Chapter 146 Two New Skills

Having unlocked two new skills and three new talents, the [Bat Habit] talent was a reward for maxing out all skills in [Night Stalker].

Without a second word, Han Xiao leveled up the new skills to the maximum.

[Field Control Vision lv10: Upon use, grants +15% rate of fire, +20% range, and +22% vision for 13 seconds. Cooldown: 12 minutes. Cost: 300 Stamina.]

[Lethal Critical Hit lv10: Critical hit damage to weak points increased from 200% to 250%. Inflicts four critical hits on a target's weak points within two seconds, with a 0.1% to 1.5% chance to trigger a lethal attack.]

[Combat Mastery: Strength +5, Endurance +3, Melee Attack +6%, Parry Rate +4%]

[Shooting Mastery: Agility +6, Gun Attack +8%, Rate of Fire +4%]

[Bat Habit: Vision is unaffected by darkness, able to perceive the surrounding environment through sound. Agility +5% during nighttime combat.]

Leveling up these skills cost a total of over twelve million experience points. The most experience-intensive were [Precision Enhancement Modification] and [Precision Repair], being the main class skills of the second advancement stage.

The experience points on the panel remained massive.

With so many skills maxed out, his strength further increased. He conservatively estimated an improvement of around 20%.

Especially the enhancement and repair skills. These were the main skills for the Mechanic class. It was worth mentioning that [Qi Energy - Electromagnetic Enhancement lv1], after being maxed out, increased Mechanical Affinity by 33%. Han Xiao clearly felt his understanding of machinery had deepened, and the speed and quality of manufacturing would greatly improve.

Just in time, his advancement requirement was to manufacture five pieces of purple equipment with an energy level rating above 60. Strengthening his manufacturing ability would help him complete the advancement task.

Five pieces of excellent quality purple equipment, with an energy level rating above 60, was very difficult. The equipment quality rating of *Galaxy*, was actually similar to *Sky Island and Maiden*; low-level Epic equipment was not as strong as high-level Purple equipment, and high-level, high-quality weapons increased in value exponentially.

Han Xiao's skills had reached max level, and he still had massive amounts of experience. As long as he chose a suitable mechanical blueprint and leveled it up to the maximum, the quality of the finished product would improve significantly, with a success rate seven or eight times higher than before.

Han Xiao thought for a moment and decided to fuse blueprints first to expand his range of choices.

With hundreds of millions of experience points, he could fuse basic knowledge liberally.

But he didn't combine them randomly. He only fused the mechanics that he thought were reliable. After all, there were too many possibilities for fifteen knowledge points to combine with each other, and the cost doubled with each repetition. If he didn't restrain himself, hundreds of millions of experience points wouldn't be enough to fill this bottomless pit.

After fusing dozens of times, consuming several million experience points, Han Xiao obtained dozens of new blueprints, covering various branches with different uses. After careful selection, he decided on three mechanical projects to tackle the advancement task.

[Composite Magnetic Chain Split Blade], [Iron Fist - Mounted Heavy Mechanical Arm (Detachable)], [Small Mobile Jet Device].

These three items not only met the level requirements, but also were things that Han Xiao felt he could use.

The Composite Magnetic Chain Split Blade was a weapon similar to Magnetic-Controlled Armor. The main body was a magnetic core in the shape of a round metal plate. The components were several separated magnetized blades. By infusing the core with electromagnetic attribute qi energy, the magnetic chains would be activated, causing the weapon to change from a dispersed state to an activated state. The blades would have gaps between each other, hovering around the core. The blades would attract each other beyond a certain distance, and repel each other when too close, thus forming the possibility of mid-range attacks.

The operation method of the Composite Magnetic Chain Split Blade was very complicated and unique. By using qi energy to adjust the structure of the magnetic chain, the blades could be turned into different shapes. Hand gestures combined with different trajectories could control the blades to complete various attacks and defenses, like Magnetic-Controlled Armor, requiring practice.

Usually, the blades were scattered and could be placed in different pockets. Once used, they would stick together, making them portable and concealed, suitable for loading onto the Viper-modified. This was also an armed weapon that required qi energy, an armed weapon for Mech-fighters.

[Iron Fist - Mounted Heavy Mechanical Arm (Detachable)], another type of mechanical arm. Different from light mechanical arms, the heavy mechanical arm was very large, several times larger than his arm. The power source was a built-in motor and engine. Due to its large size, it required high strength from the user. Han Xiao had to wear the Viper-modified to meet the strength requirement.

Han Xiao valued the detachable characteristics of this equipment. When necessary, it could be used as an attachment to the Viper-modified, forming a more powerful form.

[Small Mobile Jet Device], this thing had a strong sense of déjà vu. It was a belt-shaped mechanical device that could spray propellant gas to allow the user to jump in the air. The fuel was very expensive. The belt had a tight-fitting engaging device, so it wouldn't be like an air-jet backpack where the backpack went out but the person stayed in place. The recoil put some strain on the body, but Han Xiao's endurance could handle it.

The greatest use of this device for him was to become more flexible, able to turn in the air, complete various showy maneuvers, and have strong mobility.

These three machines were the projects he chose to create Purple equipment. He felt that he should equip the mech with a melee weapon first, which would complement the sniper build.

Other turrets, landmines, guns, and bombs were not suitable for creating Purple equipment, and would not provide much improvement.

Han Xiao directly upgraded the level of these three blueprints to the maximum, spending more than a million experience points, which was just a drop in the bucket for him.

"The materials on the plane aren't enough." Han Xiao looked at the inventory. He didn't replenish it in Xizhou. He thought about it and decided to first use the maxed-out [Precision Enhancement Modification] to enhance the existing equipment.

While he was busy in the airborne lathe, the plane was heading to its destination, Beizhou, at a uniform speed.

…

One day later.

The plane landed on the coastline of Beizhou.

Han Xiao got off the plane, surrounded by cold air. His skin broke out in goosebumps. Beizhou was freezing cold, and a breath of air chilled his lungs.

Han Xiao rubbed his hands, exhaled a breath of hot air, opened the map and pondered: "Beizhou also has four novice villages. I have to speed up. The highest-level players are about to advance."

Time was tight. After the driver refueled, Han Xiao urged him to set off, and soon arrived at the first novice village in Beizhou, receiving a warm welcome.

The Beizhou players had been looking forward to his arrival for a long time. They watched the Xizhou players brag on the forums every day, and they were both envious and expectant. This time, it was finally their turn to brag and hold their heads high.

Of course, the Nanzhou players felt even worse.

Needless to say, Han Xiao stayed where he was, and the players lined up to send money and experience, each with a happy expression on their faces, and the numbers on the panel continued to rise.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd. Hao Tian stepped out, and the surrounding players spontaneously made way for him.

"I'm here to buy a letter of recommendation," Hao Tian said.

Han Xiao looked up and his heart skipped a beat. He recognized Hao Tian, a professional God-level player whose skill level was comparable to Li Ge's.

Hao Tian paid, took the letter of recommendation, remained expressionless throughout, took the task and turned around and left without hesitation.

At this time, the surrounding players' whispers reached Han Xiao's ears.

"Didn't Hao Tian Da Da already complete all the novice village quests? I remember he left the day before yesterday."

"No, I saw him come back again and stay for two more days."

"I guess he was waiting specifically for Black Phantom's quest."

"Wasting two days is a big loss for a professional player."

"To be able to get Black Phantom's quest, if it were me, I would wait for ten days."

Han Xiao's eyes flashed, and he thought: "Hao Tian, seems like a good choice."

Hu Die Lan