super-mechanic

Chapter 4: Six hundred thousand experience!(A)

Chapter 4: Six hundred thousand experience!(A)

Newbie planets with a magic background have potions like “life recovery potion” and “magic power supplement” to replenish blood and mana. In contrast, for Aquamarine's background, the equivalents of “red and blue medicine” are clearly the nutrient warehouse and healing agent.

After the intense shooting training, the researchers took Han Xiao to a nutrient warehouse filled with healing agents. He soaked in it for two hours, and the stab wounds on his body scabbed over. He could carry out normal activities without much hindrance, except that when the wounds were touched, a dull nerve pain would shoot through.

There was a vacant mechanical modification room in the base. Due to his display of mechanical talent, he was placed in this separate room. Inside, there were lathes, materials, and tools that he could use at will. There was a monitor in the corner of the room, and Han Xiao wasn't surprised by it. He figured that the researchers were always keeping an eye on him.

The bookshelves by the wall were filled with books. Han Xiao found several books on basic mechanical knowledge.

In the Star Ocean Calendar year 687, Aquamarine, one of the newbie birth planets, had just come into contact with interstellar civilization for a short time. It was in the process of transitioning from the “Old Civilization Era” to the “New Civilization Era”. Its civilization level was still at the planetary surface level, and its science and technology were similar to those of Earth. So, the most advanced mechanical technology he could find here was just advanced knowledge.

The mechanical department's knowledge tree had three branches: armament, energy, and control, each with 20 types of knowledge. These were classified into five levels: basic, advanced, high-end, cutting-edge, and ultimate. Career knowledge was the player's growth tree and the core system of the main career.

The first piece of career knowledge was used to obtain the main career. After that, all career knowledge needed to be learned by consuming potential points, and the knowledge level was also upgraded through potential points.

There were three ways to gain potential points: upgrading, rewards from certain advanced quests, and practicing a skill to its full level.

With 2 potential points in hand, he didn't plan to learn new vocational knowledge for the time being. There was no rush for vocational knowledge, and keeping the potential points had other uses. Many players squandered their potential points easily at the beginning of upgrading, only to be at a loss when they really needed them later. As the character grew, potential points would become increasingly difficult to obtain, and each point was extremely precious.

Outside of training hours, all his free time was spent on mechanics. He was trying to accumulate enough experience as soon as possible to escape from this enemy camp where he had no freedom.

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Time flew by.

Han Xiao gained experience through the two technical tasks of assembling machinery and reinforcing machinery. As he became more proficient, he could maintain the perfection of basic machinery assembly above 90%, and each time he got a considerable amount of experience.

Repeatedly assembling the same type of machinery too many times would gradually reduce the experience gained until no experience was awarded. Fortunately, the base had a specialized arsenal with a wide variety of firearms, providing him with ample materials to accumulate assembly experience.

The Sprout Organization didn't suspect Han Xiao, a test subject whose past memories had been erased by the organization and who had been brainwashed. They didn't think there would be any unexpected rebellious behavior from him.

Han Xiao maintained a quiet, harmless, and low-key image, which reduced everyone's guard against him.

The organization had high expectations of Han Xiao, but he knew clearly that he should just accumulate experience without showing off.

The researchers soon became disappointed in him. This level of mechanical assembly, which could be done by trained logisticians, didn't meet their expectations for the Valkyrie experiment.

After a month of observation, the researchers stopped the 24-hour continuous surveillance and reached a unanimous conclusion that Subject Zero was a failed experiment, and they shifted their focus to improving the Valkyrie potion.

Han Xiao no longer had to pretend under the monitor all the time, and he felt much more relaxed.

Since there was no return on their investment in him, the Sprout Organization's patience with him waned, and only Lin Weixian and Balota still paid attention to him.

Lin Weixian was curious about Han Xiao's mutation and repeatedly proposed to the organization to dissect Han Xiao to obtain more experimental information, but his request was rejected with the excuse of “wait a little longer”.

Han Xiao knew very well that according to the Sprout Organization's way of doing things, he would eventually fall into Lin Weixian's hands, which put a lot of pressure on him.

Balota, on the other hand, didn't hide his love for torturing people. He euphemistically called it a way to motivate the test subjects to complete their training. Since he couldn't torture his colleagues, the “emotionally retarded” test subjects became his only target. Thanks to the presence of the healing agent, his behavior wasn't stopped, and the researchers believed that appropriate torture would help stimulate changes in the test subjects.

Gradually, Han Xiao became numb to the pain. He remembered every splash of blood and waited in silence.

Living in this enemy stronghold with no one to talk to, Han Xiao devoted more energy to studying mechanics. The process of shaping those cold metals into various forms on the lathe and assembling them into useful tools gave him a sense of accomplishment.

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An armed guard took away a large amount of supplies from the mechanical modification room while Han Xiao watched silently from the side.

“The organization is disappointed in you. Starting today, the 80% resource ration allocated to you will be reduced.”

The man with a flat haircut stood in front of Han Xiao, a hint of smugness and disdain on his face. Looking down on Han Xiao with the eyes of a victor, he said:

“I heard that you were the test subject before me, and the organization spent a lot of resources on you. Yet all you can do is mess around with this stuff.”

“You're a failure. The organization made the right decision in choosing me instead of you.” Number One's tone was despicable. He was a completely brainwashed test subject, regarding the organization as his belief, and he harbored an inexplicable hostility towards Han Xiao. Han Xiao didn't want to waste his breath arguing. Starting a conflict would be an unwise move that could expose his true self.

If the investment didn't yield returns, the Sprout Organization would decisively change the investment target. So, after Number One was born, the organization withdrew most of the resources given to Han Xiao.

Han Xiao had expected this. What Number One showed was what a successful Valkyrie experiment should be like: great combat talent, a strong body, and the potential to quickly develop into an armed warrior.

Since the lab didn't have logistical personnel for mechanical maintenance, Han Xiao was allowed to keep the mechanical modification room. He was responsible for maintaining and repairing firearms. However, the monthly allocation of free mechanical parts and materials was much less, and the organization treated him as a failed test subject.