Chapter 1 Why Does Black Star Know My Identity?!

The Oathkeeper originally wanted to display his Super-A Grade strength to gain Black Star's attention and seize the initiative in the negotiation. He never expected that as soon as he appeared, Black Star would expose his identity without any preparation, making it impossible for him to maintain any pretense of mystery.

Seeing Black Star recognize him at a glance, the Oathkeeper felt a jolt, and a storm of emotions surged in his heart.

'Where did he get the information? Where did the organization expose itself? He even knows my name?!'

A series of doubts flooded his mind, and the Oathkeeper's mood suddenly became heavy.

The Sacred Covenant Organization had always been hidden in the shadows, with too many secrets. If Black Star could expose his identity, how much did he really know about the organization? Would he even know their ultimate mission?

The Oathkeeper's killing intent surged as this thought flashed through his mind, contemplating whether to eliminate the threat.

But in the next moment, he forcibly suppressed the killing intent churning within him.

For no other reason than Black Star was too strong, even if he wanted to silence him.

This kind of tank-type peak Super-A Grade could not be easily dealt with. Resorting to force was the last resort; negotiation came first.

— That's the benefit of being strong; it makes others more willing to reason peacefully.

"I'll first probe how much Black Star knows. If he knows the Sacred Covenant inside and out, I'll have to reconsider. I can't risk years of planning..."

The Oathkeeper suppressed the shock in his heart, adjusted his emotions, and the negotiation was no longer his primary task. In his eyes, the most important thing now was to probe Black Star's secrets.

With these thoughts in mind, the Oathkeeper slowly sat down opposite Han Xiao and said in a low voice, "You know the Sacred Covenant Organization well?"

"Not much, just a little."

Han Xiao made a gesture of a fingertip universe, his smile full of meaning, with an expression of "I see through everything," as if he were saying the opposite.

In reality, Han the Mechanic only knew a little about the Sacred Covenant. He only knew that they revived a large number of Initial Ones in the later versions. He basically did not know the inside story. It could be said that he only knew the actions of the Sacred Covenant Organization but did not know their motives.

He recognized the Oathkeeper precisely because in the later versions, the Oathkeeper was still the leader of the Sacred Covenant Organization and had attracted attention for participating in the World Tree War. However, Han Xiao only knew that he was the leader of the organization and knew nothing about his origins.

Han Xiao deliberately put on this "I know what's going on" posture to bluff the other party and make the Oathkeeper unsure of his secrets.

Seeing this, the Oathkeeper was inwardly surprised and uncertain, but on the surface, he was expressionless. He said softly, "I'm very curious. How did you recognize me? Have we ever met before?"

"Indeed, we have met."

"Have we..." The Oathkeeper was shocked and tried hard to recall when he had intersected with Black Star, but after sorting through his memories three times, he couldn't find anything.

At this time, Han Xiao said seriously, "We met in a dream."

The Oathkeeper: "..."

What the hell are you talking about?

Black Star was obviously teasing him, but in the Oathkeeper's opinion, this posture only confirmed that Black Star knew a lot, which made his mood even more solemn, and he began to have wild thoughts.

"Let's not talk about that." Han Xiao waved his hand and narrowed his eyes. "You just said you wanted to do a business with me. Let me hear what kind of business it is."

The Oathkeeper collected his thoughts, temporarily put aside the idea of probing, and said in a deep voice, "I want to exchange for some Holy Light Particles."

"Oh?" Han Xiao glanced at him sideways. "What can you offer?"

"It depends on what you want. We are willing to use parts of other Original Esper Abilities to exchange for the Holy Light Particles in your hands."

So the Sacred Covenant wants to obtain Holy Light Particles through negotiation. This should be the way they cooperated with the Otherworldy Deities in his previous life. My plan to lure the snake out of its hole has worked... Han Xiao thought to himself.

He publicly stated that the Holy Light Particles were in his hands to lure the Sacred Covenant Organization to contact him. According to his judgment, after the last sneak attack, the Sacred Covenant might attack him or take the method of trading for Holy Light Particles. Either way, he could fish out the Sacred Covenant Organization.

If the Sacred Covenant kept hiding in the dark, he would not be able to see them, which would not be of any benefit to him. Now that he had the opportunity to talk, there was room for manipulation.

Han Xiao pretended to ponder for a while, tapping his fingers on the table, not answering immediately. Suddenly, he changed the subject and said:

"If I remember correctly, you recently snatched the chicken... cough, a part of the body of the Chaotic Secret Energy from my hands."

As expected, Black Star knows that the people who attacked him last time were from the Sacred Covenant Organization...

The Oathkeeper suddenly stopped, realizing an important issue.

Did Black Star only find out about the Sacred Covenant Organization after being attacked, or did he already know about the existence of the Sacred Covenant Organization before the attack?

This difference is very important!

"I don't understand what you're talking about," the Oathkeeper said tentatively.

"What, you want to deny it? You think I can't recognize you if you hide your head and show your tail?" Han Xiao stroked his chin, his tone playful. "Dimensional Exile Bomb, Formatting Virus, Advanced Lifeform Strength Disorder Wave. These are all the signature techniques of your Sacred Covenant Organization. Do you think I don't know?"

The Oathkeeper's face under the hood immediately darkened.

Facts proved that what Black Star knew was far beyond his imagination. He had known about the existence of the Sacred Covenant for a long time!

The Sacred Covenant Organization studied the Original Esper Entities to obtain these technologies, all of which were regarded as trump cards and never sold to the outside world, and were rarely used. However, Black Star could clearly call out the names of these technologies. Then there was only one possibility...

There's a mole!

And a high-level one!

The Oathkeeper's mind flashed through the figures of each cadre, and he was furious.

Who exactly broke the limit of the Flame of the Soul and betrayed the organization?!

Even Black Star knows. How much of this information has been leaked? Have the databases of those advanced civilizations already established files on the Sacred Covenant Organization?

If that's the case, then the secret that the Sacred Covenant Organization has kept for many years has become a joke in the eyes of others?!

The Oathkeeper's mentality exploded in an instant.

He was usually a steady man, but today he encountered too many shocks, and his emotions began to get out of control.

Feeling the Oathkeeper's unstable mental fluctuations, Han Xiao hesitated.

It seems like I pretended a little too much and scared him...

Han Xiao sighed.

Alas, these smart people love to overthink. They are suspicious all day long. A little detail can make them think deeply and terribly... It's not that we are too much, but that others are too sensitive. We don't take the blame.

In fact, Han Xiao's objective view of the Sacred Covenant Organization was relatively neutral. He had no good feelings or bad feelings. In his previous life, the Sacred Covenant Organization was not a troublemaking villain organization and did not cause any trouble. The only well-known incident was that he did not know what method they used to revive a large number of Super-A Grades in history and ran to participate in the World Tree War.

Although the reason for the Sacred Covenant's participation in the war was mostly that their fate was closely linked to the others, they had contributed to the World Tree War after all, bringing an important wave of reinforcements, so they still had some merit.

In this regard, Han Xiao's position was the same. The revival of the historical Super-A Grades happened to be able to instantly enhance the Super-A Grade combat power of the explored universe, so that there would be more chips to resist the World Tree. He might not want to stop the Sacred Covenant Organization from completing its goals.

However, the Sacred Covenant Organization ran to attack him some time ago, and Han Xiao made a note in his notebook—they punched me and ran away. There's no such thing. He wouldn't let it go until this debt was settled.

As for whether the Initial Ones who revived from the Super Energy Disaster were related to the Sacred Covenant Organization, Han Xiao was not sure, and he was very suspicious of the saying that he was lingering in a life support cabin in his previous life, which might just be an excuse to fool the public.

In fact, he could understand why this group of revived Initial Ones was an important fuse for the Super Energy Disaster. In fact, it would be clear if he thought about it from the perspective of the three major civilizations...

— Damn you, can you guys who are dead live again? Does every dead Super-A Grade have the right to revive? Then the more people die in the future, and one day they will come back together and want to fight against our rule. What should we do? Cheating!

Advanced civilizations tried to control the ratio of individual great power and collective power, but suddenly found that individual great power could cheat and revive, and they couldn't control the situation, so their mentality would definitely explode.

So whether the Initial Ones who woke up from the Super Energy Disaster were revived or woke up from sleep, they had to say that they had been lying in the life support cabin all the time, otherwise the problem would be too big, and they didn't know what the three major civilizations would do.

Both of them were deep in thought, and it took them a long time to recover.

The Oathkeeper calmed down and said in a low voice:

"We can compensate and apologize for this behavior. I hope you can forgive my subordinates' mistakes."

"How are you going to compensate me for my mental damage?"

"What do you want?"

"Well, let me think..." Han Xiao supported his head. "The Sacred Covenant Organization has a long history and should have a lot of inventory, right? Give me ten or eight Cosmic Treasure finished products or blueprints, and I'll forgive you."

Why don't you just rob... oh, you are robbing.

The Oathkeeper immediately shook his head.

"Too much, we don't have it."

"How can that be?" Han Xiao smiled. "Many of your members are descendants of the Super-A Grade. Didn't your ancestors leave any inventory?"

You even know this!

How much information has been leaked!

The Oathkeeper gritted his teeth secretly, wishing he could drag out the mole and flick their ding-ding to death.

"...In short, we really don't have that many Cosmic Treasures. We do have two accumulated blueprint stocks that we can compensate you with."

"Two blueprints..." Han Xiao pouted secretly. "It seems a little less. Why don't you copy those Esper Abilities for me?"

"Impossible!" The Oathkeeper said decisively, indicating that there was no room for negotiation on this point.

Forget it, two blueprints will do. At least I got some meat.

Exchange the Chaotic Secret Energy's d*ck for two golden blueprints. It's simply a business with ten thousand... uh, a capital-free business.

Han Xiao clicked his tongue twice, his expression also becoming serious. He folded his hands on the table and said slowly:

"The transaction can be carried out, but the part of the Chaotic Secret Energy that you snatched must also be counted as part of the transaction and treated as if I sold it to you. In other words, you have to pay for two parts of the Original Esper Ability to exchange for a part of the Holy Light Particles."

He was only two Original Esper Bodies away from meeting the requirements of [Original Esper Ability Collector]. He could just use the Sacred Covenant to complete the mission and reward a milestone halo for Espers and a [Third Sanctum] skill fragment.

"Okay, deal." The Oathkeeper nodded decisively.

The Sacred Covenant Organization had collected a large number of Original Esper Bodies, so cutting a few d*cks and putting them on the shelves was no problem at all.

Although the style was a bit perverted, we're not good people, so let's not dwell on that.

The Black Star Army now dominated the universe, and the Oathkeeper deeply understood the essence of surviving to win, so although he himself was not afraid of Black Star, he would not resort to force if he could avoid it.

At this time, a light flashed in the Oathkeeper's eyes, and he tentatively asked, "Black Star, what do you think of our Sacred Covenant's purpose?"

A lot of information had been leaked, but the Oathkeeper still had the last bit of luck. Although Black Star seemed to know everything, there was a slight possibility that he didn't know the Sacred Covenant's ultimate mission.

"Purpose? Aren't you just an organization that studies Original Esper Ability techniques? What, do you have any conspiracies?" Han Xiao raised his eyebrows.

The Oathkeeper stared closely at Han Xiao's expression, but could not see anything, and did not know whether Han Xiao really did not know or was pretending.

But in any case, hearing these words, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Black Star doesn't know our Sacred Covenant's goal, so this unexpected factor is still within controllable range, indicating that although the mole is a cadre, he has not reached the core level.

"No conspiracy. The purpose of our organization is to believe that Esper Abilities have infinite possibilities and can bring one technological breakthrough after another to the universe..." The Oathkeeper began to spout nonsense. This was the idea that the Sacred Covenant told the grassroots personnel, a layer of disguise.

After chatting for a few words and setting the time for the transaction, the Oathkeeper disappeared and left with a heavy heart, rushing back to thoroughly investigate the mole. It was conceivable that a thunderous rage would inevitably be set off within the organization.

Han Xiao leaned back in his chair, gently stroking the back of his hand, with a thoughtful look on his face.

He didn't expose the other party's intention to revive a group of historical Super-A Grades just now. One was that he didn't know what methods the other party was using, and the other was that he didn't know what the Sacred Covenant's goal of reviving historical Super-A Grades was. If he rashly revealed it, it might cause variables.

He had pretended to be a ghost and scared others almost enough. Continuing might be too much.

...At least before the blueprint compensation and two Original Esper Abilities were in hand, he didn't want to fall out with the Sacred Covenant for the time being. He would get the meat first, and then decide whether to fight or talk later.

Moreover, Han Xiao didn't mind a group of historical Super-A Grades reviving. Compared with the World Tree, the impact on the universe's situation was just a small matter. To fight against the World Tree Civilization, every bit of strength was good.

"In my previous life, the Sacred Covenant Organization should have cooperated with the Otherworldy Deities. Now I have replaced the Otherworldy Deities and become the Sacred Covenant's cooperation partner, becoming the mastermind. Well, under my influence, the changes in the plot line are getting bigger and bigger. There is also the coordinates leading to the World Tree. The logistics department's research has not been successful yet. I don't know how the Empire's research is going..."

Han Xiao was thinking when he suddenly paused and remembered something.

"That's right, the Sacred Covenant Organization has a long history and was so awesome in my previous life, so they might know information about the Sanctum. I have to ask about it next time in a roundabout way."

...

On the other side, somewhere in the Ancient Star Desert.

A Star Pirate's fleet was intercepted by three small warships with the emblem of the Glorious Federation. After a fierce battle, all the Star Pirates were captured.

In the main deck of the ship, the charred corpse of the Star Pirate leader lay on the ground. All the younger brothers next to him were squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands, covered in bruises, shivering and不敢抬头 (bù gǎn tái tóu - not daring to raise their heads). A group of soldiers wearing Glorious Federation high-tech uniforms stood around them.

The leader was a Glorious Federation person, wearing a more advanced uniform, with a badge on his chest, representing the position of Cosmic Inspector.

Cosmic Inspectors were a special department set up by advanced civilizations, patrolling different star systems. Their official position was higher than that of security guards, specializing in detecting various abnormal situations. To give an example, they were a bit like the positioning of federal secret agents.

The Glorious Federation Inspector paced in front of the group of Star Pirates, slowly took off his bloody black gloves, and said slowly:

"Five days ago, there were signs of Cosmic-level energy surge on your ship. The energy fluctuations spread all the way out, alarming many advanced civilizations, including the three major civilizations. And this wave band was unprecedented. I don't know what phenomenon it is..."

Pa.

The Glorious Federation Inspector suddenly stopped in front of a Star Pirate, grabbed the buttock folds of his chin, forced him to raise his head and meet his sharp gaze, and said in a deep voice: "Can you tell me, what happened here?"

"It... it was a safe..." The Star Pirate stammered and explained the matter.

"An ancient safe sold at auction?"

The Glorious Federation Inspector's eyes flashed, and he called out the information of the items intercepted by the Star Pirates. The information of Harrison's team appeared on the screen.

"A group of lucky or unlucky scavengers..."

The Glorious Federation Inspector narrowed his eyes, dropped the Star Pirate, turned around and left, leaving a sentence.

"Set off and find these people!"