by <unknown>
Although many people were dissatisfied with the declaration of war by the Six Nations, they did not think that their government would disappear in such a short period of time.
Countless people were worried sick that this might be the start of another era filled with chaos. However, after some time, they realized that their lives did not change much at all. The original territories of the Six Nations became six special zones where most of the original laws were retained. Bennett knew that this had to be done slowly so that the civilians could gradually adjust to the new government.
Reality was not a fairy tale; even though Han Xiao’s image was like a savior on Planet Aquamarine, there were still passionate patriotic protests as every government knew how to cultivate strong supporters. There were also those with ulterior motives who acted on the opportunity. Such backlash was inevitable during the unification of a civilization. Most people remained silent.
After all, the Six Nations had launched missiles at Black Star City first, so they were not in a position to complain.
For most people, as long as their lives remained unchanged, they would not do anything about the change of government. The people of Planet Aquamarine had experienced countless wars and disasters, so they cherished the stability of their lives. Furthermore, many were the survivors of dead nations from the Old Era and wanderers, not fully loyal to the Six Nations and having more understanding of the situation. This was also one of the reasons that Han Xiao had been confident in doing
this.
Since the interstellar era, most stereotypes had shattered. The lines of the nationality were blurred for most people, replaced by the mindset based on the entire race. The importance of the nations depended on what it was compared with, and it was clearly not comparable to the continuation of the entire race. Hence, most people did not oppose Bennett’s new government. Furthermore, Black Star was behind Bennett, who was way more reliable than the Six Nations.
The entire civilization was united, and Bennett finally decided on the name of the new government-Aquamarine Federation.
Naming the government after the planet was easier for the people to accept. Han Xiao, though aware of the meaning of the name, still felt that it was weird.
Aquamarine Federation? Why does that sound like a retail store?
However, no matter what the name of the Planet Aquamarine government was, it was still his logistics base.
The situation was basically finalized.
The takeover of the Six Nations brought a lot of follow-up problems, so Bennett and others were terribly busy. Han Xiao estimated that it would take a few years for things to be fully organized. Planet Aquamarine also needed some time to get through the painful period. The benefits of a unified civilization would gradually become apparent over time.
After the incident was resolved, Han Xiao did not stay any longer. He took Stephanie and returned to Base No.1 on Planet Golden Gate.
The battle with the Vanguard Officials a month ago had brought a lot of fame to Han Xiao-nearly everyone knew about it. This time, the news of Black Star killing several Calamity Grades one after another once again shocked the entire Star Field.
The Purple Crystal Civilization did not conceal this incident. They believed Han Xiao’s statement that Stephanie and the others were assassins sent by Klent. They vigorously promoted the fact that Klent’s assassination had failed, which boosted their people’s morale and weakened the negative impact of the losses in the secret war.
The Klent Civilization was utterly confused.
We do want to kill Black Star, but we haven’t done anything yet. When did we send assassins?
It must be another Star Cluster that sent people to kill Black Star, since they can blame it all on us!
Klent was furious.
Do these people think we are the scapegoat king?
Although the two sides were at war, Klent was not willing to take responsibility for a failure that they did not commit. They publicly announced that it was entirely fabricated.
Purple Crystal’s reply was very simple. I’m not listening! I’m not listening! I’m certain it’s you!
The partners of the two sides were at war, and their governments were accusing each other. The various organizations of the Shattered Star Ring were all watching the drama between Purple Crystal and Klent.
Han Xiao, who had caused this incident, also received a lot of attention.
The fact that Black Star had finally mastered psionic energy had made many organizations take him even more seriously. This meant that Black Star was much more threatening!
Killing many Calamity Grades matched up to his Beyond Grade A seed title, and this kind of lethality was more threatening than just being tanky. In a short period, Han Xiao’s reputation and position in the entire Star Field rocketed once again.
The other Star Cluster civilizations, while shocked, secretly lifted Han Xiao’s position on the Beyond Grade A seed list up a few places.
Han Xiao had already felt the influence of this incident on his way to Base No.1
-everyone recognized his face. When he returned to the base, he also noticed that many mercenaries looked at him with even more admiration.
This trip back to Planet Aquamarine had taken about twenty days, so he had ten more days of holiday.
After returning to the base, Han Xiao first inspected the operations of the Black Star Army during this period. Tens of thousands of trainees from various training camps had become official mercenaries, and about a hundred battleships had been added.
My mechanical army is quite damaged. I can use these ten days to replenish it.
He had to return to the battlefield after the holiday, so he decided to build his army with the remaining time he had. Before that, he wanted to first claim the reward for the third round of (Prey).
Feidin had not gone out recently. Han Xiao found him, chatted with him awhile, and touched him a few times before letting go of Feidin, who had a strange expression on his face.
Chen Xing, who happened to be out, was blushing a bit. She quickly returned control of the body to Feidin.
As Feidin became stronger, he was able to suppress Chen Xing alone. Plus, his relationship with Chen Xing was getting more affectionate, so he occasionally let her out for a break, which Han Xiao happened to bump into.
Although the soul was different, the body was the same.
As the luck on his hand was lingering, Han Xiao rushed to the side and opened the interface to claim the reward for the third round.
Round Three complete.
Please select the target to draw abilities from…
There were ten enemies, but Han Xiao was only interested in the abilities of two of them-Stephanie and that Mechanic.
If he selected that Mechanic, there was a very high chance of him getting a Mechanic talent, so that would be a safe choice.
If he selected Stephanie, unlike from Shana, her Esper ability was not compatible with him at all, so the effect of the abilities would definitely be weakened. The best result would be getting a Template Talent, but that depended purely on his luck.
After considering for a few seconds, Han Xiao’s eyes became firm; he had made his decision.
A Mechanic talent is great, but Molding Talents are hard to come by!
A man must dare to dream!
You have received the reward: Draw one ability/talent from Stephanie.
Alert: Stephanie is an Esper. Part of the possible abilities have been automatically adjusted to your class.
Randomizing… complete.
Please select one from the five options below as the reward:
(Cell Resonance) – Ability: You can condition your body state through the vibration of your cells, increasing the energy production efficiency of your cells. Recovers 11% energy, purges one debuff. Cost: 1,500 Stamina. Cooldown: 90 seconds.
(Electromagnetic Resonance) – Ability: By affecting the frequency of electromagnetic waves, you are able to obstruct certain communica
tion methods and radar detection or the brainwaves of individuals. There is a chance that (Confused), (Hallucinating), and (Abnormally Excited) might be applied to the target. The closer the distance, the stronger the effects of the debuffs. Success rate is related to INT. Cost: 150 Energy. Cooldown: 6 seconds.
[Object Weakness Attack] – Ability: You can easily discover the weakness of objects. Your next attack will deal extra damage and three chain damages ranging from 5% to 15% damage of this attack. There is a chance to cause the [Heavily Injured) effect. Cost: 240 Energy. Cooldown: 28 seconds.
(Will to Battle] – Talent: +180 END, -75 INT, -25 LUK.
(Legendary Battle Technique] – Talent: Every third attack will deal 35% extra True Damage.
Han Xiao was stunned before becoming overjoyed.
I really got a Molding Talent!
Hail Feidin!
Chapter 679. Saving the World with Normal Attacks |
All five choices were decent, and they all had different focuses.
(Cell Resonance) could instantly recover energy and purge a debuff. It could be used by any class and was a powerful support ability.
[Electromagnetic Resonance) was a rather good assistive ability as well. It could reduce the target’s strength. When facing an opponent of the same grade, this could give the user a quick advantage. [Object Weakness Attack] was an explosive damage type ability. Though its applicable situations were limited, it was still not too bad.
[Will to Battle) was a tank talent. +180 END was actually quite high, but it had a side effect. Han Xiao felt that he was tanky enough, so he was not interested in this talent at all.
Luckily, the lowest limit for Luck is zero, otherwise mine would go negative if I chose this talent…
What was most surprising to him was the fifth choice—[Legendary Battle Technique].
This was a proper Molding Talent!
Plus, it was one of the best ‘Battle Technique’ talents!
Every third attack would deal an extra 35% True Damage, which meant that his attack increased by a huge amount out of nowhere, as talents were passive abilities and had no cost at all.
Every third attack? With the attack speed of Calamity Grades, how many third attacks would there be in just one second?
This was spectacular!
The other four choices paled in comparison. Han Xiao did not even have to think and directly picked the fifth choice.
You have received (Legendary Battle Technique]
That was hella lucky!
Han Xiao was very excited. He quickly went to the combat training room to test the new talent.
The floor split open, and the alloy wall used to test damage rose up. Han Xiao started punching the wall continuously.
True Damage ignored defense. For example, if the theoretical damage of an attack was 10,000 and the target’s resistance reduced it to 5,000, adding the True Damage, that attack would deal 5,000 plus 3,500 damage.
Almost double!
If the attack was completely absorbed by a shield, a magic barrier, or heavy mechanical armor, the effect of the True Damage would only go to the shield durability and armor value. When the enemy was actually damaged, only then would this deal True Damage to the enemy.
Therefore, tank enemies that took on attacks with their body would be completely countered by this!
If not for the Germinal leader’s talent, I would have had a very tough time against this. Han Xiao was glad.
No wonder Stephanie was a boss-type character-her abilities were too overpowered!
Han Xiao was excited. He was already very tanky. Comparatively, although the attack of his Army Style was not weak, it did not appear as important as how tanky he was since he had always been fighting enemies that were stronger than him or many enemies at once. Most of the time, he relied on how tanky he was to defeat the enemies.
If he used the authentic way of utilizing the Army Style, he would completely destroy any enemy that was about the same level as him, even more so now that he had mastered psionic energy. He would be able to fight many enemies at once even without making use of how tanky he was.
However, his health-mana cycle made him way too tanky, causing the Army Style to pale in comparison. His Indestructible Body title had covered up the fact that he was a Mechanic for too
long.
But not anymore!
The (Legendary Battle Technique] was already strong enough when used by others. When used by a Mechanic using the Army Style, it would be absolutely terrifying!
From the NPCs in his previous life that had similar talents, the Great Mechanic Han knew that this type of talent could be applied to summoned creatures and mechanical armies. The summoned creatures could enjoy the talents of the Mage through their magic link, while the mechanical army could share the effect of this talent through Mechanical Force. After all, the mechanical army was considered a type of equipment, so the talent would apply to them just like it would apply to a weapon in one’s hand.
Han Xiao expanded a few elite mechanical soldiers that he had brought along and carried out tests to find out how this talent worked.
After testing, he found out that every machinery had its individual (Legendary Battle Technique] effect count. This meant that every third attack of that machine would trigger the True Damage, instead of the total times the entire army attacked.
The attack count of every machine was calculated separately and not together. So, if Han Xiao fired one machine twice then changed to another machine for the third attack, it would not trigger.
Han Xiao started fantasizing. If the attack count was calculated together, it would mean that if a hundred machines fired together, thirty-three of them would have extra True Damage.
Gently giving himself a slap, Han Xiao shattered his own fantasy.
Hmm, it’s already strong enough.
Han Xiao was very satisfied. This meant that if a hundred machines all fired three times, the last hundred attacks out of the total three hundred attacks would all have True Damage. The ratio was the same as if the attack count was calculated as a whole. The difference was just the frequency that the talent was triggered.
However, this talent did not require the attack to land to count it could still be triggered by attacking at nothing!
This meant that the triggering timing of this talent could be controlled. If he used it well, he could even make every attack that landed on the enemy have extra True Damage.
Han Xiao immediately had a lot of ideas in his mind.
A strong talent could completely change one’s combat capability.
To the Great Mechanic Han, [Legendary Battle Technique] was as strong as his health-mana cycle. It increased the strength and lethality of his mechanical army once again!
If I can make this idea a reality, my actual combat capability will multiply many times over! I might really be able to crush anyone under Beyond Grade A!
The excitement in Han Xiao’s eyes was almost overflowing.
The effect of touching Feidin was dreamlike!
The phrase ‘becoming stronger through the battles’ inside the [Prey) mission introduction was indeed true. Although he had been targeted by Thousand Shadows, Han Xiao felt that it was worth it now that he had received this talent.
Han Xiao browsed through his attributes on the interface. He was so strong that even he was afraid of himself.
Just moments earlier, he had worried that once he returned to the battlefield, knowing how tanky he was, the enemies would only send a few people to fight him so that he would not be much of a threat.
Now, however, if they sent too few people, he would be able to kill them all!
Han Xiao locked himself inside the modification room. Using the last ten days, he planned to adjust Phillip’s combat control mode so that the mechanical army’s fighting method would be able to fully utilize the power of [Legendary Battle Technique]. For example, he could let one team of artilleries standby with their third attack, use the other units of the army t
o create an opportunity, and let this standby team focus fire when suitable, making sure that when his attack landed, it would deal a ton of damage. However, in order to have the army do such a delicate job, he needed a large calculation module.
Herlous and the others could handle any Black Star Army matters, so he did not have to worry. The best way to increase the Black Star Army’s position was for him, the leader, to become stronger.
The flames of war filled the West Wind, Chaida, and the Kaya Star Systems.
Ralph had been counting down to reminding Black Star to return to the battlefield. He needed him to stabilize the battle between the high-level combatants. The Bloodshed Land’s Jorde was also wary of Black Star, who had disappeared for two months.
At the same time, in the middle of Hidden Red Robe Abbey’s palace, Austin was hovering about four meters above the ground. The oversized robe dragged on the floor. Desoro and the others were standing at the side.
Austin slowly opened his eyes and said with a sentimental tone, “I never expected him to change this much.”
The Forbidden Sorcerers around all had strange expressions on their faces. Some time ago, Austin had summoned Lagi, and they had watched their full conversation from the side.
Lagi was Austin’s fourth disciple. The Forbidden Sorcerers present had all followed Austin for a long time and knew Lagi. However, upon seeing him again after so many years, that once vigorous and fearless former Forbidden Sorcerer commander felt like a completely different person.
They could not imagine what Lagi had gone through in these years.
Austin shook his head and said, “However, although his personality has changed, he’s still as determined and resolute as he used to be, rejecting me like that without hesitating.”
After banishing Lagi for so many years, Austin had long forgiven his mistake. Thus, he asked if Lagi wanted to return under his command. To his surprise, Lagi was determined to return to Black Star without even the slightest hesitation.
Although Lagi made it look like it was not a big deal, Austin could see that Lagi was really thankful to Black Star for saving him. He no longer longed to return to Hidden Red Robe Abbey; Black Star had replaced his position and received Lagi’s loyalty. Lagi was not only doing this because he was thankful but also because he saw a lot of potential in Black Star.