Chapter 1 Han Xiao's New Abilities

Han Xiao calmed himself down and looked at the new abilities granted by his class advancement.

[You have gained the talent [Mastery of Mechanical Truth]!]

[You have learned the skill [Extreme Energy Output]!]

[You have learned the skill [Logic Program Enhancement]!]

[You have learned the skill [Data Deep Dive Implantation]!]

[Your talent [Virtual Technology Specialization] has been enhanced!]

[Your skill [Intelligent Defense Enhancement] has been enhanced!]

[Your skill [Intrusion Calculation Enhancement] has been enhanced!]

[Your skill [Quantum Network Matrix] has been enhanced!]

"Yes, these are the abilities..." Han Xiao nodded to himself.

After choosing Virtual Technology Specialization, each subsequent class advancement would enhance his specialized abilities. Several important abilities of the virtual mechanic were enhanced, and he was also granted two new virtual technology skills.

[Logic Program Enhancement] upgraded self-created AIs in multiple ways, increasing their computing efficiency.

In virtual warfare, AIs were important helpers. The higher the AI level, the higher the additional success rate.

This skill could be used to enhance Phillip. After all, Resda was an independent life, and Phillip was the most loyal and lovable, and had a pleasing voice.

[Data Deep Dive Implantation] strengthened the ability of latent intrusion. Instead of attacking the firewall, it took time to find flaws and gaps, and quietly sent disguised data packets into the target's intelligent program without alarming the system—in short, playing dirty.

This ability wasn't very useful in head-on combat because it was time-consuming, but it was extremely suitable for lurking, reconnaissance, and espionage missions. It allowed data packets to be deeply embedded within the enemy, like probes deep in the ocean, to detect the "currents" and filter out useful intelligence. Or it could be used as a time bomb.

At the same time, it could even penetrate the data layer and implant new logic into the underlying layer of the target's intelligent program, secretly subverting it.

In addition to the enhancement of specialized abilities, this class advancement also granted two important abilities.

Truth Mechanics were known for their powerful attacks. Their characteristics were the refinement of mechanical soldiers and the enhancement of the attributes of mechanical creations.

[Mastery of Mechanical Truth] was the core talent of Truth Mechanics. It touched the truth of mechanics and integrated it into manufacturing, comprehensively enhancing the armor value, defense, energy core, weapon power, range, and other attributes of mechanical creations.

The degree of increase in each attribute ranged from 40% to 15%. In summary, the strength increase of a single mechanical creation was considerable, and the mechanic's manufacturing ability increased sharply.

[Extreme Energy Output] increased the output efficiency of the energy core, meaning that it widened the mouth of the container to allow water to flow faster.

It increased the power of weapons based on the energy level. The higher the energy level used, the higher the attack power bonus.

According to Han Xiao's experience, using a cold-nuclear reactor could increase the attack power by about 11% on the original basis of the weapon, while using psionic energy would increase it by 25% to 30%.

Psionic energy itself could bring a higher level of power, and with the addition of these two abilities, it was enough to increase his destructive power by several levels.

"The improvement from this class advancement is greater than the last one. The basic attributes of mechanical creations are very important. Even if they are strengthened by a little bit, my Machinery Force bonus can amplify it. Truth Mechanic is a watershed. Improving so many mechanical attributes, and then strengthening them with my Machinery Force, means that for the same scale of the mechanical legion, the combat power after the class advancement is several times higher than before!"

Han Xiao looked satisfied. After the class advancement, the threat posed by the mechanical legion to the Calamity Grades undoubtedly increased by leaps and bounds, and his own combat power was sublimated as a result.

At the advanced stage of the main class, the benefits of class advancement would become greater and greater. The current level cap for the class was level 25, which was 5 levels higher than the advancement level limit, meaning that class advancement was becoming more difficult than advancement.

With ample experience reserves, Han Xiao did not blink and directly upgraded several new skills to max level. Then, he invested experience and reached level 180 in one go.

[Truth Mechanic has been raised to Lv10, Stamina +210, Strength +2, Dexterity +4, Endurance +4, Intelligence +10. You have gained 7 free attribute points and 1 potential point.]

He threw the free attribute points into Intelligence as usual.

The level increase of the character and skills brought Han Xiao a total of 13 potential points. He upgraded several blueprints and gathered a few points. Adding to his original savings, Han Xiao directly upgraded the advanced knowledge [Esoteric Energy] to Lv4. Each level consumed 12 potential points, and his potential points were instantly exhausted.

The higher the level of core knowledge, the better, as it was related to the attributes of the rebuilt mechanical legion. These were potential points that he would have to spend sooner or later, so Han Xiao did not hesitate. Anyway, he had a lot of experience now. As long as he upgraded blueprints, he could get potential points. The triple cost was painful, but he could still bear it.

When his total level reached 180, it was time for advancement again, and the advancement mission arrived as expected.

[Level 180 Advancement Mission [Trial of the Strong]: Force yourself to the limit in battle and comprehend the sublimation of the life level.]

[Mission Requirements: Obtain 50 Trial Points, currently 0/50]

[Trial Points are obtained by defeating opponents. The opponent must be a Super with the same Grade. You will receive 2 Trial Points after defeating them. You can obtain a maximum of 4 Trial Points from the same person. If the opponent's level is lower than yours by 5 levels, you will not receive Trial Points. If the opponent is higher than you by 20 levels, you can receive 6 Trial Points after defeating them. The same target cannot be repeated.]

Han Xiao's face lit up immediately.

He had triggered a trial-type advancement mission when he was level 60. This type of mission was not difficult and would not slow down his leveling speed.

The mission required him to deal with Supers of the same grade, which was Calamity Grade. He would receive trial points after winning, meaning that sparring was also acceptable and it was not necessary to kill the opponent.

For players, this mission was a bit troublesome because they had to search the world for Calamity Grade NPCs. Even if they proposed a spar, they had to see if the other party wanted to fight with them. If they attacked directly, they would anger the other party's faction.

Players basically spent their time searching for opponents, and sometimes they might not even be able to win. But for Han Xiao, this was not a problem at all.

With his connections in the Shattered Star Ring, it was too easy to find someone to spar with.

The Black Star Army alone had two Grade A combatants. With Lagi's personality, he would probably throw the fight. 6 points should be guaranteed. It was a pity that Leonard's level was much lower than his, otherwise he could get 4 points.

"I'm level 180 now, and my level isn't considered high among Grade As. It's still easy to find an opponent..."

Han Xiao pondered.

Level 180 was the time for the fourth race sublimation. He had taken a lot of void creature essence potions, and even a core of the Void Overlord. This time, he should be able to randomly get a very powerful evolution option.

The advancement mission was not difficult, so Han Xiao was not in a hurry. If he wanted to find someone to spar with, he had to rebuild the mechanical legion first. This was his important source of combat power.

After looking at the new abilities for a while, Han Xiao opened the attribute panel and looked at his attributes.

[Total Level: 180]

[Main Class: Mechanic]

[Race: Chaos Observer (Human Form)]

[Attributes: Strength 306, Dexterity 674, Endurance 670, Intelligence 2126, Mystery 263, Charm 105, Luck 1]

[Free Attribute Points: 0]

[Potential Points: 0]

[Health: 125390]

[Stamina: 101620]

[Stamina: 19680 [Lv11]]

[Lv11 Stamina Total Bonus: Strength +111, Dexterity +158, Endurance +174, Intelligence +204, Mystery +129, Stamina Limit +21220, Mechanical Affinity +262% (Electromagnetic Induction)]

[Energy Level: 17810]

[Grade: A]

[Grade A Grade Bonus: Endurance Bonus Extra +10, All Resistances +8%, Highest Attribute +10%, Other Attributes +5%, Extra 30 Free Attribute Points, Extra 5 Potential Points]

[You are not far from the threshold of Grade A+... Although your actual combat power is already comparable to some Grade A+ Supers.]

After obtaining the Advanced Toughness talent, Han Xiao's energy level reached around 16000. Gaining ten levels, plus the new abilities granted by class advancement, his energy level evaluation rose by a large margin again.

"When I complete the advancement mission, I'll have enough experience to directly level up to the level cap of Truth Mechanic, which is level 195. Adding the increase from race sublimation, I should be able to reach Grade A+."

Han Xiao thought to himself.

He ordered Melos and others to preside over the Black Star Army's business, while he went into seclusion to rebuild the mechanical legion. He couldn't wait to see how powerful the mechanical legion created after the class advancement would be.

The first step of rebuilding was to refine new energy and create a psionic reactor.

Psionic energy was an extremely unstable high-level energy. Generally, only Star Cluster level civilizations would study psionic energy, because psionic energy had a high risk. Civilizations with immature technology who rashly studied it might be destroyed if the psionic energy went out of control.

Historically, the first civilization to discover psionic energy was the Radiant Federation. In terms of scientific research, the Radiant Federation had always led the era. Before the emergence of the original Grade A Supers, psionic energy had already been widely used in the wars of the three great civilizations.

The earliest discovery of psionic energy was in the Radiant Federation's project researching space dimensions. In an experiment to collapse a secondary space, a large amount of matter was accidentally found to be converted into a special energy during the process of collapsing and crushing. This was psionic energy.

After long-term research, the three great civilizations gradually gained a clearer understanding of psionic energy.

This was an extremely high-level energy that came from the collapse of secondary spaces. It could assimilate most forms of energy around it, such as flames, electricity, etc., all of which were converted into psionic energy and condensed together. The assimilation process had extremely low losses, and this reaction was called "psionic expansion."

Because the cost of space collapse was too high to be popularized, based on this characteristic, the three great civilizations extracted primitive psionic particles from space collapse experiments and researched a storage technology to make the primitive psionic particles "sleep" and curb natural psionic expansion. Then, they began to try large-scale applications.

There were failed cases during the experiment. Once psionic energy went out of control and was exposed to the outside world, it would become an energy black hole, constantly absorbing all forms of energy around it. All the converted energy would become psionic energy, which would exponentially increase the psionic expansion, and a radioactive reaction called "psionic contamination" would occur. When the primitive psionic particles decayed to a critical point, a big explosion would occur. A little primitive psionic particle could almost level half a planet and destroy a surface civilization.

After a long period of research on psionic energy, the three great civilizations racked their brains and finally researched an efficient and controllable psionic reactor, which was far more efficient than nuclear fusion. However, because they were afraid of the power of psionic energy going out of control, they did not use it on a large scale in the early days.

After in-depth research, the three great civilizations discovered another characteristic of psionic energy. Not only could it assimilate, but it could also reverse-decompose various forms of energy from psionic energy. Because psionic energy was born from space collapse, some people believed that psionic energy was the initial or final form of energy, that is, a "universal energy."

Research on psionic energy has continued to this day, with tens of thousands of schools of thought and hypotheses. The three great civilizations have repeatedly improved the collection methods and extraction formulas. Today, psionic energy has become an efficient and controllable high-level energy and a must-learn technology for Mechanics.

As a Calamity Grade Mechanic, Han Xiao had already possessed the ability to safely extract primitive psionic particles after learning [Esoteric Energy].

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ps: (I got home late today and just finished writing now. Calculating the data took a little time.)