The Legendary Mechanic

by <unknown>

  “Nice!” Han Xiao was happy instead of being afraid. He quickly activated the skill that he had saved up.

  [Aftershock – Death Thorns]!

  Dang!

  The battle axe flew away, and Kerlodd fell to the ground on his knees as his hands were covered in his own blood.

  The maxed-out skill [Aftershock – Death Thorns] could return fifty percent of close combat damage, which broke through Kerlodd’s armor and dealt actual damage.

  The Sonic Spheres again landed on the enemy, and Kerlodd was knocked away. However, the shield on his suit was still active.

  “You are strong. I did not think that this planet had people who are this strong.”

  Kerlodd tried to catch his breath. He stood up again and took another two balls, which turned into another shield and a longsword.

  “But choosing to fight me was your biggest mistake! My equipment is so much stronger than yours. You are a strong fighter, so I will kill you with honor.”

  Han Xiao stopped moving and shook his head.

  “Man, I didn’t want to do this.”

  Before Kerlodd realized what was going on, Han Xiao’s energy power boosted at an insane rate. The thick and strong mechanical force covered the mechanical suit, as if it was a lighting snake crawling on his body. The energy core of the mechanical suit was so bright that it hurt Kerlodd’s eyes.

  At the same time, a shadow of a man wearing a black mask appeared behind Han Xiao.

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  Mechanical Skill [Snake – Devil]: Energy core overloads, attributes buff increases. All modules have no cost.

  Duration of Status: 2 – 7 minutes

  Cooldown: 7 days

  Character Summon Card: Germinal Organization Leader [Combo Penetration]: For the next 8 seconds, all skills deal critical true damage, ignoring all armor. The target’s defense status will also decrease by 24%, lasting 5 minutes.

  Usage: 1/12

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  And also, Flaming Will! Overload! Surging Mechanical Force!

  Bang Bang Bang Bang!

  The tsunami of attacks washed over the frightened face of Kerlodd.

  Chapter 307. Alien Captive |

  The sound of the explosions came continuously from where the spaceship had crashed. Huang Jian rubbed his hands and exhaled, worried.

  Sounds like a battle, but who is he fighting?

  Huang Jian was confused. In this unpopulated wilderness, was Han Xiao fighting with an alien?

  Even the thought of it made him think that it was such a crazy world.

  After a while, the sound disappeared, and Huang Jian worried even more. Although he had heard of how strong Han Xiao was, the enemy was an alien after all.

  If anything happens to him, there won’t be anyone giving me orders. Should I continue to wait or…

  Just as he was in a dilemma, an outline of a person flew in his direction from the place where the spaceship crashed and approached very quickly; it was Han Xuan, and he landed near the helicopter. Some parts of his mechanical suit had even cracked, exposing the wires inside, sparkling with electricity.

  “Great, you’re okay.” Huang Jian heaved a sigh of relief. Suddenly, he saw that Han Xiao had brought along a being of a species that he had never seen before, and its feet and hands were locked by electrical handcuffs—that was Kerlodd, who was had multiple bruises on his face and was naked.

  “A—a—ali…” Huang Jian stuttered and pointed at Kerlodd in shock, unable to say a complete word.

  “An alien, took me quite some effort to capture him.” Han Xiao grabbed Kerlodd by his hair and stuffed him into the cabin. This Godoran’s face was filled with rage, but his mouth was blocked, so he could not say anything.

  Huang Jian was stunned. He knew that Han Xiao was strong, but he did not know that Han Xiao was so strong that he could even capture an alien. His knowledge of Han Xiao was refreshed.

  “Fly the helicopter quickly. This place is close to Raylen’s border, so their people will be here very soon,” Han Xiao said.

  Huang Jian started flying the helicopter hastily, and they departed.

  Han Xiao took off the mechanical suit on the helicopter and checked its damage. The armor was only at twenty percent. The Godora investigator’s equipment was much more advanced; however, his last burst had made Kerlodd unable to fight back at all. All Kerlodd could do was lie there and take it.

  He destroyed the investigator suit, seized the tiny golden ball, made sure that Kerlodd would not be able to touch any weapon, and only left him with a translator to make fooling him easier… no, to make communicating with him easier.

  He got the communicator and a Godoran—the result was better than expected.

  I can still get quite a number of things from him. I shall deal with him after getting back. Han Xiao thought on the new plan.

  Huang Jian was very curious about the alien, and he kept turning back. “Your Excellency, does he bite?”

  He, a high civilization investigator, was being looked down on by a native as a savage beast! Kerlodd was furious, but his limbs were all tied, so he could only express his protests by knocking his head on the metal plate strongly.

  “I don’t think he bites…” Han Xiao touched his chin and said with a low voice, “but seeing that he’s so furious, maybe he has such twisted interests.”

  Bang! Bang!

  Kerlodd continued knocking his head on the metal plate.

  “Is he edible?” Huang Jian asked curiously.

  Han Xiao pinched the Godoran’s arms and said, “The skin is quite smooth, and the meat is rather solid. Are you interested?”

  Huang Jian hesitated then nodded and said, “I have never eaten an alien before.”

  Boom boom boom!

  The frequency of head knocking on the metal plate became higher.

  Underdeveloped! Savages! Kerlodd growled in his heart, then a tint of fear appeared in his mind.

  Do these natives really want to eat me‽

  Huang Jian was very interested and asked questions one after another, wanting to understand how Han Xiao knew an alien would arrive on in Planet Aquamarine and why he captured the alien. Incidentally, Kerlodd wanted to know the answer to these questions as well.

  First, the space ship malfunctioned and was barely crash-landed, then came this strong guy in a mechanical suit, saying that he was there to welcome him. However, this ‘representative’ sneak attacked him, beat him up, and bound him.

  Thinking that the analysis panel’s danger evaluation to Planet Aquamarine was ‘Low’, Kerlodd was in a rage. How long has it been since the database was last updated? How is this not dangerous!

  Besides, who is he? Why did he capture me? How did he know I crash landed here?

  Kerlodd could not figure it out, and of course, Han Xiao was not saying anything.

  “Is it a male or female?” Huang Jian was curious.

  “Check it yourself,” Han Xiao said with a weird expression.

  Huang Jian opened his eyes wide and looked for a while, then said in surprise, “I thought that since this alien’s build is so huge, it should be huge too…”

  Boom!

  Kerlodd could not take the humiliation anymore and used all his strength to bang his head against the metal plate, knocking himself unconscious.

  …

  More than ten minutes after the helicopter left, Raylen’s troops arrived late at the scene, found the crashed spaceship, and immediately locked the area down in shock.

  “This is a spaceship from outer space!”

  “According to the orders from above, this is a spaceship from the friendly Godoran Civilization that was specifically sent to help us investigate the Inhumans!”

  “Even the mountain peak was destroyed—this was not a usual landing, and the spaceship wrecked! Check for survivors immediately!”

  “Report, no corpses were discovered in the spaceship. There are traces of a battle here!”

  Raylen’s troops collected clues, obser
ved the battlefield, and reached their first conclusion.

  “Two people fought each other, both superhumans. One of them used weapons unknown to us. The marks on these trees seem like they were melted through by laser beams; the slash marks are extremely smooth; they were not caused by ordinary cold weapons. These battle traces have comparatively higher radiation levels, so this should be the Godoran.

  “The other party used firearms; the metal construction of the bullet shells is similar to ours. There are also some armor shards in the ground, so this should be someone very strong in our planet. The actual person needs to be further verified with the database. From the destruction level of the scene, this person’s strength is definitely at the top of Planet Aquamarine, and there are very limited people in this category. The person should be identified within a short period.

  “The result of the battle was most likely that the Godoran was captured and taken away.”

  “Are there any other discoveries?”

  At this time, a researcher noticed that the spaceship’s armor was open, and inside were the internal parts of the spaceship. He looked inside curiously, and as he was using the torchlight, he suddenly found something special. The researcher said, “There seem to be liquid in the spaceship.”

  “Liquid?”

  The crowd surrounded the area. With a strong light shining in, they found a pile of metal and pipes covered in black, sticky liquid.

  “What is that?”

  “Probably fuel.”

  At this time, the officer suddenly said, “Orders from above, transport the spaceship back to the nation secretly!”

  The accident that happened to the Godora spaceship was a once in a blue moon chance for the Planet Aquamarine regimes, so Raylen decided to research on the technology of the spaceship. Since they were behind the other civilizations, they had to grab any chance to develop themselves; the hope of prospering only appeared when there were risks.

  Of course, Raylen did not want to anger the Godoran Civilization, so they would report this to the Godoran Civilization, but they were going to delay it for some time, acting oblivious to the situation.

  Raylen took this very seriously. They were determined to prevent news of the incident from spreading, and they wanted to have the spaceship excluding themselves.

  About the missing Godoran, Raylen decided to search in secret.

  The engineering team soon arrived. They dug out the spaceship, covered it in black cloth, and used three transporting helicopters to move it into Raylen’s territory.

  Chapter 308. Deal |

  Being back at the Sanctuary, Han Xiao locked Kerlodd in his secret base, then checked his battle trophies.

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  Godora Battle Spear (Super Model)

  Type: Highly Compressed Cold Weapon + Light Element Enhanced

  Quality: Green

  Basic Stats: Melee Damage 247 – 255, Ranged Damage 294 – 381

  Power Output: 346

  Requirements: Above LV 50, Above 1500 Energy

  Length: 1.7 m

  Weight: 37 lbs

  Energy Source: Lv.3 Magic Engraving

  Made in: Godora Military Satellite 7, Dawn Military Workshop, No. 248 Assembly Line. Product Serial Number PV1324

  Ability: [Golden Thrust]

  – Activates Energy Engravings and releases magic bullets from the tip of the spear.

  – Energy Usage: 5 per shot

  – Cooldown: 11 s after every 20 shots.

  Ability: [Godora Slash]

  – Using 10 Energy, releases an arc light blade, +240% attack area of next slash, +60% damage, deals splash damage

  – Cooldown: 8.6 s

  Additional Effect: [Magic Affinity] — Using MiGold as the material, +12% Magic Resistance

  Additional Effect: [Portable Compressing] — Can be compressed into a gold sphere

  Remarks: Godora Crafted Weapon, made with MiGold, has light element blessing and high compressing technology. A product made from the combination of vintage aesthetics and advanced technology, of magic and technology, it is useable in both melee and ranged battles. It is common equipment in Godoran Civilization.

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  These small golden spheres were assembly line products, standard equipment for an investigator, and not made by Kerlodd himself. He was a standard galactic warrior. Plus, Mechanical Pugilists were more focused on fighting, so their building abilities were very low.

  All seven golden spheres were products of technology and magic. The basic damage was two to three times higher than usual gunpowder firearms, and with the enhancements from mechanic abilities, the difference would be even larger.

  The standard equipment for high civilizations could be roughly divided into two types, normal models and Super models. Stronger beings could use strong weapons with higher requirements and make better use of their energy, whereas normal models were equivalent to gray quality.

  The ‘Super’ in Super models referred to those with superpowers, like Superhumans. However, naturally, not every being in the universe was a human; thus, Super was used as a catch-all term.

  Magic knowledge is not compatible with me; I can’t reverse engineer the building process of this equipment. In the case of the normal path of pure machinery, after the gunpowder firearms should be the electromagnetic energy firearms, and the basic attributes of those are about the same level as this.

  Han Xiao nodded. The strength of standard equipment of civilizations was an indirect indication of that civilization’s strength. Godora was a Galactic Civilization, and compared to the entire Galaxy, its civilization level was in the middle. However, in the eyes of Planet Aquamarine people, any civilization able to travel in the galaxy was an advanced civilization.

  If players wanted to build mixed equipment with combined technology, it would require different classes working together, a Mechanic building the basic structures and a Mage giving blessings. There were also some restrictions on the details.

  This was the first batch of galactic equipment that Han Xiao had acquired, and his favorite was that firearm that could shoot a beam cannon, which had a very magical name—Wrath of Garrett. Its range was six hundred meters, and its basic damage was an astonishing five hundred! It could temporarily replace the Ghost sniper rifle, becoming the best weapon to use with Flaming Will.

  However, the most important thing about a Mechanic was the machinery they made themself—only these could be considered as regular equipment. Han Xiao was very clear of this fact, and these new weapons could only be used during his transition into the galaxy.

  After putting away the equipment, Han Xiao took out the galactic communicator. His face turned serious in the face of the key item.

  At this time, Kerlodd, who had been tossed and left in the corner, secretly opened his eyes. Seeing that Han Xiao was looking at the galactic communicator, his lips warped into a sneer.

  Although he had become a prisoner, Kerlodd still held onto his sense of superiority; he was sure that this Planet Aquamarine native would not be able to use the communicator. In his eyes, Han Xiao was like a monkey getting its new toy.

  A thought appeared in his mind, and Kerlodd suddenly felt energetic. He doesn’t know how to use any of this equipment, which means he will definitely ask me about to use them. Maybe I can trick him into sending a rescue signal to the headquarters without him knowing…

  Kerlodd felt this plan could work, and he became excited as he saw hope.

  At this time, Han Xiao easily brought up the translucent crystal screen of the communicator, looked at the screen full of Godora words, chose the option to switch language instantly, and changed it into Planet Aquamarine’s language. Back then, when Godorans first came in contact with Planet Aquamarine, they had keyed the Planet Aquamarine language into the database. This was one of the things that had to be done when they discovered a new civilization, only then could they analyze the language for ease of communication.

  The Galactic Communicator was a nec
essity for galactic travel; every player in his previous life used it before, and Han Xiao was so familiar with it that he could even operate it with his eyes closed. He easily brought up the login interface for a personal account, turned to look at the stunned Kerlodd, and said casually, “Kerlodd, right? Good that you’re awake. Now, tell me your personal account.”

  “How can you possibly know how to use the communicator? And about personal accounts? Who are you‽” Kerlodd’s eyes were filled with disbelief. He could almost not make sense of his words and was terrified—how could a native know about these things‽

  There was only one explanation for this—this guy is definitely not a native! He came from the galaxy as well!

  Thinking of this, Kerlodd’s sense of superiority was nowhere to be found anymore; he was stunned and confused.

  Originally, he had planned to threaten the man with the name of Godora, but it would only be useful against a native. People in the galaxy would not be afraid of such a vague threat at all. With the distance and peace treaty limitations, this method would not work at all. Furthermore, he was just a little investigator, not anyone in a high position.

  “Who am I?” Han Xiao raised the corner of his lips and said deliberately mysteriously, “Our meeting was rushed. Please, allow me to officially introduce myself. My name is Han Xiao. There’s nothing else you need to know.”

  Kerlodd was more convinced of his guess and felt that Han Xiao was very mysterious. He looked Han Xiao in his eyes and saw an abyss filled with mist. Suddenly, it occurred to him, and he yelled, “Wait a minute, how did you know my name‽”

  “You are a Godoran Investigator, ordered to investigate the so-called ‘Inhumans’ in Planet Aquamarine,” Han Xiao said slowly. “Due to unknown reasons, your spaceship met an accident.”

  “Are you a mind reader or Foreseer?” Kerlodd said with a cautious expression. He discreetly used his energy to protect his mind; however, he did not discover any traces of it being invaded.

  “Guess,” Han Xiao said mockingly.

  This attitude made Kerlodd grind his teeth, but he had no choice under such circumstances. He held his anger and asked, “Why did you attack me?”