Chapter 499 - - 458 Straight Hook Fishing_2

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The spies were extremely careful, the bug was disguised perfectly, almost no change was made to the layout of Duge’s dormitory.

But with the five million spiritual power, and the use of low-key keywords, Duge had finally come into his own. His constitution had improved by leaps and bounds, and his divine consciousness almost covered half of the Capital.

There was no hiding any changes in his vicinity from him.

However, Duge didn’t touch those surveillance devices.

He had nothing to hide, and since the President had helped him greatly, it was only natural for him to reassure the President of his reliability.

With his divine consciousness covering such a vast area, Duge could manage all affairs of Capital University without even stepping out of his dorm, and he was even able to keep tabs on dozens of professors’ lectures at the same time.

In the past few days, aside from keeping up with online news and societal trends, Duge spent most of his time learning about Mecha knowledge and intelligent operating systems.

Having witnessed the might of Pan-Universe Entertainment, Duge was trying his best to catch up on his lack of knowledge.

Duge’s substantial spiritual power not only allowed him to memorize everything at a glance but also to juggle the study of dozens of courses simultaneously. And with the professors at Imperial University being top-notch in their fields, Duge’s understanding of mechas had advanced by leaps and bounds, far surpassing Lin Hong’s decade-plus accumulation of learning.

But because a single mecha encompassed so much content—control, perception, manipulation, energy, weapons, transmission, armor, skeleton, life support, and so on, each aspect deep and complex—it was impossible to design a mecha suited for himself in such a short time.

In the beginning.

Lin Hong’s dream of designing a mecha with his own strength for his goddess was simply a pipe dream.

With forty thousand students and over twenty thousand staff, to Duge’s surprise, in such a huge university, there was no other Alien Warrior besides him.

Combining this with Pan-Universe Entertainment’s previous underhanded tactics in reducing the number of participants, Duge realized that they were wary of his charisma attracting too many people in a short time, so they scattered the release of Alien Warriors.

It had to be said, for such a large company, there was a sort of pettiness in the way they operated.

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Now, the entire Battle Network was filled with legends of ‘Kill One Every Ten Steps’. Inside the Imperial University’s Mech Combat Department, students in practical courses had given up on high-end performance mechas and started practicing techniques from the basics with mechas like Sea Swallow.

And both students and professors in the Mech Combat Department were focusing on Sea Swallow, exploring whether they could add more advanced features and equipment to it…

Overall,

Although Duge had not revealed himself, his reputation shone brightly on Green Star, firmly holding the number one position among Alien Warriors.

Before other Alien Warriors made an appearance, Duge decided not to go back to the Battle Network. He couldn’t let himself constantly hog the headlines; he needed to give other Alien Warriors a chance. Only then could the President also gain something.

In this Alien Battlefield, his keyword was to muddle through, to remain undercover rather than openly dominating the scene. Proactively allowing others to emerge was the best strategy.

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Of course,

Aside from learning about mechas, Duge was not idle. Every night, he would slip out of Imperial University, covering his face to perform acts of vigilante justice in the vast city.

Having awakened the skill ‘Hide as if null’, the President’s spies monitoring him had no chance of keeping up with him.

With his divine consciousness covering half of the Capital, Duge was bolder than Super Brave Hero. He didn’t need to listen to the radio like Spider-Man to find criminals; a sweep of his consciousness clearly revealed where the offenders were.

The imminent battle with the Hill Army loomed, and although many on Green Star were preparing for conflict, the pervasive sense of impending doom also affected a significant portion of the population.

Embracing a pessimistic mindset, these individuals neither wished to contribute to Green Star nor were they willing to abandon their lives to become mere data on the Battle Network. Consequently, they fully indulged in life, unleashing their emotions.

Arson, murder, looting, plundering—they engaged in all forms of evil.

With the outbreak of war against the Hill civilization, the crime rate worldwide had skyrocketed.

Nighttime was the best camouflage for crime.

When darkness fell, the dregs of society would emerge—some in groups, others alone—committing acts that were inconvenient during the day.

At night, the busiest people were the police and the patrolling drones.

But with Green Star’s high level of technology, while drones could deter some criminals, many chose to confront them head-on. A crude pulse weapon could easily destroy a finely crafted drone.

The police force was not sufficient to maintain order throughout the Capital, often arriving too late after receiving reports of crimes, leaving them to merely clear crime scenes and comfort the victims.

Moreover, with mecha pilots scarce and most on the frontline facing Hill civilization’s vanguard, the Federation couldn’t possibly pull those recuperating from the front or trainee pilots from schools into duty to maintain order.

Consequently, the chaos in various cities continued, simmering in a state of resignation.

This presented Duge with an opportunity. A skill had surfaced with his low-profile approach, and with two more skills to unlock, advancing in both the network and reality would accelerate his skill development.

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To conceal his identity, Duge crafted a mask similar to that of a black knight, one that covered most of his face, revealing only his mouth and chin. As a student of the Mech Repair Department, Lin Hong had all sorts of tools at his disposal, making the creation of such a mask child’s play.

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