Han Xiao has lived in a luxurious single cell for three days. He is not in a hurry at all. He just has time to sort out his abilities and collect the skill upgrade card rewarded by the mission.
Han Xiao looked at the panel. There are 90,000 experience points, some of which are rewards for missions and killing enemies, and some are the gains from making guns for the raccoon cats some time ago.
Basic combat is level 8. It is most cost-effective to use the skill upgrade card (basic) to upgrade to level 9. Han Xiao did not hesitate to upgrade basic combat to level 9 first, and then choose to receive the skill upgrade card.
A card emitting brass light appeared in his hand out of thin air. Han Xiao's mind moved, and the card turned into a stream of light and sank into his eyebrows.
His limbs and bones trembled, and a new force flowed through his muscles and bones. Han Xiao was refreshed and clearly felt that his physical strength had become stronger.
[[Basic combat lv10 (Max)]: Increase 10% unarmed attack power, strength +2, endurance +1]
Many skills will have attribute bonuses when they reach a certain level.
After the character's level reaches the upper limit, the combat effectiveness can be improved through skills. Each version of "Star Ocean" has a different level upper limit. In future versions, there will be a saying that the maximum level is just the beginning.
[Your [Basic Combat] reaches the level upper limit, and you get 1 potential point]
Okay, 16 potential points!
Han Xiao spent some more experience to upgrade [Basic Shooting] to level 8. There are still a little more than 20,000 experience left. He is ready to gamble on blueprints twice.
The use of mechanics' blueprints is divided into two types. One is to be used as one's own trump card for combat and never leaked.
The other is to sell, accept orders from others, earn experience and money. Ordinary mechanical players can only set up stalls to sell to other players. Large guilds and clubs control the opportunity to trade with NPCs.
But Han Xiao has no competitors and can get there first. What he needs most at present is blueprints for selling to gain manufacturing experience. The 13th Bureau is a potential market with great customer potential, and there are more opportunities than in the Germinal Organization Base.
There are a few blueprints in my memory that should be very popular.
[Do you want to perform knowledge fusion (Basic Weaponry + Basic Assembly), this fusion will consume 10,000 experience points.]
"Confirmed."
[Fusion successful, congratulations on developing [Folding Blade]]
[Do you want to perform knowledge fusion (Basic Weaponry + Basic Materials), this fusion will consume 10,000 experience points.]
[Fusion successful, congratulations on developing [High-burning Ammunition]]
Han Xiao's eyes lit up. [High-burning Ammunition] was the best invention he had imagined. Ammunition was suitable for various carriers and was not difficult to manufacture. In the previous life game, ammunition items had the highest sales volume. Moreover, since it involved chemical knowledge, it was very difficult to copy and was inherently confidential.
It was the [Folding Sabre] that made Han Xiao feel complicated. This was a metal sabre with a guard on the handle. The guard was angular and well-proportioned. The 0.5 to 0.8 meter segmented blade was folded and hidden in the handle. It was portable and secretive. The blade could be ejected at any time during combat. It was controlled by the button on the handle. Its advantage was that it was sudden. It was a must-have for home travel and murder. It was not bad, but the problem was that it was a standard equipment for novices.
The folding sabre was cheap, had low technical content, was easy to copy, and even the confidentiality measures were not effective. A formal mechanic could roughly understand the structure with just a glance. It was a bit embarrassing for Han Xiao.
It would be great if it was a long-range weapon. This kind of melee weapon without special effects was not very popular.
"One is good and the other is bad. Could it be that I am the legendary mixed-race child, with the blood of the non-Africans and the blood of the European emperors crossing the dragon and tiger?"
Fortunately, these two drawings did not exist on the Aquamarine Planet, so Han Xiao had many opportunities to operate. The theories learned by mechanics are the same, but the applications are diverse. It is not that you can create all the application inventions of the theory just by learning the basic theory. Until the real world before Han Xiao crossed over, there were still civilian scientists creating new inventions every year. Regardless of how practical they are, at least there are many possibilities.
These two drawings are the focus of Han Xiao's next work. He has gained 600,000 experience points by assembling firearms in the Germinal Organization base for half a year. There will definitely be more opportunities for Star Dragon. When he officially joins the Thirteenth Bureau, it will be the time to reap the rewards.
At this time, a new prompt popped up on the panel.
[A-level task [Seeds Sleeping in Dust], current progress 1.6%]
"The Thirteenth Bureau has taken action!"
Han Xiao's eyes flashed, and he revealed the intelligence of the three bases to the Thirteenth Bureau, which can be counted as his indirect task progress. 1.6% is not too little, but too much. He knows the unfathomable power of the Germinal Organization better than anyone else. A branch base should not have reached 1.6% progress.
However, Han Xiao did not expect that the attack on the branch base caused the Germinal leader to suspect the top leaders, which was the highlight.
In the previous life, the confrontation between Sprout and the Six Nations lasted until the end of version 1.0. If 2.0 [Disaster of Alienation] is not counted, the results of the two should be evenly matched.
There was a period of time when Sprout was at a disadvantage and only needed to destroy it in one go, but the Six Nations backed down. This was all because of Sprout's trump card - the Dead Hand System.
This is a long-established automated missile counterattack program. Once the organization faces overthrow, the Sprout organization will release all missiles in stock according to the established procedures, automatically attack the preset targets, and clean up the world. Even if the Six Nations can intercept 95% of them, the remaining missiles will still cause irreversible damage to the planet's ecology.
This is Sprout's last resort, to perish together.
So it is almost impossible to achieve 100% of your own mission... unless you can crack the Dead Hand System.
"The Dead Hand System was the trump card that was exposed at the last moment of Germination. Although it prevented the organization from being destroyed, it also shook many Germination members. The people who worked for Germination wanted revenge on the six countries and to create a new regime in accordance with Germination's ideas. When Germination's trump card conflicts with its ideas, a large number of members will be lost. No one wants the world to be destroyed. If it can be exposed artificially..."
Han Xiao shook his head. This matter was still too far away and he kept it in his heart.
...
Not long after, Feng Jun finally came and took Han Xiao to the interrogation room. It was still the intelligence minister who communicated with him.
"The intelligence of the sub-base has been confirmed. We believe in your sincerity in cooperation. The top management has decided to accept you as a member of the Thirteenth Bureau!"
It's done! Han Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that his relationship with Old Man Gao was effective. He was not naive to think that the top management would unanimously agree to his joining the Thirteenth Bureau. There must be a secret deal behind it.
"...The organization has decided to let you join the Secret Operations Department. You will be assigned to an action team."
Han Xiao's face became strange.
In the new era, countless elites and talents who lost their countries drifted abroad. The intelligence agencies of the six countries relaxed the requirements for recruitment and began to hire non-national members. However, the ace department of the Secret Operations Department still had certain requirements for the loyalty of its members. It was undoubtedly the operation of Old Man Gao.
Then why did the old man think so highly of me?
Joining the Secret Service Department was a good thing for him. There were many powerful people to contact, and there were opportunities to go out. Those events and opportunities that happened outside of Star Dragon had the opportunity to intervene, which was very important. Originally, according to Han Xiao's guess, if the Thirteenth Bureau restricted his freedom, he would defect immediately after the public beta, but now it seems that there is no need to leave in a hurry.
A new prompt appeared on the panel.
[You have opened a new faction reputation! ]
[Star Dragon National Strategic Defense Bureau's favorability towards you increased by 300 points. ]
[Star Dragon National Strategic Defense Bureau (Thirteenth Bureau): Neutral (300/1000)-[Level 1 Authority Member]]
New faction relations represent new opportunities, tasks, events, and interests. Camp relations are divided into eight levels: deadly enemy, hatred, hostility, indifference, neutrality, friendliness, respect, and reverence.
Basically, the initial favorability of all new camps is [indifference], and 300 points of favorability reach neutrality. Generally, only when you reach the [Friendly] level can you use favorability and contribution to exchange for resources.
Feng Jun took out a black mobile phone and handed it to Han Xiao. There was only his phone number on it. He coughed and said, "From today on, I will be your contact person. Don't turn off the phone."
"Oh, it's just an insignificant microphone, right?"
"Why does your wording always make me unhappy?" Feng Jun was helpless.
The black phone has no decorations on the outside, and the operation interface is also very simple. It only has the functions of making calls and sending and receiving messages. Han Xiao played with the phone and asked, "Will it not be eavesdropped?"
"Don't worry, the line is specially encrypted."
Minister of Intelligence: "There is one more thing. We hope you can hand in the mechanical drawings you know, including the light power arm and the robot you use to kill the Sting Bee Squad."
Submitting the drawings can increase the contribution of the camp, but he needs to manufacture machinery to grow and upgrade. If he submits the drawings, the Thirteenth Bureau will learn and use the assembly line to mass produce them, and he will have nothing to do.
What Han Xiao wants is a cooperation method in which others provide materials and he manufactures them.
Han Xiao shook his head and refused.
"What if an agent orders from me privately?"
"We don't care about that."
After getting the answer, Han Xiao laughed. It doesn't matter. All the agents of the Thirteenth Bureau are his potential customers.
There is a long way to go. The top leaders of Bureau 13 will not destroy the good cooperation with Han Xiao for one or two basic blueprints. They care more about the budding intelligence... At least the conservatives are very rational. It is unknown what the hardliners will do if they don't like him.
Another advantage of joining Bureau 13 is that Bureau 13 has a rich inventory of resources, which saves him the trouble of looking for materials everywhere. He can buy a lot of parts and raw materials with money, and there are also good things that are not available on the market.
After the cooperation was agreed, Han Xiao put on the black hood again, was taken through the winding corridor, took the elevator, and left the headquarters.