Chapter 511 - - 463 Stirring the water is Duge’s usual tactic_1

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One Xu Wan, one Mo Shengmin, the conflict between the two had already overwhelmed Luo Yan, leaving him no room to pay attention to other alien warriors that had surfaced online.

The seemingly approachable Lin Hong had given him a false impression, making him believe that gamers were not difficult to deal with.

But now, Luo Yan finally realized how troublesome gamers could be, and getting them to unite in service of Green Star was even more difficult.

On the way back to the Capital, Luo Yan didn’t even dare to let Mo Shengmin and Xu Wan ride in the same car.

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Imperial Capital.

National Strategic Bureau Headquarters.

Mecha training field.

Wang Zheng, piloting Night Owl, was engaged in fierce combat with Xu Wan.

Xu Wan didn’t pilot a high-level mecha, but still chose Sea Swallow.

The war network lacked physical form, diminishing the influence of spiritual power and physical strength on the mecha, making control easier than in reality, but only relatively speaking.

The fourteen-year-old Xu Wan had no prior experience in piloting mecha, but after entering Sea Swallow, she only went through an initial period of discomfort before displaying strength comparable to that in the war network.

Sea Swallow, under her control, brought out its full performance, moving smoothly like it wasn’t a machine.

In reality, she replicated the operation of Sea Swallow from the war network as well.

However, since Night Owl was a top-tier mecha, even after Sea Swallow had used up all its ammunition, it couldn’t penetrate Night Owl’s force field shield.

Similarly, without using tracking missiles, the autocannons and pulse cannons on Night Owl also failed to hit Sea Swallow.

In close combat, Sea Swallow’s ability to wield a broadsword was clearly not as smooth as Duge’s, and although Wang Zheng was hit repeatedly, he was still able to defend and evade with Night Owl’s powerful kinetic energy.

Nevertheless.

Wang Zheng’s attacks still couldn’t reach Sea Swallow.

Similar to Xu Wan’s melee with Mo Shengmin, the Sea Swallow controlled by Xu Wan always managed to evade Night Owl’s attacks at the last possible moment.

With no spare movements, it almost seemed as though Xu Wan was deliberately conserving energy.

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Monitoring room.

Luo Yan and Duge watched the battle between the two mechas.

Luo Yan asked, “Lin Hong, what do you think of the two of them?”

“What Mo Shengmin said should be true,” Duge replied without taking his eyes off the battle, “This situation has never appeared before. It’s an anomaly.”

On the way back.

Luo Yan and Xu Wan shared one car.

Duge, Nalan Li, and Mo Shengmin took another.

During the trip, Duge asked Mo Shengmin many questions about Nine Dragon Star, and his answers were flawless.

Duge basically concluded that Mo Shengmin was a native of Nine Dragon Star, and not an impostor alien warrior.

Nine Dragon Star did not have a resource crisis; their task, handed down by Pan-Universe Entertainment, was to annihilate all other alien warriors outside their planet on the alien battlefield.

But when Duge asked him what punishment he would face if he failed the mission, Mo Shengmin fell silent, only telling Duge that he must do it.

Although he didn’t say, Duge knew that it was likely they had also experienced a purge by alien warriors.

Under the crisis of extinction, whatever they were told to do, they would do.

Moreover, their motivation, now threatened by life and death, was evidently higher than that of a resource crisis.

Nine Dragon Star was a high martial world, with a martial level comparable to the later stages of “Feng Yun”, and Mo Shengmin in their world was the second son of the Martial Emperor. The family of the Martial Emperor was all killed by alien warriors, with only him escaping.

It could be said that there was not only national enmity between Mo Shengmin and the alien warriors but also a personal vendetta; their conflict was essentially irreconcilable.

Additionally, Mo Shengmin’s character had become somewhat extreme following his possession experience.

Duge asked Mo Shengmin if the martial arts of Nine Dragon Star could be used on Green Star, which Mo Shengmin denied.

However, at the time, Duge sensed him meditating and doubted this answer. If the martial level of Nine Dragon Star was comparable to the latter stages of “Feng Yun”, then their martial understanding would involve the soul.

Like the Sword Saint’s Sword Twenty Three, the divine doctor’s Reverse Qiankun that brings back the dead, and the immortal Laughing Three Times, these had already transcended the realm of martial arts. If Mo Shengmin was the second son of the Martial Emperor, the likelihood of him possessing some special martial knowledge was too high.

Duge did not take these matters to heart, as martial arts required time to cultivate.

Furthermore, no martial arts could be stronger than his Divine Power, not to mention the various peculiar corporate skills.

Mo Shengmin also didn’t know which planet from Nine Dragon Star ultimately prevailed; he only knew that the final strongest person from Nine Dragon Star was the Sword Saint’s junior Disciple.

The Sword Saint’s junior Disciple had always acted as the leader of the natives, leading many to resist the alien warriors, but in the end, he betrayed them. He slaughtered almost all the strong people on Nine Dragon Star, absorbed everyone’s strength, and created his Blood Sea Sword Realm, with martial prowess akin to the gods.

At that time, Mo Shengmin was on assignment outside and thus survived the massacre. When he returned and saw the corpses of all the strong warriors, he went into hiding and never showed himself again, missing the final showdown.

Mo Shengmin speculated that his keyword should be something like ‘disguise’ or ‘hypocrite’…

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“Lin Hong, what do you think Mo Shengmin’s keyword is?” Luo Yan asked.

“Severing, or something that signifies separation,” Duge said, “His skill is likely to split into two. Be aware that he can harm others with sharp tools, but he might not even need them. In any case, be cautious of his sudden strike.”

“And Xu Wan?” Luo Yan asked again.

“Can’t tell, probably something related to evasion,” Duge said, looking at the near-max evasion points of Xu Wan below and shaking his head, “Not aggressive. If the two of them don’t awaken stronger abilities, they are basically the harmless type of alien warriors.”

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