The Emperor Engine's God-like Skill System

"Interesting mechanical equipment."

"This person is no ordinary person, capable of creating such a machine."

"However, the data collection was too conservative. If it were used by someone with too much power, the power could not be completely copied."

Metal Knight, far away in his secret base, muttered to himself,

"I'll increase its limit!"

Chapter 88: Virtual Reality, KING Instantly Kills Metal Baseball Bat

Although Metal Knight has never left his secret base, he personally built the Association headquarters building and knows all its facilities and equipment inside like the back of his hand.

This includes things that some association members are unaware of.

Therefore, Metal Knight is not at the association headquarters, yet he is fully aware of what is happening inside.

After Genos brought the combat simulator to the association headquarters, Metal Knight Bofoi learned of it and, taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, sent his robot to tamper with it.

"Let's make a slight modification to the program."

"That way I can control this machine remotely."

"This way, I might be able to collect data on all the heroes... and perhaps I can also obtain King's data."

In the secret base, a smile appeared on Metal Knight's face as he remotely controlled the robot.

Last time, he sent out G4 Machine God to test King's strength, but it did not achieve the desired result.

The combat simulator that Genos brought this time might be a good opportunity.

After the robot finished modifying the combat simulator, it immediately left the room, and the association's monitoring equipment returned to normal at the same time.

No one in the association was aware of what had just happened.

......

The next morning, King and Genos arrived at the Hero Association headquarters.

Last night, Genos informed King about the existence of the combat simulator and asked King to come to headquarters the next day to try out the equipment.

It was both to test the performance of the combat simulator for Dr. Kusno and to collect King's combat information so that he could study it carefully.

King had no choice, since Genos had taken on almost all the housework these past few days, reducing a lot of trouble for him and Fubuki, so he agreed to his request.

They had just arrived at the location of the combat simulator when they saw that it was already surrounded by a considerable number of A-rank and even S-rank heroes, all queuing up to use the combat simulator.

King's gaze was fixed ahead, where the large screen was currently showing a battle between Silver Fang Bang and a monster.

Directly in front of King, Bang was sitting in a chair with his head connected to a combat simulator.

The scene of the battle that just happened was simulated in Bang's mind and projected onto the big screen by the battle simulator.

"Mr. King!"

Good morning, Mr. King!

"It's Lord King!"

Upon seeing King's arrival, the other heroes greeted him respectfully. In their hearts, King was a hero among heroes, and King nodded slightly in return.

On the screen, Bang used the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist, easily defeating the monster who possessed at least Demon-level strength. The simulation ended, the screen turned black, and Bang removed the mechanical device from his head and got off his seat.

"Mr. King, you've arrived too."

Bang greeted King politely, then his gaze fell on Genos, who was standing next to King.

"You must be Genos. This is truly an amazing machine."

Although Genos had only recently become an S-class hero and hadn't had much contact with the other S-class heroes, they had learned about each other through the association, so Bang recognized Genos's identity at a glance.

"Senior Silver Fang, how is the combat simulator going?"

"Jenos asked."

"Very good, even an old body like mine can get some exercise now."

A smile appeared on Bang's face.

"Then teacher, why don't you try out the combat simulator now?"

Genos immediately turned to King and said, completely ignoring the fact that there was still a long line of people ahead of him.

King was about to say something, but the other heroes immediately told him to go and use the battle simulator first.

"It's alright, Lord King, please go ahead of us in line!"

They all wanted to do King a favor and leave a good impression on him.

At the same time, those who had never seen King make a move also wanted to witness King's power.

Hearing what the others said, King didn't intend to refuse. He glanced at the time; it was 11:00 AM. He then sat down in his seat and connected the device to his head.

The previously black screen lit up again, and Genos immediately went to the control panel to check King's physical data.

[Power: Exceeds detection limit]

Genos was not surprised to see the prompt. He had witnessed King's immense power firsthand. He then began to operate the system, trying to select the most suitable opponent for King.

However, Genos's expression gradually became serious as he fiddled with the buttons on the instrument.

"W-what happened?"

Genos said with a frown.

"What's wrong, Genos?"

Bang, who was standing nearby, noticed the change in Genos's expression and curiously stepped forward to ask him.

"I can't control the machine anymore."

"Jenos said, sounding somewhat anxious."

The console is now completely malfunctioning. Not only that, the machine seems to have developed its own consciousness and has begun to set program data on its own.

What's going on? !

Genos started to panic.

Unbeknownst to him, the combat simulator he brought with him had been tampered with by Metal Knight the previous night. Metal Knight could remotely control the data within the combat simulator, allowing him to conduct more experiments and obtain information on all the heroes.

For example, King.

Metal Knight saw King's data the moment he connected to the system. In Metal Knight's mind, King was a strength-type hero with special abilities.

Metal Knight was somewhat surprised when he saw that King's power exceeded the limit of mechanical measurement.

But at the same time, an idea formed in his mind.

What if we strip him of his strength and physical attributes?

Metal Knight wanted to know King's performance in other areas and to obtain more data, so he interfered and secretly modified King's physical attributes in the simulated world.

While Genos was somewhat at a loss, the image on the big screen gradually became clearer.

......

At this moment, everything in King's vision turned black, as if he had fallen into an endless darkness.

The next second, a burst of light suddenly appeared before his eyes, and when he came to his senses, King found himself in a huge white space.

King reached out and gently touched his body, feeling an uncanny sense of reality.

"It's pretty much the same as a regular VR game."

"But the tactile sensation is so realistic; most games can't achieve this level of realism."

"But it really feels like playing a video game."

King tentatively moved his body and quickly noticed something was wrong.

It was around 11 a.m., but he couldn't sense the magic power brought by the Pride Sin template within him—perhaps because he was in a simulated world, the power of the Pride Sin couldn't be brought in.

Strangely, King could clearly feel that his body was not as weak as it had been at night, but rather like that of a strong and fit man who had been training for a long time.

"Was it because the simulation system reset my physical abilities?"

King became curious. He remembered Genos telling him that the device's greatest feature was its ability to truly replicate the user's abilities, including the healing abilities of the S-class hero Zombieman.

But the current situation is completely different from what Genos described.

King tried it again and found that his Divine Vision was still usable. Was it because he still had vision even though he was in a simulated world?

However, King is not currently inclined to consider the reasons behind these events.

Since this combat simulator is similar to a VR game, King is quite interested in completing it.

King's physical abilities are not bad, and he still possesses the ability to see through illusions, so he is confident that he can defeat all his enemies.

This level of power is sufficient.

So who could the enemy be?

Just as King was pondering, a somewhat dazzling light flashed before him, and a figure gradually appeared in his eyes.

Metal baseball bat!

He is the 16th ranked S-class hero who fights with a baseball bat. He looks like a delinquent, but he has extremely strong fighting power.

Metal Bat also used this combat simulator today, and his data was recorded and copied by the machine, which is why he was able to appear in the simulated world.

In the real world, the other heroes also started discussing it after seeing the metal bat.

"Metal Bat vs. King!"

"Who will win in a battle between S-class monsters?"

"This is getting interesting!"

Meanwhile, Genos kept trying to turn off the device, but found himself powerless to do so.

"At this point, all we can do is wait for the battle to end."

"The internal data seems to be faulty. Teacher King's physical stats are now the same as the other person's, clearly indicating he possesses power beyond his limits..."

"This completely weakens the teacher's power!"