Chapter 127 Finally Got It

Terra-Lyra Star Cluster, Wormhole Sector 0358.

This area contained numerous wormholes, large and small, of a blue-black hue, tearing at space. The coefficient of spacetime coordinates fluctuated constantly. A small spaceship carefully traversed this unstable space; it was none other than Han Xiao's ride.

The central region of the Shattered Star Ring was a vast wormhole cluster, within the territory of the Terra-Lyra Star Cluster. This dangerous area was known as the Wormhole Zone, sparsely populated. Only a few star cluster-level civilizations stationed personnel here, establishing wormhole observation stations and dividing the Wormhole Zone into hundreds or thousands of sectors.

The central Wormhole Zone of the Shattered Star Ring connected to many corners of the universe. The task of the wormhole observation stations was to measure the location connected to the other end of some of the wormholes. However, due to the extreme instability of the wormhole cluster, old wormholes often disappeared and new ones were born, so the measurement work progressed slowly.

According to official data, only one in two million four hundred thousand wormholes had been measured to date.

Han Xiao's destination was the observation station in Wormhole Sector 0358. The person who issued the Level 180 Silver Legacy Blueprint mission was the mechanic maintaining this wormhole observation station.

Passing through a wormhole zone, a small space station appeared in sight, surrounded by wormholes. Han Xiao pressed a button on the spaceship's control panel, sending a landing request to the space station. He quickly received permission, then piloted the spaceship to dock with the space station, entering the port passage. The bottom of the spaceship clicked into place with the magnetic track, sliding for a while in the narrow passage before the view suddenly opened up, entering the dock.

Stepping off the spaceship, Han Xiao greeted the maintenance personnel at the dock.

"Your Excellency Black Star, are you here to see Professor Harrowfall again?" The maintenance personnel responded with a smile.

"Yes, where is he now?" Han Xiao nodded.

"Your timing is perfect. Professor Harrowfall went out with the measurement team to collect wormhole parameters some time ago and only returned two days ago. He's currently holed up in the laboratory doing experiments."

"Thanks." Han Xiao smiled, leaving the dock and heading to the wormhole observation station's laboratory. He knew his way around.

This wormhole observation station was not an asset of Klent or the Aquamarine Federation, but belonged to another star cluster-level civilization in the Shattered Star Ring that had not intervened in the Secret War and was of a semi-neutral nature.

Harrowfall was a research-oriented mechanic, not good at fighting. He was a professor-level figure at an official mechanic academy of this star cluster-level civilization, always at the forefront of technology, researching various topics. In order to study the wormhole cluster, he took the initiative to apply to maintain the observation station. At the same time, he was also the issuer of the blueprint mission.

Han Xiao had already completed the blueprint mission to the seventh ring. He had been to this observation station several times, and the personnel here were already familiar with him.

Arriving at the laboratory without hindrance, Han Xiao reported his identity through the access control and waited outside the door for a while. The laboratory door opened, and Harrowfall walked out, glaring at Han Xiao. He said in an unfriendly tone, "It's you again. You're disturbing my experiment."

"Experiments can be done anytime, but I'm not someone you can see anytime." Han Xiao laughed.

Harrowfall was an old man, with purple-red skin and white hair and beard. He was very old, but his back was very straight, looking even stronger than young people. He was an elderly tough guy.

For the Mechanic class, knowledge was power. Harrowfall had deep research into various mechanical theories and was highly talented in the field. Furthermore, he had been immersed in it for many years, so it was normal for him to become an A Grade Mechanic. However, Harrowfall had always been committed to researching technology and rarely fought with others.

Although his level was not low, he had many sub-occupations such as [Scholar], and his combat power was at the bottom of the A Grade.

A galaxy-level civilization had dozens of official A Grade Supers, while the number of A Grade Supers in a star cluster-level civilization was naturally dozens of times more. After Han Xiao entered the Calamity Grade, he usually dealt with people of the same level, making it seem like there were many Calamity Grades. In fact, relative to the huge number of B Grade and C Grade Supers, the absolute number of Calamity Grades was still very small and rarely seen in the Star Sea.

As the saying goes, one converses with scholars and never deals with the uneducated. People of the same level often interact with each other, while it was difficult for those below the Calamity Grade to see them.

Star cluster-level civilizations had relatively more A Grade Supers and could afford to support some non-combat talents, such as Harrowfall, who had low combat power but specialized in scientific research.

Although Harrowfall was immersed in research, he also knew that Black Star was a Mechanic Master, so he had basic respect for him. He temporarily put down his research and invited Han Xiao to the meeting room to chat.

After chatting for a while, Han Xiao turned the topic back to the blueprint mission. This Silver Legacy Blueprint was Harrowfall's private property. Han Xiao had reached an agreement with him early on that as long as he helped him with some things, Harrowfall would be willing to teach the blueprint to Han Xiao. Now the mission had progressed to the seventh ring.

Harrowfall thought for a while and stated his request. Han Xiao's interface rang with a notification.

He glanced at the new ring of the blueprint mission. The mission was not difficult, just tedious.

Han Xiao did not delay. He ended the chat, bid farewell to Harrowfall, acted decisively, left the observation station, and immediately went to do the mission.

The Level 180 Silver Blueprint mission had a total of ten rings. For the current Han Xiao, it was basically not dangerous. It only required time to complete.

For the next half month, Han Xiao traveled around, constantly returning to the observation station, concentrating on completing one mission requirement after another. Leif gave him a very long vacation this time, and he had plenty of time.

During the mission, he did not encounter any unexpected trouble and it went very smoothly. After more than ten days, the blueprint mission in the mission list finally showed a "Completed" status. Han Xiao immediately returned to the observation station and approached Harrowfall to hand in the mission.

Harrowfall brought Han Xiao to his private room, rummaged through boxes and cabinets, and found a square mechanical safe. He entered his own Mechanic Force as the unlocking password. The mechanical components of the safe moved with a clattering sound, like a Rubik's Cube turning. After a while, the safe clicked open.

Harrowfall reached in and took out a thick stack of mechanical blueprints, shook them, and placed them on the table.

"Alright, according to the agreement, this blueprint is yours now. It's strange. You've been busy fighting in recent years, but you still find the time to help me. Could it be that this blueprint has some particularly important use for you?"

"You could say that." Han Xiao nodded.

Seeing that Han Xiao didn't elaborate, Harrowfall didn't ask further. He flipped through the blueprints on the table and said, "This is what you want. I also obtained it from someone else, so it's not a secret. Although it's an interesting technology, it's not very advanced. It seems to be a blueprint passed down from an ancient Mechanic."

"Let me take a look first."

Han Xiao quickly browsed the blueprints, reading ten lines at a glance. The interface immediately popped up with the reading progress. His Intelligence attribute was extremely high, so his reading speed was very fast.

In just a few dozen seconds, he had read through this complex blueprint once. With the interface, as long as his Intelligence was high enough, his efficiency in learning a blueprint was hundreds or thousands of times faster than a conventional Mechanic.

The Harrowfall beside him thought that Han Xiao was just skimming through it to check the goods, but he did not know that in those short dozens of seconds, Han Xiao had already mastered the knowledge in the blueprint.

[You have obtained [Blueprint: Glacier Star Freeze Cannon] x1]

[You have learned the new skill [Blueprint - Glacier Star Freeze Cannon]!]

Finally got it… Han Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the blueprint introduction on the interface.

Legacy Blueprints generally had relatively chuunibyou-like (juvenile delinquent) exclusive names. The Glacier Star Freeze Cannon was a Level 180 Mechanic weapon, a strategic weapon of planetary strike class. It was an equipment for Gunners, but as a Mechanic, he could also use it.

Most energy cannons were streams of hot, high-energy particles, while the Glacier Star Freeze Cannon was extremely cold. The blueprint introduction said that if the Glacier Star Freeze Cannon was boosted to its highest power, it could trigger a planet's climate with a single shot, causing it to enter an ice age. Although its destructive power was not as good as a genuine Planet Destroyer Cannon, it was still an extremely powerful weapon.

Perhaps because the Glacier Star Freeze Cannon blueprint was relatively old, the knowledge requirements were relatively easy. Among the advanced knowledge, he only needed to master [Hetero-Energy] and [Controllable Annihilation Weapon]. Coincidentally, both were already in Han Xiao's knowledge base, so he didn't need to find new advanced knowledge.

"Hmm, this Star Freeze Cannon requires a lot of rare materials. It seems that I have to go back to manufacture it."

Taking a glance at the cost, Han Xiao secretly clicked his tongue. The cost of this giant cannon was probably even more expensive than a proper Planet Destroyer Cannon.

The development of technology was to create high-power weapons at the lowest possible cost. Older blueprints were basically very powerful but more expensive, after all, the technology at that time was not as sophisticated as later generations.

However, if money could solve the problem, would it still be a problem? Having a mine at home meant doing whatever he wanted!

Rich! Wayward!

Putting away the blueprint, Han Xiao nodded and said, "There are no problems with the item, so I'll be leaving."

"Won't you stay and chat for a while longer? I still want to exchange some techniques with you."

"No, I have things to do."

"Sigh, alright, I'll send you to the dock. If you have time in the future, you can always talk to me. You have my contact number."

Harrowfall felt regretful. He quite liked chatting with Han Xiao. Both of them were Mechanic Masters, and they could never run out of topics to talk about.

However, as soon as they left the room, the lights in the corridor suddenly turned into bright red warning lights, and an ear-splitting alarm sounded throughout the entire observation station.

Buzz buzz buzz—

"Enemy attack alarm! Enemy attack alarm!"

Harrowfall's expression changed drastically. Before he could speak, a violent tremor swept through the entire observation station. Harrowfall almost staggered.

Immediately afterward, a series of deafening explosions came from afar.

Boom boom boom!

Raging flames rapidly spread along the corridor, like a fire dragon traveling. The corridor was filled with flames, rushing toward the two of them.

Han Xiao frowned. Nanoparticles climbed onto his palm, transforming into armguards. With a twist of his hand, he opened an oval Psy-Energy shield with a gradient of blue, easily blocking the flames. Then, he turned to look at Harrowfall.

"The enemy must be bombing outside. Let's leave the observation station first."

Harrowfall had little experience dealing with enemies, but he was not flustered. He unfolded his mechanical suit and crashed through the corridor, breaking through the observation station's outer armor and flying out. Han Xiao activated the Mountain Ape Mechanical Suit and followed him out.

The two of them left the observation station and saw what was happening, their expressions immediately changing.

A fleet surrounded the observation station from all directions, with at least five hundred warships, focusing their fire on the observation station. The protective shield was almost instantly torn apart, and continuous high-energy ion beams pierced through the observation station, turning it into a hornet's nest.

In the next moment, the flames expanded, and the observation station exploded violently, shattering into a sky full of parts.

"Damn, my laboratory!" Harrowfall's expression changed drastically, and he shouted through gritted teeth, full of heartache.

"Damn, my spaceship!" Han Xiao's eyelids twitched.

Blacklight Stealth had been driven back by Reynold. The one he was driving this time was just an ordinary small spaceship, but Han Xiao had also stored some army barracks boxes on it. It would be a loss if it was blown up - although he was not short of money, waste was also shameful!

Han Xiao raised his hand, and the space beside him fluctuated, and one army barracks box after another teleported over. After counting them, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The outer shells of the army barracks boxes had different levels of damage, but the compressed spheres inside were fine. The army barracks boxes were not only equipped with teleportation devices, but also had a protective shield function. Originally, it was to prevent enemies from attacking the army barracks boxes, but now it came in handy, blocking the aftermath of the observation station's explosion.

The entire observation station became a field of space debris, and only a few Supers survived. The attack was too sudden, and the personnel of the observation station did not react at all.

Because it was a space station for scientific research, the defensive measures here were limited. After all, few people would deliberately attack a wormhole observation station set up here by a star cluster-level civilization, and this was still the Wormhole Zone. The unstable wormhole cluster was a natural defense line, and almost no one would fight here.

"Who are these people, and why are they attacking us?" Harrowfall asked in shock and anger.

How would I know… Han Xiao was also very curious. He had a feeling that these enemies were probably coming for him. He had almost become accustomed to assassinations in recent years.

He frowned and surveyed the fleet, about to speak when the mechanical suit suddenly received a message.

"We finally meet again, Black Star!"

This voice was a bit familiar!

Han Xiao's eyes flashed and he looked over.

His gaze crossed a piece of space and locked onto a figure who appeared from the fleet. After seeing the appearance of this person clearly, Han Xiao was secretly shocked and quite surprised.

This person was none other than the leader of DarkStar, an old enemy who had been missing for several years!

Why would he appear in this place?!