READ NOVEL ONLINE Chapter 58
Chapter 58: New Relics, Source of Fire
There were no surprises, but that was typical for most pirate treasures. It might just be the spoils from a previous raid.
“A modest gain,” Lin Zhichen replied. He looked at the participating NPC pilots and noticed that three lucky ones advanced to master level during the brief but intense battle.
Pilots at this level were absolute aces, even in the Federal military!
“According to some analyses on the military network, an ace pilot can easily take down a hundred rookies!” Lin Ke, who also witnessed this, allowed a rare smile to appear on his perpetually stoic face.
“Big brother, your talent is truly extraordinary.”
Gathering the unexpected spoils, the fleet set off again, embarking on a journey around the solar system.
After consecutively destroying four pirate fleets, the Meteor Mercenary Group, which had been traveling for nearly a month, finally encountered their first tough target—a newly refreshed small pirate base!
According to the classification of bases into micro, small, medium, and so on, this small pirate base was not insignificant, occupying most of a five-kilometer-diameter asteroid.
Even the fleet patrolling around the base included more than a dozen pirate pursuit ships—these are space warships comparable to cruisers!
Moreover, the number of pirate bombardment ships and raiding boats exceeded three hundred, reaching the peak of a micro pirate base.
“This pirate base has been refreshed for no more than half a month. Otherwise, the number of warships we’d be facing would be much higher,” Wu Tianyi judged based on the base’s scale.
“According to information on the star network, some peak-status small pirate bases have fleet sizes exceeding a thousand, with more than fifty pirate pursuit ships alone!”
“Big brother, this base is quite strong. Shouldn’t we consider our options first?” Wei Peng advised, knowing that if they engaged the fleet head-on, the disparity in numbers would inevitably lead to heavy losses.
Lin Zhichen did not answer. Instead, he activated the Gate of Time and Space. After a month, this talent had refreshed once again.
“A new instance?” He was delighted and then surprised as he looked closely: “It’s ‘Transformers’?!”
Without much hesitation, he immediately activated the ‘Transformers’ instance and quickly understood the plot.
This instance was similar to the movie, featuring two factions of Transformers arriving on Earth to search for the artifact that created the Transformers—the AllSpark. The story involved the Decepticons attempting to conquer Earth, while the humans and Autobots teamed up to fight against the Decepticons.
“Civilization Relic * AllSpark (Gold)
Passive Effects: 1: Within a range of 1 light-second centered on the AllSpark, allied mechanical units’ attributes +30%. 2: Within the AllSpark’s influence range, allied mechanical units gain the ‘Mechanical Life’ trait, with hull recovery +1%.
Active Effect: 1: Consumes 10-300 energy units to transform a designated mechanical creation into a controlled Transformer (Transformed Transformers have a small chance to become elite units and a very small chance to become hero units).
Energy Units: 300/300
Cooldown Time: 1 month”
A metal cube with a side length of one meter floated on the command cabin deck, making the already cramped space, due to the placement of the psionic crystal, even more crowded.
Lin Zhichen looked at the mysterious cube in front of him, a genuine smile appearing on his face. This was his first time obtaining a gold-tier item.
Even the psionic crystal was only a red-tier item. According to the color energy level classification, there was still a yellow tier in between. This level of civilization relic was undoubtedly a precious treasure, even within the Federation.
Setting aside what Transformers were, the passive bonus effects of this relic alone could significantly boost the fleet’s strength, with immediate results.
“Big brother, what did you do?” Wei Peng’s voice came through the holographic image, shouting in surprise. He had just been checking the attributes of their warships when they suddenly increased significantly.
After a careful examination, he discovered that various aspects of the fleet, including shooting range, shooting accuracy, turret charging speed, and even radar detection range, had received a 30% boost.
“That’s the bonus from the new relic, the AllSpark,” Lin Zhichen said with a smile. “We’ll be able to put it to good use very soon.”
At this moment, he was looking at the second relic. Similar to the NZT-50, this was a permission-type relic.
“Civilization Relic * Radiant Star (Yellow)
Special Permission: Allows the Meteor Mercenary Group to produce Radiant Star (Note: This permission is non-transferable. If the Meteor Mercenary Group disbands, the permission disappears; production scale is positively correlated with the size of the Meteor Mercenary Group).
Active Effect: Radiant Star can absorb stellar energy, which can be used to produce energy coins and to rapidly charge weapons.”
The Radiant Star was an X-slot weapon attachment that can merge with any X-slot energy-based main cannon, such as the Quark Light Spear that Lin Zhichen previously acquired.
In daily operations, it can produce energy coins by absorbing stellar energy. During wartime, it can rapidly charge and fire weapons, significantly increasing the firing speed compared to normal X-slot weapons.
But it also had a drawback: to realize this feature, it must stay near a star. If it moved too far away, it would become an ordinary X-slot main cannon, expensive to produce but with no advantages in range or energy damage.
Clearly, the Radiant Star originated from “Transformers,” hidden beneath the Egyptian pyramids and used as a superweapon to destroy the sun.
“Unfortunately, Cybertron didn’t fully appear; otherwise, it would have been a mechanical planet!” Lin Zhichen’s heart ached at the thought of the final scene in the instance world, where the massive Cybertron was cut in half during a space jump due to a wormhole interruption.
This was part of the plot. If Cybertron had completed the jump, Earth would have had no weapons capable of countering the mechanical planet, resulting in a GAME OVER and the instance collapsing, making it impossible to obtain it.
Despite it being a fact, Lin Zhichen still felt heartache. Compared to what he had obtained, if he had truly acquired Cybertron, it would undoubtedly be a giant mechanical planet in the real universe, and the Meteor Mercenary Group would instantly become a top-tier force!
What was a mechanical planet?
It was a planet entirely composed of machinery. Such planets exist in the real universe and were constructed by intelligent life forms. These types of planets had extraordinary production capabilities; as long as materials were sufficient, building starships would be as simple as making toys.
Regaining his composure, Lin Zhichen refocused his attention on reality.
“The effect of the AllSpark is equivalent to the domain of a powerful hero!”
After briefly experiencing the boost from the AllSpark, Lin Zhichen felt immensely confident and redirected his focus to the pirate base:
“With the AllSpark’s enhancement, the carrier’s onboard radar range has nearly reached 6.5 light-seconds. We’ll launch our attack from this position!”