Chapter 75  Chapter 73 At this time, Simon was fast asleep_1

Translator: 549690339

An auxiliary ice-type weapons module, huh?

It doesn’t fit with the path of life and Nirvana that the primeval mecha takes.

Nor does it have a high compatibility with the explosive, high-speed, Age-Old approach that Jiang Chen plans for the steam mecha.

It’s unsuitable for the mecha to absorb.

Of course, this doesn’t affect the power of the Supercharge Module: [Touch of Extreme Cold].

It’s equivalent to a 2nd Rank outstanding weapons module, with its power limit raised to a full two thousand, ten times that of a same-grade Icy Breath!

Jiang Chen could completely use the [Touch of Extreme Cold] module to replace the [Flame Control] module installed on the primeval mecha.

It’s the same as absorbing a 2nd Rank ability out of turn, multiplying the weapon’s growth speed by ten!

Absorbing [Touch of Extreme Cold] once is worth ten absorptions of [Flame Control]!

This is a supercharged module!

“At times like this, it’s actually the growth rate of the attributes that can’t keep up.”

“Absorbing the same weapons module multiple times can break through the weapon’s power limit continuously…”

“But, only with sufficient consumption of energy (stamina) and the corresponding attribute bonuses can the full effect of the weapon be realized.”

“I only have enigmatic value of two thousand and one, and the stamina inherited from the primeval mecha is not enough to support such a powerful weapon.”

“It’s like putting a top-notch graphics card in a low-end computer; it just can’t bring out all the performance…”

Jiang Chen clicked his tongue.

Even though it’s a supercharged module, it’s just a transitional item.

It’ll do for now.

If the Abyss difficulty has a high enough loot burst rate and supercharges aren’t lacking, you can consider replacing it, keep it for the third mecha, or simply sell it second-hand.

Besides the [Touch of Extreme Cold] module, Jiang Chen browsed through his other loot.

The item [frost bone dragon saddle] from the rewards settlement caught his eye.

It’s an outstanding quality [Special Mount], or rather, a [Mount].

[frost bone dragon saddle]

[Rank: 1]

[Quality: Outstanding]

[Type: Special Mount]

[Effect one: Can be charged to summon a Frost Bone Giant Dragon as a mech’s mount, consuming 100 reserved energy per minute after summoning. (Reserved energy limit: 10,000)]

[Effect two: The Frost Bone Giant Dragon provides flight capability. (Speed 100)]

[Effect three: The Frost Bone Giant Dragon occasionally attacks enemies with its Icy Breath. (Power 200)]

[Description: The cold wind will devour your soul!]

Clearly, the mount summoned by the frost bone dragon saddle is the abyss leader, the Frost Bone Giant Dragon, available on Nightmare difficulty level and below.

However, from the description, the strength of the Frost Bone Giant Dragon as a mount is far less than that of the real abyss leader.

It can only provide a bit of combat support, occasionally blowing a breath of wind or something.

“No matter the strength, riding an abyss leader into battle really maxes out your style points.”

“Especially when fighting the Ice Soul Tyrant, you’re battling Him in the ring while riding His dragon beneath you…”

“Face-to-face bullheadedness?”

Jiang Chen laughed.

Although he might not need it very soon, he could collect it and later hang it at the most conspicuous spot in the shop—

Not for sale, for viewing only, no touching allowed.

Apart from the [frost bone dragon saddle].

The rest of the drop items were nothing special.

The [Permafrost Ice Soul] module dropped by the Ice Soul Tyrant was the core module that Senior Lyle needed, so it was sold in one go.

But the flawless material [Ice-sealing Eye] from the settlement rewards was not what Senior Lyle needed.

As for the materials dropped by the small fry, all were of outstanding and excellent quality, which didn’t meet Senior Lyle’s requirements either.

In other words, Jiang Chen still needed to grind the Eternal Frost Magic Realm on Hell difficulty level several more times.

Only then could he gather all the flawless materials such as [Non-melting Frost Bone] required by Senior Lyle.

“Then, let’s speed-run it a few more times.”

Jiang Chen stretched lazily.

The sunlight filtering through the dissipating ice clouds fell on him, making him extremely comfortable and very relaxed.

The minor scrapes he sustained in battle had already fully healed.

With his current attributes, clearing the Eternal Frost Magic Realm on Hell difficulty level almost didn’t leave him feeling the slightest fatigue.

If he doesn’t repair his mecha and goes all out from the start,

he could clear it three or four times in just one hour.

Considering the achievement for solo first clear was already in hand and there was no need to rush for time…

Jiang Chen decided to speed-run the Eternal Frost Magic Realm on Hell difficulty level a few times first to gather the materials Senior Lyle needed before starting the mecha repairs.

By doing so, by the time the repairs on the mecha were complete, there wouldn’t be a need to focus on grinding the Eternal Frost Magic Realm continuously.

Instead, he could freely explore all the Age-Old Shadows at 1st Rank, gather materials for both mechas, and challenge the Abyss difficulty level.

“Leave the abyss.”

He leaned back and fell into the rift.

Chen Hua is a 1st Rank mecha pilot in the alliance, possessing quite impressive talent.

During the basic trials, she defeated many powerful monsters, earning an S-class evaluation.

Therefore, she also possessed the qualifications to challenge the Nightmare difficulty level.

In recent days, she had been exploring the Eternal Frost Magic Realm at the Nightmare difficulty level, intending to construct an Ice Crystalized Mecha based on the blueprints from alliance predecessors.

During her exploration, she naturally took notice of Jiang Chen’s speedrun record.

The fastest time was just over three minutes, speedrunning the Nightmare difficulty level.

This made her quite envious.

Although she had an S-class ranking and could solo kill the Frost Bone Giant Dragon of the Nightmare difficulty level using various prepared countermeasures, it would still take a long battle to take it down.

To keep the time under one hour to receive the SS reward for completion was even more dependent on luck.

“The gap between people is so huge…”

Chen Hua couldn’t help but sigh.

She heard that Simon from the Ark Organization was about to take on the Hell difficulty level alone—

As an advanced difficulty, Hell difficulty level presented a cliff-like gap compared to Nightmare.

Even though Chen Hua could solo the Nightmare, she didn’t even consider forming a team for Hell.

The team size limit in Age-Old Shadow was only three people.

She had attempted to challenge the Ice Soul Tyrant at the Nightmare difficulty level and ended up fleeing in failure.

She knew all too well that even with two more teammates of the same level, defeating Him at the Hell difficulty level would be impossible.

In such circumstances…

Someone actually wanted to solo the Hell level?

These SSS-class geniuses are really not human!

Speaking of which, that alliance genius named Jiang Chen could now one-shot the Nightmare.

He should be gathering teammates soon to challenge Hell, right?

Chen Hua casually opened the Hell difficulty level to see if Jiang Chen had left any record.

The next moment, her eyes widened in shock.

Her heartbeat stopped for half a beat before it started pounding again.

There, on the Eternal Frost Magic Realm of the Hell difficulty level, was a brand new record, boldly sitting at the very top!

[Trial Passer: Jiang Chen, Evaluation: SSS, Time: 16 minutes 21 seconds.]

The highest evaluation, a solo completion of Hell??

And it wasn’t just this one record.

Below it were several more similar entries.

Only the times varied slightly.

[16 minutes 38 seconds.]

[17 minutes 55 seconds.]

At a glance, there were a total of seven solo completion records!

Apart from one 26-minute solo completion record, all the other completion times were under twenty minutes.

“Holy shit…?”

Chen Hua was stunned, subconsciously exiting Age-Old Shadow, only to open it up again.

Eternal Frost Magic Realm… confirmed.

Hell difficulty level… confirmed.

Looking at the unchanged completion records.

It was as if she was reliving the same moment just now.

“Holy shit!”

What was going on?

When did he solo the Hell difficulty level?

Was it really that sudden?

And, to top it off, he had consecutively soloed it seven times?!

This was the Hell difficulty level, not a meal…

Even if it were a meal, you wouldn’t eat seven times in one day, right?

Chen Hua quickly took out her personal terminal, wanting to share the news.

But as she opened the alliance forum, she realized the new and hot post interfaces were already completely dominated by the keyword “Jiang Chen soloed Hell”—

Clearly, she was not the first to discover Jiang Chen’s success in soloing Hell seven times.

Chen Hua looked at the numerous red-highlighted threads.

Suddenly, she remembered the hot topic recently on the minds of all mecha pilots.

Simon from Ark is about to complete his enhancement…

Simon from Ark officially completes his enhancement…

Simon from Ark is about to challenge Hell…

And Jiang Chen from the alliance successfully soloed Hell.

Huh?

What about Simon from Ark?

Unknown Planet.

Simon was sleeping soundly.