Swallowing the Stars: You Can't Escape, Mountain Dweller

Chapter 838 A Legitimate Transformation

The Mechanical Legion holds a superior position; it is not a special legion like the Python River Army, which can be directly entered simply by those with sufficient strength.

Most of the mechanical sergeants are loners and rarely pay attention to others unless necessary.

However, as part of the military, there are naturally differences in rank and authority.

The tall figure revealed its true form under the light; it was actually a strange beast with a humanoid appearance.

Aside from its blood-red vertical pupils, its head is not covered with hair but with more than a dozen short horns of varying lengths, making it look almost exactly like a human at first glance.

A humanoid beast capable of crafting mechanical artifacts?

Zalupe wore a specially made suit of armor, with three golden fruit-like patterns painted on his right arm, which were more conspicuous than the two on Hakuren's armor.

The entire mechanical legion is divided into six battalions, and each battalion has a different number of squads.

Zalupe is the captain of Hakren's squad and has certain management authority.

Bai Yang used Hakerian's equipment to perform an operation that defied common sense, which immediately drew his attention with an automatic report.

In each era, there is one military mission. And within each era, there is only this one mission.

Zalupe knew this was a disaster mission, how could a recruit complete it so quickly?

He sat down in the chair and began to look through Bai Yang's information with curiosity.

"He really is a new recruit, from the special legion, the Python River Army."

"Wouldn't his catastrophic mission involve facing a true god, while also possessing a talent for mechanical attacks?"

Such talent is rare even in the entire Eastern Army.

Zhalupe had limited access and could not find out Bai Yang's actual military achievements or how he earned them.

But the information that has been made public so far is already astonishing.

"A genius! A true genius that only appears once every few thousand epochs."

Zhalupe's eyes turned even redder. Haklian was really lucky to have met such a strong apprentice.

He immediately became itchy and wanted to see Bai Yang's refining process to see if he really had such a high talent.

The entire mechanical legion, including all its underground bases, was connected by that enormous mechanical device.

Although Zalupe has squad leader privileges, he can know about the serious abnormalities of his squad members, but he cannot access the specific details.

Mechanical flow may seem like something that can be mass-produced, but in reality, everyone has their own unique approach, which is entirely a personal secret.

Even the military would not forcibly pry into the secrets of its soldiers.

"We must recruit this kind of talent!"

"In the next era, I'll help him get a legion transfer mission."

The thought of having such a genius among his future subordinates made Zalupe burst into laughter.

Over the years, he has shown signs of breaking through to the Void God realm.

With his own breakthroughs and powerful subordinates, he was not content with just being a captain; he even harbored ambitions to become the legion commander.

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Virtual universe, in a circular living room.

Bai Yang sat on the sofa and asked:

"Luo Feng, has your application for the promotion been submitted?"

He's currently in the Mechanical Legion, which is too far from his original camp, so this makes it easier for us to meet.

Luo Feng sat opposite him, holding a teacup in his hand, and said:

"Yes. I applied immediately after seeing this assignment."

"Brother Bai, more than seven thousand years have passed in this era. Shouldn't you be applying for it soon?"

Bai Yang smiled and nodded, saying:

"I wasn't in a hurry. Hark hasn't awarded me any military merits over the years. There's no need for me to go to the military depot."

"However, judging by the time, it is indeed about time."

Wuhe, Kufa, and others have gradually accumulated enough military merits over the years.

Bai Yang's black cloud wings and the more than forty corpses of tribal true gods did not even make a move.

Now that seven thousand years have passed, many soldiers are starting to get anxious.

Although the price will definitely be significantly lower, he plans to go back soon and ask Luo Feng to help him sell them.

With over seven thousand years of guidance, the level of Baiyang Mechanical Flow is now vastly different from what it used to be.

Normally, this would amount to more than seventy guidance missions, enough to earn over seven million military merits.

But the actual amount of favors required is even higher!

This is because mechanical sergeants must accept a mission once per era before they can mentor apprentices.

Most of the time, they don't want to waste a lot of their time doing these things, since probably less than one in ten thousand will succeed.

Earning military merits occasionally is fine, but over time they would rather refine mechanical items and sell them.

In the white-filled workshop, Haklian gazed at the strange metallic wings that had turned from gold to blue, and exclaimed in admiration:

"Your wings are basically complete, and you have at most a hundred years left."

Bai Yang stood beside him, also looking at the almost unrecognizable wings, and asked:

"Professor Hacklen, what will my final piece look like?"

Haklian turned his head and glanced at the hundreds of window screens that had appeared in the void, and calmly said:

"The materials aren't good enough to reach the level of a Law Master."

"But looking at its structure, design, and patterns, you can learn enough from it."

"The success rate for the next refining attempt is basically 70%."

Over the years, Bai Yang had figured out his temperament.

Hacklen said it was 70%, but it was actually at least 85%.

Once these wings are mastered, they will immediately reach the level of a top-tier treasure.

Such a rapid pace of progress is well worth the 50,000-fold time acceleration he spent on it.

Bai Yang was grateful; Haklian had really helped him a lot.

When I started calling him "teacher" before, he said he didn't want to, but later he reluctantly agreed.

Over the years, I've completely gotten used to it.

"Teacher Hacklen, I'm about to leave for the time being."

"I will come back to you in the next era after I have completed my mission."

Haklian hummed in agreement, then after a moment suddenly said:

Do you currently have any mechanical-type treasures?

"The Python River Army is a special legion; they should be eligible to exchange for it, right?"

Bai Yang nodded and replied, "It's that Black Cloud Wing."

Hakuren's face immediately showed a disdainful expression, as if this thing disgraced the name of the Mechanical Style.

"Your current military achievements... are definitely not enough."

"The Golden Claw God requires 40 military merits."

The old man frowned, as if he had encountered some difficult problem.

Seeing his reaction, Bai Yang naturally smiled and said:

"Teacher Haklian, military regulations prohibit the transfer of military merits and items at will."

"You don't need to bother."

Hacken, puffing out his white beard, glared at him angrily and cursed:

"You think I'm helpless?"

"I'll teach you today! What's the most important thing to do in this place?"

"It's perfectly legitimate! Give me the Black Cloud Wings!"

Bai Yang was puzzled, but still took it out.

Hakulian pointed at the thing, and it suddenly flew towards the unfinished wing!

"We are the Second Mechanical Modification Brigade! Do you know what 'modification' means?"

"Tell me, what type do you want?"

Bai Yang was surprised; indeed, how to keep accounts in the army was a profound subject.

Even someone like Harklian couldn't escape the common fate.

He quickly replied, "Single-class."

"Smart. Watch closely, I'm just pointing out things to you to improve yourself."

Ultimately, you have to "finish the job" yourself, understand?

"Understood! I'll color it, blue and white!"

(End of this chapter)