Chapter 184 Legion Commander's Exclusive Mechanical Factory

Inside the Legion Commander's exclusive mechanical factory.

Row upon row of circular, pedestal-like, silver-white workbenches were neatly arranged. From the circular base of each workbench extended dozens of multi-functional mechanical manufacturing arms controlled by mechanical force, assembling parts simultaneously. The entire room was filled with the clicking and clacking sounds of components fitting together. Next to the platforms were assembly lines where other mechanical equipment awaiting modification were queued up.

Han Xiao leisurely strolled through the busy workshop, his released mechanical force spreading like a dense spiderweb, connecting all the workbenches. It was as if he had countless extended limbs, multitasking and crafting numerous machines at once.

Nowadays, mechanical manufacturing was quite convenient. The efficiency of multi-threaded work was tied to one's Intelligence attribute. If he didn't use the assembly lines, Han Xiao could still modify a large batch of machinery at the same time. In player terms, it would be like these mechanical modifications were all loading simultaneously.

These workbenches were extremely versatile, high-level mechanical manufacturing platforms. Han Xiao had even improved them. For a Mechanic, the workbench was also a type of equipment, amplifying one's mechanical manufacturing ability. At Han Xiao's level, he naturally used only high-quality goods, never substandard products.

Han Xiao arrived in front of one of the workbenches. It was constructing the Mechanical Throne. At this moment, the last component had already been assembled. The mechanical arms were applying paint and spraying cooling mist, a vast expanse of white mist flowing out.

Waving away the mist, Han Xiao carefully examined the Mechanical Throne before him. It was a dark, alloy material throne, its surface covered in mechanical-structure-like patterns, square and angular, looking like it would be uncomfortable to sit on.

Fortunately, Han Xiao had added nano-deformation technology, which had functions to enlarge, shrink, and self-adjust, so it could perfectly fit any shape of buttocks. The exterior style was similar to the floating throne he had built before, but the internal technology was different. The previous floating throne only had a showy effect, while this one had attribute bonuses and was a unique piece of equipment that everyone created differently.

Opening the panel, Han Xiao glanced at the item description.

[【Mechanical Throne - Black Star】]

[Type: Special Enhancement Equipment]

[Item Level: 300]

[Quality: Orange (Legendary)]

[Main Materials: Eighth-Generation Black Star Alloy, Mithril, Fifteenth-Generation Nano-Shaping Particles]

[Energy Core: Light Variable Stable Psionic Reactor]

[Base Attributes: Durability 50w/50w, Defense 7800, Shield Value 150w/150w]

[Use Effect 1: 【Mechanical Sense Amplification】 – Overall Mechanical Affinity Coefficient 1.1x]

[Use Effect 2: 【Aura Enhancement】 – Increases Intimidation, affects all targets who see you. If the target's level is more than 30 levels below you, the opponent's overall attributes temporarily decrease by 10%]

[Use Effect 3: 【Stable Commander】 – When used in combat, all Mechanical Soldiers with mechanical force enhancements gain an 8% increase in defense and resistance]

[Use Effect 4: 【Stylish】 – Charm +750]

[Note: Being handsome is everything]

"It's both flashy and provides bonuses, truly an artifact for showing off." Han Xiao stroked the Mechanical Throne, feeling the cool metallic texture, and couldn't put it down.

If I take this thing out to fight in the future, those who don't know any better might think I'm full of grandeur. This suits my cool and mysterious temperament!

After testing the actual effects, Han Xiao contentedly put it away and looked towards the other workbenches.

Most of the workbenches were updating and strengthening the spare mechanical legions in storage, reforming the technology to the level of the Mechanical Deity, giving them new performance bonuses. The other part of the workbenches was manufacturing new machines, many of which were blueprints from the Telkers Inheritance.

The Telkers Inheritance was a new talent chosen upon reaching the Level 300 advancement. This race was deeply accomplished in mechanical technology, possessing many imaginative and characteristic machines. When Han Xiao completed the advancement, he unlocked the Level 300 blueprints.

Some of these blueprints were useful to him now, adding dozens of useful new machines to his mechanical legion. According to different functions, he expanded many new numbered units, including many new models of mechanical soldiers.

Cosmic Strider, a Telkers characteristic mechanical soldier, was purple and green, with a triangular knight helmet-like head, slender body, and skeletal overall shape. It adopted bio-colonization technology, storing large amounts of specially made nano-biochemical tendons and strengthening fluid in the muscle modules under the outer armor. Upon entering combat, the strengthening fluid was injected, and the muscles would swell up, changing from a bamboo pole to a burly body shape, with high bonuses.

Moreover, this type of machine had special abilities with two transformation stages. The first was overclocking, gaining extremely strong explosive power and all-around enhancement. The second was Berserk, greatly strengthened based on overclocking, while also being able to release a special twisted force field. It was comprehensive in both melee and ranged combat. After actual combat testing, it was found that the Cosmic Strider could defeat most machine types under equal enhancement. Its basic performance ranked at the forefront, making it a good tank-type soldier.

Han Xiao now had several more Apostle slots. He chose a Cosmic Strider with the best base attributes and transformed it into an Apostle Weapon. He originally wanted to call it "Purple Muscle Tyrant," but after thinking about it, it seemed a little perverted.

Naming Apostle Weapons was like naming children; one couldn't just name them randomly. Han Xiao pondered for a while before naming it "Zi Tianling" according to the naming format of mechanical life, preparing to take it to the Mechanical Civilization after some time to let it spawn.

In addition, the Telkers Inheritance blueprints had many good things, such as physical missiles equipped with precision jump guidance. The ammunition was a special high-energy polymer with extremely strong erosion and penetration effects, which had a miraculous effect on battleship shields and could be used in space warfare. If one encountered a battleship without spatial anchors or force field interference, the missile could directly jump over the shield and blast into the spaceship, causing direct damage, which was quite practical.

There was also an interesting Stellar series device that could create a path, guide, and focus stellar energy, indirectly causing planet-destroying level strikes. However, Han Xiao was more concerned about a Stellar Energy Collector in this series, whose effect was to massively extract stellar material, highly condense it in a portable device through spatial black technology, and not affect the stellar reaction inside the device, thereby obtaining a "mobile star."

In addition to supplying energy and guiding attacks, the device could also release matter in other locations, forming a new natural star. The size was determined by the amount of matter, which was equivalent to helping the star move.

In the inheritance knowledge, the Saint Telkers used this method to proliferate stars. After completing the replication, they filled the new star with dust clouds and matter, increasing its volume. In this way, what was created was a natural star whose power far exceeded that of a man-made one.

Han Xiao was more concerned about the extended effects of the Stellar Energy Collector. If this thing was released on someone's face, wouldn't it be a portable stellar bomb? Its destructive power was probably not much worse than a primitive psionic bomb, and there was no pollution problem, making it convenient for murder and eliminating evidence.

…

While Han Xiao was immersed in modifying machines, Sylvia was proceeding with the education plan, and the first step was to announce to the entire star field that the Legion was starting to develop education.

Ever since Han Xiao defeated Heber, many interstellar citizens had been paying attention to his movements, believing that after obtaining the status of the strongest in the star field, Black Star might make a big move.

As soon as this announcement came out, a large number of citizens in the Shattered Star Ring immediately became excited. The star field's chief Super-A Grade running education could attract a large number of people just with this title.

The plan was to prepare to open dozens of schools in the Gothdor Star System first, and Planet Aquamarine was an important pilot area.

Planet Aquamarine was developing rapidly. Nello, who had returned, felt that Black Star City had become much more unfamiliar as soon as he got off the spaceship. Compared to when he left, the changes were too great.

"I'm home…"

Nello calmed himself down, returned home, but found that Bennett was recently on a business trip, and only his mother was at home.

Because Han Xiao gave him a vacation, Nello had been eating, drinking, and having fun for several days in a row, which made him extremely happy.

"This is paradise!"

On the balcony of a high-altitude villa, Nello sat on a small bench with his legs together, holding a cup of ice cream drink in both hands, happily drinking with a straw, admiring the scenery of the city, with a happy face.

In the Black Star Army, he had no status and could only passively accept arrangements. Here, he was the son of the planet leader, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was a young master. As long as he didn't break the law, he could have almost anything he wanted… although he just asked his bodyguard to buy him a cup of ice cream.

Buzz buzz buzz—

At this moment, the external screens of several large buildings outside lit up, broadcasting the same news.

"It is reported that the Black Star Army announced yesterday the establishment of a Superhuman Academy on Planet Aquamarine, striving to discover more talents. Federation President Bennett cordially met with the Executive President of the Black Star Superhuman Academy and delivered an important speech…"

The screen showed a real-time live broadcast, and a press conference was in progress. At the scene, Bennett and Lagi's remote projections sat opposite each other, chatting in front of countless reporters. This place was a high-level conference room in the political building, also in Black Star City. Nello raised his eyes and could still see the political building in the distance. It seemed that Bennett was back from his business trip.

"On behalf of all the people of Planet Aquamarine, I thank the Black Star Army for its generosity." In the picture, Bennett expressed his attitude with a smile and official rhetoric.

Lagi remained silent, nodded, and the specially equipped active translator enthusiastically spoke, "Planet Aquamarine is the mother planet of His Excellency Black Star. His Excellency Black Star is very willing to help the development of the mother planet. The people of Planet Aquamarine are all our brothers and sisters."

After repeated bloody lessons, Lagi was strictly forbidden to speak at such public occasions, and Han Xiao specially found a sunny and positive secretary to act as his translator.

Nello stared intently at the screen. He had grown up watching Bennett's news since he was a child. Every time he saw his father on the screen, he couldn't help but become focused.

Looking at Bennett in the live broadcast, Nello suddenly found that the wrinkles on Bennett's face seemed to have increased, and the white hair on his temples had also increased.

"Father is old…"

Nello pursed his lips, and inexplicable emotions spread in his heart. The happiness of the holiday gradually faded, replaced by a feeling of discomfort if he didn't read and study.

After traveling in the universe, Nello's experience had enriched a lot, and he slowly became precocious. He also had a hazy understanding of the situation on Planet Aquamarine and Bennett's hard work. The concept of responsibility gradually formed in his heart.

After struggling for a while, Nello swallowed the remaining ice cream in two or three bites, returned to his room, reluctantly took out a mechanical theory book from his bag, and reluctantly flipped through it.

After only reading for a while, he naturally became immersed in it.

Although he thought he was reluctant, in reality, after long-term study, his interest in machinery had already been cultivated. His body was honest despite what he said, and he could not resist, so he learned to enjoy it.

…

"Running a school?"

Seeing the Black Star Army's announcement, Sorokin couldn't help but fall into deep thought. He paced to the window, looked at another spaceship leaving the headquarters of the War Domain, and gently shook his head.

After Heber's defeat, the adverse effects gradually emerged. His reputation collapsed, and the cohesion of the War Domain was shaken. During this period, talents had begun to flow away. Every few days, someone would choose to withdraw from the War Domain. It should have been suppressed with an iron fist, but Heber stayed behind closed doors, and the senior cadres did not take action, watching the members withdraw one by one.

Black Star was running education there, which in Sorokin's eyes was turning influence into actual public support, an unprecedented event, while the War Domain was falling to the bottom, a miserable situation, the contrast was strong.

Under such circumstances, Sorokin had no good way, he could only keep a low profile, temporarily stop the business attack on the Black Star Army, and prepare to wait for this period to pass before talking about it.

Beep beep beep—

At this moment, the communicator suddenly rang. Sorokin picked it up and saw that it was Maineson calling.

"Your Excellency the Mechanic Emperor, what do you need me for?"

"If you want to know the inside information on which businesses of the Black Star Army, give me a list."

Sorokin was stunned, "What does this mean?"

"Help you." Maineson said lightly.

"I understand, you want to invade the Black Star Army's database?" Sorokin's eyes flashed, quite surprised, was he not afraid of feuding with Black Star?

"Your behavior also has my authorization. The Federation of Light asked me to thoroughly investigate the Black Star Army's database. I can take this opportunity to help you." Maineson's expression was indifferent.

"Not only that." Sorokin squinted and joked, "Black Star's rise makes you feel pressured?"

"Don't be nosy about things you shouldn't ask." Maineson was unmoved.

"Hehe, I see, I'll send you the list later. If you can really get some inside information, it will be very helpful to my actions."

"Yes." Maineson nodded and hung up the communication.

In fact, the Federation of Light did not authorize him to invade the Black Star Army's database. This was proposed by Maineson on his own initiative.

Helping Sorokin was just an extra. More importantly, he wanted to test Black Star's strength again, not by fighting, but by fighting in the virtual network.

One important reason for doing so was that he learned that Black Star had been worshiped by the Mechanical Church. In Maineson's mind, Black Star had officially changed from a promising junior to a competitor.

After several contacts, Maineson knew that Black Star was not a guy who was willing to stay put. As long as he gained the faith of the Mechanical Church, he would endlessly want more, and Maineson was not prepared to sit back and watch Black Star take away believers. It was not within his consideration to be indifferent to the loss of his own interests.

Since the conflict of interest was inevitable, Maineson did not intend to continue to stand idly by.

Of course, he didn't think Black Star was so easy to kill, and he himself didn't intend to kill anyone.

Maineson's goal was to firmly suppress Black Star in mechanics, and show it to the world. The method was the same as Han Xiao's attack on Heber, which was to damage Han Xiao's reputation.

In this way, the Mechanical Church believers who worshiped the strong would not flow to Black Star, and the entire universe would know:

——I, the Mechanic Emperor, am still the father of all Mechanics!