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Just as Lin Mo was knocked out of the revolving lantern, G1's giant sword suddenly stopped a few centimeters above KING.
However, the immense wind pressure still messed up KING's hairstyle and pulled him back to reality from his memories.
Lin Mo looked at G1 with suspicion, only to see that G1's single eye was flashing red light wildly at an irregular frequency, like an appliance that was about to break down.
A moment later, the single red light, accompanied by a faint crackling sound of electricity, went out completely, plunging into eternal darkness.
Seeing G1 in this state, Lin Mo was first stunned, then a surge of joy welled up in his heart. It seemed that the [Coin of Misfortune] had finally worked!
Just in case, Lin Mo quickly increased the distance between himself and G1, observing G1 from a distance to prevent it from suddenly attacking.
Time passed second by second, and only after confirming that G1 had indeed become a pile of harmless scrap metal did Lin Mo's tense nerves finally relax.
He let out a long sigh of relief, his whole body went limp, and then he took out his phone and dialed the Hero Association's hotline.
"Hello, Mr. King, how can I help you?" A sweet-voiced girl answered the phone at the association.
"Robots are causing trouble at the Z City Animation City..." Lin Mo said weakly.
"Ah? Ah! I understand, the association will send a hero to resolve this..." The girl's voice sounded somewhat flustered.
"No need, I've already subdued it. You can send someone over to clean up the mess."
After saying that, Lin Mo hung up the phone.
Lin Mo felt utterly exhausted. He told the crowd, "It's all resolved," and then left the battlefield.
When he finally decided to buy the limited-edition figurine he had been longing for, he was saddened to find that the shop had already closed early due to the earlier commotion.
Today was truly an incredibly unlucky day... With no other option, Lin Mo could only head home first.
"Wow, that was so close! I thought King was going to get hit by that greatsword!" A bespectacled otaku exclaimed dramatically, patting his chest.
“What do you know!” his companion immediately retorted.
"That's called tactics! Lord King is deliberately feigning weakness to lure the robot into unleashing its strongest attack, so that he can analyze its weakness the moment it reveals an opening and then deliver a fatal blow! Look, that robot has already been defeated, hasn't it?"
"I'm still a little disappointed," a fan carrying a camera said regretfully.
"I thought I would be able to see KING's signature move, 'Infernal Inferno Wave Cannon,' in person."
With G1's defeat and KING's departure, the crowd immediately began to discuss it enthusiastically, their faces flushed with excitement.
Before long, the Hero Association arrived at the scene, accompanied by several heroes.
Unexpectedly, the fifth-ranked S-class hero, "Child Emperor," also came to the scene.
After all, robots are what Child Emperor excels at.
Child Emperor himself was also very interested in this newly appeared robot and volunteered to come over.
Child Emperor first went up to check the robot.
"Hmm... The outer armor has no obvious damage, the joints are intact, and there are no signs of any intense fighting."
He circled G1 once, asking, "Is there a problem with the internal system?"
Child Emperor stopped dawdling and took out a professional toolbox that looked even bigger than the backpack itself from his bag. He quickly removed the chest armor of G1, revealing the complex wiring and core unit inside.
"The central processing unit is broken. What happened? Was it caused by external force? Then why are there no signs of a struggle on the outside?"
Tong Di was completely baffled. "Could it be... that the core overheated and burned itself out because the program was overloaded?"
“It’s King’s ‘imperial aura’,” an excited fan interjected while being questioned nearby.
"Didn't you see? Lord King just stood there, gave it a cold glare, and the robot broke down on its own!"
"You're talking nonsense!" another fan immediately retorted.
"I saw it clearly. It was Lord KING who used the secret technique of 'Ki Gong Style' to directly send a shockwave into the robot's interior, shattering its core!"
Ignoring the increasingly absurd chatter of the crowd around him, Child Emperor licked his lollipop. "Uncle King, huh?"
There's a device that's almost finished, I'll go pay a visit to it later...
Chapter 37 Lottery Makes People Happy
Hero Association Headquarters.
The staff and heroes who had previously gone to the Z City Anime City have returned to headquarters to report on their work.
"How is it?" Sitch asked the person in charge.
He naturally knew about KING's call to the Hero Association and rushed over immediately.
Child Emperor responded, "It must have been Uncle King who subdued the robot."
He then turned and walked towards his laboratory without looking back. For him, reporting the results to higher-ups was far less important than going back to analyze the combat data.
The intricate structure and the familiar energy core felt incredibly familiar to him.
And... that cold-blooded attitude of treating the entire city as a battlefield and randomly selecting people for weapons testing...
"Doctor, is that you?" Child Emperor murmured to himself, a name about to emerge—Metal Knight.
Besides him, Child Emperor couldn't think of anyone else who would possess and use such a high level of combat weapon so casually.
Watching Child Emperor's departing figure, Sitch did not call out to him.
The S-class heroes are all eccentric, and although Child Emperor is relatively good, he doesn't want to have too much contact with him unless absolutely necessary.
I shook my head... I should just focus on doing my job well.
"Isn't KING supposed to live in M City? Why did he suddenly go to Z City? Have you found out?" Sitch asked the person investigating the data.
"Ah, not yet..." the intelligence officer replied nervously without turning his head.
“Mr. KING’s personal information is under the highest level of confidentiality. We are making efforts to find him through external information such as public surveillance and consumption records, but we have no leads yet.”
Just then, a staff member not far away suddenly remembered what the smiling man in Z City had said: "a deafening 'thump-thump' sound." Could it be...?
He immediately told Sitch about this conjecture.
“Thump thump... the Emperor engine!” he muttered to himself.
The staff member who shared this hypothesis with Sitch excitedly added:
“That’s right! We all thought it was some weirdo making that noise, but now that we think about it, isn’t that sound just Mr. King’s unique aura?”
"Could it be... that Mr. King already knew about that strange man's disguise?"
"I see. So the bean sprout, who was suspected to be a 'Dragon' level monster, was disguised as a 'Wolf' level monster?" Sitch said thoughtfully. "Then the Smiling Man and the others' words are very convincing..."
However, new questions soon arose.
"How did King discover this? And why didn't he report it to the association?"
The assistant on the other side immediately offered a seemingly reasonable explanation:
"Perhaps Mr. KING, as the strongest man on Earth, has a perception ability far beyond that of ordinary people. He has been silently paying attention to the situation in various cities, which is why he was able to discover the clues in Z City at the first time."
"As for not reporting to the association... perhaps... perhaps in Mr. KING's eyes, dealing with a 'Dragon' level monster is really not a big deal?"
Although the explanation sounded a bit far-fetched, there was no better explanation at the moment. Sitch nodded, clearly agreeing with the statement.
He couldn't just ask the person what they were doing in Z City, as that involved their privacy, and he didn't want to offend an S-class hero because of it.
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Meanwhile, Lin Mo had already returned home, and the first thing he did upon arriving was to collapse into bed and go to sleep.
Originally, I went to buy figurines in a happy mood, but first I encountered the "Dragon" level monster Skinny Bean Sprout disguised as a small fry, and then I met G1 who was specifically looking for him to collect combat data.
In the end, he didn't even get to touch the box, let alone get his hands on the limited edition figure...
Lin Mo decided he couldn't continue being so depressed.
[Intimidation (Dragon-level)] can help him solve most problems, and [Sonic Movement (Demon-level)] can also prevent him from being in danger most of the time.
But this is a world teeming with strange people, and you never know when you might encounter another one who is immune to the pressure.
Moreover, they themselves lack offensive capabilities.
Blacksmith need its own hardware!
With this thought in mind, Lin Mo immediately summoned the system: "System, open your personal panel."
Name: Lin Mo (KING)
【Sex: Male】
Energy Value: 19096 (Continuously Increasing)
[Stamina: 50]
【Strength: 50】
【Speed: 50】
[Mind Power: 15]
[Skills: Intimidation (Dragon Level), Sonic Movement (Demon Level), Basic Combat Techniques]
[Items: Basic Stamina Recovery Potion x2, Basic Healing Potion x2, Basic Mental Recovery Potion...]
Hmm... Ever since I got lucky with the skill copy card last time, I've rarely drawn anything good. I usually just get some daily necessities and a small amount of energy.
That basic fighting technique was something he painstakingly synthesized after drawing skill fragments several times.
Fortunately, resolving this robot incident has resulted in a significant accumulation of energy points.
Seeing the tens of thousands of energy points, Lin Mo first bought a [Misfortune Coin], and then decided to splurge and do a five-pull first!
"System, perform a C-level five-pull!"
[Energy Points -5000, currently participating in a C-level lottery...]
The roulette wheel spun rapidly, flashing with light.
[Congratulations, host, you have obtained: 500 Energy Points]
[Congratulations, host, you have received: a bag of potato chips (tomato flavor)]
[Congratulations, host, you have obtained: Basic Stamina Recovery Potion x3]
[Congratulations, host, you have acquired the skill: Energy Blast (Wolf Level)]