Ren Zhong gave a thumbs up, "The captain makes sense!"
The logic was indeed flawless. Even Ren Zhong, who had won first prize in an internal school debate competition as the main debater, thought it was flawless and could only give a thumbs up.
Waving goodbye to the others, each choosing a direction to pounce towards, a genuine smile spread across Ren Zhong’s face.
He had been intensely battling Ma Xiaoling in the Fourth Level Virtual Reality for three entire nights, totaling 24 hours.
With both sides completely turning off the Sixth Sense function, Ren Zhong’s performance was getting better and better.
At first, facing Ma Xiaoling’s 1000-kilowatt power with his 1500 kilowatts, he could barely last three minutes.
By nearly six in the morning today, he could hold his ground for nearly half an hour with 2162.1 kilowatts against Ma Xiaoling’s 2000 kilowatts without being defeated.
Of course, the reason he almost won that time was that Ma Xiaoling had turned off her Sixth Sense in the Virtual Reality, and Ren Zhong, with his limited skills, almost managed to land wild punches successfully.
Later, to avoid being kicked offline and wasting money, Ren Zhong had to turn off this function, and as a result, had not won even once until now.
Each time he seemed close to winning, but it was always just out of reach.
It wasn’t that he wasn’t strong enough; rather, it was because Ma Xiaoling’s gear was too overwhelming.
Even when they both operated at the same power, Ma Xiaoling’s simulation gear boasted stronger modified auxiliary brain crystal chips, better material performance, energy transmission structures, stress-resistant structures, reactor-level battery cooling systems, and more multifunctional weapon configurations based on systematic design concepts.
She was simply a walking humanoid fighter jet, and no wonder Lin Wang was envious of her wealth; even a single part of her equipment was equivalent to an entire set of Fourth Level Exoskeleton Armor for an ordinary person.
Ren Zhong and Ma Xiaoling also sneaked out into the wild at night once, found a spacious battlefield, and had a serious match.
This time, Ma Xiaoling thoroughly confirmed that Ren Zhong’s Combat Intuition from last time was not just a coincidental flash but truly akin to her own Sixth Sense, which consistently surged at critical moments.
If it weren’t for her superior experience, skills, and comprehensive equipment performance, she might have actually capsized in the gutter.
Although Ren Zhong kept losing to Ma Xiaoling, his progress was visibly evident, which increasingly boosted his confidence in taking down Lin Wang.
By closely observing this morning, his confidence turned into a guaranteed victory.
In these ten days of fake injury, Lin Wang and Bei Lihui’s equipment hadn’t seen any significant updates, only minor maintenance.
Now, he possessed battle memories from fighting to a mutual end with the severely injured Lin Wang, extensive information gained from close observation over several days, equipment power exceeding 2000 kilowatts and continuing to grow, numerous intelligent weapons for setting traps and ambushes, a deduced and confirmed hunting route for Lin Wang in the abandoned mine pit tomorrow, and a comprehensive ambush plan that was meticulously complete and downright frightening.
He found it hard to lose.
At five in the afternoon, in a cave located at Rat Cliff Mountain, Ren Zhong met his subordinates again.
The group first handed over a storage box filled with First to Third Level crystal chips to him, then sat properly and attentively.
Although Ren Zhong had not spoken yet, everyone could feel that today he was completely different from usual.
"Turn off your wrist watches."
Ren Zhong gave a brief order.
The group did as instructed.
He stood up slowly and said, "Let me tell you something first."
Pausing, he spoke deliberately, word by word, "I have become a Fourth Level Mechanical Warrior and have already mastered Perfect Level Five Senses Resonance."
Especially Wen Lei, who had initially transformed into a porter and carried Ren Zhong back to the communal sleeping pod every day, was utterly dumbfounded.
He knew very well that Ren Zhong had only started transitioning into a mecha warrior after arriving in Starfire Town.
The speed of this upgrade was beyond anything he had ever heard, seen, or even imagined.
Fortunately, Wen Lei was unaware that, in a past timeline, he had once been Ren Zhong’s enlightenment mentor; otherwise, he might have truly spat blood.
"Don’t be so surprised. In my hometown, people like me may not be everywhere, but they aren’t rare either." Ren Zhong continued, "Moreover, I have completely revamped my gear. Now, it’s an upgraded Fourth Level full set of Exoskeleton Armor disguised as a Third Level set. I can now single-handedly take on a Level Four Ruined Beast without injury."