The Legendary Mechanic

by <unknown>

  Not many players were willing to miss such a good opportunity. Due to the limited number of slots available, many players almost fought over it, and only a very small number of people obtained the chance to go on the expedition.

  Amidst the excited atmosphere of the players, the various fleets arrived at different World Tree camps. Without a word, they activated the Spacetime Splicing Device and moved toward the base.

  All kinds of long-range attacks came one after another, shattering the fleet. However, the next moment, the fleet returned to normal and continued to jump forward. Very soon, they entered the Lerbo Space Protection Belt and were unaffected. When the Spacetime Splicing Army was halfway there, the World Tree camps realized that this was an unknown spacetime technology through their space radar. They quickly stopped their regular attacks and used spacetime methods to target the Spacetime Splicing Army.

  The Spacetime Splicing Technology was not unsolvable, and its nemesis was the spacetime technology. Back then, the dynasty had also used the same method to crack this technology from the Kunde Race. The World Tree camps’ response was very effective, and the frame skip of the Spacetime Splicing Technology began to decrease.

  However, after many years of improvements by the Crimson Dynasty-although the Spacetime Splicing Technology was still restrained by the spacetime methods—its resistance had already greatly increased, and it could last for a longer time. The Spacetime Splicing Technology Team, which was equipped with high-energy bombs, resisted the attacks of the World Tree camps and stubbornly passed through the Lerbo Spacetime Protection Belt, exploding among the camps.

  Amidst the shock waves, dazzling energy clusters lit up in the universe one after another, engulfing the entire encampment.

  At the same time, in the temporary base of the Black Star Army, white light flashed, and the army players who acted as a suicide squad were revived in the stronghold. Frenzied Sword opened the interface, looked at the mission that had been completed, and smiled.

  “Nice, nice. After eating this reward, my level should be higher than the players in the first tier… I wonder if this kind of mission is a one-time thing. I really hope it comes a few more times.”

  With the assault of the Spacetime Splicing Technology, the three Universal Civilizations were able to effectively attack the World Tree’s camps. The World Tree did not have a good solution for this kind of black technology. They could only continue to carry out their original strategy and continuously destroy the anchoring orbit of the three Universal Civilizations, while the three Universal Civilizations continued to send people to destroy the exposed camps.

  As the Spacetime Splicing Force was not afraid of conventional attacks, the World Tree reduced the over-the-horizon strikes at the incoming fleet, not wanting to expose the locations of more camps without reason. Using this advantage, the three Universal Civilizations secretly sent out a wave of normal fleets led by high-level combatants, mixed in with the Spacetime Splicing Force, and successfully broke through a camp. They seized a Lerbo Space Protection Belt and hurriedly sent it back to the interception circle’s main base for analysis. At the enormous frontline research institute, the generator of the Lerbo Space Protection Belt was suspended in a vacuum bubble. A large number of mechanical needles were inserted into the structure of the device, continuously testing the parameters and derivation principles. Countless technicians were busy in front of different instruments.

  Simon and the other high-ranked officers were also paying attention to the progress of the analysis at the research institute. The remote projection stood on the ground, showing the image of the Lerbo Space Protection Belt midair. “It was originally just an attempt, I didn’t expect to obtain this device in reality. The expedition team was almost wiped out.”

  “If we can analyze this technology, not only will we be able to deal with the enemy’s over-the-horizon strikes, but our interception circle will also be harder to break.”

  Just as they were rejoicing, the lights of the research institute suddenly turned into a blinding blood-red color, and a buzzing alarm sounded.

  “Warning! Warning! Detected unknown data trying to infiltrate the firewall…”

  The technicians present were shocked and quickly checked the source of the problem.

  “What’s going on?” Simon’s expression changed.

  “Reporting, this device seized from the frontline seems to be carrying some kind of highly latent data virus. It is invading the firewall on its own and trying to obtain information from our database…” the research team leader hastily replied.

  “Where’s the investigation report? Why didn’t we find this virus before?” Simon asked.

  “This… All the tests were passed… We can only explain that this unknown virus escaped our detection,” The research team leader gritted his teeth.

  At this time, the frequency of the alarm increased once again. Many technicians were sweating and shouting.

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  “Level 1 firewall has been broken! Level 2 firewall has been broken!”

  “Too fast! This virus is invading too quickly!”

  “Requesting immediate activation of main artificial intelligence to suppress it!”

  Simon hurriedly looked at the screen of the technicians and saw that this unknown virus had broken through the layers of the firewall and was about to officially enter the interception circle base’s quantum network.

  However, at this moment, streams of silver data suddenly appeared and wrapped around the unknown virus. It was as if the white blood cells had swallowed a virus. No matter how hard the virus tried, it could not break free from the blockage of the silver data and slowed down.

  A large amount of silver data appeared once again and condensed into Manison’s virtual body with a calm expression.

  “Mechanic Emperor!” Simon’s eyes lit up.

  “I sensed the fluctuations in the network. It seems like there’s something wrong here… Is this the virus of the World Tree?”

  Manison extended his hand and grabbed the struggling unknown virus.

  Upon seeing this, Simon immediately asked: “How’s the situation?”

  “This thing is a virus-type artificial intelligence, not just data.” Manison replied calmly.

  This time, the unknown virus suddenly exploded and disappeared. The alarm at the research institute immediately stopped, and the lights returned to normal.

  “You destroyed him?” Simon was stunned.

  “No, he realized that he could not break through my blockade, so he disintegrated on his own… If I’m not wrong, this artificial intelligence is a member of the World Tree, and he can also enjoy the revival of the World Tree. He has an innate advantage in the quantum network, and most firewalls can’t stop him.”

  Manison narrowed his eyes.

  “I see…” Simon pondered for a few seconds before his expression relaxed. “Luckily, you’re here this time. Otherwise, even if we could get rid of him, we would have leaked some information.”

  The three Universal Civilizations could also have eliminated this artificial intelligence virus by utilizing more artificial intelligence computing power, but they were a step too late. If not for Manison’s high-speed reaction, the enemy’s artificial intelligence virus might have invaded the quantum network and shared information with the World Tree.

  Due to the lack of intelligence, the previous attack had failed. Thus, the World Tree had used more methods to gather information about the three Universal Civilizations. So naturally, there was no lack of information warfare.

  “Black Star isn’t here. Leave this to me.”

  Manison calmly replied and deactivated the virtual body.

  Upon hearing this, Simon exhaled.

  Currently, when the strongest Mechanic in the galaxy was mentioned, everyone’s first thought was Black Star, which caused the Mechanic Emperor’s presence to decrease.

  However, he could not underestimate the Mechanic Emperor just because of Black Star’s stre
ngth. After all, he was at the peak of the Mechanic class from the previous generation, and his strength was still there. If the conflict of ideals was not mentioned, Simon still believed in the Mechanic Emperor’s abilities.

  Although they had temporarily lost Black Star’s help, the three Universal Civilizations were still able to fight the World Tree back and forth with the foundation laid by Han Xiao.

  Both sides used all kinds of Universal Treasures and special technologies to restrain each other, temporarily unable to do anything to each other.

  The World Tree would occasionally send out some foreign experts to test the waters. Due to Black Star’s existence, the World Tree had already turned these foreign experts into cannon fodder. Since they could not be used on the battlefield, they might as well use them to harass and exhaust the enemy.

  However, because Han Xiao had entered the Sanctum, the foreign experts of the World Tree did not receive Virtual Purification and could only be killed by the Beyond Grade As of the explored universe.

  However, even without Black Star’s support, the Beyond Grade As were still able to hold their own and did not cause any trouble.

  The two sides fought back and forth, while silently building up their strength.

  After two months, Han Xiao returned from the Sanctum.

  Chapter 1348: Return and Technology Treasure |

  In the vast starry sky, a golden spark suddenly flashed and expanded into a vortex, spitting Han Xiao out. Then, the Sanctum passageway disappeared.

  Han Xiao quickly regained his senses.

  “Although this is only my second experience, this feeling is quite incredible…”

  Han Xiao muttered to himself. He quickly adjusted his thoughts and looked down. The Sanctum mark had already disappeared and the interface could be opened again. The notification of entering the First Sanctum popped up.

  Every time he entered a different Sanctum, his authority would be increased by one. He had calculated it before entering, and only then did his authority in the First Sanctum reach level eight.

  After organizing his thoughts, Han Xiao stored the technological information from the First Sanctum in his memory palace. He then took out his communicator and looked at it.

  “The last time I entered the Third Sanctum, I was there for more than three months. This time, only about two months have passed. The higher the authority, the closer the convergence of time flow. In such a short time, there shouldn’t be any problems with the war… right?”

  Han Xiao immediately called Simon’s number. After two rings, the call was picked up.

  Simon appeared on the screen with a look of surprise.

  “Your Excellency Black Star, you’re finally back!”

  Hmm? This tone of impatient expectancy sounds like the reaction of someone meeting their savior when they’re in trouble… Could something bad have happened?

  Could it be that they need me to turn the tide? It can’t be that coincidental, right?

  Han Xiao’s heart skipped a beat and a bunch of thoughts flashed through his mind. He asked, “I’d only disappeared for about two months. Did something happen on your side?”.

  “Although there are some changes, we can still handle it.” Through the screen, Simon could not feel Han Xiao’s mentality. He smiled and said, “Now that you’re back, we have more confidence.”

  After hearing Simon’s explanation, Han Xiao knew that he had misunderstood.

  His teammates were still quite strong. Losing him for a few months would not affect them much. He was relieved. He felt as if he had found his backbone again and could finally rely on others.

  That was right. With the foundation from before, the three Universal Civilizations would not be so weak, he was worrying too much.

  After hearing the current situation, Han Xiao stroked his chin and said:

  “So, the World Tree has built a beyond-visual-range encampment and is firing at us. The construction of the interception circle and space anchoring orbit is meeting huge resistance… If we want to destroy the enemy’s strategy, we have to start from finding their positions, right?” “That is the situation. However, we are currently in a passive position. Only when the other party fires, will we be able to lock onto them. The other conventional detection methods have all been blocked…” Simon explained.

  “Hmm… The World Tree chose to build camps at a jump point further away from our territory. This is indeed difficult to handle…” “You don’t have any ideas either?” Although Simon did not have much hope, he could not help but feel discouraged when he saw that even Black Star did not seem to have any ideas.

  Because Han Xiao had always been very reliable, the three Universal Civilizations’ officers had already put a ‘know-it-all’ halo on him in their hearts. For him to encounter a problem that he could not solve, although they would not have any problems with it logically, they more or less felt a little depressed.

  “I’m not sure yet. Let me take a look at the situation first.”

  Han Xiao did not give a definite response.

  Facing the situation that Simon had mentioned, his brain was working rapidly, sifting through one plan after another, while also looking for any technology that could be used in this area… Not to mention, the information that he had obtained from the First Sanctum this time did indeed mention a special detection technology that was suitable for this situation. It came from an advanced civilization of past Iteration, and it was especially used in beyond-visual-range warfare against enemies whose coordinates were unknown.

  According to the data, this civilization’s specialty was in beyond-visual-range warfare. Even without the aid of wormholes and stargates, they could accurately strike targets across multiple Star Fields. The First Sanctum contained countless mechanical technologies. He had only dug out a small part of them this time, but it was still an enormous treasure trove of technology. It was not that he wanted to get rid of the old, but it was far more comprehensive than Jayz’s treasure.

  With the experience and accumulation of many different civilizations of past Iterations, he was able to deal with all kinds of situations and had a targeted solution to many battle tactics. This was an advantage that Jayz’s treasure could not provide.

  Originally, the World Tree Civilization had devoured the accumulation of many civilizations, so they had a certain advantage on the battlefield. This information was enough to close the gap between the two sides and even gain an advantage.

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  To the three Universal Civilizations, this wave of technological information was like a timely gift, a priceless treasure! This way, even if the revival mechanism and resource conversion of the World Tree was impossible to solve, the three Universal Civilizations would be able to last longer and buy more time for the secondary dimension expedition team.

  “With this batch of technological information, I have a higher chance of dealing with the World Tree Civilization… It’s a pity that none of the past Iterations have met an opponent like the World Tree. It would have been great if they had a targeted device.” Han Xiao was overjoyed but also a little regretful.

  After this trip to the Sanctum, he made a discovery. Every Sanctum stored different types of information. The First Sanctum mainly focused on machinery, but he did not find any Information Form technology.

  If the five Super classes corresponded to one Sanctum, he guessed that the additional Sixth Sanctum would contain information related to the Information Form, which was the best weapon against the World Tree. However, the Sixth Sanctum Key was too difficult to synthesize, and it was completely different from the other five Sanctums. Han Xiao had never even heard the names of some of the materials.

  While he was thinking, Simon spoke again.

  “Sanctum Revival succeeded?”

  “Hmm, there is one final step left. I need to gather the other Beyond Grade As to hold the fort and prevent any trouble.”

  Han Xiao nodded. He could not help but think about the revival of the World Tree.


  According to his previous life experiences, the revival speed of most of the World Tree powerhouses varied from two to eight months. The revival time of peak Beyond Grade As usually fluctuated between five to eight months, and the revival time of the Tree King was different.

  “That’s good. Come to the main base. I’ll gather everyone and wait for you.” Simon was overjoyed.

  “Okay, I’ll be there later.”

  Han Xiao hung up and called Oathkeeper.

  This time, it rang for thirty seconds before the call was reluctantly picked up.

  “You’re back,” Oathkeeper appeared on the screen, expressionless.

  “…Why do you look so unhappy?”

  “I’m very happy.”

  This sentence, coupled with your dead fish face and flat tone, is not convincing at all!

  Han Xiao thought to himself and said helplessly:

  “Alright, I’m just informing you that I’m back. There are many direct descendants among the targets of this revival, so I can’t send them to the Holy Accord.”

  “Oh.”

  “… If you have nothing to say, I’m hanging up.”

  Han Xiao’s mouth twitched. He ended the communication, changed into the King, and disappeared.

  On the other side, at the Holy Accord’s base.

  Oathkeeper, who was sitting before the card table, put down his communicator. He turned around and saw the members of the Holy Accord staring at him with burning eyes.

  “Black Star is back ?”

  “Finally, another batch of people will be revived. There might be some of my enemies among them.”

  “Hahahaha, these people can’t join the Holy Accord. If we let them join the battle, we don’t have to go out.”

  “Letting those direct descendants die on the battlefield will indirectly avenge us. Black Star is amazing!”