Sky Ring, Blades, and Purple Gold wanted money, and Han Xiao wanted the two advanced knowledges of the compression technology. After the employer gave the reward to the three armies, he came to Han Xiao and thanked him seriously.
The employer valued the three armies, which were more famous, and the biggest reason he hired Black Star was that the other mercenary groups went back on their word. Those cowards were not willing to go to Floating Dragon Island, so there was no one available. Who would have thought that in the end, it was this small mercenary group that was added temporarily that played a crucial role?
"Without you, my companions would not have been able to come back safely."
As he said that, the employer and all the rescued Silvers put down their superiority as Universe Nobles and bowed to Han Xiao solemnly, expressing their gratitude in Silver Culture.
Goa and the others received the same treatment and felt a little ashamed. They knew that this was all thanks to Han Xiao. They had been locked up the whole time, and it was Han Xiao who turned the situation around and completed the mission.
"It's a pity that two of your companions died in an accident," Han Xiao said.
"Sigh, they were unlucky. It's not your fault. The Shattered Star Ring is too dangerous, and we will be leaving soon. I hope to hire you as guards to protect us home."
The three armies declined politely. They were not willing to go so far. The Sea of Star Spirits was two Star Fields away from the Shattered Star Ring. Even with the stargate that could cross Star Fields, it would take too long to go back and forth.
"What about you?" The employer looked at Han Xiao.
Han Xiao shook his head. "Sorry, it's too far. It's not within my business scope."
Although the Sea of Star Spirits had more resources than the Shattered Star Ring, it would take a lot of time to fly there. Anyway, it was all about earning money and doing missions. He preferred to get the resources locally. The Shattered Star Ring was remote and dangerous, but there were many opportunities.
"What a pity. If there is a chance in the future, I hope to invite you to Silver Constellation for a trip."
The employer shook his head and calculated the reward.
The interface showed that the mission was completed. He received more than 4,000,000 experience and an extra 5,000 Enas. Including the extortion, Han Xiao personally received more than 40,000 Enas.
The rewards of the other players were not as high as his, but it was not little either. They all smiled with satisfaction.
The communicator vibrated and received the content of two knowledges. This was the special reward that Han Xiao received alone. He checked it, confirmed that there were no errors, and immediately chose to learn it.
[Learning, success in learning! You have mastered high-density material compression technology!]
[Learning, success in learning! You have mastered the Elementary Space Technique!]
[You have learned Super Compression Technique!]
You have learned Elementary Machinery Construction!
You have learned the Weight Reduction Structure!
The familiar headache only subsided after a while. Han Xiao had mastered two knowledges. Without hesitation, he spent 20 potential points to upgrade them to the highest level.
Mechanics would use different types of knowledge according to their combat style, but only these three types of knowledge were must-learn abilities for all Mechanics, and they had to learn them to the highest level.
There was a hidden connection between the three knowledges of compression technology. Only by possessing all three would one be able to comprehend the skill of compression technology. This was the sign of the rise of Mechanics in Version 3.0.
[Super Compression Technique] Folding Machinery. As one's ability got stronger, they would be able to fold larger machinery into the size of a finger. The effect would be enhanced by Machinery Affinity, level, and Intelligence. With Han Xiao's current level, his limit was to fold medium-sized machinery. For example, he could fold most of the machinery that he knew, such as firearms, rangers, and Amphiptere.
After compression, the size of the machinery would decrease, but the density would increase. However, the weight reduction structure would solve this problem by using the principle of levitation. There were many levitation techniques, such as airflow, magnetic field, sound, light, particle energy, and so on. This technique adjusted the mutual force of the particle structure of the object to create an internal repulsion force, forming independent levitation. It maintained a very small weight in all kinds of gravitational environments to reduce the load. It was suitable for all kinds of materials, and this was the basic technique to complete large-scale compression.
In order to compress, a new folding structure had to be added to the machinery, and the complexity was many times higher than before. For convenience, many machinery would be disassembled during folding, and [Elementary Machinery Construction] would be used to complete the structure the moment it was unfolded, returning it to its original state. This was also an active skill that consumed Mechanical Force, allowing one to rapidly create weapons in battle. As long as there was an endless supply of parts, a Mechanic would never run out of ammunition.
In Han Xiao's previous life, the weapons and robots of the Mechanic class would be destroyed one second, and the parts that could still be used would be created into other weapons the next second, greatly increasing the continuous combat ability of the Mechanic class.
If not for this ability, which had the effect of 'recycling', the Army Style would burn money many times faster than before.
The way Han Xiao saw it, only after obtaining these three abilities would his Mechanic class be considered to have taken shape.
"With Super Compression and [Elementary Machinery Construction], my combat style will be upgraded. All my equipment will be modified into a compressed form, and the number of weapons I can equip in my normal state will be dozens of times more than now. I won't have to use my mechanical suit to shoot cannons anymore. I can finally bully others with numbers."
Thinking about how he had to do everything by himself in the past, Han Xiao could not help but sigh.
It had not been easy. The tough days had finally come to an end!
This time, the upper echelons of Blades and Purple Gold walked over.
"Black Star, we would like to sign a cooperation agreement with you and invite you to become our ally."
The positions of these two upper echelons in their respective armies were equivalent to the people in charge of the area. Inviting him personally showed their sincerity.
The structure of large armies was similar. Taking the Sky Ring Army as an example, the Army Commander was the leader, the only five-ring Army Commander. Below him were the two Deputy Army Commanders with Grade A strength and trump cards. There were two types of four-ring members. The first type was B + strength and was a high-level combatant. The second type was the upper management and was in charge of a business area. One of them was the upper echelon of Sky Ring present, the person in charge of the nearby Star Systems.
Then there were three-ring officers like Goa, who were strong combatants and the backbone of the army. They usually led large teams, but they could also work alone and had the authority to summon temporary teams.
In Han Xiao's simple explanation, this kind of organization structure was similar to a Wuxia gang. At the top was the gang leader, followed by the Deputy Gang Leaders, and the person in charge was the elder. Goa and the others were like guardians, and below them were the hall master, the commander, and the underlings.
Han Xiao was the first to form an alliance with Sky Ring. Now, Blades and Purple Gold had also seen Black Star's potential, so they took the initiative to extend an olive branch. For large armies like this, they would only take the initiative to form an alliance when they met someone of the same trade that they valued enough.
One more large army partner meant more mission opportunities. Han Xiao agreed and signed the contract.
The way the mercenaries of Blades and Purple Gold looked at him immediately became much friendlier. A partner was half of their own people.
Sky Ring, Blades, and Purple Gold were the most famous armies in their respective Star Clusters. It was extremely rare to become their partner. Many normal mercenary groups had very little chance of working with one of them, but Han Xiao was able to work with all three of them.
After settling the payment, the Silvers walked onto the spaceship and slowly took off.
The mercenaries were also preparing to leave. Goa found Han Xiao and the others and asked, "Where are you going?"
Han Xiao thought for a while and said, "Colton Star Cluster First Star Zone, Godora's colonial planet 'Golden Palace'."
The players behind heard this and were a little surprised.
"Black Phantom, are we not going back to Juberly Hub?" a player asked.
"Not yet, we have other things to do. Also, call me Black Star." Many players called him by his old nickname too easily, and it was hard to change it. Han Xiao did not mind correcting them. He was already in the sky, so his nickname had to keep up with the times.
"Why are you going to Golden Palace?" Herlous asked curiously.
"To find someone."
Han Xiao did not say, and the others did not ask. They just followed their captain.
He did not plan to return to Juberly Hub for the time being. The Secret Message Bead was a hot potato, so he wanted to appraise it first. He happened to know that a top Godora Mage was living in seclusion on the Golden Palace's colonial planet. He was good at analyzing magic circles and would charge a fee to appraise unknown magic items for customers. In the eyes of the players, he was like a professional appraiser.
"Then, we'll send you there first," Goa said.
If it were someone else, Sky Ring would at most send them to a public planet and let them call for a tour group. They would not send them directly to their destination like how they treated Han Xiao.
Sitting on Sky Ring's spaceship, Han Xiao felt the body of the spaceship vibrate. It slowly rose into the sky, and the ground shrank in his sight.
Han Xiao came to the front of the spaceship and looked out the window. The two spaceships of Purple Gold and Blades were on his left and right, rising into the sky together.
Soon, they climbed to a height of a few thousand meters. Further up was the gradually darkening outer space, and they were about to leave the atmosphere of this planet.
The Silvers' spaceship took off earlier than them and had already flown into space. They were very far away and could barely be seen.
At this time, a thick laser beam suddenly pierced through the Silvers' spaceship. The next moment, the Silvers' spaceship exploded into a firework in space.
The image of the explosion fell into everyone's eyes, but no sound came through the vacuum. The Silvers who had just invited them to travel to their hometown were all blown into dust and died silently.
There was no sound in space, so death was very simple.
It was dead silent outside, but inside the spaceship, there was an uproar!
"What's going on? Who attacked the Silvers! "
The Sky Ring mercenaries exclaimed with shock on their faces.
At this time, space ripples appeared in space, and the huge dark Dark-star mothership left its stealth state. Small battleships left the mothership one after another and flew toward them like dense black locusts. Their targets were the three mercenaries' spaceships.
All the brutes who might have seen the Secret Message Bead were captured. Dark-star did not find the bead, so the mercenaries were the only targets left. They were the most likely targets, but they did not know who had picked it up. Therefore, Dark-star decided to capture all the mercenaries.
After Ashes failed, Dark-star did not hesitate to send Sarota's fleet to the planet where the Silvers' employer was and capture all the mercenaries.
The thing inside the Secret Message Bead was a product that Dark-star spent tens of millions of Enas to buy. It was a key tool to carry out the strategic plan to deal with Godora, so there was no way they would let it go.
"It's Dark-star?"
Recognizing the famous Dark-star mothership, everyone was shocked.
We have never interfered with Dark-star, so why did Dark-star attack us? Plus, they sent an entire fleet to deal with three spaceships. What kind of grudge did they have against us?
"Don't just stand there, turn around!"
Han Xiao yelled, waking up the stunned pilot. He hurriedly controlled the spaceship to dive and fly toward the ground. The other two spaceships followed suit.
Buzz!
The large turn made the spaceship shake violently. Many people could not stand still and almost fell.
An entire fleet of Dark-star motherships surrounded this planet. The difference in the number of spaceships and combat power was too great, so it was impossible for the mercenaries to break through. As soon as they entered the universe, there would be no obstacles, and they would be destroyed directly. They would not be able to break out of the fleet's encirclement and would be stopped before they entered the hyperdrive. This meant that there was no way to escape.
The only way to survive was to call for help. Stalling for time in the atmosphere was better than certain death.
Han Xiao frowned. Dark-star's persistence and decisiveness were beyond his expectations. They would rather kill a chicken with a butcher's knife than let go of any suspicion. It really matched his previous thoughts.
The greater the value of the Secret Message Bead, the greater the risk.
"Hey, what a coincidence. The Secret Message Bead is really in my hands. They probably don't even know," Han Xiao thought.
This was not a battle at all. It was like hunters chasing their prey. The small spaceships of the mercenaries had no way to fight back against Dark-star's fleet. The difference in power was like a pack of wolves chasing after three rabbits. The only good news was that Dark-star did not open fire immediately, as if they wanted to capture them alive. This made everyone relieved. At least there was still some room to maneuver.
"This is the most dangerous situation I have ever encountered!"
Han Xiao felt his heart pounding. Instead of panicking, a sense of excitement spread throughout his body.
"The chance of escaping unscathed is less than ten percent. This is more interesting."
He licked his lips, his eyes shining with excitement.
People who wandered around the edge of death either became greedy for life or fearless. He happened to be the latter. He had experienced countless dangers and even died once, so he did not care anymore.
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