On Planet Golden Gate, in the training room of the Black Star Corps headquarters, a battle was in progress.
Bang!
The streamlined, pitch-black mechanical soldier knocked away the five blue-purple robot warriors and charged all the way to Reynold against the lasers shot out by the ten foundational turrets. Its arms transformed into eight high-speed spinning spiral spikes and hit Reynold's shield, creating intense sparks.
Reynold's face was solemn as he retreated, leaving behind an electromagnetic trap to control the pitch-black mechanical soldier. At the same time, he released blinding bolts of Mechanical Force and used some sort of ability to increase the power of the cannon.
Ka ka ka!
All of a sudden, the pitch-black mechanical soldier suddenly disintegrated and turned into a torrent of pitch-black nanoparticles, quickly returning to the side of a human figure not far away. The nanoparticles reassembled and turned back into the appearance of a humanoid mechanical soldier, silently guarding this person.
"Your abilities are getting stronger and stronger. Breaking through to the Calamity Grade is just around the corner." This person clapped his hands and praised. It was Han Xiao.
Compared to two years ago, Han Xiao was still young and handsome. His figure was slightly taller, and his aura was even more unfathomable. At this moment, he was still wearing a low-profile, luxurious black windbreaker and was not wearing his mechanical suit.
"This is all thanks to your teachings," Reynold said with a serious tone.
"It's all because of your talent."
Han Xiao waved his hands. Out of politeness, they complimented each other.
After two years of learning, Reynold's Energy Rank was gradually approaching Grade A, and he would often request to spar with Han Xiao. Both of them were Mechanics, and there was no need for them to fight each other. Thus, every time they sparred, it would be a small-scale battle to test the strength and precision of each machine.
The pitch-black mechanical soldier beside Han Xiao was one of the new models of mechanical soldiers that he had researched in the past two years. It had an enhanced nano-transformation ability, and its stats were extremely outstanding. Its performance surpassed that of the Oathkeeper, making it an elite machine. It belonged to the echelon of Calamity Grade equipment in Han Xiao's arsenal, and its model was called [Phantasm].
Every time he fought with Black Star, Reynold would be shocked. This was because Black Star was always able to take out different powerful machines. Every time they sparred, he would use Black Star to test his weapons. Reynold could not imagine how many mechanical blueprints Black Star knew.
Even at Reynold's level, learning a blueprint was not easy. If he were to study a new machine, it would be even more exhausting. However, Reynold could not fathom Black Star's level at all. He could not understand why Black Star's research efficiency was so terrifying that he could come up with new blueprints every few days.
Furthermore, every time they sparred, Reynold could feel that it was getting easier and easier for Han Xiao to deal with him. Black Star was already a Calamity Grade Super, but he did not seem to have any bottlenecks and was constantly getting stronger. This made Reynold extremely shocked, and he increasingly felt that Han Xiao was unfathomable.
Reynold had always prided himself on his talent and was full of confidence in himself. However, after being dealt a blow by Han Xiao, he felt ashamed of his inferiority and became even more humble.
Black Star had too many things for him to learn. Reynold became more and more fanatical, wishing that he could spend every minute tracking Han Xiao and recording his every action.
After putting away the machine, Han Xiao suddenly thought of something and asked, "How's the logistics of the army?"
When it came to work, Reynold's expression became even more serious, and he said in an orderly manner, "The storage of all kinds of resources is sufficient, and the overall situation is good. Only Bases 17, 21, and 24 are in a state of emergency. The resources they lack are mainly ammunition, fuel, and conventional machinery materials. Four days ago, I've already transferred resources from the five nearest bases. According to the schedule, the first batch of resources is estimated to arrive in two days … "
Hearing this, Han Xiao nodded and asked Reynold to leave while he remained in the room to think.
Over the past two years, the Black Star Corps had been developing rapidly. Just as the industry had expected, they gradually monopolized the business of the Garton Star System and built sub-bases on dozens of civilizations in the Garton Star System. They even built an office on the mother planet of Godora.
The millions of players had brought huge benefits to the Black Star Corps. Han Xiao had made use of the opportunity to increase the reputation and reputation of the Black Star Corps. As the business expanded, more freelance mercenaries were attracted to join the Black Star Corps.
Now, excluding the millions of cannon … cough, players, the army had 100,000 official mercenaries. The number of students in the training camp was three to four times that number. Just in terms of NPC mercenaries, the Black Star Corps was undoubtedly a large mercenary group.
The students in the training camp were no longer freelance mercenaries who had not reached the standard. There were also many ordinary people who did not have any foundation. On every planet where the sub-bases were located, there were young men who wanted to become mercenaries or wanted to become Supers.
The various positions in the army were also organized and standardized. The structure was clear, and the management was more efficient. The officers had their own responsibilities. Some became area managers, overseeing hundreds of mercenary teams. Some became ace mercenaries, specializing in difficult missions. Some became fleet commanders, some became head instructors of the training camp, some continued to be mascots, and some became the secretary of the army commander.
The position of deputy commander was still empty. This position required strength to convince the masses. Han Xiao was the only Calamity Grade Super in the army, and the deputy commander had to be at this level to not lose his value. Among all the officers, only Reynold was closest to the Calamity Grade.
In the past two years, Han Xiao had recruited more than a hundred Grade B Supers. Some were normal mercenaries who had taken the initiative to join him, and some were elites that he had found from his memories. Among them, there was even a protagonist with a low-level halo, which added a wave of middle-level combatants.
After monopolizing the Garton Star System, Han Xiao began to expand. With the Garton Star System as the core, his business expanded to the surrounding Star Systems, each occupying a portion of the market.
Blacksmithing required one's own strength. The larger the market, the greater the requirement for one's own faction's ability.
As a socialist youth who was deeply influenced by the values of a construction maniac, Han Xiao continued to invest the funds he earned into the construction of bases and expansion of fleets, working hard to create a virtuous cycle of benefits.
Currently, the Black Star Corps had twenty-six fleets that were in charge of combat, logistics, and support. The total number of battleships had reached one thousand six hundred. Reality had proven that robbing galactic pirates … ahem, getting rid of tyrants and bringing peace to the people had brought about a sizable amount of benefits.
The number of bases had also reached thirty-four. Other than Noriose and Rossos, there were three new sponsors. Two of them were legitimate financial groups, and the other was actually the Godora government. Not only did they give Han Xiao more strategic resources, they even took out a large sum of money to invest. The relationship between both parties had become even closer.
The influence of the faction radiated even further than the area of influence. The Black Star Corps had already become one of the most iconic private organizations in the Colton Star Cluster. This time, it was Floating Dragon's position that had risen along with it. The strength of the Field Team made Floating Dragon's deterrence no longer come from Ames alone.
However, Han Xiao had already noticed the bottleneck of the faction's development.
As a mercenary group, the Black Star Corps had already reached the top. If they continued to expand their business, their efficiency would become slower and slower. Distance was an obvious limitation. The larger the business scope, the higher the requirement for the faction's ability. Monopolizing the Garton Star System was already their limit, and they did not have the ability to monopolize a second Star System for the time being.
Another reason for the faction's bottleneck was the nature of the faction. Mercenary groups were relatively loose organizations. If they wanted to enter a higher level, they would have to undergo a transformation. They would have to let the mercenary business take a back seat and turn the faction into a semi-private armed organization, similar to the nature of Bloodshed Land.
The difficulty was extremely high. The time was not right, and the transformation was still too early. However, Han Xiao had foresight and knew that this was the only way to level up the faction. It was something that had to be done sooner or later.
"The only thing I don't need to worry about is my strength …"
Han Xiao's eyes sparkled. He was currently level 170. Compared to two years ago, he had only increased by twenty levels. He was currently stuck at the Class Advancement Mission after reaching the max level of [Galaxy Mechanic].
However, this was because Han Xiao did not focus on leveling up. Most of his EXP had been saved up by him, and his EXP reserve had reached a terrifying number. Even if the EXP cost to level up at this stage was extremely high, his EXP reserve was enough to support him to level up a few dozen more levels.
However, Han Xiao did not do so. He had not encountered many strong enemies in the past two years, so he was not in a hurry to level up. Therefore, he invested a lot of EXP to level up his skills in exchange for Potential Points and a large number of blueprints.
More importantly, Han Xiao considered the problem of the version update.
The interval between this update was about ten years in the game. He would not be able to harvest leeks for almost ten years. His EXP reserve was like food for winter. The more he had, the better.
"This is already the late stage of Version 2.0. After the Pro League, the version update will be around the corner. Sigh, ten years …"
Level: 170
Main Class: Mechanic
Race: Chaos Observer (Human Form)
254 STR, 634 DEX, 608 END, 1956 INT, 263 MYS, 105 CHA, 1 LUK
Free Attribute Points: 0
Potential Points: 31
HP: 93732
Stamina: 94180
Energy: 170 [Lv.11]
LV11 Energy Bonus Points: + 111 STR, + 1 DEX, + 174 END, + 204 INT, + 129 MYS, + 21220 Stamina, + 142% Machinery Affinity
Energy Rank: 14780
Grade: A
[You are already an experienced Grade A Super. You will make your enemies experience the taste of nightmares.]
Compared to the development of his faction, his own strength did not have any bottlenecks. If he encountered an insane Class Change or Class Advancement Quest, at least he had the Quest Completion Card as a backup plan. However, he did not have any in stock at the moment.
As long as his experience could keep up, he would be able to become stronger quickly. Han Xiao was not too worried about this.
Level was not the only thing he had. In the past two years, he had been searching for talents everywhere.
Although he had no idea what Reynold's talent was, Han Xiao had traveled thousands of miles and brought back a similar talent, [Elementary Grade Mechanical Sense]. He finally had a Mechanic talent.
[Intermediate Strengthened Life] had also triggered several strengthening notifications. Han Xiao estimated that he would be able to upgrade this talent after consuming some rare genetic potions.
It was a pity that Molding Talents were extremely rare. The ones he had obtained in the past two years were all normal talents.
Other than the changes in the interface, the changes in combat were even more obvious!
Han Xiao had expanded the Mech Legion by many times, perfected the tactics of the various factions, and added many Calamity Grade equipment. His combat style had become more comprehensive, and it was completely different from two years ago. Han Xiao felt that he could beat five or six of himself at the same time.
Whoosh!
This time, the door suddenly opened, and Sylvia stood outside.
"Teacher, I've found you. A few mercenaries want to see you. They say that they have important information."
Two years ago, Sylvia was still a young girl waiting to blossom. Now, she had developed even better. She was tall, curvaceous, and had become a young and beautiful beauty. Her face was radiant, and her eyes were as bright as stars. Clear light flowed through them, and she was lively without losing her heroic spirit.
Her position was Han Xiao's secretary, and her potential had finally been revealed through Han Xiao's continuous development.
The homework that Han Xiao gave Sylvia would have given her a headache two years ago, but it was a piece of cake for her now. Her growth rate was increasing day by day. Although she had not cultivated for long, and her potential had yet to be converted into strength, she was already able to display C + strength with the special mechanical armor that Han Xiao had created. She could even spar with a Grade B Super for a few rounds. Slowly, she started to show the style of the 'Mechanical Knight' in Han Xiao's previous life.
Han Xiao sized Sylvia up, took a good look at her, and spoke.
"Who wants to see me?"
"These people."
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