The red maple's handling of the aftermath of the attack became the biggest scandal of that year. However, under the armed suppression, the national structure was reshaped, becoming a country of a different style. The people were classified into a pyramid model, and there were almost no steps for promotion between classes. The people could not see hope in their lives, so they became muddle-headed and waited for death.

Are kings, nobles, generals, and ministers born with a silver spoon in their mouths? Under high pressure, resistance organizations were indeed born, but this was no longer the era of cold weapons. The level of weaponry possessed by the state was a completely insurmountable chasm. Without external intervention, it was almost impossible for the "blue sky is dead, yellow sky shall rise" ending to occur. Moreover, the red maple periodically purged "threatening people," and the people went from panic to numbness.

The attack began with the excessive venting of a small number of rioters and ended with more people being unable to bear the consequences, explaining what it means to "strike a stone with an egg" and "an ant trying to shake a tree." The anger of a commoner is not as good as the anger of the emperor, directly leading to the social transformation of red maple, dictatorial rule, and the consolidation of the ruling class's position.

And the source of the change of a gentle government was war. The high pressure of war overwhelmed the red maple government, so it was forced to transfer the pressure to the people, and then it became out of control, just like it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

The people are the cornerstone of the country, just like the parts on a machine. When the "country" machine needs to operate overloaded, the parts will accelerate aging and damage, paying the most youthful years. But as long as a new batch of parts is replaced, the machine can continue to operate. What is damaged are only the replaceable parts, and these discarded parts constitute "carriers of the times."

Han Xiao was interested. He liked the history and stories of civilizations. After Hannes finished speaking, he thought for a while and said, "What does this have to do with the 'secret' you mentioned?"

"What I want to say is that war has changed a lot. I have experienced that darkest period of chaos. Many people were controlled by ideologies, sense of mission, and sense of honor, and became tools of slaughter, but still believed that this was a noble mission. Only a few people woke up, like Bennet, who became a hero, but an era that needs heroes is never a good era. Dirty conspiracies are hidden behind the war, and they are treated as secrets and want to be buried forever, and we want to bring these deeply buried things to light again."

Han Xiao raised his eyebrows. "What's the benefit of this to you?"

"No, but the creatures of this world have the right to know what they have experienced, instead of being kept in the dark and allowing these calculations to be pressed at the bottom of the box by great powers, becoming secrets that will never be opened. I don't think that just because of contact with interstellar civilizations, the originally stable pattern will be fragmented overnight. I don't believe that a so-called theory of internal friction can start a war. There must be a black hand behind the scenes fueling the flames."

Han Xiao said, "Every country has secrets. This doesn't seem strange."

Hannes smiled and said, "Since we have come to a new era, this world should also change. The rules are changing, so why should we still follow the common sense of the past? Moreover, I owe someone a favor. That person has a strong desire for knowledge. He proposed this action, and I joined."

Ho, listening to this tone, it seems that this group of people are anarchists. He died in his previous life, so this mission is very deep. Han Xiao didn't ask any more questions. After thinking about it, he agreed to join. No matter what their original intentions were, at least this was an extremely rare hidden mission, and refusing it would be a waste of nature.

Hannes proposed a meeting, and both sides were in the same city. According to Hannes's guidance, Han Xiao found their safe house.

Everyone met and sized each other up. Han Xiao's eyes swept over Hannes and Wirnina, and then looked at Grewian. He was most curious about this person.

While he was sizing up the three, Hannes and the others were also staring at him.

This is the legendary Black Phantom.

"You're quite powerful," Wirnina said in a calm tone.

"Although we just met today, I owe you a favor for coming to help," Hannes said.

There are so many people who owe me favors, congratulations on joining the family bucket.

Han Xiao casually said, "So what do you want me to do?"

The three looked at each other, and Grewian took out a stack of files and said, "The clues are hidden in years of intelligence. It took me a long time to find some clues. It's very cumbersome. We need to divide the work."

Han Xiao browsed the files, and the panel finally changed.

[【New Era - Origin】]
[This task is a series of linked tasks, you can complete the following goals]
[The End of the Desperate: In Rylander's Hexcel City, find a person named "Old Diwen" and obtain the incomplete copy of the [Sully-485 File] from him]
[The Lost Key: At the capital ruins of the Xishan Kingdom in Southern Continent (coordinates...), find a lost key item [Attachment - Item Appearance] in the ruins. This is the product of the last research project before the fall of the Xishan Kingdom]
[The Sealed Past: West Continent Verneer Settlement (coordinates...), Verneer, the warlord who controls this settlement, his father was a high-ranking military officer of a destroyed country, hiding unknown clues, track Verneer to find the secret]
[Mysterious Prisoner: Decades ago, an intelligence agent from Xinglong was captured and imprisoned by a country, and that country has been destroyed, but the intelligence agent is imprisoned in an unguarded secret prison, and no one has found it. Find him or his relics. The coordinates of the ruins are North Continent...]
[Fellow Traveler: A lone ranger who lives in seclusion in the wilderness, preserving some valuable information. According to intelligence, he recently appeared near the Valley of Remembrance in West Continent. Be careful, he is not an ordinary person. He was also active on the battlefield in the old era. It is recommended to have friendly contact] (Jiang Yuan)
[The current stage is the first ring of the task. As long as you complete one of the goals, you can proceed with the task settlement. The number and situation of completed goals will determine the task requirements for the next ring]
[First Ring Reward: 350,000 experience, additional rewards will be given according to the task evaluation]

Han Xiao raised his eyebrows. This form of task has a high degree of freedom, similar to the camp series tasks in the past, but this main line is obviously more cumbersome, and it is a series of tasks. The completion of the previous ring affects the task requirements in the future.

"This kind of task is usually open-ended. Each ring will grasp different clues, which will lead to different endings. Generally speaking, the more goals you complete, the better, and the evaluation will be higher." Han Xiao had done this type of task before, and there were many possibilities.

It's like walking through a maze. To get to the exit, you must obtain as much information as possible, and the fate of Hannes and others in the previous life represents that this task has a high-risk ending.

The task reward is also worthy of the name of the main line. The basic reward for the first ring alone is 350,000 experience, which is extremely generous, and the additional reward is likely to be random items, skills, and specialties.

But the task is too cumbersome, and the locations are all over three continents, which will consume a lot of his time. It is worthy of A-level difficulty. Han Xiao frowned and was a little troubled.

"I'll give it a try." No matter what, take it first.

Grewian nodded. "These tasks are left to you. The three of us have other actions."

Hannes and the three are all powerful characters from the old era, so their actions must be not simple. Han Xiao decided to ask the dark web people to help pay attention.

After receiving the task requirements, Han Xiao left the safe house.

"What do you think, is he trustworthy?" Wirnina asked.

Hannes shook his head and nodded again. "We don't know much about him. Let's see what he does first."

Grewian said, "The file content I gave him is partly true and partly false. It's only one-tenth of the clues I have. It would be best if he can complete it. If he has other intentions, we won't lose anything anyway. They are just some unverified intelligence."

"He's Bennet's friend, so he should be trustworthy."