Seeing the last option, Han Xiao's eyes sparkled.
"Oh, it's out!"
In this wave of random abilities, only the last one was valuable. This was one of Gaud's Molding Talents. The first four were not that good, and they were all useless.
These talents were all basic bonuses, and the increase was very impressive. The way he saw it, the three most useful bonuses for him were ninety percent basic energy resistance, thirty percent basic energy attack, and twenty percent maximum energy.
His Indestructible Body was mainly an astonishing recovery speed, but his resistance had not reached an exaggerated level. However, this specialty had almost doubled his resistance to energy attacks!
As his strength increased, the focus fire of the Mech Army became stronger and stronger, and the threat that Eternal Life posed to him also increased. The last time he used this skill in the Celestial Star Alliance, he almost got himself killed.
If he had this ability, his life would not be in danger even if he went through the same thing again. He would be able to walk further and further on the path of a Mechanical Tank.
If he didn't have this ability, Gaud would have been ravaged by him until he lost consciousness.
Increasing the power of basic energy attacks only increased the output of Gaud's body, but it was very powerful in the hands of a Mechanic. It could increase the power of all energy weapons. The most direct effect was that the power of the Mech Army's long-range cannons increased again. A basic increase of thirty percent was already very high.
So far, Han Xiao had drawn so many abilities, and he had already discovered a special characteristic. The Molding Talents of other classes would be greatly amplified when used by a Mechanic. This was the advantage of having more people in the Army Style.
Finally, there was a twenty percent increase to maximum energy. There was no need to even think about it.
His current maximum energy was more than two hundred and ninety thousand. If he could increase it by almost fifty thousand, it would be more than enough for him to obtain one new layer of energy. It might even be possible for him to obtain two new layers!
In the later stages, energy and Race Evolution would be one of the main sources of Attribute Points. They could easily increase his Attribute Points by a few thousand points. Simply leveling up would not be able to compare to them.
At Shi Feng's current Energy Realm, the Attributes he gained from each additional level were frightening. Now that he had leveled up, his total Attributes would increase by 6,000 to 7,000 points. Depending on his class and race, the benefits would be distributed to different areas.
The mechanism of energy bonuses was that as one's mana was depleted, their attributes would drop layer by layer. Supers who had unlimited mana and the ability to exchange mana had a huge advantage and could maintain their energy bonuses at their peak. Han Xiao, Kasuyi, and Oulou were all such Beyond Grade As.
You have received the new talent [Perfect Energy Affinity Physique]!
There was nothing to hesitate about, so Han Xiao naturally chose the last option without hesitation.
The next moment, a sharp pain exploded in his body. Fortunately, his nerves were strong enough to instantly regain control of his body.
This specialty was a change in his physique. All the cells in his body were undergoing a metamorphosis. After a long while, the pain slowly subsided, and his perception of the outside world changed again. There was a new feeling.
Han Xiao experienced it for a while. Without using any abilities, he could directly feel the free energy of the universe everywhere. It was as if his myopia had been cured. He could observe the outside world more clearly.
Furthermore, his body was automatically guiding the free energy. The free energy around him unconsciously gathered and rubbed against his body from all angles like a pet wanting to get close to its master.
"This physique can be considered a natural genius in the hands of a normal person. Training will yield twice the result with half the effort, and the speed of growth will be extremely fast. The reason Gaud was able to enter the Beyond Grade A realm so quickly should be because of this talent."
Han Xiao's entire body was filled with energy. He glanced at his attributes interface. This round of strengthening had already allowed his Energy Rank to break through the 100,000 mark. As expected of a Molding Talent.
However, there was no additional notification on the interface. He did not know if the 100,000 Energy Rank was a threshold.
He was not too concerned about this. According to his experience, the benefits of breaking through the Energy Rank threshold would only appear during the Promotion. The progress of 52000 Energy Rank and 78000 Energy Rank was the same. Therefore, if one's level was low and his Energy Rank was high, it meant that one had amazing potential.
As for the effect of the Character Summon Card, Han Xiao had not tested it yet. However, according to the basic mechanism of the Character Summon Card, the effect of (Energy Analysis) was definitely not permanent. He had two guesses about this.
The first was that he could control the chosen energy during the duration of the Character Summon Card. Once the duration was up, the ability would disappear. The second was similar to Jayz's (Mechanic — Insight) Character Summon Card. After the duration of the Character Summon Card was over, although the ability would disappear, it would still remember the results of the analysis, which would be helpful in researching this energy in the future.
However, he did not have the Esper Ability Gene Chain for (Energy Control), so he could not transform the energy himself like Gaud. He could only simulate it mechanically, which would be much more difficult. The Esper Ability Gene Chain was like a production device operated by a fool. The user did not need to understand the principles and could directly produce the product. However, this kind of production device could not be replicated by others. Others could only use other means to analyze the product and find another way to produce it.
It was like an Esper only needed to understand that one plus one equals two, while others had to prove why one plus one equals two. The difficulty was worlds apart.
If the special energy produced by Esper Abilities was so easy to analyze, the advanced civilizations would have mass-produced it long ago, and (Energy Control) would not have been viewed as an insane ability by the dynasty.
"However, there are at least four chances to use it. At least there's a cost of trial and error."
Han Xiao nodded. He still had a research spirit.
Although I'm a Pugilist, I know I'm a good scientist.
After browsing through the changes in his attributes, Han Xiao closed the interface and entered his quantum vision.
During this period, he did not plan to go anywhere. He only wanted to monitor the galactic network at home and wait for the storm to arrive.
…
"Gaud and the escort fleet have all lost contact?"
Inside the Red Empire Ruler's office, Uranril, who had just received the emergency report, suddenly stood up. Her expression changed drastically.
In front of her was the remote projection of the exploration army marshal, Tarrokov. With a solemn expression, he said with a deep voice, "Yes, not long ago, the remote connection between Gaud's escort fleet and Planet Lighthouse's artificial intelligence center was suddenly cut off. We tried to repair the network but failed. Now, we can't contact Gaud or anyone in the fleet!"
The artificial intelligence of the dynasty's fleet in the Flickering World was monitored by the Planet Lighthouse command. The moment they lost contact, Planet Lighthouse would be able to find out which fleet was missing and form a rapid response military system that covered most of the Flickering World.
"Where did they lose contact?" Uranril frowned.
"At the edge of the Flickering World's Emerald Star Cluster, close to the stargate entrance of the third exploration phase. We used the nearest spacetime buoy as the endpoint and circled the approximate range of the area where they lost contact. I've already sent the nearby fleet over to check it out."
Hearing this, Uranril could only wait patiently and ask with a serious expression, "What do you think is the reason for losing contact?"
"We don't have enough clues, so we can't come to a conclusion for now." Tarrokov hesitated for a moment before saying, "However, my personal guess is that the fleet was most likely attacked. Someone wanted to kill Gaud. This is the most likely possibility."
Uranril sat down again and placed her hands before her nose. Her eyes were filled with uncertainty.
Not long after, Tarrokov received the report from his subordinate. His expression changed slightly, and he said, "Your Excellency Ruler, the frontline troops have sent back news. They did not find any traces of the fleet, and there are no signs of abnormalities in the area. The passing spaceships also said that they did not see anything abnormal. The fleet that Gaud was in seemed to have disappeared into thin air …"
Hearing this, Uranril did not hesitate anymore. She immediately contacted the secretary-general and said with a firm tone, "Issue an emergency order.
Inform all the upper echelons to put down everything they are doing and come over for a meeting! "
…
Ten minutes later, the remote projections of the dynasty's upper echelons arrived at the conference room one after another. The big shots of the various departments gathered together and whispered to each other. They did not know what had happened that made Uranril summon them.
Very soon, Uranril entered the room. With a cold expression, she scanned the many upper echelons present and went straight to the point.
"Emergency situation. Gaud, a direct Beyond Grade A of the dynasty, is suspected to have been attacked. He has been confirmed to be missing!"
As soon as she said that, the entire room fell silent.
Every upper echelon had a shocked expression on their face. They did not expect to hear such a piece of news.
This time, Tarrokov arrived and reported the situation in the most concise manner possible.
After understanding the current situation, the upper echelons present were enraged!
"How dare they attack a direct member of the dynasty! This is trampling on the dynasty's dignity! "
"Investigate! Investigate thoroughly! "
"The dynasty will not tolerate provocation! No matter who did it, they must pay the price! "
Everyone's attitude was the same. They were furious.
They were one of the ruling civilizations, and someone actually dared to attack their direct member and kill their talents. They did not even put the dynasty in their eyes …
This kind of arrogant behavior could be summed up with one word in the eyes of the people present.
Courting death!
An intelligence officer said with a deep voice, "The disappearance of the fleet can be attributed to the enemy. We first have to confirm whether Gaud is alive or not. If he's still alive, we have to prioritize saving him."
"That's right. Gaud is an important direct Beyond Grade A. As long as there's a chance, we have to protect his life!" another military upper echelon agreed.
"Gaud is a Beyond Grade A after all. For the enemy to take him down in such a short time, they must have set up a huge formation. There are traces to be found. I suggest checking the space buoys nearby immediately. There should be eyewitness reports of a large fleet!"
"Don't have too much hope. Since the enemy can easily cut off the remote connection of the fleet, they must have the ability to tamper with the surveillance records of the space buoys. Since the enemy dared to attack the dynasty, they must have been fully prepared and would not have left behind any obvious loopholes."
"The enemy can make our fleet disappear without a trace. There's a high chance that a Beyond Grade A Mechanic is involved in this!"
"That's right. The enemy might have left clues in the quantum network. I suggest we let Quantum Demon Judith search. If it doesn't work, we can ask Black Star for help. Black Star is a top Virtual Mechanic. Not many people in the universe can hide from his eyes!"
The people gave suggestions and discussed intensely for a while. The topic then turned to the suspect.
An officer pondered and said, "Some time ago, an unknown organization spread information about Gaud's true ability on the network. This might be the fuse. Someone is trying to kill our talent, or they're after this Super High Risk Esper Ability."
"There aren't many organizations that have the ability and motive to do something like this. Radiance and Ethereal have always been competitors with us. They don't want us to have a talent like Gaud, so they might take action … especially the Radiant Federation. They have the Multi-Dimensional Sky Opening Transportation Device, so they can kill Gaud without anyone knowing!"
"No, it's the development period of the Flickering World, and we're still at war. Radiance and Ethereal won't break our temporary cooperation agreement for something like this. Instead, the Supercluster is the most suspicious. They might think that they can't turn the situation around anymore, so they want to eliminate a future threat before they lose!"
"I heard that Black Star has been criticizing Manison's Felon technology. The Mecha Empire is suspicious too! Don't forget that Ninja from the Arcane Church was killed by Manison, which caused the Ethereal Ten Thousand Deity Scepter to fall into Radiance's hands … That guy has a history! "
Everyone present had these three guesses. These three factions had the ability and motive. Other than that, no other organization dared to attack the dynasty's direct descendant.
Looking at the excited crowd, Bekorodi's expression changed slightly, and he suddenly thought of something.
No … there was one more person with a motive.
Back then, he had asked Gaud to analyze the Evolution Energy. If Gaud's actions were discovered by Black Star, then Black Star would have a reason to attack. He was also a suspect!
However … he could not say it now!
The plan to analyze the Evolution Cube had been stopped by Uranril a long time ago. Bekorodi had received a hint from the next Ruler, which was why he had found Gaud behind Uranril's back and started this plan again in secret. This kind of thing could not be discussed openly!
Regardless of whether Black Star was the culprit or not, as long as his actions were exposed, not only would he be punished, but he would also implicate the next Ruler.
If Black Star was the culprit, although he would be responsible, Bekorodi would be even more responsible. He had disobeyed orders and caused the dynasty to be in the wrong first.
All kinds of calculations flashed through his mind. Bekorodi opened his mouth but chose to remain silent in the end, suppressing this matter in his heart.
Even if Black Star was the culprit, he would not say anything now.
Bekorodi knew very well that the next Ruler was the one who had hinted him to push this plan. Both parties had a tacit understanding that after Uranril stepped down, the new Ruler would solve this case. This would increase his authority and prestige, and he would gain the favor of the dynasty's direct descendant.
However, although Bekorodi had such a plan, the reason why he chose to remain silent was because he did not believe that Black Star was the culprit.
With Black Star's position, even if he discovered Gaud's actions, there was no reason for him to make a fuss. Although there was a motive, it was too weak.
Furthermore, the way Bekorodi saw it, the National Pillar and the three Universal Civilizations' consultant were enough to tie Black Star's hands and feet. After tasting the benefits, Black Star would be worried about losing this halo, so he would not do anything rash.
While Bekorodi's thoughts were running wild, the others quickly came up with a plan.
Seeing this, Uranril's eyes were as sharp as knives, and she decisively made the decision.
"Immediately draft an announcement in the name of the dynasty and announce Gaud's disappearance. Tell the entire universe that the dynasty will track down the culprit at all costs!"
Whoosh!
The upper echelons present all stood up and nodded solemnly.
"Understood!"
…
Flickering World, Emerald Star Cluster, border stargate transit station.
A figure wearing the Limitless Financial Group uniform stood in the observation deck, looking at the starry sky outside through the porthole. Not far away was the border crossing stargate. From the blue space vortex, strips of light formed by the exhaust flames of spaceships extended out. They were all spaceships queuing up to enter the border.
"Calculating the time, the fleet escorting Gaud will arrive in at most one day …"
This Limitless Financial Group staff member mumbled to himself.
The one controlling this body was not the original owner but Sorokin's consciousness.
According to the route of the dynasty's fleet, they should be leaving the Flickering World through the Black Star Corps' territory. Therefore, Sorokin had possessed this person a few days ago and waited at this stargate station. He wanted to observe the size of Gaud's fleet up close. Only by knowing the enemy could he come up with a thorough plan.
However, although he was making early preparations, he was actually still hesitant about making a move. After all, this was a serious matter.
"If I make a move, it's best to do it in the Black Star Corps' territory. That way, it'll be easier to frame him … Even if I don't succeed, if something happens to Gaud in the Black Star 'territory, he'll be responsible too."
Sorokin thought to himself.
Beep beep beep …
At this time, his communicator suddenly vibrated.
Sorokin took it out and casually glanced at it. He realized that it was an administrative notice issued by the dynasty in the public channel, forcing every communication terminal to automatically pop up a notification.
According to the 'Quantum Network General Communication Law', only the civilization that controlled an area had the right to do this. Other organizations did not have this authority, especially private financial groups, to use this function to advertise their business.
"Tsk, if only I could use it for advertising …"
Sorokin mumbled to himself and opened the message.
With just a glance, his expression froze on his face, and he stood rooted to the ground.
"Gaud was attacked and went missing?"
Sorokin was dumbfounded. His mind was filled with question marks.
No, I haven't even started the operation yet!
Which righteous warrior had done my job?!
How brave!
I really have to thank his entire family!
The sudden turn of events almost broke Sorokin's back. He was completely dumbfounded.
Not only him, as soon as the Red Empire's angry announcement was sent out, it caused a huge uproar. The entire galactic society was shocked beyond words!
Everything happened too suddenly. No one was mentally prepared. Sorokin was not the only one who was dumbfounded!
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