Chapter 578 Stepping into the Calamity Grade! (2/2)
In addition, his sensory organs also morphed along with his appearance. He no longer needed 'eyes' to see things, no longer needed 'ears' to hear things. The chaos fog provided him with sight, hearing, touch, smell, and more. In fact, its acuteness was increased many folds, and even his movements were no longer consistent with human actions. The chaos fog served as the core, drifting around, and could even shift into many shapes, akin to a cloud moving by itself. Its speed was quite fast and even had the ability to phase through walls.
Not only that, but the new sensory organs were hard to describe. Simply miraculous.
This is a chaos body? Han Xiao thought to himself before realizing that he did not have a brain anymore, so how could he think? After pondering for a while, he suddenly came to the realization that after forming a 'chaos body', he had technically changed from a physical lifeform into an energy field. Inside this field, the chaos fog constituted his organs and body parts at a microscopic level. It was precisely all these molecular and atomic structures that formed a circuit of thinking, conducted through bioelectricity.
Since he could create Artificial Intelligence, it was not surprising to have an alternative path of thinking.
He then tried out the other two talents. [Void Vision - Observer] utilized his chaos body that could phase between the void dimension and the physical world. This was unlike [Void Travel], where time was almost static. When he utilized this ability, time flowed as per normal, but he could hide within the gap to observe changes in the outside world and with a larger field of vision.
He could also place [Observer's Mark], which was related to his new sense organs. As long as the markers were set around a certain person, place, or spatial coordinate, they could be observed across space synchronously, akin to a split screen mode with a maximum of five markers at any one time. The markers could also be replaced.
Wait a minute… this observation, this is simply akin to voyeurism!
Han Xiao was rendered speechless.
Could it be that I've become a sentry ward‽
This is getting more and more 'perverted'… I like it!
After turning into a chaos body, his interface was also refreshed accordingly, displaying the status of his 'transformation', which included a ninety-five percent immunity to damage. The energy possessed in his human form would turn into the HP level of the chaos body, meaning that energy was required to maintain this state. Most skills and abilities were frozen, but [Advanced Void Travel] would be greatly enhanced, and the cooldown reduced from five minutes to 15 seconds.
If the HP of the chaos body was fully depleted, it would force the human form to take shape once again. However, his energy would be completely depleted, and there would be a negative status of [Severe Injury]. At the same time, [Chaos Entity - Release] would enter a forty-eight-hour cooldown period.
This also means that the chaos body does not have much combat capability and is mainly used for its observation and scouting. It's an auxiliary function.
Deactivating the [Chaos Entity - Release] skill, the fog rolled and shrank toward the center, condensing back into a human body. The color of his skin regained its original human-like color as Han Xiao returned to his normal shape.
Taking out a mirror, Han Xiao took a look. This time, it was not his wishful thinking, but he seemed to have grown more handsome. In addition, he had grown taller. His eyes in particular were breathtaking, giving people a mysterious urge to dig them out.
Those were the changes brought about by the Race Evolution. In his interface were more notifications.
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Your combat capability has broken through 10,000 Ona!
You have been promoted to Grade A!
You have received a special rank bonus!
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A special rank bonus was a privilege one could only obtain when they arrived at Grade A. With the baseline of 10,000 Ona for their energy level as a gauge, for every 10,000 Ona increased, they would receive a new rank bonus. However, the distance from Grade A to Beyond Grade A was still too far apart.
Within the Grade A range, it was also divided based on strength. The easiest way was just to compare one's combat capability or to distinguish the difference in level, attributes, skills, and expertise. A Grade A+ Super could easily deal with a newly promoted Calamity Grade Super, probably even steamroll them.
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Your END has been increased by 10. Currently, 1 END = 90 HP = 100 Stamina
+8% all resistances!
+10% highest stat(s), +5% other stats
You have received an additional 30 Free Attribute Points.
You have received an additional 5 Potential Points
You have awakened the skill [Mechanical Force Field]!
You have awakened Rank Talent [Superhuman]!
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These were the two exclusive talents that would only be awakened when one reached Grade A. Of which, the skill [Superhuman] was fixed, and the other skill would suit one's profession. Han Xiao had played a few different professions previously, so he was quite clear on this.
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[Mechanical Force Field]: When you apply a Mechanical Force bonus, a machine will be used as the center point, forming a force field around it. Machinery within this range will randomly have a 40 – 80% bonus effect (non-stackable), which only consumes the strength of one machine. The range of said force field is dependent on one's INT attribute.
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This was an ability limited to Mechanics, which would serve as one of the core skills of the Army Style. Just by adding another machine, without a change in consumption, the surrounding machines would be able to enjoy a bonus effect, enhancing their longevity on the battlefield. Using the language of players, it was called a 'splash effect'.
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[Superhuman]: You have awakened the ways on how to perfectly control your own abilities and how to increase your strength (including but not limited to various types of weapons and equipment, mechanical creations, summoned entities, and other means of combat that you possess). The bonus effect depends on the character's total Level.
From Level 1 - 100: +2% Attack Power every 10 Levels
From Level 100 - 160: +3% Attack Power every 10 Levels
Above Level 160: +4% Attack Power every 10 Levels
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Thus, his current ability strength increase was thirty-two percent.
If the previous ability was meant to increase one's stamina and endurance on the battlefield, [Superhuman] was the main reason for the great increase in damage dealt by Calamity Grade Supers. The ability strength was basically equivalent to one's attack power.
This bonus was independent of all talents and skills. No matter how high one's attack power was, it would take that as the base and increase in percentage based on that.
The stronger one's attack, the greater the increase.
The higher one's level, the greater the bonuses.
This explained the terrifying attack power that Ames had displayed the other time. Of course, the main reason was also because Floating Dragon was durable enough.
With all the notifications having come to an end, Han Xiao used his remaining experience to improve his [Mechanical Force Field] skill, raising it another two levels, before allocating all his free attribute points to Intelligence.
Having reached Level 140, the experience consumption was even greater. Just rising two levels required nearly two billion experience. If Han Xiao only used the mission rewards given at Version 2.0 as the standard experience gain, then God only knew when he would next be able to level up.
The players' mission rewards naturally rose with the versions. At that level, experience reward would start from tens of million at the very least.
I've finally stepped into Calamity Grade!
Filling his body full of a surging strength, Han Xiao revealed an expression of excitement as he clenched his fists. He felt as though he could now destroy Harmon with just one punch.
Looking at his interface, he observed the overall changes that had occurred.
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Level: 142
Main Class: Mechanic
Race: Chaos Observer (Human Form)
Attributes: 201 STR, 518 DEX, 485 END, 1500 INT, 200 MYS, 102 CHA, 1 LUK
Free Attribute Points: 0
Potential Points: 62
Health: 64,020
Stamina: 64,250
Energy: 12,410 [Lv.10]
Lv.10 Energy bonus stat: +81 STR, +113 DEX, +122 END, +144 INT, +91 MYS, +16,020 Stamina Limit, +97% Machinery Affinity
Power Level: 11,237 Ona
Grade: A
Grade A Ranked Bonus: +10 END, +8% All Resistances, +10% Highest Stat(s), +5% Other Stats, +30 Free Attribute Points, +5 Potential Points
You have entered the Calamity Grade, becoming a top rate combat power in the Galaxy. From now on, you will always have a spot in any Star Field!