Chapter 1 Three Extractions Complete

After three extractions, subtle mechanical force lightning flickered across Han Xiao's skin, making him feel numb and tingly all over. His cells underwent subtle changes, becoming easier to control in his perception.

Because of his foundation, upgrading the two Template abilities wasn't unpleasant; it was actually quite comfortable.

Han Xiao exhaled and clenched his fist forcefully, a sense of solid power surging through his body, filled with vigorous vitality.

As these two Template abilities evolved, Han Xiao's self-healing ability improved significantly. Holding two coveted cosmic treasures, having a sturdy body wasn't a bad thing, or he might end up like the Heterogeneous God one day.

"With my current level of self-healing, as long as I'm not ganged up on by so many Super-A Grades like the Heterogeneous God, I shouldn't run into any accidents," Han Xiao thought to himself.

Now, his HP and Energy recovery efficiency were already very high. Han Xiao had plans for future improvements. His maximum health would continue to increase with leveling up, so he didn't need to focus on it specifically. What remained was to continue improving his Qi strength realm, which was related to the attribute bonus of Qi strength and also to the efficiency of HP recovery.

As for his Mechanical abilities, he needed to acquire advanced mechanical class abilities, learn ultimate knowledges, research more blueprints, develop new-generation machinery, and continue to expand the size of his legion, cultivate mechanical civilizations... Although he was durable, it only guaranteed the toughness of his body. His main combat method was still... well, P2W…cough, machinery.

The danger of this encirclement was actually less than the Beacon Star Battle. On Beacon Star, he was the passive party under attack, facing the encirclement of more Super-A Grades, as a victim. This time, he was leading a bunch of Super-A Grades to raid the Heterogeneous God alone, as the initiator of the gangbang. In comparison, his situation wasn't dangerous. Even if the operation failed, it wouldn't endanger his life, so the pressure was far lower than the Beacon Star Battle, making him feel relaxed.

The ability extraction interface disappeared, and Han Xiao glanced at it. There was also a reward prompt for this mission.

[Dungeon Generated: [The Fall of the Heterogeneous God]]

Han Xiao's eyelids twitched.

"Whoa, the challenge level of this dungeon is probably going to break the sky!"

The Heterogeneous God was one of the ultimate bosses of the Chaotic Evil faction, after all. It was within Han Xiao's expectations that this battle would generate a dungeon. However, most players who dared to enter this dungeon were probably masochists...

Not to mention the players, even Han Xiao himself would be beaten by the Heterogeneous God if he played this dungeon alone. Fortunately, he only wholesale dungeon crystals and never uses them himself.

"Well, opening this dungeon can show off my heroic posture..." Han Xiao couldn't help but think of Professional Bootlicker Meatbun.

Putting away his thoughts, Han Xiao opened the notification bar and glanced at it, confirming that there were no other rewards.

"A notorious guy like the Heterogeneous God should give some Legend Points. I guess the Legend Points reward will only be triggered after the three major civilizations announce it."

There were two ways to obtain Legend Points: one was the normal reward for completing a mission, and the other was a non-mission reward, for making a sensational achievement that was constantly spreading in the universe. He had triggered both of these methods, so it wasn't strange.

Han Xiao couldn't help but think about the subsequent developments, pondering silently:

"Now that the Heterogeneous God is down, the unstable factor of the World Tree Civilization has been eliminated. Even if the Crimson Dynasty deciphers the wormhole data in the future, with me operating here, the Crimson Dynasty will focus on hiding itself and won't become a guide. Instead, it can explore the situation of the World Tree Civilization in advance and seize the initiative."

Because of the wormhole data, the storyline of the World Tree Civilization was bound to change. It was basically certain that the time would be advanced, but in his previous life, the World Tree Civilization discovered the explored universe controlled by the three major civilizations. This time, Han Xiao estimated that the three major civilizations would discover the World Tree Civilization in advance.

If that was the case, the situation would be different. The three major civilizations had come from the Dark Forest era, so they naturally understood the importance of hiding. They would definitely plan before acting. Han Xiao knew the style of the World Tree Civilization. There was no room for peaceful coexistence between the two sides. War was inevitable...

But by then, it would be hard to say who was the invading party.

Han Xiao remembered that there was also a copy of the wormhole data that fell into the hands of the Terra Civilization. The Crimson Dynasty needed to come forward to recover it, but that wasn't a big problem. With the technological strength of a galactic civilization, they would definitely decipher it faster than the Terra Civilization. The dynasty would take the initiative to act by then.

Moreover, with the Heterogeneous God gone, this set of wormhole data would become very unattractive to researchers. After all, which civilization's research library didn't have a backlog of massive research projects? It was impossible to invest too many scientific research resources in an unknown wormhole project. Therefore, according to Han Xiao's calculations, even if the World Tree Civilization was advanced, it wouldn't appear so soon.

"Without a leader, the Falled Ark should soon disintegrate and won't become a paradise for villains. Those players who chose to kill and commit arson and become wanted criminals have lost a place to go," Han Xiao pondered.

The Heterogeneous God's storyline could be said to have been completely subverted. It affected the whole body with one move, and many people's life trajectories would be rewritten because of this. From the Heterogeneous God's camp's point of view, the changes in these people's fates should mostly be benign. At least many planets were spared from disaster and wouldn't be poisoned by the Heterogeneous God, saving an estimated trillions of lives.

I can be considered to have done a good deed and accumulated some good karma... Han Xiao rubbed his chin, the corners of his mouth curving into a smile.

"After taking down the Heterogeneous God, I can keep a low profile for a long time. There's nothing else to do for the time being, and I should be able to spend the 3.0 version peacefully."

Han Xiao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Looking back, he had been in deep water ever since the opening of 3.0, and he didn't know how many big news he had made. Now, he finally ushered in a long period of stability and could relax and develop.

Just as Han Xiao was planning the legion's blueprint, Leonard brought Nilo to another mechanical modification room on the spaceship.

Leonard came to a mechanical modification table and swiped a few golden operation traces on the operation panel. The modification table switched to manual assembly mode, and clear gaps appeared on the integrated table surface. A few metal plates slid open, and several robotic arms stretched out to transport the parts.

"The vacation is over. I hope you can return to a state of learning as soon as possible... Theoretical knowledge is only the foundation of a Mechanic. A Mechanic who can't turn knowledge into actual manufacturing ability is a failure. You have already learned enough theory. From today onward, your courses will include practical training in the assembly of beginner-level machinery."

Nilo's spirits perked up. Learning theoretical knowledge was tedious, and practical operation was at least somewhat fun. He was interested in making machinery, so he chose to become a Mechanic.

Leonard pressed a few times on the modification table, and a virtual screen popped up, recording the assembly methods of many low-level machines, compiled into an operation manual and played in the form of videos.

This mechanical modification table was a teaching aid specially made by Leonard, storing many blueprints of low-level machinery.

Leonard pondered:

"Let's start with simple assembly first. Let me see... well, let's choose this one, the classic skeleton-type exoskeleton powered armor, with a technical difficulty of D1 weak-planet level, from the Aquamarine Star technology. The parts have already been produced automatically, and you only need to assemble it."

Nilo calmed down, recalling the theoretical knowledge he had learned, and started to operate. When he was confused, he could watch the operation video.

"What is being trained now is assembly proficiency, which is the foundation of a Mechanic, even for powerful Mechanics like His Excellency Black Star." Leonard instructed from the side, shouting, "Don't just assemble according to the steps. Use all your senses to feel the structure of the machinery. Use your Mechanical Force to penetrate it, caress it, and perceive it."

"Got it."

Nilo was attentive, and his perception of machinery became clearer. Under the effect of the High-Level Lucky Halo, his Intermediate Mechanical Sense gradually transformed into High-Level.

...

Constellation Corridor, Crimson Dynasty territory, a certain confidential military restricted area.

An imperial warship came to a huge space mechanical building not far away. This mechanical building was a huge cube, with layers of structures covered with a large area of heavy armor. The exterior was equipped with a large number of offensive weapons, which was an armed fortress stronghold.

In fact, this armed fortress was a space prison specially made by the dynasty using the Star Rail megastructure project, specifically used to imprison powerful Esper prisoners. It had powerful defensive performance, enough to withstand fleet bombardment, and a huge prison only imprisoned one Super-A Grade prisoner. All the facilities inside were only used to prevent one person from escaping.

"Please confirm the imprisonment project code and key... The procedures have been completed."

"Activating the prison, opening the core, and performing intelligent docking..."

The mechanical structure of the Super-A Grade prison fortress began to operate, showing the internal structure, which was almost solid, with layers of armor and mechanical facilities, all of which were blocking devices to prevent prison breaks. At this time, the layers of blockade opened, like peeling an onion, and the cubic prison turned into a blooming flower, revealing the core in the center of the prison, which was an egg-shaped gap.

"Docking complete, the imprisonment pod is ready to launch, countdown... three, two, one, launch."

The imperial warship fired an egg-shaped small independent pod, silver-black in color and ten meters long. The amber that enveloped the Heterogeneous God was fixed inside.

This egg-shaped pod had independent power propulsion, spewing out tail flames. According to the plan of the intelligence, it successfully flew to the core gap exposed by the Super-A Grade prison fortress. The shape was perfectly matched, and the mechanical structures on both sides locked, completing the embedding.

Immediately afterward, the opened prison fortress folded back and returned to the locked state, protecting the core.

This was the place to imprison the Heterogeneous God. This cosmic thug who wreaked havoc in the universe would spend a five-hundred-year sentence here in darkness.

...

A few days later, a piece of news detonated the Star Sea.

The three major civilizations issued a joint statement, claiming that the notorious cosmic criminal "Heterogeneous God" had been jointly captured by them!

The three major civilizations had pursued the Heterogeneous God countless times in the past, but all of them had failed. The Heterogeneous God's notoriety had long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Today, the three major civilizations caught the Heterogeneous God without showing off, and the major forces and countless interstellar citizens were shocked.

Countless interstellar citizens originally thought that the Heterogeneous God would always be at large, and many conspiracy theorists believed that the Heterogeneous God was a force deliberately supported by the three major civilizations. This news shattered this view.

After the initial shock, a large number of civilizations and interstellar citizens cheered for this, frantically patting the butts of the three major civilizations.

With the Heterogeneous God caught, the whole universe celebrated!

After poisoning the universe for many years, the Heterogeneous God had caused a large number of tragedies and had always been the number one thug in the eyes of interstellar citizens. Now that the three major civilizations were cracking down on terrorism and eliminating crime, taking down this thug, countless people felt that the security environment of the universe had been purified to a certain extent.

The three major civilizations did this together. In the eyes of many people, this operation was a lubricant for the relationship between the three parties, releasing a signal to the outside world, implying that the contradictions between the three major civilizations caused by the Beacon Star Battle had eased, promoting the restoration of stability in the interstellar environment.

In the joint statement, the three major civilizations announced the details of the operation and introduced all eleven Super-A Grades who participated in the encirclement, with emphasis on Han Xiao's achievements, calling Han Xiao the core of the operation, and even the initiator of the joint operation. Finally, the credit for imprisoning the Heterogeneous God belonged to Han Xiao, highlighting his contribution.

Countless people in the universe had heard of the Heterogeneous God's atrocities. The higher the Heterogeneous God's reputation was, the more fame Han Xiao would gain. This was equivalent to stepping on the Heterogeneous God to harvest his fame.

The recent popularity of "Enemy of the Arcane Church" had not yet subsided, and Han Xiao had another representative deed.

The universe called this incident the "Fall of the Heterogeneous God" incident. As the leader of the incident, Han Xiao left a deeper impression on the minds of the interstellar citizens.

In various star fields, countless victims who harbored strong hatred for the Heterogeneous God felt heartfelt gratitude to Han Xiao.

...

Shazik Planet Transit Station was a neutral planet providing various services. It was located in the extremely dangerous Barren Universe Belt of the Central Star Sea, and it was a rare planet transit station in this area, providing services such as smuggling, repairing, and entertainment. The target was the wanted criminals included in the Falled Ark.

Only people who were not afraid of death would establish a planet transit station in this area. People without a background would have been looted by thugs, and Shazik had gotten in touch with the Falled Ark, providing high protection fees, which avoided being plundered.

The lord in charge of this transit station planet was called Shazik, a Calamity Grade Esper. He had established cooperative relations with several armed thug forces, including the Falled Ark, and was a small figure in the chaotic Barren Universe Belt of the Central Star Sea.

As for Shazik's origin, it was a secret. The thugs who frequented this area did not know or care and habitually thought that he was also a wanted criminal from a certain civilization.

However, Shazik was not a wanted criminal. His home was destroyed by the Heterogeneous God. The once vibrant planet was now only corpses and dead souls. He harbored a deep-seated hatred for the Heterogeneous God and chose to become an avenger, building a transit station in this lawless zone, lurking like a viper, looking for opportunities to deal with the Falled Ark.

The news of the Heterogeneous God's capture also reached the Barren Universe Belt of the Central Star Sea and reached Shazik's ears. He convened a secret meeting with his confidants.

"With the Heterogeneous God down, there's no one to suppress the group of madmen under him. The Falled Ark will disintegrate. With the backer gone, we will also be in trouble. There are too many guys who want to plunder us," a confidant said.

"Yes, we can't stay here anymore. We must leave as soon as possible."

"Boss, what are you going to do?"

Hearing this, Shazik said in a deep voice, "Take everything and go to the Shattered Star Ring to join the Black Star Army."

"Why him?"

"I made a promise to the gods that whoever eradicates the Heterogeneous God, I will serve him." Shazik's expression was firm.

Since the destruction of his home, the meaning of his life had only been revenge. However, the Heterogeneous God was too powerful, and revenge was a long way off. Now that Black Star had completed something he could never do, even if Black Star didn't take revenge for him, Shazik was still grateful. His gratitude was not limited to his heart, and he decided to repay Black Star with practical actions.

"Can Black Star, a cosmic big shot of that level, look up to us?"

"So, we have to bring a gift."

Shazik lowered his voice. "Over the years, we have bought off many members of the Falled Ark and sent in many undercover agents. Now is the time to use them. When the Falled Ark falls into chaos, steal some of their assets. This is our capital to join the Black Star Army."

The eyes of the confidants lit up. They had been in this area for many years and understood the Falled Ark, knowing that although they were very chaotic and disorganized, they also had many valuable things, such as the spoils accumulated by the Heterogeneous God over the years, the secret intelligence collected, the lost technology researched, and the special prisoners imprisoned.

Now that the Heterogeneous God was down, there must be more than just them who were eyeing the assets of the Falled Ark. It was a good time to take advantage of the chaos!