BXBX NOVEL Chapter 49
Translator: 549690339
As the morning sun rose, the fourth day arrived.
Abyss Runes leaked traces of aura, transforming into words before my eyes.
[Seed of Civilization successfully persevered for three days, evaluation raised, immediate reward received, module: Iron Body.]
“The dropped items from abyssal monsters are always related to aberration, mutation, and ancient gods—materials and modules.”
“The settlement rewards, on the other hand, are related to transcendence and steam…”
Jiang Chen heaved a sigh of relief.
Materials and modules related to ancient gods were too bizarre; Aberrant Feelers couldn’t even be fully controlled.
Who knew what abnormalities might occur once such modules were absorbed into the body.
Transcendence Modules were far better, straightforward supernatural abilities.
Iron Body was precisely a Transcendence Module, its effect was to enhance defense, armor values, and various resistances.
The quality was decent, but far from absorbing the Seed of Flames to increase strength.
After Jiang Chen put away the Iron Body module,
Laila and the gentleman in the tailcoat also left the shelter and brought some good news.
“Lord Tian Qi, after witnessing your divine might, the situation has drastically improved. Even those who were most severely affected are gradually no longer hearing whispers or seeing hallucinations!”
Jiang Chen nodded in satisfaction.
Indeed, a special effect was necessary.
After last night’s battle, the survivors probably all regarded him as some mythological savior, or a knight of the apocalypse.
This was also his intended goal.
After all, the Rank Ascension Trial came in different scenarios.
In the trial scenario he experienced, the age-old gods had the ability to contaminate the spirit.
If it were only a matter of confronting monsters, the shelter might not even have been breached before the survivors inside mutated completely.
Only by giving them hope and becoming their spiritual pillar could he utterly prevent all of this!
As for the fact that this would cause the survivors to place all their hopes on him alone…
Once he encountered any mishaps, the survivors would plunge into even deeper fear and despair…
But if something happened to him, could the survivors still be alive?
“To fight despair with hope, to dispel whispers with fervor.”
“This is the most straightforward and brutal method available right now.”
Moreover, once hope was born,
Jiang Chen didn’t need to do anything more.
As long as he normally combated the abyssal monsters, day by day, the survivors’ hope would grow, completely dispelling the whispers of the ancient gods.
The survivors in the shelter were on the right track, needing no further attention.
Jiang Chen then focused his thoughts mainly on combating the abyssal monsters and enhancing his own strength.
Because, on the evening of the fourth day, model Zero fell apart.
The 0th Rank Mecha was inherently weak; rookie mecha pilots without any enhancements couldn’t even pass the Abyss difficulty level using it.
Jiang Chen was no different; his talent only enhanced himself, not his Mecha.
Which meant that the current model Zero Mecha, although it had a higher recovery ability, was still just an ordinary 0th Rank Mecha in terms attributes.
If it weren’t for the fact that the small Mecha was essentially a strength-enhanced suit, able to inherit the force and agility attributes of the mecha pilot,
It wouldn’t even qualify for combat, and even battling a Shallow Abyss Giant would be tough.
Therefore, starting from the fourth day, as more powerful abyssal monsters arrived on land,
Zero’s shortcomings were fully exposed.
It was like a fragile eggshell, crumbling upon a slight touch.
And it wasn’t just that.
With the passage of time, this frailty became ever more apparent.
On the fifth night, Jiang Chen punched an abyssal monster,
Only to find that the abyssal monster wasn’t killed, but Zero was instead shattered directly.
On the sixth night, Jiang Chen threw the Insect King’s Spear with all his might,
Only to cause a system overload from the excessive power output, halving the armor value of the Mecha.
On the seventh night…
The eighth day…
To be honest,
Under normal circumstances, mecha pilots would try their best to avoid situations where “the Mecha is completely shattered.”
After all, low-ranked mecha pilots have limited resources, usually only one or two main Mechas.
The body itself is quite weak, and once the Mecha is completely destroyed, it’s almost the same as the pilot’s death.
Furthermore, most mecha pilots’ talents enhance and improve the strength of the Mecha.
If during a solo abyss encounter their strongest Mecha is completely shattered by the enemy,
Unless the enemy is also near their limit, it would be difficult to turn the tide even with a new Mecha.
Additionally, mecha pilots tend to select difficulty levels they are confident they can clear when challenging the abyss.
So, the scenario where a mecha completely shatters is actually quite rare.
At most, it’s close to shattering, and then it’s taken back for repair engineers to fix.
Even the 7th Rank mecha Bai Ying, which has grown until now, hasn’t shattered more than ten times.
Zero, in this wave of rank-ascending trials, has almost shattered ten times already.
Shattering so many times in succession, it has even gradually adapted to it, and the pain from shattering has become less and less.
It’s almost like undergoing a normal attack, with hardly any feeling left.
Shatter after shatter, it’s become used to it.
However, although there’s no pain, the sense of defeat is still strong.
Emotions are also accumulating continuously.
[Zero must become stronger!!!]
[Zero must become unbreakable by anyone, to fight alongside Lord Tian Qi!]
Jiang Chen, through the translation of Laila, learned of Zero’s emotions and was greatly relieved.
Normally, when a mecha evolves/upgrades, there’s a chance to improve quality and awaken/upgrade modules according to the combination of modules and materials.
But as for probability, no one can be sure.
If it fails to enhance quality or awaken modules, it’s tantamount to losing the opportunity to climb to the strongest, sacrificing a huge amount of potential.
This is something that can’t be regretted or reversed.
That’s why high-rank mecha pilots value the mecha soul so much.
By communicating with the mecha soul, the chances of perfect evolution can be greatly increased.
Turning the uncontrollable into controllable.
“There probably isn’t another 0th Rank mecha soul that craves strength more than Zero does now?”
Jiang Chen was full of anticipation.
The path that Zero has taken is one that he conceived himself.
He also didn’t know what kind of stance it would take after completing the 1st Rank upgrade.
The sunset sank into the sea level, as if swallowed by the sea abyss, losing all its brilliance.
The tenth day, also the final night, had finally arrived.
Jiang Chen stood on the flat ground, waiting for the last enemy.
At this moment, the scene underwent a huge change, not only had the school completely vanished, but the once coastal city was also razed to the ground by rampaging monsters.
Even if the shelters were built underground, with little damage inside.
The monitoring devices left outside had already been destroyed along with the city.
However, the greatest change was in Jiang Chen himself.
In these few days, the model Zero Mecha had shattered five more times.
Each shattering had brought him permanent enhancements and improvements.
This resulted in a complete overhaul of his personal attributes.
[Attributes: Strength 71, Agility 70, Defense 79, Enigmatism 0.]
[Special: Regenerate 1.27 health per second (doubled under sunlight), 0.29 stamina.]
[Abilities: Uncontrollable Mutation, Roots Core, Blood Demon Transformation, Seed of Flames.]
“My current attributes should have already surpassed those of the Symbol of the Alliance from the same period…”
Jiang Chen felt the surging power within him and thought of the Symbol of the Alliance.
Being SSS-class rookies like himself, if the other party supercharged all modules, they could directly have more than ten times the attributes.
Without loading any abilities and focusing solely on strength and agility, the attributes could even approach two hundred points!
However, just like Zero.
The unbalanced focus on strength and agility leads to an extremely fragile mecha, which could easily collapse and shatter.
Therefore, the Symbol of the Alliance’s 0th Rank mecha, in terms of basic attributes, was not overly specialized either.
Taking into account that the Symbol of the Alliance’s Supercharge Module had been taken away.
Even if there was some “super upon super” or “super 2” type of maneuver, it couldn’t be performed.
Jiang Chen’s current attributes must have caught up to him.
But merely catching up was not enough.
Only by far surpassing him during the same rank stage, would there be a chance to solo the Age-Old Shadow on Abyss difficulty!
While Jiang Chen was contemplating.
The Void opened a rift, and several slimy tentacles stretched out, striking at him like lightning!
However, the air twisted, and azure-blue flames rose.
These tentacles, upon contact with the flames, quickly charred and carbonized.
A breeze blew, and they turned into flying ash.
Jiang Chen couldn’t help but laugh.
Even the tentacles enhanced by +6 Super Energy Flames couldn’t withstand it.
…Is this all?