Chapter 16

After having enough fun with the invisibility game, the fat guy found something new - a book called "Realistic Imitation". This lousy name concealed training in con - artist skills.

This lewd rascal regarded it as a treasure. The book contained con - artist skills such as ventriloquism, etiquette, honeyed words, female psychology, appreciation of famous paintings and antiques, forgery, and behavior imitation. It even gave step - by - step examples of how to deceive people.

So, the fat guy started his life as a con - artist.

This rascal imitated Boswell's voice and called the college kitchen, angrily scolding the poor cook and asking the kitchen to provide more sumptuous dishes for the laboratory. At the end of the call, he said in a strange - tempered way not to bother him with such trivial things again as he was very busy.

The fat guy succeeded again. No one saw through his trap.

After improving the food, with nowhere else to turn, the fat guy soon set his sights on those around him. He deceived almost everyone. These naive researchers were no match for him. Many of their private collections ended up in the fat guy's storage box.

It wasn't until a certain researcher took the antique pistol forged by the fat guy to show off to his expert friend that the fat guy's astonishing fraud was exposed.

Although under Milan's leadership, the fat guy was put on a collective trial and got a good beating, this rascal was still very happy. Because everyone admitted that his con - artist skills were quite deceptive, and the reason the exposed antique gun was discovered was due to a slight oversight in his production.

The fat guy was dog - paddling in the ocean of knowledge obsessively... Twenty - one narrow escapes from death had made him realize that he still had many shortcomings. The experiences of begging for luck in desperate situations had made the fat guy understand that to survive in the war, learning more skills might save his life at some point.

As the days passed, the people in the laboratory talked a lot about the situation on the ground, and there were countless rumors. The TV news transmitted via the super - network reported one victory after another of the federal army every day, as if the situation was extremely favorable.

As the only one in the laboratory with actual combat experience, Tian Kaiwen remained silent on this. He knew that there were surely local victories, but considering the overall situation, the Federation still faced severe challenges. After all, the Gacharin Empire, which regarded military construction as the top priority of the country, had a very strong military force. This strength was not something that the Leray Federation's army, which had been out of battle for a long time, could compare with. This war was destined to be a long - term seesaw battle.

National strength and equipment are important factors in determining the outcome of a war, but they cannot completely determine it. Sometimes, a careless mistake made by a commander can lead to the destruction of the most elite fleet. And all the weapons and equipment of this fleet might be the total production of the whole country in several months.

Tian Kaiwen still searched the central computer every day for various skills that could improve his survival ability. Watching the vivid lives disappear in an instant on TV, he was filled with anxiety about his future. This anxiety both tormented and urged him, making him devote more energy to all kinds of training, whether useful or not.

"Mecha Battle Examples", "Alternative Mecha Control Techniques", "Battle Situation Deduction", "History of Human Wars", "The Art of Survival", "Warship Command", "Key Points of Space Fighter Combat", "Strategies for Raids Behind Enemy Lines", "Train Your Hand Speed", "Keep Your Distance", "Booster Research", "Precision Strike", "Knowledge of Poisons", "Sixth Sense Training", "Sexual Techniques", "Make Yourself Last Longer", "Ten Sensitive Parts of a Woman's Body", "Seventy - two Sexual Poses"…

Apart from some messy things that were the private collections of some unscrupulous people with strong desires, the other professional tutorials were not available outside. Many of these tutorials were marked with security levels. Some military tutorials had never even been seen by ordinary professors in the academy.

The fat guy was extremely enthusiastic about these tutorials. His perseverance and determination in learning made everyone in the laboratory feel inferior. He was even more hard - working than Boswell, who was the most fanatical about work. He even used the gravity laboratory that simulated various planetary environments to continuously conduct bare - handed combat, mecha control, and other training. Milan called it self - abuse.

Half a year passed, but the situation on the battlefield did not change fundamentally as promised by the federal president in his speech for a national mobilization. The two sides were still in a stalemate in the ground battles on Milock Star. However, due to the arrival of federal reinforcements, the Gacharin Empire could no longer surround cities as unscrupulously as before. They began to rely on the several occupied cities to form a contracted front. The previous point - like attacks were stopped, and the attacking troops of more than twenty cities that were likely to be surrounded by the federal air - mobile forces were completely withdrawn. The troops were allocated to several non - urban strategic locations that had been ignored before, in order to form a defense line to prevent the federal army from infiltrating through the gaps between cities.

The time for the fat guy's strange training began to be taken away because Professor Boswell's research had entered a crucial stage. This was a simulated war network, aiming to cultivate a large number of military talents through a simulated war network that evolved completely according to real - world data, thus making up for the serious lack of combat experience of the Leray Federation's academically - trained military commanders.

The importance of this simulated war network was self - evident both to the Galiparan Military Academy and the Leray Federation. The fat guy, who was in charge of data calculation and the production of simulation cabins, was also deeply fascinated by it. He was conquered by this unprecedented thing.

The central data of this system was so huge that it shocked everyone involved. In this simulation system, the authenticity of a mecha, a fleet, a planet, a country, and even every plant and tree, as well as the impact of terrain, weather, and other environments on the war, were no different from reality. However, luck and individual differences of opponents would still cause differences between the deductions in the system and reality. This was unsolvable, but as a training - oriented system, the functions it had were sufficient.

This system received high attention from the military department and the president's office. In the final stage of the research, a total of twenty high - level scientific research laboratories from the three major military academies, including the Capital Military Academy and the Steel Combat Academy, were involved in its improvement.

Finally, when the first - anniversary of the outbreak of the Leray Federation's War of National Defense arrived, the simulated war network named "Real War" was completed and opened to the three major military academies and the military. Some battle situations in the system, like actual combat exercises, became assessment items for graduating students in military academies. And for military promotions, if an officer could not achieve the corresponding results in the simulated war, their promotion qualification might even be cancelled.

The fat guy's mouth was almost splitting with joy... He was in the process of defeating someone. His opponent was a 5 - star federal fierce - tiger special forces soldier rated by the system. The scene they chose was a mecha confrontation in the mountains.

Just a few minutes after the start of the game, the outcome was already decided. When engaging in close - combat with the opponent, the fat guy gradually retreated to a cliff, looking as if he could no longer withstand the opponent's storm - like attacks. Then he activated the mecha booster, and the powerful thrust sent his mecha into the air. Before the opponent's mecha could react, with a loud bang, a huge rock weighing dozens of tons crushed it into a pulp. This was a trap the fat guy had set up long ago. He only used one remote - controlled engineering mine to carry out a directional explosion on the protruding rock on the mountain.

"Alas…"

A sigh came from the spectator room.

"Can this be possible?"

"SM01314 is really sneaky, despicable, and shameless."

"Which academy is this guy from? Does anyone know him? Let's initiate a human - flesh search."

"Exactly, he's so shameless. If I knew who he really was… Humph…"

"This is already the 300th game! What other tricks does this guy have?"

"The Sneaky Sect will last for thousands of years and unify the martial arts world. The leader of the SM Sect has peerless magic skills, enjoys immortal blessings, and lives as long as the sky!"

"Damn it! This guy clearly has strength! Why can't he have a fair fight? He's always like this."

"He has no strength at all. This guy is a bit strange. Every time I fight with him, I feel flustered."

"He is a bit strange. Last time, I clearly saw him in front of me, but he came out from behind me."

"Me too. That guy played against me in the last game last night. I searched the whole map, but I just couldn't find him. I thought he had left. But as soon as I quit, the system judged him the winner. Fuck! I asked him this morning, and he said he went to sleep at that time."

In the spectator room of the simulated war network, people were talking all at once, and the main object of discussion was the fat guy, the undefeated leader of the SM Sect who had won 300 games.

This rascal named SM01314 had brought his endless sneaky tactics to full play in the simulated network where he could play freely without worrying about revenge. Everyone who fought against him had the same feeling: being unconvinced! And there was a sense of resentment like being teased and dominated. They all felt that none of this guy's victories were obtained fairly relying on his own strength.

When this resentment accumulated to a certain extent, the fat guy became a过街老鼠 that everyone wanted to beat in the simulated war network. Starting from the 200th game, everyone hoped that someone could defeat this shameless guy. Unfortunately, no one had achieved it yet.

This simulated network was simply a gift from heaven for the fat guy. Here, not only did he not have to worry about casualties, but it was also highly targeted for his training in things like "Psychology" and "The Assassin's Invisibility Technique". With countless various opponents in the simulated network, the fat guy no longer needed to use Milan or the laboratory staff as training opponents.

"Dead fatso, so you're hiding here!"

As soon as Tian Kaiwen came out of the simulation cabin, he saw a beautiful female pilot glaring at him angrily.