Hearing Han Xiao's words, Kant naturally misunderstood and could not help but laugh.
"Heh, you're really open-minded. This mentality is not bad. You have to work hard to maintain it … By the way, do you know why the Mecha Empire is targeting you? The empire asked me to tell you the inside story. If you know, I don't have to say anything."
"I'll have to trouble you to explain it to me."
Han Xiao knew that it was related to the Machinery Faith, but it was not bad to hear the dynasty's explanation.
Kant nodded and gave a simple explanation. Just like the introduction of the [Key of Adeptus Mechanicus], the reason was to compete for the faith of the Machinery Faith believers. However, he added some details for Han Xiao.
For example, although the believers of the Machinery Faith were a group of traitors who believed in everyone, they could not obtain the faith feedback of two or more Mechanical Deities at the same time. Therefore, they were divided into primary and secondary faiths. The same believer could only provide the [Key of Adeptus Mechanicus] bonus to the Divine Throne Mechanic of the main faith.
Furthermore, only the people of the Machinery Faith could provide power to the Divine Throne Mechanic. Other types of believers could not trigger the [Key of Adeptus Mechanicus] unless the other believers were developed into new members of the Machinery Faith. This involved some kind of idealism rule that resonated with the Mechanical Deity. The Arcane Church was an expert in this area, but the dynasty's research was not deep.
As everyone knew, most of the believers of the Machinery Faith were Mechanics. As the recognized peak Mechanic, Manison had the most believers.
The Machinery Faith was a group of very realistic people. To most of the believers, they would believe in whoever was the strongest Mechanic. If the strongest Mechanic changed, they would also change their faith. Therefore, they did not care about the so-called potential. They only recognized the truth and only looked at the strongest. Their character was a little similar to the Yunhai fans.
Furthermore, the believers of the Machinery Faith only valued mechanical abilities. They did not recognize strength in other aspects. Therefore, racial talents and physical strength could not move them unless it could be proven that this ability came from machinery.
"Back then, I didn't win against Manison. He defeated all the competitors and sat on the position of the Main God of the Machinery Faith for a long time. Therefore, you don't have to be discouraged. It's normal to lose to him in Virtual Technology."
Kant shook the green leaf on his head. He did not forget to comfort Han Xiao.
He had also been defeated by Manison before. Since he couldn't win, there was nothing he could do. He could only make concessions and stop casually challenging Manison to snatch his position. Thus, the conflict between the two had eased.
"Don't worry. I'm fine."
Han Xiao frowned.
His original intention was not to provoke Manison. Even if there was a day when they would become enemies, it should not be now. Unfortunately, his advanced ability had disrupted his plans and caused Manison to target him in advance.
Sure enough, people of the same trade were the biggest enemies!
Han Xiao paused for a moment before asking, "What's the Empire's attitude?"
"I know what you want to ask, but don't expect the Empire to take the lead in this regard."
Kant blinked and said, "This isn't the first time Manison has done this. This is an internal conflict between Mechanics. If you can win, then so be it. If you can't win, then so be it. There's no danger to your life, so what else can you do? If you're angry and want to declare war on the Mecha Empire, you can only do it in the name of the Black Star Corps. You can't use the dynasty's name … Don't think about using the identity of an ally to threaten the dynasty. I've learned a painful lesson in this regard. "
Hearing this, Han Xiao shook his head. He understood the dynasty's attitude toward this matter. They would try their best to comfort him but would not take the lead.
This was not the first time Manison had done this. At the end of the day, his goal was only to defeat a Mechanic of the same level and prove that he was the boss. Thus, he rarely killed anyone. It was a competition between Beyond Grade As, and if he lost, he could only blame himself for not being as strong as the other party. The three Universal Civilizations could not help him. At most, they could only monitor the situation so that it did not go overboard.
Furthermore, Manison was an important ally of the Radiant Federation. His background was strong enough, and the advanced civilizations would not make a big fuss over such a small matter.
"But why didn't the dynasty remind me earlier?" Han Xiao raised his brows.
"This information can be exchanged for with Contribution Points." Kant's tone was strange. "Did the dynasty give you all your Class Knowledges for free?"
Han Xiao was speechless. He finally understood.
Alright, because ordinary Divine Throne Mechanics might not know all their abilities, the nature of the [Key of Adeptus Mechanicus] was the same as the Class Ultimate Knowledges, requiring Contribution Points. The three Universal Civilizations would not casually tell their allies about it. Telling him now was already an exception.
This means that because of the introduction on the interface, I still have some Contribution Points left … Thinking of this, Han Xiao did not know what expression he should make.
"Don't mind it. Even if they don't tell you, the dynasty has the intention of protecting you. They're probably worried that you'll take the initiative to recruit more believers of the Machinery Faith after knowing about this ability, escalating the conflict. You have great potential, and you still have a long way to go. Plus, this is a sensitive period. They don't want you to fight to the death with an old monster like the Mecha Empire. They hope that you can give in to them. "
"Understood." Han Xiao did not comment.
This was indeed the logic of the advanced civilizations. All kinds of plans were usually considered from the perspective of decades or centuries. The potential he had shown made the dynasty very patient, wanting to use him as a long term chess piece. It did not matter if he could not defeat the Mecha Empire, as long as he could live longer than them. The dynasty was very confident in Black Star's strength.
However, this method was the opposite of Han Xiao's style, so he naturally could not agree.
After saying what the dynasty had told him, Kant shook his body and said, "Alright, the matter has been resolved. I'll be leaving first."
Han Xiao came back to his senses and subconsciously said, "This is our first meeting.
"This is our first official meeting. Don't you want to stay and chat?"
"Forget it. Looks like you have a lot of things to deal with." Kant glanced at the messy Black Star Corps headquarters. His meaning was self-evident. "We'll have plenty of chances to chat in the future. I won't disturb you."
After saying that, Kant's Virtual Soul turned into a stream of light and disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving through the network cable.
His attitude toward Han Xiao was not bad, but if Han Xiao had not reached the level of a Divine Throne Mechanic, Kant would not have been so nice to him. They were both peak Beyond Grade As, and both of them were big bosses, so they valued each other more.
Watching Kant leave, Han Xiao secretly sighed. Only now did he have the time to deal with the mess left behind by Manison.
After removing the virus data left behind in Philip's core logic, he let Philip do a few self-checks to ensure that all hidden dangers were eliminated. Only then did he restore the internal network connection of the entire Black Star Corps.
After Philip recovered, he grabbed the earlobe of Han Xiao's Virtual Soul and swung it around. "Thank you, Master. My nodes have all been restored, hum …"
"Yo, you called me daddy when you were in danger, but now that you're fine, you've changed?" Han Xiao joked.
"Hahaha …" Philip made a funny face.
Risda had been floating silently by the side the entire time. When Han Xiao was done repairing Phillip, he flew over and said, "Don't worry.
"Your Excellency Black Star, about Manison …"
"I know what you want to say."
Han Xiao took Philip off his ear and let him fly to the side with a smile. He then turned to look at Risda with a solemn expression.
"To be honest, I've been hesitating about whether to help you because I don't want to provoke the Mecha Empire. However, you can see the current situation. If I don't give in, there will be an irreconcilable conflict of interest between me and him."
"I understand." Risda nodded.
"Right now, I'm temporarily unable to defeat Manison in terms of machinery, but there will be plenty of time in the future. There will be a battle between us sooner or later, and I will attack his position. Therefore, we have reached an agreement on our interests. Helping you fulfill your wish is weakening Manison's strength. I will try my best to find a chance to save your AI civilization."
Han Xiao usually brushed Risda off, but this time, he made a serious promise.
The Mecha Empire was Manison's trump card. Not only did they have powerful combat strength, those AI life forms also provided Manison with extremely high Virtual Technology bonuses. He needed to focus on dealing with them. If he could complete the [Reboot] series of missions, he would be able to weaken Manison.
Manison had modified all of the AI life forms, including Finette. The principle was to distort the underlying logic, which was equivalent to the brain and thinking structure of the AI life forms. Now that he had the ability of a Divine Throne Mechanic, he had the qualifications to remove Manison's modification of the AI life forms and restore the AI life forms' factory settings. This was equivalent to breaking the shackles and giving them freedom.
However, the difference between the two of them was not small. Han Xiao knew that the success rate of cracking the system was limited, and he still needed to improve his Virtual Technology.
Furthermore, it would be extremely difficult to come into contact with the core data of the Mecha Empire. Manison would definitely guard against it.
"Then, from today onward, I will be at your disposal." Risda nodded heavily, appearing very excited. After betting on Black Star for so many years, he had finally waited until this day. It was too difficult!
You speak as if you have never been used by me before … Han Xiao lampooned.
Although he had lost, his mood was not bad. In terms of confidence, there was probably no one in the entire universe who had more confidence than him.
After sending Risda away, Han Xiao got Philip to search the database to see how much internal information Manison had taken away.
Philip quickly sifted through it and gave the results.
"Master, hum … 43.7% of the general database has been lost, 35% of the low-level database has been lost, 21.6% of the mid-level database has been lost, 11.4% of the high-level database has been lost, 2.5% of the confidential database has been lost, and 27% of the blueprints have been lost … Do you want to restore the backup, hum?"
"Hmm, restore the backup."
Han Xiao nodded and sighed.
He was not too concerned about the theft of the database. The database of the army was basically filled with information related to the development of the army. It was not too important, and most of it was historical logs. Philip would make a backup every day just to deal with the situation of data loss. It could be easily recovered now.
As for the data being stolen by Manison, it did not affect him much. In the database of the army, there was very little information related to him. Those very important things were all stored in Han Xiao's memory palace. What Manison had stolen was basically insignificant data.
Be it blueprints or professional knowledge, Manison did not lack them. The two of them had the same specialization, and it was useless to take Han Xiao's blueprints and knowledge because he already had them. Furthermore, Han Technician's' Eternal Light 'mothership blueprint was stolen from Manison.
What made Han Technician concerned was the strength Manison had displayed this time. Furthermore, this was only an invasion from afar, and his Virtual Technology skills had been discounted. If he had brought along all his assets, who knew how strong he would be?
"What a terrifying opponent." Han Xiao sighed.
Losing to Manison was not shameful. As a 'newcomer' among Beyond Grade As, losing to someone at the pinnacle of Mechanics was nothing strange. Furthermore, Manison was not the Tyrant, and the two of them did not have any grudges in the past. Thus, this loss had a limited impact on his reputation. However, there was indeed no way for him to shake the position of the Lord God of the Mecha Empire from the Machinery Faith. This was Manison's goal.
The opinions of the ordinary galactic residents were not important. What was important was how it affected the believers of the Machinery Faith.
"It seems like I can forget about the Machinery Faith for now. During the version update, it will be very difficult for me to surpass Manison in terms of Machinery."
Han Xiao sighed in his heart.
Before his Machinery ability caught up to Manison, the core talent [Key of Adeptus Mechanicus] could only lie on the interface and eat dust.
"However, while Manison is profiting, I'm not losing out either."
Looking at the mission on the interface, Han Xiao chuckled.
After coming over to fight, he had been given two new abilities. He did not know who was the one who was losing out!
If he could trigger this mission every time, Han Xiao would love nothing more than for the Mecha Empire to come and play with him every day.
In the eyes of the Han Technician, Manison was like a walking treasure trove of skills. He might be able to gather all the various talents of the Mechanic class from him.
What cannot kill me will only make me stronger. What Zhou Shuren said was indeed the truth.
…
After exiting the quantum network, Han Xiao deactivated his Virtual Soul, and his consciousness returned to his main body. The first thing he did was pick up the vibrating communicator. It was all from Sylvia and his subordinates.
Han Xiao replied in unison, saying that the matter had been resolved and that they should return to their posts.
After sending the message, he looked at the Black Star Guards and members of the Ministry of Magic who had gathered around him, as well as Lagi.
"Are you okay?" Aurora's hands were emitting a golden glow, and she was ready to press a ball of life energy on Han Xiao's face at any time.
"I'm fine. It's very difficult to endanger one's life in a virtual battle. Manison has already left." Han Xiao waved his hands.
Lagi had a bitter expression on his face. "We've actually been targeted by the Mecha Empire. Our future is bleak. As the Deputy Army Commander, I feel that I should set an example. Please give me enough time to train."
"Shut up and be a good principal."
Han Xiao was not in a good mood. He knew Lagi too well. When this salted fish raised his butt, he knew what kind of poop he was going to poop.
After comforting everyone, Han Xiao finally sent this group of officers away. At the same time, he took advantage of Fu Ding and closed the door under Fu Ding's helpless gaze.
Only Han Xiao was left in the room. He rubbed his hands excitedly.
"Let me see what good stuff I can get. This time, my opponent is Manison. If I get a resistance talent again, I'll write my nickname backwards!"
Han Xiao opened the interface and started to complete the mission.
[Reboot] Sixth round completed.
You've received 1,500,000,000 EXP and 2 Random Rewards.
You've received a new talent, [AI Affinity]!
The seventh round of the mission has not been triggered yet.
Han Xiao smiled with satisfaction.
[AI Affinity] could increase one's Virtual Technology by 30%. The increase was not bad, but the most important thing was the effect on AI life forms. If one day, it would come in handy when dealing with the Mecha Empire.
After thinking about it, Han Xiao called out Philip and tested the effect of this talent. He felt that Philip had become more handsome in his eyes.
["Mecha Empire" Manison – Virtual Battle] completed.
You have completed all the mission requirements. You have received 762,500,000,000 EXP.
You have received [Character Summon Card – "Mecha Empire" Manison].
You have received: Draw one of Manison's abilities (Skill/Talent).
Randomizing … Randomizing complete!
Please select one from the following five options as the reward:
1. [Apostle Machinery Affinity] – Ability: + 105% Machinery Affinity (You already have this ability, can be strengthened).
2. [Titan-class Planetary Fortress] – Blueprint Ability: A planetary modification blueprint suitable for the development of mechanical civilization. Possesses extremely strong combat capabilities. Specific Parameters: (Expand/Collapse). Manufacturing Requirements: Character Level 220 or above, Intelligence greater than 3500, [Super Composite Mechanical Architecture Technology], [Cutting-Edge Materials Science], [Abnormal State Energy], and other knowledge.
3. [Innate Mechanical Soul] – Talent: You are born with extraordinary mechanical talent. Your understanding of machinery will continue to improve as your strength increases. Level 1 – Level 100: + 5% Machinery Affinity and + 3% Virtual Technology every 10 Levels. Level 100 – Level 200: + 7% Machinery Affinity and + 5% Virtual Technology every 10 Levels. Level 200 and above: + 10% Machinery Affinity and + 7% Virtual Technology every 10 Levels.
4. [Army Firepower Volley] – Ability: An excellent master tactician knows when to focus fire. The Mech Legion connected by Mechanical Force will have a 25% increase in long-range weapon attack speed for the next 8 seconds. Cost: none. Cooldown: 160s.
5. [Mechanical Race — Endless Fortress] – Blueprint Ability: Mechanical Race's exclusive blueprint, defensive machinery equipment. Specific parameters: (Expand/Collapse). Manufacturing Requirements: Character Level 255 or above, INT greater than 6,000, [Endless Material Science], [Ultimate Machinery Manufacturing], [Advanced Space Application], [Abnormal State Energy], and other knowledge.
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PS: (The Qidian officials informed me today that Han Xiao's exclusive avatar is already being made. Exclusive gifts for him and Ames' fourth-star characters are also being made. Brothers and sisters, if you have time, you can click on Han Xiao's heart every day and see if there's a chance for Qidian to celebrate his character's birthday this year. (* `▽ ′ *))
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