Chapter 109 On the Verge of Advancement

Hannes and Bennett still had no idea how to deal with Kerton, but Han Xiao felt that this person might have some value.

Kerton was a Godoran citizen. This kidnapping was a bit risky. Fortunately, Kerton was just living on the fringes of High Ting Colony Star society. The Heavenly Ring mercenaries took some trouble to bring him over. However, according to them, there were two other people present at the time. This matter had quite a few loopholes; after all, it wasn't an operation Han Xiao had personally directed.

There were risks. Even for an unemployed otaku, Godora would still protect their citizens. However, Han Xiao wasn't going to release the person. Although Kerton's actions were against the law even in Godora, sending him back would still result in a conviction, but Godora would not compensate Aquamarine in any way.

However, in the interstellar era, exchanges between planets were frequent, and the population flowed extremely quickly. Many citizens did not live on colony stars, but boarded spaceships and ran to other star systems. The vast population and complex distribution led to relatively free security management policies. The abduction of a citizen living on a marginal colony star was just a small matter. The local security bureau didn't have the manpower to track it into the universe and would transfer the matter to a higher level, which wasn't very efficient.

As long as Godora couldn't find the person, this kidnapping would come to nothing. After all, it was just a missing person case, not an important figure. It was impossible to invest massive resources to find him. After a period of time without finding him, it would become a cold case. The Heavenly Ring mercenaries had used stealth on the way and were difficult to track after the warp jump. In any case, they weren't trash teammates, and Han Xiao was very gratified.

"You remind me of my hometown," Risda's voice suddenly sounded in the cockpit.

"Both are tragic, right?" Han Xiao shook his head.

"At least there's still hope." After saying this, Risda fell silent again. He had been staying in the BlackLight Stealth Ship to control the ship and didn't like to show his face.

Risda allowed Han Xiao to use his body and had always been very cooperative. Han Xiao didn't let Phillip control the ship either. When it came to virtual intelligence, Risda naturally crushed Phillip; he was an AI lifeform.

The BlackLight Stealth Ship landed in the shelter. Han Xiao told Bennett not to kill Kerton for the time being, and then he got to his own affairs.

He routinely patrolled the recruitment situation, checked on Sylvia's homework, and then returned to his residence to check the mission rewards: more than eight million experience points, one random reward opportunity (which he temporarily stored away), as well as 2 free attribute points and 1 potential point. High-difficulty missions would reward some attributes.

The best reward was naturally the Medal of Honor, which had an effect of +3% to all attributes.

[You have obtained [Medal of Honor - Historical Tracer (A)]]

This thing, like the character card, took effect directly on the panel. He still had the Sprout quest and the shelter's Medal of Honor, which had the same effect, but only one could be in effect at the same time. Only by collecting three Medals of Honor could they be exchanged for a special badge with +12% to all attributes. And now that he had just obtained the third one, he directly exchanged it for the special medal. The effect of +12% to all attributes was very considerable, equivalent to a permanent buff.

After reading the rewards, Han Xiao opened the attribute panel. Today was a good day. He had finally finished practicing Harmon's Physical Fitness Training Method, and his Physical Strength had broken through the 9,000 mark, finally entering the next level and obtaining a new layer of buffs.

[Physical Strength Attribute: [Magnetism] – Increases Mechanical Affinity]

[Physical Strength [Lv10]: Strength +18, Dexterity +25, Endurance +28, Intelligence +32, Mystery +22, Stamina Limit +3400, Mechanical Affinity +25%]

This layer of attributes alone had almost increased the total Physical Strength buff by a third. The higher the Physical Strength level, the more significant each layer of buffs.

The advancement mission [The Secret of Physical Strength] had been completed, and the job transfer requirement was to choose a strength among the three branch routes of Large Machinery, Micro Machinery, and Virtual Technology, and to max out the relevant high-end knowledge.

Han Xiao had not yet bought [Super-Nano Kinetic Energy] between the three branches of Armed, Energy, and Control, but he was preparing to choose the Virtual Technology strength, so it didn't matter.

Virtual Technology was mainly about intrusion and defense, which was very powerful in mechanical warfare. It could basically be summarized as "yours is mine, and mine is still mine." Even if you don't intrude, you can prevent other mechanics from taking away your machinery.

Moreover, Virtual Technology complemented the army flow. The stronger the ability, the larger the scale of the legion that could be controlled, and the greater the range. In the galaxy, he wasn't the only one who would build a mechanical legion. If he was good at Virtual Technology, he could restrain the army flow to a certain extent.

Virtual Technology also had some weaknesses. When facing opponents other than the Mechanic class, it wasn't as strong as the Large Machinery and Micro Machinery routes. After all, the strength of these two routes was obvious, and the combat power was on the surface, nothing more than stacking the attributes of the machinery.

In his previous life, he had also played these two routes. The machinery he created was stronger, and he just pushed it over. Anyway, he closed his eyes and left everything to fate.

Of course, this was an exaggeration. The experts in these two branches still had to operate the battlefield. The method of mowing down everything was only suitable for lazy people who didn't want to operate.

In his previous life, most players chose these two routes because the Virtual Technology branch was too difficult and not user-friendly.

More importantly, even if you don't go the army flow, the Large Machinery and Micro Machinery routes also have many powerful tactical genres. However, the only tactic that Virtual Technology is best suited for is the army flow.

Players preferred tactics that were economically beneficial. After all, it wasn't easy to earn money. Could poor people even afford to play the army flow?!

From Han Xiao's actual experience, Virtual Technology was the most useful branch. Although it didn't have obvious advantages like the other two routes, the Virtual Technology route was very stable and had stronger operational capabilities in actual combat. It had an advantage in internal warfare, and it was definitely not weak when facing opponents of other classes. After all, it was still a Mechanic class, and the foundation was there.

Han Xiao didn't pursue the ultimate attributes of a single machine. If the quality wasn't enough, he would make up for it with quantity. With a large player market, he wasn't worried about cost issues. Compared to strengthening his strengths, he preferred to make up for loopholes.

Even if he had enough experience, he could raise the level of blueprints and manufacturing skills very high. In this way, even the quality of machinery would not be much worse than the other two routes.

Moreover, he chose the Virtual Technology branch for more personal reasons.

After confirming the route, Han Xiao threw potential points into the relevant knowledge, and a large amount of information popped up on the panel.

[You have completed the level 120 advancement, and the Endurance buff has been increased! 1 Endurance = 65 Health Points = 75 Stamina Points]

"The life value converted by endurance is even more at this level of advancement. In the beginning, each advancement increased the conversion value by 5 points. After the first race sublimation, each advancement increased by 10 points, and now it has increased by 15 points. Before, it was a life value conversion of 1:50, and now it is 1:65."

Han Xiao clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and the familiar pain reappeared, but compared to the pain when he became a Void Lurker, this pain could only make him frown, and he silently endured it.

[【Advanced Virtual Intelligence Technology】 has reached Lv5 (max), job transfer successful!]

[You have obtained the new class [Virtual Mechanic lv1], Physical Strength +150, Dexterity +3, Endurance +3, Intelligence +6, you have obtained 6 free attribute points, 1 potential point]

[You have comprehended the skill [Expert Mechanical Affinity]!]

[You have comprehended the skill [Intelligent Defense Enhancement]!]

[You have comprehended the skill [Control Intelligence Enhancement]!]

[You have comprehended the skill [Intrusion Calculation Enhancement]!]

[You have comprehended the skill [Resource Allocation Plan Optimization]!]

[You have comprehended the skill [Mass Production Line Configuration Process Optimization]!]

[You have comprehended the specialty [Virtual Technology Specialization]!]

The new skills obtained were all skills to strengthen Virtual Technology. Intrusion Calculation and Intelligent Defense enhance the attack and defense capabilities of the network, which is the core of this route.

[Control Intelligence Enhancement] slightly increases the all-attribute stats of independent machinery. The skill description is "an excellent intelligence system improves the efficiency of machinery."

[Resource Allocation Plan Optimization] and [Mass Production Line Configuration Process Optimization] strengthen the efficiency of the assembly line. The former reduces costs, and the latter speeds up manufacturing. The Virtual Technology route has the greatest improvement to mass production skills, so it is very suitable for the army flow.

[Expert Mechanical Affinity] is the core skill of the Mechanic class, and the effect of upgrading it to the maximum level is +60% Mechanical Affinity. The new specialty [Virtual Technology Specialization] is that the Intelligence attribute begins to have an additional buff on Virtual Technology, similar to the [Mechanical Analysis Comprehension] effect.

Because it was a job transfer to determine a specialty route, more skills were comprehended than before. These skills were even more important than simply leveling up. Han Xiao did not hesitate and directly upgraded all these skills to the maximum level in order to obtain the strongest effect.

In these days, he had harvested more than 3 billion experience points from the players by imparting skills, and upgrading these advanced skills to the maximum level burned more than 1 billion experience points at once.

The investment was worth it, and the effect was significant. The combat power suddenly soared by more than 800 enas. After the advanced level, the enhancement brought by skills even exceeded the effect of leveling up.

There were still 2.2 billion experience points left. At this level, the cost of upgrading the main class was also extremely high. But similarly, the experience reward for missions that players come into contact with will also increase, but it still requires a long period of accumulation.

Only Han Xiao could gather such a huge amount of experience in a short period of time.

All the experience was invested in leveling up, and the main class leveled up four levels in a row. The remaining experience could also be used to level up one more level, but Han Xiao stopped and did not continue to level up the main class. Instead, he used the remaining experience to level up the [Scholar] sub-class, from Lv5 to the maximum level lv10. In the end, there were still more than 100 million experience points left, which was not enough to level up again.

The cost of upgrading a sub-class will increase with the total level, but it is still much less than upgrading the main class. The [Scholar], an attribute-based profession, had some uses and added 50 intelligence points and 5 potential points.

And [Virtual Mechanic] leveling up to lv5, the total bonus is 15 points of Dexterity, 15 points of Endurance, 30 points of Intelligence, 30 free attribute points, and 5 potential points.

All free attribute points are thrown into Intelligence as usual.

Physical Strength boiled in his body. Enduring the discomfort, Han Xiao carefully checked the drastically changed attributes.

[Total Level: 130]

[Main Class: Mechanic]

[Race: Void Lurker (Human Form)]

[Strength 181, Dexterity 401, Endurance 361, Intelligence 1110, Mystery 124, Charm 41, Luck 1]

[Free Attribute Points: 0]

[Potential Points: 49]

[Health Points: 37824]

[Stamina Points: 37995]

[Physical Strength: 9770 [Lv10]]

[Lv10 Physical Strength Total Buff: Strength +71, Dexterity +97, Endurance +108, Intelligence +122, Mystery +77, Stamina Limit +10920, Mechanical Affinity +85%]

[Energy Level: 8945 enas]

[Grade: B+]

[You are a powerful interstellar mechanic, an elite among elites, a hero among heroes. The biggest difference between you and other Grade B superhumans is that you have a "+"]

Hey, this note is cheeky.

"Level 130, nearly 9,000 combat power. If you calculate it, as long as you level up to 140 and then successfully advance, you can officially enter Grade A and have catastrophic destructive power."

Han Xiao silently calculated that although he leveled up quickly, his skill levels had not fallen behind, and most of the upgrades were to the main class, so the progress was about twenty or thirty levels ahead of the players. The actual combat power was also higher than the average standard for this level, and he could basically sweep away most Grade B superhumans.

If he were to face Ember again now, even without prior planning, he could fight back and forth for a long time.

Even if he can't win, he can disgust the other side to death.

Especially health points. Every time Han Xiao saw this number, he couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle. At this level in his previous life, the mechanic's health was less than 20,000 on average, not even as high as the mt of the same level!

The template specialty [Intermediate Tough Life] is really too powerful. If this specialty is upgraded once more, it is feared that a single glance will cause someone to vomit meat.

It would cost several billion experience points to go from level 130 to level 140. He had harvested a wave of players with the skill teaching and had already taken most of the profits. The skills sold at this time could still earn about 1 billion experience points, and after that, new methods would be needed to harvest the players.

The version had started for so many days, and the players' experience had basically been used up. They still had to wait for their experience reserves to accumulate again.

"It seems like it will still take some time." Han Xiao was already very satisfied. At this level, he couldn't expect to level up twenty levels in a row like in the early stage.

The pain lasted for more than an hour before slowly subsiding. Han Xiao exhaled, felt the fullness of his strength, and was very hungry. He ate more than a dozen concentrated energy bars before his hungry body replenished its nutrients.

He took off his clothes, which were soaked with sweat, glanced at his body with clear muscle lines, then put on a dry shirt, and then put the balls back on his body.

Di di...

Just then, the communicator rang. Melos requested communication.

"If you're here to show off your new arm again, you can end the call now." Han Xiao raised his eyebrows and casually put a string of compressed balls on his wrist.

"No, this is business." Melos frowned and said in a deep voice, "Nagokin has issued a recruitment announcement to the Hetero, and many Hetero have been attracted to watch..."

In Melos's view, the players were good helpers who could help Sunil get through the disaster, but Godora was digging their corner, and he was immediately furious.

"Oh?"

Han Xiao's eyes moved, revealing a trace of anticipated smile, "Hehe, they really will dig at me. If you're unkind, don't blame me for being unjust. I'll go take a look later."

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(Wow, the data calculations gave me a headache, but luckily I have abacus proficiency)