<h4>Chapter 618: ss Advancement!</h4>
<strong>Trantor: </strong>As Studios <strong>Editor: </strong>As Studios
The chosen location for Base No. 3 was not far from Forest City. All 200,000 of the yers that were outside returned immediately after receiving the mission. With the help of spaceships, they gathered in no time.
Outside Forest City, 200,000 yers gathered and focused their eyes on Han Xiao. Han Xiao borrowed the Dragon Emperor’s style once again, sitting on a mechanical throne that hovered in midair. He was not really trying to look cool. There were so many yers, so they would not be able to see him if he was not flying.
It had been a while since Han Xiao hadst been in close contact with yers. He briefly observed the yers. The equipment of the 200,000 yers that had stayed on Sunil for a few months had visibly changed. They could roughly be grouped into three types of people. The first type was those that wore heavy armor, mostly Sunil Enlistee ss armor and some Worker Bee Armors. What was worth mentioning was that the Sunil Armors these yers wore all came from his army. The Sunils clearly knew that Han Xiao had secretly learned about their blueprints... but it did not matter even if they knew.
The second type of yers were those that did not wear armor; these yers made up about one-tenth of all the yers. The Great Mechanic Han could not figure out whether they were poor... or poor. Be it Pugilists or Espers, buying a set of armor had pros and no cons. Even Bloodshed Land’s Vanguard Officials wore specially made armor.
Although these yers did not wear armor, they still had some mechanical equipment on them, such as firearms, melee weapons, shield generators, and other sorts.
The third type of yer did not use armor, too. What they wore was the Nuclear Flying Backpack. It was clear they were all ‘artists’.
In conclusion, all the yers were using the ck Star Army’s products. Their equipment had been updated from head to toe, and they all looked refreshed. Finally, these yers looked somewhat like gctic warriors. However, in Han Xiao’s eyes, they looked more like yards of green leeks.
Sunil was the resource ground of NPCs. He had left 200,000 yers to grow here for months, and they had stocked up arge amount of resources. Every single leek was looking fresh and nutritional.
Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Han Xiao coughed, put on a serious expression, and said in a low voice, “Due to your hard work, Sunil’s troubles have been alleviated. However, a new obstacle has appeared in this mission, and we need more help. Hence, the original n is being brought forward, and we will be building Base No. 3 on this as a stronghold.
“Phillip has sent the exact location to yourmunicators. Building a new base requires everyone’s help...”
Han Xiao exined the situation briefly. The yers had no problems with it. They followed him to the chosen location for the base and started to clear out the trees and ttening the terrain.
[Army Expansion—Base No. 3] was a faction mission; it included many construction jobs that needed the yers toplete. Every sub-mission rewarded experience and Contribution Points. The yers were very motivated, not only because of the reward but also because they were personally taking part in the construction of the base, contributing to the growth of the faction.
The addition of Base No. 3 was beneficial to them. A new base meant that the army would store much more resources there. By that time, the yers would no longer have to pre-order faction products and could collect them directly at Base No. 3. Furthermore, as hire missions could only be epted in the base, the yers now had one more ce where they could ept hires and rest, other than the Aquamarine and Golden Gate bases. This was the ck Star Army’s new stronghold in the vast universe.
Han Xiao notified the gctical construction team that had been working with him from the beginning; they would arrive at Sunil very soon. However, the construction teams could only build the buildings. The facilities still had to bepleted by his own people. With 200,000 yers, the construction speed of Base No. 3 would be tremendously increased.
The Noriosse and Rossozzi financial groups provided some help, too, and sent arge amount of supplies through their channels.
Han Xiao made a rough calction. These two investors saved him about 600,000 Enas. This time, he nned to put in 2,700,000 Enas to build Base No. 3. His ount had close to 50 million Enas saved up, so he could easily afford this expense.
One and a half years ago, he had only had the three to four million Enas that he had borrowed, and it had taken him more than half a year to build Base No.1. Less than two yearster, his assets had multiplied more than ten times. It was a very remarkable increase.
The yers were very efficient. Not long after, a huge, t area appeared in the forest. As the construction materials that he had bought had yet to arrive, the yers could not start working for the moment.
The tens of battleships that were on standby around Sunil were all moved there, forming a temporary camp. yers were gathered there, as did Han Xiao.
Making use of this great opportunity, the yers all approached Han Xiao, wanting to learn abilities. Most of them were Mechanics. After not seeing Han Xiao the Mechanic Mentor for a few months, they had all been looking forward to this moment.
This was exactly what Han Xiao had expected. He had nned long ago not to sell knowledge but blueprints this time.
He had a talent from his Schr subss—[Research Theory].
The effect of that talent was one bonus Intelligence point for every three abilities, which now gave Han Xiao about three hundred Intelligence points. This meant that Han Xiao now had close to a thousand blueprint abilities, which had cost him countless experience. This was an unimaginable number for the yers.
Selling some low-level blueprints had a very limited effect on him. Han Xiao put up tens of low-level machinery blueprints at the same time.
The yers were mostly above level 70. At this level, low-level blueprints were no longer rare; the yers could fuse these themselves. However, due to the variety of knowledgebinations, hardly any Mechanic yers could fuse the blueprints they wanted. Hence, the blueprints that they had were all very different.
He, however, sold blueprints directly, helping the yers to escape the bottomless hole of gambling on blueprints.
Seeing so many blueprints, the Mechanic yers’ eyes were all sparking.
After working on Sunil for a few months, those yers were not short of experience. Although the blueprints that Han Xiao was selling did not involve very high-level technology, they covered all kinds of things. There were firearms, explosives, mechanical soldiers, shields, mechanical suits, energy sources, carriers, and many others. Gambling blueprints relied on luck. Therefore, every yer could find useful blueprints for themselves and make up for their weak spots.
Han Xiao was not worried about Mechanic ss yers affecting the sales of the ck Star Army after learning those blueprints. From a cost perspective, the yers definitely could notpete with production lines and had no chance of selling things at the same low price. Furthermore, spending in the faction store rewarded yers with Contribution Points. Besides, Han Xiao did not sell blueprints of the faction products; what he sold were the blueprints of the same type of machines but half a standard lower.
Han Xiao’s development n also included partnering with material industries and selling yers raw materials to make more money, expanding the ck Star Army’s business range while at the same time bringing convenience to the yers so that they could buy the materials that they needed in the faction store without having to collect them themselves.
Of the 200,000 yers, there were about 50,000 to 60,000 Mechanic ss yers. They bought blueprints joyfully, and most of them bought more than one.
Han Xiao’s experience quickly increased, shooting past the one billion mark, and continued to grow.
The yers shockingly noticed that other than the low-level blueprints, there was also an extremely tempting high-level blueprint!
The Void Dragon Mechanical Suit!
“Thi—This is a god-tier blueprint!”
“Holy, now this is something!”
The Mechanic yers were extremely tempted. Looking at the price—600,000 experience and 2,000 Enas—many felt a heartache. However, the impressive stats on the Void Dragon mechanical suit were like an erotic dancer in revealing clothing that kept telling the yers, “Come and y.”
In the eyes of the yers, Void Dragon’s stats were undoubtedly in the ‘god tier’ range. Some yers that could afford it hesitated before clenching their teeth and buying it.
Seeing this, Han Xiao faintly smiled. Although this blueprint was high level, he had Berserk Ape now and had no use for Void Dragon anymore, so he sold it to the yers.
The difficulty of making the Void Dragon mechanical suit was very high. The yers would only be able to build it after level 90. Plus, its core material were Void Dragon bones; this was the most important factor to Han Xiao. Even if some yers really built it, it would be impossible to replicate.
<i>What, you want to build in bulk? Sure, go to Ames and ask to have her Floating Dragon. You should be able to experience what it’s like to die from pressure.</i>
Within one to two versions, the chance of a yer being able to build it was very slim. They could at most look at it and feel good after they bought it. What if they wanted to build it? Not going to happen!
From the yers’ perspective, the mechanical suit blueprint that suited their current situation the most was actually Amphiptere, which Han Xiao had gotten rid of long ago.
With the Mechanic yers’ current ability, they would be able to build Amphiptere and keep its cost within an eptable range. If he sold the Amphiptere blueprint, this Single Unit Mechanical Suit would quickly be popr among the yers. The averagebat capability of the yers would be hugely increased... which was exactly why Han Xiao was not going to sell Amphiptere.
If the yers got what was most suitable for them, how was he going to use the Sunil series armor to harvest those leeks time after time?
Thus, the Great Mechanic Han decided to sell the Void Dragon blueprint, giving the yers a dream to chase. A man without a dream was no different from a fish, and this ‘dream’ just so happened to be able to earn him more profits.
Nheless, he did not scam the yers too much. At the very least, the price of the Void Dragon blueprint was much lower than its value. Mechanical suit blueprints of this level could be sold for at least 100,000 Enas in the gxy.
After this harvest, Han Xiao’s experience rocketed once again, easily surpassing three billion. Han Xiao could not help but smile in satisfaction.
Maple Moon learned the Void Dragon blueprint, too. She quickly browsed through the materials and murmured, “Void Dragon Bone... Hmm, looks familiar... Isn’t this Floating Dragon’s specialty?”
As a yer who had followed Han Xiao since Version 1.0, Maple Moon had visited Floating Dragon Ind personally. She was the only Mechanic yer present who had any idea what Void Dragon Bone was.
After about half a day, night came, and only then did the Mechanic yers dissipate and return contentedly.
Han Xiao’s experience stash had reached 9.4 billion!
The average price of low-level blueprints was about 40,000, and there were about 50,000 to 60,000 Mechanic yers, each buying more than one blueprint on average. There were also a few thousand yers that bought the Void Dragon blueprint. All in all, he had earned about 9.4 billion experience.
<i>This is plenty. </i>Han Xiao was rather satisfied. Exchanging some blueprints that he had no use for anymore for so much experience was worth it.
Since he had enough experience, Han Xiao did not dy. He returned to the training room on the spaceship, opened his interface, threw in three billion experience, and leveled up three times consecutively.
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[Virtual Mechanic] leveled up to Lv.20 (max).
+350 Energy, +3 DEX, +3 END, +6 INT.
You have received 6 Free Attribute Points.
You have received 1 Potential Point.
Main ss level limit achieved. Complete ss Advancement requirements to continue leveling up.
ss Advancement requirements: INT > 1,300, Machinery Affinity > 580%. (Active ability bonus not included)
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<i>I got attribute requirements? </i>Han Xiao’s eyes sparkled.
Increasing attributes for regr yers was quiteplicated; it would usually be difficult for them to achieve the ss Advancement attribute requirements, and they would often have to learn subsses.
However, to Han Xiao, this kind of ss Advancement was the easiest. The ss Advancement requirements were rted to the nature of the ss itself most of the time, such as the core attributes, Intelligence and Machinery Affinity. For these things, Han Xiao had always been well above the regr standard for his level.
For his Intelligence, his basic value reached 1,536 after spending all the Free Attribute Points that he had just earned on it, which was already above the ss Advancement requirements. Adding on the ten percent bonus as a Cmity Grade Super, as well as the more than three hundred Intelligence given by [Research Theory], his Intelligence was close to two thousand!
As for basic Machinery Affinity, including his talents and passive abilities, it was 686%, also exceeding the ss Advancement requirements.
This meant that Han Xiao had no need to learn any new subsses. His attributes had already met the ss Advancement standard.
<i>Huh, I’ve be lucky recently. </i>Han Xiao rubbed his hands with excitement. <i>Could it be that the effect of touching Feidin is permanent?</i>
Since he met the requirements, without hesitation, Han Xiao put the experience in and leveled his main ss up once more,pleting his ss Advancement.
With the regr sharp pain in his head, he suddenly gained insight into many new things.
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ss Advancement requirementspleted!
You have received a new ss [Gxy Mechanic Lv.1].
+180 Energy, +1 STR, +3 DEX, +3 END, +8 INT.
You have received 6 Free Attribute Points.
You have received 1 Potential Point.
You have acquired ability [Master Machinery Affinity]!
You have acquired ability [Rapid Virtual Intrusion]!
You have acquired ability [Quantum Network Matrix]!
You have obtained talent [Machinery Theory Summary!
Your talent [Virtual Technology Essence] is enhanced!
Your ability [Strengthened Smart Defense] is enhanced!
Your ability [Strengthened Hacking] is enhanced!
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