After striking out all the missions that he deemed unsuitable, Han Xiao picked a few more valuable missions.
Although the talents from those missions would not be able to cause his combat capability to have an earth-shattering change, it would still increase his combat capability to a certain extent.
I will probably need a few months to complete these missions… The war won’t be over so soon, so I should have enough time…
He was currently level 221 and would need to complete a Class Advancement at level 225. He had saved a few Mission Completion Cards during the version update period, and he still had a few leftovers after using one at level 220. Thus, he was only lacking experience points.
The amount of experience needed after level 220 increased exponentially, but with his two plots of crops, he would only need a few months to accumulate enough experience.
He could complete some missions while waiting for his experience to accumulate.
Han Xiao then called Hila, Aurora, and Feidin over to explain his plans to them.
“Right.” Han Xiao suddenly thought about something and said to Aurora, “Help me create some recovery medicine. I want to give them to the high-level officers of the army. It should be able to save their lives during a critical moment.”
The Bloodshed Land had begun to go all out. In order to prevent the upper echelons of the army from getting injured, he wanted to provide them with some protection. Aurora’s life force medicine had a divine effect and was akin to a second life.
Aurora was able to freely control her Esper abilities already, and creating medicine would not cause too much exhaustion.
“No problem!”
Aurora was extremely excited. I can finally be of some help!
Hila originally wanted to persuade her otherwise, but upon seeing Aurora’s excited appearance, she chose to remain silent.
Since it was Han Xiao’s request and was not too difficult, she decided to just let Aurora do as she wished. She had personally witnessed Aurora’s growth, and she was no longer as overprotective as before.
Han Xiao spent a day settling all that he needed to before taking the three on his journey to farm for talents.
Three black, curved spaceships exited the desolate universe belt and entered the Shattered Star Ring from some deserted region.
In the cabin of the leading spaceship, Colin looked out of the window and spat out a rotten fruit from his mouth. His mouth was filled with purple juice from the fruit.
“After almost six years of flying, we are finally here.”
As he said that, he slapped the defrost button on the spaceship.
Psh…
A few dozen low temperature life sustaining chambers began to defrost, and the doors to those chambers opened. Cold air filled the entire spaceship, and many people of different heights and races walked out of the chambers.
“We slept for three years?”
“Is it time to change shift, or have we reached?”
Those fellows who had just woken up from their sleep put on their clothes and walked toward the cockpit.
Upon hearing the sound of footsteps, Colin pointed to the star map without turning back. “We have arrived in the Shattered Star Ring. All of you adjust your bodies quickly so that we don’t delay the mission of our boss.”
“Don’t worry, I just need to suck some blood to recover,” a tall, skinny man said while licking his lips.
“Baron Orozen, don’t blame me for throwing you out of the spaceship if you dare touch my subordinates.”
“Why should I listen to you?” the pale-faced Orozen sneered coldly.
“Because I am the captain His Excellency EsGod appointed. Or do you want to fight?” Colin glared ferociously.
Orozen chuckled eerily before shrugging his shoulders to show that he would submit.
Colin then snorted and said, “You’d better behave in a low-profile manner. I remember that you were a fugitive who escaped from the Shattered Star Ring. I don’t what your stupidity from the past to expose our location before the completion of the mission.”
“That bounty was over sixty years ago. It may have been removed already,” Orozen replied indifferently.
Everyone present on those three spaceships were members of Fallen Ark and were wanted criminals from different Star Fields. They had all been sent out to complete a mission in the Shattered Star Ring.
Colin had the nickname ‘Corrosive Poison’ and was the captain of this team. He had once spread a plaque in many different colonial planets in the Ancient Star Desert, which had resulted in the death of over three billion people. He was a wanted criminal of twenty-three Star System civilizations and two Star Cluster civilizations. He had then joined Fallen Ark and followed EsGod.
Orozen had the nickname ‘Baron’ and belonged to the blood race. He was another Grade A Super in the team and had hunted in many different Star Fields. He was an extremely ferocious character and was a wanted criminal in five different Star Fields.
Especially the Shattered Star Ring.
He had once eaten a high-level official during the ceremony of a Star System civilization in front of the entire Star System. That incident had caused a huge commotion, and he had joined EsGod after escaping from the Shattered Star Ring.
This group of individuals had set off six years ago and had only just reached the Shattered Star Ring. As wanted criminals, they would not dare to openly use stargates and spent most of their time in the desolate universe belt.
These three ‘Light Marten’ spaceships were equipped with top grade hyperdrive engines and were created specifically for travel between Star Fields. The ship’s highest speed was level 17.89 warp speed. If it travelled within a Star Field at top speed, it would be able to travel from one Star System to another within minutes.
Although the lowest grade among the group was a Grade B Super, they needed to rest in a life sustaining chamber in order to endure the load from travelling at warp speed.
This small team was only able to travel through various Star Fields to arrive at the Shattered Star Ring by relying on a warp speed engine.
One of his subordinates then asked, “Captain, which mission shall we complete first?”
They had two different missions in the Shattered Star Ring.
“Are you an idiot? Of course we’ll take care of the easier one first!” Colin replied impatiently. He then opened a file on the holographic screen.
There was information about two individuals in the file, Harrofal and Han Xiao.
They were the two of joint hands to deal with EsGod.
“Harrofal, Grade A Super in the Tyla Civilization, vice principal of the Tyla Mechanic School. He is a researcher.
“Black Star, Han Xiao. The leader of the Black Star Army and ally of Purple Crystal. A Beyond Grade A seed… Eh? This fellow’s battle record had been updated again. He is a powerful individual and is said to be one of the top fighters among the Calamity Grade Supers in the Shattered Star Ring.”
Orozen smiled calmly upon hearing those words. “Black Star? I never heard of such a character when I was in the Shattered Star Ring. He is no more than a newbie who only appeared recently.
“The Shattered Star Ring is only a remote Star Field,” Colin said emotionlessly. “The strength of the Supers in this place cannot be compared to the three Star Fields in the Central Galaxy.”
Colin and the others who usually spent their time in the Central Galaxy looked down on the Supers from a remote Star Field like the Shattered Star Ring. As the most ferocious criminals in the galaxy, they were all used to being arrogant, and they did not even place some Beyond Grade A Supers in their sights.
Since seven years ago, EsGod had been muttering about trees every day. They all felt that EsGod’s mental illness must have become worse for him to send them to the Shattered Star Ring to find the coordinates of some wormhole.
“Harrofal will have the data that we want, so he is the key target,” Colin said. “If we can get the data s
uccessfully, we won’t have to find Black Star. After all, Harrofal is much easier to deal with than Black Star.”
Everyone nodded.
“We can then steal the Evolution Cube after completing our first mission.”
Chapter 740 - Swaggering through the Novice Village
After a few days of travelling, the Blacklight Stealth arrived at the spot reserved for it at their destination.
The view from inside the porthole showed a planet with green vegetation and yellow earth. Blue oceans could be seen on the planet’s surface, but the yellow earth made up the majority.
Aurora stared at the planet curiously.
“Phillip, what sort of planet is this?”
“Database search, hum… Search complete.
“Planet Nalun, sitting in the Star Zone 6 of the Colton Star Cluster in the Shattered Star Ring, the planet’s number is S-0706812. It was discovered and recorded by the Galute Civilization. There are signs of civilization within, but they are considered fairly backward, yet to have developed interstellar technology. Observation priority is rated as four, hum …”
Planet Nalun consisted of an indigenous civilization, but their level of science and technology was still quite ancient, without aircraft mounted nuclear cannons, far from the stage of space exploration.
“Why did Han Xiao bring us here then?” Aurora wondered.
“He definitely has his reasons. Just ask him when you see him.” Feidin smiled.
At this moment, Han Xiao was not aboard the ship. While the trio were seated in the spaceship, he was streaking through the universe with just his flesh in order to be exposed to the cosmic radiation. This was to obtain attributes through the Void Star Pursuer’s talent [Radiation Absorption]. As a result, his travelling speed was slower than theirs.
The spaceship was suspended above Planet Nalun, and before long, the void beside it started to twist and warp. Han Xiao jumped out from the void dimension. He yawned and quickly opened the hatch to fly into the cabin.
Whoosh!
Jumping into the cabin, Han Xiao exhaled a stream of hot air.
The moment he got out of the vacuum environment, his body started to emit white smoke as though he was being cooked.
Because the cells in his body were continuously digesting the cosmic radiation from the universe, his body was like a burning furnace. The surface of his skin was hot enough to even fry eggs.
Opening his interface to take a look, Han Xiao was pretty satisfied.
This is indeed a mid to high levelled evolutionary species. Its talent shows good growth, and as long as enough time is accumulated, the bonus will be considerable.
After some practical tests, Han Xiao understood how the mechanism of [Radiation Absorption] worked.
After evolving into a Void Star Pursuer, his body cells had transformed, and now he possessed the ability to absorb cosmic radiation. If his physical body was exposed to outer space for a period of time, it would trigger [Radiation Absorption], which would permanently increase his Strength, ^ility, or Endurance by one to three points or increase his energy capacity by five to ten points.
If [Radiation Absorption] was used continuously, the effect would be weakened, and one would need to expose themselves in outer space for a longer period of time before they received the increased attributes.
However, if it was not triggered for a day, the time needed to expose oneself to trigger the effect would also return to the initial state.
This absorption process could be dismantled into three steps—absorption, storage, and digestion. Since cells are not bottomless and only had limited storage and digestion capabilities, this situation occurred.
This was a racial talent that would allow one to obtain considerable benefits just through the accumulation of time. It could be strengthened on the go and would definitely be worth the time. [Radiation Absorption] was the talent that Han Xiao was the most satisfied with at this time.
At this point, the total bonus attributes accumulated by the talent consisted of sixteen Strength, thirteen Dexterity, twenty-one Endurance, and sixty-eight Energy, as well as a huge boost to his attack.
Returning to the cockpit, Han Xiao greeted the three of them.
“You guys have waited a long time. We can start now.”
“Why did we come over to this planet?” Aurora asked.
“To be Samaritans.”
Han Xiao only smiled and switched to manual mode, turning the spaceship into stealth mode as they entered the atmosphere of Planet Nalun and slowly descended.
This was the first stop that he had chosen. Planet Nalun had three huge continental land plates, but only one of them hosted a civilization. The other two continents had yet to be discovered by the locals. Even their maritime era had not yet started, let alone venturing into the universe.
Other than the Galute Civilization, which discovered Planet Nalun, he should be the second visitor to grace this planet.
This civilization pursued the path of magic, with several kingdoms ruling over the continent. They followed the old aristocratic method of kings and lords, conquering other kingdoms for land. One of the biggest kingdoms was the Ocean Boundary Kingdom.
Ocean Boundary Kingdom.
In his previous life, the players had discovered a profession mission, which could benefit Han Xiao.
The spaceship descended to an altitude of around one kilometer above sea level in its stealth mode, sweeping across the ground under the control of Han Xiao. From their point, towns built out of stones and bricks flashed by.
The Planet Nalun’s local civilization did not possess the ability to discover interstellar spaceships.
Very quickly, the spaceship circled the entire planet once, completing its scan. Phillip created a map of the entire planet.
Hu!
The trees swayed as the spaceship landed amid a dense forest within a mountain range.
The four of them disembarked while keeping the spaceship in a stealth state, in case it was spotted by the locals. Taking out his newly created map, Han Xiao swept his eyes over it before explaining,
“Our destination is nearby. This area belongs to the Ocean Boundary Kingdom. We’re heading to an area called Stone Heart City. Let me see… oh, it’s that city.”
Pointing into the distance, Hila, Aurora, and Feidin looked to where Han Xiao had pointed.
They saw that, on the edge of the mountain, was a city built on one of the hills, with the gray stone of the surroundings as the main color of the city.
“Follow by my side and keep a low profile. None of you shall make a move,” Han Xiao instructed.
Because Grade A Supers were a top tier combat power in the universe, they had a crushing power when facing a surface civilization. None of them could be defeated on Planet Nalun, and if they were not careful, an entire city could be wiped out instead.
In order to perform his mission, Han Xiao required everyone to stay low-profile, at least on the surface to integrate into this segment.
While they did not understand the intentions of Han Xiao, Hila and the rest nodded in response.
“Phillip, imitate the appearance of the Naluners.”
A few mechanical orbs rose up, directing blue rays of light toward the four of them.
A matrix of data flashed across, and a simple simulated illusion was quickly generated on the four humans, turning them into Naluners. The body structure of the locals was similar to that of a human, albeit with darker, rougher skin and a lot of wrinkles.
After adjusting the translator channel, Han Xiao took the three alongside the mountain path toward Stone Heart City.
The afternoon sun shone lazily down.
The four of them moved extremely quickly and soon came to the scattered villages and towns outside the city. The area was undergoing plowing, and farmers were in twos or threes, working hard in the field. The air was filled with the stink of some sort of monster feces.
Having gotten used to the magnificent scenery of the universe, the g
roup of them rather appreciated the primitive scenery of this surface civilization. It had a different flavor to it, as every Universal Civilization had once experienced such a period. The fires of civilization were weak at the beginning, and it was because they were cared for generation after generation that they finally blazed up to the universe level.
Being involved in war within the universe daily, only seeing battleships and armor, it was refreshing to suddenly come over to such a backward civilization to roam around.
There was no need to care about any enemies there. They could walk as they liked.
“The environment here is not bad. There’s no air pollution.” Han Xiao took a deep breath before shaking his head. “Even the smell of sh*t here is so fresh…”
“I’m getting the feeling that you’re becoming more perverted,” Feidin said honestly.
“No, no, in this regard, you’re still much better.”
The few of them idly chatted all the way to the entrance of Stone Heart City. The guards could not see through the camouflage of interstellar technology, which allowed Han Xiao to blend into the crowd and enter the city.
With a muggy wind blowing at them and noisy chatter in their ears, the group faced a messy stone street full of natives, which showcased backward town planning.
“What are we here for?” Aurora whispered in a small voice.
You’re the only one that keeps asking. Just follow me. We’ll get the job done.”
Using two fingers, Han Xiao pinched at the supple cheeks of Aurora’s face, pulling it a little before letting go. Aurora cradled her reddened cheek with teary eyes.
“Sis, he bullied me!” Aurora immediately turned her head to complain.
Unfortunately, Hila’s eyes remained straight ahead, as though she did not witness anything.
The few of them walked toward the notice board in town. Phillip translated the Nalunese for them into their language, and Han Xiao approached an old notice that had been left for many years.
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