Chapter 55: Chapter 53 Testing Mecha Performance, The Birth of Unit 2!_1

Translator: 549690339

Jiang Chen was still shopping in Xuntian City.

First, he was inspecting the status and prices of his peers to prepare for his upcoming store opening.

Second, he was updating and iterating his personal equipment.

The 0th Rank immortal shorts were replaced with a set of extremely elastic special bodysuits made from 2nd Rank materials.

It wasn’t only suitable for Abyss Level 1, but its appearance was also much improved.

There were also the 1st Rank high-energy lightsaber, 1st Rank mecha repair toolkit, 1st Rank enhancement toolkit, Repair and Construction Guide…

These most basic items were completely affordable with the little over ten thousand contribution points remaining after ordering the small base.

Even if he was a bit short, Jiang Chen could sell one or two excess modules to easily make up the difference.

The discarded 0th Rank shorts, lightsaber, and thermal energy pistol were not dealt with—

Like mechas, these external equipments have a certain durability and can be damaged during attacks, requiring regular maintenance.

When subjected to an energy output far exceeding their limit, they could even directly fuse out and be scrapped.

Based on such characteristics, Jiang Chen considered these discarded external equipment as practice items.

He used them to practice his repair and enhancement skills.

In fact, most of the low-grade, low-quality cheap materials were consumed in this way.

Updating his equipment didn’t take too long.

After receiving the message from the construction zone, Jiang Chen paused his activities and rushed to the teleportation array formation of Xuntian City.

When he walked through the teleportation array formation, a voice rang by his ear.

“Authentication complete, please select your destination.”

A pale blue magic projection emerged before him, with a virtual Planet Blue Star slowly rotating, marking various locations.

Jiang Chen’s gaze swept across the land and fell on the ocean area.

There was clearly a [Personal Base] indicator.

After confirming the teleportation, light enveloped everything.

When his vision returned, he had gone from the fortress in the starry sky to an island.

One side featured boundless ocean with crystal clear waters, white waves washing up on the beach, and the sea breeze carried a faint salty scent.

The other side showed a verdant island with a towering building, five to six stories high, among the trees.

“Is this the small base?”

“In just half a day’s time, an artificial island has been created in the sea, and even the vegetation is all set up…”

“Thirteen thousand contributions, it’s totally worth it!”

Jiang Chen stood on the teleportation array formation, feeling the sunlight and enjoying the comfort.

He immediately took out his personal terminal and left a glowing review.

Only then did he step off the teleportation array formation and enter the forest to briefly check out his new home.

Interior decoration, freshwater swimming pool, fitness equipment…

It was like a luxurious holiday villa, with everything one could wish for.

And indeed, aside from the five to six stories high and incredibly spacious mecha repair lab, and enhancement room.

There was also a similarly vast mecha display room—

Mecha pilots’ abyss mechas would unlock slots according to their rank, and the placements were fixed.

However, no one stipulated that mecha pilots could only possess abyss mechas.

Mecha pilots could entirely build some ordinary mechas for temporary use.

Even if they couldn’t benefit from module enhancements and couldn’t evolve or ascend, they could still be convenient.

Additionally, some mecha pilots learned knowledge such as [Bionic Machines], [Controllable Magic Puppets], and [Biochemical Servants] from within the abyss.

After transforming this knowledge into tangible items, they also required a certain amount of display space.

“Mecha pilots need to live, too. Many mecha pilots trust machines more than they do servants.”

“As for me… I already have a servant.”

Jiang Chen spoke.

“Bai Ying, help me cancel the rental in Shuilan City. And when I go to the abyss, bring back my personal belongings in the process.”

“Received.”

Bai Ying responded respectfully.

See, are 7th Rank mechas not more useful than any bionic person?

After checking the indoor environment, Jiang Chen returned to the beach.

He looked at the endless sea and couldn’t help but spread his arms wide.

The reason he chose the ocean as the base location was not to enjoy an island resort.

The most important was that he could freely test mechas on the sea surface around the base and experiment with weapon capabilities!

As long as he didn’t make too much noise or deal with radioactive weapons or dumping polluted wastewater…

It was like having an open testing ground!

At this moment, Zero had long since completed its ascension, and both its attributes and appearance had undergone a major transformation.

Jiang Chen finally couldn’t help himself. He withdrew his left hand to his waist and stretched out his right hand upward, clenching it into a fist.

Transform!

Pure white and deep purple Roots Titan burst forth from his right hand, quickly enveloping him within.

Blocks of sacred white stones fell onto the surface of the roots.

A moment later, a purple and white giant, nearly four meters tall, stood on the beach.

The titan paused for a moment, as if sensing something.

“It might be because of the bio-organic mecha; there’s no cockpit, but instead the roots completely envelop me and are connected by nerves for control.”

“It’s as if I’ve truly transformed into a 3.5-meter-tall Roots Titan, rather than having an external perspective…”

Within the primeval mecha, Jiang Chen could feel that he had become much stronger.

At last, he had that feeling of wearing a mecha and gaining the augmentation of strength.

He lifted his right hand, and a pale white chip fell between his fingers.

Then, tendrils emerged from the mecha’s fingertips, enveloping and absorbing the chip, integrating it into its body.

Loading module: [Bio-organic Force Field].

After the module was installed, Jiang Chen slightly bent his knees, and the gravel around the mecha seemed to break free from gravitational control and floated up.

The next moment, a blast of air carried the gravel and spread out in all directions.

Jiang Chen suddenly took to the sky, shooting straight into the heavens!

“Woohoo!”

Soaring high above, rushing into the clouds, and then free-falling.

In the moment before he neared the sea surface, he sharply changed direction, turning into a slashing sword that cleaved through the waves and thunderously landed on the beach!

Exhilarating!

Indeed, a mecha must be fitted with flight!

After experiencing the new form of Zero, Jiang Chen began to handle the serious business.

He said to Bai Ying.

“Bai Ying, observe and record my current attributes.”

With that, he stepped onto the sea surface and performed a majestic set of fist techniques, causing the waves to splash wildly.

When he had finished the routine and returned to the beach,

Bai Ying provided the answer.

“Master, based on your performance, your strength attribute is 183, and agility is 133.”

When Jiang Chen completed the ascension trial, his force agility attributes had already reached 71, 70.

The current Zero, force agility attributes are 180, 130 respectively.

That is to say…

“I can only exert less than five percent of the attributes?”

Jiang Chen understood in his heart.

The previous model Zero Mecha was like an exoskeleton suit he wore; he could also move, and the attributes could be fully utilized efficiently.

Now that he was wrapped in the 3.5-meter bio-organic mecha, mainly controlled through neural links, even if his body tried hard to coordinate with the mecha and pull on the mecha’s power, the efficiency was greatly reduced.

Unable to exert even ten percent of the attributes.

Jiang Chen had anticipated such a result.

Moreover, less than five percent attribute boost was somewhat insufficient.

He simply decided to stop moving his body and focused on controlling the mecha itself.

After testing its capabilities, Jiang Chen recalled Zero back to the Abyss Rune.

His attention turned to another matter.

[Nascent Form Mecha: Boiling Steam]

Nascent form mechas could also drop in the abyss carbon copies, although the probability was rather low.

But only abysses and trials of 4th Rank and above would produce a nascent form mecha of excellent quality.

Jiang Chen couldn’t wait that long.

An excellent quality was already sufficient.

He touched the Abyss Rune.

Activate the nascent form mecha, summon the mecha!

A great amount of abyss atmosphere poured out from the palm of his hand, transforming into brass gears and parts that connect on the surface of Jiang Chen’s body.

Brass plates fell from the sky, covering the gears and parts, connected and sealed by rivets.

In the blink of an eye, a brass-colored mecha stood in place, with jets on its legs, arms, and waist ejecting boiling steam.

“It does look pretty cool…”

Jiang Chen lifted his hand and looked at the alloy gauntlet, quite satisfied with its appearance.

However, as an initial steam-styled mecha, it also meant it had a higher compatibility with mechanical, technological, and transcendent modules and materials.

To evolve it into a bio-organic mecha like Zero would waste a lot of potential.

“The second unit definitely can’t overlap with Zero’s role.”

“Alloy, mechanical, transcendent…”

“Strength, speed, enigmatism…”

“Which path should I choose?”