, instantly turning them into charcoal!”
“And for prisoners with strong defense, the collar will be loaded with an explosive module......”
“But do you think that's all?”
“Far from it!”
“The biggest obstacle is the superior Orphnoch who are stationed here!”
“Tell me, under these circumstances, how do you escape?” Old Ghost shook his head: “You die if you try to escape!”
“Superior Orphnoch?”
Jiang Li caught a key word in Old Ghost's words and immediately asked.
Old Ghost's eyes had a hint of fear:
“They are a group called the "Lucky Four Leaf Clover", they are monsters!”
“Once a prisoner, after being promoted to the High Area, was incredibly arrogant, he wanted to challenge the other eight High Area prisoners at once......and he actually did it!”
“He killed the eight High Area prisoners one by one!”
“But his arrogance quickly caught the interest of one of the superior Orphnoch from the Four Leaf Clover, that superior Orphnoch came down and personally intervened......and it only took one move to blow the prisoner up!”
Hearing this.
Jiang Li also felt a little uneasy.
He inquired about the information of this superior Orphnoch, a member of the Four Leaf Clover.
Old Ghost lowered his voice:
“Dragon!”
“Dragon-type Orphnoch!!”