Chapter 1 Central Tent

In the center tent of the camp, Han Xiao studied the blueprints on the table, contemplating how to leverage the players' advantages.

At this point, his mission release quota had increased, with the maximum single reward exceeding 60,000 experience points. He was still a bit short of the 80,000 required for a Class C mission. His daily total quota was seven times the single amount, meaning he could deploy missions with a total reward of 420,000 experience points each day. He discovered that the easiest way to increase the quota was to raise favorability with the faction by starting a faction grind. Levels and tiers would come naturally, while legend points were a matter of luck.

The quota didn't require him to spend his own experience points.

Building a city was a huge task, and his quota alone was a drop in the bucket. After much deliberation, Han Xiao decided on a method for issuing missions: dividing the construction of Gray Iron Ruins into different departments, each with a designated person in charge. Players could receive work (missions) from these individuals, thus avoiding the consumption of his own quota.

Establishing the Third Sanctuary was a main quest, and while he could assign tasks to players, logically, the other NPCs in the team could too.

"This should solve the limitation of the mission quota. The other NPCs don't have panels, but since they belong to the city-building team, issuing missions shouldn't be a problem."

Having other NPCs issue missions in his place avoided the limitation of his own quota and also helped his own mission because he had received the integrated task. Thus, the final result of the players building the city was his mission result. The difference between the two missions came from their different identities. Han Xiao was the overall person in charge of the sanctuary, which was his advantage.

Han Xiao suddenly had a new idea. If he encountered this type of large-scale task again, he could replicate this experience, using his advantage as an NPC to gain a higher faction relationship, thus becoming the task issuer and achieving his goals with the help of players.

"That way, I only need to manage the people in charge, and I can coordinate the overall situation and relax as a hands-off manager. I'll have plenty of free time to build machinery and meet the requirements of the five purple equipment items for the class advancement." Han Xiao nodded secretly. He could complete the main quest and also free up time for his own development. It was simply perfect.

Moreover, this wasn't exploiting the players. They could also do missions and get benefits. Their participation in building the city could strengthen cohesion, and once the sanctuary was established, all participants would feel a sense of accomplishment and pride: "This city was built by us players!"

A win-win situation!

Han Xiao had a bold idea.

"Perhaps I can build this sanctuary into something like a player main city. The added bonus to my influence would be unparalleled. Everyone who comes to the sanctuary will see my name!"

Having finalized the details, he summoned some of the lower-level leaders of the engineering team and the guard team for a meeting, gathering them all together.

"Where's Liu Chao? Why isn't he at the meeting?" Han Xiao glanced around.

Everyone didn't react for a moment. Someone carefully said, "You sent him out to contact the Wanderers…"

"Nonsense, would I forget that?"

Han Xiao glared, and before everyone could react, he coughed and said sternly, "Building the sanctuary from scratch is a major project. I've divided the blueprint construction into thirteen departments. This is the information, covering construction, exploration, and so on… Each department has a person in charge. My goal is to complete the blueprint construction as soon as possible, preferably within a month."

"We don't have that much manpower. Even with the Heteromorphs outside, it's not enough…" someone said.

"You don't need to worry about that. We'll have manpower sooner or later." Han Xiao tapped the table with his fingers, emphasizing, "Is that clear?"

Everyone had no choice but to nod. A month was too rushed, but since it was the requirement of their direct superior, they could only do their best, or they wouldn't be able to bear the consequences. Although Han Xiao was still relatively amiable, no one forgot that he was the organization's super-strong combatant, a legend who had killed countless people, and the current number one on the assassin list.

Han Xiao announced the appointments for the people in charge, and Huang Yu didn't get a position.

On the contrary, Huang Yu was quite happy to have nothing to do. Although several thousand Heteromorphs had come, it was still a drop in the bucket. It was impossible to complete the prototype within a month. The Third Sanctuary could only proceed step by step, taking several months to complete the construction. By that time, the First Sanctuary would have already been completed. As an assistant, he didn't have many benefits, so he had no intention of helping.

Huang Yu had just told Bennett about the Heteromorphs coming to help Han Xiao. Bennett was very calm and had no objections, which showed that Bennett trusted Black Star very much, and the two had a very good relationship. Huang Yu also roughly understood why Bennett sent him to be an assistant, which was to choose a capable assistant to help a friend.

"It's all because I'm too outstanding." Huang Yu sighed helplessly.

As the meeting came to an end, Han Xiao had already explained the affairs of each department clearly. Finally, his expression became very serious, and he said in a deep voice, "Everything that needs to be said has been said. Now, there is a very urgent task that must be done first."

Seeing Han Xiao's serious expression, everyone became nervous.

Looking around, Han Xiao said solemnly, "First, write the name of the sanctuary on it. Remember to use my name."

The tense expressions on everyone's faces instantly collapsed.

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The people in charge of each department left the camp, organizing manpower in an orderly manner according to Han Xiao's instructions. The long-awaited players immediately surrounded them, choosing different divisions of labor according to their own preferences, triggering different city-building missions.

Gray Iron Ruins was divided into five areas, east, south, west, north, and center, which was clear at a glance. The missions for the players were also divided into different areas.

After receiving the missions, the players immediately formed teams on the spot to find people to do the missions together. The night was even livelier than the day.

The most important work was to drive away wild beasts and clear the ruins before various constructions could be carried out. With the stadium as the center, player teams radiated out, dispersing to various areas of Gray Iron Ruins.

Gunshots rang out from time to time. There were many wild beasts inhabiting Gray Iron Ruins, giving players plenty of opportunities to fight.

These construction missions could be repeated, and the rewards were generous. Moreover, the panel prompted the players that they were building the Third Sanctuary, and there would be extra massive experience after success, so their enthusiasm was even higher.

Black Star's Third Sanctuary. The name of this city had the words "Black Star" in it, making the players' impression of Han Xiao even deeper.

A sanctuary named after a person sounded very impressive.

On the first night, the players cleared a large area, and the efficiency shocked the people of the Dark Net. This was equivalent to the speed of ten thousand workers!

The players were all Supers, with added work ability, and they had panels to help them. What to do in the mission was clear at a glance, and their purpose was very clear.

While the players and the Dark Net engineering team were working enthusiastically, Han Xiao received a call from Feng Yue. He had previously left Feng Yue a mission to find him when she reached level 20. Remembering this, he brought her into the camp.

He hadn't seen her for a while, and Feng Yue looked around curiously. Han Xiao also called over the other three in consideration. He was prepared to give the four of them some extra missions.

The four backup choices finally met. With Han Xiao's current ability, he had more than enough to train four players: Kuang Dao and Hao Tian, two former professional masters in his previous life, one now a Mechanic, the other a Martial Arts specialist; Feng Yue, one of the earliest rising Mechanics in his previous life; Rou Bao Da Gou, a well-known video uploader.

These four each had their own characteristics and could help in different ways. At this time, they were all standing in front of Han Xiao, looking at each other.

As the only female player, Feng Yue was treated preferentially. The other three nodded to her, expressing goodwill.

"Ah, so cute." Feng Yue stared at Hao Tian, her eyes shining, looking as if she wanted to devour him alive.

Sweat appeared on Hao Tian's forehead, and he stood straight without moving, watching Feng Yue run into his arms… more precisely, the bear cub he was holding, rubbing and kneading it, loving it to bits.

The bear cub was confused the whole time, shrinking into Hao Tian's arms and biting Feng Yue's finger a few times.

"Aaaah, so adorable~" Little stars lit up in Feng Yue's eyes, her maternal instincts overflowing. She looked up and begged, "Great God, can I hold it?"

"Be clearer next time." Hao Tian's face was stiff, and he couldn't wait to hand the bear cub to Feng Yue, taking two steps back, relieved.

Rou Bao also came over, extending his finger to tease the bear cub. The bear cub was stupid and cute, and its reactions were always slow. Its fleshy bear paws kept slapping away the big hand that was kneading its butt. The Kuang Dao next to him looked straight ahead, always looking at Han Xiao, with a serious look as if he was waiting for instructions at any time.

"Alright, alright, stop playing with my bear." Han Xiao coughed, interrupting the few people, and said, "I am building a sanctuary, you also go to help." Saying that, he set additional missions for the four of them. Completing a certain number of missions for each person in charge could get extra rewards.

Other players didn't have this preferential treatment. These four players were his own people, and Han Xiao would put in the effort to train them.

The four naturally had no objections. They took the missions and walked out, but Feng Yue stayed behind, asking cautiously, "Can I learn skills?"

Han Xiao nodded, opening the panel for her. He could teach these four players skills at any time. Other than his trump card abilities, everything else could be used to earn experience.

Feng Yue also went down the Mechanic path and could be trained as an apprentice. Feng Yue was a casual player who preferred lifestyle gameplay, and training her as an assistant was very worthwhile. Han Xiao was also not stingy, and he had a good impression of Feng Yue.

In his previous life, the rookie Han Xiao started playing from version 1.0, also choosing the Mechanic class, and had also experienced losing streaks in PvP, once being discouraged about the Mechanic class. If it weren't for his love for it, he almost switched accounts. In the version 3.0 professional arena, Feng Yue, who was participating in the competition for the first time, became a dark horse, signaling the rise of the Mechanic class, giving Han Xiao no small amount of encouragement. When he was young, he was a fan of Feng Yue for a while.

Later, his skills became more and more proficient, and he gradually became one of the representative masters of the Mechanic class. Although he was not a professional player, the legend of Han Xiao spread throughout the martial world. Players on the forum often discussed what rank those famous wandering masters would achieve if they participated in the professional league. Han Xiao was a perennially popular topic.

Han Xiao became stronger and stronger, but Feng Yue was like a comet, leaving a strong mark on the game's milestone but quickly streaking across the sky and sinking into silence. She only shone in the third and fourth versions. After all, Feng Yue came from a casual player background, and her PvP level improved slowly. Not everyone had Han Xiao's interest in painstakingly studying a game.

In later versions, Feng Yue almost disappeared from the professional arena. It was said that she had terminated her contract with the club. Her brilliance only remained in the memories of old players.

The Feng Yue in front of him was delicate and cute, hard to overlap with the figure in his memory who had dominated the professional league. Looking at Feng Yue, who was tangled up in choosing skills at this time, Han Xiao felt somewhat complicated.

"This time, I wonder what will happen?"

With him, the little butterfly that changed the plot, Feng Yue's future, he didn't know if it would be like his previous life, a flash in the pan?