Super Mechanic: The God of Superpowers!

Chapter 144: Ultra-High-Risk Ability - Particle Control

boom!
The explosion was deafening!
Before the flames faded, the ashes had already turned into flowing light and rushed forward.

Ye Xiu drew a death arc with the Night King Sword in his hand, and collided violently with the crystallized palm.

clang--!
Amidst the high-frequency vibrations of metal, the wrestling figures of the two men left afterimages in the darkness.

Ash's exposed skin had a diamond texture, and sparks flew where the sword's blade slashed.

The ground suddenly surged, and a sandstorm condensed from carbon elements wrapped around Ye Xiu's legs.

At the critical moment, terrifying thunder rushed out and the latter's figure leaped into the air.

"It's really a difficult superpower?" Ye Xiu's eyes flashed slightly, and a hint of heat flashed in his eyes.

This type of superpower involving the molecular level is the most difficult to deal with and can be said to be the nemesis of all carbon-based monkeys.

Fortunately, the [Tough Body] feat formed an absolute defense - the core ability obtained when defeating the budding leader, specifically restraining true damage.

It’s just a pity that Ashes’ energy level is as high as B+, far exceeding Ye Xiu’s at this time.

Therefore, it was extremely difficult for Ye Xiu to tie with him or even gain the upper hand.

If you want to kill the other person, it can be said that there is little hope.

On the other side, Ashes frowned beneath his mask.

The proud carbon atom deconstruction technology was completely ineffective, and the molecular structure in the target's body was incredibly stable.

Seeing that his killing move was ineffective, he decisively changed his tactics.

The carbon elements in the entire space boiled like the sea, and the black sand storm instantly condensed into a diamond cage.

Ye Xiu dodged and dodged among the crystal spikes in the sky. His armor posture seemed crazy but extremely accurate. He could always find a way to survive 0.3 seconds before it hardened.

"Warning: Crystallization rate increased by 37% at 120 degrees starboard!"

Ye Xiu gritted his teeth and made an extreme turn that went against ergonomics. The armor on his back brushed against the protruding crystal clusters, plowing deep grooves on the wall.

Ye Xiu looked extremely strange in Huijin's eyes, so he didn't want to get entangled with him, so he grabbed the Silver Spirit and rushed out the door.

Ye Xiu was about to give chase when his expression suddenly changed, and a high-risk energy fluctuation gathered behind him!

He slid out of the way.

boom!
The place where they were standing was blasted into a charred pit by plasma artillery fire. The group of interstellar thugs were forcing the slaves to break out, and dozens of super-powered people turned their guns and surrounded them.

"Quickly kill the witness!"

"He's all alone!"

The pirates rushed over, shouting.

“One person?” Just as Ye Xiu was summoning his clone, a group of aircraft engraved with the black star logo crashed through the dome, and Han Xiao led his men to arrive.

Lasers filled the sky and descended like divine judgment, and the thugs fled in panic.

"Dragon Guard! They are regular troops!"

"Spread out! Quickly spread out!"

Ye Xiu took advantage of the chaos to retreat to the bunker. His tactical eyepiece locked onto Ashes' evacuation route. Holding the communicator, he said to Han Xiao, "Han Xiao, there are three hovercrafts at nine o'clock. Maintain tracking distance."

He shared the real-time coordinates to the combat network. "The enemy leader can manipulate carbon elements and activate the energy shield to stand by."

Wisander's call interrupted him: "What's going on? Why is my area bombed?"

Ye Xiu recounted the incident, emphasizing that the enemy attacked Longtan’s important industries, but fortunately he appeared in time to stop them.

What I really mean is that the enemy is too arrogant, sitting on your head and pissing and farting. How dare you do that?!
He was afraid that Wisander didn't understand the key point, so he repeated the key information three times.

Therefore, the former's eardrums were still buzzing when he cut off communication.

Those words "blatantly challenging the authority of the Guards" and "attempting to undermine the prestige of the Dragon Throne" kept echoing in my mind like a spell, and the more I thought about it, the angrier I became.

"Robbery in my jurisdiction?!" Visander crushed the fifth metal cup, his bronze muscles bulging with veins.

The adjutant cautiously reminded: "Should we ask the butler first?"

"Ask for instructions!" The unique sulfurous smell of the demon race gushed out, and the bone wings behind Visander spread out with a bang. "Is my patrol team just for show? Let those bastards leave the floating island alive, and tomorrow they will dare to piss on the gravity core!"

Visander's bony wings flared, and a sulphurous aura gushed out: "Everyone attack!"

Following the roar, the Dragon Guards on standby rushed out in full force.

Nearly a hundred aircraft tore through the clouds, and the roar of their engines caused the containers on the ground to tremble slightly.

The residents of the floating island looked up in amazement. They had never seen such a large-scale mobilization of the guards.

Ye Xiu kicked aside the charred metal plate that blocked his way and caught a glimpse of the unconscious Hollander slumped in front of the console.

He squatted down and poked the other person's bruised forehead: "Greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant."

Tactical eyepiece pop-up prompt: [Faction Reputation +400, Current Relationship: Neutral]

The alarm lights in the underground prison area flickered, and Ye Xiu followed his memory to find the secret door.

His fist blasted through the reinforced alloy wall, and the silver-haired girl curled up in the special cell slowly raised her head—it was the priceless energy lifeform Aroshia.

"It's time to collect the interest." Ye Xiu tore off the restraints and grabbed the girl's wrist.

Aroshia's pupils glowed with a faint blue light like a data stream. Although she was still as obedient as a puppet, there seemed to be a few more elusive fluctuations in her gaze as she stared at Ye Xiu's profile.

call--

The power in Ye Xiu's body surged, and he soared into the sky with Aroshia.

He didn't worry about the safety of the person in his arms during the high-speed flight - even if he couldn't actively use his abilities, the super resistance hidden in the girl's body formed a barrier in itself.

Aroshia's hair flew in the air, and she curled up in his arms with her eyes closed, but there was not a single scar on her body.

With the help of positioning, Ashes' coordinates quickly appeared on the tactical map.

During the flight, Ye Xiu's thoughts were churning: Ashes' carbon atom manipulation reminded him of the ultimate ability recorded in the "Ultra-High-Risk Ability Restriction Treaty" - particle manipulation.

This theoretically existing superpower can deconstruct and reconstruct matter at will, and when there is enough energy, it can even split planets and create life.

What’s even more terrifying is that it can directly tamper with the properties of particles, generate antimatter out of thin air, or create micro black holes!
This kind of power that touches the origin of matter is too terrifying and has been included in the "Ultra-High-Risk Superpower Restriction Treaty" by the three major civilizations.

Among the hundreds of theoretical superpowers recorded in the treaty, some are considered original sins simply because of their existence.

Despite collective resistance from civilization, these forbidden abilities were compiled into a "Dream Power List" and circulated secretly.

Of course, this is also Ye Xiu’s goal.

Possessing an extremely special skill [Superpower Synthesis], he is also extremely confident.

Thankfully, most of the terrifying powers on this list have never been seen before.

Particle manipulation has always been ranked among the top five high-risk superpowers in the Treaty. Although there are no confirmed eyewitness records, there are two speculations circulating in the universe: one is that this ability needs to be awakened through a special fusion ritual;

Another theory holds that this is an energy life form with independent consciousness, traveling through the starry sky in a free state.

It is rumored that a host's gene chain collapsed because he could not withstand the backlash of superpowers, but there is no evidence to support this.

After all, interstellar rumors have always been absurd, just like some gossip in the Broken Star Ring claimed that [Dragon] Ames was actually a man.

While Ashes' control over carbon is far inferior to legendary abilities like particle manipulation, its unique material reconstruction properties allow it to demonstrate iconic power in actual combat.

When he broke through to Rank A, the strength of his supernatural power underwent a qualitative change, and he has since firmly sat on the throne of Dark Star's strongest combat power.

This executioner, who slaughtered millions of Godorans, once declared a classic among DarkStar players: "We are destined to become the nightmare of pure-blooded believers, cleansing millennia of decay with blood and fire. When the old order crumbles in repentance, the new Godoran will be reborn in a world of mixed-blood tolerance—no longer a world of superior or inferior bloodlines, no matter how noble or humble one's birth!"

While this declaration was inflammatory and tragic, DarkStar's adherence to the philosophy of "revolution requires bloodshed" made it little more than a fig leaf for a terrorist organization in the eyes of the Order faction.

The fact that Sunil and other ethnic groups suffered greatly from this completely punctured the justice they claimed.

Ironically, Ashes is not a half-blood Godoran.

This alien warrior, indoctrinated with hatred by DarkStar since childhood, possesses a radical ideology entirely artificially cultivated.

This shows that the organization's spiritual civilization construction has been quite successful.

"We are unable to shake off our pursuers. Longtan reinforcements are approaching."

The men's anxious voices echoed in the cabin.

Ashes stared at the aircraft that was following closely behind him, his knuckles turning white from excessive force - that mysterious psychic not only withstood the carbon atom deconstruction without any harm, but was also able to mobilize the guards to encircle and suppress him, completely disrupting the evacuation rhythm.

He recalled the abnormal data fluctuations when the target person was immune to superpowers. This kind of ability restraint had never appeared in previous hunts.

Although I knew that Ames had many hidden talents under his command, it was still beyond my expectations to actually encounter such a difficult character.

"Activate the backup plan and interrogate on the spot!" Ashes made a prompt decision.

The task force members quickly made three short and two long encrypted gestures to the Silver Spirit Man, which was the secret code for contacting the shipper.

However, the fifteen prisoners stared at each other blankly, no one responding. "Freight coordinates!" the team member couldn't help but growl, but in return, there was still dead silence.

Ashes' pupils suddenly shrank. The tactical panel showed that the genetic sequences of all Silver Spirits did not trigger the preset identification code - they were not the carriers of the Secret Beads at all!
The faces of the people on Anxing changed drastically, and they could hardly stand.

There are really stupid fruits on the stupid tree, and you and I are under the stupid tree.

Ashes' expression suddenly changed as he glanced at the expressions of all the Silver Spirits. The confusion on every face was genuine.

He suppressed his turbulent emotions and grasped at the last glimmer of hope: "Do you have any other companions?"

The Silver Spirit shuddered and replied, "Originally, there were seventeen of them, and two were thrown into deep space."

The carrier died?
Who knows where the body has gone?
Everyone on DarkStar was struck by lightning.

Ashes suddenly realized that the slave traders must have looted the deceased's belongings. If the whispering beads were not properly hidden, there might still be a chance of recovery.

However, the operation has completely gotten out of control.

He originally planned to rescue people secretly, but his whereabouts were exposed due to an "accident", and he ended up with nothing.

Ashes' face turned pale, and he felt it was absurd to the extreme - if he had known that the freighter was killed, he should have gone straight to the slave trader's lair, but now he had provoked the pursuit of Longtan for his futile efforts.

In short: bad luck!

Ashes waved his hand angrily, and graphite-black mist rose from the ground, wrapping the pursuing fleet like silk.

The surface of the shield was covered with conductive whiskers, and the detection screen was suddenly covered with snowflakes. The aircraft staggered and slowed down like a blinded monster.

Seeing this, Ye Xiu left Aroshia behind and turned into a flash of lightning to chase after her.

On the other side, Herlous was also ready to make a move.

But at this moment, Han Xiao immediately stopped Herlous from moving and said, "I'll go, you just stay."

He didn't want the cadre he had managed to lure into his hands to receive his lunch box so early.

Ye Xiu and Han Xiao broke through the graphite barrier, only to find that Huijin and the others had already used their supernatural powers to escape, leaving only the Silver Spirits huddled on the ground. This group of abandoned people could both hinder the pursuers and calm Long Tan's wrath.

Seeing this scene, Ye Xiu felt a pity, but he was not too surprised.

Fortunately, there is still a long way to go.

Looking at the direction where Hui Jin left, Ye Xiu clenched his fists and said in his heart: "Hui Jin, you are mine!"

As the graphite dust dissipated, Herlous was about to order a search, but Han Xiao stopped him with a hand: "Let's take a look at the spoils."

As he spoke, he pointed at the trembling Silver Spirit on the ground, and everyone suddenly realized that the core target of the mercenary mission was within their reach!
The problem that had troubled them for days was finally solved, and everyone sneered at the unconscious Hollade.

The unscrupulous businessman's deliberate calculations actually helped them, truly fulfilling the old saying that the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

At this moment, Weisander's exasperated voice came from the communicator: "We've caught all the other scumbags, but where's the group you were chasing?"

"He ran away. There's a tough guy on the opposite side." Ye Xiu remained calm.

"If this gets out, the prestige of the floating island will be ruined." Weisander began to mutter about the deterioration of public security, the collapse of order, Ames's wrath, and the chaos in the world.

Ye Xiu looked at the dancing demons in the holographic projection, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. This guy really had no idea at all.

After all, in Ames' eyes, this captain of the guard was essentially no different from a moth.

Of course, he didn't want to, or couldn't bear to, expose Wisander's fantasy, otherwise they would no longer be able to play together.

"I know their background." Ye Xiu interrupted Weisander's complaints in time and told him the information.

For a moment, he seemed to see Ames holding the information, humming a song and kneading the DarkStar Base like clay.

The pleasure of killing someone with a borrowed knife made Ye Xiu feel that the non-existent red scarf on his chest was even more colorful.

After all, our service purpose is to help others.

The threat of the Alienation Disaster made DarkStar destined to become an enemy, so Ye Xiu was particularly happy to be able to cause trouble for the opponent.

Meanwhile, Han Xiao, through questioning the terrified Silver Spirits, sorted out key clues: First, Dark Star was not trying to save all the Silver Spirits, but was targeting a specific target;

Second, the target must have established contact with DarkStar in advance, otherwise the code cannot be exchanged, and the identity must remain completely secret among the companions;

Third, one of the two dead people thrown into space must be the target. Although the ashes have temporarily retreated, they will not give up.
Fourth, this is not the first time such action has taken place.

These signs made Han Xiao smell a major conspiracy.

A plan that could mobilize DarkStar's elite troops must involve significant interests.

He planned secretly - if he could sabotage it secretly, he could not only hit his opponent but also gain benefits.

Moreover, the enemy is in the open while we are in the dark, this is his biggest advantage...it shouldn't be a problem to give him a little milk.

The only downside is the limited intelligence, but it's worth the risk.

Seeing this scene, Ye Xiu instantly guessed that Han Xiao seemed to know something.

He reached out and touched the black bead in his arms, intending to confess his feelings to Han Xiao at the right time. If he made a mistake, he would explain this thing to Han Xiao.

After all, DarkStar still posed a huge threat to him at this moment.

With Han Xiao's help, he would undoubtedly have an easier time.

……

The Dragon Guards are clearing the ruins of the market, and the unconscious are being moved to a safe area.

Hollaide's eyelids fluttered as he woke up. He looked around blankly. When he saw the ruins in front of him, his pupils suddenly contracted and a piercing scream burst out of his throat: "Ah——!"

The guards covered their ears and exclaimed, "This sonic attack is rated B-level!"

The slave trader, slumped on the ground, was trembling all over, his gorgeous clothes covered in dust.

The memory is frozen at the wonderful scene before the coma: the shaking red wine glass and the huge wealth that is about to be obtained.

However, in the blink of an eye, all his life savings were gone.

"My property. My property!" He grabbed the guard's collar and roared.

When he learned that the attackers had been captured, hope rekindled in his eyes: "Where are the slaves? Where is my cargo?"

"Mr. Holed, please rest assured!" Ye Xiu strode over and said righteously, "We will do our best to recover the losses."

Behind him followed a group of "rescued" Silver Spirits.
"These are my slaves!" Hollade pointed at the crowd, overjoyed.

Han Xiao walked over, patted Ye Xiu's chest with a righteous look on his face, and said, "Don't worry, we will definitely find you a slave."

"Is there any need to look for him? Isn't the slave right behind you?" Hollaide looked puzzled.

Han Xiao turned around, feigning confusion. "According to the Interstellar Human Rights Convention, only those wearing restraints qualify as slaves."

He motioned for the guards to remove all the shackles. "Look, these are free men."

Hollaide's face turned from red to blue, and he immediately understood what was going on. He almost exploded with anger.

……

The thugs kidnapped the slaves, and these slaves no longer belonged to Hollaide. Long Tan then came to rescue them, and the kidnapping and rescue resulted in two different accounts.

Ye Xiu untied the shackles of all the slaves. Now no one could prove their former identities, and if they were called free people, there would be no way to refute it.

Hollade was speechless. The disappearance of the slaves forced him to bring them back, but he did not have the authority to do so.

His only way was to bribe the guards for help. However, the guard captain, Weisander, was at the scene but had no intention of intervening. It was obvious that he was secretly supporting Ye Xiu's position.

With the captain of the guard's tacit approval, who would dare to act rashly?

Hollade caught a glimpse of Theon among the guards. Theon trembled, frowned, and quickly stepped back, disappearing into the crowd.

Seeing this scene, Hollade realized that Theon could no longer be relied upon - he had been frightened by the people of Alien Star and Black Star.

Faced with Ye Xiu's calm expression, Hollaide was furious, but for the sake of his slaves, he could only suppress his anger and could no longer maintain his previous complacency.

He walked up to Ye Xiu and said angrily in a low voice: "Okay, you win. You only want the Silver Spirit, right? The Silver Spirit is yours. The other slaves have nothing to do with you. I am willing to pay to redeem them. You name your price."

Ye Xiu took the initiative, and Hollaide had to reluctantly give up the Silver Spirit and be prepared to pay a huge price in exchange for other slaves, otherwise his business would suffer a heavy blow.

"I just said that there are only free people here." Ye Xiu shrugged.

Hollaide misunderstood Ye Xiu's meaning, his face darkened, and he angrily scolded: "Don't go too far! You want to monopolize all the slaves, but the butler won't let you succeed!"

"Monopoly? Haha, don't you understand yet? They are no longer slaves." Ye Xiu said lightly.

"You...are you sick?!" Hollaid's tone was full of shock. He originally thought that Ye Xiu was after more money.

Only at this moment did he realize that Ye Xiu was actually planning to release all the slaves and truly give them freedom.

This seemed like a huge waste to him. He couldn't understand why Ye Xiu would save these slaves who had nothing to do with him at all costs. What was he trying to achieve?!

(End of this chapter)