Chapter 62

"What's going on, what the hell is going on? Who can tell me what you all have done?" Hong Zhen roared like an enraged tiger king at the military headquarters. Dozens of generals beside him dared not speak, nor did they dare to stop him, watching as this old guardian god raged and scolded. The news broadcasters didn't dare to speak either, and the audience in front of the TV screens waited for an explanation.

After a long while.

Hong Zhen's anger subsided slightly, and a young general finally dared to speak: "Old Hong, this might have been planned by Qin Zhong, so..."

"Bullshit, is your brain broken? Qin Zhong is dead," Hong Zhen roared even more angrily. "The Traveler single-handedly broke into the fortress and killed him in advance. All you people had to do was follow the Red Dragon's troops into the Shallow Sea Fortress and destroy the self-destruct system. Such a simple task, and you couldn't even do it. The Shallow Sea map, the most difficult map in a hundred years, the hardest piece to move, Qin Zhong! He! Is! Dead! The Traveler risked his life to kill him. What did you all do?"

The challenge failed, and everyone on the Magic Network gathered early.

Du Nan appeared last, his attitude also seemed a bit strange, wondering why their side didn't win.

"Speak! Speak!" Hong Zhen roared. "Feel ashamed later, but now, tell the young man what you did and why you still lost. Don't tell me you couldn't find the way into the Shallow Sea Fortress. Speak, speak!"

"We..." The three-star armor team of the Tianyang Federation was in a slight commotion, and finally, the captain came forward to apologize, bowing deeply. "We couldn't defeat the Shallow Sea Guard, and we were all wiped out before we could enter the Shallow Sea Fortress. I'm sorry, Sir Traveler."

Wow!

Before Du Nan could react, the audience was already in an uproar.

Didn't enter the Shallow Sea Fortress?

Already wiped out?

Sir Traveler entered the fortress alone and killed Qin Zhong... and you all couldn't even get through the door? As teammates, do you deserve the hard work of others? Fortunately, it's just a Magic Network training session; if it were a real battlefield, you would have died in vain.

"You..." Hong Zhen pointed at the Red Steel team, his beard trembling with anger, but he couldn't find the words to say.

The faces of the military generals were also very grim.

It seemed that the other side had already killed the Eagle King, and all you had to do was go in and take the egg. But now you say you fell halfway and died. Is this something humans can do?

Magic Network simulation.

Except for not really dying, everything else is the same.

If you were really sent to the battlefield, who would dare to team up with you? You would drag everyone down to their deaths.

"It's okay, try again next time. The Shallow Sea Guard is really hard to beat, I know that," Du Nan quickly said, trying to explain.

This defense didn't satisfy anyone.

If anyone else had said it, they would have been torn apart by the audience.

"You don't need to defend them, young man," Hong Zhen said, disappointed, shaking his head. "You alone broke into the Shallow Sea Fortress, charged through the Guard's defenses, and finally killed Qin Zhong... I don't expect them to be as good as you, but a whole group of people couldn't even get past the Guard. What else can they say? You could do it alone, and they couldn't as a group. How can this be explained? Incompetent, extremely incompetent!"

Hong Zhen's angry scolding left everyone speechless.

Now.

People understood what it meant to 'compare goods and throw them away, compare people and die.'

They didn't blame the old guardian god's anger; no one could be satisfied with this result. The Traveler alone killed the Shallow Sea's ace. The victory that was within reach, a whole group of people couldn't achieve. What else can you say?

"I'll go down first, we'll try again tomorrow. No rush, take it slowly."

Du Nan had a hard battle with Qin Zhong.

His body and mind underwent a significant transformation. Fighting pure blue skills against pure blue skills made him more proficient.

For this reason, Du Nan locked the match.

Next time, he hoped Qin Zhong would 'remember himself' and have some special countermeasures. As for the victory or defeat on the Shallow Sea map... if he used the Ice Gate skill, he could still win. To prevent the dying Qin Zhong from triggering the self-destruct, the Ice Gate skill had at least three or four methods.

However, Du Nan only sought training improvement.

Winning or losing was not significant.

According to the Eight-legged Pegasus group: to make money, the longer you drag it out, the better. As long as you kill Qin Zhong, the more people will watch the Shallow Sea. Besides, Du Nan didn't want to win using this 'despicable' method. He wanted to fight the Ice Gate and find a chance for a one-on-one battle later.

After a major battle.

The ground frost and sky frost cores in Du Nan's body resonated slightly, and the compatibility with the Ancestor's Elemental Dragon Body improved. The Magic Network training was as real as reality, with the added benefit of infinite resurrection. Now Du Nan understood why the Thunder Emperor said this was the best training ground, and why Magic Energy Warriors had such a unique and exalted status.

As one of the top ten alliances, Tianyang.

A single failure brought a chorus of ridicule. Especially from other federations that couldn't participate, they published sarcastic articles in the news.

Hong Zhen was even angrier when he found out. Under Ma Ge's persuasion, he unexpectedly allowed other federations' 'support troops' to join, adding twenty reinforcements for a new challenge. On the surface, Hong Zhen wished them success, but everyone could see he was waiting for a joke.

The next day.

The Shallow Sea opened for about twenty minutes, and the Traveler and Qin Zhong were killed again.

Nine minutes later.

The Shallow Sea Fortress exploded again, one minute earlier than the previous time.

Hong Zhen's expression was strange, and it was unclear whether he was happy or angry. Ma Ge, sitting beside him, didn't dare to speak, and the live broadcast team remained silent. The leaders of the other federations' reinforcements also had mournful faces, and a few generals were red-faced with anger, trying to maintain composure in front of the audience.

Mech suit fans could foresee that these unlucky ones would be scolded to death when they returned.

Du Nan came out.

His expression was much more normal, as if he had gotten used to this result.

"Keep trying." In everyone's eyes, Sir Traveler didn't know how to comfort the others. He had fought hard to win once but was always held back by a group of incompetent teammates. He was the one who needed comfort. Now he was probably heading to the free battle arena to crush those confident skill mech masters.

Ma Ge quickly ended the history match and switched to the free match.

Sure enough.

Those extremely confident Red Steel mech masters exploded one by one with a wave of Sir Traveler's hand, without exception.

Watching the free challenge, mech suit fans thought: knowing the high-explosive method, what difference does it make? Within the three-star rank, who isn't instantly killed? In the hands of the Traveler, who can last three seconds? Scientists study every day, and warriors disassemble every day, but who can achieve a different result?

Training never stops.

Time never stops.

Another month passed, and the Shallow Sea map still hadn't been won. Blue Star Alliance's three-star mech masters signed up to help, hoping to gain fame. Even if they couldn't win, it was a good opportunity to practice large-scale combat. Some individuals who had been instantly killed by Du Nan also joined the battlefield, challenging the Shallow Sea together.

Unfortunately, the results were the same.

The Traveler's assassination was successful, but they repeatedly failed.

"Old Hong, this is the latest report. Mr. Traveler can now kill Qin Zhong in sixteen minutes. Our teams... currently, only three have broken through the Guard's gate, but they still can't enter the fortress center," the military intelligence officer reported. There were also special envoys from other federations present, and they also frowned.

Back then, Red Dragon said it was easy to take the Shallow Sea... Zhuo Feifan must have exaggerated.

The Shallow Sea campaign was so difficult even with Qin Zhong dead. If he were alive, it would be even worse. At that time, Zhuo Feifan was probably just a minor character, irrelevant whether he was there or not. Qin Zhong's death was mainly to prevent the Blue Sea from falling, so he triggered the fortress's core energy reactor.

"Anything else, about individual battles?"

"Yes, there are a few unexpected messages," the intelligence officer quickly opened the file. "Our old hero, Huo Qiushan, once challenged the Traveler. They fought for three minutes and forty-six seconds, and then Old Huo was killed. This..."

"Expected," Hong Zhen interrupted. "Old Huo was almost at the four-star core fusion, his Magic Energy should be a bit higher than the young man."

"Yes, Old Hong, the military analysts agree. The Traveler didn't instantly kill Old Huo; he waited until he was exhausted before making a move. This indicates that the Traveler's total Magic Energy is slightly less than Old Huo's. The analysts believe that if Old Huo didn't use Magic Energy-consuming skills, he could maintain an advantage and win..."

"Idiots!"

Hong Zhen interrupted again, angrily. "Where did you get these analysts? Go back to school for two years before coming out. Not using Magic Energy to fight a same-rank warrior is suicidal. Are you all blind? The young man always uses a super cannon. If he activates it, would you dare to not use Magic Energy to defend?"

The intelligence officer was stunned.

At this moment, everyone in the room also realized.

The Traveler always killed instantly, and he hadn't even used his weapon. Even if Huo Qiushan's Magic Energy was a bit higher, a direct hit from a super cannon would almost certainly incapacitate him. If he didn't use a Magic Energy shield to defend, he would be reduced to meat scraps. If he used Magic Energy to defend, he would eventually run out, while the Traveler could choose not to fire, just wave his hand... This was unsolvable unless his Magic Energy always completely overpowered the Traveler, otherwise, he would surely die.

"Anything else?" Hong Zhen ignored the remaining nonsense, uninterested in listening.

"Yes, there is more." The intelligence officer discarded the analysis report; it was useless no matter what it said. "Other federations' old heroes have also fought the Traveler, and their situations are similar to Old Huo's. There is one special case, from the Lanlan Federation. One person didn't explode; he died from instant freezing."

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