Chapter 498 - - 458 Straight Hook Fishing_1

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“While researching the Hill Civilization’s spaceship, the ship released a disturbance wave that caused a mess in the battle network’s backend programs, making it impossible to query information? What a joke, that’s the battle network, the future lifeline of people around the world. What are those scientists even good for?”

The Third Military Group.

Commander Cao Taihua slammed his cup down angrily, pacing back and forth in his office, roaring, “The sooner we find Kill One Every Ten Steps, the sooner we can enhance our military’s combat capabilities. Do they realize the enormity of what they’ve delayed?”

In the office.

Shang Jiliang and several others clad in military uniforms furrowed their brows deeply.

Clearly.

This outcome was a huge disappointment for them.

After his anger subsided, Cao Taihua quickly regained his composure. He looked at the few people in the office and said sternly, “Song Lian, Shang Jiliang, the essence of warfare is speed. We can’t rely on the central system anymore. Take people and stake out the battle network; at any cost, find Kill One Every Ten Steps. In this critical moment of Green Star’s survival, we absolutely cannot allow such talent to drift outside the military.”

“Yes, sir.”

Shang Jiliang and Song Lian stood at attention and saluted Cao Taihua together.

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The same scene was also taking place at various academies.

The skills demonstrated by Kill One Every Ten Steps had already surpassed the era; whoever found him first would earn colossal merit amid this crisis, the kind that could elevate one to the heavens.

To find Kill One Every Ten Steps, all the military groups and major academies were offering sky-high rewards.

Feng Chen, who first published the video about Duge, had his dorm room threshold nearly worn out, yet no one could extract any information about Duge from him.

Missing out on sudden riches and honor, Feng Chen’s guts were practically turning green with regret.

It was a matter of just one step; Kill One Every Ten Steps had already hinted at the trick of the video to him, showing great kindness. If only he had persisted a little longer, he could have asked for the contact information of the great adept!

How could he have been so foolish?

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The battle network, the mecha training module.

The intermediate training module was nearly bursting with people, each one hoping to be the lucky one to discover Duge’s real identity.

For this reason.

They used all sorts of methods.

There were experts in the battle network challenging Duge, calling him a coward and a turtle hiding its head, right?

Some media appealed to national righteousness, urging Kill One Every Ten Steps to come forward sooner;

And then there were beauties posting their photos, saying they would become his girlfriend the moment he showed up, among various other methods by all kinds of immortals making a grand display of their Divine Skills, creating unprecedented activity on the battle network.

But no matter how much noise people made, Kill One Every Ten Steps seemed to have vanished into thin air, having not shown up on the battle network since winning those few rounds that day.

As a result, many different voices began to emerge.

Some said Kill One Every Ten Steps never possessed such profound skills and simply exploited a loophole in the battle network amidst its disorder to break human limits and achieve those seemingly miraculous battles. Now that the matter has blown up, he’s gone into hiding, too afraid to show his face;

Others said Kill One Every Ten Steps might not even be a real person but rather, the battle network had developed its own consciousness, and only an intelligence core could disregard the limits of human spiritual power to achieve such incredible feats…

In short.

After Duge no longer showed his face, all kinds of specters and devils came crawling out.

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Shortly after the President denied everyone access to Duge’s information in the name of inspecting the battle network, Duge awakened his first skill about keeping a low profile:

Hide as if null: As long as you don’t reveal yourself actively, no one can detect your presence or talents;

A Stealth Skill.

In both simulated and Alien Battlefield scenarios, Stealth Skills almost always appear.

Such skills are typically associated with keywords like hiding and assassination.

On Qiyuan Star, Stealth Skills are often ranked in the top tier, only behind skills related to insight, perception, investigation, confusion, or broad-range destructive abilities;

To be precise, perceptual skills and Stealth Skills are interdependent opposites. It usually depends on how the skills are described to determine which can counter the other;

But no matter what, most of the time, Stealth Skills can ensure the safety of the Alien Warriors quite effectively;

Duge’s Hide as if null is a level above Stealth Skills, even able to conceal talents, highly compatible with the keyword of staying unobtrusive.

At Capital University, Duge tested this skill.

As long as he stayed still in one spot, even if standing all day, others would not notice his presence, as if he were invisible.

And once he moved or spoke, the effect of the skill would dissipate.

When he left people’s line of sight and entered a state of stillness again, the effects of the skill re-emerged;

At the same time.

This skill also came with a slight disguise effect.

In a crowd, when he blended in and moved with the masses, as long as he didn’t greet anyone or start a conversation, even people who knew him would never recognize him;

From the effects of the skill, Duge deduced that Hide as if null was likely superior to investigative skills.

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In the days following his separation from the battle network and the President, Duge was not contacted by the President again. The President was likely dedicated to searching for Alien Warriors, validating Duge’s statements;

Tang Houming likewise did not contact Duge.

However, the day after meeting the President.

Duge discovered that many unfamiliar faces had appeared around his dorm, and after leaving the dorm, over ten well-hidden bugs had been planted inside.

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