Chapter 121: Awakening! Mechanic!

[Devour progress 80%]

Eight hours had passed. Lin Xian’s energy was almost completely drained. He sat in the car of the Star-Ring 7F electric locomotive, drenched in sweat.

This was the drawback of Mechanical Devour. It not only consumed energy but also required intense concentration. Even at 99%, if he stopped, all progress would be reset to zero.

Therefore, without sufficient time and a safe environment, Lin Xian dared not casually attempt such a large object.

Now that they had escaped the underground city and were in the vast snowy plains, the Aether Value Detector and the onboard radar finally gave them some breathing room. So he seized this critical time and began to devour.

[Devour progress 95%]

Lin Xian’s hands were already trembling. He gritted his teeth, knowing that the devouring would succeed soon. Once it did, his stamina would recover somewhat after his Mechanical Heart leveled up.

“Come on, come on! Devour it quickly!”

The efficiency of the level 3 Mechanical Devour was already much faster than when he had devoured the short-haul freight locomotive before. Otherwise, he definitely wouldn’t have been able to hold on.

A snake trying to swallow an elephant with an insufficient stomach. At his current level, this electric freight locomotive was almost his limit!

[Devour progress 99%]

[Devour successful. Mechanical Source +500. Mechanical Devour skill proficiency +200. Extra rewards: Strength +30, Speed +20, Defense +30!]

[Congratulations, your Mechanical Heart has successfully upgraded to Level 3. Activating Mechanical Awakening!]

Zing!

At that moment, the sound of successful devouring rang in Lin Xian’s ears, and the light screen before him suddenly went black!

Swish! Countless electric arcs appeared out of thin air around Lin Xian. He felt his whole body lighten, and his left hand trembled violently. He quickly looked at his palm and saw a rotating, metal-like gate appear in the center of his palm, then disappear again.

“What’s happening?!”

The electric arcs crackled and flashed. A blue light appeared in Lin Xian’s eyes, and then the light screen reappeared before him, as if it had rebooted.

[Congratulations, Awakening successful!]

[Awakened Identity: Mechanic]

[Successfully unlocked Mechanic Awakening skill: Research Center]

[Research Center]: You can select a blueprint from the blueprint center and choose an upgrade direction for in-depth research. After a certain period of time, you will obtain a brand-new blueprint! (Note: Research duration is limited by the blueprint’s level and the Mechanical Manufacturing level.)

[Successfully unlocked Mechanic Awakening skill: Fabrication Plant]

[Fabrication Plant]: Designate a basic material and convert basic materials from the decomposition center to obtain the designated material! (Note: Material fabrication efficiency is affected by the material’s level and the Mechanical Manufacturing level.)

[Congratulations, your Decomposition Space has been successfully expanded. (Decomposition Space, Capacity: 1000 tons)]

[Congratulations, your Strength level has increased to Level 3.]

[Congratulations, your Defense level has increased to Level 2.]

A series of notification messages popped up. Lin Xian felt as if fireworks were going off in front of his eyes.

The entire Star-Ring 7F electric locomotive turned into a cloud of dust and disappeared. Lin Xian lost his footing and fell directly onto the tracks.

“Cold, cold, cold!”

Reacting quickly, Lin Xian rushed back onto the Infinity. After closing the door, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

He then opened the Mechanical Heart’s light screen.

[Current Mechanical Heart Level: LV.3 (245/5000)]

Strength Level: 3 [10%] (Explosive force of 300 kg)

Speed Level: 2 [25%] (Max speed 13m/s)

Defense Level: 2 [08%] (Iron Bones)

[Mechanical Awakening]: Mechanic

[Awakening Skills]: Research Center, Fabrication Plant

Mechanical Devour: 3 (306/1000) Increases devouring efficiency

Mechanical Manufacturing: 2 (260/500) Increases construction efficiency

Mechanical Passive: Scan/Repair/Decompose

[Special Skills]

Wind Cannon (Common) (Level 3, Maxed)

Ice Shield (Common) (Level 2, 09%)

Flashback (Rare) (Level 1, 30%)

Power Surge (Rare) (Level 1, 23%)

“My mechanical ability has finally evolved into its complete form.”

Lin Xian’s face was full of pleasant surprise. After countless hardships, he had finally entered his first awakening, and the skills he gained after awakening made him feel completely refreshed.

“This is how a Mechanic should be!!”

The Research Center could automatically upgrade blueprints. He was immediately curious. This thing mainly consumed time. So he directly opened the Research Center. A blueprint frame appeared before him, surrounded by countless circuit diagrams.

“I can only choose one blueprint…”

Without a second thought, Lin Xian put the blueprint for the Type 1130 close-in weapon system into it.

Ding!

The Research Center immediately glowed red.

[This blueprint is of a high level. Current Mechanical Manufacturing level: 2. Research duration increased by 50%.]

[Please select the research direction for this weapon:]

[Firepower] (18 days 22 hours)

[Mobility] (13 days 05 hours)

[Precision] (15 days 12 hours)

Lin Xian: “…”

“This will take almost half a month. By the time the research is done, it’ll be too late… It seems the higher the Mechanical Manufacturing level, the faster this thing will research.”

Lin Xian thought for a moment and then put the blueprint for Dalou’s M556 light machine gun into it.

[Please select the research direction for this weapon:]

[Firepower] (13 hours)

[Mobility] (09 hours)

[Precision] (12 hours)

“It still takes more than ten hours…”

Lin Xian simply put the blueprint for the water purifier into it.

[Blue Sky KK-93 Reverse Osmosis Water Purifier Blueprint] (6 hours)

“Hmm, this one doesn’t have a research direction… Alright, let’s try this first.”

The water purifier was a rather critical issue. Although the train was not short of water now, the water resources were not yet recyclable and there were no other supplements, so it would run out sooner or later.

He had originally wanted to build one directly, but the purification effect of this reverse osmosis water purifier was limited. According to Shu Qin, the water still needed to be boiled. So he decided to use it for the Research Center to upgrade first. Maybe he could get a higher-level water purifier.

[Hint: The Blue Sky KK-93 Reverse Osmosis Water Purifier blueprint is undergoing an upgrade research. 5:59:59]

In the interface before him, the countdown numbers began to tick. Lin Xian was full of anticipation. He then immediately looked at the Fabrication Plant in the palm of his left hand.

From the skill description, this skill seemed to be able to solve Lin Xian’s biggest material problem.

[Fabrication Center: Scan a basic material to obtain its information, and select a basic material in the decomposition space to convert.]

“Holy cow, after the Fabrication Center appeared, materials are now graded?”

Lin Xian opened the decomposition space and found that the materials inside now had a level mark.

Ordinary materials like steel and plastic were level 1.

Materials like high-manganese steel, high-hardness tungsten steel, hot-rolled forged steel, cold-rolled dual-phase steel plate, and ordinary carbon steel were classified as level 2 materials.

Advanced materials like forged inner armor steel, titanium alloy, and tungsten-titanium alloy Type I were already level 3 materials!

Lin Xian immediately took a bullet from a rifle, removed the bullet head, poured the smokeless powder inside into his palm, and then immediately used the Fabrication Center’s scan.