Awakening Hall.
After six years of superpower compulsory education, a new cohort of students is about to face the most important moment of their lives: Superpower Awakening!
The superpower students of the graduating class lined up in their pre-assigned awakening areas, excitedly chatting about the upcoming Superpower Awakening.
"Hey, hey, hey, have you heard? Yuan Ting from Class Two awakened as the Illusion God profession, the Night Patrol Deity!"
"Of course, I've heard! Tsk tsk, that guy is really lucky. The Night Patrol Deity is an outstanding existence even among the Illusion God professions. Looks like Yuan Ting is about to take off!"
"It's not surprising he awakened the Night Patrol Deity. After all, in the last proficiency test, Yuan Ting's Spiritual Power Value was as high as 95, making him the second-ranking genius among our students this year. With that kind of talent, awakening an Illusion God profession was a sure thing."
"But more than Yuan Ting, I'm curious about what profession that top genius will awaken. That person has a legendary perfect Spiritual Power Value of 100! I thought a perfect Spiritual Power Value was just a myth, but to see someone actually reach that level!"
Upon these words, everyone instinctively turned to look at Class One.
At the front of Class One's line, all eyes focused on a young man.
The young man was about 1.8 meters tall, with well-defined lines and a roguishly handsome face. His eyes shone like stars.
Li Haotian looked expectantly at the Awakening Crystal before him, slowly placing his hand on it.
In the next instant, the Awakening Crystal burst with blinding white light, as if it had become a small sun.
"Whoa! As expected from the perfect Spiritual Power big shot! Look at the intensity of that light, it must be a top-tier Illusion God profession!"
"We're witnessing history here!"
Amidst the surrounding discussions, the light gradually receded.
The teacher in charge of the awakening looked incredulously at the cross-gun-and-cannon profession imprint on Li Haotian's forehead: "Me-Mechanic?"
Li Haotian looked at the full-body mirror next to him, specifically installed for awakeners to check their profession imprints. He was stunned, instinctively rubbing his eyes.
The Mechanic, also known as the Gunmaster, is the most bizarre existence among the Illusion God professions, with the nickname "Three-Second Real Man!"
On the front battlefield, a Mechanic with ample ammunition is every enemy's nightmare.
Because a Mechanic can unleash extremely strong attack power in just a few minutes.
The fearsome power is enough for one to hold off thousands!
However!
Once the Mechanic's ammunition is exhausted, this Illusion God profession falls from grace, becoming an easy target for everyone!
Because a Mechanic's close-combat abilities are so poor, once engaged in close quarters, other professions of the same tier can basically toy with the Mechanic!
Therefore, while the Mechanic stands alone in terms of attack power, the weakness is also evident, which is the lack of endurance.
After one burst, they become the most fragile member of the team, constantly needing protection from others.
Moreover, the creation and accumulation of Superpower Weapons by a Mechanic require a lot of resources and time, making their development extremely slow.
In the early to middle stages of instances, they can even be less useful than a common profession.
Additionally, it's easy for a Mechanic to perish due to unexpected circumstances during growth, such as being ambushed by monsters or assassinated by enemies.
If a Mechanic were to die unexpectedly, all resources invested in them would go to waste.
Because the Superpower Weapons created by a Mechanic, though powerful, can only be used by them, others can't utilize them even if obtained.
Once, the East Dragon Empire invested massive resources to nurture a ninth-tier Mechanic who made a sensation in international war instances.
But less than a month later, that Mechanic was assassinated while using the restroom, and the Marshal of the East Dragon Empire was furious to the point of almost spitting blood.
Since then, no force has dared to invest significant resources in cultivating a Mechanic.
And if a Mechanic relies solely on their own strength to train and accumulate resources, it's even harder for them to become influential.
Slowly, Mechanic became a joked-about profession, known as the strongest yet the most useless Illusion God profession!
Li Haotian couldn't imagine that with his unprecedented perfect Spiritual Power talent, he would awaken such a thing!
Seeing Li Haotian's awakened profession, the crowd was in an uproar.
"Tsk tsk, truly unfortunate, such a twist of fate!"
"Hey, is this the so-called unprecedented perfect Spiritual Power genius? Haha, even my Demon Swordsman is better!"
...
Instantly, various discussions, ridicule, and sighs arose one after another.
The teacher responsible for awakening professions looked at Li Haotian with sympathy, patting his shoulder with a sigh: "Sigh, professional awakening is like this, sometimes when you're unlucky, there's nothing you can do."
"But don't be discouraged, the Mechanic is still an Illusion God profession. With your talent in mechanics, even if you don't become a high-level powerhouse, you can at least become an excellent mechanic, which is still highly valued in the army if you take the logistical route."
Li Haotian's eyes were blank, seeming unable to take the blow as he stood dazedly nearby.
Soon after, the news of the unprecedented perfect Spiritual Power genius awakening a useless Illusion God profession quickly spread among the students.
But at this moment, Li Haotian had no mind to listen to those gloating voices from the outside world. His mind was full of questions as he "looked" at the profession panel appearing in his mind.
[Name: Li Haotian]
[Profession: Mechanic]
[Level: 10]
[Health: 100]
[Spiritual Power: 200]
[Strength: 100]
[Physical Defense: 100]
[Magic Defense: 100]
[Speed: 100]
So far, everything seemed normal.
As a top student of the academy, Li Haotian knew that every newcomer who had awakened a profession would have a profession panel appear in their mind.
On the profession panel, apart from "Spiritual Power," which involves personal talent and varies among individuals, the values of the other attributes are the same for everyone.
For instance, since Li Haotian has a legendary perfect Spiritual Power, his Spiritual Power doubles upon awakening, so his value is 200.
While others have much lower values compared to him.
The amount of Spiritual Power determines how many skills a professional can use, equivalent to mana!
But... what on earth is this [Talent] at the end?
As a top student, Li Haotian had never heard of a [Talent] feature on the profession panel!
Suddenly recalling his unprecedented perfect Spiritual Power Value of 100, Li Haotian's heart skipped a beat.
Could this attribute only exist for awakeners with a Spiritual Power Value of 100?
With this thought, Li Haotian eagerly clicked on [Talent].
The interface showed a skill bar, and the currently empty skill bar contained only one transition skill: [Gloot Pistol].
[Skill: Gloot Pistol]
[Skill Description: Summon a Gloot Pistol. Each minute the Gloot Pistol exists, one point of Spiritual Power is consumed.]
[Note: Once Spiritual Power Value reaches zero, the Gloot Pistol will be automatically retracted.]
Seeing the Gloot Pistol slowly rotating in the skill bar, Li Haotian was about to instinctively look away.
But then, he was taken aback, quickly drawing his gaze back!
He suddenly realized that the transition skill displayed was "Gloot Pistol," not "Gloot Pistol Blueprint"!
What, what is this situation?
Li Haotian's heart began to pound!
Could it be... he took a deep breath and quickly walked to the bathroom.
He needed to verify his guess!
Li Haotian entered a single cubicle, locked the door, took a deep breath, and activated the skill!
Instantly, a Gloot Pistol with a matte silver finish appeared in his hand!
Li Haotian shivered, his eyes filled with incredulity.
"Whoa! It really can be summoned!"
Based on the knowledge he had learned, ordinary Mechanics are natural mechanical experts and gunmasters. As long as they have materials, they can create various powerful Superpower Weapons with a 100% success rate and perfect mastery.
Therefore, the Mechanic is also known as the Weapon Master.
But the step of creation can't be omitted!
In other words, under normal circumstances, the Mechanic's transition skill provides a blueprint. Then, after the Mechanic gathers materials listed in the blueprint, they can create and master the Superpower Weapon.
As the Mechanic levels up, the blueprints provided become more advanced, and the Superpower Weapons created become increasingly powerful.
Once enough Superpower Weapons are accumulated, a Mechanic can leverage the advantage of controlling multiple weapons simultaneously to fight a hundred foes alone!
The reason the Mechanic, as an Illusion God profession, is disliked is due to the lengthy material collection process. Without a sufficient arsenal, a Mechanic's combat power might not even surpass that of a common profession!
If a Mechanic dies, all their created Superpower Weapons become obsolete, as others cannot use them at all.
The waste of resources is obvious.
However, Li Haotian's skill bypassed the materials collection and Superpower Weapon creation process, directly summoning the Gloot Pistol!
Oh my gosh!
If the subsequent skills function similarly, wouldn't he only need to gain experience and level up without specifically sourcing and gathering materials?
This would save so much effort!
Li Haotian trembled slightly with excitement!
"Huff—huff—"
He took several deep breaths, suppressing his inner excitement temporarily, and continued to look at the [Talent] panel.
He remembered seeing a column icon next to the skill bar, the topmost section of which was still lit.
[Mechanic's Exclusive Talent]
[First Stage: Unlimited Ammo (only for Superpower Weapons summoned by profession skills)]
[Note: The second stage exclusive talent can be unlocked at level twenty]
Upon seeing this, Li Haotian's blood instantly boiled!
Unlimited Ammo?
Unlimited Ammo!!!
Although the Mechanic as an Illusion God profession boasts the strongest attack power across all professions, why is it considered useless?
There are two main reasons.
One is the tremendous resource cost, each battle feels like throwing money away.
The second is that after depleting firepower, the Mechanic falls into a weakened state, making them easy prey.
But if a Mechanic doesn't need to collect materials to craft weapons and has unlimited ammo for sustainability, wouldn't they seem like they're cheating, shooting straight to prominence!