Strong Luck Talent didn't bring Xia Shi a fortunate life filled with happiness; instead, her body underwent a positive mutation due to defects in genetic editing. It was this mutation that granted Xia Shi two new talents related to machinery.
Bai Fu understood.
This was called Awakening!
She speculated that in the original storyline Xia Shi must have awakened her new talents during cooperation with players due to some sudden incident, which then completely turned the tide of battle.
As for what that sudden incident was specifically...
It might have been Xia Shude offering a sacrifice to the heavens.
Transforming pain into a dagger thrust into the enemy's heart, she ascended through despair to become the Mechanic Empress of the Ancestral Origin Star.
Considering Xia Shi seemed more like the main character, while Julia seemed more like the major antagonist, perhaps players might even witness a fight between Xia Shi and Julia after making a certain special choice.
