Chapter 1 A+ Ambush

Han Xiao glanced down. From high altitude, the surface of the battle area was cracked like a crushed biscuit, with two huge craters and lingering explosive smoke.

Slowly flying back to the ground, Han Xiao put away the Void Dragon and returned to his original attire.

Jain and Gardley greeted him, both covered in dust. Jain, in particular, was covered in wounds, his messy chest hair still dancing with youthful vigor.

"Black Star, did you take down that woman?" Jain asked anxiously.

"No, she got away," Han Xiao shook his head.

"Her target is you. Do you know who that woman is?"

"I'm not sure. This is the first time she's attacked me."

Han Xiao knew Shana's name, but he didn't need to tell them.

The two were furious. They had been caught in an innocent disaster. All their subordinates were wiped out, and their hard-earned fleet was gone, suffering a heavy blow.

However, they couldn't blame Black Star. Black Star was also confused and had no intention of harming them. Moreover, Black Star's combat power and status were beyond their reach. The two could only accept their bad luck and feel depressed.

Although Jain and Gardley were in a bad mood, they were both amazed by Shana's combat power. Three Calamity Grades couldn't hold her back. If it wasn't for Black Star's burst of power at the critical moment, they probably wouldn't have been able to defeat the enemy with just the two of them.

The three rested and recuperated after the battle and exchanged information. Dortel finally sent a communication, anxiously asking about the situation:

"What happened to you? What just happened?"

"A strange Esper who seems to be A+ suddenly attacked me. Her origin is unknown..."

Han Xiao explained everything, his heart moving. He casually asked the Purple Crystal Civilization to help him investigate.

"No problem, we will thoroughly investigate the identity of the other party. If there are any results, I will notify you."

Dortel solemnly agreed, and then said to the three, "We are still preparing for the establishment of a joint force. There will be new developments within this year. At that time, all partners will be summoned. Please be prepared at all times."

The three had no objections. After talking for a while, they ended the communication with Dortel.

Han Xiao put away the communicator and looked at the two, "What are you going to do next?"

The two smiled wryly.

"We are too unlucky," Gardley sighed.

Jain said helplessly, "Go back and recruit people, buy warships, and hope to make up for the losses this time."

Hearing this, Han Xiao immediately had an idea. These two were both powerful Grade A Supers, and their forces had been severely damaged. Perhaps he could try to recruit them.

"Actually, you can come to my Black Star Army. With your strength, there is no problem in taking the position of vice-commander. I sincerely invite you to join."

Han Xiao smiled slightly and extended the invitation.

The two were stunned, looked at each other, and showed a thoughtful expression. After a while, they gave their reply.

"Thank you for your invitation, but I have no plans to join other forces for the time being," Jain politely refused.

"I still prefer to build my own force, sorry," Gardley shook his head.

"It's okay, my invitation is valid for a long time. When you are interested, you can talk in detail at any time."

Han Xiao didn't mind and wasn't too disappointed.

Recruiting Calamity Grade powerhouses is far more difficult than recruiting Grade B. Every Grade A Super has the qualifications to dominate one side, and their strength is often proportional to their ambition. Jain and Gardley want to build their own forces and become overlords, unwilling to be inferior to others. He wasn't surprised.

After all, even Super Grade A powerhouses may be rejected when recruiting Calamity Grade powerhouses. As the top individual combat power in the Star Sea, they are still very reserved in this regard, like virgins.

"By the way, Black Star, we want to trouble you with something."

Jain was a little embarrassed, shaking his chest hair.

"Feel free to speak," Han Xiao tried his best not to be attracted by Jain's unique chest hair.

"Uh, our spaceships have been blown up, so..."

Han Xiao chuckled and patted Jain on the shoulder, "Don't worry, we are partners who fought side by side. Take my spaceship. I'll take you to the nearest port planet."

"Haha, thank you."

Seeing that Black Star was so easy to talk to, Jain happily stroked his chest hair. His race considered chest hair to be beautiful. A well-groomed, soft, and silky protective chest hair was synonymous with a handsome man, looking like Guan Yu's beard.

Veins bulged on Han Xiao's forehead, and he forced a smile, "Put on some clothes first... don't leave your hair on my ship."

...

Shana's single spaceship turned into a stream of light, shuttling through the universe.

In the cockpit, Shana gave herself an injection of healing agent. With her own recovery power, she healed the broken bones, barely restoring normal movement, and then sent a communication to her companion.

Ailette's projection appeared on the screen. He was Shana's mage companion. They usually acted in groups of two.

As soon as the communication was connected, Ailette spoke.

"Shana, did you catch Black Star?... Huh, your face looks terrible, what happened?"

"I missed."

Shana's face was ashen, and she briefly explained the process.

"Hahahaha, you're so miserable..."

Ailette not only didn't sympathize with her, but instead looked gloating and laughed non-stop.

Shana's face was ugly, and she said hatefully, "I'll kill you one day."

After laughing for a while, Ailette restrained his smile and said lightly, "This time you acted recklessly and missed, which will make us suspected of being exposed. All of us have to keep a low profile for a while."

Shana snorted, didn't speak, didn't find excuses for her failure, and didn't feel ashamed either. Missing was just missing. It was nothing to her.

"Black Star's combat power has been underestimated. Although you didn't reveal our information, it made him vigilant, and the difficulty of capturing him is even higher. We'd better put him aside for the time being and deal with other targets first."

Ailette slowly said, "In short, you go back to headquarters to recuperate and meet me, and then we'll discuss the next plan... Remember to get rid of all the eyes and ears, and don't expose our location."

"No need to emphasize."

Shana said coldly, hung up the communication, activated the concealment device, and turned around to head to the base camp.

She didn't know that a big eyeball was silently watching her in the void.

...

After sending away his teammates Jain and Gardley, who would be future members of the Zero Organization, Han Xiao returned to the Garton Star System non-stop and parked at the Golden Gate Star main base.

The mercenaries nearby saw the spaceship landing and recognized it as Han Xiao's vehicle. They knew that the commander had finished wandering somewhere and returned, and paid attention to it for a while.

The Blacklight潛行er parked directly in Han Xiao's private hangar. He went directly to the core area of the base through the authority dog channel, and without saying a word, went straight to Fording.

Generally speaking, Fording was practicing his telekinesis on the base's rooftop. Han Xiao came to the rooftop and saw Fording sitting cross-legged in the air at a glance. Ripple-like telekinetic fluctuations were endless.

Fording closed his eyes and sang a ballad. His telekinetic skills were inherited from Chen Xing, using telekinesis in the form of singing. His lips slightly opened, and the heavenly ballad was like a spirit in the wind, comforting fatigue and pain. Han Xiao's mood couldn't help but calm down.

His singing could surround the entire base and had an amplifying effect. Players would receive a temporary positive Buff. This was a characteristic of the Golden Gate Star main base. Coming here meant getting a Buff. Fording was equivalent to a human body broadcast Bgm.

Fording carried his old sister with him, inheriting all of Chen Xing's knowledge. His own talent was also extremely strong, and his strength grew rapidly.

Two years ago, he was already able to suppress Chen Xing independently, but he didn't leave. Instead, he stayed in the Black Star Army to cultivate silently, occasionally following mercenaries around, living a colorful life.

Sometimes he would go out alone to travel to other places, but in the end, he would return to the Black Star Army to recuperate. Han Xiao was very happy to act as his backing, as long as he could touch him.

Full marks for touching, zero marks for not touching.

However, Fording's personal mission had not been completed. Since Fording fulfilled his promise and gave Chen Xing's tens of millions of deposits to Han Xiao, his relationship with Chen Xing had changed from a period of ambiguity to a period of cold war.

Han Xiao estimated that when the two of them opened their hearts, opened the door to a new world, and faced the fact that they were perverts who liked spiritual communication, they would be able to enter a period of passionate love and allow him to complete the mission.

There was another person in the corner of the rooftop. Aroshia sat aside and listened to the song. Two years ago, Han Xiao shared the mission of finding memory locations with the players. In the past two years, the effect was remarkable, and the mission progress accumulated quickly and was about to be completed. Aroshia liked to listen to Fording sing, which could stimulate her to recall more memory fragments.

At this time, seeing Han Xiao, Aroshia's arm turned into energy, gently wrapping around Han Xiao's body like a ribbon, as if to say hello.

Sensing Han Xiao's footsteps, Fording stopped singing, turned around, and smiled, "Black Star, is there anything you need from me?"

"Nothing, I'm just here to get some luck."

Han Xiao stepped forward, touched Fording thoroughly, and then turned around and left without hesitation.

Fording touched his nose and smiled wryly.

He always felt that Black Star had some misunderstanding about him. Was he lucky? How didn't he know?

Han Xiao touched him to his heart's content, left the rooftop, opened the panel on the way, and took advantage of the good luck to quickly settle the first stage reward of [Prey], extracting one of Shana's abilities.

[First stage completed]

[You have obtained the reward: Extract one of Shana's abilities (skill/feat)]

[Hint: Shana is a special Esper. Some of the extractable skills have been automatically adjusted according to your class.]

[Randomly extracting... Extraction completed]

[Please select one of the following five abilities as a reward:]

[1. [Magnetic Field Vision] - Feat: You have a keen insight into magnetic fields, Mechanical Affinity +12%, Mechnical Force bonus range +6%]

[2. [Magnetic Force · Vortex] - Skill: Control skill, releases a magnetic force, attracting the huge external magnetic field, has a chance to cause the [Confusion] state to all targets in a certain area, the chance depends on the intelligence attribute and the external environment, consumes 160 stamina, cooldown 46s]

[3. [Electromagnetic · Chaos Star] - Skill: Ranged skill, superimposes electromagnetic acceleration force on multiple objects, accumulates huge kinetic energy and shoots it out, a single object causes 210~742 damage, the value depends on the object's volume and the electromagnetic force accumulation time, consumes 75 stamina, cooldown 12s]

[4. [Strong Magnetic Field Shield] - Skill: Defensive skill, strengthened practical Mechnical Force skill, forms a magnetic field shield within three meters of oneself, the shield value is infinite, maintaining the shield requires continuous consumption of stamina. If the damage value within one second exceeds the critical point, the magnetic field shield will be briefly broken, cooldown 2.5s, the broken critical point depends on the stamina consumed per second, and the maximum damage that the critical point can withstand does not exceed 22000. Moreover, each time the shield takes damage, it will consume additional stamina.]

[5. [Electromagnetic Induction] - Feat: Your "Magnetic" attribute stamina is strengthened, and the value of each stamina bonus will change greatly]

These skills were all adjusted results, Han Xiao wasn't surprised, because all of Shana's skills basically came from her own Esper ability. It was impossible for him to obtain the other party's Esper ability. Most of the skills that increased the intensity of the "Magnetic Field Metal Manipulation" Esper ability had no effect on him.

Fortunately, Magnetic Field Metal Manipulation was very compatible with the Mechanic class. After many skills were adjusted, they were also very useful to the Mechanic class.

After scanning it, there were no particularly outstanding abilities, but there were no particularly bad ones either. Han Xiao felt that this extraction was quite satisfactory.

"If I didn't touch Fording, I'm afraid I would have drawn some duds. It seems that Fording's luck neutralized my bad luck."

Han Xiao mentally performed a self-anesthesia full of Ah Q spirit.