Chapter 35 Mosa
Lin Zhiqin drove through most of the city. On the way, he encountered the evening rush hour that had just begun. He was stuck in a traffic jam for a while and stopped at a spacious street after more than half an hour.
"675 Bachelor's Avenue."
"Mossa Fight Club."
At a glance, he saw a huge sign hanging on a nearby building. The address was exactly the same as what he found on the competition website poster last night.
This area is close to the industrial park in the south of the city. The buildings are not too dense, there are few people and cars, and the roads and streets appear to be very empty.
Lin Zhiqin parked the car directly in a parking space on the side of the road, and then asked Lu Yuan to get out of the car.
"Let's go, I'll show you around before tonight's game starts."
Lu Yuan nodded, got out of the car and followed Lin Zhiqin.
When he walked under the huge sign and was about to enter, Lu Yuan saw several other signs hanging at the door.
"Mossa Fighting Enthusiasts Association"
"Mossa Fighters Mutual Aid Association"
"Mossa Religion Ancient Culture Research Center"
Huh?
Lu Yuan's eyes were slightly startled when he saw the third sign, "Is Mosa originally the name of a sect?"
Lin Zhiqin paused when he heard his words, glanced at the sign he was looking at, and replied: "This The owner of the club is a member of the Mosaic sect, and he also sponsors the fighting competitions held by the association every year."
Lu Yuan nodded, followed Lin Zhiqin in and asked, "What sect is the Mosaic sect?"
"It seems like It is a small sect that has been passed down from the Baishan era. It originally advocated hunting, martial arts, etc., but in modern times, it has gradually evolved into a love and admiration for fighting. I don’t know the specifics.
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Lin Zhiqin answered casually.
"White Mountain Era?!"
When Lu Yuan heard this word, some information in his mind jumped slightly.
He remembered that his elder sister Lu Jing said that what their archaeological team was digging now was an ancient temple from the Baishan period.
When you walk into the club lobby, the first thing you notice is a giant red-eyed billy goat.
He had seen this pattern on a poster on the competition website yesterday, and guessed it might be the emblem of the Mosaic sect.
"Upstairs is the research center and association office, and the competition venue is below. Let's go down."
Lin Zhiqin greeted Lu Yuan, and the two entered the elevator.
Lin Zhiqin pressed the button on the second underground floor.
Lu Yuan took a look and found that there were four or five floors below.
"If you dig so far down, you won't be afraid of the building collapsing."
He complained silently in his heart.
The elevator goes down and reaches the second underground floor in a few seconds.
The elevator door opened, and a long aisle appeared in front of Lu Yuan.
A long light tube was installed between the gaps on both sides of the top of the aisle, and the light emitted illuminated the entire aisle in a cold white.
Lu Yuan followed Lin Zhiqin forward, the soles of his leather shoes and sneakers making different sounds on the metal floor.
After walking for about a minute or two, I finally came out of the aisle.
The field of vision broadens slightly.
It was completely different from the picture Lu Yuan expected.
When walking in the aisle, Lu Yuan imagined a picture in his mind - a rusty iron cage, an exaggerated and ferocious boxer, and an air filled with the smell of sweat, blood and gunpowder. However, what he saw was a brightly lit
room
. The spacious hall is fully air-conditioned.
The staff who come and go are uniformly dressed and have friendly smiles.
The rooms labeled registration office, registration office, lounge, and locker room are clearly marked.
The people who look like contestants are not rude, but most of them look polite and courteous.
Lu Yuan also saw a female contestant, wearing a fighting vest and shorts, with a hot and exaggerated figure, but her voice was as sibilant as a cat, which made him think that this was not the backcourt of a fighting competition, but an animation exhibition. Such backcourt.
Everything in front of me seemed very orderly and orderly.
"It's surprising, right?"
Lin Zhiqin glanced at him and smiled: "I was also surprised when I first came here.
In fact, the events held by Mosa are much more formal than most important fighting competitions. "
You must have more experience,"
Lu Yuan couldn't help but sigh.
He remembered that the information he found yesterday showed that the Mosa Fighting Enthusiasts Association was in the process of organizing events almost throughout the year.
This happens every year, and people here are probably already familiar with the entire process.
"Ha, you can say that."
Lin Zhiqin took Lu Yuan around.
People here seem to be quite familiar with Lin Zhiqin. Many people will greet him with a smile and look at Lu Yuan with an incomprehensible look.
This look made Lu Yuan feel a little uncomfortable.
Because he always felt that when these people looked at him, the corners of their eyes drooped slightly.
It seems to contain some kind of meaningful smile.
What are you laughing at?
Are you happy?
Or is it because he looks like a high school student?
Lu Yuan felt inexplicably irritable and began to lose the good impression of this place at first glance.
Only then did he begin to pay attention to the red-eyed billy goat patterns printed all over the hall walls and ceiling, as well as various patterns of unknown meaning.
"That's the gaming office."
Lin Zhiqin suddenly pointed to a small window and spoke, interrupting the irritability that was gradually spreading in his heart.
"If you are interested, you can buy two games to play.
Don't worry, this is also legal and compliant.
And no one knows the information about the two sides in each game. It depends entirely on luck.
The upper limit of a single bet is not high, it is purely It's a small entertainment project."
Lu Yuan glanced at it and said: "Coach, the school stipulates that high school students are prohibited from gambling." "
Haha."
Lin Zhiqin smiled and didn't say anything. He just looked at the time and greeted him: "That's almost it. Let's enter."
The two walked in along a small passage and walked about ten meters.
Open the door in front of you.
A rather huge venue appeared in front of Lu Yuan.
The first thing I saw was the red-eyed billy goat head statue that represents the Mosaic religion and is found almost everywhere in this place.
A very huge one, hanging high at the top of the venue at an angle similar to a bird's eye view.
Below is the competition arena.
Also huge.
It was far different from Lu Yuan's impression of a fighting ring that was no more than five meters long and wide.
Not to mention fighting up there, even competing in the fifty-meter dash is probably more than enough.
"The players are competing here. If they fail, will they start running?"
Lu Yuan thought.
The style of the arena is also different from ordinary arenas.
It is at least ten meters above the ground, and there are specially built stairs on both sides to go up.
The whole place is black, and the fence on all sides seems to be made of pure wood, and is also filled with statues of male goat heads.
There is a kind of fantasy and weird style.
Compared to the competition ring, the spectator seats around the ring seemed too shabby.
There are only a few seats in total.
There weren't many spectators in the seats either.
Lu Yuan counted roughly and estimated that there were not even thirty.
Lin Zhiqin took him to find a position that was almost against the wall, slightly higher than the ring, and he could barely see the full picture of the ring.
"Maybe the competition team didn't intend to leave a seat for the audience at all."
Lu Yuan always felt that this seat was awkward.
It seems like it was added later and is incompatible with the design of the entire venue. The materials are also rather perfunctory and not as thoughtful as other aspects.
But can a game without spectators still be called a game?
"During this period, all the preliminaries are held. There are ten games every day, starting in ten minutes."
Lin Zhiqin took out his mobile phone and looked at the time, and said to Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan nodded.
He noticed that Lin Zhiqin's mobile phone screen saver was a young and beautiful woman, and he didn't know if she was his wife.
Ten minutes passed in a blink of an eye.
Six thirty-five.
on time.
The walls around the venue suddenly lit up.
Only then did Lu Yuan notice that there were oversized display screens on the four walls.
When the display screen was dark, it was covered by the graphic lines on its surface, so Lu Yuan couldn't see it.
The goat head pattern that is the Mosaic symbol pops out on all four screens.
The eyes of these four male goats emitted flashes of red light, accompanied by a piece of music played by an indescribable instrument.
Two teams of naked women with oil paint on their bodies walked onto the ring from both sides of the ring and began to twist their bodies wildly and dance in the center of the ring.
A red light strip seemed to be lighting up under the ring.
Viewed from a distance away from the road.
The scene in front of me seemed like some kind of weird ritual was going on.
"It is the tradition of the Mosaic Cult to come before every competition.
I have also seen them bring live animals into the ring and slaughter them on some important days. Just
get used to it in the future."
Lin Zhiqin explained to Lu Yuan in a low voice.
He pointed to the women dancing in the center of the ring and said with emotion.
"Don't look at them just twisting for a while every day. Their monthly salary is so high that it's scary.
But having said that, these movements are indeed very difficult. Most people can't learn them without effort." ".
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(This chapter over)