Template expertise is rare and hard to come by; Han Xiao acquired it through unconventional means, without any set formula.
Although the [Prey] quest was a good opportunity to gain a special skill, he almost thought Manison had given up because the next stage hadn't been triggered for so long. But the quest still hadn't been completed, and he didn't know what was going on, so he couldn't count on it.
The quests that reward specializations from memory mostly reward common specializations, with even rare ones being quite rare. You need to carefully consider which quests to do.
Missions outside the Shattered Star Ring can be ruled out for now.
Some specializations offer limited boosts to combat effectiveness and only waste time, so these can also be excluded.
After filtering through them, Han Xiao selected several tasks that offered relatively high cost-effectiveness.
While rewarded feats may not drastically alter combat power like template feats, they still provide a certain degree of boost.
"It will probably take several months to complete these tasks. The war won't end so soon, so I have plenty of time..." Han Xiao thought to himself.
His current total level is 221. He needs to change jobs at level 225. He accumulated several Mission Settlement Card during the version update. He used one to advance at level 220 and still has some left. So, the only thing he lacks is experience.
The experience required to level up increases dramatically after level 220, but with the harvest from two fields of chives, it might only take a few months to accumulate enough experience.
It's perfect to do tasks while waiting for the experience points to accumulate.
Han Xiao summoned Hila, Aurora, Fording, explained the upcoming itinerary, and the three had no objections.
"Oh, right." Han Xiao suddenly remembered something and said to Aurora, "Could you make some recovery potions for me? I want to equip the legion's senior officers with them; they might be able to save their lives in a critical moment."
Things started to get messy in the War Realm. To avoid casualties among the legion's high command, he wanted to provide some life support for senior officers. Aurora's life-saving potion was incredibly effective, essentially giving them a second life.
Now that Aurora has complete control over her powers, creating potions is not a significant drain on her resources.
"No problem!"
Aurora was very happy.
Finally, I can help!
Hila wanted to dissuade her, but seeing Aurora's happy expression, she acquiesced.
Since it was Han Xiao's request, and not too unreasonable, she went along with Aurora's wishes. She had witnessed Aurora's growth, and her protective instincts weren't as extreme as before.
After spending a day handling the trivial matters, Han Xiao led the three of them on a journey to hone their special skills.
Three blue-black, Scimitar- shaped spaceships, trailing raging flames, sailed out of the Desolate Universe Belt and entered the Shattered Star Ring from a remote border.
Inside the cockpit of the lead spaceship, Eklin gazed at the starry sky outside the porthole, spat out the rotten fruit he was chewing, revealing sharp teeth stained with blue-purple juice, and muttered curses.
"That damned bastard, after flying for almost six years, he's finally arrived."
As he spoke, he slapped the cryo-chamber control button on the spaceship's control panel.
hiss--
Dozens of neatly arranged cryogenic life support chambers in the ship's cabin began to thaw. The doors opened, cold air poured out, and one by one, figures of varying heights and races emerged, naked, their bodies covered with scars and tattoos.
"We slept for three years? That's a long time."
"Is it a shift change or have we arrived at our destination?"
These guys, who had awakened from hibernation, put on their clothes and went to the cockpit.
Hearing footsteps, Eklin didn't turn his head, casually pointed to the star map, and said, "We've arrived. This is the Shattered Star Ring. If you're not still half asleep, hurry up and recover your strength, don't delay the mission the boss gave us."
"Don't worry, just let me suck some blood and I'll recover."
A tall, thin, pale man spoke, licked his lips, and glanced at his companion with ill intent.
"Baron Orosen, if you dare lay a hand on my men, don't blame me for throwing you overboard!"
"Why should I listen to you?" The pale man, Orosen, smiled coldly, his high cheekbones giving him a sinister air.
"Because I'm the captain appointed by His Majesty the Sorokin, or do you want to fight?" Eklin glared at him menacingly.
Orosen chuckled and shrugged, indicating his compromise.
Eklin snorted coldly, then continued, "You'd better keep a low profile. I remember you're a wanted criminal who escaped from the Shattered Star Ring. I don't want your stupidity to expose my whereabouts before we complete the mission."
"Those are wanted notices from sixty years ago; they might have been withdrawn from circulation along with the book long ago."
Orosen didn't take it seriously.
The people on these three ships were all members of the Fallen Ark, wanted by different star systems. They had been sent to the Shattered Star Ring to carry out a mission.
Eklin, nicknamed "Rotten Poison," is Grade A superhuman and the captain of this team. He spread plague across multiple colonies in the Ancient Star Desert, causing over three billion casualties. He was wanted and had a bounty placed on his head by twenty-three star system-level civilizations and two star cluster-level civilizations. Later, he joined the Fallen Ark and followed the Sorokin.
Orosen, who calls himself "Baron," is an immortal vampire and another Grade A superhuman in the team. He has hunted life in multiple star systems and is extremely vicious. He has a bounty on his head in five star systems.
In particular, there was the Shattered Star Ring. At a celebration of a galactic civilization, he once bit into a high-ranking official who was giving a speech, causing a sensation. After escaping the Shattered Star Ring, he joined the ranks of the Sorokin.
This group set off six years ago and has only now arrived at the Shattered Star Ring. As wanted criminals, they dare not openly use the inter-stellar portal and spend most of their time traversing the Desolate Universe Belt.
These three "Light Mink" spaceships are equipped with top-of-the-line hypersonic warp drive engines, specifically designed for interstellar travel. They can accelerate to a warp speed of up to 17.89, and if they reach their maximum speed within a star system, they can traverse an entire star system in just a few minutes.
Even superhumans like them, who are at least Grade B, must hibernate in cryogenic life support pods to withstand the immense stress of hypersonic warp drive.
Thanks to this hypersonic warp drive, the team was able to travel from the Desolate Universe Belt across multiple star systems to the Shattered Star Ring without relying on stargates, a journey that took them about six years.
One of his subordinates asked, "Captain, which mission should we handle first?"
This squad has two missions to complete in the Shattered Star Ring.
"Are you an idiot? Of course, we'll do the easy stuff first!" Eklin said impatiently, casually clicking on a file that appeared on the pale red virtual screen.
The above contains information on two people: Harofal and Han Xiao.
These were the two who had joined forces to deal with the Sorokin's clone back then.
"Harofal, Grade A superhuman from the Terra Civilization, the Terra Official Mechanical Academy... is a researcher."
"Black Star - Han Xiao, leader of the Black Star Army, ally of the Amethyst Civilization, Beyond Grade A Seed... Wow, this guy's record has been updated again. He's a formidable individual, rumored to be one of the best among the Shattered Star Ring Calamity Grade fighters."
Upon hearing this, Orosen scoffed, "Black Star? I've never heard of him when I was in the Shattered Star Ring. He's just a newcomer who's appeared in recent years."
Eklin remained unperturbed, saying expressionlessly, "The Shattered Star Ring is just a remote star region. The strength of the superhumans here is incomparable to that of the powerhouses in the three star regions of the ' Central Galaxy '."
Following the Sorokin and mingling in the Central Galaxy, Eklin and the others didn't think much of the people in remote star regions like the Shattered Star Ring. As the most vicious gang of thugs in this Galaxy, they were used to being arrogant and domineering, and they didn't even necessarily take Beyond Grade A beings seriously.
For the past seven years, the Sorokin has been constantly muttering about trees. In their view, the Sorokin's madness has worsened, which is why they were inexplicably sent to the Shattered Star Ring to search for the coordinates of a certain wormhole.
Eklin: "Harofal has the data we need, so he's our primary target. If we can get the data smoothly, we won't need to bother Black Star. In any case, Harofal is easier to deal with than Black Star."
Everyone nodded.
Eklin paused, then continued:
"Once we've solved the first task, we'll go steal the Evolution Cube."