“This time, the Virtual Mutiny Faction went all out, squeezing out a lot of my trump cards…”

Letting the mechanical assistant take out dozens of special-grade nutrient pastes from the refrigerator and pile them on the table, Han Xiao grabbed one, casually bit it open with his teeth, and poured it into his stomach. As soon as it entered, it was broken down and absorbed, leaving no aftertaste. After a great battle, although his injuries recovered quickly, his physical strength was greatly depleted. The boiling blood had just cooled down, and every cell conveyed a desire for hunger to the brain through nerve signals. Eating some nutrient paste was just right to speed up the recovery of physical strength.

The most dangerous stage had passed, but Han Xiao knew that the battle was not over. The Virtual Mutiny Faction descended from the Shining Federation's high-dimensional Apocalypse Teleporter, but when they went back, they had to obediently take a spaceship to cross the universe. With the empire's temperament, it was impossible to let the Virtual Mutiny Faction's six Super-A grades swagger home… oh, five.

So, when Little Baddie and the others arrived, the roles would be reversed, and it would be their turn to hunt down Sagman and the others. With hundreds of millions of imperial troops in the Shattered Star Ring surrounding and intercepting them, it wouldn't be easy for this group from the Virtual Mutiny Faction to successfully evacuate.

Even if they escaped from the Shattered Star Ring, the Shattered Star Ring was still waiting for them. That was the base camp of the Klent Empire, the Crimson Dynasty, and the Black Star Army. Having received such a great gift, Han Xiao was not stingy. He had already made up his mind to mobilize all the forces of his Black Star Army and the intricate network of contacts in the Shattered Star Ring to send a return gift.

While calculating in his heart, Han Xiao looked at the panel and counted the losses caused by the Virtual Mutiny Faction this time.

Leveling up during the experience penalty period consumed a lot of extra experience. Even with Han Xiao's vision, he couldn't help but feel heartache at this number. The extra 40% loss was almost half as much again. As a thrifty and simple person, he didn't like wasting. If these extra experience points were used to upgrade blueprint skills, he could get a lot of potential points.

In terms of character cards, Reynold, Aurora, and Ames' character cards were all used up, and the Godoran and Heber's character cards only had one use left. These were all powerful means that could be used as trump cards, especially the Godoran's [Superpower Silence] character card. This was the Godoran's nemesis. Losing one use meant one less trump card to deal with the Godoran.

What's more, the Godoran was the winner of this attack. Because of the Virtual Mutiny Faction's actions, he had to satisfy the Godoran's needs and force the Godoran to withdraw from the battlefield with a conspiracy. With the nourishment of evolution energy, the Godoran would become more difficult to deal with, and might even touch the threshold of his so-called "higher level". This ebb and flow affected his plan to deal with the Godoran. Disrupting the plan was ultimately annoying.

“But the mission for this incident at least rewarded three unknown character cards, plus the two blank character cards and one skill sublimation card that I randomly drew, which can be considered to make up for some of the losses.” Han Xiao shook his head.

There were also great losses in the mechanical troops. A large number of mechanical soldiers died, and it would take time to replenish them. The mechanical lives were fine, because Han Xiao specifically did not let them participate in the direct combat of Super-A grades, so there were not many casualties.

Compared with other mechanical troops, mechanical lives with growth potential had greater potential. It would be a pity to destroy them in this kind of crushing battle. After all, they were small lives that he had worked so hard to sow and create. For this reason, he had experienced the feeling of kidney deficiency many times. Let the mechanical troops be cannon fodder.

In a sense, this battle was caused by Han Xiao. If a Super-A grade died as a result, the empire would definitely be dissatisfied. Fortunately, with Austin's help, everyone was only injured and not killed, and Han Xiao could also explain it.

This way, he owed Austin a big favor, which was not entirely a bad thing. Sometimes owing others a favor could bring them closer together.

Austin was originally a neutral faction. After this battle, he provoked the Virtual Mutiny Faction, and it was difficult for him to continue to sit on the sidelines. He was dragged into the quagmire. Although he would not immediately join the empire after washing his ass, after this incident spread, all the forces in the universe would label him as an imperial person. He could no longer be as low-key as before.

Han Xiao couldn't help but think of Sisko, and his face became slightly strange.

“In that case, Austin is becoming closer to the empire, Ames is my ally, and can be considered half a friend of the empire, and Heber is even an imperial person. Adding me, four of the five Super-A grades in the Shattered Star Ring are related to the empire… Sisko will probably have to keep his tail between his legs in the Shattered Star Ring in the future.”

With Sisko being targeted, the Star Pupils Race would also be under more pressure, but it would not suffer military retaliation from the empire. Since entering the era of peace, the world has been connected to the Internet, and the citizens of advanced civilizations have therefore broadened their horizons and have more positions. Therefore, in terms of social evaluation, powerful civilizations have gradually lost the legitimacy of taking violent actions against weaker civilizations, and gradually lost the absolute support of citizens for their own civilizations during the exploration and war period.

Nowadays, universe-level civilizations at most fight each other, or at worst, they pick super-cluster-level civilizations as opponents, and rarely take military crushing measures against relatively weaker civilizations—unless someone questions and challenges the rule of the three major civilizations, the 《Pan-Universe Civilization Contact Treaty》is something that only allows state officials to set fires and does not allow ordinary people to light lamps for the three major civilizations, but if it is not necessary, they are unwilling to destroy the authority of this contract.

Thinking like this, Han Xiao opened the mission bar and settled the [Completed] mission. It was not until he touched Voding just now that he had the confidence to settle the reward.

[【Causality】is completed!]

[Given your performance, you have gained 450e experience, random reward x3, [Character Arrival Card-"Photon" Sagman], [Character Arrival Card-"Star Pupil" Sisko], [Character Arrival Card-Godoran]]

[Character Arrival Card-"Photon" Sagman: 【Light Energy Particle Stream·Penetration】-Releases a powerful light energy particle beam with high penetration, burst, and burning damage. Light energy will continuously cause continuous damage, and will attach [Energy Interference], [Energy Suppression] status to the target. When the enemy uses energy attacks, there will be effects such as reduced power, increased consumption, and reduced hit rate. Usage limit: 0/5]

[Character Arrival Card-"Star Pupil" Sisko: 【Psychokinesis·Wall of Heart】-After the mental theory received within 4.7s is reduced by the mental resistance, the actual damage value is reduced by 85%, and it is immune to all mental control skills. If the attacker is a psychic, the intelligence and mysterious attributes of both sides will be judged. If one of the attributes is higher than the attacker, 45% of the theoretical damage will be reflected. If both attributes are higher than the attacker, 90% of the theoretical damage will be reflected. If both attributes are lower than the attacker, it will not be reflected. Usage limit: 0/3]

[Character Arrival Card-Godoran: 【Ability·Replication】-Through close contact, copies the target's ability gene and obtains a one-time character card of the other party. It needs the target to be an ability user to take effect. Usage limit: 0/3]

Repelling the Virtual Mutiny Faction's fleet and taking the highest experience reward was within Han Xiao's expectations. The effects of the three character cards were all good. This time, he really didn't get lucky and draw the Godoran's 【Superpower Silence】, but the effect of 【Ability·Replication】 was also good. It was equivalent to three blank character cards only for ability users. The Godoran had a bunch of messy abilities. Getting this was already Voding's blessing.

[You have gained 1 point of Legend]

[Cosmic Legend: Enemy of the Virtual Mutiny—Facing desperation, you fought back from a desperate situation, reversed the situation, and repelled the menacing Virtual Mutiny Faction. You even captured a Super-A grade opponent alive. Your name will resonate throughout the universe with this battle and become a memorable legendary event!]

“Enemy of the Virtual Mutiny, the highest-level Cosmic Legend… it seems this will become a new nickname.” Han Xiao's eyes flashed.

Every Super-A grade has a series of nicknames, representing the legendary events they have made. Han Xiao now has nicknames such as "Immortal Body", "Immortal Black Star", and "Black Star Legion Commander". After this battle spreads, the star citizens in the universe will probably add a label of "Enemy of the Virtual Mutiny" to him.

The Virtual Mutiny Faction was aggressive and wanted to put him to death, and he sealed the other party's cosmic treasure and also captured the other party's Super-A grade combat power. Now that things have reached this point, the grudge between the two sides has deepened.

Capturing a Super-A grade alive has extraordinary significance. Heber challenged him in order to obtain similar results, but unfortunately he did not succeed. He was one step ahead of Heber in obtaining such results. In this way, his deterrent power in the universe will be completely different and he will gain a higher level of status… I always feel that Little Baddie will be very envious.

Speaking of which, Heber is rushing back to support him. Thinking of the expression that Heber might have, Han Xiao couldn't help but laugh twice.

There was also a message in the panel prompt bar that the 【Shining World-Beacon Star Battle】dungeon was generated. A total of eleven Super-A grades participated in this battle. It is rare to see this kind of scene except in war. It is enough to shock the entire universe. Although it happened in the Shattered Star Ring and has not been announced to the outside world, it is predictable that this news will be a deep-water bomb that will detonate the entire universe.

With such a great influence, it is not surprising that the dungeon was generated, but it is a pity that with the intensity and level of this battle, the role of this dungeon is only to provide players with the opportunity to see the world and find abuse.

Opening the attribute panel, Han Xiao carefully browsed the attributes after the level 260 advancement:

[Total Level: 260]

[Main Class: Mechanic]

[Race: Black Star Race]

[Attributes: Strength 3247, Dexterity 3980, Stamina 5889, Intelligence 8489, Mystery 2950, Charm 1163, Luck 1]

[Free Attribute Points: 0]

[Potential Points: 33]

[Health Points: 3,854,550]

[Stamina Points: 3,521,025]

[Energy: 82120【Lv17】]

[Lv17 Energy Total Bonus: Strength +1206, Dexterity +1488, Stamina +1890, Intelligence +2345, Mystery +1123, Stamina Upper Limit +311520, Mechanical Affinity +1632%]

[Energy Level: 49975]

[Rank: s (Super-A)]

[s-level Rank Bonus: Stamina Bonus Extra +50, All Resistances +25%, Highest Attribute +25%, Other Attributes +15%, Extra 750 Free Attribute Points, 50 Potential Points]

【This seems to be a Super-A grade Mechanic who insists on characteristic meat shield doctrine】

“The energy level is almost 50,000…” Han Xiao touched his chin. He still remembered that when he first reached Super-A grade, the energy level seemed to be more than 43,000. Later, he practiced the 【Heber Stellar Furnace Training Method】 and the ultimate knowledge 【Mechanical Life Fire Seed】, and the energy level increased a lot.

Especially the energy upper limit. Heber's training method allowed him to increase his energy by more than 16,000. When he first reached Super-A grade, his energy upper limit was only more than 50,000. Now it has reached 80,000, and he has been promoted from the Lv15 energy realm to Lv17, and has gained two new layers of attribute bonuses. The higher the energy realm, the more attributes each promotion brings, and the bonus is very high.

He also never wasted the 【Radiation Energy Absorption】, and added some attributes in total.

“The next race sublimation advancement will be at level 300. The level upper limit of the Overlord Mechanic is also level 40, which is also level 300 to change jobs, so only the level 280 advancement mission in the middle will get me stuck.”

Han Xiao pondered.

The upper limit of the 【Emperor Mechanic】is level 35, while the upper limit of the new stage 【Overlord Mechanic】is 5 levels more.

Apostle, Emperor, Overlord. In the 【Overlord Mechanic】stage, the advantages of the former two are combined and further enhanced.

The same as the previous two job transfers, virtual technology skills and expertise have been enhanced, and this time the effect has increased by 60%!

There are four new abilities directly obtained:

Expertise 【Mechanical Overlord】, Mechanical Affinity +300%, Virtual Intrusion and Defense Efficiency +200%, and the nature of Mechnic Force has changed to a certain extent. While operating energy, it will also project spiritual consciousness and obtain the so-called "Overlord Qualification". The introduction is vague, only saying that this is the prerequisite for some new skills of the Overlord Mechanic.

Skill 【Overlord-level Mechanical Affinity】, a familiar series of Mechanical Affinity skills, one level higher than "Emperor-level", up to level +190% Mechanical Affinity.

Skill 【Apostle Creation】, the effect is similar to 【Emperor's Gift】, and it is also a special enhancement for a single mechanical target, but the effect is quite different. 【Emperor's Gift】can be used up to three times on the same target, and it does not limit how many targets it can be used on, while 【Apostle Creation】is different. The effect is to use the Mechnic Force containing the so-called "Overlord Power" to turn a mechanical soldier into an "Apostle Weapon" under the command of the Overlord.

The performance increase is extremely terrifying. Basically, an ordinary unit can be directly turned into a small Boss unit. If the foundation is better, it is possible to turn it into a big Boss unit.

With such a terrifying increase effect, 【Apostle Creation】limits the number upper limit of Apostle Weapons. Upgrading to the full level can have 12 Apostle Weapons at the same time. The Overlord Power in their bodies can be freely withdrawn, and the quota can be replaced, and the number of 12 Apostle Weapons can be maintained all the time… This skill can also be amplified by various increases in skill level. Each time the upper limit is broken by one level, a new Apostle Weapon quota can be obtained.

The last skill 【Overlord Descent】is a skill used for remote troops to fight. Through the Overlord Mechanic's special Mechnic Force, he projects his will, spirit, and power onto a mechanical soldier, turning this mechanical soldier into an existence similar to an avatar, which can share a considerable number of attributes, skills, and expertise of the main body, just like the Overlord's main body descends, possessing the combat power of a Super-A grade.

This means that Han Xiao can sit at home, and in addition to providing Mechnic Force to remote troops through the quantum distance-free transmission channel, he can also select a younger brother to use this trick and personally fight. The limit is that it can only be used on one target at the same time.

The skill introduction also stated that if 【Overlord Descent】is used frequently on the same target, there is a chance to form a soul connection.

“These four abilities are all reliable, especially 【Overlord Descent】…”

Han Xiao rolled his eyes and thought to himself: “After this battle today, there should be fewer people coming to trouble my main body in the future. My fighting style may start to focus on remote combat. This skill should be of great help to me.”

After summarizing the losses and rewards for a while, Han Xiao received a call from Tarrokov, stating that President Ulan Riel wanted to talk to him personally.

Even if they are Super-A grade allies, they cannot see the Imperial President whenever they want. The fact that Ulan Riel wants to communicate with him is obviously because his achievements have surprised her.

Moreover, there are some issues that need to be discussed and resolved in this incident, and the task of hunting down Sagman and others next also needs to be discussed.

“Understood, I'll wait for her online.”

Han Xiao took out the communicator, his mind was full of thoughts, and various guesses arose. He silently waited for the call to be transferred.

The substantial rewards he got are the most tempting. This time, he risked his life to make such a great contribution. He asked to obtain new imperial knowledge, and Ulan Riel should not refuse, right?