Super Mechanic: God of Superpowers!

Chapter 182 Taking Action

Over the years, Ye Xiu replicated many supernatural abilities, each with different functions.

This includes [danger awareness].

Therefore, he quickly discovered the scheme of the mercenaries.

Upon seeing that the other party was going to give him an aphrodisiac, Ye Xiu didn't hesitate and immediately played along.

Upon seeing Ye Xiu enter the restroom, the mercenaries' faces lit up with joy, and they quickly followed him.

As soon as I entered the restroom, everything suddenly went black.

"Bang--!"

Ye Xiu quickly pulled off the mercenaries' pants, then hurriedly pulled out his prized possession—his superpower, [Peak of Desire].

Ye Xiu glanced at what the mercenary was holding and felt a little disdain.

Yours is outdated; mine is the real deal.

With a wave of Ye Xiu's right hand, a special pink light was scattered.

The mercenaries instantly became incredibly excited, panting heavily...

Ye Xiu smiled and then quickly left.

There was no other way; I was afraid of being misunderstood.

Not long after he left, someone entered the restroom.

Upon seeing this, some people quickly walked away, but a few of them chuckled.

...

Three minutes later, after Ye Xiu had purchased the supplies, the Blacklight Lurkers restarted.

The rest of the trip was not delayed and no unexpected events occurred.

Several days later, the floating island of Longtanfu in the sea of ​​stars became visible.

"Buzz—"

As soon as the spaceship came to a stop at the dock, Visander, who had received the news earlier, immediately wagged his tail and came running to greet it.

On the other side, logistics manager Haier was also rubbing his joints and waiting at the dock.

At the same time, to Ye Xiu's surprise,

Even Jenny, who always has a cold face, is here, but her expression is as if someone owes her 300,000.

"Old Ye, we've been waiting for you to come back! We have to have a few drinks tonight!" Visander laughed and pounced on him.

The demon horns on its head nearly pierced Ye Xiu's temple.

"We'll see."

Haier's compound eyes flashed blue light as it chattered away for a long time.

The next second, he was startled by the sudden, rapid trills of the Zerg voice and quickly put on the translator.

He used his prosthetic limbs to pull out a metal ring: "Alien, those special metals on the list."

He rubbed his forelegs as he gestured, looking somewhat excited.

"Don't worry, it's in the third compartment of the cargo hold," Ye Xiu said, swatting away Visander's hand that was on his shoulder.

"Remember to use the special funding channel."

Turning around, he saw Jenny leaning against a pillar with her arms crossed. He raised an eyebrow: "A rare guest, huh?"

"You think I wanted to come?" Jenny tugged at her collar impatiently. "That sir wants to see you."

...

At this moment, the crowd on the dock all turned to look, their whispers revealing their barely concealed curiosity.

Several interstellar merchants craned their necks to peer inside: "The four giants of Lontan have actually mobilized as a whole!"

"Is that the one in the gray coat the 'alien' that's been making headlines lately?"

"I've heard this lord is quite formidable, and his territory is expanding rapidly."

"Besides him, I've heard that Black Star is also quite formidable."

...

Before long, Ye Xiu completed the handover of the cargo box.

He then headed towards the city, pondering along the way: Amos's sudden summons was probably to inquire about that old fox Aesop, or perhaps the mercenary group had been making too many moves lately.

However, given her usual hands-off approach...

It should be fine!

As he passed through the purple atmosphere unique to the floating island, he casually straightened his collar, which had been ruffled by Visander.

In any case, for the Dragon Throne, which has been secluded for hundreds of years, to take the initiative to summon someone, this trip is probably not that simple.

Amos's palace remains magnificent.

Upon seeing Ye Xiu, the guards immediately bowed respectfully and stepped aside to make way for him.

Passing through the tall palace gates, the black throne suspended in mid-air was empty.

Ye Xiu looked around but couldn't find the figure of the dragon throne.

Suddenly, a pale blue energy fluctuation erupted from the front, and a crystal-clear force field, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, rushed towards us.

An elliptical shockwave with a diameter of ten meters vibrated the air, triggering a series of air explosions.

The entire hall was trembling.

Ye Xiu's pupils contracted slightly, and the giant hand formed from six bolts of lightning suddenly unfolded.

A grayish-white halo spread from the fingertips, forming a protective barrier, like an impregnable fortress facing the shockwave head-on.

The moment the two forces collided, a ring of air exploded outwards.

The dust on the ground was swirled into a cloud of dust half a person's height.

As the aftershocks of the force field explosion dissipated, the carved doors of the side hall opened by themselves without any wind.

With her purple skirt billowing in the wind, Ames leaned languidly against the throne.

Her long legs, partially hidden beneath the high-slit skirt, and her cascading silver hair complemented each other beautifully.

She rested her chin on her hand, gazing down at the ground, the beauty mark at the corner of her eye trembling slightly with a smile.

"Two years ago, this tactic would have put you in a medical pod for half a month, but now you seem to handle it with ease?"

Ye Xiu subtly shifted his gaze away from the other man's flat chest and asked seriously, "What instructions does the Emperor have for this audience?"

"I already told you to just call me by my name." Ames casually tossed a strand of her hair.

"Jenny has been complaining about your military expansion every day lately. The star lords all think I'm going to follow Krent's example and expand my military."

"While I don't care what they think, what exactly are you planning?"

Of the four peak powerhouses in the Shattered Star Ring, only Ames showed little interest in managing her power.

Even though Ye Xiu has been developing his business around under the name of Long Tan for the past two years, she has never interfered in the specifics.

However, Jenny brought this up every few days, vehemently disagreeing with the expansion plan, leaving Ames speechless.

She complained that Ye Xiu's expansion had caused a series of chain reactions.

Now, various forces are either trying to get close to us or testing us, and we have to deal with three or four times more troublesome things every day than before.

Work pressure is so high that my hair is falling out in clumps. If this continues, I'll turn into an old woman prematurely.

He threatened that if they didn't hire more clerks, they might as well stop the aliens from expanding.

Aimers just wanted to hear what Ye Xiu thought; she herself didn't care.

As long as Ye Xiu can come up with a reliable plan, she wouldn't mind giving him her support.

Hearing this, Ye Xiu's eyes lit up: "Do you still remember Arocia?"

Amos tilted her head and thought for a moment: "That cosmic wonder that can't be killed no matter what? I saw it on the island before, and you took it with you, right?"

"I discovered millions of similar special life forms outside, each with amazing potential, and they can even chat and communicate normally, just like living people."

"A million people?!" Ames's pupils dilated in shock, her face filled with gossip.

"They're all from my hometown, they suddenly appeared a few years ago. I have a feeling these people will make a name for themselves in interstellar space sooner or later, so I need to win them over as soon as possible."

Ye Xiu wasn't lying; he knew better than anyone the players' ability to cause trouble.

"This is so interesting!" Amos exclaimed, getting excited. "No way, I have to go see it for myself!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Xiu's eyes lit up immediately.

Jenny slumped into her office swivel chair, took off her glasses, rubbed her nose, and let out a long sigh.

"The Dragon Throne is looking for aliens to ask about the armed forces. Ames dotes on him so much, she probably won't call off the operation."

"well"

After a soft sigh, she had no choice but to put her glasses back on and start reviewing the documents again.

Just then, Jenny suddenly remembered something and pulled out a report on the Garden Galaxy from the pile of documents.

"There's been a lot of commotion over there lately; so many eyes are watching."

"Black market rumors say that the Shattered Star Ring is being watched by dark organizations that are on par with, or even more dangerous than, Dark Star. This matter has dominated the StarNet's trending topics lately."

"That alien happens to be active in that area, and he even sides with Godora. Hmph, at least he knew better than to use the Dragon's banner to get involved, otherwise I would have skinned him alive!"

Jenny sulked and chewed on her pen. In her opinion, since Longtan was neutral, it should stay as far away from this kind of mess as possible.

Unfortunately, she had no say in Ye Xiu's affairs; nominally, they were equals, each in charge of their own area.

"I don't know when this drama between Godora and Dark Star will end. Just don't drag Longtan into it, and whatever you do, don't cause me any trouble."

Jenny muttered to herself as she added two more sugar cubes to her coffee cup.

On the dock plaza, the vagrants and space pirates gathered in Longtan whispered around the Blacklight Lurker, their eyes filled with covetousness and longing.

This top-of-the-line spaceship, produced by the Glorious Alliance, is like an exorbitantly priced luxury item in a shop window to them.

Although no one dared to make any mischief towards the alien's vehicle, that didn't stop the group of desperados from circling the spaceship.

Just as the crowd grew denser, a clear, cold male voice suddenly came from the outer perimeter, and the onlookers all turned around and their expressions changed instantly.

Hundreds of people retreated hastily as if they had seen a ghost in broad daylight, quickly creating distance between themselves.

All eyes were fixed on the tall woman beside Ye Xiu; the air seemed to freeze at the sight of the true owner of this floating island.

"It's that sir!"

Cold sweat trickled down her neck as Amos's gaze swept across the crowd.

These normally lawless thugs were now trembling with fear, even struggling to breathe.

The two walked through the automatically parting crowd as if no one else was around, the metal gangway making a crisp clanging sound under their feet.

As the black streak of light pierced the sky, the crowd in the square seemed to awaken from a dream, and the clamor exploded like ignited explosives.

"The Dragon Throne has actually emerged from seclusion!"

"Traveling with aliens? That's terrifying!"

"Something big is definitely going to happen! I bet three star trails that the price of black market intelligence will at least five times within three days!"

Just as these seasoned veterans predicted, the news spread like a virus in Longtan.

When the information reached Jenny, the secretary's hand, which was holding a coffee cup, was trembling as if she had Parkinson's disease.

"Not again?!" Jenny stared at the holographic screen and almost crushed the ceramic cup.

It's one thing for my boss to sneak out and have fun on his own in the past, but this time he actually ran away with the controversial alien?

She could practically foresee the mountains of trouble piling up on her desk in the future.

What's most infuriating is that this time they can't even find someone to blame.

She couldn't exactly blame her boss, could she? Jenny counted the new fine lines appearing at the corners of her eyes in front of the mirror, then slumped into her office chair in despair.

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Inside the warp-mode cabin, Ye Xiu released the control stick and turned around, saying, "The return trip will take ten days. It'll just be the two of us on board. If you can't sleep..."

He deliberately dragged out the last syllable and lightly tapped the control panel with his fingertips.

"The wine cellar is on the third mezzanine." Ames's slender fingers traced across the leather sofa as she curled up into the cushions like a cat.

Her silk dress slipped down with her movement, revealing half of her fair calves. "The second bottle from the left, the Starry Brew that Hela secretly hid last time."

Ye Xiu raised an eyebrow and chuckled, then returned with the amber-colored wine in the blink of an eye.

What I saw was the other person sprawled on the sofa, completely undignified, with their hair hanging down onto the carpet.

He sat down, swirling his wine glass, his gaze sweeping over the other woman's outstretched legs: "So confident in my self-control?"

"You can give it a try." Ames chuckled as she sipped her drink, the energy ring on her ankle glowing faintly.

With a gentle lift of her fingertips, Ames's wine glass floated in an invisible force field, swaying gently as it drifted to her lips.

She took a sip of the wine, then frowned: "This wine is really awful."

"I think it's alright." Ye Xiu's fingers trembled as he held the wine glass.

"Tell me about yourself," Ames said, resting her chin on her hand, stray hairs falling through her fingers. "In all these years you've been in Longtan, I've never really heard your story properly."

She recalled taking this young man in casually a few years ago, only giving him a place to stay out of respect for Aesop.

Unexpectedly, in just a few years, the alien star has firmly established itself in the sea of ​​stars, and its power has expanded at a speed that even surprised her.

Looking at this subordinate who had shed his youthful naiveté, I was shocked to realize that I knew nothing about his past.

Ye Xiu picked out the parts he could talk about and recounted them in detail, from the Budding Laboratory to the mutation of Aquamarine Star, the topic gradually unfolding amidst the clinking of wine glasses.

He didn't mind chatting with this star system legend.

"The Arosia I just mentioned," Ames said, swirling the remaining wine in her glass.

"Are those cosmic wonders also creations of the same origin?"

"There must be another way." Before Ye Xiu finished speaking, the flowing light suddenly intertwined into a human shape beside him.

"Resta?" He looked at the AI ​​that had suddenly appeared in surprise.

Amos examined the light-cast figure with great interest.

Ristal bowed deeply before the dragon throne, his voice filled with barely concealed urgency:

"I beg you for help! If you are willing to save my people, I will serve you for eternity!"

The secrets of AI civilization that Ye Xiu mentioned earlier clearly touched it.

Ristda knew that the person in front of her was on par with the Lightning Master, and she was willing to take the gamble even if the chances were slim.

If a Super A-level expert were to intervene, those seemingly unattainable visions might actually become reality.

"A fight's brewing?" Ames twirled a strand of hair between her fingers. "Who are they?"

"His name is Manison the Ancient Papach!"

"The mechanical kingdom of the old star system?" Ames chuckled and shook her head. "I can't take on that job."

The luminous figure flickered violently: "Even you..."

"If you can't beat them, you can't beat them." She answered frankly, as if she were talking about how bland her dinner was.

Ye Xiu nodded silently. There was a world of difference between Super A-grade and Super A-grade, and his leader had always been very insightful.

...

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and life on the spaceship was quite uneventful.

Ye Xiu and Aimer chatted all day long, and their conversations became more and more casual, as if they were old friends who had known each other for many years.

The outline of Aquamarine appeared outside the porthole, and more than a dozen Godora frigates immediately surrounded it.

As the Blacklight Lurkers approached, the fleet's flagship suddenly flashed a red warning light.

"Unregistered spacecraft, halt immediately!"

"It's me." Ye Xiu opened the communication channel.

"Your Excellency, please land as instructed." The other party's attitude softened noticeably.

Currently, Godora is going through a turbulent period, but Ye Xiu has shed blood in previous battles, so the alert level is naturally different.

The Blacklight Lurker passed through the identity verification barrier and slowly landed on the shelter's helipad.

Looking down through the porthole, Ye Xiu noticed that the number of refugees wearing energy suppression rings had increased by 20% compared to before.

There must have been quite a few disturbances these past few days.

The players managed the shelter very well, with the bulletin board covered with a dense list of tasks.

This time, Dark Star didn't try to tackle the tough challenges; instead, it turned its attention to other colonized planets.

The higher-ups at Godora are probably in a real bind right now, but none of that matters to Ye Xiu for the time being.

As soon as the hatch slid open, Ames floated out like a feather, her silver hair swaying gently in the wind:

"So this is your headquarters. It looks much more lively than in the documents."

She suddenly reached out and caught a leaf that had been swept up by the air currents.

"My home planet is probably just filled with withered leaves swirling in the ruins now."

"The players are all in the central square, why don't you go take a look? I have some urgent business to attend to here," Ye Xiu said as he brought up the tactical map.

Watching the silver-haired dragon throne slowly float towards the square, Ye Xiu turned and hurried towards the military zone in the opposite direction.

Two familiar Godora guards stood at the sentry post. Sure enough, as soon as I approached, I heard the familiar reply: "Lord Nagokin is still attending the Supreme Council meeting."

"Tell him I have a second sample of the Prototype."

Ye Xiu interrupted the guard directly, tapping the sealed jar at his waist with his knuckles.

The guard's pupils contracted sharply, and he nearly tripped on the steps as he turned around.

Less than three minutes later, a loud crash came from afar as the walls shattered. A golden figure crashed through three alloy walls and landed in front of Ye Xiu amidst a cloud of dust.

Nagokin wasn't even properly dressed in his combat uniform; he still had his parliamentary badge pinned to his collar.

"Are you sure you're not joking?" The voice of the Godora warrior was trembling.

Ye Xiu shook the sealed jar in his hand; the pitch-black liquid twisted eerily inside the transparent container.

Nago was about to get closer when he suddenly put the can into his tactical backpack: "Let's talk in the conference room."

As the two walked through the corridor, fresh human-shaped indentations were embedded in the walls along the way.

Nagokin locked the blast door with his backhand, opened three energy barriers in succession before turning around, his gaze fixed on the sealed jar that Ye Xiu had taken out:

"I need absolute confirmation that this is truly the Prototype. It's not that I don't trust you, but this concerns the survival of twenty-three star systems."

The sealed container was gently placed on the conference table, and the pitch-black liquid suddenly condensed into countless sharp spikes that struck the inner wall.

Ye Xiu tapped the can with his fingertip, looking at the suddenly frozen liquid with a smile: "Now, it's our turn to make a move."

Ye Xiu understood Nagokin's concerns and explained in a gentler tone:

"Don't worry, this is an unopened original sample of the alienated creature. I happened to run into a Dark Star transport team escorting this thing two years ago when I was on a job."

I intercepted it on a whim but never figured out its purpose, so I just stored it in Longtan's warehouse.

"It wasn't until the large-scale outbreak of the alien virus that I consulted a lot of information and confirmed that this black gelatinous substance was the original pathogen."

I came to see you last time to explain the situation, but you were dealing with an emergency, so I went back to get the sample myself.

Nagokin slapped his forehead in frustration: "You should have contacted me immediately!"

"Now that we have this, the research progress should be able to speed things up quite a bit, right?" Ye Xiu asked knowingly, spreading his hands.

"It depends on the results from the research institute." Nagokin clenched his fist, unable to hide his excitement.

"But it can definitely shorten the research and development cycle by a lot!" The research team has long been limited by the inability to obtain original samples.

The only way to develop a cure is through reverse engineering of infected individuals, which has brought the development of a cure to a near standstill.

With the initial pathogen in hand, targeted experiments can be launched directly, and progress will surely be made by leaps and bounds.

Ye Xiu suddenly interrupted with a laugh: "Don't misunderstand, I didn't say it was free."

"What did you say?" Nagokin's eyes changed drastically, and his aura tightened subtly. This sample was crucial to Godora, even if it meant using force.

"Don't rush," Ye Xiu said, resting his chin on his interlaced fingers. "What I mean is, let's negotiate the deal according to mercenary rules."

What price are you willing to pay for this crucial item that could turn the tide of the battle?

Nagokin's pupils contracted slightly, a sense of vigilance flashing through his mind.

It is highly suspicious that the alien organization would offer a bargaining chip to break the deadlock at such a critical moment.

Although the two sides have been enemies for a long time, mercenaries have always only cared about their own interests.

What if Dark Star secretly offers an even higher price?

"Does Longtan approve of your actions?" he asked tentatively, secretly deciding that he had to contact Longtan's higher-ups to confirm.

"Of course." Ye Xiu shrugged, having anticipated this. "If you're worried, just ask Ms. Ames. I've invited her too."

Thud! Nagokin slipped and fell under the table.

He scrambled to his feet, his face still covered in dust: "Are you crazy?! You actually invited the Dragon Throne here?!"

"She's resting in the square." Ye Xiu casually dusted off the corner of his clothes.

Nagokin's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

What kind of interstellar joke is this! That's Ames, the Dragon Throne who can dismantle warships with her bare hands, and the nominal leader of the alien organization.

Just how influential is this kid in Longtan?

This plot development is even more outrageous than an underground boxing match in a casino!

"I shouldn't have said that," Nagokin said, wiping his face.

They've even brought in this big shot; any further doubts are just asking for trouble.

Those rats from the gutter of Dark Star aren't even worthy of carrying Ames's shoes.

(End of this chapter)