Not Too Strong

On the evening of the fourth day of the May Day holiday, Feng Xue sat in front of a barbecue stall, stuffing his mouth with various local skewers. At that moment, at least tens of thousands of eyes were staring at him.

Among these eyes were high-ranking military officials from various countries, soldiers and police officers in charge of the manhunt, and, of course, countless viewers in the Live Broadcast Room.

In fact, if it were two days ago, the number of viewers in the Live Broadcast Room would have been at least hundreds of thousands or even millions. But now, only a few people who are really bored would follow this ever-changing Live Broadcast Room to see the leisurely daily life of this Head of Huang Long.

If you ask why, the answer is actually quite simple.

Two days ago, this guy fought his way through without summoning any mechs, relying entirely on his fists and feet to defeat all sorts of heroes. Whether it was a bounty hunter in the wild or an official Master of Combat Techniques, he easily dealt with them all. The scene was spectacular, and everyone loved to watch it.

However, after this expert killed the number one assassin on the Bailin Country's Killer Ranking with a single finger, the Live Broadcast Room became boring.

However, many people are curious as to why the authorities didn't deploy a large mech army to capture him. After all, no matter how strong he is, without weapons, he could still be taken down by the most elite mech division of the Bailin Country, even with a large-scale saturation attack.

This has sparked heated discussions among military enthusiasts around the world, and some even opened casinos in Ideal Country based on this news.

A simpler example would be, "Bailin Country is designing an encirclement."

A more serious reason is the concern that "other celestial pilots might interfere during the battle, causing the encirclement to fail."

There are also various odds and payouts, such as "Bailin Country's top military force has been deployed to other projects," "Bailin Country is afraid of the Head of Huang Long," "Bailin Country thinks the Head of Huang Long is a bait to lure the tiger away from the mountain," and "Bailin Country thinks as long as he doesn't cause trouble, it's fine."

The most popular bet is currently on "because he didn't pilot the mech".

This sounds a bit outrageous, but upon closer inspection, it makes sense. If Bailin Country had used that Demonic Nature mech to expend a lot of effort to encircle and kill him, he might have gained something. But now there's only one person. Even if he were killed, there would be no benefit. If a few Ace Pilot were killed, it would be a huge loss. Not to mention, it might lead to the Heavenly Court's crazy retaliation. After all, no one has forgotten that the Heavenly Court has at least three more as strong as him!

"This can't go on!"

Feng Xue devoured the skewers, carefully avoiding those with added ingredients, while simultaneously sensing the changes in her own [consciousness].

Although most viewers were unaware of the reason, Feng Xue herself knew perfectly well that Bailin Country had clearly adopted the most classic tactic of information warfare—

Cold treatment.

Feng Xue wasn't sure if the other party had discovered her purpose, or if, as those gambling dens claimed, they were constrained by various considerations regarding interests and manpower. But whether it was intentional or a lucky accident, they had indeed struck at Feng Xue's weak spot.

Although the popularity is still quite good, with the decrease in the number of battles in the past two days, the income of [Knowledge] has also begun to drop sharply. At this rate, the popularity of the Head of Huang Long will probably be over in three days at most.

"There are still two days left in the short holiday. Should we take this opportunity to do something big, or go back and continue accumulating knowledge?"

Feng Xue considered the cards in her hand, her mind racing.

Although the creation of the character "Head of Huang Long" failed, he did learn a lesson.

That is--

The villains shouldn't be made too powerful.

Being strong is fine, but you can't be without weaknesses. It's not that being overly strong can't attract attention, but rather that an overly strong character will make no one want to be their enemy. And a decrease in the number of battles means a decrease in popularity, and a decrease in popularity means it won't become Weird Tale.

Feng Xue noted this consideration down in her notebook, continued to learn from the experience, and planned to find an opportunity to get rid of this disguise.

It's not that we want to abandon this disguise, but rather to hide it again.

If you can't maintain the hype, the best way is to let it disappear to preserve the mystery.

Otherwise, if it becomes commonplace, we'll really lose out.

Thinking of this, Feng Xue tapped the cards in her hand and immediately had an idea. She then contacted the Haotian Mirror and said:

Where is the largest research institute in Bailin Country?

"It is not yet known, but based on the location of the Huanglong No. 3 machine chip debris, it is highly likely to be located in the High-tech Industrial Park of Naxi City, the capital."

The Haotian Mirror isn't a rigid AI; it can naturally determine the location of key local units based on the high-value items it sends out. Upon hearing this location, Feng Xue took out her phone, looked at the map of Bailin Country, and nodded.

"Have one of each of the Phantom Dragon, Dragon Star, and Dragon Soul tri-body mechs delivered to the vicinity. I need to make some targeted modifications. Also, have [Huang Black Dragon] come and pick me up."

"Understood. The nearest nodes available for mecha modification have been marked. [Huang Black Dragon] has entered a mirage state and is expected to arrive in twenty seconds."

"Very good, remember to make your entrance look cool."

Feng Xue gave a brief instruction, stuffed the unseasoned skewer into her mouth, clapped her hands, stood up, casually scanned the QR code to pay, and sighed in front of the telephoto lens:

"Sigh, you guys are useless when I give you opportunities! We finally get a break, and we can't even find anyone who can fight..."

Before those who heard his words could think further, a sudden gust of wind whipped the surrounding Plants and Trees, causing the barbecue restaurant's sign to tremble violently, and many panes of glass to shatter abruptly.

Suddenly, the twilight sky darkened, and a black-glowing mech knelt before Feng Xue. He nimbly jumped onto the mech's hand, turned, and crawled into the cockpit. As the cockpit, so different from modern mechs and exoskeletons, closed with a series of aesthetically pleasing mechanical transformations, the black, gradient dragon wings flapped forcefully, and in the next moment, the mech had shed all detection equipment.

The wild and unrestrained Demonic Nature mecha was only glimpsed briefly, but it immediately attracted fervent attention. More people were focused on the cool mecha than on a fighter.

But while everyone was wondering what she would do after her vacation, Feng Xue had already arrived at an underwater cave in her mecha and began adding some eye-catching elements to the four originally "ordinary" mecha.

Well, it's also used for some interesting experiments.

"After this is over, I'm going back to Budali to study! Seriously, I've never seen a tattooed girl in Budali before!"

Muttering to herself, Feng Xue used the transformable Dragon Star mecha as the core to add modules to the other three mecha.

However, this time, he deliberately left some small details...