“I will give the Black Star Army even greater support. Any services and resources you purchase from the Infinite Consortium will be charged at cost price only. At the same time, I will bring a large number of preferential commercial projects to cooperate with your Sprout Financial Group to help it develop. On the other hand, I am willing to invest in building factories in the Black Star Army's territory at any cost. By burning money, I will support a complete industrial chain in various fields in your territory…”

Sorokin said a lot. In summary, in addition to losing money, he would also use the Infinite Consortium's business and funds to help the Black Star Army develop vigorously, and give many preferential terms.

Han Xiao silently calculated that if all these conditions were fulfilled, even with the Infinite Consortium's vast wealth, it would still bleed a bit, and for the legion's territory, the construction speed would be accelerated.

In order to repair the relationship, this guy was not stingy.

Sorokin once used a similar method to help the War Realm develop. Now, the War Realm has basically completed its transformation and has become a strong competitor of the legion in the Shattered Star Ring. Now Sorokin is willing to give the Black Star Army the same treatment, even with more generous conditions.

As for the support for Overlord, even if Black Star didn't say it, Sorokin would temporarily stop it. Business is business.

“Hmm…” Han Xiao remained noncommittal and put forward new conditions: “Although the construction of the Flickering World territory is important, the legion's goals are even more ambitious. I want to develop into other star fields. Your Infinite Consortium has huge industries in various star fields. This aspect can also be shared.”

“… Okay.” Sorokin smiled on the surface, but secretly gritted his teeth.

He knew that Black Star was not satisfied with resource compensation, but was eyeing the Infinite Consortium's cross-star field business channels, wanting to get a piece of the pie, sucking the blood of the Infinite Consortium, and snatching the business of the Infinite Consortium to nourish the legion's business network in other star fields. It was a blatant demand.

Even though Sorokin was fully prepared, he still felt a pain in his heart.

The reason why he was willing to give so much compensation was on the one hand, to repair the relationship with Black Star. Even if Black Star only had a fifty-fifty chance of giving up on dealing with him, it was worth investing in. On the other hand, it was to indirectly show his attitude to the empire and put on a show.

Although in this way, the Black Star Army might become a blood-sucking leech on the Infinite Consortium, gnawing on the flesh and blood of the Infinite Consortium to feed itself, the urgent problem at the moment was to deal with the empire. Bleeding was inevitable, otherwise Sorokin would not compromise so much. Although the Black Star Army was strong, he was not afraid of Han Xiao in business, but he was afraid of the empire behind him.

After weathering this storm, the lost benefits could be slowly recovered in the future, and the agreements made now could also be broken by various means, so Sorokin didn't care about anything else and agreed first.

“Also, I really like universe treasures, whether they are physical objects or blueprints, I like to collect them. The Infinite Consortium should have some connections, share some.” Han Xiao said slowly.

“I will try my best to collect some when I get back.” Sorokin readily agreed, anyway, he had too many debts to worry about.

“Let's just leave it at that, fulfill these conditions as soon as possible.” Han Xiao waved his hand, indicating that he was seeing him off. “I have something else to do later, so I won't chat with you.”

“Okay, then I won't disturb you.”

Hearing this, Sorokin stood up, nodded slightly, and then disconnected the communication. The remote projection disappeared instantly.

Han Xiao leaned back, lost in thought.

‘The Traveler is a loyal subject of the Star Arc Civilization. It seems that only I know about it at the moment. I don't know if the empire will ask about the details during his subsequent trial… Anyway, for now, the Traveler's confession to the empire is that Sorokin is the only scapegoat. The empire will definitely send someone to ask Sorokin about his motives.

At that time, Sorokin will definitely pass the blame to the Super Star Cluster Alliance. I told him that Modo is the mastermind behind the scenes, and he will most likely tell the empire. If the empire asks further, he should say that I told him. And the empire knows my targeting of Modo, understands my motives for doing so, and even if it knows that this is a lie and a frame-up, it may be happy to see it happen and default to it. In the future, it will use this as an excuse to find an opportunity to attack the Modo Civilization and other Super Star Cluster Civilizations.

As for Sorokin, he may not trust my words, but even if he doesn't believe that the Modo Civilization is the Traveler's backer, he will definitely investigate and test it…’

Han Xiao shook his head and chuckled.

In this way, the most disadvantaged in the entire chain of events is the Modo Civilization, which is being unjustly accused.

In the future actions of the three major civilizations to打击 (dǎjí, crack down on) the Super Star Cluster Alliance, the Modo Civilization is expected to receive a “warm” reception from the empire.

“In that case, the second requirement of that S-level mission [Leader Kunde's Last Wish] should be almost completed…”

Han Xiao's eyes lit up slightly, and he couldn't help rubbing his hands.

He had been coveting the rewards brought by this mission for a long time, [Proof of Leadership], [Oath Taker], [Kunde's Wrath], a full three high-quality abilities. Currently, the Modo Civilization is protected by the Super Star Cluster Alliance and is expanding in a low-key manner. It is not easy for me to confront them head-on, so I can only wait for the inevitable conflict in the future to beat a dog in the water.

…

The news of the Black Star Cup spread quickly, and the entire legion burst into extremely high enthusiasm, and all were mobilized. Countless legion members signed up enthusiastically.

Most people were for entertainment, and a few ambitious legion warriors saw this as an opportunity for internal selection and wanted to show their strength, regarding it as an opportunity to get ahead.

Among the legion player groups, the Black Star Cup also caused a huge response, and the forum ushered in a new round of spamming.

[Paradise is Below: What's going on? Not long ago, they said that Black Star was going to make a movie and enter the entertainment industry, and now the legion is going to enter the sports world?]

[Great Wind Rises, Scalp Itches: The big camp is just grand (thumbs up)]

[I'll Get Cannoned Even When I'm Dead: I feel like this is more interesting than the professional league.]

[Short and Weak: The scale of this event should be the largest to date, right? There are many events, and many people are participating. Each person is allowed to participate in five events. How many games will there be? You can even gamble by playing cards?!]

[I Am Your Blessing: Brother Fa carrying a speaker passes by (funny)]

[Two White Rabbits: It's more than just playing cards. There are also singing and dancing events. I even saw someone apply to hold a crosstalk competition, and it was finally approved by the higher-ups (crying and laughing)]

[Dragon Throne's Simp: To be honest, I want to see Black Star dance…]

[Flying Professional Power Leveling Studio: The rewards for these competitions are quite generous. The quotas are very loose. The most rewards are still for combat-based events. The top 300,000 all have rewards, and there are no restrictions on the weapons we use. Speaking of which, if we participate in team-based combat competitions and use nuclear backpacks and evolution badges, wouldn't we be able to contract all the top rankings?]

[President of the Fording Support Association: Let me see, whose wallet has swelled again? (Black Star's smile.jpg)]

[Cow Likes: Legion Commander, this is my group fee for this year (bows ninety degrees)]

The Black Star Cup celebration was still in preparation, and countless players called their friends and rushed to pay money to prepare for this event.

In the next period of time, the sales of the logistics department rose linearly, and the experience points Han Xiao received every day increased by a bit. A large number of players learned and upgraded their skills, and the wealth accumulated since the opening of the Flickering World version was basically invested in it.

Looking at the experience points that were increasing every day, Han Xiao only felt comfortable all over.

Players work so hard to earn some money, wouldn't I be inhumane if I didn't earn it?

At this rate, a level 340 promotion was just around the corner. However, in order to get an extra Divine Transcendence point when he advanced, he decided to use this wave of experience points to max out some blueprint skills and raise all professional knowledge to the maximum level first.

Sylvia and Philip were very efficient. With the current status of the Black Star Army, all administrative procedures were green lights, and broadcasting media and sponsors were quickly in place.

Han Xiao specifically allocated some barren planets as competition venues, and the professional interstellar engineering team called by the Infinite Consortium was rapidly constructing the venues, and legion members from all over the world who participated in the Black Star Cup also gathered.

The process was also similar to the professional league. Because of the large number of events and people, a large number of people were quickly eliminated through preliminary rounds, and then the games were held slowly.

After nearly two months of preheating, the first Black Star Cup was finally prepared.

On October 28, Star Sea Calendar 730, the highly anticipated opening ceremony of the Black Star Cup was held as scheduled. With the strong media broadcast, the eyes of the entire universe were shifted over, paying attention to this grand event.