Chapter 37: It's Cute. (Third Update)

Damn, five years have passed. He thought that even if he wasn't as strong as Li Hao, he was at least on the same level. Although he lost their last encounter, that wasn't his full strength; the state of students like them from military academy representative teams in the EMP is different from actual combat.

This team battle really opened his eyes. It seems the second brother is also a military academy student now; according to the timeline, he should be a second-year. He didn't participate in his first year, but if he's going to participate this year, the USE is going to be interesting.

Are you proud?

At this moment, Li Hao was chatting with A Youyou. A Youyou was so excited, incessantly describing to Li Hao a super brilliant team battle she had seen, with the two sides being god-tier teams from the USE and NUP.

"Senior, that person was truly too amazing. To be able to command teammates to arrange opponents through tactics—is this the highest realm of mecha combat?"

After a flurry of description, A Youyou asked.

Li Hao rubbed his nose, sweating a little, "Maybe... he didn't think that much."

"Impossible. Experts should all be the cold, deep, profound-eyed, and meticulous type..."

"Aiyouyou, you've watched too many movies. Someone as cute as you should watch more romantic idol dramas," Li Hao said. "By the way, if you want to pilot a mecha, I can go apply with the principal. I'm very familiar with her."

After saying this, old Li's face turned a bit red. Damn it, he was bragging, but it shouldn't be a big problem; after all, this was also a mission arranged by the principal.

"Can you? Would it be an intrusion?" A Youyou on the other side of the Skynet was a bit pleasantly surprised.

"Happy to serve."

The two chatted for a while before hanging up, reluctant to part.

Li Hao felt like he had been injected with adrenaline. Why was even just chatting so happy? His childhood experiences once made him think that life was nothing more than that, but the dean was right: the brilliance of life is far from just beginning.

When fate arrives, you can't stop it even if you try.

Glancing at a pile of challenge requests, Li Hao didn't really want to bother with them; he could do a challenge.

The EMP is divided into two parts: one is combat, and the other is testing. Zuo Xiaotang, for instance, pulled his score up by a huge margin relying on an A- test rating. Often, high scores in tests are valued more.

A high-rated test can significantly boost an EMP score, and the rarer the score, the higher the increase. For example, if most people get a C on a certain test, getting a B will be a big boost. If most people get an A, getting an A yourself won't yield many rewards. The EMP encourages challenge and innovation.

Most people logged off when Puppet went offline, but only Zhuang Zhou waited tirelessly. He had a premonition that the Puppet God wouldn't just let it go today.

Sure enough, here it comes!

Challenge training?

That's a bit intense!

On the other side, A Youyou also couldn't sleep, rolling around on her bed like a cute protein super-being. "Cute? Shouldn't I look very ugly like this?"

A Youyou muttered to herself. She was very confident in her disguise technique; it was a skill she learned during a movie cameo. Even the person most familiar with her, Su Yu, thought she looked very ordinary like this and wouldn't attract attention.

He praised her, so it must have been sincere. That is, besides her appearance, A Youyou also had a beautiful soul.

Looking at the different moon outside the window, the more A Youyou thought about it, the happier she became.

All test match difficulties are divided into three categories: Primary, Intermediate, and Advanced.

The division is simple, but the content is not like that at all. The so-called Primary is not for basic training, but already possesses the difficulty of actual combat challenges. The Intermediate ones are derived from various difficulties humans encounter in actual combat, especially during the Starry Sky Great Voyage. As for the Advanced, they are places that are extremely dangerous and difficult for humans to adapt to.

Basically, Advanced is just there to educate those arrogant greenhorns, and it's also for top experts to prove themselves.

Zuo Xiaotang's A- was obtained in the Intermediate difficulty, and there is a detail here: there is a limit to the number of times one can participate repeatedly. Once it's too frequent, it will have a certain impact on the final passing grade. Basically, military academy students find this scoring system disgusting.

Zhuang Zhou was also full of anticipation for this.

Puppet chose the Advanced difficulty "Kepler Retreat Mission".

When Puppet first appeared, his popularity was still over ten thousand. During the process of choosing the training ground, the growth speed was average, reaching about fifty or sixty thousand. But as soon as Kepler Nightmare Escape appeared, his popularity began to soar at rocket speed.

Kepler Retreat Mission—the name sounds standard, which is also a characteristic of training tests: the more ordinary, the more perverted. This Advanced test is commonly known by everyone as the Nightmare Battle Royale. The Kepler Planet is an absolute hot topic right now, and any test related to it immediately becomes sought after by challengers. But reality is cruel; those who wanted to experience the exotic scenery were basically educated by the Giant Insects. Many even suspected that the EMP deliberately increased the difficulty. Are mere low-level creatures really that strong?

The Kepler Retreat Mission is the standout among this series of missions. Its problem isn't what kind of score rating one can get, but that no one has passed it yet!

And Puppet is directly challenging this?

Huonan's livestream—ever since he gained a huge wave of fans from the skillful topic shift last time while also fiercely screwing over Puppet, Huonan had tasted the sweetness. How could he be absent at a time like this?

"Brothers on Mars, Puppet is here again. The Kepler-series Nightmare Escape—this challenge currently has no passing record in the Four Great Federations' EMP. Let's see..." Huonan said, then paused for a moment, "Yo, this is interesting. The system is in the processing stage. If I'm not mistaken, Puppet is submitting a cancellation request!"

The originally calm livestream room suddenly exploded, "Looks like someone wanted to show off but clicked in the wrong place. Haha, unfortunately, he doesn't know the training mechanism. Advanced difficulty training cannot be aborted. Brothers, let's look forward to the Puppet God's stunning performance!"

Huonan's reverse praise instantly garnered a wave of admiration. Seeing the effect was good and the gifts were many, Huonan naturally wouldn't be stingy with his words, "The USE has been paying close attention to Puppet recently, and today's stream even gave a special recommendation link. It's just that Puppet might be shy and actually stood them up. Appearing suddenly so late at night, he must be planning a big move. Showing off in the training ground is simple: pick a small account, practice desperately, then come out and pretend to pass it for the first time. Unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes; he actually clicked on Nightmare Escape. Tsk tsk, in the words of Earthlings, showing off gets you struck by lightning!"

Zhuang Zhou and the others also saw this scene. Basically, it should be an intention to cancel, but it can't be cancelled. What's going on?

And just at this moment, the EMP side sent a notification to Zhuang Zhou and Huonan: the EMP officials wanted to connect the two.

... This caught both Zhuang Zhou and Huonan off guard, but this is the consistent nature of the officials; a surprise attack has the best program effect.

As a novice, Zhuang Zhou was truly unprepared at all. Huonan was an old hand; he had done this a few times before, back when he was competing with NUP streamers.

"Senior Huonan, I am the new streamer Zhuang Zhou. Please give me your guidance." Zhuang Zhou still greeted him very politely; opinions are opinions, but the necessary politeness must be there.

Huonan didn't know much about Zhuang Zhou, only that he was a newcomer who specialized in streaming Puppet.

"Haha, I'm also very famous on Mars for liking young people. Come on, since it's an official request, let's watch Puppet's performance together. Challenging the Kepler Nightmare Battle Royale that no one has passed yet—do you think he can pass?" Huonan asked casually.

Zhuang Zhou thought for a while, "I think he can."

Huonan was slightly stunned, "Are you sure you're not talking nonsense?"

"Senior, I can't say I'm the person who understands the Puppet God the best, but his every move cannot be judged by ordinary people," Zhuang Zhou said very seriously.

The corners of Huonan's mouth curled into an arc, and he couldn't help but laugh, "Young man, let me give you a piece of advice. If you want to keep moving forward in the streamer profession, first, you must control your mouth; second, you must have rich knowledge and rational judgment. Do you know what the success rate of the Kepler Nightmare Escape is?"

Zhuang Zhou nodded, "I know, it's 0. I believe the Puppet God is here to break this record, and I don't think it will be a simple pass; he will set a benchmark for others!"

"Haha, are you sure you haven't been drinking? Oh, right, the data says you're a student at Tianjing Martial Arts. Is your school this delusional now? No wonder." Huonan didn't finish his sentence; he actually meant that the USE's current results are poor.

(New sprout on the road, bosses please support me ^_^)