Gravity Development

[Side Quest triggered - "Roar of Freedom"]

[Type]: Combat [Duration]: 30 natural days [Difficulty]: B [Description]: "Rain falls on the righteous and on the unrighteous. The poor are drenched in the rain, suffocate, get high fevers, and die in a stupor, while the rich, with their oil-paper umbrellas, praise the sweet dew of nature."

The Grant Duchy has only 47 million people, yet it supports 630 million Frostplate Citizen. From the Bargella Volcano to the Agate Basin, this fertile land is always rich enough to produce fat and sheep's milk.

So, what's the cost?

The price was the blood of the Grantian, and their helpless cries were silenced under the Frostplate iron hooves.

Smash the shackles, break free from colonial control, and roar toward a free future—this is the choice of the Grantian.

You are neither a hero nor a villain; you are merely a cold-hearted beneficiary of the status quo. But judging by your actions, not your intentions, your deeds will fight for the rights that the weak deserve.

[Settlement Conditions]: A. "Children of the Volcano" - Overthrow the comprador group in Guland, help the Grantian regain power, and rebuild the republic.

Reward: 1.2 million experience points

B. "Buried in Ultramarine" - The greatest obstacle to the rebels is the rulers of the old world, who kill Grant Duchy Gamos Luvenchi Grant (Gamma Rank).

Rewards: Random rewards (determined based on task evaluation; higher evaluation yields better rewards) ——————————————

After the people from Sky Ring left, Li Aoz remained in the reception room with the Auckland Lord and began discussing this difficult-to-judge deal.

"Mr. Li Aoz, in many people's eyes, your background is, after all, that of Frostplate. Won't it have repercussions if you take action like this?"

Auckland, chin in hand, twirled his white porcelain teacup and asked curiously.

Li Aoz wasn't interested in the tea. He crossed his arms, fiddling with the memory chip containing his professional knowledge, and asked in return:

Why would you think that?

"Sky Ring knows you've just attacked a hero of an anti-human organization, yet they still send you to instigate Colonies independence. This might incite the anger of Frostplate Ethnicity towards you, right?" Auckland Lord said, resting his chin on his hand. "What surprises me is that you actually agreed?"

"There are no nationalists in Frostplate. If this continues, they'll only have male and female chauvinists." Li Aoz dismissively, "As for public opinion—don't be fooled by the number of people supporting me online. Most of them are just venting. Rather, if we can bleed Frostplate Citizen, we might wake them up and make them realize who their enemy is."

"The enemy is in the Gemini Palace...?" Auckland Lord leaned back and exclaimed in admiration, "Your vision is quite broad. The Four Nations are not on the same level as those Outland in terms of perspective."

"There's no need to belittle yourself. The fact that the Auckland Family has been able to operate for so many years despite being sidelined by Frostplate and Sky Ring shows that your abilities are no less than those of the leaders of the Four Nations."

"I'll take that as a compliment."

Li Aoz casually opened the newly opened GTB Bank account on the terminal, Sky Ring gave him 20 million baht, which is equivalent to 1 million derbies.

This is only the cost of hiring him. Once he arrives in the Grant Duchy, there will be additional funds specifically for operations aimed at turning the Colonies.

With half a month to go before the closed beta players can log in, Sky Ring's timely injection of funds has allowed him to further expand his Biochemical Pool.

"Next, we can go and make the Aura Awakening Potion."

The benefits of befriending the Auckland Lord quickly became apparent in the following days.

Under the guise of the Triangle Town, Li Aoz openly imported some biochemical raw materials from Frostplate and Sky Ring. In less than a week, Li Aoz's laboratory expanded three times.

During this period, Li Aoz also completed his study of "The Aura Refining Theory" and poured his remaining experience into it, elevating this professional knowledge to a professor-level level of mastery.

As a result, the development of [Gravity] Aoneng has reached a new level: ——————————————

Core Aura – [Gravity·Contact]

[Rating]: Omega (Ω, the 24th and last Greek letter)

[Development Level]: Contact Level

[Introduction]: [Gravity·Contact] - You have gained a more intuitive understanding of 'gravity', one of the four fundamental forces of the universe. What lies before you is not only the field that drives force and speed, but you can also vaguely touch a deeper layer.

You've fallen into the trap it's woven for you—but you're willing, and hopefully you will.

Gravity, such a wondrous and unpredictable power, its strength is boundless, and it allows your ambition to grow without end.

The power of God has given you the ability to Twisted Reality, yet you are trying to covet God himself.

Let's stop here; mere contact is enough.

"Newton lied to you; gravity is right beside me."

Range: A spherical space with a radius of 50 meters centered on itself.

[Active Effect]: Mode 1 - Monarch consumes Aura Value to freely control the magnitude and direction of gravity within the range, altering Gravitational Acceleration. (Up to 150G)

The target selection for gravity ignores attribute judgment, but is affected by anti-gravity effects.

Mode Two: Distortion

You can achieve optical invisibility by distorting the Gravity Field around your body to deflect light. (There is a 70% chance that optical weapons will deflect your light.) [Passive Effect]: ①: Your body is favored by the power of the universe - gain 18% damage reduction; ②: You have comprehended a deeper level of the laws of gravity, and your body is permanently enveloped by Gravity Field - you are immune to all time-related skill effects except for yourself (including: time stop, stagnation, accelerated aging, and time slowdown effects will no longer apply to you).

③: I have never heard of a child of gravity being killed by a fall - immunity to fall damage.

[Current Development Level]: Contact Level, the Aura Value consumption rate at this development level is -100%;

The effects of gravity have been further enhanced, and the application of Omega-class Aoneng has become more diverse.

With the "Professor-level Aura Refining Theory" in hand, the speed of developing Aoneng will be much faster in the future. Li Aoz plans to upgrade the development level of Gravity Aura to the next level, namely the Control-rank, before entering space.

However, this has once again caused Li Aoz to worry about his lack of experience.

On the one hand, although his [Biochemist] is a secondary profession, he is actually upgraded according to the standards of his Main Class.

In addition, upgrading each professional skill requires a lot of experience, and a complete mastery of a Artifice Class requires dozens of professional skills.

The mastery levels of a subject are divided into eight levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced, bachelor, master, professor, pioneer, and academic leader.

The experience required to level up doubles for each level you advance.

To upgrade a professional skill to the level of a master, Li Aoz estimated that even if he killed every creature on the Azure Planet, he probably wouldn't have enough experience.

The [Craftsmanship] class is much more expensive than the [Dominator] class. It's said that scholars are poor and warriors are rich, but in the Star Abyss, if you want to carve out a bloody path, the success rate of going out and becoming a [Martial Artist] to do manual labor is actually higher.

Even so, in the eyes of NPCs, Li Aoz's learning speed is extremely terrifying. His previous mastery of "Pioneer Level: Biochemical Materials" has already enabled him to create top-tier materials on Azure Planet. As long as he adds "Bionic Armor Technology", he will be able to manufacture bio-armor immediately, just like Professor Du Zexin, who was beaten to the point of questioning his life by a "Mechanic".

Fortunately, the quest triggered by the visitor from Heavenly Ring Nation can temporarily alleviate his urgent crisis.

Speaking of which, I should have mentioned before that there are no natural Gamma-rank on Azure Planet.

On the one hand, the environment for the birth of Gamma-rank is not available. Therefore, professions based on physical strength, such as [Martial Artist] and [Mutant], reach their limit at the Beta-rank, as the environment does not support their further evolution.

In this situation, those who can reach the Gamma-rank are basically like astronauts, one or two out of hundreds of millions of people. The path to success for such people is based on favorable timing and location, which cannot be replicated. Even if such people successfully advance, their strength will decline as they age.

Even if you let Gagarin go to space again in his later years, he couldn't withstand that kind of ordeal.

On the other hand, professions that rely on knowledge learning, such as [Biochemist] and [Mechanic], have the opportunity to climb higher (for example, Nethermark Professor can use Bio-Kongou to build up his Gamma-rank). However, the actual situation is... well, we've all seen how Bio-Kongou.