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What do you do when you wake up and find yourself inside the very game that you love?

What do you do when you realize you that you have not only become an NPC – you have even been thrown back in time to before the game even launched!

What will happen when our protagonist’s two realities coincide?

Han Xiao was a professional power leveler before his transmigration. Using his past life’s knowledge, Han Xiao sweeps through the universe as he prepares for the arrival of the players. This is definitely not your typical transmigration novel.

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Chāo Shén Jī Xiè Shī
Siêu Thần Cơ Giới Sư
TLM
Transcendental Mechanic
超神机械师
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WallEyeKnee
WallEyeKnee rated it
August 3, 2023
Status: Completed
Top 3 shameless MC I have ever met in a funny way. I just love him

The references are all over, one piece, gundam, ultraman, pokemon, hell you name it. The dirty jokes that was said without blushing. Scheme against you then laugh at your face then try to rip you off again. Never does thing without benefits, while a whole bunch of ppl think hes kind, he would just nod and accepts it and makes you owe him more. Would praise himself and accept praises without blinking. He's somebody I... more>> would like to be friends with.

The stats information really kills me, I can't remember everything when it covers 3/4 of a chapter, I think 3/5 of the novel is covered by starts when MC gets new skills and upgrades. Jesus Christ I will never forget this novel just because of this

I love the interactions with players early on, as the level differences gets more uptrend, it became less and less. Wish the players get to play more of a important role like early on and interactions more than just be used as farming EX.. The players are pretty funny and good in general, really realistic.

MC levels up so fast and easy, there's no specific end goal in the novel, just watch him going through the game plots as he build his army and becomes stronger every time.

Around the time MC steps into Central universe Vs the big 3 civilizations it becomes repetitive and that where it feels the novel lost momentum. Players gets less involve and MC just does everything on his own and army isn't needed anymore. EX farming is not needed in general.

I just loves this novel, It will have a place in my heart, the ending really left me wanting more about the real world and MC's facing his own world with the choice he made <<less
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WhyWritingWhy
WhyWritingWhy
July 27, 2023
Status: c1463
Took a bloody long time to finish. Prepare your month if you want to get into this story.

Good read though. I've read pretty much every novel of interest and picked this one up reluctantly as it was about mechanics and I thought it would be some typical mech garbage. Luckily for me, mechs are pretty much non-existant. Sure, there's like, 30 chapters about it, but that's about it. They use robotic suits, but it's barely mentioned it's basically armour.

I'd love an afterstory though, the way it ends leaves me wanting... more>> to know how it progresses, at least a tiny bit more ;) <<less
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Iris_Irine
Iris_Irine
July 20, 2023
Status: c1463
Well, I finished the whole story from beginning to end all 1463 chapters, when normally I get bored easily and switches reading material fast.

The story is well planned and the world and character buildings were interesting. The main character himself unfortunately did not really grow in character, but was definitely very entertaining to read.

The story was a bit slow in the fist few hundred chapters, but got more and more intriguing as the plot developed.

An important point to note is that the translation was done well too. Only in the... more>> later chapters toward the end that unfortunately I found a bit of typos, formatting errors, and 1 or 2 accidental repeating sections. However it was still easily understood and did not detract from the reading experience.

Overall I think this was worth reading and have enjoyed it from start to finish. <<less
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ssricky
ssricky
April 24, 2023
Status: --
personally the one of my best reads mainly thanks to the translators who made little errors. I read this ages ago but I still remember the reading experience being one the best; w each chapter update the community on wuxiaworld would flood the comments. My view is biased.

the only thing I disliked or wished for more is hila/aurora & hx development but the author focuses very little on romance and hx's interpersonal relationships. We know very little of hx before his transmigration and what led him to have his guarded... more>> and calculative mindset even till the end.

i think the early start of the novel is one of the greatest ones, especially the junkyard fight. I literally cant recall anything since its been years but I just remember it being memorable.

the stats are consistant which I liked very much. Sometimes thered be 10% page long character stat page which I personally enjoyed.

i suck at reviews but I found it enjoyable to read in my time as a teenager <<less
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Eskahar
Eskahar rated it
April 24, 2023
Status: Completed
I really enjoyed this novel and the only comment I had was that it felt a little too short. I really figured that it should’ve been longer with how it kept alluding to future updates of the game, however I can also see why it ended where it did due to the power level the MC eventually got to. All around a solid novel and I really liked the in game leveling and power system. My one comment is that the ending felt rather abrupt and confusing but that’s rather... more>> commonplace in my opinion for most novels. <<less
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TraderLife
TraderLife rated it
October 30, 2022
Status: Completed
This is pretty good novel with a pretty good story and quiet enjoyable read.

It's a bit too much MC-centric in which it almost if not all event happens around the MC and other characters look too much like a side character with only a few with particular quirk the rest is pretty much one dimensional.

The MC is a lone-wolf so if you don't like it you don't like it, he's a pragmatic that build his own group for his 'own benefits' unlike so many others MC who instead slaving for... more>> said group for the benefits of other, he's goal oriented, shameless, toxic gamer, cynical, excel at business relation but not heavily pursuing personal bond (not the close buddy2 do gooder type).

The power progression is interesting, he has enhanced player system with longer game-time, the fictional technology aspect is pretty good, a bit too heavy on info dumping but still readable.

My only gripe in this story is the writing style, it's not the way but content of that style, the jokes can be treated as difference in culture but the metaphor he insert is really making him too much of a creep, his MC isn't really interested in romance because he got the priority straight but godamn he's one hell of a pe*verted creep. <<less
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Loveboi
Loveboi
September 24, 2022
Status: c800
I really liked this.
This is one of the first CN novels I really got into.

The first tens of chapters were really good and got my full attention. Mind blown. Then I kept on reading and reading and reading. BUT

honestly really when he went out of Earth. My excitement wasn’t as much as in the first 100s chapters. Was it that the plot wasn’t as compelling as it was at first or the world building was getting bad? I don’t know. But I lost interest and dropped it. I can’t really explain why. I guess it was so chaotic all the time.

Welp. Though I dropped it I’ll leave a 4 stars for now. :Ppppp
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BubTheBest
BubTheBest rated it
September 10, 2022
Status: c1463
One of my favorite stories of all time, I'm currently rereading it. There are things I don't like about it, but overall I really enjoyed this story. One thing I will say is that I think the story only really hits its stride around chapter 600 or so when he hits a certain power level. The ending is great too.
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mr.duckie
mr.duckie rated it
September 9, 2022
Status: c1463
i have read the whole thing so seeing so many people who hated on the Game world setting is kinda unjustified

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the world is real so there's no GM no Admin or anything similar when they said nobody cared about the storyline when MC tr*sh everything

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also about the romance

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the romance is not even mentioned outright, everything just get mentioned very lightly and it feel very natural flowing with the storyline

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Mr gentleman
Mr gentleman rated it
August 6, 2022
Status: c1
I don't think I need to point out the good things about this novel. But I'll say (rant) a little about all those negative reviews. Most of the 1* review here are because it doesn't have wish fulfilling and wet dream of countless pe*vert out there...... harem. and the other reason is he's not psychopath enough. They probably lack brain cells and doesn't care about plot. They probably want something like Solo leveling where plot is non-existent and protagonist is kill-all-no-matter-what. and yeah true it doesn't have romance. But actually... more>> romance and the protagonists character doesn't fit with each other. He's a pure mechanic who's love is machines. And I like that. Mechanic are supposed to be like that, unlike many other novel where despite their profession being something that requires you to be rational protagonists are emotional dumb*sses. And tbh the romance at the end felt too much forced. Which I don't really like but ig that's me. Anyway there aren't much plot armor... probably protagonist doesn't need one. Imo it's on par with LOTM and RI. But oh well..... <<less
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wait321
wait321
July 19, 2022
Status: c1
This is one of the best novels I've read. The MC transmigrates and knows the future, but, unlike similar novels, the MC says what the last arc will be about (the final threat) at the beginning instead of keeping it a secret. Thus, there's a goal and, as events happen, there's a clear sense of progression towards it. The author also depicts every important event and every important characters' thoughts and plans, so I feel like I understand the everyone's motivations and am part of the story instead of an... more>> outsider trying to guess why some characters behave the way they do. Overall, this is an amazing novel that kept me interested from beginning to end and I would highly recommend it. <<less
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mashukyasarprio
mashukyasarprio rated it
May 16, 2022
Status: Completed
A journey I would never forget. Deserve to be in hall of fame. Amazing writing, translation and definition a hell of ride. I'll miss this masterpiece, probably never would find something this good. A storyline which I fall in love with.
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solus_aiko
solus_aiko rated it
May 12, 2022
Status: c1463
Honestly the novel has a slow start that took some time to get me hooked, however once the main setting swapped from planet Aquamarine to the universe the story was far more interesting.
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fr0d4w3
fr0d4w3 rated it
May 10, 2022
Status: c1463
Its really good. Author has an amazing sense of pace which made the novel very engaging. Typically in long series like this there tends to be some dragged out events/chapters but Legendary mechanic doesnt have this. Prob the best novel with a vrmmorpg second chance that I’ve read, though thats not hard since most of the genre is hot tr*sh.
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Kergonan
Kergonan rated it
February 7, 2022
Status: c1463
The Legendary Mechanic is the first and apparently the only novel written by Qi Peijia. I came to it after reading and liking the first 20 or so chapters of the manhua adapted from it. So, was I misguided ?

The protagonist, Han Xiao (a.k.a Zero, Black Phantom, latter Black Star), is not a nice person. He is shameless, thick-skined, grudge-holding (although not without reasons), greedy and wicked. But he is also courageous, extremely intelligent, a great strategist, tactician and politician, kind to his allies (current and prospective) and determined to... more>> reach his long terms (overly good) goals by any practical means, even if it involves working with former or potential enemies. He has a few quirks like being an excellent combat driver/pilot (though his nauseous and vomiting passengers might disagree). In short, he is the perfect anti-hero for the setting of the novel, as I can only compair him to Gargoyles' David Xanatos.

The rest of the cast goes from good to excellent. Whether they are friends or foes, they are never black or white, but all exist in shades of grey. Pretty much every named character has its own motivation, personality, merits, flaws and quirks, which conditions its interactions to the others, so that the shift of relationships (from helpful to neutral to antagonistic and vice-versa) feel logical and natural. The main antagonists (like the Germinal leader) have good reasons to be so, sometimes you are even sympathetic to them. Likewise, the allies (like Hila or Kasuyi) don't help Han Xiao out of sheer goodwill, but because their short or long terms goals converge with his or because they feel like them owe him. Also, the "players" characters are well made too, as the author clearly give them psychologies that humans would have if their were playing a MMO.

Oh yes, because the setting is a "video game"... although the world is shown the be real when the game is not on... well, I can't tell you what is really going on without MAJOR spoilers. Let's just says this: Han Xiao, great player/pusher in the "Galaxy" MMO, ends up in the universe of the game (in the body of a minor, unknown character), but into the past, even before the first closed beta, and the world is to him as real as his original's was. He then uses his knowledge of the game (both the setting and the system) in order to not only survive the various major crisis, but also strenghten himself and latter his faction (in fact, a good deal of his efforts are made in order to delay, counter and beat one of worst antagonist faction of the setting). In this sense, the background and the plot are those of a great space opera. But there are periods of time during which the players access the game, where they appear as quirky "Immortals" (for their ability to resurrect). Their actions and presence has major effects on the setting, as their avatars get the usual boons (leveling up) and drawbacks (level caps) one has when playing a MMORPG. Plus, the players have their lives around and outside the game, as it is visible in the game's forum. It results into a very original setting with two pretty different moods, as the players don't appear inside the "Galaxy" universe when it "updates", and it results in periods of time when the players aren't present (which are mere days for the MMO's users, but take months, years and even decades for Galaxy's inhabitants). On a side note, Qi Peijia's bias toward Chinese players is pretty obvious, but it does not go (too much) into obnoxious nationalism.

Han Xiao takes full advantage of his knowledge of the setting, system and players to move forward in a story rich in cliffhanger and plot twists, but it is no smooth sailing, since the protagonist knows a lot of the background of Galaxy (and makes the most of it), but he does not know everything (in fact he discovers numerous elements which surprise even him). Furthermore, his presence and interventions on an ever greater scale change the History of the setting from his time as a player, first in relatively minor ways but in the end in decisively, often for the better.

The power system is well made, divided into two parts: First, it is based on the five MMORPG basic main classes that when maxed open access to stronger evolved classes, as well as a number of various secondary classes which grants more specialized skills, but are less powerful. The five basic classes are Pugilists (Ki using martial artists), Mages (mana spellcasters), Psychics (mental power users), Espers (super-power users, think X-Men or Stormwatch) and Mechanics (machine makers and users). All of them are well-made but we only get a in-depth exposition of the Mechanic class and its evolutions, and only the pure Mechanic branch at that (the others, Mechanical Pugilist and Cannon Master, are set aside), which can be a letdown for the curious. Second, at various level caps, the character goes into a race evolution (influenced both by its inate genetics and external factors), which will raise its overall power, but also grants him a variety of skills depending on the selected evolution branch. The one taken by the protagonist is quite interesting and in fact opens a number of story hooks. Finally, Han Xiao status of transmigratted player offers him quite a few boons, including the player interface, quest prompt, leveling like a player and more (equally relevant) abilities, all of which are related to a major plot of the tale.

The translation is good, even very good, but not excellent, as there remain typos, mistranslations and confusions of words even in the last part of the novel. Still, it does not impair the reader understanding of the plot.

So, no, I was not misguided. With an excellent main character, an equally awesome cast, a great setting and a very good but incomplete power system, all in the service of a wonderful story generously sprinkled with a healthty dose of good (adult) humor and irony, The Legendary Mechanic is one of the best space opera/MMO novel I've read. Qi Peijia was able to perfectly mix the two genres into a delectable adventure which will keep you on edge until the last chapter. Its only remarkable flaws are the "incomplete" power system and a translation which never breaks into the excellence territory. My final verdict is a 9 out of 10, and a 10 out of 10 if the translation is ever corrected. If the author can keep the same level of quality in his future works, I'll read them with pleasure.

Thanks to Qi Peijia for writing this novel and to chickenpau, Chocolion, AtlasStudios and Chuchutrain for translating it. <<less
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rem3017
rem3017 rated it
January 28, 2022
Status: Completed
Overall story was really good, I definitely enjoyed the vast majority of it. It does get super political at around the 75% mark and it pretty much maintains till near the end, although it gets less "in your face" after a while. And when I say political, I don't mean current event wise, more Star Wars pre-sequel Trade Federation. The political stuff was probably my biggest gripe, just because it very abruptly slows down the flow of the story. And the author really likes to go into detail about a... more>> lot of stuff, so you kind of end up with some wall of text chapters all about political maneuvering and possible/actual consequences, etc.

The biggest thing about the story is that it's constantly evolving and does not like to stay in the same place for long. If you're in the early chapters, buckle up, you're definitely in for long multi-scenic ride with very few pit stops. There's also just a ton of characters. A lot of them you can kind of ignore because they become unimportant, but since the story revolves completely around Black Star, even a lot of the main characters get forgotten once their related arcs are done. The author rotates a lot of them from time to time for call back purposes, but the majority of them are only relevant between certain points in the story. You definitely get the sense about who the author likes very early on.

For me, the charm revolved around Black Star being a shameless ass hole to everyone, but still mostly being a decent dude that really only did stuff for the benefits. I enjoyed his struggle to the top and enjoyed him discovering how to abuse his NPC abilities, and I will definitely miss reading this every day. Guess there's always the Manhua, which should be finished in the next 40 years. 10/10 recommend if you have a massive amount of time on your hands. I'm recalling stuff from earlier on that feels like it was from a completely different story, since it feels like I read it so long ago.

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Also, everything about the finale chapters was pretty well done, except for actual finale chapter. A lot of authors tend to frame the ending through the eyes of an unknown third party to kind of act like a proxy for the audience, which... I'm not too big a fan of, but it can work sometimes. This was definitely not one of those times. One was a set of unnamed characters that got way too much screen time when all they really did was establish the event as "the witness." The second, which made more sense, was a familiar character reveal that wouldn't have been my first choice, but definitely made sense in context. I wouldn't have minded the first one so much if it wasn't like a third of the chapter. It was equivalent to a group of people talking on a fishing boat about sliiiiiiightly related (mostly for the sake of fan service) gibberish for a half hour, then godzilla's foot enters the frame for a second. It kind of made the ending feel like there should've been an epilogue, or even just a couple extra paragraphs. There were a lot of half pay-off's set up that didn't quite fully mature.

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What kind of bullsh*t is asking to have a kid with Ames for 300 chapters, then the actual kid only gets a quick nod in the final chapter with zero interaction from Black Star. Didn't even mention her name, that's lazy writing and a missed opportunity for a good call back right at the end. Instead, we got "Kabang Civilization."

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magiclaser
magiclaser rated it
January 3, 2022
Status: Completed
This novel is fun to read and is fast pace which I like. It has all the fun of isekai stuff, leveling up, fantasy and sci-fi, and galaxy size scale. The ending was satisfying. The late and casual romance is very justify per the MC circumstances and uncertainties. No harem, thankfully.

The cons are as expected of a Chinese author, the illogical Chinese nationalism that appear from time to time across the novel. Things like implying socialism is the better option, the lie implying that all China is unified by choice,... more>> the accurate china way of doing things of
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forcing all other countries in Aquamarine planet to unite under one banner

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. Without those sneaky indoctrination mentions this novel is 5 stars, <<less
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the_black_gift
the_black_gift rated it
January 1, 2022
Status: Completed
So, after reading this novel for dozens of times, I finally decided to write a short review.

Firstly, the romance: In my opinion the MC only has a romantic relationship toward the end (the tag "Late Romance" already tells you about it), because he isn't one for casual relationships and he can't guarantee his, his partners and possible children's survival. Imagine if you fall in love in an environment where your partner could die anytime.

Second he doesn't know enough about the environment. He first learned about this place in an MMO,... more>> so I think he has the fear that everything around him are only soap bubbles, so he avoids getting emotionally invested in others, be it friendship or love. For this reasons he decides to see everything in the persperctive of benefits.

What's so good about this novel: You witness how the MC rewrites history. First you learn what happened in the 'before' and then you see how the MC twists the flow of history to his liking. At the beginning his influence is limited, but as he grows more influential and powerful, the butterfly flaps it's wings harder and harder. He starts with making things happen earlier and different, then makes some things happen greatly different. Later on he even crushes the frame, so that some things don't happen at all and the history from the 'before' is completely different. Truly, the butterfly effect.

About the nationalism in this novel: I doubt the author supports those values at all. There are tournaments among players, in which the Chinese are of course the best. However it stays limited to Chinese being superior in ingame tournaments and it doesn't touch politics. Those parts are often separate arcs you can just skim through without hindering your reading comprehension. Keep in mind that the Chinese government has the authority to ban authors' works and even imprision and execute them, if their works aren't to their 'liking'. I think those parts are just there keep himself save and ensure that his work doesn't get banned.

There are many instances in this novel where civilizations 'realize they are ants fighting on the ground' (in the author's words' and the author talks pretty often about nations being meaningless and how people stop thinking in terms of nations and only think in terms of species as a step in the development of civilizations. Later on the term 'nation' doesn't even get mentioned, except when talking about less developed civilizations.

He even talks about Earth and expresses through Han Xiao that us humans will extinguish ourselves through causing problems such as global warming and meaningsless squabbles. In sincerely doubt the author is a sucker for nationalism. <<less
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Master10K
Master10K rated it
December 23, 2021
Status: Completed
The author seems unafraid to make the readers feel as lost as Han Xiao, who appears to have been transmigrated into the body of an NPC, in what will become a monumentally popular VRMMORPG. Forced to immediately become a Mechanic class to survive the mess he's found himself in; Han Xiao grinds, deceives, crafts and fights his way out of peril utilizing his future knowledge. Plus him being classified as an NPC plays a huge role when 'players' start arriving. But that also makes one question the very nature of... more>> the gameworld Han Xiao has found himself in, as he's able to manipulate so much about the game's intended storyline & player's actions, without a peep from the devs. As he rapidly accumulates wealth, knowledge, status, strength and military might. Becoming a huge influence on the galactic stage.

Yet it's not all good as there's a great deal of immature humour which constantly leaves me groaning and for an MC with 1, 000s in Intelligence and 1 point in Luck, he's honestly a bit too lucky at times.

In the end The Legendary Mechanic does well to not make the class as OP as a Sculptor or Blacksmith found in other popular WNs. There are obvious pros & cons (weak early game, strong late game) and it manages to have some of the most engaging duels, group brawls and galactic battles I've read in a long time and all within a fantasy sci-fi setting. The ending does over complicate things, when trying to explain the world, but overall I enjoyed reading this. <<less
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Ayrton
Ayrton rated it
December 13, 2021
Status: Completed
Ohh well, I liked the story, from the initial development to the end it is seen that the author from the beginning knew how he was going to finish his work. One of the best novels in terms of the development of its story and characters, the only thing to criticize it would be that the MC did not go through difficult times since he almost never felt pressure from his enemies, the ending was great... totally taking a turn, than expected. The only bad thing for my taste would... more>> be that I don't end up as a harem. 4.6 / 5.0 😘🥰 (The beginning is somewhat lazy but it gets better as it progresses.) <<less
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