Chapter 99: Chapter 9 The Strategy Is Too Dirty

Editor: Noodletown Translations

Mu Fan stared in shock at the number of unread messages displayed on his wristband—3,760 messages!

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Could someone tell him exactly what happened? He had just wanted to log into the PO Battle Net to chat with Black and Fighter, and suddenly there were so many messages online.

He hadn’t even done anything?

He randomly opened one, and it was a friend request. He opened another one—still a friend request? Mu Fan began to slide through the inbox page by page, and they were all friend requests.

What was going on? Mu Fan felt a bit dizzy.

A silver-white metal sphere whizzed around Mu Fan like lightning, and this was Black, who had a physical form in the PO Battle Net. Black was excited to finally meet Mu Fan in the PO Battle Net and was flying around wildly.

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Maybe Black noticed Mu Fan stretching his neck in a daze, or maybe his posture was just too ugly, but Black suddenly stopped and a displeased electronic voice spoke, “Aren’t you happy to see me? Lord Black is lonely here.”

“Happy,” Mu Fan replied very unconvincingly.

“Why do I have so many messages?” he asked.

“Ahem, do you know what people on the forums are calling you now?” Black suddenly seemed a bit embarrassed.

“What?” Mu Fan continued to scroll through the inbox page by page.

“Powerful Pretender!”

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Mu Fan’s hand shook, and he almost slapped Black, who was flying beside him.

“What did you say they’re calling me?”

Noticing Mu Fan’s reaction, Black had already flown off to a distance and firmly said, “The Fifth-Level Room’s Powerful Pretender!”

“Tell me how to block these.” Mu Fan felt that once he finished scrolling through his inbox, he wouldn’t have to do anything else.

Black flew back and said, “Let me set it up for you: reject friend requests.”

“Okay!” Mu Fan agreed simply.

Then Mu Fan watched as his inbox was instantly emptied, and the world suddenly felt clear and refreshing.

“Ding, your friend, Beautiful Girl Nuonuo, is online.” At that moment, Mu Fan suddenly heard a familiar name.

That little chubby girl?

“A video request. Do you want to connect?” Before Mu Fan could think further, a video request popped up, sent by that little chubby girl.

Accept.

“Egg Lord!! I’ve been waiting for you for so long! Why did you disappear for so long? You still owe me a match!” The image of the little chubby girl appeared on Sky Communication, and she angrily blurted a whole bunch of words at Mu Fan.

Mu Fan scratched his nose. It seemed that was true. He suddenly remembered he did promise to take her for another round.

Should they play a match? Mu Fan thought uncertainly.

“Hurry up and get on with it!!” The girl’s audacious words made Mu Fan, who was usually more introverted, feel taken aback. This girl was more straightforward than he was.

The player “Egg Lord” invites you to join the team.

“Huh? It’s not cross-zone this time!” Wang Nuonuo suddenly noticed the detail. Last time, it clearly required a cross-zone team.

This meant… Egg Lord was currently on Purple Jade Star!

Oh my gosh, what should I do, so excited, should I go meet him, should I look pretty for it? No, better not meet him; what if he’s not handsome, or what if he covets my beauty?

Right, let’s test the waters first. Wang Nuonuo, with a plan, decided to subtly probe Egg Lord during the team-up process.

“Still doing duo matchmaking?” Mu Fan asked.

“Give me the leader!” Wang Nuonuo boldly demanded authority from Mu Fan, “This time, we’re entering a mass battle mode! Wakakaka, I’ll follow you, and we’ll go harvest heads.”

“Sure.” Mu Fan was here to relax, so anything was fine.

A thought crossed his mind—that Wang Nuonuo suddenly reminded him to set a charged spectator mode!

What was that? Seeing Mu Fan’s confused eyes, Wang Nuonuo stomped in anger, “Last time, our match video was released, and both you and I became famous. What kind of master, what kind of pro are you! Do you know what they call me?”

“They call me the girl with the shield, the little match girl with an umbrella, the girl who sells out teammates! It pisses me off.” Hearing Wang Nuonuo’s angry words, Mu Fan almost laughed. Alright, he shouldn’t laugh—it would be unethical if seen.

With a wink from Mu Fan, the lifeless Black’s electronic eye blinked, indicating success.

“Egg Lord! This time, we’re playing mass battle mode, so choose a maneuverable mecha.” Wang Nuonuo kindly suggested.

Mu Fan thought about it; he seemed to only have one RX-16. Should he use it again? Maybe without the shield this time.

Suddenly, Black reminded Mu Fan to agree to her request.

Agree?

Alright, back to the Fifth-Level Room.

A camo-colored, slender mecha holding two daggers appeared behind Mu Fan’s personal info box.

“Reconnaissance Mecha, Undead III Type.” Why did they never inform him in advance about the mecha information? Mu Fan looked at Black with a resentful gaze.

“Let’s go!” Wang Nuonuo cheered, raising her arms.

“Match successful, joined Wild Chaos mode, map area 35 square kilometers, terrain includes hills, jungles, and lakes. Player count: 40.”

“Chaos mode rules: Teams with fewer than three people can enter; everyone except teammates can be killed! Top five honor points earn extra experience rewards.”

“Ready to deploy!”

The moment Mu Fan touched the control panel, he felt a drop as his yellow-green camo Undead III Type mecha landed in the jungle.

Black’s voice quietly whispered in Mu Fan’s ear, “Do well this time, aim to survive to the end. There’s money to be made! Plus, the more flair, the more money!”

Mu Fan’s eyes sparkled! His right hand quickly moved across the rhombus control panel, and simultaneously his left hand began trying to control the hand coordination device. This reconnaissance mecha was completely different from the previous RX-16.

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As the battle here was about to unfold, something interesting was happening on the forums.

He didn’t know that the unscrupulous Black secretly set the first-person viewing permission for Mu Fan at 20 Star Coins each time. This price was already high, and no ordinary person would have any interest in watching.

But if you thought Black’s integrity ended here, you’d be gravely mistaken.

Instantly across the PO Battle Net forums, large and small sub-forums featured a bold red-post titled: “Fantasy Zone Fifth-Level Room’s Powerful Pretender Rides Again.” Many bored players clicked in.

“Damn, it actually costs 20 Star Coins for permission. Have they gone money-crazy?”

Aside from a few players with money to spare who clicked in, most players ignored the finance-crazed madman thread starter.

When those who paid entered the video, their first reaction was…

It was a reconnaissance mecha and had only two Ghost Energy Daggers for weapons. The view showed it on a tree.

In the woods opposite, there was a fiery red female mecha that seemed to be his teammate, holding a delicate half-body shield in stance.

Someone was coming… a lone-acting remote mech, likely the Cloud Hunter Envoy model, fired a few shots.

Huh? That female mecha was quite sturdy.

So what was this reconnaissance mecha going to do?

Whoa, it jumped down from the tree and tackled directly. That plummeting smash was professional.

This Undead III Type pulled out the dagger inserted into the cockpit, then posed the defeated Cloud Hunter Envoy mecha against a tree trunk, holding a gun forward.

Then the Undead returned to the treetops, entering a stealth silent mode. The movements of this Undead seemed especially skilled and agile.

What about that pretty orange female mecha? Why did it also come over and lean against the tree trunk, pretending to be injured!

Hundreds of video buyers almost shouted curses.

This strategy… was so damn dirty!

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