super-mechanic

Chapter 1 For Newborn（A） “Test sample number twenty - four, injected with Valkyrie solution, survived for two minutes and forty - five seconds. Time of death: 4:22 a.m.......” I'm the only one at home. So, who's talking? Han Xiao opened his eyes wide. What came into view was a blinding white light. The familiar game pod was gone, replaced by a pure - white ceiling. The surrounding white walls had a cold metallic texture, exuding a strong sci - fi atmosphere. The room was arranged like an intensive - care ward. He was lying on a metal table, his naked upper body connected to the wires of several instruments. The skin of his back was in contact with the metal, and the icy cold seemed to penetrate his heart. Surrounding him were several people in white coats who looked like researchers, their faces filled with shock, as if they had seen a ghost. Didn't I just take the customer's order to practice a new character? The choice was a regular start. So, what is this place? Han Xiao had a splitting headache. His mind was in chaos, as if a large amount of information had been stuffed into it out of thin air. His last memory was of just taking an order for a substitute trainer to create a new character in Sea of Stars. Then, it seemed like he smelled the strong odor of burnt protein...... “Quickly go inform Ms. Hella that the test subject has come to life!” “Call the guards and have them come to control the test subject immediately.” The people in white coats were shouting. Han Xiao had never heard their language before, but he could understand the meaning. Words like “test subjects”, “survival time”, and “guards” made him feel uneasy! The sound of rapid footsteps came from outside the door; someone was approaching quickly. Should I stay still or run away immediately? After only a moment of hesitation, Han Xiao decisively chose the latter. Sitting and waiting for death was not his style. He rolled over and ripped off all the wires of the instruments connected to his body, then stumbled towards the door of the laboratory. The people in white coats around him hastily backed away and did not try to stop him. “Bang!” He crashed through the door of the room. Outside was a long white corridor, and at either end of the corridor, there were about a dozen guards in black combat uniforms, holding electric batons. Han Xiao recognized the half - sapling mark on the left chest of their uniforms and took a deep breath of cold air. “Version 1.0 Aquamarine's Sprout Organization? Wasn't it already wiped out?!” One of the guards swung an electric baton and brought it down heavily. Han Xiao subconsciously raised his hand to defend himself. The sharp pain from the electric shock made his body jolt. His bones seemed as if they were about to break, and half of his body went numb. “This pain is 100%?!” Han Xiao was shocked. The pain regulation ceiling in Star Ocean was a maximum of 40%. More than 40% would cause damage to the player's nerves. The game pods had the function of monitoring the player's physical signs, and when this kind of malfunction occurred, it should have forced a disconnection. What's going on? The game pod that was just replaced seven years ago is malfunctioning again? Damn it! A few days ago, the repairman only charged me three hundred dollars and swore to guarantee that there would be no problem within six months. It can't be relied on at all. Later, I'll call customer service to request a refund! More than a dozen burly......uh, strong guards swarmed up. Han Xiao experienced the feeling of being overwhelmed by a group of big men. He was escorted and transferred to an empty small black room. The guards locked the door and left. The surroundings were pitch - black, and he was the only one left in the room. Han Xiao grimaced in pain, rubbing his wrists to ease the discomfort. His head ached again, and a flood of information emerged. After a while, Han Xiao finally understood the whole situation. “I've traveled to......The Star Ocean?” Han Xiao's eyes widened in astonishment. Star Ocean was an immersive holographic game with servers all over the world and a peak simultaneous online population of nearly sixty million. (There was no need to doubt the significant population expansion in 2060 in the parallel time - space.) The game's background was the starry universe. The maps and scenes were automatically evolved and shaped by the latest - generation light - brain after inputting parameters. They were incredibly vast, capable of accommodating hundreds of millions of players online simultaneously without any burden. Countless guilds and syndicates were farming gold, running maps, and doing dungeons in it. A piece of superb equipment could be sold for dozens of millions of dollars at sky - high prices. For a popular game, balance was bound to be excellent. It needed to ensure that tycoons were willing to spend money to have a certain advantage, but not let the advantage be so large that casual players felt unfair. The most important way to maintain balance was to enhance the game's competitiveness and technicality. “Star Ocean” was no exception. It also gave rise to professional players and professional leagues as derivatives. Speaking of this, you might think I'm going to talk about how awesome and legendary Han Xiao used to be as a professional player. No. Although Han Xiao made a living from the game, the words “professional player” had nothing to do with him. He was a hated substitute trainer among most players, and he was a lone wolf without a studio. As an “Star Ocean” veteran substitute coach, Han Xiao had experienced all the version changes and had a small reputation. He had long been entrenched in the top 100 seats of the master list in China. He remembered that in the latest issue, he ranked forty - seventh. Logically, with his strength, he was more than capable of playing professionally. But he was a substitute. The reason will be explained later in the article. “Sprout Organization, Star Ocean version 1.0, one of the newbie birth planets, the events of Aquamarine.” Han Xiao muttered to himself. Before he crossed over, Star Ocean had been in operation for more than ten years, and the events of 1.0 had long since become history. Had he gone back in time? Han Xiao's complexion turned gloomy. Did this mean that he couldn't get that three - hundred - dollar refund? “Slap!” Han Xiao slapped himself. He had traveled back in time and was still thinking about refunds. Was he a fool? The memories in his mind seemed to be incomplete. He didn't know the experiences of his original body, not even his name. He only remembered some common sense about this world. For example, in terms of time, the era he was in was 687 years of the game's Star Ocean Calendar, and the official public beta was in the year 688. In the 1.0 version era, the [Shining Federation], [Red Empire], and [Void Spirit Sect], the three huge cosmic - level powers, were still maintaining the peace that had lasted for tens of thousands of years since the end of the exploration calendar. The [Silver Revolutionary Army] had not yet been formed. The source of the [supernatural plague] was still lingering on a certain deserted planet. The [Shining World] had not yet been born. The [Tree of Worlds] civilization had not yet invaded from the unexplored universe. The [Broken Star], where Aquamarine was located, was still at the edge of the visible universe...... To keep the game engaging, Star Ocean learned from a game called Yamaguchi - yama from years ago, where every updated version was a disaster and a big event. Gul'dan Hikaru had caused trouble for so many years and was finally defeated by an egg (gee, why add a “yet again”?). The Burning Legion invaded again, and who knew how many more times they would come. In this regard, Star Ocean fully drew on the experience of Yamaguchi - san, which was fun to play. But if you actually traveled through......as a sidekick, would you have a return ticket? Compared with the later - version interstellar - war - causing chaos, the Sprouting organization was small. But for the current Han Xiao, it was quite a life - threatening predicament. “Aquamarine's modeling is similar to Earth. The Sprout Organization is an organization that presumptuously tries to subvert the regime of a major power. If I remember correctly, the test subjects of the [Valkyrie Experiment] are brainwashed and turned into cannon fodder.” The origin of this body was the “raw material” used by the Sprout Organization for human experimentation. There was a gap in his memory. Except for common sense, there were only many fragmented memories of imprisonment and experimentation images left. He was about twenty years old, and he vaguely resembled himself in his previous life. But it was hard to say whether he was healthy. He still remembered the words of the white - coated lab worker. He had been injected with [Valkyrie Solution]. This thing was one of the Sprout Organization's genetic agents, used to strengthen the brain. The lethality rate was as high as seventy percent, but it had caused a mutation in him.