"Hah!"
Hila exhaled and shouted. Her tender fists were filled with immense strength, and they flew toward Han Xiao's chest like bullets, creating a crackling sound in the air.
Han Xiao took the punch head-on. Enduring the suffocating feeling in his chest, he grabbed Hella by the collar of her uniform and twisted his waist, throwing Hella over his shoulder.
Hella didn't panic at all. With her palms on the ground, she lightly flipped over and easily resolved the shoulder throw.
Han Xiao didn't chase after her. He just stood there and rubbed his chest.
"Is that all you've improved?" Hella was dissatisfied.
Han Xiao didn't say a word. He was deliberately hiding his strength. With his performance, the organization should have given up on him. However, for the past six months, Hella continued to train him every day. Today, she was especially hardworking.
Hella didn't expect Han Xiao to speak. She knew that Zero was a man of few words, like an emotionless robot. Although she was the supervisor, she was actually very free. She had nothing to do in the base every day. Training Han Xiao was one of her few activities. When she found out that the leader wanted to hand Han Xiao over to Lin Wei Xian, Hella's feelings were complicated.
Although the two of them had almost never interacted with each other, after half a year together, there was bound to be some kind of special feeling between them. Even if it was something commonly used, she would still miss it, let alone a person. Perhaps it was because of a trace of nostalgia, but Hila could not bear to see Han Xiao being dismembered into hundreds of pieces on that scumbag Lin Wei Xian's experiment table.
How many times had those familiar faces disappeared on a normal day, never to appear again?
The organization's ruthless methods had caused her to lose many friends.
And … her sister. Hella was disappointed.
If Zero could display his talent in combat at the last moment, perhaps the leader would change his mind. That was why she was working so hard to train Han Xiao today.
Unfortunately, miracles didn't happen so easily.
"The leader agreed to let Lin Wei Xian dissect you …" Hella sighed.
Strictly speaking, this was the first sentence Hella said to Zero that had nothing to do with training.
Hella didn't notice that Han Xiao's eyes had turned sharp for a moment before disappearing.
"So, this day has finally come …" Han Xiao had long expected that his performance would lead to such a result. To the Germinal Organization, useless people were trash stocks that needed to be sold as soon as possible to recover their investment.
However, Han Xiao did not regret it at all, as the degree of importance was directly related to the degree of surveillance. If he had displayed his extraordinary abilities in a high-profile manner, he would only have been exploited even more harshly. With his identity, it was impossible for him to enter the core of the Germinal Organization, and he would always be treated as a tool. At most, it was just a matter of whether he was useful or not. Otherwise, Han Xiao would not have minded working for the Germinal Organization.
Suddenly, Han Xiao saw a photo on the ground. It seemed to have fallen out of Hella's pocket during the shoulder throw. He bent down to pick it up.
It was a group photo. The background of the photo was a clear blue sky. The sun was setting, and the main characters of the photo were two little girls standing side by side. One of them was a young Hella, smiling brightly. The other girl looked somewhat similar to Hella, but her hair was snow-white, and she looked gentle and obedient.
Hella's expression changed. She quickly snatched the photo back. Seeing that it was not damaged, she heaved a sigh of relief. She carefully kept the photo, looked at Han Xiao deeply, and turned to leave the training ground.
A message suddenly popped up on the interface.
You have triggered a D-level mission [Night Owl Operation]. Accept/Reject?
Han Xiao's eyes flashed. This was the first time he had triggered a mission in half a year.
There was nothing to hesitate about. Accept!
Mission Hint: The dark and bloody rise of the Germinal Organization has always been a secret of the Six Nations of Blue Star. Hella's past is unknown. Is she really loyal to the Germinal Organization? You have found a clue. If you continue to investigate, you may be able to obtain unexpected rewards, but it may also lead to unexpected … danger! Of course, you can also provide this clue to someone else in exchange for a reward. You can also keep it to yourself. No matter what, the choice is yours.
The mission was obviously triggered by the photo. Coincidentally, Han Xiao recognized the white-haired girl. She was Hella's sister, Aurora.
Aurora also had special abilities, but hers and Hella's were polar opposites. Hella was extremely aggressive, while Aurora's blood had strong healing abilities. It could even extend one's lifespan and bring the dead back to life. Aurora was brainwashed and controlled by the Germinal Organization. Not only did they use her special ability, they also used it to blackmail Hella into doing a lot of bloody work for the Germinal Organization.
The only person Hella cared about was her sister.
At the end of Version 1.0, the war between the Six Nations and the Germinal Organization reached its climax. The Germinal Organization dismembered Aurora and used her flesh to create countless healing potions with effects comparable to a 'second life'. They won a huge victory on the battlefield. Hila, who was at the frontline, only found out what had happened a few months later.
Hella completely collapsed. The Germinal Organization had already guessed her reaction. They immediately sent a large number of experts to capture Hella and imprison her. Hella suffered inhumane torture in prison. Her bone-deep hatred gave her terrifying tenacity. She endured all the torture and finally found a chance to escape.
From then on, Hella became cold-blooded and cruel. She used countless lives to develop her special ability and became stronger by any means necessary. She completely fell into the evil faction and became the infamous "Goddess of Death" on the Shattered Star.
Although the current Hella was cold, compared to the future Goddess of Death who looked down on thousands of lives and destroyed civilizations, she was ten thousand times kinder. If there was a chance, Han Xiao really wanted to help her and change Hella's tragic future. It was not out of pity, but to avoid trouble. In his previous life, Hella was a crazy woman who killed anyone she caught. Han Xiao was unlucky enough to meet Hella more than ten times, and every time, his battleship was destroyed.
The key to changing Hella's future lay with Aurora.
However, at the moment, Han Xiao did not have the ability to do so. Escaping was the most important thing.
Every two months, Hella would leave the laboratory at a fixed time. In two days, Hella would leave again. He had enough EXP.
The opportunity had finally come.
…
Returning to his machinery modification room, Han Xiao called out the interface. He now had three professions: Civilian, Special Agent, and Novice Mechanic.
The civilian professions could be ignored. The other two professions were his capital to escape from the laboratory.
Among the five professions, Mechanic was the weakest in the early stages. However, he did not regret it at all. Mechanic was the profession he was best at.
In the early stages, Mechanic was more focused on logistics and living professions. However, after Version 3.0 opened the profession knowledge tree, Mechanic's combat ability soared and became more popular. It was even comparable to Pugilists, which had the most players.
In the later stages, a high-level Mechanic was a galactic army!
The Mechanic class was famous for having many skills. Every blueprint was equivalent to a skill, and there were thousands of blueprints for the Mechanic class. Therefore, the potential for development was very high. Different skills could be used to create countless combat styles, such as Trap Style, Positional Style, Heavy Cannon Style, Sniper Style, Army Style, Mechanical Suit Style, and so on …
However, the disadvantage was also very obvious. To train a Mechanic expert, the EXP required was many times more than other professions.
[Mechanic Beginner] leveled up to Lv.3. + 10 Energy, + 1 INT, + 1 END, + 2 Free Attribute Points, + 1 Potential Point.
…
[Mechanic Beginner] leveled up to Lv.10 (max). + 30 Energy, + 1 INT, + 1 END, + 2 Free Attribute Points, + 1 Potential Point.
The upper limit of every profession was Lv.10, and they could only continue to level up after the Class Advancement.
Han Xiao spent a total of 130,000 EXP to level up [Mechanic Beginner] from Lv.2 to Lv.10, which gave him an additional 8 END, 8 INT, 100 Energy, 16 Free Attribute Points, and 8 Potential Points. His total level was now Lv.12
The main profession was usually the most important to level up as it gave him the most energy.
After [Mechanic Beginner] reached Lv.10, Han Xiao temporarily did not meet the requirements for the Class Advancement. He had expected this and put it aside for now.
Han Xiao then leveled up [Agent] to Lv.9, which cost him 80,000 EXP. [Agent] gave him a total of + 12 STR, + 9 DEX, + 3 CHA, 9 Potential Points, and 9 Free Attribute Points.
His total level was now Lv.20.
A character could have an unlimited number of professions, but there was a bottleneck every Lv.20, and he needed to complete the Promotion Mission before he could continue to level up. The level cap in Version 1.0 was Lv.60.
There were hundreds of professions in Galaxy, and the players had countless combinations. In the later stages of the game, individualization was very important. There was no fixed growth strategy, and every character had their own differences to maintain the game's appeal.
However, Han Xiao realized that his interface did not show the level cap, which meant that he could have power that surpassed the players in the version.
In Version 1.0 and Version 2.0, the players' area of activity was basically the novice planets. In the depths of the universe, the large galactic organizations had always existed, but the players could not come into contact with them. Therefore, the versions limited the players. Now that he was an NPC, he naturally did not have such shackles.
LV 20 Promotion Mission: Learn a Mechanic class Promotion Knowledge.
The prerequisite for the Promotion Knowledge was to learn five basic knowledges of a branch. The Armed Branch knowledge in the base was not complete, so he could not do anything about it.
Han Xiao spent another 150,000 EXP to level up [Basic Repair] and [Basic Enhancement] to Lv.10, which gave him two Potential Points. This was related to his future plans.
He spent another 10,000 EXP to level up [Basic Machinery Affinity] to Lv.3.
Based on his familiarity with Galaxy, Han Xiao spent 60,000 EXP to level up [Basic Combat] and [Basic Shooting] to Lv.6, which gave him two new skills, [Grappling] and [Precise Shooting].
The remaining 170,000 EXP was what Han Xiao had saved up for 'blueprint gambling'.
Creating blueprints was the most important ability of the Mechanic class.
After leveling up, the Mechanic class would automatically obtain blueprints. This was the first way to obtain blueprints.
The second way was to obtain blueprints from missions or special NPCs. These were special blueprints and were usually rare.
The third way was to disassemble machinery and reverse engineer blueprints. However, the conditions were harsh, and it cost a lot of EXP!
The fourth way was the most important one, 'Knowledge Fusion'. By fusing two or more class knowledges, if the combination was correct, a new blueprint could be created. However, every fusion cost EXP.
There were countless combinations of sixty knowledges, and every combination hid many blueprints. However, only one type of blueprint could be created every time a combination was fused. Some blueprints even had hidden prerequisites, so it was very difficult to know how many blueprints a combination could create.
The EXP of fusing the same combination would stack continuously. Even if a new blueprint was not created, the EXP would not be returned. This was why it was called 'blueprint gambling'.
This was the specialty of the Mechanic class. It created the Mechanic class' combat style and was also the source of their strength in the later stages. It was also a bottomless pit of EXP.
Before he had transmigrated, the players had found thousands of combinations. With more than ten years of experience, Han Xiao had an impression of eighty to ninety percent of them. Choosing the Mechanic class had a huge advantage. It could reduce the weakness of the Mechanic class in the early stages to the greatest extent. There were a few rare blueprints that were godly in the early stages of the Mechanic class!
Of course, there was also a function that was rarely used — free creation. The players could create their own machinery according to their ideas, but there was a ninety-nine percent chance that they would create a pile of scrap metal. The success rate depended on the rationality of the concept, the quality of the materials, the level of the class knowledge, talents, tools, and so on. Until the version before Han Xiao transmigrated, the players had not perfected the self-creation function. Even if they occasionally created their own machinery, the effect was not as good as the blueprint machinery. This function had always been seen as useless.
Leveling up his class gave him nineteen Potential Points. Maxing out the two skills gave him two Potential Points. He had a total of twenty-one Potential Points.
Han Xiao took out the class knowledge book that he had prepared long ago from the bookshelf, took a deep breath, and invested the Potential Points.
Do you wish to spend one Potential Point to learn the Armament Branch [Basic Mechanical Engineering]?
Do you wish to spend one Potential Point to learn the Armament Branch [Basic Bionics]?
"Yes!"
A large amount of knowledge was poured into his mind. Han Xiao's head was swollen and overloaded. It felt like it was going to explode. It was so painful that his face twitched. It took a full ten minutes for the pain to subside.
Mechanical knowledge that he had never understood before was deeply imprinted in his mind.
Han Xiao spent another two Potential Points to raise both [Basic Mechanical Engineering] and [Basic Bionics] to Lv. 2, increasing his mastery level.
"The combination of these two Lv. 2 Basic Mechanical Knowledge can create six blueprints. The same combination will give double the EXP for each fusion. The first fusion of the basic combination will give me 10,000 EXP. 170,000 EXP is enough for me to fuse four times. I have to find that thing in these four times!"
Han Xiaoxin was nervous. His palms were sweaty. He dragged [Lv. 2 Basic Mechanical Engineering] and [Lv. 2 Basic Bionics] together on the interface.
Do you wish to fuse knowledge (Basic Mechanical Engineering + Basic Bionics)? This fusion will cost 10,000 EXP.
Yes!
His brain was dizzy for a moment. A brand new invention blueprint appeared out of thin air.
Fusion successful. Congratulations on creating [Cloud Swallow Gliding Wings]!
"Not this!" Han Xiao clenched his fist. Continue!
This fusion will cost 20,000 EXP.
Fusion successful. Congratulations on developing the [Bionic Artificial Limb]!
F * ck, even the trashiest blueprints are out. This is not it!
Again!
[… This fusion will consume 40,000 EXP.]
Fusion successful! Congratulations on developing the [Lightweight Mechanical Arm]!
"Got it!"
Han Xiao slammed the table excitedly, and a screw fell out of the way.
Hah, Lightweight Mechanical Arm … This is what I want!
Half a year's worth of savings was almost gone.
— — —
Name: Han Xiao
Race: Carbon-based Human (Yellow)
Model: NPC (Countdown to Beta 1.0: 182 days, 8 hours, 23 minutes)
Level: 20 (Advancement not yet completed)
EXP: 100,000
Subclass: Civilian Lv. 1, Agent Lv. 9 (0/25000)
Main Class: Novice Mechanic Lv. 10 (Max, Class Advancement not completed)
HP: 320/320
Stamina: 434/434
Attributes: 21 STR, 17 DEX, 22 END, 15 INT, 1 MYS, 5 CHA, 1 LUK
Free Attribute Points: 27
Energy: 120 (Lv. 3)
Lv. 1 (10) – [STR + 1, DEX + 1, END + 1, Max Stamina + 20]
Lv. 2 (50) – [STR + 3, DEX + 2, END + 3, Max Stamina + 50]
Lv. 3 (100) – [STR + 3, DEX + 3, END + 5, Max Stamina + 100]
Energy Rank: 48 ~ 55
Grade: F (Mortal)
[Compared to the weakest superhuman, you're just an ant.]
Abilities: High Focus, Elementary Mental Resilience
[Well-Trained] (+ 100 base HP)
Skills:
[Mechanic Class: Elementary Machinery Affinity Lv. 3, Simple Repair Lv. 10 (max), Simple Enhancement Lv. 10 (max), Blueprint: Gliding Wings Lv. 1 (0/5000), Blueprint: Bionic Prosthesis Lv. 1 (0/2000), Blueprint: Lightweight Mechanical Arm Lv. 1 (0/10000)]
[Agent: Basic Combat Lv. 6 (0/16000), + 6% Unarmed Attack
Basic Shooting Lv. 6 (0/16000), + 6% Accuracy
Grappling Lv. 1 (0/3000), + 3% Parry Counterattack Rate, + 2% Unarmed Attack Rate
Precision Shooting Lv. 1 (0/3000), + 3% Accuracy, + 2% Critical Hit Rate
Potential Points: 17
Class Knowledge Tree:
[Arms: Basic Assembly Lv. 1 (0/1)]
[Basic Mechanical Engineering Lv. 2 (0/1)]
[Basic Bionics Lv. 2 (0/1)]
17 Unlearned Skills
[Energy: 20 Unlearned Skills]
[Control: 20 Unlearned Skills]
Influence: 0
Legend: 0
Equipment: None
— — —
After half a year of accumulation, he had risen by 20 levels, and his combat power had soared!
With a total of 27 Free Attribute Points, Han Xiao spent 5 points to raise his Intelligence to 20, meeting the requirements of the blueprint for the Lightweight Mechanical Arm. He saved the rest for emergencies.
There was only one last step left, and that was to equip himself!
Looking at the mechanical parts all over the floor, Han Xiao laughed.
"I'll teach you what it means to raise a tiger and invite calamity!"
…
(Cherish the attribute panel. He won't appear again for a long time.)
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