Chapter 12 The End of the Somal Desert Trip

The Somal Desert trip came to an end.

The mission deadline was fifteen days, but Han Xiao only spent six days to complete it.

Farian's transport plane landed at Morning Star City Airport. Han Xiao went straight to the Vitalia Hotel, arrived at the Blood Pact Society's floor, and delivered the mission.

The waiter quickly reported it, and the person in charge came to receive him personally.

In a separate VIP reception room, Han Xiao leaned back on the sofa, waiting for the person in charge to confirm the mission.

On a certain floor, the Dark Net recorder opened the Rose Armed Forces' bounty page and wrote down the latest information.

"688.4.1, Code-Mr. Black (Net) [Completed Target]"

"Time: 688.4.7"

"Mission canceled."

This information was sent to the database. At the same time, all the assassins of the Blood Pact Society received a text message notification, informing them that the Rose Armed Forces' bounty had been canceled.

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"Mr. Black, your bounty mission has been verified as completed. We will transfer the reward to your account immediately."

Ding! Han Xiao looked at the computer. His Dark Net account had an additional three million, and his savings were more than five million. He found that making bounty money was really fast, faster than manufacturing machinery, simply a windfall. Back then, the players who completed the Rose Armed Forces mission seemed to be a fifteen-person team, each sharing the reward, while Han Xiao completed it alone, making a big profit.

[You have completed [Bounty Hunter (Rose Armed Forces)], you have gained 150,000 experience.]

[Hidden requirement: "Discovered the Filonia Project" has been completed, you have gained 250,000 additional experience, you have received a special reward [Intermediate Gene Harmonizer (4.37% low concentration)] x1]

[Blood Pact Society favorability increased by 550 points, currently Neutral (550/1000) - [Scorpion-level Killer]]

Han Xiao's eyes lit up. Gene harmonizers are unconventional game props, used to reduce the failure rate and mutation rate of using biochemical agents!

Biochemical agents are a common type of drug that increases attributes, but any biochemical agent has risks, with a chance of reducing attributes and causing malignant mutations. Biochemical agents can also conflict with each other. Gene harmonizers can improve the shortcomings of biochemical agents to a certain extent.

"So that's how it is. If I hadn't ventured into the abandoned base and found the Filonia serum, this unknown reward would not have come into play."

Han Xiao understood the key. The reward was linked to his actions, an extra reward for exploration. That 002 test subject was equivalent to a mini-boss guarding the serum.

Cautious behavior during exploration allowed him to avoid many difficulty-increasing checkpoints. The Pilgrim's footprints were a guide. If he ignored the guide and went in the opposite direction, he would encounter a siege of test subjects and desert carrion worms.

If he chose the left side at the fork in the road because he was afraid of monsters, he would miss the serum.

If he entered the right side with a flashlight, he would trigger the 002 test subject's battle at the first door. The narrow space of the corridor made it impossible to dodge, making it difficult to move forward, and he could only exit the passage.

If he was greedy and wanted to continue exploring after obtaining the serum, the consequences would be the same as the first.

This reward was truly an unexpected surprise. Han Xiao couldn't wait to study it. After delivering the mission, he was about to get up and leave when the person in charge suddenly said, "Mr. Black, can you stay in Morning Star City for the next two days? A VIP wants to see you."

"A VIP?" Han Xiao asked, puzzled.

"An envoy from the Chase-Rhodes family, the employer of the Rose Armed Forces bounty mission. He hopes to meet with you."

Could it be for Filonia? Han Xiao's eyes flashed and said, "Please tell him that I would be happy to meet with him."

The person in charge was overjoyed, "Okay."

Leaving the Vitalia Hotel, Han Xiao returned to Antonov's base and went straight back to the workshop temporarily assigned to him. He took out a tube of Filonia serum and the low-concentration gene harmonizer from the mission reward.

The Filonia serum was a yellow fluorescent color, well sealed, and had not deteriorated even after decades of storage.

The low-concentration gene harmonizer, the solution was glittering with silver stars, as bright as mercury and viscous.

To use it or not? That was the question.

The Filonia serum was a hidden prop that he had never come into contact with, but the intermediate gene harmonizer could greatly reduce the risk and was very reliable.

Han Xiao calculated the success rate and gains and losses, and finally decided to do it. With the gene harmonizer, even if the serum failed, he wouldn't turn into a muscle-bound test subject.

He took out a syringe and catheter, inserted them into the vein of his arm, and first injected the gene harmonizer. A cool feeling circulated throughout his body along with the blood, feeling as refreshing as eating a bite of ice cream in the scorching summer, even his mind calmed down. The gene harmonizer was harmless to the body. If it was not activated by a biochemical agent, it would gradually dissipate and evaporate.

Han Xiao took a deep breath and began to inject the Filonia serum, the fluorescent agent entering the blood through the catheter.

A feeling of expansion exploded in his body!

"Hiss—" Han Xiao clenched his teeth, his whole body convulsing uncontrollably from the pain, feeling as if his body had exploded into a paste, his bones were crushed, his meridians were torn, and his flesh and blood were melting. Inhuman pain impacted his brain again and again, almost causing him to faint!

Players use props and manufacture machinery with loading bars, and the pain has a limit, but he had to experience it all for real!

Of course, for him, the benefits far outweighed the disadvantages, and he had already gained many benefits from it. The 100% sensory experience was the cost he had to bear.

He didn't know how long it had passed, but the severe pain slowly receded like a tide. Han Xiao's eyes were bloodshot, and he heavily exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, feeling that his nerves had been brutally ravaged.

He looked down at his body. Fortunately, he hadn't turned into a muscle-bound man. It was still the original formula, still the familiar handsomeness.

He didn't have the energy to look at the panel just now, but now he found that the information was flooding the screen.

[You have used Filonia Serum (Unfinished), fusion progress 12%, triggered mutation judgment... Judgment passed!] (Gene harmonizer reduces failure rate)

[You have used Filonia Serum (Unfinished), fusion progress 46%, triggered mutation judgment... Judgment passed!]

[You have used Filonia Serum (Unfinished), fusion progress 73%, triggered mutation judgment... Judgment passed!]

[You have used Filonia Serum (Unfinished), fusion progress 100%, fusion completed! Compatibility: Excellent]

[You have gained 3 points of Strength, 5 points of Endurance!]

[You have gained the talent [Low-level Tenacious Life]!]

Han Xiao's whole body shook, his face filled with disbelief, and he looked at the attribute panel, which had a new talent [Low-level Tenacious Life].

"This thing is a template talent!" Han Xiao was shocked.

There was a special type of talent called a template talent. At least as far as he knew, he had never heard of any player obtaining a template talent. This thing was exclusive to NPCs and Bosses, and its effect was extremely powerful, and it was also very rare for NPCs.

Just mentioning the effect would show how powerful it was. [Low-level Tenacious Life] additionally increased the hit points converted from endurance, with a ratio of 1:15. In other words, he now had sixty-six points of endurance, which was equal to an immediate increase of nine hundred and ninety points of hit points. His hit points had almost doubled, barely exceeding two thousand points!

Moreover, this effect would continue to provide additional hit points as endurance increased.

At level thirty, his hit points had already exceeded two thousand. The hit points of the level thirty-eight martial artist Pan Kuang were not as high as his now.

"Could it be because my template is an NPC?" Han Xiao had a guess. He could even issue missions to players, so it didn't seem impossible to have a template talent.

If a player used the Filonia serum, they should only get attribute point bonuses and would not awaken a talent.

"This talent, combined with my Magnetic-Controlled Armor, and all kinds of mechanical armor in the future, can make the enemy exhausted to death!"

Han Xiao was pleasantly surprised. He was very satisfied with this talent, and his own life insurance had soared.

This mission action had been very fruitful. Mission rewards + killing rewards + manufacturing rewards during leisure time, a total of more than 700,000 experience points had accumulated on the panel!

Counting the blueprints, there were a total of nineteen. He only needed one more to complete the class advancement mission. Han Xiao thought about it and prepared to get the equipment to increase movement speed.

[Do you want to perform knowledge fusion (Basic Electromagnetic Principles lv4, Basic Energy Theory lv3, Basic Mechanical Engineering lv4, Basic Bionics lv2)? This will consume 20,000 experience.]

There were quite a few blueprints in this combination. Han Xiao was not sure if he could get the equipment he wanted. He planned to fuse three times. If he didn't get it after three times, he would try to create it himself.

On the third time, he fused something that met his requirements - roller shoes.

Han Xiao scratched his head. One of the first two blueprints was a completely useless scrap blueprint. He didn't know whether to say he was lucky or unlucky. Fusing a blueprint saved him the time of creating one himself.

Roller shoes, full name electromagnetic levitation powered boots, are a type of mobile equipment that can be used alone or mounted on small individual mechs. It can greatly increase movement speed and does not hinder dodging ability.

In addition, two blueprints that were accidentally researched, one abbreviated as Swarm, and one abbreviated as Heart.

[You have completed the class advancement mission.]

[Class advancement successful! You have obtained the new class [Apprentice Mechanic], Strength +50, Agility +1, Endurance +1, Intelligence +4, gain 3 free attribute points, gain 1 potential point]

[You have comprehended [Precise Repair]!]

[You have comprehended [Intermediate Enhancement Modification]!]

The two core mechanical skills of repair and enhancement have finally evolved.

The Apprentice Mechanic class is the third-tier class of the mechanical system, but the basic experience required to level up at Lv1 is not much, because this is a class with a level cap of fifteen.

Han Xiao directly leveled up three times in a row.

His total level was thirty-four, and all attribute points were thrown into Intelligence as usual.

There was still some experience left. Han Xiao thought about it and decided to upgrade [Sliding Step Rapid Fire]. This skill had helped him many times, and the mechanical system lacked combat skills, so every active skill was very important. There was no rush to improve Overload. The effect of level one was already strong enough.

[Sliding Step Rapid Fire] was upgraded to level four, and the effect was stronger, and at the same time, the energy consumption reached eight points. Han Xiao now has nearly nine hundred points of energy, which was very abundant and completely enough to support the consumption.

The experience was exhausted again.

The huge experience was exchanged for combat power. His personal energy level exceeded 500, and he could approach 700 with the cooperation of machinery. With his current strength, he could easily win a one-on-one fight against Pan Kuang without Nosar's illusionary character card.

Thanks to Lan Huo, Cheng Yi Kai Zhang Sheng Ting, Book Friend 141003123753799, What Is the Longest Name Possible, and Immortal Torch for the rewards!
Hu Die Lan