After leaving the planet, they didn't return directly to the Colton Star System, instead, they first left the Silvers safely with their employers.
It only took a day to reach the desolate planet marked as the meeting place, there, the other mercenary groups received money, while Han Xiao, on the other hand, gained the class knowledge he desired, leaving him very satisfied.
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Learning... Successfully Learned! You have learned [High Density Material Compression Technology]!
Learning... Successfully Learned! You have learned [Basic Spatial Technology]!
You have acquired ability [Super Compression Technology]!
You have acquired ability [Basic Machinery Construction]!
You have acquired ability [Weight Reduction Structure]!
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For Ringo, class knowledge was merely an add-on, although useful, the Esper genetic tree was too dispersed, so much so that class knowledge couldn't focus on straightforward things like other classes.
One Esper could transform into a dragon, another could control energy, another could shrink or grow, even harden or soften.
In summary, Espers were so different that class knowledge could even be incompatible with them, generally, even that knowledge that had total compatibility was merely a matter of genetic enhancement and optimization.
The Espers represented the power of genes, and for Ringo, his evolution acted directly on his genes, at the very least, he would need a much more advanced Esper knowledge to have any use for him, otherwise it was purely optional.
For Han Xiao, this was different, the other four classes didn't have the problems of the Espers, so their knowledge was much more useful, as were the mechanics' skills.
High Density Material Compression Technology and Basic Spatial Technology directly gave him three important skills for mechanics.
Compressing your mechanical equipment was now entirely possible, allowing you to carry much more equipment with you.
Han Xiao was overjoyed because of this. Upon learning the knowledge, Han Xiao didn't stand still and used his reserves of Potential Points to directly raise both knowledges to the maximum level.
The familiar headache from learning so much knowledge at once returned, but it couldn't dampen his enthusiasm. With this newfound knowledge, Han Xiao could not only transform his equipment into compact versions, but also reduce its weight to almost nothing, allowing him to carry tons of weight like jelly beans. He just wanted to go into his workshop now and transform all his equipment.
Unfortunately, the journey wasn't over yet, but after delivering the Silvers, the other two mercenary groups approached him to establish a cooperative relationship, and his network of contacts expanded once again.
When one of the mercenary group's officers approached to ask where Han Xiao wanted to be dropped off, he thought for a moment before speaking. - Colton Star Cluster, Star Zone One, Planet Colonized by Godora. 'Golden Palace'.
His motive for going there was also simple, he wanted to open the Black Bead and discover what the Dark Star so desperately wanted to recover.
This thing possessed a complete magical lock, and forcibly breaking it would only destroy its contents. Instead, Han Xiao remembered that there was a Godorian mage on that planet who specialized in dealing with magical locks like this, so he was ready to make a trip there.
The Celestial Ring mercenary group officer, Goa, agreed to leave Han Xiao on that planet. Han Xiao boarded their ship, and the ships of the other two mercenary groups, Blades and Purple Gold, also took off at the same time.
They left the planet as a group, the Silvers' ship was still visible in the distance, not yet having entered hyperspace, but while the mercenaries were still calm, a beam of energy struck the Silvers' ship head-on!
A massive explosion was seen in the distance as the Silvers' ship exploded into pieces. Survivors? Even a Grade A would still have been severely injured in that explosion, if not killed. The Silvers were turned directly into space dust.
The mercenaries were completely shocked.
Although there was no sound at all, seeing that explosion that turned the ship into a rose of flames left the mercenaries completely stunned.
-Holy shit!- A mercenary shouted.
-Who attacked the Silvers?!- Another exclaimed.
Han Xiao didn't have time to pay attention to them, because space waves appeared. A large, dark mothership from the Dark Star deactivated its stealth mode, and many small warships detached from the mothership and rapidly approached like black locusts. Their targets were the three mercenary spaceships.
An entire Dark Star fleet appeared out of nowhere!
Everyone who might have seen the Black Bead had been captured, and Dark Star still had to find it. The mercenaries were the last target, the possibility of it being with them was the highest. However, Dark Star didn't know whose hands it was in, so they decided to attack all the mercenaries! Dark Star was that tyrannical.
It wasn't fair to blame them either, they had spent one hundred million Enas to buy the Mutation Source and the damaged gene extractor. They couldn't swallow that loss easily, especially since the Mutation Source was of paramount importance to their plan against Godora.
After the failure of Ember, Darkstar ordered Sarota's fleet to come to the planet where the Silver employer was and capture all the mercenaries mercilessly. As for the Silvers? Shooting them was purely out of revenge.
Dark Star is still a terrorist organization after all.
-Damn it! It's the Dark Star!- A mercenary shouted. Everyone was shocked when they recognized the renowned Dark Star Mothership.
-We've never been involved with the Dark Star, why are they attacking us? Besides, they're sending an entire fleet to just three spaceships, what kind of vendetta is this?- Goa was completely confused.
-Stop dozing off, come back!- Han Xiao shouted, reminding the bewildered pilot. The spacecraft made a sharp turn and plunged toward the ground, followed by the other two spacecraft.
Ohmm!
The sharp turn caused the spacecraft to shake, and many people lost their balance and nearly fell.
An entire Dark Star fleet surrounded this planet. The difference in the number of spaceships and combat power was too great, so the mercenaries had no chance of breaking through the encirclement. Once they entered space without any obstructions, they would be destroyed by the barrage of fire in a short time. They couldn't escape the encirclement, as they would be stopped before they could enter jump mode, meaning they had nowhere to run.
Han Xiao, who no longer had the Dragon Emperor's panic button, was truly terrified this time. Damn it, he doesn't want to reincarnate again!