Each advancement represents a sublimation of life level, while level 60 is a watershed moment of significant change. This is the boundary between version 1.0 and version 2.0. The effects of advancement accumulate into a qualitative change, and life form undergoes its first evolution. The direction of evolution is not completely random, but rather follows the evolutionary possibilities of the initial race, providing a corresponding evolutionary direction. For example, the evolutionary direction of carbon-based humans is basically humanoid.
The evolutionary chain is not fixed, branching out into countless possibilities. The compatibility represents the degree of subversion of the original race after evolution, that is, how big the change is. The lower the compatibility, the more uncontrollable the result is, which may lead to malignant results, but it may also lead to benign mutations. It's like a gamble. For example, the [Basic Energy Lifeform] directly subverted the physical structure of carbon-based humans, abandoning the physical body and becoming some kind of energy entity.
Conversely, a high compatibility indicates that this evolutionary direction is the most reasonable. Han Xiao's choice of [Type I Cosmic Human] has a compatibility of nearly 100%. "Cosmic Human" are the most common humanoid race in the Galaxy, with enhanced adaptability to various environments. Their racial characteristics [Adaptive Group], abnormal status resistance, physical resistance, and mental resistance are all increased by 10%.
Each race has different growth potential, and once they evolve, they will gain attribute enhancements, which is a significant boost. Each evolutionary path has its own inclination. There are thousands of races in the Galaxy, and from this step onwards, the uniqueness of the player character begins to emerge.
Compared to the other four options, his choice of [Type I Cosmic Human] was a common and moderate choice, with comprehensive improvements but lacking in unique characteristics. However, the more universal a race is, the wider its future evolutionary path will be. Evolution is irreversible, and a wrong choice cannot be changed. Han Xiao naturally remembered such an important evolutionary tree. [Type I Cosmic Human] was one of the best first-evolutionary races he had envisioned, so he chose it without hesitation.
The process of superhumans becoming stronger is the process of evolution, and the same is true for NPCs, except that they do not have a control panel and cannot freely choose their evolution path.
"Hiss--" Han Xiao gasped.
A deep, soul-piercing pain seeped from every crevice of his bones and flesh, excruciatingly agonizing, causing his consciousness to tremble. Han Xiao gritted his teeth and endured it, his cheeks puffing out. Evolution was painful. Before, as a player, he could reduce his senses, but now all sensations were 100% real.
Fortunately, the pain was short-lived and quickly subsided like a receding tide. Soon after, Han Xiao's senses were completely refreshed!
With pursuers closing in, he had no time to slowly savor the changes in his body. He immediately started frantically leveling up on the panel, throwing in 74 million experience points. [Magnetic Ring Mechanic] leveled up from Lv5 to the maximum level of Lv15 like a rocket!
[Magnetic Ring Mechanic] Upgraded to Lv15 (Max): Strength +180, Agility +2, Endurance +1, Intelligence +4, Gain 4 Free Attribute Points, Gain 1 Potential Point.
One-third of our experience in handling 200 million was used up!
As the level increases, the cost of each level up increases significantly, and the benefits naturally match the cost. After leveling up ten times, my stamina increased by 810 points, reaching 3070 points, which meets the 3000-point standard for [Lv8], and I gained a new level of attribute bonus, which is the icing on the cake.
His body was brimming with energy, and his total level was seventy, breaking through the upper limit of version 1.0.
The only superhuman on the entire Planet Aquamarine with a power level exceeding 60!
The attributes have been enhanced by leaps and bounds!
[Strength 111, Agility 185, Endurance 159, Intelligence 321, Mysticism 21, Charisma 14, Luck 1]
[Free attribute points: 40]
[Potential Points: 72]
[Health Points: 7980]
[Stamina: 9580]
[Stamina: 3070 [Lv8]]
[Energy level: 3275 Ona]
[Rank: C [You have acquired the qualities of a qualified space exploration warrior]]
"My overall combat power is more than half stronger than before the advancement. My health was over 4300 before the advancement, and now it has almost doubled. The original stamina-to-health conversion ratio was 1:20, which has increased to 1:30. With the completion of evolution attributes, the gains from leveling up, and the new level of stamina bonus, my first four attributes have all increased by thirty or forty points..." He quickly estimated his combat power. He still had 40 free attribute points on his panel. He didn't invest them immediately. The situation was precarious, and he wanted to save his free attribute points to deal with unforeseen circumstances.
Han Xiao straightened up, turned to face Jeroz and his pursuers, his eyes flashing with a cold, sharp light.
"Are you ready, Germinal!"
The pursuers swarmed in, and Jeroz roared, "Cut off his escape route! Don't let him get away!"
With that, Jeroz raised his hand and unleashed a Force Field Hammer.
Bang!
The ground exploded into a sand pit, and the attack was dodged. Han Xiao was even faster than before, and in the blink of an eye, he was close to Jeroz. He stretched out his hands, and the Magnetic Chain Split Blade stirred up a sharp gale. Its power increased greatly, and it directly tore apart Jeroz's defensive force field. The force field, which was difficult to break through before, was now as fragile as paper.
bass--
A flash of cold light, Jeroz's vision blurred. Suddenly, he lost control of his body, and excruciating pain erupted from all parts of his body as he felt sharp blades penetrating his flesh.
He had a premonition of what was about to happen, and his eyes widened in fury.
"No--"
Nine sharp blades burst forth from his body simultaneously, turning Jeroz's body into a tattered sack. Blood gushed out, and all his tendons were severed, causing him to tremble in pain. Han Xiao closed in and smashed the last force field that Jeroz had desperately constructed, then punched Jeroz's head flat!
In a single encounter, he swiftly defeated the seasoned executive who was notoriously difficult to deal with and would cause endless trouble!
The roles of hunter and prey have been reversed!
Han Xiao scanned the pursuers around him, whose expressions had changed drastically with horror, as if he were a tiger among sheep!
The main battlefield in the distance was still raging, and everyone kept looking in the direction Han Xiao had fled, eager to know the outcome.
Suddenly, a violent explosion was heard in the distance, drawing everyone's attention.
"How did it go? Did he escape?"
Was that explosion during a firefight?
Everyone was speculating wildly when a Enderman rapidly approached. As it drew closer, they realized it was Han Xiao returning. However, all the enemies who had been tracking him had vanished without a trace.
"He's already run away, why is he coming back?" Tang Tang asked in astonishment.
Dannina unleashed two Explosive Flame, panting heavily, and said resentfully, "We must have encountered a powerful enemy we couldn't defeat, and we were forced to retreat."
At this moment, Hila, who had been silent all along, spoke, her brows furrowed, "His life force... seems to have changed!"
In her supernatural perception, Han Xiao was like a sun, dazzling and blazing!
She had never seen anyone with such a strong sense of life force!
She sensed a subtle difference, but couldn't quite put her finger on it. This stemmed from Han Xiao's racial evolution, something Hila was naturally unaware of.
"Where's Jeroz?" The leader, his attention diverted from the fierce battle, suppressed his doubts and shouted, "Focus fire on Zero! Don't let him out of my sight again!"
The army turned their guns around, Han Xiao suddenly accelerated, swift as lightning, weaving through the gaps in the firepower with ease. He picked up a machine gun left behind by a soldier from the Germinal unit and fired precise shots in return. With each burst of flame, someone was shot and fell to the ground.
Han Xiao approached his teammates' battle group and, without saying a word, charged into the ranks of the executive officers who were besieging his teammates.
Bang bang--
Like a meteor crashing into the earth, the executive officers' troops were immediately thrown into chaos. Han Xiao was unstoppable, punching, kicking, shooting, and slashing. His performance was completely different from when he was just loafing around!
The pressure on the experts from the Six Nations eased dramatically, and they stared in astonishment at Han Xiao's incredible display of power.
There's only one word to describe it—crushing!
"He was conserving his strength just now, probably to recover his condition, and then suddenly launch a surprise attack after the enemy is exhausted." Tang Tang's spirits lifted, thinking she had guessed Han Xiao's thoughts. The other teammates nodded in agreement, and their slight displeasure vanished.
Seeing this, Dannina also put aside her prejudices and muttered, "Conserving their strength... without even saying so beforehand."
After decimating the executive officers' forces, Han Xiao turned and approached the battle between the leader and Bennett. Upon seeing this, the leader repelled Bennett with a single blow, and the two ceased their fight.
"Bennett, you've had a tough time, but his opponent is me." Han Xiao patted Bennett on the shoulder, adding mysteriously, "This is a fateful duel."
"You..."
Bennett had keen senses. Han Xiao had been very strong before, but he could feel the exact strength of Han Xiao, which was still some distance from his own. But now, he found that he could no longer see through Han Xiao, as if he were a bottomless abyss.
Bennett gave Han Xiao a deep look, then turned and joined the battle on the other side without saying a word, leaving the leader in Han Xiao's hands.
Since Han Xiao is determined to deal with the leader, he must be confident in his abilities.
This is trust that doesn't need to be explicitly stated.
The leader's eyes flashed with a cold flame as he said calmly, "Bennett protected you, yet you actively sought me out as your opponent. Is it because he exhausted my strength that you feel confident enough to fight me? Heh, very good... very good, just what I wanted. Even if I'm not at my peak, I can still kill you!"
"Come on, haven't you always wanted to do this?"
Han Xiao raised his hand and fired a shot. The leader's hand formed a claw, spreading a blackish-purple shockwave, which acted as a barrier. The bullet's power was greatly reduced after passing through it.
The leader possesses advanced Pugilist Class techniques, External Wave and Materialized Aura, making him extremely capable in both offense and defense.
The leader's information is displayed on the panel.
"He still has 81% health left!" Han Xiao's eyes lit up. Bennett and the leader were evenly matched, fighting for quite a while, and Bennett had only lost this much health, enough for Han Xiao to complete 60% of his damage output!
Dannina, Tang Tang, and the others watched the two fight closely, secretly worried. Bennett was their undisputed strongest fighter, and they were all at ease having him hold off the leader. But now that it was Han Xiao, they couldn't help but have doubts and lacked confidence in Han Xiao's abilities.
The two engaged in a fierce battle, tumbling and rolling across the uneven desert ground. Enemies meeting again, they fought with extraordinary ruthlessness, like wild beasts tearing and biting each other, not dodging, their attacks landing squarely on each other with resounding thuds.
Han Xiao employed a variety of methods, using various machines to whittle down the leader's health, including the Sunworm Flamethrower, the Sonic Boom Grenade, the Magnetic Chain Split Blade, and the Ghost Gauss Sniping Rifle.
The leader is a martial artist, so close combat should be disadvantageous for Han Xiao. However, with his attributes boosted by level 70 and the enhancement from the Viper Modified, his strength, agility, and endurance even surpass those of the leader. Even if he lacks martial arts skills and close combat abilities, he can still hold his own thanks to his much higher attributes.
One force can overcome ten techniques!
Han Xiao observed the battle information and was secretly surprised. "He has so many powerful skills, high armor-piercing damage, the ability to weaken the enemy's defense as the battle progresses, and a skill that reflects the power of enemy attacks... He must have used this move to block Bennett's European critical hit."
The two clashed fiercely. Han Xiao was completely focused and single-minded. He processed all the combat information, including the skills and health of both sides, in his mind at lightning speed. As a veteran power leveler, he was extremely experienced. A master is someone who can calculate every detail of both himself and his enemy.
With a level 70 HP far exceeding that of the boss, and also having the Viper Modified, he knew this was his greatest advantage. So he adopted the simplest and most brutal method: head-on collisions to exchange HP. Even if he was hit three or four times in exchange for hitting the boss once, in his eyes it was a sure win!
The boss's health was steadily declining, but Viper Mod was the first to give out. It was covered in wounds, its outer armor was cracked, and its durability was almost gone. One or two more punches and it would definitely fall apart and be scrapped.
The various modules attached to the mech were also smashed by the leader. The butterfly-shaped Magnetic Chain Split Blade was crushed into scrap metal by the giant hand. The Sunworm ran out of fuel, the Sniping rifle ran out of ammunition, the built-in tactical screen was cracked everywhere, and the displayed energy bar had only a thin layer left.
In other words, Han Xiao currently has no weapons at his disposal, which is a desperate situation for the mechanic.
'Finally, I can shatter his mech! Without that turtle shell, he's at my mercy, completely at my mercy!'
As if seeing his long-held wish finally come true, the leader couldn't wait any longer. His hand, like an iron hook, slammed into the mech, sending sparks flying, as he delivered the final blow!
Sizzle--
The sound was piercing!
However, the badly damaged Viper Mod suddenly shone brightly and abruptly regained full power! Its durability, which should have been almost depleted, instantly recovered to 50%! The mech's energy also mysteriously recovered by a large margin!
[Mechanical Continuation]!
When a machine's durability drops below 10%, consuming 500 points of energy can temporarily restore the machine to 50%~80% of its state. The higher the quality and the more advanced the technology of the machine, the shorter the duration. The duration is affected by the intelligence attribute. When the skill effect ends, the machine is completely disassembled and destroyed.
This thing is essentially a mechanical [Battle Continuation], a last gasp!
Han Xiao had already prepared this trump card. Taking advantage of the leader's surprise, he punched him in the face. The leader tumbled and fell, and cracks appeared in his mask. He tried to stand up, but a feeling of weakness suddenly ran through his body.
The fighting was so fierce that the leader didn't even notice that his condition had deteriorated drastically, and he was covered in wounds.
"Hey you over there, lend me your weapon!" Han Xiao shouted at the mech warriors locked in fierce combat.
The mechanized warrior was taken aback, hesitated for a moment, then dragged his weary body and swung the power hammer through the air.
"Then!"
The warhammer felt heavy in my hand, imbued with a deep blue Mechanical Force, and the [Willpower Burning] skill, which had just finished cooling down, was activated at the same time.
Han Xiao spun around and swung his heavy warhammer. The hammerhead's jet booster stirred up air currents, drawing a full arc. Taking advantage of the leader's difficulty in getting up, he slammed the hammer down heavily on the leader's face!
Boom!
Right in the bullseye!
The leader was like a baseball hit squarely, crashing into three SUVs along the way and flying over a hundred meters away!
In mid-air, fragments of the mask shattered and fell to the ground with a crackling sound!