Chapter 143: Chapter 142: Non-Metal Items

"Once I return to March Star, I should figure out how to improve the Mecha in my spatial device. Can I make it capable of Invisibility?" Yang Bo still harbored thoughts of modifying his Mecha. After all, he possessed Metal Control and Mecha Maintenance Skills.

"Or maybe I should just build a new one from scratch? If I modify the current one, what if I accidentally ruin it?" Upon further consideration, Yang Bo came up with an even bolder idea.

As for whether it was illegal, well, he figured the Alliance probably didn’t have laws stating that building a Mecha for personal use was a crime.

Because, damn it, no individual could actually build a Mecha on their own! Was there ever a law on Earth explicitly forbidding people from building their own rockets? Probably not. At most, there were laws against illegally manufacturing firearms. Besides, there were laws against armed robbery with a gun, but as a certain professor once joked, what if someone committed robbery with a cannon? An old farmer building an airplane wasn’t illegal, but flying it privately was.

"Besides, so what if it’s illegal? They’d need evidence. Worst case scenario, I’ll just flee. There are plenty of people on Earth who commit crimes in their home country and just flee somewhere else where it isn’t considered a crime," Yang Bo thought. He truly didn’t hold much reverence for the Alliance; the only things he respected were their Rail Cannons and Warships.

Arriving at Iron Bull’s location, Yang Bo noticed a large pile of items stacked nearby. Looking closely, he realized they were components from the Spaceship.

"Is this the Spaceship’s Light Brain?

"And this is a maintenance robot’s Light Brain?

"What on earth is this?" Yang Bo stared at the massive pile of non-Metal parts, barely managing to recognize a few of the contraptions within.

Yang Bo activated his Skin Metalization, turning his entire body metallic, and reached out to touch them one by one. The Mechanician state was quite peculiar; it allowed him to seize control permissions of mechanical devices, whether it was a Spaceship, a Mecha, or something else.

He noticed faint traces of electric current sparking from his hands, directly powering up the isolated Light Brain. Consequently, he effortlessly acquired its permissions.

"Huh?" Yang Bo suddenly experienced a moment of realization. Any mechanical equipment required electricity to function. His method of acquiring permissions simply meant that as long as he channeled power into it, he took control.

In other words, regardless of the system or the device, as long as it had electricity running through it, he could bypass everything and gain access directly through the power source itself. Unless, of course, the device was completely unpowered.

"Acquiring permissions from the absolute base layer?" Yang Bo muttered inwardly, marveling at how overpowered his Mechanician state was.

He couldn’t be entirely sure if this Mechanician state was connected to his three Superpowers: Metal Control, electricity control, and Light Energy Control.

"Oh? The Ash Organization’s communication keys? This is good, this is very good," Yang Bo remarked as he browsed the Light Brain’s contents, discovering a true treasure.

With this, unless the Ash Organization changed all their cryptographic keys, he could tune into their communication channels whenever he pleased.

"Experimental data for rare Genetic Potions?

"Detailed data on Green Demon Star’s Mutant Creatures?"

Yang Bo found even more valuable items, primarily consisting of various intelligence files.

"A roster of core Interstellar Pirates crew members and their sales channels?

"The Alliance’s main family members and their commercial and political territories?"

Yang Bo’s eyes widened. The Ash Organization truly lived up to its reputation as an intelligence agency. Every single piece of information here was priceless.

There were even research documents from major institutions and organizations, though unfortunately, Yang Bo couldn’t understand them. They mainly involved biological genetics. What truly piqued his interest was the data stored in the Spaceship’s Light Brain regarding the vessel’s overall structural blueprints, as well as the detailed specifications for the maintenance robots.

Spaceships typically relied on fully automated maintenance robots, but they also carried human maintenance crews. This was because if the ship entered areas with severe interference, mechanics would be needed to manually issue commands based on the situation. Standard civilian Spaceships had relatively few maintenance personnel, whereas Warships were staffed with many. During battles, Warships frequently suffered from enemy electronic jamming. Thus, a Spaceship’s mechanic usually just issued the orders, leaving the actual physical repairs to the maintenance robots.

"If I had enough materials, I could even build a Spaceship myself," Yang Bo thought, feeling that the idea was a bit ambitious.

Yang Bo gathered all these components and stored them in a cave, as there was no way he could carry them all back with him.

Shortly after, led by Iron Bull, Yang Bo arrived at the territory of the Three-pronged Bulls. The population here was quite large, numbering around two to three thousand heads.

Yang Bo checked his Skills. His Battering Skill only had a little over 1,600 Skill Points. To grind it up to the Grandmaster Level, he would need to slaughter several thousand more bulls. Ultimately, he selected and killed over 300 bulls, bringing his Battering Skill up to 2,000 points. He was still 8,000 points away from Grandmaster Level.

Yang Bo communicated with Iron Bull again. It took quite a while before Iron Bull finally understood that Yang Bo wanted it to act as a herder, and it nodded in agreement. It wasn’t that Yang Bo didn’t want to kill more; it was just that this place would become his territory in the future. If he hunted them to extinction, there would be none left to breed later.

Pulling out his own map as well as the one collected by the Ash Organization, Yang Bo discovered other areas where Three-pronged Bulls lived. This species was relatively widespread across the planet.

Bidding Iron Bull farewell, Yang Bo grabbed a Mecha battery and set out to grind his Charge. He brought the battery because repeatedly using the Battering Skill and the subsequent enhancement of his physical constitution would consume massive amounts of Energy.

After traveling around for half a month, Yang Bo finally grinded his Battering Skill to the Grandmaster Level.

Over those two weeks, he had slain thousands of Three-pronged Bulls. He did his best to preserve the herds’ population because progressing to the next Grandmaster Level would require over 80,000 Skill Points. He couldn’t use many of his other methods. For instance, if he used his Light Energy or electricity Superpowers, the Alliance’s unmanned Warplanes would likely swarm him in no time.

Feeling the Power surging through his entire body, Yang Bo was highly satisfied. The boost in his physical constitution had also significantly increased his Energy reserves; his overall physique was now seven or eight times stronger than before. If purely calculated by electric capacity, the Energy stored within his body had multiplied by more than tenfold.

Saying his final goodbyes to Iron Bull, Yang Bo hurried back to the Mutants’ settlement. He wondered if the Alliance had come to a decision yet. Logically speaking, it should be about time.

"Brother, you’re finally back! The Alliance gave us a map and told us to pick a location ourselves," Third Huang and the others hurriedly said the moment Yang Bo showed his face.

The Council had moved swiftly, directly providing a selection of potential territories on the Green Demon Star for the Mutant leaders to choose from.

"That’s good." Yang Bo leaned in to look. He definitely wanted a territory. He had previously stated that he needed 250,000 square kilometers of land, primarily to ensure the Iron Bull Tribe’s survival.

"Brother, where exactly was the place you mentioned last time?" The group spread out the map, allowing Yang Bo to take his pick first.

Yang Bo scanned the map, pointed to a specific location, and then looked at the other Mutants. It was obvious that everyone else breathed a collective sigh of relief.

"Brother, take a look at the territories we’ve all chosen; none of them conflict with yours. How about you just take the rest of this entire sector?" Third Huang pulled out another map that displayed everyone’s designated zones. Pointing to the area surrounding Yang Bo’s chosen spot, he made the suggestion.

"This large of an area?" Yang Bo glanced at it and was somewhat surprised to find that it encompassed over ten million square kilometers.

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