The Emperor Engine's God-like Skill System

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In comparison, even the medium difficulty level in video games is more challenging than the simulated battle.

"However, the problem with this device is quite serious. I need to take it back to Dr. Kusno for a checkup."

Genos turned his head and looked at the combat simulator next to him, lost in thought.

Is there a system malfunction?

No, that shouldn't be the case.

Genos's body was modified by Dr. Kunos, who had great confidence in the latter's technology because the mechanical equipment created by Kunos had never had any problems.

Therefore, Genos didn't really believe that there was anything wrong with the combat simulator.

Or is there some other reason?

For example, did someone tamper with it?

That's unlikely. This is the headquarters of the Hero Association. How could an ordinary person possibly break into the headquarters and modify the program?

Unless it was a hero who did it...

Genos shook his head violently. He knew that he was only speculating and had no evidence. Only by having Dr. Kusno check the equipment could he find out what was going on.

“Professor King, I’ll take this device back to the doctor for a check-up.”

Genos immediately said.

"Well, let's go."

King nodded.

......

Meanwhile, in Metal Knight's secret base.

At this moment, he kept watching King's battle in the simulated world, his expression becoming increasingly solemn.

Metal Knight has secretly tampered with the combat simulator, enabling him to remotely modify its program. He has also set up a self-destruct mechanism that automatically deletes the modified code without leaving a trace.

He has also saved the physical data and combat recordings of all the heroes who have used the combat simulator.

However, Metal Knight's only concern was King.

His primary concern was the extent of King's physical fitness.

Metal Knight had collected the corpses of monsters who had fought King, and King's ability to single-handedly overwhelm five Dragon-level monsters during a live television broadcast made him extremely wary of that power.

Metal Knight was even more shocked when King connected to the battle simulator.

His strength exceeded the machine's measurement limit!

Metal Knight's actions are tantamount to trying to hold a river in a bowl.

However, Metal Knight was not about to give up this opportunity so easily. He wanted to see how strong King would be if he didn't have that abnormal physical condition.

In his prediction, even if King could defeat Metal Bat while his power was restricted, he definitely wouldn't be able to get past Flashy Flash.

But the result was a huge surprise to him. Even Flashy Flash, one of the strongest S-class heroes, was unable to pose a threat to King.

"That's...that's terrifying."

Metal Knight muttered to himself, his forehead already covered in sweat, which dripped onto the table in front of him.

Why does King possess such astonishing speed?

"It's even better than Flashy Flash?!"

"And why is he able to use Atomic Samurai's special moves?"

"How is this possible?!"

As he watched King in the video, his fists clenched involuntarily. He had originally just wanted to obtain King's physical data, but he discovered that the other party was such a terrifying existence.

King's power cannot be measured by data.

"We need to be wary of this guy."

Metal Knight turned his head, and behind him was a vast expanse of robots, like a tidal wave, suspended from countless mechanical arms.

They haven't been activated yet, but they seem ready to awaken at any moment.

......

Meanwhile, inside the House of Evolution.

"Is this what they call 'monster cells'?"

At this moment, Genus was carefully observing a spherical tumor in a petri dish. It was covered with coral-like protrusions and was beating like a heart, looking extremely disgusting.

But in Genus's eyes, this freak cell was nothing short of a perfect work of art.

"Yes."

Behind Genus, a bloated and obese monster spoke slowly.

Its body was incredibly bulky, with its pinkish-purple torso covered in limbs that resembled arms.

Big, bright eyes.

However, no one knew that this giant eye was just a puppet controlled by telekinesis. In reality, its true form was a human named Psykos, a fact unknown even to members of the Monster Association.

The Monster Association has now formed a cooperative relationship with the House of Evolution, and different factions have begun to share their intelligence and technology.

Although Sykes and Genos do not actually have the same goal, at this stage their objectives are the same: to bring down King.

The House of Evolution wants to use King as their experimental subject, while the Monster Association sees King as the biggest obstacle to their plans and must eliminate him no matter what.

At this time, Psykos gave the monster cells to Genus to be used as experimental material, and Genus also shared the research results of the House of Evolution in recent years with him.

"Interesting, is there really such a way?"

Genos adjusted his glasses, nodded in satisfaction, and then shifted his gaze to the big-eyed man beside him.

"So, what are your plans next?"

"Five Dragon-level monsters in our association were eliminated by King."

Sykes, controlling the large, bright eyes, spoke slowly.

"If we directly cause trouble for King, it would be a thankless task."

"Therefore, we need to approach this from other angles..."

"For example, other people, whether heroes or ordinary citizens..."

"Using other people to restrain King?"

Genos quickly understood Sykes's meaning.

"As a hero, King cannot possibly be indifferent to other lives, so we must disperse our firepower and make the heroes unable to attend to one thing at a time."

"While King is too busy to leave, we will seize the opportunity to defeat the other heroes as much as possible, conquer territories, and take the people hostage."

"In this way, not only will King be unable to exert his full strength, but he will also be constantly worn down. Even the unparalleled King will eventually run out of energy."

The voice emanating from Big Eyes was shrill and hoarse, as if corroded by acid, yet it was filled with an irrepressible mirth.

"At that time, King will be at your disposal."

"A pretty good suggestion."

A smile also appeared on Genus's face.

"It just needs a little more preparation."

The Monster Association can provide Genus with ample experimental materials and resources, while the latter can use his technology to further enhance the monsters of the Monster Association.

......

Before we knew it, two months had quietly passed.

During this period, King would go out to hunt monsters every day to increase his reputation points. During this time, he accumulated more than 70 million reputation points, and he was not far from unlocking his third skill.

After spending two months together, King had become quite accustomed to Genos's presence. After the last malfunction of the battle simulator, Genos immediately brought the equipment back to Dr. Kusno's base. However, strangely, Dr. Kusno did not detect anything abnormal, and all the data and programs were correct.

This is because Metal Knight is very cautious. When he modified the program on the combat simulator, he had already left a backup plan, which allowed him to remotely destroy the parts he modified and clear the records. Therefore, even Dr. Kusno could not find any clues.

It's around 10 a.m. now, and King has just killed a few strange creatures in the downtown area.

"It seems like the frequency of these weirdos' activities has increased recently."

King looked at the strange man's corpse in front of him and said calmly.

King had previously been able to intuitively sense that after he had swept through Z City once, the frequency of monster appearances had significantly decreased.

Based on his previous battles with monsters like Gouketsu, Homeless Emperor, and Elder Centipede, King could deduce that there was definitely a certain force among the monsters, but they had kept a low profile because of his presence.

However, the frequency of strange events has increased recently, which must be related to that mysterious force.

What exactly gave them the confidence to fight against themselves again?

Could it be that they have found other help?

Just as King was thinking, his phone suddenly rang. It was Sitch calling.

"Mr. King, are you free now?"

Sic's voice came from the other end of the phone, sounding very urgent, as if he had encountered a very difficult situation.

"what happened?"

The king asked.

"Please come to the association headquarters immediately! It's extremely important!"

......

An hour later, King returned to the association headquarters and opened the door to find Sitch anxiously stamping his feet.

"Mr. King, you've finally arrived!"