Abyss of Stars, Thousand Shadows' territory, Shadow's Ancestral Land.
The black gaseous planet was still floating beside the Shadow's Ancestral Land like a black satellite. Thick black energy flowed on its surface, creating tidal waves from time to time.
A spaceship was hovering beside the black satellite. The hatch was wide open, and the expressionless Calamity Grade Shadow Servants pushed down the prisoners of various races that they had captured from different Star Fields. Most of them were Calamity Grades, but there were also low-grade Supers with special abilities.
These prisoners were all covered in restraining devices and were extremely weak. Their abilities were suppressed, and they had almost no ability to fight back. The scene was like dumplings being dropped into a pot. Every time someone landed on the surface of the black satellite, a black energy wave would sweep over and swallow them up, disappearing without a trace.
This scene was Thousand Shadows' servants replenishing his shadow servants. There were close to a thousand prisoners in this batch, and they were all swallowed up by the planet-sized Thousand Shadows.
At this time, the space beside the spaceship suddenly fluctuated, and a shadow suddenly appeared. It was covered in a black hooded robe, and its appearance and body could not be seen. The edges of the shadow were in the shape of flames, as if it was constantly emitting fog. It looked like a black cloud. This was not a remote projection of the quantum network but some kind of mental projection. Only Thousand Shadows and his shadow servants could see it.
The next moment, the surface of Thousand Shadows' planet suddenly fluctuated violently, and a black tsunami formed a shape. Very soon, a face appeared on the surface of the planet. It was just a simple eye, nose, and mouth made of energy vortexes. There was no concept of appearance. It was opening its mouth as if it was roaring silently.
Two invisible mental waves were released from both sides, entangling with each other and forming a mental communication link.
"How's the progress? How long until the transformation is complete? "the shadow asked.
"I don't know. Thousand Shadows is very tenacious."
"How much consciousness does he have left?"
"Not much. I've already taken control of his body and inherited all his memories. As long as I completely devour his last bit of consciousness, the transformation process can be greatly accelerated."
"Try to speed it up. You're the core of our plan. We've tried all kinds of methods over the years and finally realized that if we want to open the Third Sanctum, we can only unlock it with Esper Abilities. Therefore, you're the foundation of our synthesis ritual, the vessel to contain other Primal Esper Ability Entities."
"Don't worry. Back then, Thousand Shadows wanted to become immortal, so he borrowed your technology to activate me. Hmph, that greedy fellow dug his own grave. When he broke free from the limitations of his physical body, he also suffered from my backlash. You've given me life and consciousness. When I transform into a true Primal Esper Ability Form, I'll be able to help you. "
"Yes, when the plan is completed, we promise you your freedom."
After saying that, the illusory figure flicked his sleeves and disappeared without a trace, as if he had never appeared.
The surging waves on the surface of the Black Star Sphere calmed down. The facial features disappeared, and the restless black energy returned to normal.
…
The news of the appearance of the Primal Chaos Mysterious Energy only maintained its popularity for a few days. In the current Flickering World, conflicts were endless, and the popularity of the news was gone in an instant. Very soon, other news attracted the attention of the galactic residents and the various organizations, replacing the Primal Chaos Mysterious Energy as the headline.
As the final winner of the battle, the whereabouts of the Black Star Mechanical Army also received a certain amount of attention. However, they soon disappeared without a trace, and their movements were not noticed by the outside world.
At this moment, Han Xiao's invisible spaceship was located in a space not far away from Hella's territory in the Emerald Star Cluster. He was talking to Ames.
"… That's the situation. I invited you over as a guest to protect your student Hella. On one hand, I wanted to pretend that my main body is still in the base to make the enemies in the dark lower their guard. On the other hand, I wanted you to help protect the base and take care of Aurora … So, I really didn't stand you up," Han Xiao said with a helpless tone.
On the screen, Ames was playing with a green force field with her eyes lowered. Although her tone was calm, it was filled with an inexplicable sense of danger.
"If you said it directly, I would still help you. Do you not trust me?"
"How can that be? Didn't you mainly want to see Aurora after her Promotion? Didn't you see her now? Plus, when I invited you, I didn't say that I wanted to see you." Han Xiao scratched his head and joked, "I didn't say it directly mainly because I wanted to be tactful. I knew that if I said it, you would definitely agree. After all, I'm already so strong. I was afraid that you would think that I was ordering you around."
"Heh, you didn't order me around, but I feel like you're using me. Isn't that worse?" Ames narrowed her eyes, and a green light flashed in her eyes.
"Sigh, that's not right. With our relationship, what's there to differentiate between each other? It's too heavy to say that you're using me." Han Xiao waved his hand.
"Is that so? You used me many times in the past." Ames smiled faintly.
"The past is the past. Things are different now. Our two forces have each other in them. We've already become a loving family. As family, it's normal to joke around occasionally …"
"Tsk, who's your family? Shameless." Ames frowned and spat softly.
Seeing this, Han Xiao laughed and teased, "Hehe, do you really want to see me that much? Do you want me to go back and accompany you? "
"… You think too highly of yourself. Who wants to see you?"
Ames paused, withdrew her force field, waved her hand, and said casually, "You can stay there and protect my student. Do you need me to go and help?"
"No need."
"You think I'm weak?" Ames raised her eyebrows slightly.
"Ahem, what are you talking about? There's something else I need your help with. Stay at Black Star Palace and pretend that my main body is there."
"Since it's for my student, I'll continue to cooperate with you … But don't thank me so quickly. That's that. I haven't forgotten that you tricked me."
"Then, when I go back, I'll accompany you to the secondary dimension for a trip?" Han Xiao raised his eyebrows. "Just the two of us."
Coincidentally, I have to go to the secondary dimension to catch the Holy Light Particle in the future. This way, it won't affect my work … I'm so smart!
"Okay, it's settled then."
Ames had no objections.
Although she had been tricked after coming all the way here, she had been playing with Aurora every day, and her anger had already subsided.
If it were anyone else who had played and used her like this, Ames would definitely be angry. However, if the prankster was Black Star, she did not mind. Only people close to her could do such things to her.
Furthermore, this reminded her of the dark history of Black Star using her when he was weak. She could not help but miss it.
After chatting for a while, Han Xiao hung up and turned to look at the workbench at the side.
He was currently in the machinery workshop of the spaceship, controlling all kinds of manufacturing equipment with his Mechanical Force and building the King mechanical suit. Beside him, there were already a few failed products.
Although they were called failed products, they were actually all orange equipment. They were all rare and good equipment, but they did not reach the level of Universal Treasures in the blueprint. Not only were their performance much weaker, but they also did not have those magical effects. Furthermore, the cost was terrifyingly high. In his eyes, they were all failures.
Putting away the communicator, Han Xiao finally did not have to be distracted and focused on building the King in front of him. The [Spirit Instrument] talent on his attribute interface had always been shining. This talent would only be activated when he was building Universal Treasures.
However, halfway through, Philip suddenly appeared and said that a few mechanical soldiers had secretly brought Evans to the spaceship.
"Bring him over then." Han Xiao's eyes sparkled.
After a while, the door of the workshop opened, and a man walked in with a few mechanical soldiers surrounding him. It was Evans.
As soon as Evans entered, he saw a handsome and domineering man in black looking at him with a smile. He immediately became nervous.
"You're Your Excellency Black Star?"
"That's me."
Han Xiao smiled and nodded. He sized Evans up and down. His first impression was that he was ordinary, too ordinary.
Evans only felt that Han Xiao's gaze seemed to be able to see through him, making him unable to hide. He immediately became nervous.
Although he was usually more calm, facing a top figure in the universe like Black Star, he could not remain calm.
Evans took a deep breath, summoned his courage, and asked, "Your Excellency Black Star, I'm just an ordinary person without any Super genes. I wonder what you see in me."
Hearing this, Han Xiao smiled playfully. "Your physique is special. I'm very interested."
"Special physique?"
Evans was stunned. He looked down at himself and felt that he was the opposite of the word 'special'.
"Anyway, don't worry. I'm a Beyond Grade A, so I won't make things difficult for an ordinary person like you. Your life won't be in danger here. At most, I'll need you to cooperate with my experiment. After that, you can work as a clerk in the army. The pay will be much better than the financial groups you worked for before. What do you think?"
"… You've already brought me here. How can I refuse?" Evans smiled bitterly.
He had just been released from prison. He came to the Flickering World not only to broaden his horizons but also to find a job to make a living. He did not mind working for the Black Star Corps. The pay was much higher anyway.
Seeing that he did not have any objections, Han Xiao picked up the syringe and walked to Evans. He signaled for him to stand still and drew a tube of blood from him.
Han Xiao did not lie. He did have the intention of doing experiments with Evans.
Evans was the co-host of the Primal Chaos Mysterious Energy and the Holy Light Particle, so his physique was naturally special. Han Xiao wanted to build a mechanical carrier for the Primal Esper Ability, so extracting Evans' cells for research would allow him to understand the principle of compatibility and speed up the research process.
On the other hand, Han Xiao's injection also caused damage and triggered a combat notification.
Opening the interface and looking at Evans' attributes, Han Technician's eyes sparkled.
The attributes of an ordinary person were very simple. Only two special talents caught Han Xiao's attention. One of them was [Intermediate Luck Glow], which proved that he was a main character. Han Xiao guessed that the reason why it was intermediate was because while Evans obtained power, he also gained an enemy in EsGod.
The other special talent was called [Top Esper Ability Affinity Physique]. Its effect was related to the Esper class and could greatly increase the compatibility of Primal Esper Ability Entities. At the same time, when being attacked by an Esper, there was a chance to recover a certain amount of health and energy. Furthermore, the difficulty of developing one's own Esper Ability would be greatly reduced, and the power of one's Esper Ability would be greatly increased. It could even passively increase one's Esper Ability potential.
"No wonder he can have two Primal Esper Ability Entities. This talent is practically the 'Perfect Mechanical Sense' of the Esper class. Its effect is way too domineering."
Han Xiao was amazed.
Normally, with this talent, everyone should be able to awaken as an Esper. However, Evans was an ordinary person, so this talent was wasted …
Wait a minute!
That's not right. With this talent, how can he not have Super genes? There must be a problem somewhere!
Han Xiao turned around abruptly with a burning gaze.
Under Evans' unwilling expression, Han Xiao made him take off his clothes and obediently did a detailed full body check. Evans was a poor guy in the past, so it was naturally impossible for him to find some high-end organization to check his Super genes. Therefore, there might be something missing.
After this check, they really found a problem!
Han Xiao looked at the report and frowned.
"W-what's wrong?" Evans put on his clothes and was a little nervous.
"It's not that you don't have Super genes. I don't know who you found to check it, but they didn't check it carefully enough."
As soon as he said that, Evans was stunned.
He had always thought that he was an ordinary person with no talent. He did not expect that someone would suddenly tell him that he actually had talent today. Even though he was already used to being an ordinary person, he was still shocked.
"But don't be happy too early." Han Xiao changed the topic, waved his hand, and slowly said, "There's something wrong with your Super genes. It seems to be suppressed by some kind of drug. After so many years, your Super genes have shrunk to the point that they can't be detected. It's basically impossible to awaken them. This is something man-made. Did you have any enemies since you were young?"
Evans forcefully suppressed the surging emotions in his heart, seriously recalled, and said with uncertainty, "I took the Super gene test when I was ten years old. If someone did this to me, it must have been before I was ten years old. But how could I have made an enemy when I was young? Unless it's because of my family, but I'm just a normal family. How could it be …"
His expression kept changing. It was fine if he did not have talent, but today, he found out that he actually had talent, but it was destroyed when he was young!
What was destroyed was not only his talent but also decades of his life!
Evans had already accepted his fate, but now, anger was burning in his heart.
Clap clap!
Suddenly, Han Xiao clapped his hands and interrupted his memories.
"Alright, don't think about it if you don't understand. You can look into it yourself in the future. Let's talk about something more serious. I might have a way to help you awaken."
Evans' body trembled. Suppressing his excitement, he asked with a deep voice, "What should I pay?"
"Very simple. I originally thought that you were just an ordinary person. If you can awaken your Esper ability, just fight for me."
Han Xiao paused, smiled, and slowly said, "I've looked into your information. When you were still an ordinary person, in order to protect your friends, you thought of a way to kill a low-grade Super in a fit of anger. Not every ordinary person has such courage. You have the talent to fight, and you once refused to accept your fate. Maybe the many years in prison have cooled your passion … But now, you might have a chance to be reborn. I only hope that you don't waste it."
"Okay," Evans answered without hesitation.
At this moment, his eyes were filled with determination. His temperament was completely different from before when he had accepted his fate. He was like a sharp sword covered in dust that had shed its rust and dust, revealing its sharpness!
Seeing this, Han Xiao took out a bottle of Life Potion that Aurora had made.
Evans' symptoms were that his Super genes had shrunk and lost all activity. As long as he injected enough life energy, he would be able to recover, and the Life Potion was the most suitable antidote.
Taking out a syringe gun, Han Xiao injected one-tenth of the golden potion into Evans' body, afraid that he would not be able to take it.
Buzz!
The next moment, Evans' entire body glowed. His entire body was filled with rich vitality.
This light only disappeared after a few minutes. Evans stood on the spot with his eyes closed. His entire appearance was completely different. He could not be any healthier. The strain and internal injuries left behind by his prison life had completely disappeared.
"How do you feel?"
"Like a new life."
Evans opened his eyes, and the golden light in his eyes slowly disappeared. He looked at Han Xiao with gratitude.
Han Xiao nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Did you sense your Esper Ability?"
Hearing this, Evans frowned and carefully felt the changes. He was a little hesitant.
"… It does seem a little different. I seem to have a new sense. It should be an Esper Ability."
"Use it for me to see." Han Xiao was curious.
Evans nodded. He tried for a long time but did not find any changes. He said with uncertainty, "It seems like I can't control it. Has my Esper Ability really awakened?"
Those who had just awakened were all Grade E Supers, but even if they were very weak, an Esper would not be unable to control their Esper Ability … Han Xiao frowned. He felt that things were not simple. He injected Evans again and checked the combat information.
However, with just one look, Han Xiao froze. He rubbed his eyes and almost thought that he was seeing things.
After looking at it for more than ten seconds, he finally came back to his senses. He looked at Evans strangely and mumbled to himself.
"No wonder … no wonder …"
"Do you know my Esper Ability?" Evans could not help but ask.
Han Xiao exhaled, patted Evans' shoulder with a complicated expression, pursed his lips, and said earnestly, "Don't worry.
"You have to be a good person in the future …"
Then, he ignored Evans' confused expression and turned his back to Evans. His mouth kept twitching, and he roared in his mind.
F * ck Uncle Li!
This kid's ability … is also to absorb Esper Abilities!
Exactly the same as EsGod!
No wonder … all those special things about this guy in my previous life make sense now!
You really are EsGod's nemesis! Is this the choice of the Gate of Fate?
He had taken the Primal Chaos Mysterious Energy and caused Evans to lose the chance to change his fate. Han Xiao originally felt a little bad and planned to compensate him.
But now …
The Primal Esper Ability is not worthy of you!
You are my biggest gain from this trip!
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(Recommended book title: The Age of Advent of the Heavens)
(Introduction: At the end of the era, the primordial world shattered, the Celestial Realm collapsed, the Celestial Court fell, and the Heavens shattered into billions of pieces, scattered in the chaotic void. After the end of the era, the Era of Heavens Voyage began. Billions of pieces of the Heavens descended, plundering resources and ancient inheritances, ascending step by step, and rebuilding the Celestial Realm.)
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