Matt Gray is very strong.

In X9500's opinion, at this stage, even if Ma Ran and Su Qiangwei were tied together, they might not be enough for this guy with one hand.

However, this person...

He's brainless.

Making such an evaluation is definitely not X9500 deliberately trying to smear him!

What a joke!

Would an Extremely Effective Monarch need to deliberately belittle the natives of a low-level civilization?

Even without any equipment, when calculating individual combat power, Matt Gray is the strongest individual X9500 has ever seen, but he indeed has significant psychological issues!

This person is kind, gentle, sunny, with formidable combat power, and also very responsible.

But when he encounters a crisis, he subconsciously squanders his superpower.

Matt Gray carries a strong sense of mission that X9500 finds inexplicable.

Take this City of Sails battle, this person never thought about directly finding the location of Crimson Hammer Z6874, capturing the king first before the thieves, relying on his strong individual combat power for a decapitation strike.

Although taking into consideration the factors of equipment and slaughter cards, Matt Gray may not be able to defeat Z6874 one hundred percent, there's still a not low assassination success rate.

Yet this guy is single-mindedly focused on saving people—it's great, he has some heroic qualities and traits.

However, the problem is...

When saving people, how exactly should it be done, and what goals should be achieved?

This Earth native, nicknamed "God," directly abandoned thinking, relying purely on personal ability to crush through.

Saving people, killing enemies, enduring the slander and condemnation from those he saved, and continuing to save.

He's passively accepting everything, never actively thinking about problems.

It seems as if this guy has a beautiful pumpkin on top of his head instead of a brain.

Such a naive hero native, in X9500's eyes, is simply too immature.

With just one look, X9500 saw through all of Matt Gray's psychological activities and his inherent response mechanism to unexpected events.

So, he threw two cards over in advance, set the timing and trigger conditions, and didn't bother further.

The City of Sails battle, for X9500, is very dull.

More than that, he is more interested in the game over here at Lotus City with Ma Ran and Su Qiangwei.

X9500 is not one of Team Three's group of mad destroyers.

In the "Soul Cultivation Experiment" plan, destroyers have no human rights.

Unlike the slaughters of Team Seven and the conquerors of Team Nine, they can freely select the majority of low-level civilizations and can only go to a planet deemed of "very low value" by the scholars of the Mysterious Research Institute.

Crimson Hammer Z6874 thinks X9500 is a mad dog, but in X9500's eyes, the destroyers of Team Three are the real mad dogs in the true sense.

Fortunately, that group of guys is under the control and restraint of the institute, very rarely encountered.

Thinking of this, X9500 feels that refusing Team Three's solicitation and acting low-key after unintentionally destroying the Inner Qi Martial Arts Civilization fifty years ago was a very correct choice.

Destruction and devastation have never been X9500's goal.

Even the desire for conquest is just a façade that X9500 shows to outsiders.

His goal is very clear—seek out natives with heroic potential, give them tempering, then kill them and plunder their thought essence to strengthen his own soul!

After predicting the moves in the City of Sails, X9500 is almost one hundred percent certain that Matt Gray will be deeply entrenched in his setup, heading towards the direction of a "mature hero."

Compared to that "God," X9500 prefers to play the game with the present "Prophet."

As the battlefield commander of Lotus City, Ma Ran, in a brief engagement, has brought him quite a few surprises.

X9500 enjoys this kind of unequal engagement.

The chess pieces he controls are more comprehensive and powerful!

And Ma Ran has an unknown advantage in terms of intelligence!

X9500 noticed that on the live map, a gold and two red light spots are rapidly approaching his location.

"Faster than expected."

"The production speed of the flesh armor, gears, and neuron components of the war puppets is still too slow."

"However..."

"The skeleton has formed, still within allowable error margin."

Muttering to himself, X9500 rubbed his fingers together.

The grey fog glowing with an eerie light gradually gathered, then condensed into a crystal clear deep red card between his fingers.

On this card, the figure of a giant cloaked in rock armor was sketched.

Adapting to circumstances and adjusting tactics in time is one of X9500's strengths.

...

"Almost there!"

"Hold on a little longer!"

Wan Haihao's feeling now is very strange.

Because of the Inner Qi infused by Ma Ran before departure, his physical strength is still quite sufficient, but his vision is gradually becoming blurred.

The whole person feels dizzy, with fatigue surging like a tide, about to completely engulf him.

Sleep!

Just sleep like this!

Anyway, compared to people like Su Qiangwei and Zhu Hanyi, someone like himself is completely insignificant to the overall situation.

And he's already given his best!

To provide firepower and cover Zhu Hanyi and Su Qiangwei's actions, his hand's scaphoid was almost shattered by the recoil of "Dragon Hunting."

He's clearly done his best!

Even if he collapses here, handing over the subsequent tasks to teammates can be considered fulfilling the mission, right?

This can't be called giving up.

This is a display of trusting comrades.

Smack!

Wan Haihao gave himself a hard slap in the face.

"Bullshit!"

He hit hard, slapping himself until blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

"This damned place, Demon Mountain, is too tormenting!"

Wan Haihao fiercely bit his tongue, the bloody taste spreading in his mouth.

The pain also made him slightly more awake.

Even though his thoughts were still in chaos, he could barely think normally.

"This grey fog..."

"Causing extra physical exertion is just the most apparent aspect; the real damage is to the spiritual will, a silent killer!"

"What degraded class B radiation..."

"That saying is inaccurate!"

"Mutated class B radiation is more like it!"

"Different from the masks once used to test will intensity, its activation is more covert and sinister, stirring my negative emotions, making me give up!"

Wan Haihao struggled to catch up with his teammates ahead.

Watching Zhu Hanyi and Su Qiangwei's state, they seemed fine, unduly affected.

He breathed a sigh of relief, yet feeling a bit self-mocking, thinking too much.

Both of them have satisfied the superpower awakening conditions. Spiritually, they're much more determined than he could imagine.

Shaking his head, Wan Haihao collected his thoughts, squinting slightly, gazing into the distance.

Very strange.

Clearly, he was nearing the heart of Demon Mountain, yet the grey fog around here suddenly thinned a lot.

The visibility is much higher than before, about 30 meters or so.

"We've arrived!"

Su Qiangwei's voice came from up ahead.

At the same time, a thunderous sound was heard.

The ground shook!

Wan Haihao's eyes narrowed, stabilizing his footing.

"Be careful! Dodge quickly!"

Not far away, Zhu Hanyi seemed to become too agitated, shouting until his voice turned hoarse and harsh.

Wan Haihao instinctively rushed forward two steps.

Boom!

A massive rock pillar emitting crimson light descended from the sky, landing abruptly at the spot Wan Haihao had been standing.

The enormous blast wave swept him into the air.

While airborne, Wan Haihao looked bewildered.

He noticed that what he mistook for the rock pillar was actually a giant leg made of rock!

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