Chapter 146 Washing in the Sun

The spectators at the scene and in front of their screens were unable to calm down for a long time, watching the Black Star Army fleet set off and leave.

At this moment, in their hearts, the status of the Black Star Army instantly rose to the same level as the War Realm, firmly etched in their minds.

On the way back, Han Xiao changed course midway, passing by a star. In order to test the effect of the [Heber Star Furnace Training Method], he had the fleet stop and flew towards the surface of the star himself.

Without wearing any mecha, the intense radiation and high temperature directly shone on him, the closer he got, the higher the temperature.

Approaching a certain distance, the [Heber Star Furnace Training Method] on the panel changed from gray to bright, showing that it was available.

Investing millions of experience points, Han Xiao directly started his first practice.

The Qi Strength in his body instantly boiled, frantically absorbing the energy of the star's radiation, his skin immediately turned fiery red, and the brightness was still increasing.

"Perfect, I can trigger [Radiation Energy Absorption] at the same time."

At this time, a solar prominence ejected from the surface of the star came head-on, like a fiery red tsunami. Han Xiao didn't dodge or evade, allowing the star's energy to engulf him, spraying on his body, taking away a small portion of his health.

In the high-temperature environment, his health was constantly declining, but it was quickly filled up by the blood-mana conversion. The effect of the Star Furnace Training Method depended on the length of stay on the star. The reason it was a high-level secret method was precisely because few Supers below Grade A could survive on a star, but with Grand Technician Han's durability, he could stay on a star until the end of time.

"I'm really bathing in a star now." Han Xiao played with a ball of star energy, patting it on his chest muscles like foam, shaking his head and smiling.

After holding on for half an hour, the panel prompted that the training effect had reached its limit. Only then did Han Xiao move away from the star, the number of training sessions for the Star Furnace Training Method became 1, adding 25 points of Qi Strength.

"Half an hour each time, adding twenty-five points of Qi Strength each time, I can train six hundred and fifty times. After completing all the sessions, I can increase my Qi Strength by more than sixteen thousand points, which translates to more than eighty thousand extra health regeneration."

Han Xiao was in a good mood. After reaching Super-A Grade, improving strength became more difficult than before. Opportunities to improve so much Qi Strength were rare, giving him a feeling of obtaining a peerless divine skill.

After testing the effect of the Star Furnace Training Method, Han Xiao had the fleet set off. After dealing with the affairs of the legion, he would have free time to complete this set of Qi Strength training secret methods.

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"The Black Star Army has allied with the Crimson Empire. The Crimson Empire declares ownership of the Evolution Cube, forcing the Void Spirit Religion to retreat."

"Black Star becomes famous in one battle, and the Overlord is forced to retreat!"

"Several of our on-site reporters were unfortunately killed. According to incomplete statistics, the casualties among the spectators reached ten million…"

The grand event of the duel had come to an end, but the impact it caused was like a hurricane sweeping through the Shattered Star Ring, dominating the headlines of major news channels.

This grand event attracted too much attention. Five Super-A Grades gathered in the Shattered Star Ring. Although the process was not long, the situation changed with twists and turns. For everyone, Black Star was the biggest protagonist of this grand event, fighting back and forth with the Overlord, and the most amazing thing was the Crimson Empire's defection, publicly announcing Black Star's joining. Before this, no one had anticipated this situation.

Everyone knew that this meant that another Super-A Grade had gained a firm foothold in the Star Sea, and a new and huge force was about to be born. Today's deeds were enough to be recorded in the history of the Shattered Star Ring. This was a signal of changing the star field's structure.

And on the day after the duel ended, the Black Star Army publicly issued a recruitment order to the entire star field.

For a time, countless people who were originally watching all became excited.

—The Black Star Army has the Crimson Empire as its background, so there is no worry about resources. Moreover, the leader of the faction, Black Star, is a Super-A Grade who has proven his strength. Such a good new force has a bright future, and there are too many benefits to joining it.

The Black Star Army's recruitment order was like a depth charge, setting off a monstrous wave in the Shattered Star Ring. On the second day of the recruitment order's issuance, spaceships set off from various star clusters, heading straight for the Black Star Army's headquarters in the Colton Star Cluster.

There was a massive response. This was the largest recruitment scale in the history of the legion. Phillip received tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of resumes and application forms every day.

And many forces in the Shattered Star Ring also extended olive branches to the Black Star Army.

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"You want to merge into my name and let me serve as the chief director of the Mercenary Alliance? This is not a problem, but you can continue to be responsible for the daily affairs… Yes, that's what I mean. Let's do it this way. After a while, we will jointly declare to the star field that the Mercenary Alliance is affiliated with me."

Hanging up Gulejia's communication, Han Xiao rubbed his nose. In the past few days, he didn't know how many forces had contacted him, making various requests.

There were forces like the Mercenary Alliance who wanted to borrow his name. Generally, these were forces that had a good relationship with him in the past. For example, Fifth Sealer of Godora called yesterday, saying that he wanted to conduct another political visit, and euphemistically expressed that he hoped that the Black Star Army would not relocate its headquarters and would always stay near Golden Gate Star.

Due to the existence of the Black Star Army, Golden Gate Star had ushered in an explosive development period in recent years. It was also a transportation hub, and the economy was extremely prosperous.

Fifth Sealer also planned to invite Han Xiao to become an honorary officer of Godora. This calculation was a bit too loud and was rejected by Han Xiao. Having a Gaul Gold Statue Medal was enough. If he were to be awarded another honor now, it would mean the Black Star Army's stance, which would be detrimental to the surrounding areas.

A star system civilization could not satisfy Han Xiao's appetite now. With a cheat item like the Evolution Cube in hand, it would be a waste not to use it to integrate more civilizations. Therefore, it was not suitable to stand on Godora's position so clearly.

Many star system civilizations in the Colton Star Cluster also contacted him. Many of them were partners who shared the mining rights of resource planets. Now that he had established his position through the battle with the Overlord, these civilizations were all thinking about deepening their relationship. In addition to exchanging for a Super-A Grade's position, the more important thing was to covet the Evolution Cube and wanted to use it.

The terms of deepening the alliance included expanding the mining area of resource planets and establishing more branches. In summary, basically all civilizations took out a portion of their own pie and distributed it to Han Xiao, accepting the Black Star Army as a new member of the Star Sea's top forces.

However, regarding the Evolution Cube agreement, Han Xiao had been stalling the other civilizations and had not finalized it. With such a good thing as the Evolution Cube in hand, he did not intend to take it out so eagerly to exchange for benefits. Anyway, he was in a seller's market, so it was more stable to take it slowly.

There were also some small armed forces that requested to join the Black Star Army, including forces led by Calamity Grades, and even a few organizations in the Zero Organisation wanted to become members of the legion. After all, the temptation of the Crimson Empire was too great.

The last part was the interstellar consortiums, all of which were big spenders, actively injecting capital to solve the funding problem for the legion's expansion. Money had extraordinary power. The scale to which the Black Star Army could expand this wave depended to a certain extent on the investment of these consortiums.

Before he could rest for a few minutes, the communicator rang again. This time it was a call from Sui.

"Black Star… No, I should call you Your Excellency Black Star." Sui said with a smile.

Han Xiao also teased him a few times, then asked, "Envoy, what can I do for you today?"

When it came to business, Sui stopped chatting and said, "Now that we have announced the alliance, subsequent cooperation will gradually unfold. Due to your joining, the empire has decided to deal with the affairs of the Shattered Star Ring first, which is the secret war you mentioned."

"Oh?" Han Xiao raised an eyebrow.

"Klent is preparing to submit a proposal to the Star Sea Civilization General Assembly to re-plan the Colton Star Cluster and the Sorl Star Cluster region, mediated and adjudicated by our three major civilizations."

The Star Sea Civilization General Assembly was the most official civilization alliance established by the three major civilizations. Basically, all super star cluster-level civilizations, star cluster-level civilizations, star system-level civilizations, and even some special ethnic groups in all star fields have seats in it. It unites the vast majority of civilizations in the universe to discuss various matters and is very formal.

"Klent is also your ally, what are you going to do?" Han Xiao asked.

"You're right, we are preparing to privately negotiate with Klent and ask them to give up the idea of submitting the proposal." Sui nodded. Klent was an ally, and the empire would not go too far. They would not sit idly by and watch Klent submit the proposal without planning to help.

In fact, Klent's attempt to seize the territory of the Purple Crystal was not authorized by the Crimson Empire. They were just using the empire's banner to satisfy their own ambitions. This kind of thing was too common. As long as it did not cross the line, the Crimson Empire would turn a blind eye. Now that there was a demand, they were also qualified to call a halt to Klent's plan.

Of course, the empire would provide compensation and would give Klent extra benefits in the division of territories in the Flickering World.

"Klent is very sensible, they will agree. Besides, it's useless if they don't agree. The Void Spirit Religion was tricked by us, and they will definitely get stuck on Klent's proposal on this matter. If we don't speak up, the proposal cannot be passed." Sui spread his hands.

"That's true." Han Xiao nodded. He didn't think that the Void Spirit Religion would be willing to swallow their anger. They would definitely find a way to get back at them in other places. The political stage was one aspect.

"Now your Black Star Army and the War Realm are our allies, and we will work together to develop the Flickering World in the future. After resolving the secret war, you need to have a good talk and turn enemies into friends." Sui said.

The Crimson Empire valued the development of the Flickering World, and the two allies in the Shattered Star Ring were the pioneers of exploration. The empire did not want to see the two allies affect the progress of the new star field's exploration due to their mutual grudges. Even if it was only a superficial reconciliation, they wanted to see it.

"Alright, I don't care, I just don't know what kind of mental journey the Little Overlord has gone through." Han Xiao shrugged.

Hearing this, Sui smiled helplessly. The one who lost the most this time was the Overlord, and he probably had a lot of opinions.

After a pause, Sui continued: "There is one last thing. The empire will send the first batch of people to be modified by the Evolution Cube over after a while. I will notify you then."

Han Xiao nodded. This was the content of the transaction, giving the Crimson Empire the right to use the Evolution Cube.

He didn't know who the first batch of people selected by the Crimson Empire would be. They were probably the elite of the empire. Han Xiao felt that there might be some famous people he "knew" inside.

After chatting for a few more words, Han Xiao ended the communication. Just as he hung up the phone, the communicator rang again. It was an unknown number.

Han Xiao paused, connected the conversation, and suddenly his expression changed.

On the screen was unexpectedly the ugly face of the Otherworldly Overlord.

"Black Star." The Otherworldly Overlord had a strange smile on his face and nodded in greeting.

Han Xiao stared at the screen without speaking. He didn't expect the Otherworldly Overlord to contact him. He was quite afraid of this notorious Super-A Grade thug.

"I have a deal I want to talk to you about."

"…Speak."

The Otherworldy Overlord smiled lightly, "Don't worry, I won't rob you of your Evolution Cube. You are different from Sisko. You are not as stubborn as him."

"What do you want to say?"

"Now the Evolution Cube is in your hands…" The Otherworldy Overlord said slowly: "Let's make a deal. You let me use the Evolution Cube once, and I will help you accomplish one thing."

Han Xiao immediately narrowed his eyes. He definitely didn't believe the Otherworldy Overlord's words that he wouldn't rob the Evolution Cube. Trading with the Otherworldy Overlord was no different from plotting with a tiger.

But before he could answer, the Otherworldy Overlord continued: "I understand, your alliance with the Crimson Empire has just begun, and you still have concerns, but someone like you who is bound by order, may need a lawless thug to do some things for you at certain times… You don't have to rush to answer me. Give me an answer when you've thought about it."

Smiling, the Otherworldy Overlord took the initiative to hang up the communication.

Han Xiao frowned, his finger hovering over the option to delete the Otherworldy Overlord's encrypted number.

He was silent for a long time.

His finger slid slightly.

The Otherworldy Overlord's number was put on the blacklist.

It was not deleted.

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Spaceships landed on Aquamarine, with the logos of various consortiums engraved on them. These were material transport ships, carrying a massive amount of resources.

Bennet led the Aquamarine Federation's delegation standing on the hangar dock, watching the mechanical workers move the material boxes from the ship one by one with emotion.

As the hometown of a Super-A Grade, they had received more investment from interstellar consortiums.

Bennet couldn't help turning his head, looking through the hangar door towards the huge Black Star statue in the center of the city, a trace of relief and gratitude flashing in his eyes.

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(I attended the annual meeting today and lived with July's new episodes. It was fun to see all the great gods, and I was urged to update by Old Eagle, who ruthlessly ravaged my little heart _(:ᗤ」ㄥ)_)

ps: Recommend a book, "I am the Boss Behind the Scenes", written by One Slash Kill Kill Kill, it's pretty good.

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