The first time he saw Stephanie, Han Xiao felt that she looked familiar. He sized her up carefully, and his heart skipped a beat.
He did not know the other hunters, but this woman was someone he knew!
In his previous life, many players knew Stephanie. She was very active during the 'Calamity of the Supers' version. She was one of the subordinates of the Beyond Grade A [Thousand Shadows] in the Abyss of Stars Star Field. She fought countless Supers for Thousand Shadows as his vanguard, including many players who formed teams to kill bosses. In the end, she died in a battle … which could be said to be her release.
After that, a related Dungeon Crystal was born, and Stephanie entered the dungeon as a hidden boss. Defeating this hidden boss had a chance of obtaining extremely rare rewards.
In the later versions of his previous life, she was listed on the Top Hundred Model Workers list with a drop rate as high as 87.6% of the players repeated the dungeon, and she received the honorary title 'Virtuous'!
At that stage, the total number of players in Galaxy was dozens of times more than in Version 2.0. There were more than ten million players online at the same time, and more than eighty percent of the players had repeated Stephanie's dungeon. This meant that there were a lot of people!
Speaking of which, it was a little embarrassing. Han Xiao had used different accounts and logged into Stephanie's account at least three hundred times. He was so familiar with her that he could not be more familiar with her.
Han Xiao did not expect to know someone among the enemies. He was pleasantly surprised.
He originally did not know who the mastermind was, but now that he saw Stephanie, everything suddenly became clear.
It was Thousand Shadows!
"No wonder, no wonder. Everything makes sense now …" Han Xiaoxin was emotional. If the mastermind was Thousand Shadows, he knew why the hunters captured Supers.
They were providing 'shadows' for Thousand Shadows!
Thousand Shadows' ability was very strange. He could absorb other independent individuals and turn them into a type of subordinate called 'shadow'. The shadow still retained most of its original personality, but it had an unerasable loyalty and closeness to Thousand Shadows, so there was a certain degree of deviation in its previous memories.
The shadow slept in Thousand Shadows' body, and at the same time, it was his avatar outside. The two of them became symbiotic.
However, the shadow's original abilities were still preserved. Furthermore, after fusing with Ten Thousand Shadows, it would be strengthened. Ten Thousand Shadows had lived for too long. No one knew how many shadows existed in his body. He was an extremely mysterious member of the Ancient Ones.
Han Xiao still remembered a secret discovered by a player in his previous life. In order to live forever, Thousand Shadows sought the help of a special person to endow his Esper ability with vitality. He then abandoned his own body and became a strange "Esper Lifeform". Normal means could not kill him. He lived for thousands of years and was now a member of the Ancient Ones.
After seeing the truth behind the scenes, Han Xiaoxin felt a heavy pressure pressing down on his heart. His emotions were heavy. Ying liked high-quality shadows, and since he had his eyes on Han Xiaoxin, he was afraid that Ying would not let him off easily. Han Xiaoxin did not want to become Ying Ying's symbiotic body. That would mean he would lose himself completely and become a puppet!
Stephanie was Thousand Shadows' shadow. She was also a tragic character. Before she died, she had returned briefly and revealed her origins.
That was during the exploration era. The Primordial Ones had not been born yet, and the war between the three Universal Civilizations had swept across the entire universe.
She was born in the era of war. She was an Antarian, and her civilization's mother planet was involved in the war. She showed amazing talent in her childhood and was chosen as a warrior. She fought for her homeland and grew up quickly.
In just over ten years, when ordinary human women in the universe were at their most youthful, she had already become the guardian of her homeland. She had become the first guardian of Antar at such a young age. She was so strong that even the three Universal Civilizations had heard of her.
However, a super war broke out between the Red Empire and the Radiant Federation, with an entire Star Cluster as the main battlefield. The Antarians were affected, and their mother planet fell. All the colonial planets and ruling planets were turned into ruins under the iron hooves of the Red Empire. Only a few survivors escaped in galactic migration spaceships and became a wandering civilization. Stephanie was one of the survivors.
People in war were all pragmatic. The survivors did not even have time to miss their mother planet. They were in a hurry to leave the battlefield and find a new home to start anew. However, an uninvited guest had his eyes on Stephanie … It was Thousand Shadows.
Thousand Shadows was a long-lived race and had lived for many years. At that time, he had not given up on his body yet, and he was not a Beyond Grade A. He coveted Stephanie's power and intercepted the spaceships of the Antarian survivors.
In the end, the Antarian civilization became another flame of civilization that was extinguished in the war, and Stephanie became Thousand Shadows' shadow.
History only recorded what happened at that time. Cold history would not record emotions. Everyone's motives, emotions, and reactions were all mysteries. In Han Xiao's previous life, after Stephanie entered the game, some players curiously searched for historical records about her. From the rare descriptions in some Super history books, they learned that some historians believed that if Stephanie did not 'mysteriously disappear', she might have become one of the [Primordial Ones].
However, during the exploration era, there were too many Calamity Grades with potential. Most of them died in battle and became nutrients for the enemy. The Primordial Ones were the first batch of Beyond Grade As that walked out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Thousand Shadows was not a Primordial One. He had always been mysterious and only appeared as a Beyond Grade A at the end of the exploration era.
In just a short moment, the entire sequence of events flashed through Han Xiao's mind. He took a deep breath. The real enemy had surfaced. Going against Thousand Shadows was very stressful, but that was a matter for the future.
The biggest problem now was to deal with the nine Calamity Grades first.
Especially Stephanie.
Han Xiao pushed his hands forward, and a beam of Psionic Impact — Whale Wave shot toward Stephanie. The huge Mech Legion around her moved and charged toward all the enemies. The sound of cannons was endless!
Bang bang bang bang!
Countless psionic cannons crisscrossed, and the mechanical soldiers surrounded the enemies with their weapons and shields. Stephanie and the others also moved, fighting back fiercely.
The battle started, and the scene instantly became chaotic!
Han Xiaoxin was never short of Bs. The Mech Legion was much stronger than before, but facing nine experienced Calamity Grades at the same time was still beyond the capabilities of the Mech Legion. Among the nine enemies, two were Mechanics. One was a Cannon Master, and his extremely thick cannon shot out destructive beams of light, destroying mechanical soldiers one after another.
The other was also a Mechanic who walked the Galactic Fortress Style. He raised his hand and opened a huge war fortress that was hundreds of meters tall. It had powerful firepower and was even equipped with guards. It clashed with the Mech Legion like two groups of beasts.
Clang clang clang!
Metal clashed non-stop, and sparks replaced the blood that splattered everywhere. Messy parts and wires fell like rain, as if they were pieces of flesh that were torn from the enemy's body.
The other seven enemies were two Pugilists, one Mage, and four Espers. Stephanie was one of them!
Stephanie's ability was the most mysterious. She was like a diving eagle, heading straight for Han Xiao, who was in the middle of the army. Wherever she passed, the mechanical soldiers around her all disintegrated. The air around her was distorted due to the high temperature. From far away, she aimed her palm at Han Xiao.
You have entered the [Light Slow] state. DEX decreased by 12%. Lasts for 8 seconds!
You have entered the [Light Weak] state. All attributes decreased by 6%. Lasts for 8 seconds!
You have entered the [Light Confused] state. There is a 10% chance that skills will be interrupted when using them. Lasts for 8 seconds!
You have entered the [Abnormal Excitement] state. Your attack is between 80% – 110%. Lasts for 8 seconds!
You have entered the [Light Hallucination] state. Accuracy and perception decreased by 10%. Lasts for 8 seconds!
You have entered the [Light Tired] state. Energy and stamina decreased by 8%. Lasts for 10 seconds!
Your talent [Steel Body] is in effect. You are immune to True Damage!
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