Four slender mechanical supports form an "X" shape, suspending and fixing the central miniature spherical reactor.
The spherical reactor was about the size of a fist, silver-gray in color, with a smooth, mirror-like surface that reflected Han Xiao's handsome face.
"A small-scale Psionic Energy reactor, pale purple in color, serving as its energy core, is many times more efficient than a small-scale cold fusion reactor."
Han Xiao gazed at the Psionic Energy reactor and breathed a sigh of relief.
He used [Exotic Energy] to gamble on blueprints and obtained a large number of blueprints for Psionic Energy machinery. He first built a complete set of simple Psionic Energy extraction devices. After repeated testing, he carefully extracted the Primal Psionic Energy particles. Then he carried out the first batch of assimilation to expand the number of Psionic Energy particles. He spent several days testing a stable manufacturing process before building the first Psionic Energy reactor.
Because Psionic Energy is risky, Han Xiao only dared to speed up the manufacturing process after a proper manufacturing plan was established.
Let's see how it actually works... Han Xiao composed himself, took off a compressed ball from the necklace, and tossed it aside.
A bolt of Mechanical Force lightning adhered to the compressed sphere, activating it. In the blink of an eye, the compressed sphere unfolded into the Mad Ape Mech—this was the spare mech in the warehouse; the original had been destroyed by the eight Vanguard Officers.
"Phillip, stay on standby, eject the energy core."
"Command confirmed..." Phillip said crisply.
The Mad Ape Mech raised its head, straightened its body, and its chest armor activated, dispersing into nanoparticles to reveal the mech's internal structure. With a click, a highly concentrated nuclear reactor sprang out from its chest, glowing with a faint red light, like the mech's heart.
Han Xiao removed the nuclear reactor and placed it aside. Then he picked up the Psionic Energy reactor and inserted it into the gap in the energy core.
Buzz--
With a hum, the surface of the Psionic Energy reactor suddenly lit up with a dark blue pattern resembling a mechanical matrix. The glowing pattern quickly cracked, turning into grooves and slots. The mech's nanoparticles automatically deformed and embedded themselves into these grooves, adapting to the new energy core.
The reactor began to operate, providing a continuous supply of Psionic Energy. Centered on the energy core, blue patterns resembling a mechanical matrix spread across the surface of the Mad Ape, covering its entire body. The patterns constantly shifted between dazzling and dim, again and again, like ripples. This process repeated for several tens of seconds before stopping.
"Energy core update complete, mech self-adaptation successful, nano energy transmission pipeline switched to Psionic Energy mode, self-testing in progress... Self-test complete, operating condition good, no potential faults, buzz."
Phillip spoke cheerfully, sounding very happy, like a spoiled child.
While building the Psionic Energy reactor, Han Xiao took the opportunity to upgrade Phillip's logic program with his newly acquired [Logic Program Enhancement]. This not only improved its computational efficiency but also allowed Phillip to download an emotion module, making it more lively and agile. Furthermore, it proactively changed its voice system, its voice becoming that of an adorable little boy...
Looking at the equipment description on the panel, the power limit of the Mad Ape has tripled, allowing it to load more modules. Its mech energy value of over 20,000 has instantly increased to 57,000, doubling!
Such a tremendous leap forward clearly demonstrates the importance of cutting-edge knowledge.
Han Xiao released Mechanical Force from his palm, connecting it to the Mad Ape Mech. The next moment, the Mad Ape quickly attached itself to his body, completing the donning process.
With a thought, his mecha arm Nano Transformation into a precision cannon barrel, aiming at the alloy wall used for testing weapons in the distance.
After the energy core transformed into Psionic Energy reactor, the Mad Ape's Nano Transformation weapon module also upgraded itself into a Psionic Energy weapon. He switched to burst mode and decisively opened fire.
Pass!
The Psionic Energy cannon made a crisp sound, firing a blue beam that rapidly expanded the moment it left the barrel, growing from the size of a soccer ball to about half a person's size. Upon hitting its target, it exploded into a spherical psionic blue energy shockwave!
The blinding light flashed and disappeared in an instant.
Boom!
Han Xiao narrowed his eyes and looked again. The entire alloy wall was now a pile of fragments, with dust drifting in the wind.
"The power is quite good." Han Xiao was secretly pleased.
Psionic Energy truly lives up to its reputation as a signature ability; simply replacing it with a Psionic Energy reactor increases its power several levels, including a bonus for [Maximum Energy Output].
Because Primal Psionic Energy is unstable, conventional Psionic Energy weapons use "dormant" Psionic Energy has controllable power and will not undergo an expansion reaction before activation.
Only strategic weapons between civilizations would pursue the destructive power of Primal Psionic Energy Infinite. Super-powerful Psionic Energy weapons are subject to control. If used without authorization, cluster-level civilizations or even the Three Universal Civilizations would decisively intervene to investigate... After all, no one wants to see their planet suddenly razed to the ground by Psionic Energy planet-destroying cannon.
Civilizations are extremely wary of mechanics who wield Psionic Energy. Littering is one thing, but carelessly discarding Psionic Energy is another.
Han Xiao can't build a planet-destroying cannon yet; his level and intelligence aren't high enough, and his knowledge isn't complete. Only when he reaches the level of [Mechanic Emperor] Manison will he possess such destructive power. This is also one of the characteristics of Beyond Grade A.
Han Xiao then tested the Psionic Energy cannon in various modes, including penetration and rapid fire, before testing the Mad Ape's shield module.
Due to the replacement of the energy core, the shield has also become Psionic Energy shield, and its appearance has changed. The original energy shield had a uniform color and looked like a translucent mirror emitting yellow or blue light.
The Psionic Energy shield resembles a water bubble in appearance. The two-thirds of the central area is colorless and transparent, rippling with energy waves like water. Outside the colorless area, it is a dark blue color that gradually deepens towards the edges, making it look more rounded and less angular than before, but the shield's strength is greatly enhanced.
Additionally, due to the assimilative properties of Psionic Energy, when the Psionic Energy shield is hit, it absorbs a small amount of attack damage, replenishing the shield value and making it more durable.
The Psionic Energy shield also has melee impact force. Han Xiao activated the Psionic Energy shield and crashed into the new alloy wall. The metal dented like soft mud, leaving a semi-circular crater.
At the moment of impact, the shield value decreased slightly, turning into Charge force and increasing melee attack power.
Even an ordinary person with Psionic Energy shield on their fist can bend steel bars with a normal punch, which is an important means for mechanics to deal with close combat.
"By the way, I remember the Psionic Energy reactor has its own wave-like ability."
Suddenly, an idea flashed through Han Xiao's mind. He raised his palm, controlled the reactor to provide energy, and then flicked his wrist. A ball of Psionic Energy immediately popped out of the mecha's hand, hovering in a dormant state, quite stable, like a blue new medium.
He slammed the Psionic Energy cluster against the alloy wall, and the next moment, Psionic Energy shockwave swept out, causing the alloy wall to tremble violently and fine cracks to appear on its surface.
"As expected, the Psionic Energy mech can directly release Psionic Energy and has its own Psionic Energy Wave skill."
Han Xiao was very satisfied with the test results. Directly releasing energy was a very useful ability, which could not only improve melee power, but also perform various complex applications.
With the energy technology tested, Han Xiao began working on building the machinery, and he first improved the Mad Ape Mech.
The Mad Ape was a mecha created when Han Xiao was over level 140. Now, with technological advancements, it's time for an upgrade. Han Xiao plans to revamp the Mad Ape to keep up with its current level and make it a core weapon in his arsenal.
The reconstruction of the mechanical legion was also underway. Han Xiao refined a large number of Psionic Energy particles as core materials and directly invested a massive amount of experience to create a production line for a miniature Psionic Energy reactor, enabling the military factory to produce on a large scale.
Furthermore, as Han Xiao's level increased, some more advanced mechanical blueprints were unlocked. Han Xiao gambled out some new models of mechanical soldiers and weapons, built their own production lines, and batches of brand-new advanced mechanical creations were produced one after another.
Today, the Black Star Army's military factories have a clearer function, divided into two parts. The logistics factory, overseen by Reynold, mainly supplies the entire legion and produces mass-produced goods. Han Xiao's military factory, on the other hand, is for private use, and its equipment is top-notch, far surpassing the logistics factory in both production speed and quality.
So far, Han Xiao has only lent his private military factory to Reynold, meaning that only those at the Calamity Grade are allowed to use it.
The assembly line personally built by Han Xiao enjoys his personal bonuses, and the new specialty [Mechanical Truth Mastery] greatly enhances the attributes of the mechanical creations produced. The current cannon fodder mechanical soldiers have attributes no lower than the elite soldiers of the "0XX" series regular legions before their job advancement.
At his level, production capacity is already at its peak, and reconstruction speed is very fast. As long as he is willing to spend money, he can build a new mechanical army in a very short time!
Han Xiao's spending power grew stronger and stronger, spending money like a waterfall. In just one month, he completed the reconstruction of the mechanical legion, which was even larger than before his job change, with more than one million soldiers!
The regular legion's organization has been arranged up to number "016", while the elite legion consists of six units, numbered from "101" to "106", totaling twenty-two barracks.
Money really can buy you anything!
Over the course of the month, the War Realm progressed steadily, with two more vanguard forces emerging and invading two more border star systems from the Desolate Universe Belt.
At this point, the objective of the War Realm was clear: they wanted to seize the three border star systems of West Wind, Kaya, and Chaida.
The addition of new battlefronts in the War Realm divided the war situation into multiple battlefields. All members of the Section Zero were deployed to the battlefields, launching a counterattack in three star systems. However, under the fierce advance of the War Realm, the Section Zero suffered more defeats than victories.
Kaya and Chaida are in slightly better condition. The battlefield in the West Wind Star System is the most critical. The gathering of the eight Vanguard Officers has led to the choice of their own high-level combat forces to avoid battle, which cannot stop the advance of the War Realm. The enemy has already established six stronghold planets, forming a mutually supporting defensive position.
As the number of strongholds increased, the pace of the War Realm slowed down. The vanguard forces had limited strength and were constantly being divided to guard the strongholds, which greatly reduced the number of free troops available. Moreover, the troops suffered considerable losses in many battles. However, the vanguard forces brought logistics factories and built warships on the spot to supplement the fleet's strength.
However, the vanguard was only a preliminary force to take the lead, and its goal was to establish a bridgehead. After a month, the vanguard completed its mission and stopped advancing to guard the bridgehead and wait for the main force to arrive.
The main force naturally wouldn't leisurely traverse the Desolate Universe Belt. Krent had begun pre-battle preparations long ago, secretly establishing transit stations in the Desolate Universe Belt and creating stable teleportation portals using cluster-level technology, which could save a lot of time in both support and material transport.
Krent's war transit station is hidden in the Desolate Universe Belt. Although the Amethyst Civilization does not know its location, it is aware of its existence.
Meanwhile, on the outpost planet, the vanguard also brought with them components of the teleportation portal and Krent technicians to begin construction of the interstellar teleportation portal. Once completed, the logistical problem would be solved, and the forces invading Colton would receive continuous support and would not be isolated.
Even though the Amethyst Civilization was aware of Krent's strategy, it was powerless to stop him. After building multiple outposts, the vanguard deployed military warp orbit base stations, making each outpost a spatial anchor point, connected by wormholes, for mutual support and protection.
Once a stronghold is attacked, other strongholds can arrive at any time, increasing the speed of support by thousands of times.
When dealing with the Mutation Disaster, Goddora used a military jump orbit base station, which is a strategic device at the cluster level, commonly used in interstellar warfare. Goddora also purchased it from a cluster-level civilization.
Section Zero launched several attacks on the teleportation portal under construction, all of which ended in failure. Only then did they change their strategy, no longer wasting manpower and reducing direct attacks. They began to rely on strategic depth to harass and conserve their strength.
Amethyst invested a great deal of resources to help the members of Section Zero expand their fleet and replenish their forces.
Although Laifer didn't mention it, it's clear that Section Zero adopted his suggestion.
With the resources and productivity of a star cluster-level civilization, once the War Realm completes the teleportation stargate, the war will gradually enter a protracted phase, with the rear base constantly replenishing troops and repeatedly deploying them to the battlefield.
People may die, but the fleet will never be exhausted.
The reason both sides were able to fight for ten years was because of their abundant resources—war is all about money and productivity.
Having not participated in the war for a month, the current situation of the Secret War has little to do with Han Xiao. He has rebuilt the Mechanical Legion and continued to expand it. The first batch of resources from the Amethyst Civilization has been used up, and ten million Enas have been squandered. He has also invested a lot of his savings.
Having spent so much money, the Black Star Army built one or two hundred new warships, recruited a new batch of mercenaries, and steadily increased its power.
War is extremely expensive, and if it weren't for the Secret War, Han Xiao wouldn't have received resource support from a star cluster-level civilization.
He planned to slack off for another month, finish the advanced tasks first, and then return to the battlefield.
Farming faction contribution points is still useful; Amethyst are still a few advanced techniques I haven't learned yet.
On this day, Han Xiao was about to spar with Lagi when the base unexpectedly received several uninvited guests.