Chapter 162 The Red Empire's Intentions

The Battle of Dragon Rise Hill seemed to be a signal. In the following two days, beacons of war blazed across Milton Star. The player alliances fought endlessly, switching battlefields constantly. Hundreds or even thousands of battles occurred every moment, spreading across various strongholds. It was as if Milton Star had been bombarded for two days straight, the surface scarred and ravaged by tens of millions, even hundreds of millions of players.

The forums were devoid of other topics. You could basically only see two types of posts: one was hostile players sending their regards to each other's ancestors for eighteen generations, and the other was the battle reports from *Starlight Times* and various war correspondents.

Because there were too many battlefields, Han Xiao couldn't keep track of them all. He only paid attention to the achievements of the Yan Huang Alliance on the first day. After seeing that the Yan Huang Alliance had won the Battle of Dragon Rise Hill and achieved a good start, he didn't follow up closely. He basically just looked at Rou Bao's and *Starlight Times'* battle reports every few hours to understand the overall changes in the World Server War.

Overall, the Yan Huang Alliance currently had the biggest advantage. The Pan-Federation of Commerce and other guild alliances suffered heavy losses in the first day's battle and had obviously become much more cautious. They didn't dare to be reckless anymore and began to use sneaky tactics to constantly feint and harass the various strongholds of the Yan Huang Alliance.

The Yan Huang Alliance and the Three Great Civilizations front led by the September Roundtable didn't organize large-scale battles in the past two days either. At most, they were just local skirmishes. The most enthusiastic fighters in the past two days were actually the neutral solo player camp.

The neutral solo player camp had the largest number of players. Many solo player guilds formed temporary small alliances, not only killing each other crazily, but also some fierce players teamed up to launch attacks on the strongholds of the Black Star Army faction and the other two major factions. Most of them were repelled, but a small number managed to take down some strongholds from the three mainstream factions.

In similar activities, cleaning up solo players was originally the first thing to do. The big fish eat the small fish, and then they fight each other to avoid being preyed upon later. However, the situation here was special. The intensity of the war was extremely high. The number of revivals, which players usually didn't care about, had now become the most important strategic resource.

The three mainstream factions had the ability to eliminate any solo player force, but it was absolutely impossible to do so without any losses. The players were fearless and would never give up resisting, which would inevitably cause them some losses. In their opinion, using precious revival chances on solo players was a complete waste. They wouldn't be able to sustain the war, and their troops would only become weaker and weaker, putting them at a disadvantage in the confrontation.

Moreover, large-scale sweeping of solo players would likely lead to the solo players uniting to resist, and they might end up shooting themselves in the foot and being blown up by the solo players.

Although there was no time limit written in the war rules, everyone had an understanding that they had to fight for victory within six days. Otherwise, when the number of revivals refreshed, it would be another cycle, which would be a huge loss for the guild alliances.

Because even if the players could revive, their resources would definitely become less and less as they fought. If they had to go through another round, the guild alliance's inventory would be severely depleted, and normal players wouldn't be willing to accept too many death penalties.

In the Black Star Palace's exclusive mechanical workshop, Han Xiao put away a newly made Tyrant mechanical suit and casually opened the forum to browse today's battle reports.

[《Yan Huang Alliance Eight-Hour Battle Report: Win Rate Continues to Rise》-by Rou Bao Da Gou: "The Yan Huang Alliance conducted a total of 41 battles in the past eight hours, including 4 million-level battles, 11 five-hundred-thousand-level local battles, 22 one-hundred-thousand-level local battles, and 4 small-scale team battles. There were no ten-million-level battles. Among them, they won 29 battles and lost 12, with a win rate of 70.73%, an increase of 3.16% compared to yesterday. The overall average casualty index rose from 2.375 to 2.814, continuing to lead the guild's average survival list, and the gap with the second place continued to widen. The current gap has reached 0.703!"]

[《Great Victory at Flying Stone Cliff》-by *Starlight Times* (China Region): "Today, the strongholds of the Pan-Federation of Commerce and the Northern Front in Haywood Valley were raided by the September Roundtable and Denland. Because the teleportation array was interfered with, the Pan-Federation of Commerce and the Northern Front dispatched troops nearby to support Haywood Valley's strongholds from a long distance. However, they were ambushed by the Yan Huang Alliance when they passed through Flying Stone Cliff, suffering heavy losses. It is reported that the Yan Huang Alliance secretly sent a troop to log off in this underground area yesterday, using the online-offline tactic to catch the enemy off guard, achieving a great victory with a battle damage ratio of less than 0.6:1!"]

[《Daily Teasing》-by Yan Huang Alliance War Correspondent Group: "Today, another tragedy caused by off-field factors occurred. A boss of the Blood Howl Headshot Sect bribed a high-level magic-type player from the Sith Empire's main stronghold. This traitor secretly tampered with the magic circuit of the main base's No. 2 material teleportation array, leaving a teleportation beacon. When these two guild alliances were engaged in a fierce battle, the Blood Howl Headshot Sect used this beacon to send a fully armed troop to the enemy's home, attacking from both inside and outside, causing the Sith Empire to collapse on the spot! Afterward, this traitor and the boss were placed on the blacklist of major guilds and have been hunted down. Let us reiterate once again—those who play off-field, their mothers will definitely face rising vegetable prices tonight!"]

There were countless similar battle reports. Han Xiao happily scanned through them and looked at which guild alliances were eliminated today. After browsing the posts for about half an hour, he exited the forum.

"Di di di—"

Just then, the communicator rang. It was Tarrokov, the marshal of the Empire Exploration Army, whom he hadn't contacted in a long time.

"Yo, it's Old Tar, what's up?" Han Xiao answered the call and asked with a smile.

"Have you been paying attention to the war between the Undying?" Tarrokov asked with a serious tone.

"Hey, I have a bunch of Undying under my command, how could I not pay attention? We're already so close, do you still need to test me like this? Did the Empire's higher-ups send you?"

Han Xiao's heart stirred, and he roughly guessed the other party's intention.

"Hmm..." Tarrokov didn't deny it and slowly said, "What I want to ask is, how much do you really know about the Undying?"

Han Xiao rolled his eyes and asked, "Be more specific."

"Alright... the intelligence department and the Empire Academy of Sciences have never stopped observing the Undying. The earliest batch of Undying appeared on Aquamarine, and they were basically recruited by you. You seem to have a deep understanding of them. We want to know, why do the Undying disappear from time to time? Why does their overall strength improve when they reappear after a large-scale disappearance? Is there an upper limit to this improvement? Can they really be completely controlled?"

A series of questions came crashing down. Han Xiao didn't respond immediately, his eyes flashing as he sensed the change in the Crimson Empire's attitude.

The Three Great Civilizations had been researching the Undying on their own, and now they were finally asking him, the apparent "expert." It was the impact of the World Server War that had made them pay more attention to the Undying again!

The nickname "Cancer of the Universe" had been around for most of the version. Players had been scattered and active in different events. Even the previous Black Star Cup was just a competition-style team battle. But this time, the various forces truly saw a large-scale war involving only the Undying.

Weapons and fleets weren't exaggerated, and the scene couldn't compare to the grandeur of interstellar warfare. Only the intensity of the Superpower battles was shocking. The Undying from different camps had fought before, but this time it was especially terrifying.

The higher civilizations could still remain calm, merely feeling surprised, but those smaller forces could be said to be frightened!

——So this is the infighting between the Cancer of the Universe. We underestimated how fierce these people are!

Thinking of the characteristics that the Undying had shown in the past, the Empire didn't have the leisure to continue their slow research. They immediately approached Han Xiao, wanting to ask for more detailed information.

"I don't know that much, I guess you guys already know what I know..."

Han Xiao naturally wouldn't reveal his secrets and just said a bunch of things that all the major forces could observe, nothing special.

"You really only know this much?" Tarrokov asked, unwilling to give up.

"Otherwise? I just summarized some rules earlier, I'm not one of the Undying, how could I know everything?" Han Xiao chuckled.

"That's true..."

Tarrokov nodded.

In fact, the Crimson Empire had suspected decades ago that Black Star might be an Undying.

...But no one had ever been able to kill him, so there was no way to verify the truth.

In the end, because Black Star didn't disappear intermittently like the Undying, the Empire dismissed this suspicion.

After seeing Tarrokov off, Han Xiao's smile faded, and his expression became solemn.

He opened the interface and looked at the experience bar, estimating it.

'With the current efficiency of harvesting experience, after this battle, before the opening of the Professional League, I will have enough experience to complete the Level 340 advancement... Hmm, I can use the Evolutionary Totem again this time.'

Han Xiao frowned slightly.

As the players' strength increased, the cosmic situation would become more turbulent. Only by advancing to a higher level as soon as possible could he cope with all the changes. At that time, no matter what the higher civilizations' reaction was, he could deal with it.

...

The Infinite Financial Group's players were also a part of the World Server War, belonging to a large force in the neutral solo player camp.

Sorokin was also paying attention to this war, but he wasn't just observing, he had other plans in mind.

"This seems to be a good opportunity to attract the Undying..."

Sorokin's eyes flickered.

He had always been keen on recruiting the Undying. Although he didn't know the truth about the players, Han Xiao's path had inspired him.

Sorokin had carefully studied the Black Star Army's history, especially the Black Star Army's methods of attracting the Undying. He summarized past cases and found many patterns.

Now, Sorokin felt that he had learned Black Star's methods and mastered them.

"This time, so many forces of the Undying are fighting among themselves, it's a good opportunity for the Infinite Financial Group to make a name for itself among the Undying. If the Infinite Financial Group's Undying win in the end, that should attract some Undying to join the financial group..."

Under normal circumstances, the Infinite Financial Group's Undying didn't have any advantage. If he wanted them to win, he had to intervene. Anyway, he wasn't burdened by fame like other Super A Grades. Even if it spread out that a dignified Super A Grade was shamelessly interfering in the infighting of B Grade Supers, it wouldn't reduce his reputation—because there was no such thing in the first place.

As a Super A Grade, even without revealing his true strength, he would be enough to determine the outcome of this level of war. Moreover, his abilities were extremely secretive. If he made some subtle moves, he believed that these B Grade Undying wouldn't be able to detect it.

"Looks like it's worth a try, let's do it..." Sorokin secretly made a decision.

His guess was actually quite accurate, but he couldn't see the forum, so he lacked the most crucial information... He didn't know the reason for the players' infighting at all, and he didn't know that the rules didn't allow NPCs to interfere!

The Infinite Financial Group's players didn't dare to break the rules and invested a lot of resources into the national war, diligently maintaining their current good results...

However, what they didn't expect was that their camp leader was preparing to take them away in one wave.