Chapter 597 - - 497 The despairing growth rate_1

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Catwoman: Level S special agent; Strength B, Agility S, Speed S, Endurance A, Growth potential C;

Son of the Mirror: Level S special agent; Strength B, Agility A, Speed B, Endurance A, Growth potential A; Special skill: Mirror Space;

Controller: Level S special agent; Strength B, Agility B, Speed C, Endurance A, Growth potential B; Special skill: Control;

Witch: Level S special agent; Strength B, Agility B, Speed C, Endurance S, Growth potential A; Special skill: Summoning;

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Not long after the defense battle of the Imperial Capital,

the National Defense Bureau released a series of special agent publicity stunts.

Xiang Jiaojiao, Xin Tianyang, Zhang Xueqi, and others were decked out by Duge with custom weapons and uniforms, and had their individual VCRs filmed and played on loop on the War Net.

Duge also crafted specific slogans for them like “Destruction and Rebirth,” “Speak with Strength, Illuminate the World with Courage,” “Power Comes from the People, Heroes are Right by Your Side,” and others to build their influence.

How can a single drop of water remain unnoticed? Best to drop it in a pond.

Seeing that the monthly top ten rankings were about to be announced, to prevent his first-place identity from being revealed and targeted,

Duge pushed all the National Defense Bureau’s Alien Warriors to the forefront.

When superheroes are everywhere, nobody cares about a Lin Hong who’s been exposed.

He hardly improved his romantic nature, and if his low-profile nature was compromised, he would be done for. He did not dare to bet others would not guess his keywords.

Indeed, Duge hoped to explore the universe, but only under the precondition of ensuring his own safety.

Gao Ming knew Duge’s keywords and promptly played along. Using Duge’s system, he announced on the War Net the identities of the Doomsday Church’s Sect Hierarch, deputy Hierarch, left and right emissaries, and the twelve elders.

Some of the data he provided was true, some false, but at least from the superficial data, one could assume that the Doomsday Church’s combat power was stronger than that of the National Defense Bureau.

It gave off the impression of thirty thousand troops claiming to be eight hundred thousand strong.

Following Duge, if there was one thing they learned, it was how to ride on the tiger’s back and wave their big flag…

Duge’s National Defense Bureau and the Doomsday Church were too far apart. If someone really wanted to attack his Doomsday Church, what would he use to fend them off?

Bluffing whoever he could!

When the National Defense Bureau publicized the Alien Warriors, it caused a sensation among the public, but not much among the Alien Warriors themselves.

After all, the battle at the Imperial Capital had exposed almost all the keywords of the National Defense Bureau’s Alien Warriors.

But as soon as the Doomsday Church’s Alien Warriors revealed their abilities, they caused a huge stir among the Alien Warriors.

Joking aside, if all the keywords and attributes were that powerful, the Doomsday Church would have conquered the world long ago. Why would it still need to curry favor with the National Defense Bureau?

Putting out something obviously fake, aren’t they ashamed?

And so,

the Benevolent Association also rolled out their list of super-powered warriors. The attributes of their Alien Warriors may not be as exaggerated as the Doomsday Church’s, but officially their power was already on par with the National Defense Bureau.

Directly following were the Sixteenth Corps, the Third Corps, the Assembly Line organization…

This kind of bluffing—since others can fake it, so can they.

Who knows when the delicate balance between the different forces might be broken, so bluffing whoever they can.

Suddenly, it was chaos. The War Net was flooded with VCRs of superheroes.

While numerous forces were racing to introduce their own superheroes, the month’s deadline quietly arrived.

The top ten were announced:

First place: Lin Hong; National Defense Bureau;

Second place: Tung Nia; Doomsday Church;

Third place: Xiang Jiaojiao; National Defense Bureau;

Fourth place: Yin Feng; Sixteenth Corps;

Fifth place: Lu Tingjie; Third Corps;

Sixth place: Zhang Yueru; Eighth Corps;

Seventh place: Huang Li; Benevolent Association;

Eighth place: Fan Lie; National Defense Bureau;

Ninth place: Xu Wan; National Defense Bureau;

Tenth place: Xin Tianyang; National Defense Bureau;

The top ten spots, with five occupied by the National Defense Bureau.

The numerous Alien Warriors were in an uproar, becoming more wary of the National Defense Bureau.

Many naturally linked Lin Hong with the masked hero’s identity. Although some wondered why there was no masked hero in the National Defense Bureau’s promotional material, few connected Lin Hong’s keywords to a low-profile nature.

After all, Lin Hong’s actions were anything but low-key. Furthermore, Duge’s extremely high speed caused them great misdirection, so it never occurred to anyone that exposing Lin Hong could weaken his spiritual power.

As long as the Alien Warriors weren’t exposed, then Duge remained that low-profile mystery man. During this time, due to the plethora of news, even “Kill One Every Ten Steps” wasn’t as widely known anymore.

Of course,

To avoid any longer-drawn-out problems and to prevent Alien Warriors from playing tricks with the top ten names, Duge decisively invited all Alien Warriors on Green Star to join the space front five days later and contribute their strength to drive out the Hill people.

After this invitation was issued, the attention of the Alien Warriors shifted again. All Alien Warriors started considering how to further develop their keywords after entering the space front, and no one dared to stay on Green Star without going to the space front.

A clever combo move ensured no one paid attention to the Alien Warriors’ rankings anymore, and Duge successfully concealed himself, keeping his identity’s influence confined within the small circle of Alien Warriors.

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