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Apocalyptic Mechanist

Author: Not Jiu You

Synopsis:

Jiang Xiao transmigrated to the Starry Sky Era.

Interstellar fleets ran rampant, and individual might spanned across the stars. Fortunately, he obtained [Player Mode] and became the universe's only 'Fourth Calamity'!

Fighting monsters to level up, item synthesis, research progress bar, intelligence analysis...

Who says espers can only have one ability? Who says a mechanist can't fight a civilization alone?

[Fusion Trait] + [Monster Drop] → [Endgame Esper]

[Starfield Broodmother] + [Research Progress Bar] → [Apocalyptic Mechanist]

[System Retrieval] + [Intelligence Analysis] → [Omniscient Informant]

Starry Sky Era? It's just a power fantasy game!

"Wait, stop bragging. So... why are you sentenced to life in prison?"

Chapter 1: The Charges Are Smuggling Oxygen and Showing Your Face!

"Jiang Xiao, Pan-Human species, ordinary human, crew member of the Doran merchant ship, birthplace unknown!"

"Charges: Assisting in oxygen smuggling! Publicly exposing your face!"

"Now, according to the Valan Federation's Interstellar Trade Law, Category Three, and Criminal Law, Category Two, you are officially sentenced to life imprisonment!

The designated place of incarceration is the Interstellar Alliance's KL-21 Frontier Prison Star!"

"Does the prisoner have any objections?!"

A young human in a jumpsuit, his head covered by a crystalline mask, paused upon hearing this from the defendant's dock.

Honestly, there were too many points to dispute, he didn't know where to start.

Looking up at the alien creature on the judge's bench, whose head was larger than its body, Jiang Xiao asked, "Aren't there also charges of illegal entry?"

"..."

The judge's bench fell silent. They clearly hadn't expected Jiang Xiao to ask this question.

After a moment of silence, the chief judge said to a colleague, "Illegal entry alone isn't even enough for detention. Humans are strange, thinking illegal entry can be listed alongside smuggling oxygen and exposing one's face."

"Alright, since there are no objections, you will be escorted to the prison star immediately."

"Wait, I have one last thing to say." Jiang Xiao turned around just as he was about to step out.

The judges, who were about to leave, exchanged glances. The one in front said impatiently, "Speak."

"Please send my regards to your ancestors for eighteen generations!"

He was already sentenced to life, so why not have some fun with his words?

The scene instantly fell silent. After a long pause, the judge spoke.

"While your crimes are heinous to the Federation, your elegance is also admirable. I accept your blessings on behalf of my ancestors as a farewell.

Rest assured, there will be no malicious targeting of you by the Valan race on the transport ship."

"..."

Jiang Xiao almost choked on his own breath. He was eventually taken away in silence. It wasn't until he was escorted onto an oval ship over three hundred meters long that he sighed, as if accepting reality.

He looked around. The room where he was confined was about 40 square meters, complete with a waste disposal unit, smart appliances, and a bed suitable for humans.

Jiang Xiao lay down on the bed with a clear conscience—this was the result of him sending his regards to the judges' ancestors!

Staring at the ceiling, he muttered to himself, "What is this all about?"

To think that a transmigrator would die for smuggling air and showing his handsome face. Isn't this just another way to die?

That's right, Jiang Xiao was a transmigrator, and he had transmigrated physically.

As frequent transmigrators know, transmigrators usually have cheat systems. In fact, he did too, but the situation was hard to describe.

[Endless Starry Sky Welcomes You]

[Loading Game...]

This thing had been loading for a year.

"As expected, I shouldn't have had high hopes for a game with 'Starry Sky' in its name."

Actually, he wasn't unfamiliar with this game. Before he transmigrated, when he was killed by a truck that flung him onto the third floor, he was playing this game.

It was a highly free-form, large-scale comprehensive game set in the Starry Sky Era. Whether you wanted to build and farm, go on RPG adventures, engage in business and political struggles, or even become a universe-class idol, it was all possible!

How you wanted to play was entirely up to the player's imagination. The most basic way was undoubtedly fighting monsters to level up.

In short, it was a power fantasy game!

It's just that Jiang Xiao had obsessive-compulsive disorder. If the start wasn't perfect or something went wrong, he would usually choose to restart immediately. He hadn't played much in-depth before becoming a contribution to the truck's performance.

Also, this world he transmigrated to seemed to be the background world of Endless Starry Sky.

It's impossible to predict the future with this. The endless starry sky doesn't have a so-called main storyline or character scripts, at most there are some major events that are roughly similar.

"Why did it turn out like this!!!" Jiang Xiao suddenly sat up.

This was supposed to be a fun space game, what the hell is a life sentence!

Then, he couldn't help but recall the past year since his transmigration.

The starting point was a space station, no problem, fresh sights as soon as he opened his eyes.

He was then mistaken for someone with amnesia due to a space jump, treated well, no problem, not worrying about food and drink was much better than most transmigrators.

After that, he was attracted by the interstellar era and couldn't help but want to see it, so he looked for work as a crew member on an interstellar merchant ship, no problem, such an ambitious and passionate young man is one in a million!

Then he encountered a thousand-meter merchant ship named Doran. The crew were all humans, and the captain with the full beard readily accepted him, filling his ears with nonsense like 'We're all ordinary humans' 'Ordinary humans don't cheat ordinary humans' 'I'll make sure you eat well and live well from now on'.

This was actually fine, the only problem was that this guy was engaged in illegal smuggling!

He said that anything prohibited by the laws of various civilizations was definitely profitable, and who could catch him after he sold it and ran?

Who knew that the second job after joining the merchant ship was to transport oxygen to the Valan Federation, yes, oxygen!

For the creatures of the Valan Federation, oxygen was like opium, extremely harmful and highly addictive, even reducing the lifespan of the Valan people by half, making them live only two hundred years!

At that time, he didn't know that the captain, who was full of lies, claimed to be transporting oxygen to a group of humans mining on a mining planet, but he didn't expect it to be this.

The most deadly thing was that he didn't understand the universal values of the Valan Federation; exposing one's face was as serious as running naked in his former country where he owed favors...

If he hadn't joined Doran for less than a year and surrendered promptly, his fate would have been the same as the others, being turned into even more beautiful particles by beautiful light spears.

Sigh! At this point, someone might ask – oh dear! Other transmigrators were so cautious at the beginning, look at you, joining a merchant ship without even looking, isn't it normal for this to happen?

Besides, the space station couldn't have raised him for free forever, right?

And his identity was completely undocumented. If the space station found out he wasn't a tourist, who knew if he'd be turned into a bio-battery to pay for the supplies those days!

What could a ship like Doran do, which only wanted an ordinary human like him? The interstellar era was full of talented individuals from so many races, who would want an ordinary human?

Could it be that he was meant to be a pet?

In short, his strategy was absolutely fine!

After a moment of daze, Jiang Xiao got up and walked to the intelligent computer, starting to search for information about the Interstellar Alliance's KL-21 Frontier Prison Star.

The Interstellar Alliance was an organization established by advanced civilizations in this galaxy, intending to reduce conflicts between advanced civilizations and cultivate a diversified galactic society to face external threats. It is now the Alliance Era 7801.

Furthermore, the internal wars restricted by the Alliance referred to major wars between mid-to-high-level civilizations that could cause galactic turmoil. Even if low-level civilizations fought to the death, as long as mid-to-high-level civilizations did not intervene, the Alliance wouldn't even bother.

While browsing the information on KL-21 Frontier Prison Star, Jiang Xiao pondered what to do next.

Suddenly, Jiang Xiao's expression became solemn. His hands flipping through the holographic screen slowed down, and his face grew paler.

The Frontier Prison Star was not a strictly managed prison as imagined, but a rather free planet. No freedom was restricted within it, and there were even things like cities!

As long as one did not break through the near-Earth orbit, no matter what was done inside, the external prison star guard fleet would not intervene.

This was the biggest problem!

Those imprisoned on the Frontier Prison Star were all veteran criminals from various civilizations. Apart from a very small number who were framed, they were basically heinous criminals!

As long as they didn't leave the planet, these guys had no restrictions.

What Darwinian socialist experiment?

The information stated that the Frontier Prison Star had quite a few Source Energy Martial Artists and Espers!

Both of these were renowned extraordinary power systems in the Interstellar Alliance. It was rumored that the former could cultivate into a Neutron Body and shatter stars with their bodies if they reached a high level!

As for the latter, it was even more absurd. A densely populated planet might not even produce one, and their abilities were bizarre, with some even possessing innate Rule-level Power.

Their lower limit far surpassed that of Source Energy Martial Artists!

After joining Doran, Jiang Xiao had tested his own talent, after all, who wouldn't want to become a powerhouse capable of traversing the universe with their bare body? Unfortunately, he had no Source Energy talent, let alone any special abilities.

Although in this galaxy, the strongest power lay in the black technology and legions held by advanced civilizations, which had the qualification to disregard peak individuals.

But that was advanced civilization!

At least in terms of individual combat power, nothing could compare to Source Energy Martial Artists and Espers.

"No wonder those big-headed Valan babies were so easy to talk to. Sending me to the Frontier Prison is no different from sending me to my death?" Jiang Xiao became agitated.

Even without Source Energy Martial Artists and Espers, the system of the Frontier Prison Star alone made his chances of survival extremely slim.

No matter what, the Frontier Prison Star was a prison. Disorder was the norm, order could not exist, and the prison guard fleet would not stand by and watch the prison star have order!

He couldn't help but stand up and rush to the door: "How much longer until we reach the Frontier Prison Star?"

"Estimated ten days," replied the mechanical soldier standing guard outside the door.

Jiang Xiao's expression changed.

Ten days...

Several hours later, Jiang Xiao tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep, his mind filled with screenshots and reports about the Frontier Prison Star from the internet.

Armed shootouts, rampant gangs, monsters slaughtering intelligent creatures for amusement