Vicious male counterpart isn’t competing anymore [Rebirth]

Chapter 158.1 Times have changed

Editor: Jodi

After Sheng Heng’s vacation ended and he left Capital Star Planet, Yan Hao once again plunged headfirst into his research. However every night at eleven o’clock, Old Pang would make him go and rest forcefully.

Yan Hao’s main task now was to make a Level 7 mimetic mech. However unlike traditional mechs, the making of a mimetic mech required a huge amount of mental energy, almost ten times more than that needed for a traditional mech. Moreover, while making the mimetic mech, Yan Hao continued to study the phantom spirit stone, trying to find other ways to activate it, aiming to maximize its effect as he had the feeling that the breakthrough for the making of the level 10 mimetic mech lay within the phantom spirit stone. Which meant he needed to use even more mental energy.

Although Yan Hao already had S level mental energy, the stronger ones mental energy was, the more cautious one had to be in its use, as the backlash one suffered from mental energy was directly proportional to the level of ones mental energy. Hence those with higher mental energy levels had to be more mindful of its usage. And so in this regard, Old Pang monitored Yan Hao’s rest constantly, afraid he would overuse his mental energy due to excessive focus.

“It’s eleven o’clock, go back and rest.” Old Pang appeared in front of Yan Hao’s workbench right on time.

“I know, please just let me finish this part.” And saying this, Yan Hao quickened the pace of his work.

Old Pang looked at the mech joint part in Yan Hao’s hand which was only just beginning to take shape.

Want to work overtime again?

He pulled the prototype part out of his hand mercilessly. “Resting is so you can work well. Overusing your mental energy is very dangerous.”

“Master.” Yan Hao said with a wry smile, “With the strength of my mental energy, staying up for three or four nights isn’t a problem.”

“Staying up all night accelerates brain damage, which affects intelligence. Do you still want to make the level 10 mimetic mech?” Old Pang asked him.

“Don’t you also often stay up late?” Yan Hao retorted quietly. Those in scientific research, like them, usually worked through the night; staying up late was their norm.

“You’re right, I do stay up late, and it’s not just me, Old Zhong also stays up late. Which is why I haven’t been able to create a super-tier weapon and why Old Zhong hasn’t managed to make a level 7 mimetic mech even after a decade.”

That was caused because of staying up all night? Yan Hao was skeptical, however he didn’t have any counterargument and so could only listen and leave the lab obediently.

“Yan Hao.”

Just as Yan Hao stepped out of the lab building, he heard someone call him, and following the sound of the voice, saw a young man in a dark military uniform standing under a street lamp, the light from behind making it hard to see his face clearly. However Yan Hao recognized him immediately because the uniform belonged to the Sima Legion.

“Sima Ming Xuan?” Yan Hao’s brows furrowed.

The figure under the street lamp stepped forward, revealing Sima Ming Xuan’s stern features, however he didn’t come too close, stopping about three meters away from him, causing Yan Hao, who had originally been prepared to take a step back to increase the distance between them to stop when he saw that he didn’t come any closer.

“Can I take a few minutes of your time?” Sima Ming Xuan asked politely.

“If I say no, will you leave?” Yan Hao asked him.

“No.” Sima Ming Xuan told him.

Yan Hao couldn’t help but roll his eyes; he just knew it. He had obviously been waiting for him on purpose, and happening to appear just shortly after Senior had left, at a glance one could tell that this had clearly been premeditated a long time ago, so how could he leave so easily?

Facing Sima Ming Xuan alone again, Yan Hao didn’t feel afraid, because now that he also had S level mental energy, it was no longer possible for Sima Ming Xuan to intimidate him with his mental energy, so after the initial shock, he quickly calmed down then figured out the reason why Sima Ming Xuan had come to him.

“You’ve come to see me because you want to make an exchange for the formula to treat your mental energy, right?” Sheng Heng had mentioned this to him before, and at that time, he hadn’t paid much attention to it, what’s more he wasn’t particularly interested in helping Sima Ming Xuan, so he forgot about it later.

“Sheng Heng told you about it?” Sima Ming Xuan asked, somewhat surprised.

“Weren’t you the one who approached the War God Legion for an exchange?” Yan Hao asked.

Smiling bitterly, Sima Ming Xuan shook his head, “I thought it was Sheng Heng who deliberately didn’t want to save me, which is why he said that. But it turns out it was really you……”

Sima Ming Xuan, having been raised from a young age as the heir to the legion, had a high level of acumen in judging significant matters, and so when Yan Hao suddenly started that live broadcast and announced the use of the phantom spirit stone through Starnet, he immediately guessed that this had been arranged deliberately by Old Pang and Old Zhong. These two Mech Grandmasters wanted to use this method to announce officially to the public that Yan Hao, was the future leader of mech building. Something which made him know from that moment that Yan Hao was no longer someone he could mess with at will.

And he had guessed right, as the subsequent actions of the Federation only confirmed this. However now he had to come to Yan Hao because his sea of consciousness was at stake and he needed the medicine to treat his mental energy.

After the mission to raid the zergs, he had locked himself in his room for a whole day to think, and then he went to his uncle, General Admiral Sima and eventually he was able to persuade him to contact Sheng Tianxing, General Admiral Sheng on behalf of the legion to reveal his true condition, then they sincerely proposed an exchange for the medicine.

Because regardless of the frictions that had been between the two families in the past, something, which was all covert, this was a straightforward and open request, one that made it difficult to refuse. However General Admiral Sheng didn’t agree on the spot but said instead that he would convey their wishes to the pharmacist himself and see what the pharmacist’s wishes were, and that they wouldn’t force the issue.

Sima Ming Xuan knew very well in his heart that the pharmacist was Yan Hao, hence he also returned to Capital Star Planet and during the award ceremony, waited for General Admiral Sheng to meet Yan Hao, and to avoid any and all counterproductive effects, he didn’t approach Yan Hao at the dinner party. However the next day, the message General Admiral Sheng delivered was that the pharmacist was unwilling to exchange the formula.

Yan Hao didn’t want to save him? He wanted him to die?

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