Chapter 790 Main Storyline- Flickering World
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The 3D star map showed the Flickering World area. In the black unexplored universe, there was an area that was shining. This was the rich Star Cluster the three Universal Civilizations discovered outside the Shattered Star Ring using their radar. It was named the Dawn Star Cluster.
The Dawn Star Cluster was the area first detected by the radar and, currently, the only Star Cluster officially belonging to the Flickering World. As the starting point of the exploration of a new Star Field, it was marked in green. Outside it were the extremely wide unexplored areas marked in gray.
Being the only one that was lighted up, the Dawn Star Cluster was like an island in the middle of a wide sea.
Developing a new Star Field was a huge task, and the expected date of it completing was unpredictable. After all, the actual exploration was different from astronomical observation.
The Crimson Dynasty had spent more than a decade obtaining the Dawn Star Cluster from the Federation of Light and defined it as the starting point of the new Star Field. Due to the two of them restraining each other, the development of it had always been on hold. However, the astronomical observation of the three civilizations had never stopped. After observing it for more than ten years, the rough area included in the Flickering World was already defined.
In the star map given by the Crimson Dynasty, the Flickering World was divided into roughly nineteen Star Clusters with various sizes. The size of the Dawn Star Cluster made up only three percent of the entire Star Field. Everything else was unexplored.
The size of desolate universe belts varied, and there would usually be many small to medium desolate universe belts inside Star Fields. Only the extremely large desolate universe belts would be considered as the border of a Star Field. The Flickering World was no exception. It was estimated that there were more than 7,000 small to medium desolate universe belts within it, some between Star Zones and some between Star Systems, spread across the entire Flickering World.
Therefore, to the dynasty's exploration team, selecting areas was very important. If the area they were going to explore was filled with desolate universe belts, the profit they made would be very low.
"The dynasty has decided to first explore the three Star Clusters around the Dawn Star Cluster for the first stage of the exploration," Zoel said while pointing them out on the map. "They're the Renault, Garu, and Crown Star Clusters."
Han Xiao, Heber, and the Klent representative paid careful attention to the star map. This was the initial star map created by astronomical observation. Due to the complicated universe environment, it would be somewhat inaccurate, but the rough distribution of planets was usually correct.
Among the three Star Clusters, the Garu Star Cluster was the largest. It had a number of obvious desolate universe belts, and the other two were ordinary.
There were two types of desolate universe belts. One had very sparse planets that were very far from each other or lacked Fixed Stars or some high energy astronomical bodies-those were areas discoverable by astronomical observation. The other type of desolate universe belt were the ones that had generally poor planets with little resources. This type of desolate universe belt was more difficult to find compared to the former, as it would look like a normal area until field exploration proved otherwise.
Although there was already a rough sketch of the star map, basically every planet's information was unknown. The aim of the Crimson Dynasty's exploration of it was to compile detailed information on every planet in it and adjust the astronomical observation errors, as well as occupy the rich planets within it in advance.
This was the task of the exploration team-even obvious desolate universe belts had to be explored.
There were a ton of planets in every Star Field. Even though the dynasty only planned to explore three Star Clusters first, it was still a vast project.
Heber looked at it for a while and made his decision. "Renault Star Cluster."
The Bloodshed Land and the Klent Kingdom would be developing the same area.
"Black Star, what about you?" Zoel turned around.
Han Xiao rubbed his chin and said, "I shall choose the Garu then."
"I see, Garu, the number of people that have chosen this area is the smallest... alright." Zoel nodded.
Han Xiao smiled in his mind.
He knew that among these three Star Clusters, the Garu Star Cluster had the highest potential profit.
It seemed like the Garu Star Cluster had more desolate universe belts compared to the other two, but the other two Star Clusters had quite a number of hidden desolate universe belts, so the difference was not really that large. Furthermore, in the desolate universe belts of the Garu Star Cluster, there were some Galactic Civilization ruins that possessed archeological value.
In terms of resources, the Garu Star Cluster was slightly larger. It had many Fixed Stars, habitable planets, and slightly more resource planets. In terms of species, the Garu Star Cluster had more intelligent species that had formed civilizations, and the majority of them were still in the surface civilization stage. This meant that exploring would be easier.
In his previous life, the Garu Star Cluster had been one of the most prosperous Star Clusters in the Flickering World. Therefore, after thorough consideration, Han Xiao decided to develop the Garu Star Cluster.
Another important reason was that in Han Xiao's memories, that Universal Treasure in the Flickering World with no owner was located in a desolate universe belt near the Garu Star Cluster and not included in the areas for the dynasty's first stage exploration. He would only be able to head there if he was close by.
For now, no one other than me even knows the existence of this Universal Treasure. Han Xiao's eyes sparkled.
He had to obtain it.
This time, a notification popped up on the interface.
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You have triggered Grade S+ Chain Mission [Flickering World]
Mission Introduction: The Flickering World. A new Star Field represents a new structure. It's your job to explore this Star Field, so it is your opportunity.
Hint: Mission requirements, mission rewards, exploration points, and the Mission Rating depend on your faction.
You belong to the Crimson Dynasty and the Black Star Army.
Mission Requirements: According to the areas selected, explore the Flickering World for the Crimson Dynasty as a member of the Black Star Army.
You have received the first round of exploration goals.
Current Exploration Area: Garu Star Cluster
Personal Exploration Points: 0
Total Exploration Points: 0
Current Rating: E-
Remarks: Your mission reward depends on the Mission Rating. The Mission Rating depends on the Total Exploration Points.
Exploration Points are earned from the results of the exploration, such as completing the field exploration of a planet, improving the planet information, adjusting the star map error, discovering a civilization's ruins, contacting an intelligent species, operating a stronghold, discovering habitable and resource planets, discovering rare resources, and so on.
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The main storyline mission of the Flickering World! Han Xiao was thrilled.
The scale of this main storyline was huge, and it was very complicated. It was considered a combination of a Chain Mission and Faction Series Mission. The main reason for it to be Grade S+ was because of how complicated and time-consuming it was.
Firstly, the details of this mission changed depending on one's side. Not every player was a member of the Crimson Dynasty. After the Flickering World opened to the world, the players of the various Star Fields would represent different organizations and have different areas to explore, hence the different ways in calculating their reward.
For example, for the Crimson Dynasty, the area they explored was broad, meaning it would be more difficult.
The Personal Exploration Points were one's own achievements, which would grant rewards when it reached a certain number. Compared to the other factions, the Exploration Points needed to trigger the reward under the Crimson Dynasty faction were higher, but the rewards were richer.
The Total Exploration Points were the total of all the Personal Exploration Points of the players in the same faction. This required the players of the same faction to work together. It also gave rewards once it reached a certain stage. The Total Exploration Points were also associated with the Mission Rating. When the Total Exploration Points were more than enough to increase the rating, all the players of the same faction would receive rewards distributed according to the players' Personal Exploration Points ranking.
Every exploration area meant one round of the Chain Mission. Once done, the reward would be given based on the rating. When going to a new exploration area, both the Personal Exploration Points and the Total Exploration Points would be reset to zero. The Grade S+ overall mission [Flickering World] would only be completed after the entire Star Field was explored, which would then give rewards based on the Exploration Points and Mission Rating of every area.
Han Xiao pondered. The exploration had yet to officially start. Now that he had this mission, he could distribute it to the army players and make preparations in advance.
At the same time, he could let the players know that they had a new main storyline after the secret war.
After the business was settled, the star map shrank back to the device on Zoel's waist.
Zoel smiled and said, "I will report your choices to the dynasty. There most likely won't be a problem."
The Shattered Star Ring was the nearest to the Flickering World, so the allies in this area would be at the frontline of the exploration. The areas they chose would mostly remain unchanged.
"One more thing." Zoel looked at Han Xiao. "The first batch of elite personnel to accept transformation from the Evolution Cube have already entered the Shattered Star Ring following the dynasty's transport team. They will arrive at the Colton Star Cluster in some time. Black Star, don't forget about this. The first batch of resources for you are with them."
"Hmm, I'll head over after the meeting." Han Xiao nodded before asking, "Who are the first batch of people?"
"I have a list here, take a look." Zoel transmitted a document to him.
Looking through the list, Han Xiao was surprised.
There was a total of 30,000 people, all elite soldiers from the army selected by the dynasty. At the top of the list, he really did see familiar names, and more than one.
Among them, he had a very deep impression of one name.
One of the future dynasty marshals... Teny Amenos?
Han Xiao's eyes widened slightly.
"After this group of elite completes the transformation," Zoel said, "a small group of them will stay to take part in the Flickering World while the rest will return to the dynasty. You can go along with them to the Central Galaxy and meet the dynasty upper echelons... Black Star, Black Star?"
"Oh." Han Xiao regained focus. "I heard you, let's do that."
"Okay." Zoel did not suspect anything. He nodded and said, "That'll be all."
The others nodded, and Han Xiao left Heber's palace directly.
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Once returning to the suite, before Han Xiao sat down for long, someone suddenly knocked on his door. Hila opened the door, and a few people stood outside.
They were the representatives of a few other Star Clusters in the Shattered Star Ring. Seeing that Han Xiao had returned, they chased right after him and went to knock on his door almost immediately after he entered.
"Your Excellency Black Star, we hope to chat with you," one of them said with a smile.
"Please come in." Han Xiao invited them in and knew exactly why they were there.
As expected, they chatted for only a little bit before the topic became the Evolution Cube.
However, this was just a start. Right after, the various representatives attending the Tyrant Party all came to his doorstep.
Very soon, about ninety-five percent of the people in the guest castle had come.
The enormous suite suddenly became cramped.
Everyone wanted a piece of the Evolution Cube.
The Tyrant Party was initially an activity for Heber to toughen his influence, so the guests were all someone important in the Shattered Star Ring. This gave Han Xiao the opportunity to spread his network.
Using this, Han Xiao also started to talk about terms with the various organizations.
"As for the Evolution Cube, the Crimson Dynasty did not restrict my use of it. If you want to borrow it, it is possible if you can fulfill my terms," Han Xiao said with a smile.
Everyone in the room kept quiet and listened. Han Xiao's voice was the only sound in the room.
Ames looked at this from outside the room.
You really are good at operating an organization...
Chapter 791 Star Field Profit Blueprin
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"I can give you guys opportunities to undergo a transformation, and the terms are very simple."
Han Xiao looked around at the others and said, "First, of course, money. You will have to pay me Enas every year in exchange for the fixed allocation of using the Evolution Cube. It doesn't have to be money-minerals, materials, and other resources can be used as well."
"How much every year?" a Star Cluster civilization representative asked.
"That depends on your needs."
"The lending fee every year will depend on the basic allocation number you want to purchase every year. Report it to me in advance, and I will arrange the schedule. Every organization can purchase up to a million allocations every year. I'm quite busy, after all."
Han Xiao's time was limited, so it was impossible for him to spend all his time using the Evolution Cube for the others. Furthermore, multiple uses of the Evolution Cube for an individual would weaken its effects.
Someone could not help asking, "What if we hope to have the entire race evolved?"
"Good question." Han Xiao raised his brows. "Other than basic allocations, you can purchase extra allocations, which doesn't have an upper limit. However, the price for that will be much higher than the basic allocations. I'm not underestimating your purchasing power, but given the large population of your civilizations, that will most likely be very costly."
Some civilization representatives felt a little regret. To them, having their entire race use the Evolution Cube at once would be best. Sadly, Han Xiao was clearly not willing to do that.
A Star System civilization would have a population of billions at the very least. The fee would be over the roof.
However, after thinking about it, having the entire race evolve was indeed unnecessary. Every high-level civilization had a ton of people that never contributed to society and were just waiting for days to pass. Purchasing evolution allocations for them was obviously a waste.
To have some of the elites' genes improved every year with the one million slots was acceptable for the representatives of the civilizations.
Han Xiao then said, "Secondly, business partnership. This depends on the nature of your organization. Civilizations can provide the rights to mining planets, transport channels, and military factory usage. Armed forces will have to form an alliance with the Black Star Army and share intelligence. Financial groups can provide more partnerships on the business side... These are the prerequisites of buying allocations from me."
The people there came from different organizations. Han Xiao did this to expand the Black Star Army's business to the various industries, hoping to bloom in all fields.
At the same time, through business partnerships, he could form a deeper partnership relationship with these organizations.
This was within their expectations, so they were not surprised.
Through the analysis of various information, they knew that Black Star was ambitious. Since there was a chance for his organization to become a Beyond Grade A organization, he would of course not be satisfied with it just being a pure armed force.
"Last... I hope to have a seat in the Shattered Star Ring Civilization Conference," Han Xiao said with a deep voice.
The Shattered Star Ring Civilization Conference was similar to the Galaxy Central Civilization Court, a political civilization alliance. Being a Star System civilization was the entry requirement.
The civilization representatives exchanged looks. Someone said hesitantly, "Only civilizations can attend the conference. Black Star, although your forces are powerful, you're not a civilization."
Han Xiao smiled. "Don't worry, I know the rule. I'm planning to use my mother planet's name."
Planet Aquamarine?
They exchanged looks.
"If I remember correctly, the civilization on your mother planet has yet to reach the Star System level..."
Han Xiao shrugged. "Hence this term."
He would only have official political influence after he obtained a seat at the Civilization Conference. This way, even if Planet Aquamarine did not reach the Star System level, it would also be protected by the 'Peace Treaty'.
He would benefit from it, too. Not only would his personal position be higher, the Black Star Army under his command would also be a semi-government. The army members would be protected by all kinds of laws.
Simply put, if this was agreed, if other players attacked any Black Star Army members, including themselves, and it was discovered, they would all become 'red names' and lose Favorability with a lot of organizations.
Hearing Han Xiao's terms, the various civilization representatives sighed. This was beyond their authority. They all said that this was not for them to decide and that they had to ask their superiors before getting back to Han Xiao.
Han Xiao was not worried. The Shattered Star Ring Civilization Conference was controlled by the Star Cluster civilizations of this Star Field. Since these Star Cluster civilizations wanted to work with him, adding him in as an exception would not be difficult. They just needed an excuse.
During the secret war times, quite a number of Star Cluster civilizations had secretly done things because they did not want to see Black Star rise. However, there was nothing they could do anymore. With resignation, they could only lower their heads and seek cooperation.
The Shattered Star Ring had been affected by the Crimson Tide for a decade. Its structure had changed in subtle ways. This was the time to grasp onto opportunities.
After roughly settling on the terms, the guests left one after another-they had only gone to express their intentions. The details had to be discussed by the corresponding departments of both sides. This would be Sylvia and Phillip's job.
Han Xiao tapped the table and pondered.
In his plan, this was a key step in the Black Star Army's expansion-using the Evolution Cube, he would form a connected profit network with the Black Star Army at its center!
Not only would he benefit from the partnerships, the channels of the various organizations would be linked as well, forming an enormous profit network.
In order to achieve this, his organization had to be strong enough. Of course, as a Beyond Grade A organization, the Black Star Army was qualified.
With this opportunity, the Black Star Army would be able to become stronger very quickly. Maintaining this profit network would indirectly turn the entire Shattered Star Ring into the Black Star Army's base, providing continuous resources.
Currently, the Evolution Cube was the key for this to work. As long as he could make the various organizations see that they could benefit from this, even without the Evolution Cube, they would still continue to maintain the cooperation. Similar to how Heber had made the Tyrant Party into a recognized party for the people at the top of the society, Han Xiao's goal was to make the Black Star Army the core of the Shattered Star Ring's profit network.
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After three days, the guests finally all arrived. In the early morning, Heber invited everyone to the palace and officially started the party.
The hall was set up as a banquet. With the musicians playing their instruments in the background, the representatives of the various organizations formed small circles and spoke softly.
Han Xiao and the others occupied a corner, and many people gathered around them.
The players were taken there as well. They looked left and right curiously and kept throwing [Reconnaissance] at the people around. Everyone they saw was someone important. The few Beyond Grade As were chatting with people in the hall as well.
Over the past few days, the players had asked around about the Tyrant Party. Now that they had seen so many organizations' representatives, this party suddenly felt much more high class.
The guests there were basically the rulers of the Shattered Star Ring. It turned out that Black Star was at this level.
The players would usually not be able to come into contact with the activities between those high-level people. When these players shared the details of the Tyrant Party on the forums, only then did the players know that this existed. They all discussed it with excitement.
"So, this is the level of people that Black Star has been in contact with now."
"He's a faction leader, of course."
"All Beyond Grade As are there? Haha, won't they start fighting?"
"Isn't the Bloodshed Land our enemy? Why did Black Star go?"
This time, Heber stepped out of the crowd. The people stopped chatting, and they all looked at Heber.
"In the past decade or so, the Shattered Star Ring has been through many storms. Fortunately, I can still see so many familiar faces here today," Heber said slowly. "Before the party starts, I would like to make an announcement."
Then, he turned to look at Han Xiao and said, "After private negotiations, Black Star and I have agreed to a temporary ceasefire, and we will take part in the Crimson Dynasty's development of the Flickering World together. Everyone here shall be a witness."
The others turned to look at Han Xiao, and Han Xiao nodded in agreement.
"Flickering World?" many players murmured. This piece of information attracted their attention immediately.
Han Xiao smiled in his head. He had known for sure that Heber would announce this during the party. He immediately distributed the mission that he had prepared on the faction interface.
At the same time, on the list of acceptable missions on the many players' faction interface, the Grade S+ main storyline mission [Flickering World] was instantly pinned at the top.
"Oi, a new main storyline mission!"
"What, Grade S+? That's higher than the secret war!"
"This should be the next main storyline of Version 3.0."
"Develop the Flickering World. Looks like this will be the next big operation for the Black Star Army."
The army players were surprised, and many instantly accepted the mission.
A main storyline with such a high grade was clearly a huge event. After the secret war ended, many players had entered the free exploration stage with no clear goal, but now they had a new goal.
Due to the recent chain of events, the players had an overflowing sense of belonging to the army. In their eyes, the Black Star Army's storyline was basically the main storyline.
The players did not know much about the Flickering World. Countless posts appeared on the forums to discuss it immediately. Han Xiao scanned them and was satisfied with the impact.
However, the army players did not know that not only was [Flickering World] the Version 3.0 storyline after the secret war, it was also a large main storyline that would last the whole of the next version.
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The business that had to be discussed had already been discussed a few days ago, and the official party was just a routine.
Since Heber had announced the ceasefire, of course, he did not allow his subordinates to cause any trouble. With his restrictions, no matter how resentful Fosters was, he did not make any trouble.
Han Xiao had basically achieved his targets for attending this Tyrant Party, so he was quite satisfied.
After the party ended, he did not stay for long. After he let Austin use the Evolution Cube, he headed back with Ames, Hila, and the others.
Hu!
When the spaceship left Planet Heber, Han Xiao turned on the communicator and contacted Bennett.
Over the past few days, those civilization representatives had relayed his message to their superiors. Those upper echelons had already responded and agreed with his terms.
Very soon, the communication was picked up.
"Han Xiao? How are you free enough to contact me?" Bennett's frank laughter sounded.
"I have to tell you something..." Han Xiao explained.
Hearing what Han Xiao said, Bennett said with an overjoyed tone, "You helped the Aquamarine Federation enter the Shattered Star Ring Civilization Conference? That's great!"
Planet Aquamarine was just an elementary galactic civilization, way too underqualified to enter the Civilization Conference. Being able to enter the conference as an exception was clearly an opportunity of a lifetime.
"Hmm, I'll be the representative of the civilization. Are you okay with that?" Han Xiao asked.
The seat in the Civilization Conference belonged to the entire civilization. Usually, the representative would be from the government. However, although Han Xiao was close to the Aquamarine Federation, they were still two separate organizations. By doing this, even though this seat belonged to Planet Aquamarine's government, they would only be able to express their opinions in the future through Han Xiao.
Bennett did not hesitate at all. "You're the one that gave us this chance. Plus, you're Planet Aquamarine's protector. Giving you the position will only be beneficial for us."
He had a very clear mindset. Planet Aquamarine would not have been able to achieve what the Black Star Army had achieved today even if they had many years. He did not want to see the Planet Aquamarine civilization making the wrong choices in the future. Therefore, he had been working hard to tie the Planet Aquamarine government and the Black Star Army together.
Han Xiao smiled, chatted casually for a while, and then hung up.
He decided to let Planet Aquamarine use the Evolution Cube on a large scale after returning. Since he had obtained a political seat on Planet Aquamarine, the better Planet Aquamarine grew, the more he would benefit from it.
Speaking of which, I shall go and take a look at the Black Spirit Race. I can let them use the Evolution Cube too, Han Xiao thought. This race admired him like a god, so he considered them to be on his side.
Chapter 792 - Teny Amenos
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792 Teny Amenos
Somewhere in the Shattered Star Ring, many streams of light hyperdrive dashed across the silent universe.
This was an enormous fleet, formed by metal, beast-like Crimson Dynasty ships.
This was a logistics team that the Crimson Dynasty had dispatched to the Shattered Star Ring. Other than transporting resources, they also had the ability to build assembly and military factories.
This logistics team had two main goals-provide the Shattered Star Ring garrison with logistics backup and enhance their military power, and head toward the Flickering World's Dawn Star Cluster to build the dynasty exploration team's main base on the spot.
As for transporting some resources to the Black Star Army, it was just a small matter.
The three Universal Civilizations had many inter-Star Field quick military passages made of enormous stargates that connected the Star Fields. They could also build small to medium-sized stargates between the desolate universe belt to carry out continuous teleportation.
This logistics team spent quite some time gathering the people, but the time taken to travel was not long in comparison. They arrived at the Shattered Star Ring very soon.
On the path of the enormous logistics team, a small recon fleet was leading the way. There were only twelve light recon ships.
Under the 3D map on the radar of the main recon ship, a middle-aged man stood firmly with his hands behind his back, looking up at the map.
Teny Amenos, 0014855 term outstanding graduate of the Dynasty's 'Journey' High-Level Military School. Averaged first among all graduates of the same term in all sixty-two subjects including Strategy, Tactics, and Combat.
Joined the dynasty military after graduation, dispatched into multiple military operations. Galactic wars experienced: more than 1,000. Independent commanding record: 170 times. Promoted multiple times due to exceptional achievements.
Now the colonel of the dynasty's 33rd army, an important person among the dynasty's younger generation. He was also one of the elites going to accept modification from the Evolution Cube.
Being in charge of the recon task for the transport team was his own request.
Teny looked energetic and admirable. The air around him was like a burning flame, bright and tough. His back was straight like a flagpole.
He had one semi-arc shaped alloy ring on each of his two ears. This was an advanced multifunctional analysis device built by the dynasty. It had functions such as communication, detection, analysis, tactical imaging, and so on.
He wore a high-grade officer uniform of the Crimson Dynasty. It was black and decorated with red and gold patterns, and it had the dynasty's national emblem on the chest.
All the high-grade officer uniforms of the Crimson Dynasty were made from nano-cloth. They were light, tough, and had excellent defense capabilities. It was also equipped with many combat and survival functions.
"Colonel Teny, the radar has received a distress signal. The coordinates are T406.B189.K22, right on our path. According to long-range observation, a group of galactic travelers is being attacked by a galactic pirate group. The pirates have thirty low-grade battleships."
The exclusive deputy, Corbus, bowed and reported the situation.
"Send an area announcement. Warn them and tell them to leave our route immediately," Teny quickly said.
"... The announcement has been made. They have not responded."
Corbus looked at the image detected and said, "They have strengthened their attacks, intending to quickly finish the galactic traveling group."
"Report the situation to the main team. The rest of you... switch to combat formation. Level two alert. Initiate the long-range kiting strategy," Teny ordered calmly.
His mission was to scout the route and eliminate unstable factors. As an elite officer of the dynasty, he did not like to be involved in matters of the others. The galactic traveling group's rescue request was not within his consideration. However, these people happened to be blocking the hyperdrive route of the main team, which was why he commanded the fleet to engage.
The twelve recon battleships formed a fan shape and headed toward the galactic pirate. They started to fire as soon as they were in range.
Those galactic pirates attempted to fight back but to no avail. They could hardly land any attacks on the recon team. Under Teny's command, the recon team maintained their maximum attack range, which was far superior to the galactic pirates'.
Destroying a few enemy ships with ease, Teny switched strategy. He commanded the recon fleet to swiftly surround them while maintaining their distance.
Although he had fewer than half of the battleships the enemies had, Teny could always create opportunities where they outnumbered the enemy in partial battles.
Under his command, it was as if these galactic pirates were slowly being chipped away despite having the advantage in numbers.
Teny was used to fighting in large armies; commanding a small group in combat was not his strength, but he was still amazing at it.
His strategic style was as firm as a mountain, calm and slow like an adult toying with a child. No matter what those galactic pirates did, he countered them with ease.
The galactic pirate could not even find the opportunity to escape with hyperdrive. They were overwhelmingly beaten.
With the immeasurable difference in strategic capabilities and the large difference in spaceship performance, this battle lasted barely a moment before the galactic pirates were wiped out without surprise. Teny suffered basically zero damage, only some energy used to maintain shields.
"Tell the main team that the problem is solved," Teny said with a calm tone. Having witnessed so many large galactic battles, the battle earlier was not even a warmup.
"Colonel, the spaceships of this galactic traveling group are heavily damaged and can't support long-range travel. They have asked to board our ship." Corbus' voice was thunderous.
"Refuse them," Teny said without changing his expression. "Activate scanning probe and detect the individual energy level of the people inside this traveling group. If no abnormalities are found, release small cabins for them as carriers."
Teny was experienced in this. There were way too many examples of using distress signals as a trap in history. He was used to being alert against traps.
Even if no abnormality was found, he would not let outsiders board his battleship but would give the unoccupied small cabins to throw these stranded passengers to the nearest colonial planet. He would not waste time guarding and giving them a ride.
Corbus suddenly received a message. "Colonel, a person in these passengers wishes to speak to you. There's information about him in the database. He's the leader of a small financial group in the Shattered Star Ring. His history is clean. He said he knows Black Star."
"How does he know that we're going to meet with Black Star? This feels like a poorly planned trap." Teny raised his brows.
"That might be easily explainable." Corbus looked at the data, shaking his head. "The news about the dynasty forming an alliance with Black Star has spread widely in the Shattered Star Ring."
Teny thought for a moment and said, "Pick up the communication. I'll speak with him."
Usually, he would not bother about a request from an irrelevant person like this. However, that person had mentioned Black Star, which was a topic he had recently been very curious about.
Black Star was the dynasty's new ally, and Teny knew that he was on this trip to meet Black Star and accept modification from the Evolution Cube.
Be it friend or foe, he always would find out as much as he could about the person he would come in contact with.
This came from his military habit. He had already finished reading through Black Star's data on paper. More information about Han Xiao was exactly what he needed.
Du...
The communication connected. This leader of the financial group's face was filled with excitement and nervousness.
When attacked by the galactic pirate, he had thought that misfortune was about to fall. To his surprise, they were saved by the Crimson Dynasty. Having seen an opportunity to contact a Universal Civilization, he tried his luck to attract their attention and mentioned Black Star's name.
"How do you know Black Star?"
This person could not wait to reply. "More than ten years ago, I hired Black Star's mercenary group and had close contact with Black Star. This is all recorded."
"Okay, tell me from the start." Teny narrowed his eyes.
Even over there in the Central Galaxy, there was no example of such a quick rise. It could be said that Black Star had broken the record for the shortest time an ordinary person had become a Beyond Grade A Super.
Teny was very curious about this legendary person.
Furthermore, Black Star was a Mechanic just like him. Teny even had some thoughts about seeking guidance.
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As Han Xiao returned from Planet Heber, he brought back the partnership intention of a ton of organizations. Sylvia became busy, negotiating and dealing with different organizations every day.
Luckily, she had the physique of a Calamity Grade. If it were an ordinary person, that person would probably pass away from overworking.
Sylvia was exceptionally hardworking, which Han Xiao was glad about. If his Managing Director was Jenny, she would probably sacrifice her own life to kill him by running into him carrying a psionic bomb.
Ames did not return to Floating Dragon but actively looked to walk along with Han Xiao.
It did not matter where they were going-it was mainly because she would have an old friend who was on her level to chat with. Furthermore, she felt that interesting things would always happen around Han Xiao.
The dynasty's elites were still on the way. Han Xiao decided to complete the evolution for Planet Aquamarine and the Black Spirit Race first.
Planet Aquamarine would need time to gather its citizens, which he had Bennett take care of. Han Xiao went to the Black Spirit Race first. The Black Spirit Race had their Mind Network, so they would be easier to gather.
...
Ever since the Black Spirit Race planted their roots on this unpopulated planet, the planet's name on the star map had officially changed to Planet Black Spirit.
Hu!
A spaceship penetrated the atmosphere and slowly landed. The gray and green surface expanded in his sight.
The radar showed the vital signal's source location. Han Xiao piloted the spaceship and headed to the Germinal Tribe's territory cave with familiarity.
There were no clouds in the sky.
Dashing past the surface mainly made of rocks and the sparse forest, an enormous pit appeared before his eyes.
This was a large open cave, and densely packed holes filled the cave walls. This was originally an underground cave. The Black Spirit Race had taken away the ground above them and exposed it.
Han Xiao had once taken a group of Black Spirit Race to mine resource planets. Impacted by the various cultures in the galaxy, the Black Spirit Race had started to learn about intelligence and civilizations.
As their Mind Network had a highly unified group conscience, knowledge spread extremely efficiently. In the past decade, the Black Spirit Race had tried to leave their beast habits behind and started learning to use tools, building caves above the ground.
This open cave also had some messy rock piles in it, which were actually prototypes of buildings. The Black Spirit Race had gradually come up to the surface from the underground. This place could be considered the basis of a city.
An enormous Prophecy Stone totem stood at the heart of the cave. It had been carved into a strange shape.
Han Xiao narrowed his eyes, trying to identify it for quite some time. Only then did he confirm that this statue with pieces of carapace, spikes all over its body, and sharp teeth in its mouth was supposed to be him.
Han Xiao did not know whether to laugh or cry. He could somehow recognize who this statue was supposed to represent despite all the 'add-ons' it had. The Black Spirit Race's rock carving technique was really unbelievable.
But their aesthetic senses...
The spaceship hovered above the cave. The Black Spirit Race of the Germinal Tribe all climbed out from their caves and looked up at the spaceship.
Han Xiao walked out of the hatch and slowly descended from the sky. The Black Spirit Race below all lowered their bodies as if they were worshipping.
Feidin released prophecy stones energy and let Han Xiao log into the Prophecy Stone group chat server.
As soon as Han Xiao entered the Black Spirit Race's Mind Network, countless voices sounded. The internal thoughts of every Black Spirit Race member became crystal clear.
"Such a powerful aura, it's beautiful."
"Black Star God, you've come to see me again."
Countless Black Spirit Race members spoke in the Mind Network, expressing their love and admiration for Han Xiao.
The Black Spirit Race referred to him as 'God'. His relationship with them had always been [Reverence].
The voice of the Germinal Tribe's leader sounded. "Black Star God, what do you need us to do?"
"I came this time to help you people evolve..." Han Xiao talked about the use of the Evolution Cube.
The Black Spirit Race was thrilled, mumbling strange prayers and feeling like this was a blessing from their god.
Through the Mind Network, all the Black Spirit Race members in this cave received the message almost instantly. They all moved and surrounded Han Xiao, kneeling with their front limbs on the ground in a respectful position. Their gathering speed was extremely quick.
"What a highly efficient race." Han Xiao could not help feeling that way.
He had always felt that the civilization potential of the Black Spirit Race was extraordinary.
Their natural Mind Network made them extremely unified and in sync. Any group activity would be astonishingly convenient.
The Mind Network could also share their knowledge and intelligence, so spreading knowledge was almost instant. The Black Spirit Race's one-hour long communication might achieve the effects of what would take some races decades and centuries.