The Legendary Mechanic, page 594
"Of course not, this is the truth." Milizaus laughed.
He had been heavily injured in the battle of Planet Lighthouse, and he had always remembered this grudge. Seeing that EsGod had fallen into their hands, he felt so pleased, as though he was offered a cold refreshing drink on a hot summer day. His goodwill toward Han Xiao increased even further.
The rest did not have any objections. They were still waiting for the use of the evolution cube, so no one was willing to fight with Han Xiao for credit.
"Then, I'll thank the dynasty in advance." Han Xiao laughed.
"Good, you guys quickly bring EsGod back. The dynasty will lock him in the most secretive location." Urranrell paused for a moment. "That's right. Black Star, you mentioned that those that are sealed by the Spacetime Amber will have their souls slowly die off due to the long captivity, right?"
"That's right." Han Xiao nodded and understood her intentions. "Does the dynasty wish to study EsGod?"
"Yes, it has high research value. After so many combinations of gene chains, it has mastered all kinds of abilities. If this can be cracked, the genetic technology of the dynasty will have progress, and the number of Supers will also increase." Urranrell did not conceal it. "Of course, only when his soul dies can we begin the research. How long do you think we need?"
Han Xiao stroked his chin. "I recommend at least five hundred years to start with."
Urranrell stood in deep thought for a moment before nodding. "That works. Although the period is a little long, let's play safe."
Five hundred years was nothing to the Crimson Dynasty. Their period of existence far surpassed that number, and some war preparations even took units of a hundred years as a gauge.
After a few more side conversations, Urranrell hung up, and the dynasty soldiers present returned to work.
Ravenlaude now turned to Han Xiao. "Since EsGod has already been caught, it's time for you to uphold your end of the deal."
Han Xiao's mouth widened in a smile. Raising his hand, nanoparticles surged, and the Evolution Cube was brought to his palm.
"Relax, I value credibility, and since everyone here has helped me in solving my issue, I won't cheat you guys."
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The three Universal Civilizations reached a consensus, and only after their fleets returned did they announce the arrest of EsGod. Because the fighting took place in the desolate universe belt where there were limited human traces, most major organizations did not know anything about their encounter.
A little over half a month later, the dynasty's fleet smoothly returned, and there were no unexpected incidents.
Han Xiao passed EsGod to another dynasty fleet, who locked EsGod up in a secretive location.
The other Beyond Grade As had also obtained their evolution and left satisfied, leaving Han Xiao as the only one who returned to Planet Crimson Ring.
He immediately contacted Feidin and the rest. After a month apart, they were finally reunited.
His goals for going to the Central Galaxy this time had been achieved. Han Xiao announced the end of the vacation before taking them back on his own spaceship, departing back for the Shattered Star Ring.
In the spaceship, Han Xiao took the excuse of not meeting them for a long time to have a meal and thoroughly 'molested' Feidin and Nero.
Feidin was used to it and just had a face of helplessness, but Nero squirmed left and right, not used to Han Xiao's 'passionate' self. He was dizzy from all the 'love' given by Han Xiao's big hands.
Reynold thought that he would undergo such a treatment as well and took a deep breath, psychologically preparing himself, but Han Xiao only turned and left, as though not interested in him. This made Reynold feel a little depressed.
After recharging his luck, Han Xiao locked himself in the room and opened the interface to complete the mission [Archenemy of the Three Universal Civilizations].
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The mission [Archenemy of the Three Universal Civilizations] has been completed.
Your cumulative damage to EsGod is calculated as 100% (up to the maximum limit). You will obtain the corresponding reward.
You have been awarded 20,000,000,000 experience, x1 Random Reward, x1 [Character Summon Card—EsGod].
[Character Summon Card—EsGod] Esper Ability—Ability Enhancement. This can only be used on Espers that are lower than your current level. It allows the potential of the ability to receive a permanent upgrade. Each target can only be promoted once. Uses: 0/3
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Han Xiao's eyes sparkled.
This skill… is a little overpowered.
If a civilization's Beyond Grade A has this ability, it would be equivalent to an unlimited number of Esper Ability Potential Enhancing Fluid shots. Even if this could only be used on Espers, it was enough to raise the prowess of the Espers in the entire civilization by one whole level.
This was a strategic level ability!
A pity, the one who obtained this was EsGod. With his stingy character, chances were low that he would help his subordinates raise their strength.
EsGod had collected all these abilities, which was equivalent to killing off a lot of potential geniuses. If the original owners of this ability did not fall to EsGod, it was likely that they would have become distinguished guests of the Universal Civilizations.
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Additional mission requirements have been completed.
You have received an additional reward: Random draw of three skills of EsGod (Talent/Ability)
Alert: EsGod is an Esper. Part of the possible abilities have been automatically adjusted to your class.
You have three chances to draw, and at least one ability will be randomly selected each time. Please select your type of draw (Talent / Ability / Both).
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Han Xiao rubbed his hands, choosing the Talent option.
Since the Esper class was incompatible with his due to the different sources of strength, he knew that many Esper Abilities could not be extracted.
Since he could obtain abilities this time, he should by right utilize it. However, it would likely be more beneficial for him to obtain a good talent first.
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Randomizing… complete.
Please select one to three options from the five below as the reward:
1. Talent: Particle Structure Reinforcement - Immunity to True Damage.
2. Talent: Crazed Devotee - +20% Resistance to abnormal mental status.
3. Talent: Cell Division Control - Consumes energy to stimulate cell division and achieve powerful self-healing properties. Converts energy into HP at a 1:3 ratio, capped at 15% HP per second.
4. Talent: Endurance Enhancement - +40% Physical and Energy resistance.
5. Talent: Combat Instincts - Upon entering a combat state, +1% to all attributes, capped at 12%.
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Han Xiao's eyes sparkled. He drew two Molding Talents this time, which were the first and third options.
His gaze was firmly locked on the [Cell Division Control]. This talent should have been converted from the 'strengthened self-recovery' of EsGod, which was similar to his [Middle Grade Cell Proliferation Control]. It was just that the efficiency was not as high as his.
His own HP had now broken through 500,000, and even if he converted all of his energy, it would not even reach ten percent of his total HP. It was far from achieving the cap of twenty-eight percent per second. Thus, he would benefit by increasing the efficiency of the conversion.
As for the ability to be immune to true damage, he already had it, and there was no need to reselect it.
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You have chosen [Cell Division Control].
Your [Middle Grade Cell Proliferation Control] is similar to [Cell Division Control], and the two talents will be combined.
Talents can be upgraded! Han Xiao was excited.
Certain similar talents could be merged together to form a stronger talent, which was equivalent to an upgrade.
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Combination complete.
You have lost [Cell Division Control].
Your talent [Middle Grade Cell Proliferation Control] has been upgraded to [High Grade Cell Proliferation Control].
High Grade Cell Proliferation Control: Make use of energy to proliferate cells, heal wounds, and convert energy into HP at a ratio of 1:9. Recovery rate capped at 35% of total HP per second.
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His conversation rate had now increased from 1:5 to 1:9, almost doubling the recovery speed. The cap had also increased from twenty-eight percent to thirty-five percent.
Han Xiao exhaled before continuing with the second draw. He still stuck to the Talent option.
Another five random talents were drawn, and after a glance, Han Xiao chose the Talent [Spiritual Onsen], which gave him an added twenty percent psychological resistance, as well as accelerated the removal of any abnormal mental statuses and soul damage.
Mental attacks were his shortcoming, so there was a need to stack his psychological resistance.
For his third draw, he still chose Talent. Sweeping the randomized reward, his eyes lit up.
Among the five, one of them seemed to be the adjusted version of EsGod's Esper ability [Black Hole], which could convert a portion of the incoming damage into energy values.
After choosing this talent, the [Intermediate Energy Absorption] combined with this to form a new talent.
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Your [Intermediate Energy Absorption] has been promoted to [Expert Energy Absorption].
Expert Energy Absorption: When subject to any physical, energy, magical, or other attacks, incoming damage is reduced by 25% and converted to energy. The absorbed damage value is not counted as offset by resistance, and the remaining 75% of damage received will be used to calculate the resistance instead. 60% of the damage offset by resistance will be converted into energy.
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Han Xiao roughly did a calculation.
"If I count it like this, my efficiency in converting damage to energy will have increased by more than 1.5 times, and the upgraded talent now offers twenty-five percent more absolute resistance."
With the addition of the [Black Hole] specialty, it directly converted part of the damage into energy, which was equivalent to saving the energy required to restore this amount of HP.
If his resistance was fifty percent and he received ten thousand damage in theory, then the initial talent effect would mean he received five thousand damage and absorbed three thousand energy.
After the upgrade, the effect now was receiving 3,750 damage and absorbing 4,750 energy.
The energy obtained was more than the HP lost!
Chapter 897. The Fall of EsGod Even |
After the three rewards had been drawn, miniscule Mechanical Force arcs swam on the surface of his body, and he felt numb. The cells started to subtly change, and from Han Xiao’s senses, he could feel that they had become even easier to control.
Because there was a base version, the upgrades to the talents were not uncomfortable and were actually quite pleasant.
Han Xiao heaved a sigh of relief, clenching his fists and feeling the endless strength surging in his body, as well as the vibrant vitality.
Following the evolution of the talents, Han Xiao’s self-healing abilities had also risen to a new level. For the current him, having such strong vitality was not disadvantageous since he was holding onto two coveted Universal Treasures, or else he might end up being captured like EsGod one day.
“With my current self-healing level, so long as I’m not like EsGod being beaten up by so many Beyond Grade As, there should not be any problems.”
Now that his HP and energy conversion rates were high, Han Xiao had plans for his subsequent advancements. Since the upper limit of his HP would increase with every level up, there was no need to pay attention to it. What he needed was to continue improving the energy attribute, as this affected his total energy as well as the speed of conversion.
In terms of his Mechanic class, he had to acquire advanced mechanic-related talents, learn more Ultimate Knowledges, research more blueprints, improve his machinery, expand the size of his mechanical army, and nurture a mechanical civilization… While he was resistant to attacks, this only ensured his tankiness. The main method of combat still had to rely on his Pay-to-Win… cough cough… his mechanical army.
The siege this time was considerably less risky than the battle at Planet Lighthouse. At Planet Lighthouse, they were the passive party under attack and were outnumbered. But this time, they were on the active side and outnumbered the enemy. His situation was not so dangerous because even if the operation failed, it would not have been life threatening. Thus, the pressure was lower.
As the interface for ability extraction disappeared, Han Xiao glanced and noticed another reward notification for this mission.
[Dungeon Copy: Fall of EsGod]
Han Xiao’s eyelids jumped.
“D*mn, the difficulty of this dungeon will be through the roof!”
EsGod was considered one of the end game bosses of the evil faction, but receiving the dungeon copy was something Han Xiao expected. However, those players who dared enter such a dungeon would be masochists.
Ignoring the players, even if it was Han Xiao himself, if he attempted to solo this, he would end up being pummeled by EsGod. Luckily, he only distributed the dungeon crystals and did not use them himself.
“Oh, this copy can actually be used to display my heroism…” Han Xiao could not help but think about the professional boot-licker Bun-Hit-Dog.
Putting his thoughts away, Han Xiao then glanced at his notifications to make sure he had not missed any rewards.
“Such a notorious guy like EsGod should give me some Legendary Points. I believe when the three Universal Civilizations announce this, the points will be delivered.”
There were two ways to obtain Legendary Points. One was the reward upon completing a mission, while the other was not part of the reward but more of the news being circulated around the universe, which would still award them with Legendary Points. Since Han Xiao had obtained Legendary Points in both ways before, he was not surprised.
Han Xiao could not help but think about the future developments, sighing internally.
“Now that EsGod is trapped, the unstable variable that is the World Tree Civilization has been resolved. Even if the Crimson Dynasty manages to crack the wormhole coordinates, as long as I’m operating, the Crimson Dynasty will then pay attention to hiding itself and will not lead them here. Rather, they will explore the World Tree Civilization in advance and obtain the initiative.’
Because of the coordinates from the wormhole, the storyline of the World Tree Civilization would inevitably change. The timeline being brought forward was a definite, but in his previous life, the World Tree Civilization had first discovered the three Universal Civilizations and seized the initiative. This time, however, Han Xiao estimated that it would be the three Universal Civilizations that would first discover the World Tree Civilization.
In this manner, the situation would change. The three Universal Civilizations had progressed all the way from the dark ages and definitely understood the importance of concealment. They would make a plan first before taking action. Han Xiao himself was also clear of the style of the World Tree Civilization, and there was no way both sides could co-exist. War was inevitable.
But who the invading party would be this time was difficult to say.
Han Xiao remembered that there was still another set of the wormhole data in the hands of the Tyla Civilization, and this would require the Crimson Dynasty to recollect it themselves. This was not a huge problem. With the ability of a Universal Civilization, it was likely that they would crack it before the Tyla Civilization, and then, the dynasty would take the initiative.
Furthermore, EsGod was now out of the picture, so it was likely that this set of data would hold less of an attraction toward the researchers since there were so many other research topics to work on. They would not spend so many resources on an unknown wormhole. Therefore, based on Han Xiao’s expectations, even if the storyline of the World Tree Civilization was brought forward, it would not be so soon.
“Without their leader, the Fallen Ark should disband quickly, no longer being a paradise for thugs. Those players who like to pillage and kill will also have one fewer place to go,” Han Xiao mused.
The storyline of EsGod could be said to have been completely subverted, and the destinies of many people would be rewritten. Most of them would lead better lives. With fewer planets being destroyed, they also would not meet with grisly ends due to EsGod. The number of lives saved would probably number in the billions.
This could be considered as doing a good deed, saving a wave of characters. Han Xiao stroked his chin, and the corners of his mouth curled up.
“After getting rid of EsGod, I can now lie low. There’s nothing much for me to do. I can safely tide through Version 3.0.”
Han Xiao heaved a sigh of relief. Thinking back, ever since Version 3.0 started, he had always been into dire straits and had faced many big issues. It seemed like he would finally welcome a long period of stability, where he could relax and slowly develop.
Just as Han Xiao was preparing his blueprint for the Black Star Army, Reynold took Nero to another machinery modification room.
Reynold came to a modification table, and his fingers marked several golden operation marks on the panel. The table was switched to a manual assembly mode, and on the clear surface of the table, several gaps appeared in which metal plates opened into arms for support.
“Since this vacation is over, I hope you can return to your studying mode as soon as possible. Theoretical knowledge is only the basis of a mechanic. The mechanics who are unable to turn this knowledge into actual manufacturing capabilities are considered failures. You have learned enough theory, and thus, starting today, you’ll need to add the operation training of primary machinery into your curriculum.”
