Chapter 44: The Roots of Corruption
The nobles at the top don't care about dog-eat-dog between those low-level gangs. After all, no matter what, there is always no shortage of people to do things for them. No gang is irreplaceable, and in the eyes of those in the upper echelons, these gangs are not that important.
In the lower levels of the nest, new gangs are formed every moment, and old gangs are destroyed every moment. It's like a leek, cut stubble after stubble. It's never going to disappear completely. The change of gangs has been common for a long time in the lower nest.
Only those gangs that have really shown their value or have become handy tools for the upper echelons can thrive in the lower echelons for a long time. In addition to this, there is another way to make a gang stand out from the crowd, and that is the Colosseum.
In some of the nests on the planet Aiden, there are several Colosseums that have been built in secret. These colosseums are also known as arenas and gladiatorial arenas. It is a place on the planet Aiden dedicated to slave owners, nobles, and factory owners to watch beast fights or slave fights.
Some of the sprawling gladiatorial arenas can accommodate nearly 100,000 spectators. The capacity shows how popular this behavior is on the top of Eden.
In order to satisfy the desires of the upper class, this type of entertainment has spawned a huge industrial chain in Aiden. The addition of gladiators, the invitation of the audience, the dots up and down, every link has fattened a lot of imperial moths.
Some gangs hunt and trick people around the bottom nest or the suburbs of the nest, and are responsible for providing mutants, beasts, aliens, etc. to the gladiatorial arena. They will look for mutants in the bottom nest and suburbs who are constantly looking for a way into the lower nest, and then tell them:
"Friend, have you heard of the gladiatorial arena?"
Haven't heard of it? Hehe, it doesn't matter, you listen to me blow it to you. Oh, no, it's for you.
"To improve the quality of life, which one is stronger, Aiden's nest is looking for a gladiatorial arena! You come to my gladiatorial arena, as long as you fight hard, I will guarantee you three years as a senior fighter, five years as a champion as a fighter, and if you are indeed talented, you can also be favored by the upper nobles and bring you to the upper echelons of the nest capital to eat and drink spicy. ”
"Take 10,000 steps back, even if you are a waste, but in order for you to fight well, a full meal is indispensable for you, isn't this 10,000 times better than you scavenging in the bottom nest garbage heap?"
"Big... Big brother, really? ”
Many mutants with bad brains were abducted and trafficked into the Colosseum.
Mutants who have a little brain, or too little in their minds, are also indispensable to them. Those who do not believe it, who do not understand it at all, will be taken away by these gangs with strong means.
However, this kind of immoral thing advises everyone to do less. A gang leader once said:
"Although our gang is labeled as a so-called violent, scoundrel. And if I fight someone, I'm going to beat him to the ground, or even let him die. The incompetent factory owner, who can only be powerful, will never dare to go to work again after being taught a lesson by me. The food was unpalatable, and I often went to sabotage the processing plant that really mixed the starch of the corpse with the corpse. But, even though I am, I also know what disgusting 'evil' is! The so-called evil is the kind of guy who uses and tramples on the weak only for their own sake! The bailiff doesn't care..... So, it's up to me to sanction! ”
This kind of gang with a sense of justice is definitely a minority, and most gangs, or humans, also have a deep hatred for mutants, so this situation is still common.
But gangs that do this kind of work are often looked down upon and excluded by other gangs, and some of the rules that everyone has agreed on do not apply to these gangs.
Other gangs that want to profit from the gladiatorial arena send the best fighters of their own gangs, the most skilled in the use of weapons, and the best in cooperation with each other. It is expected that these fighters can really be selected by the upper echelons and brought to the upper echelons to bring some benefits to their gangs.
And these fighters are also voluntary, and they are willing to gamble their lives in exchange for a chance to go to the upper echelons of the nest.
This kind of potential stock in the dueling arena is generally a potential stock, and many of them have indeed successfully turned over, which has further stimulated many gang members to come and become fighters.
Other fighters are not very good, usually captives from the Destruction Gang, or criminals in some of the Hive, and some nobles will throw their errant minions here to atone for their sins.
These people often come to the Colosseum not as they want, so they are not strong in ability or desire to fight, and their fights are not popular with everyone.
Well? You ask why there are no mutants in the fighters. That's because people never saw them as human beings, they played the role of "beasts" in the Colosseum.
The ground floor of the arena had a basement that served as a lodge and house gladiators, as well as a cage for the beasts. When not in use, these places are closed with gates. During gladiatorial fights, performers are brought onto the stage by a mechanically operated lifting platform.
At the beginning of each grand duel, the Colosseum unleashes a large number of mutants and aliens to fight, or fight fighters. And they will not be given good weapons or armor. Because the Colosseum wants to use their blood and their deaths to mobilize the emotions of the audience and pave the way for the next good show.
When the audience gets frenetic and excited, then their mission is done. What was chosen to be brought to the upper level, you as a mutant don't want to know how to live, and you really want to climb to the sky in one step. Don't think about it, wash and sleep.
Every time the gladiatorial arena opened, the beast was released from the circle, and the gladiators were driven into the arena, and the beasts wanted to eat people, and people had to fight, and there were very few survivors, and they were extremely cruel. Especially the mutants and aliens, as the subjects of the empire, everyone likes to see them slaughtered the most, which is an indispensable show every time.
What we see here is not a society full of human care, but a culture where naked sensuality and sensual stimulation are fun. Under the stands of the Colosseum of Aiden, the slaves wore masks and shiny armor, and used their lives to perform gladiatorial fights or beast fights, unlike those astral troops who fought on the battlefield, they had no pride in charging, only a glimmer of fantasy of survival.
The interior of the gladiatorial arena is very elegant, with marble-encrusted steps and floral carvings. In the arches of the second and third floors, white marble statues are placed. The whole building looks magnificent and delicate, dignified and ethereal.
In the stands, those well-dressed nobles drank fine wine, hugged beauties, and enjoyed the flesh and blood of man and man, man and beast. Their pleasure also lies in the fact that they can give a slave a life with a thumb out, or execute a slave with a thumb down, and the life and death of a person are completely in the palm of a thought.
This bloody game has spread all over the upper nobility of Aiden. There must be profound reasons for the decline of a world. Aiden, like a blooming flower, when it hangs high on the branches and is most beautiful, there is a terrible disease buried inside, guiding it step by step towards withering and decay.