[High-Dimensional Apocalypse Teleporter]!
Han Xiao was startled. He was familiar with this thing. It was Universal Treasure created by the Federation of Light with countless resources. It was a unique technology of theirs. Just as the Evolutionary Civilization created the Evolution Cube, civilizations that have reached the cosmic level have basically created Universal Treasure- level items.
The principle behind this is related to higher-dimensional projection and materialization—upgrading an army to a higher dimension, then teleporting it to the target location, and then restoring it to its original dimension, thus achieving the effect of cross-dimensional arrival.
To describe it specifically, it's like turning the universe into a flat, two-dimensional picture, while the teleporting troops become three-dimensional objects. Because obstacles within the two-dimensional picture cannot affect the three-dimensional object, the teleported objects can move freely on the surface of the two-dimensional picture.
Normal artificial wormhole countermeasures are completely ineffective against the [High-Dimensional Apocalypse Teleporter]. This technology has been a strategic trump card of the Federation of Light since the Exploration Era War, giving their fleets extremely high mobility, making them incredibly formidable from a military perspective.
Thanks to this technology, the Federation of Light has repelled countless powerful enemies in the Exploration Era War and survived all the way to the new era.
There are also drawbacks. First, the resources consumed each time are staggering, increasing with distance and the number of units teleported. Second, the charging time is very long. Third, ultra-long-range teleportation requires precise positioning and a long period of guidance. Fourth, the [High-Dimensional Apocalypse Teleporter] is a large device similar to a stargate and cannot be teleported out together, so the deployed troops generally cannot be retrieved in the same way unless another [High-Dimensional Apocalypse Teleporter] is brought along.
The Federation of Light, of course, would not hand over its unique Universal Treasure to the Arcane Church. The condition for cooperation was to teleport them over, but they had no obligation to help them retreat.
"Damn it, the Federation of Light has intervened..."
As the Arcane Church fleet descended onto the screen, everyone in the operations room was shocked, their spirits sinking to the bottom.
Han Xiao hadn't expected that the enemy would join forces with the Federation of Light, using special means to directly descend upon Lighthouse Star, immune to wormhole countermeasures.
The cooperation between the Arcane Church and the Federation of Light was something he could not have foreseen; their secrecy was so tight that the Empire's intelligence channels had not received any prior warning.
Tarrokov had anticipated an enemy surprise attack from the outside, so he dispatched a significant portion of his main fleet, leaving the defenses of Lighthouse Star relatively weak, with only a little over a million warships remaining. Meanwhile, the enemy's millions of warships hovered in the outer space of Lighthouse Star, creating immense pressure.
The situation took a sharp turn for the worse in an instant, Lighthouse Star was suddenly forced into a dangerous situation.
The operations room fell silent. Everyone looked shocked and grim, a great sense of crisis rising in their hearts.
Tarrokov broke the silence, remaining calm and methodically issuing orders. "Except for the forces intercepting the Sorokin, the other outer fleets should immediately return to reinforce; there's no need for further vigilance. Also, notify the garrison at the stargate stations to immediately destroy all stargates; they cannot fall into enemy hands."
"Destroy the stargate station on Lighthouse Star? You're insane! That's our only way out!" Beoni exclaimed in shock and rage.
Tarrokov remained expressionless. "The Stargate Station is too close to Lighthouse Star. The Arcane Church will inevitably send troops to seize it. Our forces are at a disadvantage. If we try to defend it, it will further scatter the fleet at Lighthouse Star headquarters. The combined forces of the Sorokin and the Arcane Church are almost twice our size. We cannot fight on two fronts and will definitely not be able to hold it. We cannot afford to divide our forces at this critical juncture."
"But without the stargate, our escape route..."
"We're in dire straits now, with no way out," Tarrokov said firmly. "Our only hope is to gather all our forces and use the defenses of Lighthouse Star to put up a stubborn resistance until reinforcements arrive... We've lost the stargate station, but we still have a lot of stargate equipment stored in our warehouses. Once reinforcements arrive at the other stargate entrance, we can immediately establish a stargate activation channel. Right now, the reinforcements haven't arrived yet, and dividing our forces to defend the satellite gate station will only hasten our defeat."
Tarrokov deliberately made his tone sound confident, but everyone knew that the actual operation was not as easy as it sounded. Resetting the stargate equipment would take a lot of time, and would the enemy just stand by and do nothing? Obviously not!
When reinforcements arrive at the entrance to the passage, they will have to open the stargate in front of the enemy, which will inevitably lead to a fierce and bloody battle... The problem is, they may not be able to hold out until the reinforcements arrive.
Just then, the camera suddenly focused on six distinct figures in front of the Arcane Church fleet.
Upon seeing their faces clearly, Tarrokov could no longer maintain his composure and revealed a look of astonishment.
"Photon" Sagman, "Desolate Beast" Motes, "Divine Spell" Ninja, "World Gate" Taylor, "Star Pupil" Sisko, "Sea Spirit" Dilun...
Six Beyond Grade A?!
That's twice as much as theirs!
Add an Sorokin an outsider...
Tarrokov, Milizaus, and Beoni felt their hearts sink to the bottom. The Arcane Church was too determined to kill, even unafraid of the consequences of a direct war with the Empire.
Milizaus and Beoni were starting to regret their decision. They had volunteered to be Black Star's bodyguards in order to Evolution Cube, but they never expected that they would risk their lives this time.
I really shouldn't have gotten involved in this mess...
The two couldn't help but turn to look at Han Xiao Han Xiao, only to find that he had closed his eyes at some point.
What are you doing...?
Before they could finish asking, a burst of intense Mechanical Force electricity erupted from Han Xiao's body. As the two sensed, the energy level within Han Xiao's body fluctuated violently and was rapidly increasing.
Upon seeing the Arcane Church's divine soldiers descend from the sky, Han Xiao disregarded everyone else in the room, quickly opened the panel, and immediately invested all his experience into leveling up!
In this critical moment, there's no time to worry about the extra losses from the experience penalty period! Getting even a little stronger is better than nothing!
Seven or eight months have passed since Han Xiao advanced to Beyond Grade A. During this time, he has been reaping rewards from other star field players, guiding the main storyline of Shattered World, and with the added bonus of Political Asset, he has accumulated a large amount of experience.
Even if the cost of upgrading to this level is astronomical, and even with the 40% extra loss due to the experience penalty period, the experience he has stored up will allow him to jump from level 240 to level 260 in one go!
Cells pump out a torrent of hot energy that surges endlessly throughout the body!
A series of upgrade prompts popped up.
[[Mechanic Emperor] upgraded to Lv35 (Max), Strength +1000, Agility +5, Endurance +8, Intelligence +12, you gain 10 free attribute points, you gain 1 potential point]
[You have reached the level cap for your main class, and you have triggered the class change quest -- [All Rivers Flow into the Sea]]
[[All Rivers Flow into the Sea]: Visit one hundred Grade A or higher Mechanic Class superhumans and exchange mechanical techniques with them—powerful mechanics never work in isolation; they know how to summarize their techniques through exchange.]
[You have reached level 260, and you have triggered the advanced quest - [The Never-Resting Challenger]]
[[The Never-Resting Challenger]: Personally challenge a Beyond Grade A enemy and survive (summoned units or ranged units cannot be used to substitute). The combat time must be no less than 30 seconds, and you cannot disengage during combat. After completing the requirements, disengaging from combat will resolve this mission.]
Reaching level 260 is now a bottleneck, and both job change and advancement quests have been released simultaneously.
None of the random rewards I've accumulated during this period have yielded Mission Settlement Card. Instead, I've accumulated two Blank Character Card and one skill upgrade card, but I only have one mission Mission Settlement Card left over from before. So, I have to skip one of the missions.
Upon seeing these two tasks, Han Xiao was overjoyed; there's always a way out!
[All Rivers Flow into the Sea] is an extremely time-consuming job change quest. Looking across the entire universe, there are definitely a hundred Calamity Grade Mechanic Class, but they are scattered in different regions. This quest obviously takes the most time to travel, and you also have to raise the favorability of a hundred targets to make them willing to communicate with you.
As tedious as it may be, the only benefit for players is that it's not difficult.
In contrast, this advanced task is much more difficult for ordinary players. Facing Beyond Grade A opponent head-on for thirty seconds is an advanced requirement that players will encounter in the late game. Thirty seconds is not impossible, but the difficulty lies in the final requirement of "surviving".
There are two common ways for players to complete this task: one is to take life and death lightly, fight if you disagree, and leave your fate to fate.
The second method is much more reliable: join a faction with a Beyond Grade A, continuously farm faction contribution and Beyond Grade A favorability, and then exchange these for sparring opportunities—since it's a sparring match, even if you lose, the Beyond Grade A character won't kill you. Although it takes a lot of time, the second method has a higher success rate, since the stats panel won't keep all players stuck on advancement quests.
However, for Han Xiao, this task was no challenge at all. Not to mention a Beyond Grade A, he now had a total of six above his head, plus the Sorokin, which made him as many as Sisko's eyes!
Without hesitation, Han Xiao used the Mission Settlement Card on [All Rivers Flow into the Sea].
In contrast, only advanced tasks can be completed in a very short time.
The only problem is that the advanced quest can only be completed after disengaging from combat, and if you get entangled with enemies, disengaging isn't so easy... Perhaps you could try teaming up with others?
Han Xiao suddenly turned his head, "Beoni, fight me right now!"
"???"
Everyone looked on with a puzzled expression.
With a formidable enemy at hand, have you lost your mind?
Are you perhaps willing to betray your country and join the Arcane Church to save your life?!
Rumble--
Just then, the room suddenly shook, and a series of loud explosions came from high above.
The Arcane Church in outer space launched an attack, engaging the defending fleet while simultaneously firing Psionic Energy bombs at the surface of Lighthouse Star. These bombs exploded in succession on the massive planetary base's protective shield, causing the earth to tremble violently.
As expected, the enemy also dispatched a force to the nearby stargate station, intending to seize it, thus proving Tarrokov's foresight.
With millions of enemy warships attacking, the Imperial Fleet, Black Star Army Fleet, Dragon Blood Nation Fleet, and Flame Demon Race Clan Fleet remaining in the area launched counterattacks.
The artillery fire clashed back and forth, and in an instant, the sky above Lighthouse Star was painted into a colorful canvas. The colors of countless energy rays resembled the diffused aurora borealis, beautiful yet deadly.
The fleets clashed and exchanged blows, while on the other side, the enemy's strongest Beyond Grade A "Photon" Sagman, along with "Divine Spell" Ninja, engaged Milizaus's main body in outer space in a fierce battle.
Milizaus knew teleportation magic and tried it repeatedly, but "Divine Spell" Ninja was also a Beyond Grade A mage, interrupting his teleportation spells time and time again.
Meanwhile, the other four Beyond Grade A warriors, including Sisko, stormed into the Imperial fleet's defenses and headed straight for the surface. Their clear objective was to overrun the Lighthouse Star base and force Han Xiao and Beoni out!
"All surface garrison troops, launch an attack to repel the enemy's offensive!" Tarrokov decisively ordered. "Black Star, Beoni, those four Beyond Grade A fighters are your only options; we have no other choice."
Although he knew that Black Star was the enemy's target, the situation no longer allowed a Beyond Grade A to avoid battle; only resistance offered a chance of survival.
"I understand." Han Xiao's expression was solemn.
At this critical moment, there was no time to waste sparring with Beoni; the only option was to complete the advanced quests on the enemy.
call out--
The next moment, two figures flew out of the base together, like two straight streams of light, one black and one red, shooting straight into the sky, heading straight for the four Beyond Grade A Arcane Church.
On the way, Han Xiao opened the Secondary Dimension Army Box and released all the mechanical troops. The surging black tide carried his body all the way up into the sky.
Soon, the two sides met high in the air, two against four, and a standoff ensued.
Whoosh—a fierce wind lashed at the six people, chilling and menacing, making them seem frozen in mid-air, their figures unmoving.
The terrifying energy fluctuations of the four opponents were like a vast ocean, filling Beoni with heavy pressure.
He figured that without Han Xiao's outstanding physique, his chances of dying in battle were probably even higher than Black Star's.
After a few seconds of silent staring, Sisko spoke coldly, his tone filled with resolute killing intent:
"I warned you... When you took the Evolution Cube, did you ever imagine this day would come?"
Han Xiao ignored him, not having time for pre-battle trash talk. He focused on observing the four powerful enemies: a martial artist, a magician, a telekinetic, and a superhuman.
'Four Beyond Grade A? Even with my recovery speed, I can't hold out against them. Looks like I'll have to use up all of Aurora's character cards and potions this time. Hopefully, that guy can come over soon to relieve the pressure...'
Han Xiao gritted his teeth and threw all the free attribute points he gained from the upgrade into stamina. With the high stamina conversion rate, his health points increased by about 200,000 again.
The disparity in combat strength is too great, so the only option is to maximize survivability; every bit of survivability counts!
The next moment, all six of them moved at the same time.
The battle erupted!
Meanwhile, the Sorokin was still leading his fleet to break through the warning sector, with battle raging all the way.
The Sorokin asked Harkison to inquire when the Arcane Church would launch its attack, but the reply he received surprised him.
"The Arcane Church, with the help of the Federation of Light, teleported directly into the heart of Lighthouse Star? They even sent six Beyond Grade A?!"
The Sorokin's expression changed slightly. After thinking for a moment, he decisively gave the order.
"All personnel, listen up! Speed up immediately!"
The Arcane Church had actually deployed six Beyond Grade A fighters. The Sorokin didn't know how long Lighthouse Star could withstand such a terrifying offensive.
If the Void Arcane Church Arcane Church had already reclaimed the Evolution Cube before he arrived, he didn't think they would honor their agreement to let him borrow Evolution Cube, nor did he think he could snatch it from the six Beyond Grade A.
So the Sorokin got a little anxious and planned to quickly join the battle and get a share of the spoils.