After leaving Manison's Virtual Domain, Han Xiao's Virtual Soul returned to the quantum network center of the headquarters and secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
Although he was not Manison's match in terms of Virtual Technology, Manison's mental attacks could not do anything to him either.
Not only was he tanky, but Mechanics were also not a class that specialized in mental attacks. No matter how powerful [Virtual Paramount] was, it would not be able to easily defeat a Mechanic of the same level. Furthermore, his high Intelligence provided him with some mental resistance, so he was not that weak.
"However, [Virtual Paramount] is more of a control skill. It took me about five to six seconds to leave Manison's Virtual Domain. The situation is still alright."
Han Xiao observed the situation and nodded.
When he was pulled into the Virtual Domain by Manison, Philip had lost his help. Under Manison's attacks, the thickness of the firewall had been shaved by almost half, and a large amount of internal data had been lost.
Fortunately, he returned in time and took over, immediately stabilizing the defense line. The situation returned to a tug of war where he was at a disadvantage.
After all, they were both Mechanics who specialized in Virtual Technology. Since Manison could quickly break Han Xiao's Virtual Domain, it would not take long for Han Xiao to break the other party's Virtual Domain. [Virtual Paramount] was not suitable to deal with Mechanics. With Virtual Technology, one could quickly break it and greatly reduce the time one was controlled.
This time, Manison narrowed his eyes and stared at Han Xiao outside the firewall.
"Unbelievable physique, unimaginable potential, history-making growth speed … Black Star, where exactly did you pop out from?"
"There are all kinds of strange things in this world," Han Xiao said. "There's no need to be so surprised."
Manison shook his head. "After sparring with you the last time, I've always had a guess. Now that I've sparred with you again, my thoughts have become clearer … Black Star, your existence can't be the Space Wonder itself, right?"
"Ha, who knows?"
Han Xiao's expression was calm and unmoved.
At this moment, Risda finally removed the seal. Without a word, he immediately helped Han Xiao establish a firewall to resist Manison's invasion.
Finette also continued to chisel at the firewall, helping Manison to infiltrate. Every time he chiseled, he would be able to create a small temporary loophole, and he would be able to extract data bit by bit.
With one attacking and the other defending, both sides fought with all their might using Virtual Technology. Modules were cracked one after another, and then reconstructed again and again.
It looked like a tidal wave of data was bombarding the firewall, but in fact, if one were to zoom in countless times, every inch of space where the data collided was an invisible miniature battlefield. Countless jumping bytes seemed to transform into soldiers, calculating and deciphering each other.
The two of them looked calm and collected, but in fact, their brains were already overclocked. Every calculation detail was personally controlled by them, and the amount of calculation was incomparably huge.
…
In the logistics department of the Black Star Corps, Reynold had already gathered all the mechanics in the department. Those who were working immediately put down what they were doing and ran straight to the gathering without even putting on their pants.
Looking around at the endless logistics department mechanics, Reynold spoke with a deep voice.
"Everyone, the artificial intelligence core of the Black Star Corps headquarters has been hacked. His Excellency Black Star is currently resisting it. As a part of the army, we cannot be idle. The Army Commander needs our help outside the battlefield!"
Everyone's expression was grim. An enemy that even Black Star could not defeat, the situation was not good.
No one knew why Black Star would provoke the Mecha Empire for no reason.
In the world of mechanics, the Mecha Empire's reputation was too great. They were basically publicly acknowledged as the strongest mechanic. Now that they had to fight against such a big shot, the members of the logistics department were uneasy, and their morale was low.
The title of the strongest mechanic was not an empty title. It came with the [Mechanic Morale Punishment] halo, which could make most of the mechanics lose their confidence.
Someone could not help but ask, "Why did the Mecha Empire invade us? Isn't their relationship with Black Star pretty good?"
"You're asking me, but who am I supposed to ask?"
Reynold glared at him and yelled, "Don't think too much. Remember, the army is in danger. What we need to do now is to help the army. No matter who the intruder is, he is now our enemy!"
Although that was the case, in truth, for a very long time, the Mecha Empire was also Reynold's idol. It was only after he joined the Black Star Corps that he witnessed the rise of Black Star. In his heart, Han Xiao gradually replaced the Mecha Empire's position and became the person he admired the most.
Now that he had to fight against his former idol, Reynold was able to accept it.
Hearing Reynold's words, everyone in the logistics department calmed down and gradually became more determined. In the logistics department, Reynold's reputation was very high. This was all thanks to his serious work and strict personality. Most mechanics liked this.
Seeing that the members of the logistics department had stabilized their morale, Reynold was slightly relieved. He immediately ordered everyone to take action.
Although it was difficult for them to intervene in the virtual battlefield between two pinnacle Beyond Grade As, the logistics department could help indirectly. They used temporary authority to change the hardware in Philip's artificial intelligence hub to increase Philip's computing ability. At the same time, they could share their weak computing ability with Philip through the hardware connection.
At the same time, fleet commander Herlous, who was playing cards online but suddenly cut off from the internet, also took action.
He mobilized the armed forces of the various divisions of the Black Star Corps to start a carpet search of all the nearby planets, trying to find Manison's location. However, this was a vast project, like finding a needle in a haystack.
On the other side, Sylvia took the route of the upper echelons and directly contacted Godora. Godora straightforwardly handed over the temporary secondary authority of the many quantum network base stations in the Garton Star System, temporarily letting the Black Star Corps take over the quantum network authority of more than half of the Star System.
After the Discrimination Transformation Campaign, coupled with the recent public education program, Godora's relationship with the Black Star Corps was getting closer and closer. Knowing that the Black Star Corps was in trouble, the leader stood his ground and generously offered to help. After all, if the Black Star Corps wanted it, their network security would be useless, so they might as well agree to lend it to him for a while and improve their relationship.
Godora was very experienced when it came to hugging someone's thigh. This was basically a compulsory course for every Star System Civilization.
Although they guessed that Manison might have his own base station, Sylvia always liked to be prepared. Controlling the quantum network base station in this area was also a way to cut off Manison's escape route.
Lagi did not know much about Virtual Technology, but he had his own way. He called a bunch of people from the Magic Department and ran over to give Han Xiao buffs.
All kinds of buffs that increased Intelligence and Spirit were given to Han Xiao's body. His status bar was filled to the brim, and he had to flip through the pages to see all of them.
However, the effects of buffs were not constant. When low-level spells and mages buffed high-level targets, the effect would be reduced. The stronger the target, the lower the effect of the external buff.
Furthermore, many buff spells had restrictions that would lose effect once their attributes exceeded a certain limit. For example, many buff spells that gave percentage buffs could only buff the target's attributes to two to three thousand points at most. The higher the limit of the spell, the more difficult it would be to learn it. For example, some of the buff spells that had no restrictions or targeted Beyond Grade As were forbidden spells, and very few people were able to learn them.
Facing Manison's attack, the entire Black Star Corps acted on their own accord and did what they could to help Han Xiao in many ways.
…
Bloodshed Land headquarters …
It had been more than two months since Heber went into seclusion. Other than those members who were indecisive, most of the upper echelons were worried about the Tyrant's condition.
Today, Heber finally summoned Joad and asked about the Bloodshed Land's affairs during this period.
Standing in front of the door, Joad was nervous. He took a few deep breaths before slowly calming himself down. He then clenched his teeth and pushed open the door.
He was mentally prepared to see all kinds of scenes, but the scene in front of him was no different from before.
Heber was sitting in his seat with his back straight. His attire was neat, and he did not look dispirited at all. The only difference was that his aura was not as oppressive as before.
After carefully sizing him up, Joad swallowed his saliva and asked, "You … are fine?"
"What can happen to me?"
Hearing this, Heber could not help but frown.
"You … you haven't appeared for so long and didn't ask about the organization's affairs. We thought … thought …"
"You thought that I was defeated by Black Star?" Heber relaxed his brows and said with dissatisfaction, "A loss is a loss. I'll get it back in the future. When did I become so weak in your hearts?"
"No, it's just that your performance made us misunderstand …" Joad hurriedly explained.
"Humph."
Heber shook his head. When he was defeated, his mentality had indeed collapsed. However, as a Beyond Grade A, it was not as if he had not experienced any setbacks along the way.
The damage to his reputation did make his heart ache, but Heber quickly adjusted his emotions and recorded this in his little notebook.
Looking at it from another perspective … with Sisko at the bottom, he was not the worst in the Shattered Star Ring. This made Heber feel much better.
However, although his reputation as the Tyrant was damaged, the Bloodshed Land still had to continue developing. Heber would not stop competing with the Black Star Corps.
It's enough to beat me up once with the excuse of revenge. You want to beat me up every day?
Do you think I'm stupid?
Next time, even if it's just one mechanical soldier, I won't accept the challenge no matter what!
Although Heber quickly got rid of his disappointment after this defeat, he also recognized the difference in strength between him and Black Star. Even if he was unwilling, he could only pinch his nose and admit that Black Star had far surpassed him.
Therefore, Heber's desire to compete with Black Star for the title of the strongest in the Star Field faded a lot. At least, before he had the confidence to defeat Black Star, he did not want to use force to provoke Han Xiao again. He had the thought of 'I'll beat him back when I'm stronger'.
After admitting that Han Xiao had surpassed him, for some reason, Heber felt much more relaxed. Maybe it was because he did not have to fight with someone like Black Star anymore, which finally made him relax.
Too lazy to explain his thoughts to Joad, Heber impatiently said, "Hurry up and tell me what's on the backlog. If there's nothing, don't disturb my training."
"O-Okay …"
Seeing that Heber had adjusted his mentality, Joad heaved a sigh of relief and immediately reported the situation during this period, emphasizing the members who had left.
"Don't worry about those who left." Heber did not mind. "They're all swinging opportunists. There are as many of these people in the universe as you want."
Joad nodded and sighed to himself. It seemed like Heber was still the same as before, not caring about his subordinates.
This time, Heber hesitated for a moment before slowly saying, "Inform all the Calamity Grade Pugilists to gather here in a while. I'll teach them something. Humph, as my subordinates, it's ridiculous that they haven't improved after such a long time."
Joad's eyes widened, and he was a little shocked. After being stunned for a while, he smiled.
"Understood. They'll definitely be happy to receive your guidance."
"Humph, I don't need flattery."
After calming himself down, Joad took out another piece of information and said with a deep voice, "Oh, right.
There's one more thing. Just a moment ago, an emergency news leaked out from the Black Star Corps. For some reason, Manison from the Mecha Empire actually went against Black Star and is currently invading the artificial intelligence hub of the Black Star Corps headquarters. Their virtual battle has yet to end. "
"Mecha Empire? Does he have a grudge with Black Star? "
Heber was puzzled.
"I'm not sure. The outside world is saying that Black Star grew too quickly, and his ambition swelled. He challenged the position of the Mecha Empire, so the Mecha Empire took the initiative to fight Black Star on his home ground to defend their position and let Black Star see the truth."
"Sounds like it's true."
Heber frowned. He did not know the secret of the Divine Throne Mechanic. This was a secret within the Mechanic class, and the other classes did not know much about it. The dynasty would not tell such a secret to a muscle for no reason.
After thinking for a while, Heber sighed and shook his head.
Black Star, this b * stard, is not going to stop at all. Two months ago, he almost made me fall apart. How long has it been since then, and now he's provoked the Mecha Empire? What a playboy.
"Don't bother about them. I don't know anything about Mechanics. Anyway, it has nothing to do with me."
Heber waved his hands and threw this matter to the back of his mind.
…
In the virtual world of the Black Star Corps headquarters headquarters …
The battle between the two Divine Throne Mechanics would not end any time soon, and the battle had already lasted for a long time.
With the support of [Perfect Mechanical Sense], the gap between Han Xiao and Manison was further reduced. However, with the home ground advantage and the external help of the Black Star Corps logistics department, he could only barely resist Manison's Virtual Intrusion and slow down the speed of data flow.
With Han Xiao's resistance, Manison was unable to invade the entire headquarters, but he was able to take advantage of the loopholes in the firewall to continuously capture data.
Although the [Perfect Mechanical Sense] Character Summon Card was useful, it had a time limit of sixteen hours. As long as Manison was willing, it would not be a problem for him to continuously invade for days and nights.
"Luckily, I asked for help. Otherwise, it would be bad if the battle continued."
Han Xiao's mind flickered as he waited for Maximiler.
The two of them fought intensely for a long time, and a few hours later, a new Beyond Grade A Mechanic finally entered the battlefield!
Outside the firewall, a Virtual Soul jumped over from the quantum network channel and appeared in front of the two of them.
Han Xiao took a closer look and was slightly stunned.
The person who came was not the Maximiler he was familiar with but another Beyond Grade A ally of the dynasty.
Manison looked over, frowned slightly, and said slowly, "That's right.
"Kant, why is it you?"
"Heh, can't I be here?"
The virtual soul smiled. His appearance was very strange. He was a snow-white cylindrical body, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. Only the top had a bunch of green leaves. In the middle of his body was a Kazilan eye, which looked like a big white radish.
This person … cough, this radish was one of the three strongest National Pillars of the Red Empire, 'Illusion God' Kant.
His nickname sounded like a Psychic or Mage, but in reality, Kant was a Mechanic. His race was an Illusionist, and his talent was to change the structure of his body, directly disguising himself as other creatures on the physical level.
After advancing to Beyond Grade A, Kant's talent had undergone a transformation. He could basically transform into anything on the physical level. This was more realistic than the illusions of Mages or the virtual images of Mechanics, and it was difficult to see through.
Because of this talent, he had a very strong camouflage ability. It was easy for him to interact with any species, and no one had seen his real body before.
He was also passionate about transformation, and his appearance was different every day. The presence of his Illusion ability even suppressed his Mechanic ability, so he received this nickname.
Manison knew Kant. He looked him up and down and was a little puzzled.
"What species did you transform into today? Is there such a creature in the universe? It looks just like a radish. "
"I transformed into a radish." Kant blinked.
"…"
Manison was speechless. After a few seconds of silence, he suddenly retracted all the data streams and stopped the intrusion.
If Maximiler came, Manison would not be afraid. However, it was Kant. Although he could deal with him, it was not a home ground battle, so he could not do it with ease.
Furthermore, Kant's interference was definitely the order of the Empire. If he let the Mecha Empire fight one against two, it would increase his reputation. It would be better to pull someone stronger over and let Manison take the initiative to leave. In other words, this matter ends here. Your goal has been achieved. Don't push it.
Thinking of this, Manison stopped and kept Finette back into his Virtual Soul. He then glanced at Han Xiao and slowly said, "I'm not sure.
"If you're not a Mechanic, maybe we can be friends."
After saying this, Manison's Virtual Soul disappeared and retreated along the network.
He came quickly and left quickly as well, moving swiftly and decisively.
News of this battle had already spread. Manison's goal was basically achieved. He had obtained a large amount of internal data of the Black Star Corps. The intrusion was more than half successful. This was where the victory of the virtual battle lay.
It did not matter what the ordinary people thought. His performance of suppressing Black Star in terms of machinery would definitely solidify his position in the Machinery Faith. He would stabilize his position as the number one Mechanic and minimize the impact of Black Star's promotion to a Divine Throne Mechanic.
Seeing Manison leave, Han Xiao frowned and shook his head.
At this moment, Kant looked over.
The Empire had asked Kant to step in. Not only did they need to stop the battle, but they also gave him the mission of comforting Black Star. The Empire currently valued Han Xiao, a super potential stock, very much. They were afraid that Black Star would be affected by this blow.
After thinking about it, Kant comforted him.
"Don't be discouraged. You're still young. It's normal to lose to the Mecha Empire. It's not too embarrassing. Look on the bright side. He didn't take advantage of you that much. There's still a long way to go. Don't worry."
Han Xiao glanced at him and did not say anything.
Seeing this, Kant's carrot-like body transformed into a hand. He scratched the green leaf on his head and sighed. "I've been targeted by the Mecha Empire before. Sigh, my performance was worse than yours. Actually, it's not a bad thing to suffer a little when you're young."
Hearing this, Han Xiao had a strange expression.
Looking at the mission completion notification on the interface, Han Xiao could not help but nod in agreement.
"You're right. It would be even better if I could suffer a few more 'losses' …"
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