Chapter 3: Temptation
◎Routine◎
"The Demon Lord isn't really afraid of Huo Ran logging off, right? That's not right. Accepting a challenge is different from system matching. Even if she wins, it doesn't count as a ten-game winning streak, and you can't reach L5."
Luo Wuming was confused.
Luo Wusheng was too lazy to correct his unreliable guess, and disappeared into the lounge wearing a vest W.
On the field, Luo Wusheng drove the mecha to initiate an attack, aiming at the head of the opponent's mecha and firing three shots in a row. At the same time, the mecha body kept retreating to increase the distance from the opponent, trying to get out of the range where she could win with one blow.
The Demon Lord dodged sideways, there was a loud bang, and flames filled the sky.
Hit?!
The sense of danger instantly rose from his spine to his head. Luo Wusheng accelerated his retreat, controlled the mecha to leap into the air to occupy an excellent field of vision, and concentrated his firepower to attack the place where he was just now.
With two bangs, the broken arm and leg fell to the Demon Lord and his starting position respectively. Luo Wusheng not only did not relax his vigilance, but also felt a sense of fear that followed him like a shadow and could not be shaken off.
Luo Wusheng's mecha continued to rise, and the flames dissipated in the blink of an eye. The arena was empty, with only the broken arms and legs of the Demon Lord's mecha lying alone on the ground.
Luo Wusheng turned around quickly, and the afterimage passed by, leaving nothing in his sight.
The Demon Lord was behind him. The moment this thought came to his mind, Luo Wusheng turned around again. All he could see was the empty stadium except for the audience seats.
His whole body was tense and his attention was highly focused. His mental power detected that the other person was right behind him, but every time he turned around, there was nothing in his sight.
The Demon Lord clearly did not attack him, but her actions were more effective than an attack in putting pressure and fear on him.
After the third turn, Luo Wusheng knew her purpose - to give someone a taste of their own medicine.
When he launched the challenge, he added an additional item - blueprints of all types of Star C-level mechas.
Luo Wusheng discovered one thing from watching more than 30 battle videos of the Demon Lord: she had no interest in the battle itself. On the contrary, she was even more interested in the mecha than her opponent.
In every battle, she would break the opponent's mecha's head. She was not deliberately provoking, or she knew that her behavior was very arrogant.
Because of her confidence in her own strength, she doesn't care about other people's opinions at all. This is also what attracts Luo Wusheng the most. He is very curious about how strong she is.
When Luo Wusheng discovered that she was testing the performance of the mecha by twisting off its skull, he became even more curious. He vaguely guessed her intention, but he was not sure because it was too...unconventional.
That's why he attached the mecha blueprint as a test when he challenged, and the Demon Lord was also testing him in the same way.
No, to be more precise, teasing him.
It's like a cat catching a mouse. It can clearly crush the mouse, but it keeps catching it and letting it go, causing the prey to flee in fear.
The Demon Lord is an even more unfathomable cat. Not only does she inflict fear on him, but she also stands behind him, giving him the oppressive feeling of being watched and unable to escape the fear.
Treat others as you would like to be treated.
He analyzed and observed her in the dark, and she observed him on the field and gave him warnings.
Luo Wusheng quickly figured this out. He controlled the mecha to land in the middle of the arena, waiting for the final blow.
After thinking it through, he had no intention of being a toy mouse in the eyes of others. It would be better to face failure head-on. Anyway, he knew he would lose from the moment he initiated the challenge.
There was no Demon Lord in Luo Wusheng's sight, and he waited for a long time but the final blow did not come.
The system announcement sounded.
[Challenge ends, this match is a draw]
"Do you know each other?" Although he knew it was impossible, Luo Wuming still couldn't help but complain. It was too obvious that the Demon Lord was letting him win.
If you weren't in it, you wouldn't feel the fear that followed you everywhere. Luo Wusheng ignored him. The first thing he did was to pull up the video of the previous battle and watch the battle from the audience's perspective.
He could see that the Demon Lord had deliberately been hit by his two artillery shots, and that the broken arms and legs were dropped by her herself, so even though there was a certain interval between the two attacks, the broken arms and legs fell to the ground almost at the same time, and landed so accurately at the position where they were originally standing.
Luo Wusheng hesitated for a moment, and sent a friend request to the Demon Lord using W's pseudonym. The other party quickly approved his request and sent him a link, which was the key to her lounge.
This time, Luo Wusheng did not hesitate.
"You have already calculated that I will review the situation." The broken arms and legs of the mecha are a real provocation. Even if she has broken arms and legs, she can still make her prey live under her shadow without seeing the light of day.
Faced with W's bluntness, Shi Hanqiao was not surprised. He just said, "It's nothing. After all, many people will review the situation."
Luo Wusheng: "But you won't."
"Indeed, I don't review things very often." The appearance and voice can be simulated using a virtual template, but the eyes cannot be simulated. There was a superficial smile in Shi Hanqiao's eyes.
"Sorry, please forgive my rudeness." Luo Wusheng took the initiative to step back. He first initiated the test, and after entering the lounge, he asked directly and almost questioned.
Although he was curious, it was really rude.
Shi Hanqiao: "It's okay, fighting with you is very interesting."
Both sides have tried to test each other, and the implication is that the matter is over.
The star realm is a virtual world. Even if they are chatting enthusiastically, people who have just met will not choose to expose the truth, let alone two people who seem to be competing with each other.
Normally, Luo Wusheng didn't need to start a conversation. His voice was a little stiff: "You are very powerful. There has never been a person in the Star Realm who has won all the way and directly advanced from L0 to L5."
"Upgrade to L5, one more game to go."
Shi Hanqiao had originally planned to advance to L5 tonight, but Edith Covia's visit disrupted her plans.
Edith Covia was a good friend of the original owner. She came to deliver a birthday invitation. From her, Shi Hanqiao understood the original owner's situation better: her parents were on the border, and she grew up alone on the capital star, taken care of by a robot butler.
Shi Hanqiao didn't want to pretend to be the original owner, and her words and deeds were very different from the original owner. Edith noticed her change and gladly accepted it after she gave a reason.
In fact, since the original owner differentiated into Alpha, he unilaterally reduced contact with Edith for various reasons, and Edith did not want to drift away from her good friend.
In the end, Edith left happily, and Shi Hanqiao seriously learned about the meaning of ABO in this world.
One of the reasons why the original owner kept his distance from Edith was that Edith was an Omega, and people of the opposite sex should keep their distance.
Hunyuan Ling, who thought she was knowledgeable, was shocked after reading ABO's explanation. Shi Hanqiao discovered the difference in her body as soon as she came through. She also spent a lot of effort to temper her body first, otherwise her body would have exploded because it could not bear it before her soul and spirit were completely integrated.
Even though she understood the meaning of ABO, Shi Hanqiao did not have a strong concept of ABO gender. She was a very independent person and would not be affected by external changes.
She is herself.
There was no deliberate arrogance, but there was a hint of arrogance in his words.
Upgrade to L5, one more game to go.
Luo Wusheng had an inexplicable feeling when listening to her words. For the Demon Lord, what was important was not the remaining battle, but the upgrade to L5.
She didn't consider failure, or perhaps she didn't think she would fail.
Confidence comes from strength, and it is undeniable that what she said is true.
Luo Wusheng had fought with her personally, but he was unable to estimate her strength.
Luo Wusheng: "Are you a graduate this year?"
"Sphinx Military Academy."
All colleges and universities in the empire are called military academies. In addition to military majors, military academies also offer other majors.
The better the military academy, the stronger its military majors, and the more numerous and stronger the types of other majors.
The Sphinx Military Academy, together with the Royal Military Academy, the Imperial Military Academy, and the Dragon City Military Academy, are known as the four major military academies. They are the four best military academies among the thousands of military academies in the entire empire and the dream schools of all graduates in the galaxy.
There are many graduates in StarCraft every year. Luo Wusheng's question did not involve privacy, but Shi Hanqiao's answer was specific to the school, which was considered an active exposure of personal information.
He could clearly see the dazed look on W's face and the surprise that flashed across his eyes, and Shi Hanqiao curled the corners of his mouth in a good mood.
This W is also quite interesting.
Luo Wusheng: "I am also a graduate this year and was admitted to the Sphinx Military Academy."
In fact, he was accepted into all four major military academies, and so were his friends, all waiting for him to make his choice.
Shi Hanqiao nodded and said nothing.
"I have a request. I hope you can be our sparring partner. Please don't show mercy when we fight."
At the same time, Luo Wusheng promised to give her all types of Star B and A-level mecha blueprints, and to provide her with the necessary mecha blueprints within his ability.
This is a deal, and the request is just a nice way of saying it.
Shi Hanqiao's answer and attitude were completely opposite to Luo Wusheng's guess. In fact, the Demon Lord he analyzed was a cautious and profound person.
Most importantly, he felt that she must be an old person who had experienced the vicissitudes of time.
Straightforward answers, young graduates, and strong capabilities...
Maybe he was overthinking it, or maybe the Demon Lord grew up on the border, and the people there always experienced more than those on peaceful planets.
Luo Wusheng always felt uncomfortable with the Demon Lord.
Maybe this time she would reject him as he had guessed.
[Scheming]
Hunyuan Ling complained silently. He watched the whole process and every step W took fell into the trap she had dug.
After playing one game after another, the data obtained is accurate, but the speed is too slow.
During this period, Shi Hanqiao was catching up on theory and wasting time in the star realm, but in the final analysis, what she needed were real mecha blueprints.
The challenge sent by W was a test after analysis. Most people would get angry if they encountered it. Shi Hanqiao was also angry, but he found it more interesting.
He could even see that her actual goal was the mecha, and she even offered to provide the mecha blueprints from the Star Realm.
The challenge application is accompanied by blueprints of all types of C-level mechas. Although it is limited to the Star Realm, with this level of skill, W must have a mecha technician by his side.
How could Shi Hanqiao not use tricks on someone who was both interesting and beneficial to him?
Hunyuan Ling took back the candle lit for Luo Wusheng and silently lit the candle for this W warrior.
Shi Hanqiao took it as a compliment and replied, "You're welcome."
She raised her eyes to look at W and said, "I promise."
W tried his best not to show his emotion, but the moment he heard her agree, his pupils dilated, revealing his true emotions.
Shi Hanqiao raised the corners of his lips, and the smile in his eyes became a little more genuine.
【Author’s words】
Mini-theater 1:
Hunyuan Ling took back the candle lit for Luo Wusheng and lit it for W.
W/Luo Wusheng: Really tied up Q
Mini-theater 2:
Luo Wusheng: I always feel that the Demon Lord is like an elder.
Hunyuan Ling: Congratulations, you have seen the essence through the appearance.
Shi·Soul is more than 700 years old·Han·Body is 17 years old·Qiao: Get lost! I'm still young!
[Based on the age of cultivation, Qiao Qiao is indeed very young]
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