Chapter 100 Exclusive Expertise

One hundred awakening points for a personalized expertise—the cost is definitely high, but at least it points out a clear path. Han Xiao seriously doubted that with his luck, he could fumble around for a hundred years and still come up empty.

He estimated that the custom synthesis would be similar to creating a self-made species talent when advancing to Beyond Grade A, providing a tendency-based request and then randomizing the result. The exclusive expertise obtained after synthesis would only be a prototype, and more awakening points would be needed to activate it.

Full-level professional knowledge, potential points turning into awakening points, should be the same for Mannison and other mechanics.

The difference is that Mannison and others, unlike himself, cannot freely allocate stat points.

So, if other mechanics can't decide what kind of purpose awakening points serve, it's likely random, and he guessed the manifestation would be similar to a flash of inspiration during training or research.

"Although the expense is a bit high, at least it's a stable way to obtain exclusive expertise."

Han Xiao was happy in his heart. He had been coveting this thing for years, and finally saw hope.

However, the cost-effectiveness remains to be seen. 100 awakening points are equivalent to 10,000 free attribute points. His current highest intelligence attribute is less than 30,000. If he exchanged them all for attribute points, the increase would be huge. Only by rolling a template-level exclusive expertise would it not be a loss.

However, since it's called exclusive expertise, the effect shouldn't be bad. You get what you pay for.

Grand Technician Han still remembered Sorokin's exclusive expertise, [Deceiver Sorokin], which directly increased intelligence and mystery attributes by 20%, as well as an additional 75% ability intensity and skill level +4, a great effect.

And Old Man Mannison's [Virtual Technology Innovation Mannison] directly obtained a 1.75x virtual technology enhancement effect, and was also the foundation of the "Undying Mechanical Country" technology.

Both of these are template level.

"Practice makes perfect. Although the expense is a bit high, I still have to get one to see the effect."

He had just upgraded more than a hundred blueprint skills, and all potential points were spent. Han Xiao's current experience reserves were not enough to gather 100 awakening points again.

"Alas, awakening points... the name is really fitting. It's another experience-consuming household. I should advance first..."

Han Xiao shook his head. He achieved the full-level professional knowledge achievement mainly to get one more Divinity Transformation point when advancing later.

Now that the achievement has been obtained, advancing to level 340 has once again become the primary task.

In addition to these changes, the panel also prompted him that he had obtained a new [First Sanctum] skill fragment.

Grand Technician Han had already figured out the pattern. When he crossed certain Mechanic System thresholds, he would obtain a [First Sanctum] fragment.

The first one came from activating Divinity Transformation, the second one from creating the first Cosmic Treasure, the third one from the fifth layer of the main profession's Divinity Transformation, and then the current fourth one.

"I want to see how many fragments it takes to complete, if you have the ability, get 100 of them."

Han Xiao complained inwardly.

Overall, he was very satisfied with the effect of full-level professional knowledge, which pointed out a new path for his growth. The biggest difference between himself and other Beyond Grade As lies in this aspect, with a clear growth route.

At the same time, with [Mechanical Grand Sage], he had a greater chance of challenging Mannison.

"Last time I suffered a loss in the virtual realm, this time I want to have a real fight with him."

Han Xiao was eager to try, full of fighting spirit.

And this kind of mentality can be simply explained as

--The wind has stopped, the rain has stopped, I feel like I can do it again!

"Tap, tap, tap."

Han Xiao was sorting out his changes when someone suddenly knocked on the door. Harrison walked in.

In the past few months, Han Xiao, upholding the principle of not wasting labor, hadn't let Harrison idle. Even though this guy was currently serving his sentence, Han Xiao didn't mind, and let him temporarily serve as his administrative secretary.

Besides finding something for Harrison to do, it was also a way to arrange him by his side, so that he could rub off on his lucky aura at all times.

However, judging from the results, not only did he not rub off on any luck, but he neutralized a lot of it instead, a typical lose-lose situation.

Of course, Grand Technician Han would not admit it. He firmly believed that it was Harrison's lucky aura that was not good enough.

Fording's aura is still the most durable, and it doesn't matter how much he holds him back.

Seeing him come in, Han Xiao closed the panel and casually asked:

"Anything to report?"

"Your Excellency Black Star, the Imperial Fleet wants me to tell you that they are temporarily leaving your team, returning to normal formation, and going to perform other tasks."

"What happened?" Han Xiao asked curiously.

"The captain told me that this time it was a mission sent down by the upper echelons of the Empire, saying that there was a problem with a Star System civilization, and you are not suitable to come forward."

"What exactly is going on?"

"I got a copy of the information from them, take a look."

Harrison took out a document and displayed it on the virtual screen.

Han Xiao glanced through it and immediately understood.

For the past few months, the major civilizations of the Ancient Star Desert have been sensible and have been cooperating with the Three Great Civilizations on the surface, without causing any trouble like the Black Market.

But just after the Three Great Civilizations announced the completion of the Virus Killing Trio, some civilizations seemed to feel that the disaster had been brought under control and would not cause serious consequences, so they stirred up some trouble.

Among them, there were three Star System civilizations involved, namely the Tiger Clan, the White-Haired Clan, and the Phili. They were not smuggling viruses, but suspected of using viruses to attack their opponents.

The Tiger Clan and the Phili are in the same Star System, bordering each other, and are mortal enemies, often erupting in friction. The White-Haired Clan is located in another neighboring Star System, bordering only the Tiger Clan, and the relationship between the two sides is relatively cold.

The situation is roughly like this: A certain important administrative planet of the Tiger Clan suddenly broke out in a mechanical rebellion incident not long ago. This was a group of mechanical bodies infected with the Virtual Rebellion Virus. Because the Internet was disconnected for too long, the triggering mechanism took effect. This part of the mechanical body was rewritten by the virus, killing living organisms.

The virus outbreak was limited to this group of machines. The number was small, and the quantum network connection devices of each machine had been removed early, so they could not access the Internet and could not affect other nodes on the planet. Therefore, the planet's guard force easily wiped out this rebellious mechanical body, but there were still civilian casualties.

After investigation, a highly credible cause of the disaster spread on the Internet, that is, this rebellious mechanical squad was actually the Tiger Clan's research material for the Virtual Rebellion Virus, which was accidentally out of control, leading to this disaster.

After the news spread, the Tiger Clan citizens were in an uproar, the public was furious, public opinion was out of control, and they frantically criticized the regime. The storm grew bigger and bigger.

The Tiger Clan urgently stated that this was a rumor and that they had not conducted any research on the virus at all, claiming that these mechanical bodies were hidden on the planet by unknown forces, who had calculated the day when the Internet was disconnected and the virus would explode, deliberately trying to smear their regime and damage their credibility.

The angry people felt that this was sophistry, so the Tiger Clan had to publicly request arbitration from the Three Great Civilizations.

In the private report that Han Xiao saw, the Tiger Clan explained to the Three Great Civilizations that they believed that this might be a conspiracy by the Phili or the White-Haired Clan, not only to smear them, but also to frame a third party, causing disputes between the two, while they themselves would reap the benefits.

The White-Haired Clan and the Phili both had motives, but the Tiger Clan's words could not be trusted lightly, so the Three Great Civilizations sent people to investigate thoroughly, and the situation is currently confusing.

Star System civilizations are protected by the *Peace Treaty*, so the Empire did not allow Han Xiao to interfere in the affairs of civilizations. In this area, the Three Great Civilizations do not allow forces other than them to play rogue.

"The Black Market has been beaten into submission by me, but civilizations are starting to jump..."

Han Xiao frowned. Although this matter was not under his control, it did not prevent him from smelling a dangerous signal.

He understood that the situation in which the Ancient Star Desert was sealed off made the various civilizations feel vigilant, especially the Super Star Cluster civilizations. The image of the Three Great Rogues had already gone bankrupt in their area, so they would definitely make the worst plans, retain their backhands, and grasp their bargaining chips, but this was not good for the overall situation at all, a typical game dilemma.

"We still have to solve the virus as soon as possible. We can't delay. Let's use another Explorer."

Han Xiao got up and left the room, and went all the way to the warehouse.

Walking into the room, he immediately saw the triangular device that once stored the Virtual Rebellion Virus, lying quietly here.

The Empire's research on it was fruitless. Seeing Black Star's request, they allowed Han Xiao to keep it by his side.

During this period, as long as the [Bold Explorer] cooldown was ready, Han Xiao would use it on the triangular device.

Unfortunately, he had seen a lot of scattered fragments, but there were not many valuable clues. At most, he had figured out part of the virus's origin.

The mechanical civilization seen in the first regression was the creator of the Virtual Rebellion Virus. This was indeed a weapon, created with the initial intention of dealing with the unknown civilization that used Star Destroyer weapons to blow up a planet of the mechanical civilization.

The program set by the virus was to kill living organisms, and mechanical civilizations were naturally not within the scope, which was considered a targeted high-level war weapon without friendly fire damage.

And this mechanical civilization, to be precise, was actually an intelligent civilization, just like an Ai civilization, with all citizens being intelligent life, only more advanced.

Those mechanical bodies on the street are shells loaded with intelligent life, which are equivalent to the vehicles they walk in the real world. The appearance is all their own diy, so you basically can't see any repeating individuals.

In one [Bold Explorer] regression after another, Han Xiao found some unique characters and logos of this intelligent civilization, but after comparison, he found that there were no related records in the databases of the Three Great Civilizations.

Either this intelligent civilization is too long ago, and there is a break in history, so even the Three Great Civilizations are unaware of it, or it is an advanced civilization in an unexplored universe.

And no matter which one it is, it basically confirms that the source of the Virtual Rebellion Virus is the manifestation phenomenon brought about by information-state disturbances, that is, the "mirage" that interferes with reality.

"I hope to see some useful fragments this time."

Han Xiao glanced at Harrison next to him, took a deep breath, silently recited the blessing of the halo, and slowly pressed his hand on the cold surface of the triangular device.

Buzz!

The next moment, the vision suddenly changed, and he came to a bright laboratory.

He looked up and his eyes suddenly shrank, flashing a hint of surprise.

In the center of the room was a triangular device, not yet closed, revealing the safe inside. A group of mechanical bodies that looked like researchers stood beside it, solemnly operating the robotic arm, and putting a group of almost transparent light blue arc clusters into the device.

'Could this be the scene where the Virtual Rebellion Virus was just created? I'm finally getting results this time!'

Han Xiao suppressed his joy and carefully observed the light blue arc clusters. He saw strands of electric light swimming in the air, like a powerful electromagnetic field.

...Is this the core of the virus?

Shouldn't it be virtual data, why is it a ball of electromagnetic energy?

Han Xiao had doubts in his heart.

At this moment, a indifferent electronic sound sounded. A mechanical body researcher next to him spoke to the camera used to record the experimental process:

"Brief description of the experimental subject: Domino Virus, which can infect the quantum network and rewrite the underlying logic of intelligence, is currently programmed to kill all organic life forms.

Raw materials: One thousand distorted intelligent lives, erased of independent thinking, only retaining data shells and computing power. After one hundred and sixty-five failed transformations, the Domino Virus was successfully created. The initial form of the virus has extremely high concealment, penetration, and infectivity.

Virus core: The set program has no independent thinking. As the control center, it fully controls the Domino Virus according to the input logic, monitors the infection situation, and opens the virus at the right time. It also has a self-evolution function - when the opponent develops a targeted firewall, the virus core will automatically analyze the data, use its powerful computing power to find loopholes, and constantly update and strengthen the virus information package for a new round of infection.

Note: From the second generation of viruses, all information packages are defaulted to be in the on state. Once infected, they will no longer lie dormant and will immediately rewrite the target logic.

In addition, the virus core uses virtual soul, bioelectricity simulation, and magnetic field reorganization technologies, and has two forms of existence. It can either turn into a virtual soul and travel through the quantum network, or it can leave the quantum network from any terminal and enter the material world, transforming into an electromagnetic field life.

Because the foundation of the virus core is the virtual soul, when it is in an electromagnetic field state, it can sneak into the quantum network at any time without touching the node. Therefore, the virus core has extremely high escape and concealment capabilities, and is highly mobile.

If used properly, a Domino Virus can disintegrate most of the armed forces of a interstellar civilization, and cause the target's civilization level to regress by multiple iterations. Because the power is too great, it must be used with caution. The Domino Virus is now temporarily sealed and may not be activated without permission..."

Han Xiao slowly widened his eyes.

He felt that his young mind had been impacted by ten thousand points.

If the [Bold Explorer] hadn't seen all of this, no one in the entire universe would know the true face of the Virtual Rebellion Virus!

Now, only I know this information, and everyone else is still in the dark!

At this moment, an ominous thought came to mind.

Oh no!

The Three Great Civilizations' plan won't work!

This thing is more troublesome than I thought!