Xiu finally decided to go to the Space Station, and Bai Luan, of course, supported him. So he asked Herta to help Xiu arrange an identity, allowing him to enter the Space Station as an intelligent mechanical staff member.
Incidentally, Xiu also brought the Inspiration Shroom to the Herta Space Station. Anyway, the two of them had known each other for a long time, so Bai Luan didn't have to worry about anything happening.
The fact that Bai Luan managed to create something like this in just three days made Herta wonder if the holiday she gave him was too long.
If she really gave him a long vacation, it would be hard to say what earth-shattering projects he would come up with during that time…
If, over these nine hundred-plus years, Bai Luan hadn't been caught in the time stream, but had stayed by her side, constantly pushing his limits as he does now, what would he be like today?
A genius who could catch the eye of Nous?
Interesting.
Very interesting.
Herta decided to pay more attention to Bai Luan. Perhaps one day, she could really have a new member of the Genius Society under her command?
In that case, there would be two people from Herta's faction in the Genius Society!
Her! Ta! Fac! Tion!
Xiu went to the Space Station a step ahead of Bai Luan, serving as Bai Luan's scout to explore the current state of the Space Station.
After more than nine hundred years, plus his status which, to outsiders, was almost indistinguishable from a sudden arrival, he could easily face ostracism.
Thorough research would allow him to handle these matters with ease.
After Xiu went to the Herta Space Station, Bai Luan spent the rest of his vacation creating oddities.
The effect of the oddities created by this Oddity Forger, to be honest, was quite dependent on luck.
Previously, he forged a pocket watch and got a divine item like the Time-Stop Pocket Watch, but after that, it was like a gacha pool after a gold pull—nothing special.
But if this Oddity Forger could really produce gold-tier items, then as long as he kept forging oddities, wouldn't he eventually get a golden legend?
With this thought, Bai Luan decided to spend all his remaining time forging oddities.
He would forge anything, as long as Bai Luan could imagine it.
Time flew by. During the remaining vacation time Herta gave Bai Luan, he forged over a thousand oddities.
Ninety-nine percent of them were useless oddities. Overall, only the following few were usable:
『Oddity: Cyber Mask』
『A cyber-style electronic full-face mask, with cold, hard metal lines outlining a futuristic feel. The electronic display can show various expressions. When worn, it defaults to a devilishly joyful smile.
Although the expression looks quite deranged, it is actually a mask that allows the wearer to maintain absolute rationality.』
『Oddity: Anywhere Door』
『A pink wooden door inspired by a mysterious blue Fat Man , capable of direct traversal, ignoring spatial distance.
Two traversal modes:
Random Teleportation: No cooldown, unpredictable landing spot.
Fixed-Point Teleportation: Only to places visited before, usable once every twenty-four hours.』
『Oddity: Chainsword』
『Love flying gore? Love violent aesthetics? Love watching your enemies die in agony? Then press the button on the chainsword, feel its roar and the splatter of enemy flesh! For the Emperor! Comes with a Machine Spirit.』
『Oddity: Bolter』
『Comes with a Machine Spirit, otherwise same as above.』
『Oddity: Symptom Extraction Gun』
『Forcibly extracts any disease, compressing it into a bullet to achieve a healing effect. The extracted substance can be made into negative bullets for use as ammunition.
Note: Storage of negative bullets requires caution. If a bullet is accidentally broken while in a negative state, the stored disease may transfer to the user. The more troublesome the disease, the higher the quality of the specialized bullet required.』
A drop rate of one thousand to five is much lower than an 80-pull pity rate.
The Anywhere Door was only given two teleportation modes because the system was generous enough to strengthen it a second time.
Originally, it only had random teleportation.
Although one has to admit the Anywhere Door is very powerful, random teleportation always felt a bit lacking. Who knows what would be on the other side when you opened the door?
What if, as soon as you opened the door, you were teleported in front of Big Bad Wolf?
What if, as soon as you opened the door, Aha was there, chuckling?
But with the fixed-point teleportation function, the utility of the Anywhere Door immediately rose a notch.
Although it's an ultimately weakened version of a Warp Anchor, he could now be considered to have mastered a means of interstellar travel.
As for the Cyber Mask, one word: cool. As for the crazy demon smile expression on the mask, Bai Luan did it on purpose.
This was mainly to trick opponents. When wearing such a mask, opponents would generally assume you were a lunatic, but the mask's function was exactly the opposite: it would keep you absolutely calm.
How wonderful it is to trick people!
As for the Chainsword and Bolter, these two items were simply too violent.
Since forging them, Bai Luan hadn't seen the Machine Spirit manifest, probably only during battle, especially in desperate situations, would the Machine Spirit erupt.
These items are best used with the Cyber Mask to prevent oneself from getting carried away.
The last item was a rare medical oddity. With this gun, Bai Luan could treat illnesses without even studying medicine.
What?
Mara-Struck?
Perhaps it could be treated, but there were no existing test subjects, right?
If there were, trying it wouldn't be out of the question.
As for the other oddities, they were all pretty useless.
For example, the Super Hard Baseball Bat.
Its effect is that it's super hard.
Yes, it's the baseball bat you're thinking of.
There was also a revolver whose oddity effect was to secretly load a bullet during the opponent's turn when someone was playing Russian roulette with you using this gun.
Is it useful?
Just by the description, it seems quite useful.
But upon closer thought, one would realize that it's too difficult to pull off such a move in reality; there are too many prerequisites.
And not everyone is as willing as Sparkle to point a gun at their own head.
However, Aha would probably really like this oddity.
Pointing the gun at himself would make Aha ecstatic.
In short, these were all of Bai Luan's gains during his vacation.
With the boost from these oddities, Bai Luan's combat power increased significantly.
Normally, he would just use the Bolter and Chainsword.
If he encountered a tough opponent, he would put on the Cyber Mask and enter a second stage of combat.
If he still couldn't win, he would don his armor!
If he still couldn't win, he would ask the god Aha for help!
Aha won't come!
Aha won't come…
Then he would use the Anywhere Door to escape!
And then call Herta to come!
Who else has more stages than me!
Bai Luan's vacation ended, and the effects of the time stream also largely concluded.
It was time to take over the Herta Space Station.
Bai Luan, carrying over a thousand mostly useless oddities, flew together to the Herta Space Station.
He began to ponder the difficulties he might encounter.
First, potential problems within the Herta Space Station.
Infighting, ostracism, a hostile work environment, oddities running wild, contained creatures roaming everywhere…
Second, potential external problems.
Thieves infiltrating, various cosmic factions that might attack…
The leisurely work mode of his previous life would also be difficult to replicate.
Because the Herta Space Station, after running for so long, had already matured.
It would no longer be like the early days, with so many things needing improvement, allowing him to calmly handle everything with his past gaming experience.
Hmm, it's truly a long and arduous journey.
Bai Luan boarded the spaceship with this mindset, treating the takeover of the Herta Space Station as a test.
This mindset completely shattered three days after Bai Luan landed.
Everyone was deferential to him, even more so than they respected the old veterans from over nine hundred years ago.
Bai Luan himself was puzzled; where did he, a newly appointed Station Master, get such high prestige?
So he casually found a staff member and inquired.
After listening, the staff member looked at Bai Luan with a strange expression, as if something was about to blurt out, but he dared not speak directly due to Bai Luan's status.
His face was full of an expression that said, 'there's something I want to say, but I don't know if I should,' and he was clearly struggling, looking almost internally injured.
"It's alright, whatever you want to say, just say it directly."
After receiving Bai Luan's permission, the staff member immediately said:
"No, who would dare question you?!"