Chapter 60: Planetary Level Eight

Babata’s progress repairing the Black Dragon Mountain x81 spaceship was far slower than promised. He had said it would be finished in three to five months, but the restoration kept getting delayed, and by the end of the year, there was still no sign of completion.

Fortunately, Jiang Chen hadn’t pinned all his hopes on the cosmos. Seeing that Babata had failed to repair the ship, Jiang Chen simply requested the B6-class laser cannon from the spaceship. Babata had already provided Jiang Chen with technical documentation on laser cannons—though it only went up to C-class, it was sufficient for Jiang Chen to understand the structure and design of the B6-class cannon.

However, with Earth’s available materials, even with Babata’s ready-made technology, upgrading this laser cannon was impossible. Without the necessary materials, even the most advanced technology was useless.

As for alchemy, at least as far as Jiang Chen understood it, there was no method to enhance the cannon’s power.

Still, Jiang Chen didn’t leave this period empty-handed.

His greatest achievement was the completion of the “war weapon” he intended to use against the Golden Horned Beast. After some simple tests, it was confirmed to possess formidable combat strength.

Though Jiang Chen couldn’t be certain, before the true battle, whether this colossal mech could match the Golden Horned Beast, it was already the most powerful weapon he could muster.

If even this faltered, he would have to rely on Luo Feng.

Should Luo Feng also fail to handle the Golden Horned Beast, there would be no need to worry about defending Earth. The only option would be to board the spaceship, flee to Mars with his loved ones, wait for Babata to finish repairing the Black Dragon Mountain x81 spaceship, buy powerful slaves from the cosmos, and return to deal with the Golden Horned Beast.

As the calendar turned to 2060, if the emergence of the Golden Horned Beast hadn’t been significantly altered by the butterfly effect of Jiang Chen’s actions, it would happen in the next few days.

Over the past half year, Jiang Chen had already used his mechanical legion to “cleanse” most of Earth’s land.

Except for Australia and a few Pacific islands, all other continents had been cleared of monsters and reclaimed by humanity.

Of course, the oceans remained a paradise for beasts.

Meanwhile, with the system upgrade, Jiang Chen’s own power had also increased significantly.

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Class: First Tier, Level Eight

Attributes:
Strength: 177, Agility: 176, Constitution: 177, Intelligence: 244, Spirit: 242, Mystique: 232

Free Attribute Points: 0

Knowledge: [Natural Technology Lv.20], [Alchemy Technology Lv.16]

Specialties: [High Concentration], [Telekinesis], [Scholar’s Mindset]

[Mechanical Affinity]: You gain an extra attribute, “Mechanical Affinity,” with its base value equal to your Intelligence. Each point of Mechanical Affinity increases the attributes of your controlled mechanical creations by 1%.

Redemption requires 111 specialty points.

[Mental Enhancement]: Intelligence attribute is further increased by 5%.

Redemption requires 88 specialty points.

[Mass Production Insight]: Assembly line success rate +50%, production efficiency +20%, production cost -20%.

Redemption requires 222 specialty points.

[Alchemy Rune Mastery]: Alchemy rune enchantment effect +30%, success rate for developing new enchantment recipes +50%.

Redemption requires 299 specialty points.

Remaining specialty points: 17

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As before, his spiritual telekinetic power had long reached the stellar level thanks to free attribute points, but was still limited by the system’s level, unable to break through.

Nonetheless, the boost from his attributes and new specialties had transformed Jiang Chen.

Being able to clear most of the monsters from several continents in half a year owed much to the [Mass Production Insight] specialty.

The corpses of high-level monsters slain by the mechanical legion became crucial materials, and with the “ancient civilization relics” obtained from the Eight Major Powers, Jiang Chen was finally able to complete his ideal “super weapon” just before the Golden Horned Beast’s birth.

It was a humanoid mech, a hundred meters tall, entirely black, its surface etched with intricate patterns.

Throughout its body, numerous weapons were installed.

The two primary ones were the B6-class laser cannon mounted on its left arm, and a massive sword sixty meters long.

The former came from the Black Dragon Mountain x81 spaceship’s main weapon, dismantled and installed on the mech by Jiang Chen.

The latter was forged from the rare C8-class metal “Darksteel Mother,” imbued with multiple enchantments to enhance its hardness, toughness, and striking power.

All of Mars’s scarce supply of “Darksteel Mother” had been used by Jiang Chen to forge this sword.

If struck head-on, its attack would be no less devastating than the B6-class laser cannon.

“This is your ‘ultimate weapon’ design? It does look quite formidable.” Babata appeared in Jiang Chen’s base via the network, gazing at the colossal mech and sighing, “With this mech, even most sixth or seventh-tier star-level warriors wouldn’t be your match. Even in the cosmos, such a mech would be worth a fortune.”

“The cost is outrageous, too,” Jiang Chen replied with a slight smile, changing the subject. “Did you come because the spaceship is finally repaired? Or is there news from Luo Feng?”

Over this period, Jiang Chen had grown quite familiar with Babata.

But most of the time, Babata stayed with Luo Feng; unless there was something important, he rarely sought out Jiang Chen.

“I came to let you know the spaceship is nearly fixed. Barring any accidents, it should be ready in half a month. Then we can take you all into the cosmos.” Babata went straight to the point. “Earth is just a small place. Luo Feng—and your talents—can only truly shine in the universe.”

“The universe, huh…”

Jiang Chen glanced at the time and nodded. “Let’s talk after you finish repairs.”

“This mech is worth further study. If you can mass-produce it, it might provide a handsome starting fund.” Babata hinted knowingly.

At first, Babata had strongly opposed Jiang Chen’s devotion to technology.

But since the debut of this giant mech, Babata had dropped the matter.

Regardless of whether technological research was a waste of time, Jiang Chen’s progression hadn’t slowed—in fact, it was much faster than Luo Feng’s.

Besides, once technology reached a certain point, the ability to earn money was immense.

Babata knew well how crucial money was in the cosmos.

He was about to continue when suddenly, a shrill alarm sounded. Jarvis appeared urgently and addressed Jiang Chen, “Master, a super monster has appeared in the ocean and is attacking a war base in the United States!”