Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

Chapter 920: Chapter 26: Phase Cannon

After harvesting the ’Vervi Star Thief Group’ and ’Liberation Altar’ in the Asteroid Belt, Gao Gong decided to stop messing around and spent his days with Rich Lady Du, sprinkling dog food everywhere.

Meanwhile, far in the forefront of the Asteroid Belt, players were expanding outward under the leadership of the Star Thief Troops.

These interstellar bandits finally realized that there are people in the world fiercer than themselves.

For example, for fun, they tied themselves to a spaceship catapult and launched their bodies like light bullets deep into the cosmos. Or, despite practicing only a few times, they dared to race ships through the meteorite belt.

Of the remaining dozens of small ships from the Vervi Star Thief gang, at least half were destroyed by players, leading to human casualties.

So, when players came up to them, these star thieves—used to gulping liquor and eating meat—became uncharacteristically cautious, not daring to boss around these ’fierce people’ anymore.

They feared that if these people got angry, it might lead to mutual destruction.

But from the players’ perspective, it was another story—

Quite a few players initially disliked these ugly and vicious star thieves.

For the 4th Celestial Calamity, it’s really frustrating not to attack after revealing the blood bar.

But soon they changed their minds.

Because these star thieves gave quests.

’Small Star Shuttle Driving’, ’Basic Starship Driving’, ’Anti-Gravity Combat Techniques’, ’Shrek Blade Techniques (Incomplete)’...

The rich interstellar survival experience of this gang of star thieves filled in the gap most lacking among the players, who were planet natives.

Isn’t this map guidance?

You thick-browed system, are you intentionally lowering the difficulty?

However, lately, players discovered that these star thief leaders were offering quests less frequently.

”Brother Nose Ring, don’t you really want my help?”

At this moment, inside a star thief ship, I am a Big Muscle Dominator persistently surrounded a bulky star thief with horns and a nose ring, trying to force quests.

’Brother Nose Ring’ hurriedly waved his hand, and the four-spiked tail he had curled up tightly in fear.

He remembered clearly that one of this guy’s companions, on his first tactical operation, conducted a space jump with no warning, causing the star thief ship to crash into a distant comet, resulting in a fiery explosion.

Nearly a thousand people on board, whether player or star thief, perished without remains!

Too freaking ruthless!

”Are you sure you don’t want my help? I can clean the deck.”

I am a Big Muscle Dominator showed a simp-like smile, but to ’Brother Nose Ring’, it was a devil’s smile.

”Come on, come on, Muscle Dominator, stop struggling, come and mine with us.”

Nearby, a group of ’miners’ greeted him at the door.

”I don’t want to mine, you guys are perverts, getting addicted to mining?” I am a Big Muscle Dominator complained.

”Nonsense, space mining is so interesting, stop thinking about fighting all the time, I’ll take you to watch the meteor shower.”

”Stay away, you damn queer!”

...

While players were diligently working, the bored Gao Gong lazily floated on the deck. As an Advanced Carbon-based Species, he naturally didn’t need to wear a space suit; the Biological Energy and internal Respiratory System in his body were enough to solve most interstellar survival challenges.

The vacuum without gravity felt like being wrapped in cotton candy to him.

He opened the Personal System—

Name: Gao Gong (Beast God) (Version 6.0 Biological Computer) (Bionic Blood Mark 9/9)

Race: Cosmic Life

Bloodline: Sea of Life (Tier 4)

Profession: Biomechanical Rusher

Total Level: lv 104

Main Profession Level: 60 (Not Transferred)

Body Transformation: 521

Consciousness: 3739

Physical Strength Value: 47530/47530

Mechanical Energy: 4900000

Biological Energy: 4881100

Personal Attributes: Power 330, Agility 332, Endurance 302, Intelligence 390, Perception 356, Personality: -121

Advanced Talents: ’Divine Knowledge’ (Tier 4), ’Flesh Carpet’ (Grade S), ’Flesh Fusion’ (Grade S), ’Physical Absorption’ (Grade S), ’Energy Absorption’ (Grade S), ’Tyrant’ (Grade S), ’Field of Destruction’ (Tier 3 Talent), Life Origin (Tier 3), Advanced Information Virus Perception Organ (Solidified Talent) (Tier 3)

Skills: Overlord Body (Tier 2 - Master), Bursting Grip (Tier 2 - Master)...

The skill bar was even more extravagant, filled over three pages, the entire panel ridiculously lavish.

If you cover the level and only look at the attributes, this is clearly the panel of a Tier 3 Top-level boss, some might even believe it’s a Tier 4 panel—if not considering the Ascension Talent.

Gao Gong glanced at the Personal Attributes, pondering, and realized Personality was the lowest attribute.

As expected, not selling films for many years, even Personality improved.

I’ll strive to push Personality down a notch in the future.

Gao Gong switched to the Human Body System Transformation page—

Mechanical Rejection: 1200 Biological Rejection: 1001

Limit: 25% + 50% + 50% + 75% + 100% 25% + 50% + 50% + 75% + 100%

Personal System:

300% (Mechanical Transformation)

200% (Biological Transformation)

Sports System:

78% (Mechanical Transformation) 24% (Biological Transformation)

Neural System

31% (Mechanical Transformation) 40% (Biological Transformation)

27% (Mechanical Transformation) 30% (Biological Transformation)

Circulatory System

63% (Mechanical Transformation) 20% (Biological Transformation)

Respiratory System

9% (Mechanical Transformation) 19% (Biological Transformation)

Digestive System

23% (Mechanical Transformation) 19% (Biological Transformation)

Urogenital System

2% (Mechanical Transformation) 8% (Biological Transformation)

Reproductive System

7% (Mechanical Transformation) 40% (Biological Transformation)

Thanks to the mechanical technology tree of the Cyber Test Field, the mechanical system transformation has reached the level limit.

On the contrary, biological transformation still has 100% space.

Actually, in Gao Gong’s view, the evolution of the biological system is more developed, even exceeding the tier level limits; but because the biological computer belongs to ’system software’, not ’human hardware’, it is not counted in the transformation rate.

’Once I reach the 4th Ring Black Market, I need to collect some bloodlines from intelligent species.’

The inability to reach full level transformation means nothing to players, but for someone like Gao Gong pursuing ’Flesh Fusion’, that’s courting death.

His exaggerated transformation power is precisely due to the perfect balance maintained between the two systems.

Gao Gong further pondered that it might be time to consider the matter of transformation space.

The human body isn’t large, consisting of only eight systems.

If one area is heavily transformed, the transformation space in other areas naturally decreases.

For example, the Sports System at 78% (Mechanical).

It only has 22% transformation space left.

In the Sports System, major transformations (such as bones, knees, bone connections) are already completed, and the remaining are minor, like ’skeletal muscle’, or a small portion adhering to the surface of the skeletal muscle, the ’motor nerves’.

The transformation space in these areas is not large.

Unless there’s a particularly good ’plug-in’, once the transformation space is depleted and the transformation rate doesn’t reach 100%, it’s all over.

Just like building blocks, the closer a ’system’ approaches 100%, the greater the risk of replacing plugins, which might even cause human collapse.

Low transformation rate system transformations, like ’Urogenital System’, also need to be scheduled.

In the cosmos, are there any human forms that urinate far?

Gao Gong pondered, stroking his chin.

As for the vast amount of experience, specialization points, skill points on the reward bar, including blueprints, mechanical puzzles, template fragments, etc.

There’s really just nothing more to do than look at them.

Without a fixed production base, even if blueprints are presented, they can’t be constructed.

After all, this is a virtual game world claiming to be 100% realistic.

By the way, what was the name of the resource planet captured by the Walter Star Thief Group, as Vervi mentioned?

Long-horned Whale Alpha

This planet reportedly produces the most Energy Ore and precious metals?

Interesting.

Just as Gao Gong was pondering how to rob the rich, he suddenly received a special message from a Player.

A civilization fleet appeared in the Asteroid Belt!?

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Upon learning of the fleet’s news, the ones most excited were not the Players but the remnants of the Star Thieves; the Star Thief profession was destined to fear official power. In fact, if not for Vervi’s repression, these folks would have probably thought of taking off in their Spaceship.

And although Vervi appeared as steady as an old dog outwardly, he was a bit panicked internally.

These Starships aren’t coming to capture me, are they?

Who sold my information? How much did they sell it for? Can they share it with me?

He knew the ethics of his peers too well.

Since he could sell the information of four Star Thief Groups to the new Boss.

Conversely, he was absolutely certain that others could sell his information to the Civilization Influence.

”General, should we retreat?”

Vervi nervously looked at his new Boss.

”Don’t rush; we need to confirm which influence is coming.”

Gao Gong patted his shoulder, both of them flew directly into the Void, heading toward the distant Fleet.

Soon, they saw the Fleet’s appearance.

It was a medium-sized Fleet of over ten ships, with ships larger than the Cybertron Starship, each mushroom-shaped Starship with a diameter of a hundred thousand meters, its ’mushroom’ surface layered with city-wall-thick Energy Defense Plates, like blocks of silvery Iron Hide embedded on the mushroom surface, the ’Iron Hide’ gaps glowing with intense Energy Radiance, while the mushroom ’stalk’ area resembled a skyward pillar of Ion Engine flames.

Vervi’s face changed drastically.

”This is the Galen Republic’s Dominator Level Starship.”

Although Vervi was not clear about the internal news of civilizations, he was quite knowledgeable about the armed forces of each civilization.

The Starships of the Galen Republic are classified into four levels.

Satellite-level, Star-Destroying Level, Dominator Level, Stellar-level

Vervi hadn’t seen the Stellar-level interstellar fortress, but he had witnessed the power of this ’Dominator Level’ Starship with his own eyes.

In the joint operation of several civilizations, the ’Shrek Eradication Battle’, he had seen its role on the battlefield.

Without exaggeration, one shot per individual, that would not be a problem at all.

After all, besides Starship building technology, the Galen Republic excelled in large Energy Weapon development, such as the Republic’s flagship weapon, the Phase Cannon.

Even Gao Gong felt intense spatial fluctuations from these Starships.