Chapter 600 - - 498 is him, it’s him, it’s all him_1

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Yangfeng.

Three hundred kilometers away from the Imperial Capital, there lies a scenically beautiful tourist city.

In a tea house called the Elegant Garden Tea House.

An elder and a youth were seated across from each other in a private room, sipping tea.

“Yuancheng, what exactly does Lin Hong want to do?” the elder asked.

“I can’t see through it,” the youth named Yuancheng shook his head, “Sir Long, however, based on his actions these days, destroying Green Star probably isn’t aimless.”

“Alas,” the elder, addressed by the youth as Sir Long, sighed, holding his teacup with a deeply furrowed brow, “He keeps saying he wants to prolong the Alien Battlefield, but his actions become more extreme every time. He’s too impetuous.”

“Sir Long, what should we do? On one hand, Lin Hong is using the space frontline to force all Alien Warriors into space, and on the other hand, he wants to destroy Green Star. If we keep hiding, soon we won’t have anything left to do,” Yuancheng said with a self-deprecating laugh, “Once the quick-push current forms, no one can stop this bad influence.”

Sir Long and Yuancheng were two veteran Alien Warriors from Water Blue Star, who had participated in the Alien Battlefield twice. The several Alien Battlefields led by Duge didn’t rank Water Blue Star well, except when Duge first entered the battlefield; by his grace, they obtained some resources. For the next two times, they got nothing.

For the new round of the Alien Battlefield, there were only three resource spots left.

One could say that Water Blue Star was the most dissatisfied with Duge; if these rules persisted, there would come a day when Water Blue Star would perish.

Therefore.

The Warriors from Water Blue Star entering this round of the Alien Battlefield.

They had a dual mission.

One was to seize the top three spots;

The other was to eliminate Duge. As long as Duge was gone, whether returning to the original game rules or being favored by Pan-Universe Entertainment as the protagonist, it would be a better situation than the current one;

Sir Long, Yuancheng, and another eight veteran Alien Warriors bore such a mission, something akin to a suicide squad. If they survived, they would gain absolute authority on Water Blue Star, and even if they failed, their families would thrive forever.

Their identities and mission were unknown to the other Alien Warriors from Water Blue Star.

The veteran Alien Warriors were adept at Gou Path, blending into society, slowly developing, clandestinely strategizing, and controlling their rankings…

Thus, even though the Eighth Group Army’s Zhang Yueru issued many calls to arms, they continued doing their own thing, unconcerned with the larger picture.

Their skills at integrating into society were incredibly refined.

By the second day of entering the Alien Battlefield, Yuancheng and Sir Long had already made contact with each other. Still, even after a month, Nalan Li hadn’t detected their anomalies; they appeared just like a pair of normal friends of different generations, naturally intersecting and even fooling big data.

Of course, part of it was also luck.

Sir Long’s full name was Wu Yanlong, with the keyword being “spread”; Yuancheng’s full name was Ou Yuancheng, with the keyword being “eavesdrop.”

Sir Long’s spreading ability had awakened to a skill:

Pass the Message: Information he spread would be actively disseminated by others, continuously passed on;

And Ou Yuancheng’s eavesdropping awakened a skill:

Sightseeing: There was no message he couldn’t hear if he wished, no content he couldn’t see if he wanted.

The duo’s skills complemented each other, and they were largely responsible for the rapid spread of various opinions on the battle network.

Following Lin Hong’s unexpected rise, Ou Yuancheng had been closely monitoring him. It could be said that, aside from Duge himself, Ou Yuancheng knew him best.

Regrettably, neither had offensive or defensive abilities. After searching Green Star for a month, Yuancheng found no other surviving Alien Warriors. Of the ten veterans with a special mission, only the two of them survived, an undeniably despairing game.

“Trends, division, low profile, control the game…” Yuancheng tapped lightly on the table, “Sir Long, which one do you suppose is Duge’s real keyword?”

“Probably none of those,” Sir Long said, “He’s skilled at deception, saying different things to different people. We can’t even see through his real motives now; the keywords he speaks can hardly be real.”

“But to defeat him, we must pinpoint his keyword to deliver a fatal strike,” Yuancheng said, “If we judge wrong, with just our abilities, we might inadvertently help him and push his attributes even higher, making him even harder to deal with.”

“Expose all the keywords of Qiyuan Star and Duge’s actions,” Sir Long said after a moment of silence, “Let the other Alien Warriors make their judgments. Whether it weakens Duge’s attributes or draws everyone’s hatred towards him, it’s only beneficial for us.

The Alien Battlefield is nearing its end, and people from other planets won’t allow Duge to monopolize it. Aren’t the people from Nine Dragon Star looking for those from Bell Star? We can pull some strings for them…”

“Could Duge become desperate and enter space to quickly destroy Green Star?” Yuancheng asked, full of concern.

“It’s unlikely,” Sir Long glanced at him, “Considering all of Duge’s actions in the Alien Battlefields, his cruelty has always been directed at Alien Warriors; he seems to have a certain fondness for the natives, which might be considered one of his weaknesses.”

“But once we expose everything about Duge, our ranking will likely rise significantly,” Ou Yuancheng looked at the elder, “Sir Long, are you prepared?”

After a moment of silence, Sir Long said slowly, “The moment we stepped onto the Alien Battlefield, we were already out of options, weren’t we? Acting against Duge, our second abilities should awaken. Let’s hope they lend us aid!”

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Two days of calm passed, and on the third day before the space frontline opened.

A series of inside stories suddenly erupted on the battle network.

“The man behind the National Defense Bureau, the mastermind of all plots, what exactly is his objective?”

“Kill One Every Ten Steps, it’s him!”

“The masked hero, it’s him!”

“The one who slapped the top brass of Green Star, it’s him.”

“The one who established the National Defense Bureau, it’s him!”

“The one who proposed the gene fusion plan, it’s him!”

“The one who ended the defense battle of the Imperial Capital, it’s also him!”

“The man behind the Doomsday Church, is the same person!”

“Lin Hong, a gamer from an advanced civilization, is he the savior of Green Star, or the devil leading Green Star to doom?”

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The sudden news instantly exploded across the net, and information about Lin Hong almost monopolized every headline.

In the streets and alleys, nearly everyone was talking about Duge.

At Imperial University, the dormitory where Lin Hong once lived was overwhelmed by the students of Imperial University, who were digging up every bit of information about Lin Hong’s past.

In just half an hour, Lin Hong went from a nobody to a household name.

There was no one more glittering on Green Star than him, as the attributes he had accumulated discreetly plummeted all at once. Duge’s perception range swiftly narrowed, degrading from covering the entire Imperial Capital to only being able to sense within a three-kilometer radius, which was on par with the level of an ordinary Alien Warrior.

That he could retain such high attributes was mainly thanks to the period when he brushed up on romance, and the assassination battle in the Imperial Capital where he killed Zheng Dadong, Song Li, and a slew of other warriors with high attributes.

Despite this, Duge’s attributes had still fallen to an all-time low, and purely in terms of speed, he could no longer keep up with Xiang Jiaojiao.

After all.

Neither low profile nor romance came with bonuses to attack and defense; his super-high attack power was all due to accumulated attributes.

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Damn!

The inevitable still happened!

Duge sat in the National Defense Bureau, feeling the changes in his body, his gaze locked onto the changes in the top ten rankings of the Alien Warrior list.

Watching Wu Yanlong and Ou Yuancheng soar to the second and third places in an instant, he silently sighed. These damn keywords had too many downsides.

Impossible to guard against, once it crumbled, it completely fell apart!

These two guys really hid their abilities well, completely grasping the details of his situation. What keywords did these two scumbags have?

After all the struggling, was it still just a contest of skills?

This damn game!

However.

Even though Duge’s attributes had fallen, he was still firmly holding the first place.

After all, his influence was still there, and after being exposed, it was even more profound than before.

But Duge didn’t want such influence at all. The more exposure he got, the less his attributes would rise!

Moreover.

Once he became high-profile, it would be impossible to go low-profile again.

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The forum of Pan-Universe Entertainment was also buzzing with the exposure of Duge.

“Who are these two guys? Has anyone paid attention to them?”

“Found it, one keyword is ‘spreading’, the other is ’listening’. When these two keywords work together, they perfectly counter Duge.”

“Do they have any past records?”

“Both are veteran Alien Warriors, having participated in two Alien Battlefields, one has been in the top three, and the other once ranked fourth, just meeting the minimum age requirement to enter the Alien Battlefield.”

“As expected of the elites of Gou Path, they didn’t make a move until they could strike directly at Duge’s lifeline. Now Duge’s keyword is completely useless.”

“Not entirely; he did kill quite a few Alien Warriors before, and the attributes he inherited won’t be taken away.”

“That’s still much better than him being high above and suppressing everyone else. My bet was on him not getting first this time, I thought I was going to lose again, but then, Peak Return, this scene unfolded, and I need to reward these two lucky stars with some spiritual power to encourage them.”

“Count me in. The odds for these two really went up, those who bet on the underdog made a fortune.”

“Indeed, the Alien Battlefield should let some of the old elites step up to break Duge’s monopoly. Sending those greenhorns to stir trouble, this planning was downright awful.”

“With Duge’s trump cards exposed, let’s see how he handles the upcoming situation. Without his strong abilities, his space escape plan is probably doomed.”

“I need to dig through the remaining underdogs to see if I can find one or two more surprises.”

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