Hearing what Han Xiao said, Kant naturally misunderstood the meaning and couldn't help laughing.

"Hey, you are really open-minded. You have a good attitude. You have to work hard to maintain it... By the way, do you know the reason why Tool Nation dealt with you? The empire asked me to tell you the inside story. If you know, I don't need to tell you."

"Please explain it to me."

Han Xiao knew it was related to the Mechanicus, but it would be good to hear what the empire had to say.

Kant nodded and briefly explained it. It was the same as the introduction of [Key to the Mechanicum], the reason was to compete for the faith of the Mechanicum believers, but he added some details for Han Xiao.

For example, although the followers of the Mechanicus are a group of young people who believe in a little bit of each other, they cannot get the faith feedback of two or more mechanical gods at the same time, so they are divided into primary faith and secondary faith. The same believer can only believe in the main faith.

The throne mechanic provides the bonus of [Key to the Mechanicum].

Moreover, only people from the Cult of Mechanicus can provide power to the Mechanicus. Other types of believers cannot trigger the [Key to the Mechanicum] unless they develop other believers into new members of the Mechanicus. This involves some kind of relationship with the Mechanic God.

The Ethereal Sect is an expert in the idealistic rules that resonate, but the Empire's research is not deep.

As we all know, most of those who believe in the Mechanicus are mechanics. As the recognized pinnacle of mechanics, Manison has the largest number of believers.

The Mechanicum is a group of very realistic guys. For most believers, they believe in whoever is the strongest mechanic at present. If the strongest mechanic is replaced, they will also believe in another person, so they do not believe in someone else.

Don't care about the so-called potential, only recognize the facts, only look at the best, and the urine is a bit like the cloud fans.

Moreover, followers of the Cult of Mechanicus only value mechanical abilities and do not recognize other aspects of strength. Therefore, relying on racial talent and physical strength cannot impress them unless it can be proven that this ability originates from machinery.

"I didn't compete against Manison back then. He defeated all competitors and sat on the position of the main god of the Mechanicus for a long time. The strong take all, so you don't have to be discouraged. Losing to him in virtual technology is a big deal.

A very normal thing.”

Kant shook the green leaves above his head, not forgetting to comfort Han Xiao.

He had been defeated by Manison before. He couldn't defeat him and had no choice but to make concessions and no longer challenge Manison for positions casually. Therefore, the conflict between the two eased.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Han Xiao frowned slightly.

His original intention was not to provoke Manison. Even if there was going to be hostility one day, it shouldn't be now. Unfortunately, his advanced abilities disrupted his plan and attracted Manison's attention in advance.

Sure enough, peers are the biggest enemies!

Han Xiao paused and asked: "What's the attitude of the empire?"

"I know what you want to ask, but don't expect the empire to come forward in this regard."

Kant blinked and said: "This is not the first time for Manison. This is a battle within the mechanics. If you can beat it, you can beat it. If you can't beat it, you can't beat it. If your life is not in danger, what else can you do? If you

I’m so angry. If you want to declare war on Tool Nation, you can only do it in the name of the Black Star Legion, not the empire... Don’t even think about using your identity as an ally to blackmail the empire. I’ve learned a painful lesson in this regard.”

Hearing this, Han Xiao shook his head and understood the empire's attitude towards this matter, which was to try his best to comfort himself, but not to show off.

This is not the first time that Manison has done this. In the end, his goal is just to defeat the same-level mechanic and prove that he is the boss, so he rarely causes casualties. It is a competition between Transcendent A Grades. If he loses

I can only blame myself for not being as skilled as others. I can only rely on my own strength to distinguish between super A-levels. The three major civilizations can't help. At most, they can monitor the situation and not go too far.

Moreover, Manison is also an important ally of the Federation of Radiance, and his background is strong enough. Advanced civilizations will not go to war over such trivial matters.

"But why didn't the empire remind me earlier?" Han Xiao raised his eyebrows.

"This information must be exchanged for merit." Kant said in a strange tone, "Is it true that all your professional knowledge was given to you by the empire for free?"

Han Xiao was dumbfounded and finally understood.

Well, because ordinary divine mechanics may not know all their abilities, the nature of [Key to the Mechanicus] is the same as the ultimate knowledge of the profession, and it needs to be exchanged for contribution points. The three major civilizations will not tell their allies casually, but now they will take the initiative to tell it.

He was considered an exception.

So, because of the introduction of the panel, I still have a contribution left... Thinking of this, Han Xiao didn't know what expression to make.

"Don't mind if I don't take the initiative to tell you, the empire also wants to protect you. They are probably worried that after you know this ability, you will take the initiative to develop followers of the Mechanicus and escalate conflicts. You have great potential. In the future,

It's still long, and this is a sensitive period. They don't want you to fight with old monsters like Tool Nation, and hope you will make certain concessions."

"Understood." Han Xiao was noncommittal.

This is indeed the logic of advanced civilizations. Various plans are generally considered from the perspective of decades or hundreds of years. The potential he has shown makes the empire very patient. If they want to use him as a long-term pawn, they cannot defeat the Tool Nation.

It doesn't matter, as long as he lives longer than him, the empire is quite confident in Black Star's strength.

However, this method runs counter to Han Xiao's style, so naturally he cannot agree with it.

After talking about what the empire had explained, Kant shook his head and said, "Okay, the matter has been resolved, I'll leave first."

Han Xiao came back to his senses and subconsciously made a py sound:

"This is our first official meeting. Why don't you stay and chat?"

"Forget it, it looks like you have a lot of things to deal with." Kant glanced at the messy Black Star Legion headquarters, and the meaning was self-evident, "We will have plenty of opportunities to chat in the future, so I won't disturb you."

After saying that, Kant's virtual soul turned into a stream of light, disappeared in the blink of an eye, and left along the network cable.

His attitude towards Han Xiao is quite good, but if Han Xiao had not reached the level of a divine mechanic, Kant would not be so easy to talk to. They are both at the pinnacle of Transcendent A Grade, and both of them are bosses, so they will pay more attention to each other.

Watching Kant leave, Han Xiao secretly exhaled a breath and then had time to deal with the mess left by Manison.

After clearing out the virus data left in Philip's core logic, he asked Philip to self-check several times to confirm that all hidden dangers were eliminated, and then the internal network links of the entire Black Star Legion were restored.

"Thank you, Master, all my nodes have recovered." Philip recovered his health, holding the earlobe of Han Xiao's virtual soul and swinging on the swing, his tone cheerful.

"Hey, you call me daddy when you are in danger, but change your words when everything is fine?" Han Xiao joked.

"A little bit..." Philip made a face.

Risda had been floating silently beside him. After Han Xiao fixed Phillip, he flew forward and said:

"Your Excellency Black Star, regarding Manison..."

"I know what you want to say."

Han Xiao took Phillip off his ears, smiled and let him fly to the side, turned to look at Resda, his face became solemn:

"To tell you the truth, I have always been hesitant to help you because I don't want to provoke Tool Nation, but you have also seen the current situation. If I don't give in, there will be an irreconcilable relationship between him and me.

conflict of interest.”

"I understand." Resta nodded.

"Now I can't defeat Manison mechanically for the time being. However, if we come to Japan sooner or later, I will have a battle with him and attack his position. So you and I have reached an agreement on our interests. To help you fulfill your wish is to weaken Manison."

With Xun's strength, I will try my best to find opportunities to save your AI civilization."

Han Xiao usually made excuses for Risda, but this time he made a serious promise.

The Immortal Tool Nation troops are Manison's trump card. Not only do they have powerful armed combat capabilities, but those AI lives also provide Manison with extremely high virtual technology bonuses. They need to be dealt with with focus. If the [Restart] can be completed, all

A series of tasks can make Manison's strength decline.

Manison has transformed all AI life slaves, including Fenite. The principle is to distort the underlying logic, which is equivalent to the brain and thinking structure of AI life. Now that he has the ability of a divine mechanic, he is qualified to remove Manison

Xun's transformation of AI life, thereby restoring the factory settings of AI life, is equivalent to breaking the shackles and giving freedom.

However, the gap between the two is not small. Han Xiao knows that the success rate of cracking is limited, and he still needs to improve his virtual technology.

Moreover, it must be very difficult to get access to the core data of the Immortal Tool Nation troops, and Manison would not be able to guard against it.

"Then, from now on, I will be at your disposal." Risda nodded heavily, looking very excited. He has been betting on Black Star for so many years, and finally waited until today. It is not easy!

It sounds like you have never been used by me... Han Xiao secretly complained.

Although he was defeated, his mood was not bad. In terms of self-confidence, perhaps there was no one in the entire universe who was more confident than him.

After sending Risda away, Han Xiao asked Philip to search the database to see how much internal information had been taken away by Manison.

Phillip quickly screened it and gave the statistical results.

"Master, 43.7% of the general database is lost, 35% of the low-level authority database is lost, 21.6% of the intermediate authority database is lost, 11.4% of the high-level authority database is lost, 2.5% of the confidential database is lost, and 27% of the drawing files are lost... Do you want to restore the backup?

"

"Well, let's restore the backup."

Han Xiao nodded and sighed secretly.

He was not very concerned about the theft of the database. The legion database contained basically information related to the development of the legion, which was not too important. Most of them were historical logs. Philip would back them up every day just to cope with data loss.

situation, you can easily recover at this time.

As for these data being snatched away by Manison, it will not have much impact on him. There is very little information about himself in the legion database. Those very critical things are stored in the memory palace of his brain by Han Xiao. Manison

What Xun stole was basically insignificant data.

Whether it is blueprints or professional knowledge, Manison is not lacking. The two have exactly the same specialization. It is useless to take Han Xiao's blueprints and knowledge, because he already has them... Besides, Technician Han is the bottom of the box.

The blueprint of the "Eternal Light" mothership was stolen from Manison...

What worries Great Technician Han is the great strength Manison has shown this time. This is just an invasion from afar, and the virtual technology has been compromised. If he is allowed to bring a complete family background, he doesn't know how strong he will be.

"A terrible competitor." Han Xiao sighed.

It is not a shame to lose to Manison. As a "newcomer" in Transcendent A Grade, it is not strange to lose to Mechanic's Peak. Moreover, Manison is not a tyrant, and the two sides have no grievances before, so

A defeat will have a limited impact on his reputation...but with the Mechanicus, he really cannot shake the position of the Tool Nation's main god. This is Manison's goal.

The opinions of ordinary interstellar citizens are not important, only the influence on the Mechanicum believers is important.
To be continued...