Compared with the bustling commotion outside, the backstage area was very quiet.

The automaton brawling matches and the celebrity performances were all spectacular events to behold, with the atmosphere even further electrified by the bright and colorful lights, but no one in the backstage area was watching as they were all sizing up one another.

Aside from the mechanical security guards, the only people allowed in this area were the battle royale participants.

Half of the participants were laying down, while the other half were standing.

Virtually all of the ones who were laying down were artificial adapters, local residents of Shadow City.

Those who were standing were naturally the organic adapters. There were dozens of them gathered in this room to present a very rare sight that couldn't be seen virtually anywhere else.

No one was saying anything, and...