Chapter 398: The Unrestrained Man

"Belastan is a newcomer and also one of the Supernovas of Mars. We still need to be a little careful about him entering the Fire God Team."

"Li Hao, A Hai, do you have anything else to add?" Zhou Naiyi looked at Li Hao and Cheng Konghai.

Cheng Konghai scratched his head, and Li Hao also scratched his head. "Nothing much. I'm not clear about Belastan; he probably isn't a member of the Apocalypse. The others are all top-tier talents from Mars back in the day. It's hard to say how their original talent holds up now, but the overall strength of the Fire God Team is definitely stronger than Eternal."

"You don't need to mention that they're strong; we've already felt it fully. We still need to distribute our manpower," said Zhou Naiyi, regarding the tactical imaginary enemies, or rather, being able to find one or two more point-contesting spots besides Cheng Konghai and Li Hao.

"Everything will follow the Class Monitor's arrangements." When Zhou Naiyi said this, the plan was definitely already formulated.

Of course, wanting to catch the opponent's personnel was just her best-case scenario; the prerequisite was being able to seize the initiative. Zhou Naiyi, Tan Ziyuan, and the others had also analyzed three sets of plans to deal with various situations. If Cheng Konghai successfully took the Vanguard battle in the first match, their situation with the initiative would be better; at the very least, they could decide the outcome in the team battle. Currently, the odds of winning seemed quite high. Within Tianjing Mecha, there was already a brand-new understanding of Cheng Konghai's strength. Of course, in the event that the Wolf King, Basta, unleashed a big move in the first match, Zhou Naiyi's idea was that if there was a chance, they should fight for it; if there was no chance, they should still preserve their strength to enter the team battle. Besides the Wolf King, by taking two solid wins in the remaining four battles, the current Tianjing Mecha still had a certain chance.

Of course, a more middle-of-the-road situation would be Cheng Konghai and Li Hao taking two matches, while the others lost and they entered the team battle, in which case they would just have to fight it out in the team battle.

After the simple distribution, the imaginary enemy assigned to Wuzang was Mengnaluo. After watching the opponent's ability situation, Wuzang felt he had a certain degree of confidence. Zuo Xiaotang chose Guma and Walan; these were also the types Zuo Xiaotang had been facing all along. It wasn't that he wanted to choose them, but the Class Monitor had assigned the task, and he had to create his own imaginary targets. Unknowingly, Brother Zuo had already become the pillar of Tianjing Mecha. That's how a Sniper is; they don't need so much back-and-forth, as long as they seize that one fatal opportunity, they are a tough guy.

After the top eight were born, the EMP forum and Weibo entered a state of frenzy. Various highlight reels of the top eight were constantly trending, and Tianjing Mecha contributed quite a few. The battle between Li Hao and the Heavenly King, Fan Liweite, was undoubtedly one of them. The final strike was even broken down by experts; the fusion of two opposing forces into one broke Fan Liweite's Mirror Reflection. In other words, Li Hao's method of attack exceeded Fan Liweite's judgment and understanding, which caused his Soul Origin Ability to fail.

In terms of individual strength, Li Hao had already entered the top of the S11 Single-Combat King selection, followed closely by Maxis and Basta, and Li Hao was far in the lead. At this time, the power of an EMP internet celebrity came into play; the Puppet's fans were definitely giving their full support. Of course, everyone also complained about Tianjing Mecha's luck; Fire God was definitely not easy to fight. Moreover, the terrifying thing about Martian teams was that if they didn't advance, their opponents would usually pay a heavy price. This had already been verified in the Fire God Team—the team that consumes the most.

But Li Hao defeating Fan Liweite was not the most popular topic; the one who had been extremely hot lately was Cheng Konghai. His Iron Armor Steel Fist had reached number one in trending views. Not to mention the details and techniques inside, most viewers just liked watching this kind of tough guy. That set of Gatling Machine Gun Fist gained countless fans. This kind of violent mecha fighting style was almost the dream combat method for many boys; no one expected it to be realized by Cheng Konghai.

The number three hot topic for Tianjing Mecha was not Wuzang or Zhou Naiyi, and certainly not Ma Long, but Zuo Xiaotang. Zuo Xiaotang's team battle 1v2 blind-sniping the opponent's sniper mecha could be called a divine reaction, especially when the sniper was generally used as a team battle support; Zuo Xiaotang was truly a bit of a face for the team. But what really made him popular was that throughout the entire S Tournament, Zuo Xiaotang was the least like an S Tournament player. Whether it was his hobbies, appearance, or behavior, he was a bit too down-to-earth. Moreover, Long Danni hadn't been idle; in the official recommendations, she packaged Zuo Xiaotang as a model of an ordinary person making a comeback—a plain little fatty who was discovered because of his hobby for shooting, entered the Mecha Department's Elite class, and from being unappreciated, worked silently, until finally making a comeback to become a star sniper at the S Tournament.

Looking at this popular story, Zuo Xiaotang was completely bewildered. When did he experience so many stories?

Long Danni successfully positioned Tianjing Mecha: it wouldn't bury talent here, but would let those who shine radiate their own light. Plus, after she took office, she forcibly disbanded the original team and boldly employed newcomers—and they were warriors with no experience—making many excellent students from the preparatory classes shift their goals from the most competitive academies like North Caro and the Round Table Knights to Tianjing Mecha.

Long Danni also had her own plans. It wasn't that she was anxious, but she had to strike while the iron was hot and push Tianjing Mecha out hard. Once the top eight battles started, there would be many variables. Victory—that went without saying; Long Danni didn't even dare to think about it. In the battle against Eternal, Tianjing Mecha had already played all its trump cards. Fire God would definitely have countermeasures.

These past few days, the Principal had fully experienced the joy of victory, and praises from all sides were endless. Of course, these were all superficial; what was important was that the various development measures for Tianjing Mecha that were originally stuck or rejected suddenly all had a turning point. There were many places in Tianjing that needed improvement, such as the expansion of the EMP Building, the equipment updates for the Mecha Department and Starship Department, and Long Danni even had an ambition to build a brand-new mecha training ground. The training mechas at Tianjing Mecha were really too old to look at.

Later in the afternoon, Dita arrived. She was going to practice with Zhou Naiyi. Actually, she was also quite curious about how Zhou Naiyi imitated other people's abilities.

This ability was a bit exaggerated. If she kept accumulating it infinitely like this, wouldn't that be something?

Of course, it was highly unlikely. The human body's capacity was limited, and her abilities were all discounted versions; it was just that Zhou Naiyi's ability to combine abilities was indeed powerful.

Everyone else was training in full swing. Li Hao was lying limply on a chair, his body still a bit weak. Fortunately, A Youyou was there, otherwise today's situation would have been even more difficult. But things were finally resolved. Actually, Bleem could be put aside for now. The appearance of this Kazi had raised a lot of questions for him. The life form of this thing was really a bit strange; it shouldn't be a Giant Insect-type creature, yet it was a Giant Insect Leader. In all likelihood, Bleem wouldn't make a mistake on such an issue.

Kazi could absorb humans. In terms of language and mentality, could it be that it imitated them from the humans it absorbed?

Then the evolution method and speed of this kind of monster were a bit terrifying. It was definitely not a good thing for this kind of thing to be hiding in the dark and spying on humans.

Kazi's use of the K23 Element was clearly very strong, and even its attack methods were related to this. At the same time, it also possessed a powerful Spirit. If it hadn't run into him, it would have been really hard to deal with. This kind of thing could run away quickly if it couldn't win; unless large-scale destructive weapons were used, there was basically no way.

He didn't know how many such monsters there were. Li Hao didn't think human luck was good enough that there was only one such thing.

He could now understand why Giant Insects and humans would have a connection. If such types of Giant Insects existed, it wouldn't be surprising. What kind of exchange existed within it?

Li Hao had a bit of a headache. He just wanted to guard his pizza shop and watch Er Ya and the others grow up slowly, but with all this tossing and turning, it felt a bit difficult.

The people in the underground laboratory shouldn't be in danger. They were witnesses and would definitely report the situation of Kazi. Hopefully, it would attract attention. But even so, humans couldn't withdraw from Kepler. Not to mention the significance of Kepler's existence, just the intricate interests involved here couldn't be abandoned. And there was that troublemaker, Noah's Ark; this matter was nine times out of ten related to it.

"The Team Leader seems very tired?" said Huo Ying. Lu Lingxiao and the others weren't warriors after all, so Huo Ying was there to help with the things they didn't understand, and they matched up quite well.

"How could he not be tired? He probably didn't rest all night," said Sheng Man. "Totally unrestrained!"

She wasn't talking about Li Hao, but A Youyou. At such a critical time, how could this woman not know how to take care of him? Or was she a mole for the Moon People, just to drag down Tianjing Mecha?

"What do you mean didn't rest?" Lu Lingxiao was stunned.

"You don't understand." With Huo Ying present, Sheng Man couldn't say it clearly. Seeing Li Hao's eyes were barely open and he still looked weak, he hadn't been this exhausted even after a fierce battle.

"Manman, it shouldn't be what you think," Tan Ziyuan shook her head. "She isn't someone who doesn't know the gravity of the situation."

"Heh, men."

Tan Ziyuan smiled helplessly. Sheng Man had a huge opinion of A Youyou. She herself was quite calm; losing wasn't a grievance, and she was probably the only opponent she was helpless against.

Although she didn't know exactly what Li Hao was doing, Tan Ziyuan noticed that he and Cheng Konghai often disappeared. There must be other things going on, and they must be shouldering something unknown. Tan Ziyuan didn't ask; this shouldn't be something that ordinary people like them could bear.

Although the data on the Apocalypse was all gone, there were still some metaphorical legends in the streets.

In the evening, Cheng Konghai and Wuzang were still sparring. Ma Long and Zuo Xiaotang were a group, and Zhou Naiyi and Dita had already finished. Judging from Zhou Naiyi's smile, it should have gone very smoothly.

Li Hao sent Dita away; he wanted to treat the "sugar mommy" to a meal. Thanks to Dita, after investing in the pizza shop, Li Zong still had some surplus living expenses, so he decided to be generous for once.

"It's basically finished. My ability is just the icing on the cake for her and cannot change the overall situation."

Dita was still a bit exhausted. The two needed to constantly fuse their zone bands and tried many times, which consumed a great deal of Mental Power. However, her band was very similar to Aofei's and Zhou Naiyi's, and their abilities and combat styles were also very similar, so it went smoothly. As for to what extent Zhou Naiyi could imitate, it would depend on her own talent; the strength of the ability still depended on how it was used.