Chapter 821: Chapter 658: Self-Destruction, Tied Score
In short, since Chun has already taken advantage of the chaos of the explosion to slip out amidst the various parts, he should quickly stop the Space Fire to avoid being detected by high-tech equipment.
As soon as he stopped — system prompt: Congratulations! Your flying has merged the Space Fire and Stamping acceleration techniques, significantly boosting your flight speed. Your Basic Flying Technique has advanced to Expert Level 10, achieving: Physical Strength +50, Life +50, Speed +1, Stamping Flight.
Stamping Flight: Able to convert fluid and explosion impacts into flight momentum.
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Holy shit!
Jumped directly from Basic to Expert in one go again! Isn’t this just like when I was training for running? It was difficult to improve with my own speed, but upon encountering the pull of that Teleportation Gate, I accelerated, breaking through instantly. And swimming was trained the same way; Mei fired airships at me nonstop, leveraging the explosions to continually accelerate — that’s Stamping, it’s the same principle as starting with an explosion now!
So, the more you advance in later stages, the simpler it is to go back and patch up some basic skills. Did all that effort on basic training before go to waste?
But without the hard training before, there wouldn’t be high-end skills later on! So now it’s just great, patch up any gaps, and it’ll come together.
Then Chun occasionally looked back and found the battleship was indeed falling. Only the rescue ship managed a forced hold to barely halt its trajectory, but it was also dragging the rescue ship down toward Earth, clearly needing more reinforcements.
At that moment, Chun had a crazy idea — should he go back and deal with the rescue ship too? Maybe that would take down two ships?
But he only contemplated it for a second!
Surviving a disaster, more isn’t always better, avoid being too reckless.
Finally, Chun returned to the Queen’s hiding spot.
The Queen greeted, "Master, I just saw that ship come back, then it exploded, blowing off its rear, and then two more ships arrived to drag it back to the city."
Chun was rather amazed: "You can see that far?"
The Queen was stunned: "It’s right here! Very close."
Only then did Chun realize he had heard wrong, finding it hard to believe: "Are you saying the Hell City’s warship exploded upon returning?"
"Yes!"
Holy shit, what’s going on?
Chun asked in shock, "Were there any casualties?"
The Queen replied, "Can’t see that from here."
Chun felt a bit bewildered, so he just said, "They should be fine. I’m also alright from this trip. Let’s just absorb some energy in peace now."
"Alright, Master!"
Feeling unsettled, Chun collapsed onto the sofa. He hadn’t planned to drink with the midnight snack, but now he took a few sips, and nibbled on some leftovers to calm his nerves...
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Ten Lords Chat Group.
Faced with the sudden explosion, Michael’s first reaction was not to check the accident, nor was there time for blame-shifting, but to immediately call it even for both sides!
"Uriel, have you arrived at port yet?"
"Almost there!"
Michael hurriedly said, "Quickly, blow up your boiler too!"
Uriel came to his senses: "Understood!"
The win or loss didn’t matter, nor did the individual battle damage. What mattered was maintaining a scoring balance.
The Empire’s battleship was nearly sunken, causing Uriel’s track record to spiral out of control. Upon returning to port, he might be entrusted with significant military roles by the Dragon God, tasking him to lead a small fleet for the next battle.
Such a situation would be very troublesome! As Uriel was just a merchant from a civilian chamber of commerce, he could voluntarily accept mercenary missions to join battles, and likewise opt out. This controlled the scoring rhythm firmly. Once appointed as an officer, there would be no room to refuse deployment. Moreover, it would be challenging to conduct covert actions without being detected by the fleet, so they let Uriel self-destruct his boiler to balance the achievements.
Then observe the reactions of each camp through this balance.
If the upper management’s evaluation was acceptable, future scoring would be simpler, and self-harm alternately benefiting each side would be quite achievable...
Of course, the prerequisite was to ensure the Empire’s battleship remained intact! If it couldn’t be preserved, Uriel wouldn’t have the time or capability to self-sink.
As Michael anxiously waited, amidst the difficult tug, they finally awaited the arrival of reinforcements of two more ships. With the power of three ships, they barely halted the Void Blade’s fall and dragged it back.
Michael breathed a sigh of relief: "Uriel, how’s the situation?"
Uriel also sighed in relief: "Received encouragement from the General, who seemed very unyielding, planning to launch another wave of retaliatory attacks at 5 o’clock. It just feels like the repair shop’s boss seems happier?"
Michael was suddenly taken aback: "Repair shop?"
A grand plan instantly emerged!
"Uriel, if our warships continually get damaged but not sunk, surely the various repair shop owners would be pleased, right?"
Uriel instantly understood: "Then the boss would take the lead, forming a huge interest group, which would also condone our actions, and they might even privately negotiate!"
Michael laughed: "Then those seemingly scrapped, yet still usable high-end machines can be sold off as scrap, at that time—"
Metatron was excited: "At that time I’ll buy!!!"
Everyone laughed heartily: "Then, we’ll have our own built warships!"
Rachael laughed too: "Actually, there’s another advantage. Your mutually pecking weakling mechanism would become a joke in the Divine Realm’s eyes, and they won’t interfere."
Michael was very satisfied: "Indeed, all are benefits!"
Sela, however, asked: "Then the biggest question arises, exactly how did the Void Blade explode?"
Metatron chuckled: "That is indeed the biggest question, but right now it happens to be the least important one."
Michael sighed: "Just let them investigate slowly. I should probably find a partner..."
The partner was actually just one, the Fourth Prince. This guy dared to repurpose Royal Family tribute fish, so involving him in selling "scrap machinery" wasn’t considered a big deal, right? So, he was to be used as a white glove, taking the fall if things truly went south!
Of course, we could also ask his willingness to go on an expedition, allowing him to accumulate some military achievements, thus having more authority.
In the midst of thoughts, the fleet finally pulled back into the naval port.
Sure enough, Michael saw the repair shop owner on the pier eagerly awaiting, with a worried face barely suppressing the upturned corners of his mouth.
Michael smiled, the plan was solid!
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At 5 a.m., Chun was awakened by the voices of the Queen and Earth Lotus: "Master (Father), Hell City has dispatched warships again."
Chun suddenly woke up!
Holy shit! It’s 5 o’clock? Last night, it was just a few sips of alcohol, then muddle-headedly dozed off, and ended up sleeping through the whole night? It seems that I’ve truly been too tired over these few days.
Then he saw a string of system messages:
——System prompt: Congratulations! You successfully shared your original Middle Tier Druid Profession through Soul Link.
——System prompt: Congratulations!... Shared your original High Tier Druid!
——System prompt: Your Gift of the Void, Divine Craftsman Rune Skill, and Divine Craftsman Module Combination have started integrating High Tier Druid Profession, you have obtained the "Void Druid" experimental insights.
Holy shit! Reading all night on idle mode, advanced to high tier!
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