I am called Tomar Taykin.

I was born in Yellow Leaf Town in the Kingdom of Heruiyin. Before I had any memories, I was taken in by the town's only orphanage and spent my childhood there.

I still remember when I was six years old, I saw some children in the town, a few years older than me, doing strange things to Sister Shana in an alley two streets away from the orphanage.

Sister Shana was the oldest child in the orphanage. She usually took good care of everyone, and we all regarded her as our sister. She had freckles on her face, and I thought she looked very good and gentle when she smiled, with cute dimples on her cheeks. I often dreamed of her when I was little.

I thought they were bullying Sister Shana, so I picked up a stone and injured someone's forehead. Then they beat me up. When I grew up, I realized what they had done to Sister Shana.

After that incident, Sister Shana left the town without saying goodbye to us. I don't know where she went.

Later, the parents of the guy whose head I had smashed found the orphanage to complain. The director scolded me. I asked the director why my parents didn't stand up for me. He said that my parents had died a long time ago. They went to the mountains to gather things and encountered a demon spirit.

That's when I realized that I had no one to rely on in the world.

Later, when I was ten years old, I left the orphanage and became an apprentice in the town's carpenter shop.

When I was fifteen, my teacher took a job and took us to nearby Stoneheart City. We worked for half a month and finally completed the job. That night, Peer mysteriously said he was going to take me to a good place—he was a senior apprentice at the carpenter shop, a few years older than me—and then we went to a tavern in Stoneheart City called "Honey." That was the first time I drank alcohol, and there I saw Sister Shana, whom I hadn't seen for many years.

She was working in the tavern, wearing heavy makeup. She smiled more than before, but I thought her smile was so fake. It reminded me of the smiling face dolls I had carved countless times.

Her job was to deliver food to the guests. Whenever she passed by, people would touch her. Every time this happened, she would smile more obviously, and even more falsely. I remembered that she was still very young, but I found that she already had wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.

Peer said that I was an adult, and he had already paid. Sister Shana would take me upstairs and help me complete my rite of passage. I realized that she had become a prostitute, and her business was very good, with many patrons.

I remember that my brain went blank at the time. I fought with Peer, but I didn't win—he was taller and stronger than me. He pinned me down and beat me violently. Sister Shana didn't come up to help. I don't know if she recognized me.

Then I was thrown out of the tavern. My eyes were very swollen, and my body hurt a lot, but I didn't want to go back to the hotel. I wandered alone in the street.

It was on this night that I met the legendary wizard.

Sometimes I can't help but sigh that life is full of unexpected encounters. I never thought when I was young that I would become a wizard in the future.

In the next five years, I studied various spells and the manufacturing processes of magic potions at the Stoneheart City Assembly. Mr. Lanli often praised me for having talent. I don't know if it's true... In short, I stepped into another hidden world, and my past life became out of reach.

Others established a mission for me, which was to defeat a man named Vosumed. Although I didn't understand him, everyone said he was my enemy.

When I was twenty years old, I met four guys who claimed to be "gods." I didn't expect that this would be a turning point in my life's destiny.

Their appearance changed everything. They easily completed the Assembly's 50-year struggle goal. I saw my enemy Vosumed for the first time, and then he was casually killed by the gods.

The gods chose me and took me to the kingdom of God. I thought I would become a devout believer in the future, but everything that happened next subverted all my understanding.

We boarded a huge iron box, and this iron box could actually fly, all the way into the depths of the starry sky. The world I was in was actually a ball?!

Why is it a ball! I can't figure it out!

The God of Luck told me that my world is called Narn Star, which is a thing called "planet." Outside the planet is a space called "universe," and in the universe, there are countless planets like Narn Star.

I was really scared. This shocked me even more than the existence of gods. Even my most extreme imagination could not have imagined this situation.

However, His Excellency the God of Luck actually told me that the so-called "gods" are just a joke. They are just visitors from the universe, and I am the only person on Narn Star who has entered interstellar space—God, I can't believe I would encounter such a thing!

He said his name was Fording, and he told me what the real world was like. All of this destroyed my past worldview.

Fording said that they were all members of the Black Star Army, and the guy who lied to me was the leader of the army. I have never seen such a shameless person...

But I am actually quite grateful to him. If he hadn't chosen me, I would have always been an ignorant native in Fording's words, and would never have been able to touch the true face of the universe—His Excellency Black Star changed my life.

The Black Star Army seemed to be a very powerful organization in the universe, and I became a member of the Black Star Army as a matter of course... Well, I'm used to this kind of thing. Just like the Assembly, I joined a force inexplicably again.

For several days in a row, I was in a state of confusion. Fording taught me common sense while persuading me, saying that if I didn't know what to do, I should take helping my home planet as my life goal—this is the mission of being a pioneer of civilization.

Honestly, I prefer this mission.

Mr. Fording helped me a lot. I think he is a good person, and he smiles very well, just like Sister Shana used to.

A few days later, I was sent on another spaceship. They were going to send me to the Black Star Army headquarters to learn magic, saying that I had talent—alas, why does everyone think I am a genius at learning magic? It's just inexplicable. Isn't magic supposed to be very simple?

I was handed over to a guy who looked like he had no love for life. He said that he would be my teacher from now on.

To be honest, I don't think a guy who tells me that "magic is actually useless, just learn a little bit so I can get the job done" is suitable to be a teacher...

...

Three months later.

Maxiber Star.

This is a famous neutral planet in the Broken Star Ring, located on the edge of the Star Field, not controlled by any civilization.

At this moment, Han Xiao's spaceship is hovering over Maxiber Star.

It has been three months since the trip to Narn Star.

In these three months, the secret war has broken out in the largest battle to date. Due to the rumors that the Crimson Empire's negotiations had achieved preliminary success, the Zero Organization and the War Realm went to war on all fronts in order to buy time. Both sides were bloodthirsty, abandoned all conservative tactics, and only had head-to-head confrontation.

The battle was extremely tragic. In just three months, the number of Calamity Grade powerhouses who died on both sides totaled nearly a hundred.

However, Han Xiao did not participate in the war. Psionic Crystal tacitly allowed him to slack off, but the Black Star Army ate so many resources that they had to fight.

The army was presided over by Raki and Merlot. The players topped the work of dying, so the casualties of the middle and lower level combat power were within an acceptable range. As for the high-level combat power, due to the lack of the leader Black Star, many Calamity Grade cadres were injured, but Han Xiao let Aurora make a lot of super-recovery potions, which could save lives at critical moments. Therefore, the army's high-level combat power was safe and sound, and no one died.

Han Xiao took Hela, Aurora, and Fording to run around the Star Field, doing side quests everywhere. Tomar was the only protagonist-type character he had abducted. He threw this new leek to Raki to slowly cultivate. Han Xiao gained five new talents in three months.

Three ordinary talents, two rare talents, each with its own use, the actual combat power has been improved to a certain extent, but the biggest gain is not the talents, but the experience accumulated in three months.

The army's old players and new players provided a massive amount of experience. Han Xiao had been hoarding it. According to his calculations, this experience was enough to rush to level 235 or higher, getting closer and closer to level 240.

"The speed of experience accumulation is faster than I imagined. It seems that it is because the group of newbies have also begun to learn advanced knowledge on a large scale. At this rate, in about half a month, my experience will be enough to reach level 240..."

In the spaceship, Han Xiao was quite excited.

The accumulated experience has not yet been invested in upgrading, mainly to deal with the possible revenge of the Heretic God's men, so he regarded this experience as a temporary trump card for improvement.

However, after waiting for three months, the Heretic God's men still did not appear.

If the enemy did not show up, he was not in a hurry to upgrade. Anyway, the experience was stored on the panel and would not run away.

If the Heretic God's men did not come, Han Xiao would brush his talents by himself, and Maxiber Star was the next stop he chose.

This neutral planet is famous for two businesses: one is a huge black market, where countless goods are circulated, and the other is a developed interstellar shipbuilding industry.

There are a large number of mechanical and magical shipbuilding factories here. A large number of spaceship models available on the market can be customized here. Many interstellar travelers who come to Maxiber Star are here to build ships.

Since it is a neutral planet, Maxiber Star is a mixed bag. The shipyards are not picky about the identity of the customers. As long as they pay, they will issue orders. Many space pirates or wanted criminals will disguise themselves and come here to purchase and replenish spaceships.

Neutral planets often have a strong manager. Maxiber Star is no exception. The owner of this planet is named Sedum, nicknamed "Giant Soldier Builder," a powerful A+ grade Mechanic.

However, Han Xiao's goal this time was not him.

Looking down at the steel surface of Maxiber Star through the spaceship porthole, Han Xiao turned around and spoke to the three of them.

"Let's disguise ourselves and don't use our real faces here."

As he spoke, Han Xiao applied a layer of transparent film on his face. Electronic matrix patterns flashed on the surface of the film, transforming into the appearance of another person.

This was a disguise mask that he had already learned to make. Now the technology has been strengthened for more than a dozen generations, making it more difficult to detect.

Hela and the others didn't ask why and put on the film to disguise themselves. They were already used to Han Xiao's strange behavior in the past three months.

Maxiber Star has a Mechanic talent that can be obtained, which has the effect of strengthening the ability to manufacture machinery.

This is a task exclusive to Mechanics. It requires applying for a job in a certain shipyard and becoming a shipbuilder. With Black Star's identity, it is undoubtedly impossible to be a mechanical shipbuilder in a shipyard, so Han Xiao can only disguise himself, cover up his handsome face, and temporarily be an unremarkable man so that he can trigger the task.

"After completing this task, I will have almost accumulated enough experience for level 240..."

Han Xiao took a deep breath, squeezed his fist, and issued an instruction to Phillip.

"Descend."

————

(A new month has begun, weakly asking for a guaranteed monthly ticket~)