The Legendary Mechanic c1-1385
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Feidin sighed. He had once thought that he would spend his entire life as an ordinary person. Living his life in the wilds, having a pet as a companion, hunting while he is young, put down his hunting bow to farm his land once he got older before he got killed by a beast, maybe falling asleep near the fire one day and never waking up again. But that fallen spaceship shattered his life plan like a hammer, suddenly and without any warning.
“Although this life now is not what I wanted,” Feidin murmured, “it seems quite interesting.”
Just as he was about to step onto the ladder, a commotion came from far away. A large group of people flooded toward them, shouting Chen Xing’s name. He looked over and realized that they were reporters.
After thinking for a while, it occurred to Han Xiao.
“Right, Chen Xing’s assistant group has disbanded. Someone must’ve contacted the reporters.”
As he expected, the reporters smelled a hot topic from the fact that ‘Chen Xing’ gave up his singing career and left with the group of mercenaries who were suspected to have kidnapped him earlier. They immediately turned around and came back like maniacs.
“Chen Xing, what are the reasons behind you doing this?”
“Were you threatened?”
“Tell us, don’t be worried about someone hurting you. We will protect you.”
These reporters surrounded Feidin and almost wanted to take him away. Feidin struggled to squeeze out of the crowd and waved. “This is my own decision. I have something else to do…”
As he spoke, he hastily rushed up the ladder. Han Xiao moved aside and let him in.
The reporters were not going to let Chen Xing go this easily. They squeezed up the ladder one after another, wanting to push Han Xiao away and rush into the spaceship no matter what.
Boom!
A ring of energy erupted!
All the reporters on the ladder were blown away and rolled down. They barely stood up enduring the pain but did not dare go forward anymore. Only then did they remember that it was a dangerous mercenary who was standing before them.
Han Xiao closed the hatch with an expressionless face.
The spaceship took off and left that colonized planet.
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Outside the window was the dark universe in which the spaceship slowly traversed. In the hall, Feidin was sitting in the middle of everyone. The youngest Volga brother pressed onto the back of Feidin’s brain, and rings of formless Psychic waves spread out from his forehead. After a while, he took his hands away.
“I found Chen Xing. She’s very weak and could not resist my invasion. I have set four layers of walls and trapped her inside, at the same time hypnotizing her consciousness and slowing her thinking speed, which equals to reducing her recovery speed. In the next fifteen days, she won’t be able to do anything.”
Feidin nodded. “She’s scolding me, so it seems to have been quite effective.”
He turned and smiled at the youngest Volga brother, releasing his attractiveness without holding back. “Thank you for your help.”
“Er, yo—you’re welcome.” The youngest Volga brother’s face blushed for some reason.
Han Xiao sat in the middle of the sofa. On his left was Aroshia and on his right was Sylvia. He said with a deep voice, “Exterior forces are not stable no matter what. Only you becoming stronger is the right path.”
“I know.” Feidin shrugged. He looked at an object on the table. A slight wave of Psychic power reached out, and that object slowly levitated and floated in the air. “Actually, I awakened Psychic powers on the way here.”
Plop!
Sylvia fell onto the ground.
She hurriedly climbed up, and her face was covered in shock. “S—So quick?”
Feidin smiled and said, “There are full sets of Psychic training methods in Chen Xing’s memories, and I could feel it when she trained her Psychic powers. It’s easy to do the same. Apparently, I am rather talented. She used three days to awaken her powers back then, whereas I only used a few hours. By the way, when she is curing herself, I can take some Psychic power from her more or less. She and I use the same body, so there’s no power rejection.”
Chen Xing’s memories were an enormous treasure, and all of that was now shared with Feidin. It was like Feidin had already walked that path once so now he would not make any mistakes. Furthermore, he was very talented. Only Feidin himself did not know how fast his growth was.
Han Xiao’s mouth twitched. Feidin surely lived up to his high-class main character aura.
Sylvia had no tears left to cry.
For me to become a Super, not only did I have to memorize tons of books every day, but I still had to be electrified. Why are you so lucky‽
Herlous snorted and did not really like Feidin. He turned around and asked Han Xiao, “Where are we going now?”
Han Xiao pondered and said, “Let me think about it…”
Han Xiao did not get a Mission Completion Card this time, but he was not going to give up. This was only the first try—maybe he would get it on the next try. Compared with taking the risk and fighting a Grade A Super, although taking his chance with the random reward required luck, it was steadier.
Promotion is the most important target currently. Level 100 is the gateway to Race Evolution; the enhancement will be huge. Strength is the most important thing—everything else has to be put aside. The version update is in more than one year’s time, so there is quite some time left. I have to find another familiar mission to get a random reward chance. Luckily, my list of missions is very long. I refuse to believe that I will not get the Mission Completion Card even after so many chances.
After some contemplation, he chose the nearest mission. Just as he was about to change the route on the autopilot system, Aroshia, who was silent most of the time, spoke. Her tone was hesitant, and she spoke more than usual.
“The past few days, I’ve felt a restriction on becoming stronger. It seems to be the Grade B limit you spoke of. I have a feeling that as long as I surpass it, my power will be much stronger. However, this limit is not as strong as you said. I should be able to break it any time…
“Also, I have been dreaming. I saw many blurry images in my dream that felt familiar, but I can’t recall the most of it after waking up… Do you think these are the memories I’ve lost?”
Han Xiao was surprised, and his eyes narrowed.
Chapter 457 - The Second Grade B Officer
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
This news was a little too sudden. Even the Great Mechanic Han could not react to it instantly. He thought about it and realized that Aroshia had been at Grade C+ for quite some time. With her growth speed, it was indeed about time for her to enter Grade B.
In Aroshia’s A ranked chain mission [Reboot], the requirement of the first round was to reach Aroshia and help her reach Grade B. The rewards were very rich—5,200,000 experience and one chance of a random reward. Han Xiao just happened to be in need of random reward chances, so this was an unexpected, pleasant surprise.
Aroshia was very special. She said that she had recently dreamed of many familiar images and that those might be the memories she lost. Every time Aroshia died, her memories would reboot, and she would forget everything before that. After so long, it was unknown how many memories she had lost.
“When you step through the doors of Grade B, there might be a special change,” Han Xiao said.
Due to this sudden situation, Han Xiao changed his destination and made the spaceship stop at the nearest small planet.
Aroshia was not a player. Plus, she was an Esper that had no certain pattern. Her class advancement might release a powerful force. For the sake of being cautious, he did not let her advance her class in the spaceship.
…
Stepping onto the ground, Aroshia closed her eyes. Her body slowly levitated up, and beams of bright light shot out from her body, causing an energy tide in a range of a few hundred meters.
; Whoosh!
Violent winds stirred up stone and sand, and the energy wave kept expanding like a ripple.
Around the spaceship, Han Xiao and the others watched Aroshia go through class advancement from afar. Their hair was dancing in the wind as sand and dust blew on their faces.
“It’s quite a huge scene…” Herlous raised his hand to block the beams of light.
“She’s very special. She was around Grade C as soon as she awakened, and there’s an enormous amount of energy hidden in her body. Breaking through Grade B is a piece of cake for her.” Han Xiao nodded.
Herlous’ face twitched. “Am I the only one who feels that breaking through grades is not easy?”
The oldest Volga patted his shoulders and said meaningfully, “Be satisfied with what you have.”
Like the expanding sea, the light energy quickly filled up the space within a few hundred meters. That area became a sea of light. It was as if Aroshia’s powers far exceeded before.
Ohm!
Suddenly, the light stopped expanding and rapidly retracted to the center many times faster than before. A countless number of light beams rushed into the middle point, making a loud noise like the howling wind. The light converged into a tornado, and the center of it got brighter and brighter. However, when it reached its maximum brightness, it looked like it suddenly got darker.
All the energy was infused into a point. That point suddenly enlarged and exploded into light dust, turning into a human figure of light without a face. It was covered in ripples of energy waves and golden electric currents.
Then, under the effect of Aroshia’s Esper power, the energy followed a certain unknown principle and turned into matter. Aroshia’s body appeared again as she slowly landed on the ground.
Han Xiao took out the energy level detector and aimed it at Aroshia. The energy that she was emitting now had exceeded the lowest Grade B energy level standard.
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First round of [Reboot] completed.
You have received 5,200,000 Experience.
+5 Risda Favorability.
You have received Random Reward x 1.
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This Risda definitely has an unusual relationship with Aroshia, but who is he?
Holding back his joy, Han Xiao temporarily left the random reward in the interface, walked to Aroshia, and asked, “How are you feeling?”
Aroshia checked herself and said, “I can control more energy now.”
“Other than that?”
“I saw more familiar images, way too many… my head is hurting a little.” Aroshia frowned.
Han Xiao looked down, reached out his hands, and rubbed her temples, easing her pain. “What else are you feeling?”
“I don’t know. Some places that flashed past in my memories seem to be summoning me. I have a feeling that if I go to these places, I should be able to recall some things…” Aroshia moved her fingers in the air and drew out the images of different locations in her memories with light energy.
Han Xiao raised his brows. Initially, Aroshia was not curious about the memories that she had lost at all, but after she entered Grade B, she seemed to have awakened a more human side of her. She had new desires, and her emotions were richer.
Could it be that as Aroshia became stronger, her secrets would be gradually exposed?
At this time, a new notification popped up on the interface.
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[Reboot]
Second Round: According to Aroshia’s descriptions, head to the various locations in her memories and help her look for the pieces of her memories.
Current Progress: 0/?
Reward: 10,300,000 Experience, +10 Risda Favorability
Failure Condition: Aroshia’s death
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The second round is to help her find parts of her memories? Han Xiao’s eyes sparkled. Being this special, Aroshia’s origin was definitely extraordinary. If she found her memories, he was not certain whether it would be a good or bad thing.
He felt that Aroshia was good the way that she was. If she recovered her memories, her personality would definitely change. This current state between them would most likely not be able to carry on.
Han Xiao was a little hesitant.
Maybe keeping things as they were and not doing this mission was the best choice.
No matter what, Aroshia was a very decent friend, and she was now the second Grade B officer in the mercenary group. If she continued to grow, she would be of more use.
With three Grade B Supers, including Han Xiao himself, the rating of the mercenary group in the alliance would increase, and he would have another strong comrade.
However, this should be Aroshia’s personal storyline. Even if he did not do it, she might remember more memories as time went on. By then, she might choose to leave nonetheless. When thinking this way, Han Xiao thought that he might as well do the mission and see how things went.
This second round of the mission was like treasure hunting. Aroshia could only briefly describe the images, and they still had to find the actual locations of those images. It would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. Furthermore, there were multiple locations. Although there was no information regarding this mission in his previous life, Han Xiao remembered quite a number of places, so he would not be completely clueless
This mission is definitely impossible to complete in a short period of time. Sigh, I shall look for it slowly then. Promotion is the most important matter right now.
Han Xiao patted Aroshia’s back and told her to get back to the spaceship with the others. The spaceship then took off and left the planet.
There was still a random reward chance in the interface. Han Xiao rubbed his hands together, took a deep breath, and activated it.
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Randomizing…
Randomizing complete.
Your Random Reward Type is: [Item]
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Han Xiao’s eyes immediately brightened; he was excited.
There is a chance!
He subconsciously held his breath in trepidation.
Time felt like it was stretched out, and everything became slower. The three choices appeared one after another.
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Please select one from the three items below
Small Potential Potion: Grants 1 bonus Potential Point
Mechanic Blueprint: 1 random Mechanic blueprint.
Blank Character Summon Card: Choose a character and randomly generate that character’s Character Summon Card. Can only be used once.
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Han Xiao’s eyes widened in shock.
Wow, they were all complete trash!
I finally got the [Item] type, and this is what you give me‽
Han Xiao almost wanted to smash the table.
He had caught a glimmer of hope, and the next second, it was extinguished. The highs and lows of life were too exciting!
I want the Mission Completion Card!
Chapter 458 - Attention from a Distant Star Field
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
After panicking for a while, Han Xiao finally calmed down. He clenched his teeth and smiled.
It’s not a big deal. I didn’t get it this time, but I will try it the next time and even the next time after that!
It was just like card games, where normal people had to rack their brains to win but lucky ones just had to use whatever card they got in order to win.
I’m not panicking at all!
Han Xiao drank a cup of water to calm down and looked at the interface again. The three items were still there waiting for him to choose.
None of the three items were rare, so Han Xiao could only choose the best out of them.
Although Potential Points were important, the Small Potential Potion only gave one point, which was negligible. Han Xiao would only have consi
dered it if it was a medium or large one. One random Mechanic blueprint looked good, but it was actually complete garbage. There were way too many Mechanic blueprints, so the chance of getting a good blueprint was way too low. Even if he did get a very rare blueprint, it would most likely be a piece of equipment that could only be built at very high levels. If his level was not high enough, it would be completely useless. Furthermore, Han Xiao did not need any random blueprints. He remembered the knowledge combination for most blueprints, so he could make them himself.
After contemplating, he felt that only the Blank Character Summon Card was worthwhile. If he chose to generate Ames’ Character Summon Card, who knew what effect it would have?
Although he had the Super-Gene Extractor, it was obviously impossible for him to use it on Ames; he did not want to die yet.
Its lower limit was not too low, and its upper limit was over the top, so it was quite a good choice.
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You have received [Blank Character Summon Card] x 1
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Han Xiao nodded. The next time I see the Dragon Emperor, I shall use this. If I can generate some overpowered effect, I might be able to use it to fight a Grade A Super directly, so that will be an option.
No matter how strong a Character Summon Card was, it was considered the user’s ability, which met the requirement of the Promotion mission. He did not get the Mission Completion Card this time, but he got another possible method to complete it. Han Xiao took it as a backup choice, but of course, it was based on the fact that he would generate one of the extremely strong abilities from Ames. Something that would demolish a Grade A Super would be best.
For the time being, Han Xiao still preferred to continue trying the random rewards. Although the results at the moment were not satisfactory, he did not think that the plan was a bad idea. He would not give up because of the obstacles so far.
He set the next destination, and the spaceship started its autopilot and headed in that direction. This rented spaceship was focused on speed, so it was suitable to travel to many places.