Chapter 1 Phillip's Search

Phillip quickly went online to search for information about the person in front of him.

The legion commander who spoke was named Justin, a magic-type super, who led the "Expeditionary Force" legion, a large mercenary group in a certain star system of the Colton Star Cluster. They were collaborators brought in by the Purple Gold Legion.

The top mercenary groups in the Shattered Star Ring had their own circles. Han Xiao had paid special attention to various well-known legions, but he had not dealt with the Expeditionary Force legion before.

As the external armed force of Longtan, Black Star had a place in this circle thanks to the Dragon Emperor’s influence. Justin had also heard of Black Star's reputation and knew that it was a mercenary group that was small in scale but special in status.

Other large mercenary groups were willing to win over Black Star to please Longtan, but he had no interest in doing so. He had seen everything in the mercenary world. The Dragon Emperor was powerful, but Justin felt that their businesses were different. He didn't want to provoke the Dragon Emperor, nor was he interested in getting involved.

As far as he was concerned, Han Xiao was just a colleague he had heard of. Justin had no prejudice against Han Xiao, but he couldn't help but question Black Star's scale based on the facts.

Black Star might have extensive connections, but this was a war-level employment with great risks. As a senior mercenary, Justin was concerned about whether his companions had the ability to fight alongside him.

If a weakling came along and caused the collapse of a certain battle line, it would affect the entire war situation.

In Justin's view, Black Star was just a weakling here to join in the fun. Each of them had to undertake a part of the tactical mission, but what role could Black Star with so few people take on? Their rewards were earned with their lives. If Black Star could get rewards by hiding in the back and slacking off, he would feel uncomfortable.

Justin said in a deep voice, "We are about to participate in a war. Each legion present has invested hundreds of warships and tens of thousands of mercenaries. How many troops can you provide?"

A dozen legion commanders looked at Justin, then at Han Xiao, who was standing and not sitting, and did not interrupt.

Everyone did not know that the upcoming war was initiated by Han Xiao. Due to the unequal intelligence, Han Xiao's arrival did make some legion commanders feel that Black Star was here to use his connections to get a share of the war employment rewards.

Although they didn't say it, they all had this kind of speculation in their hearts.

"Legion Commander Justin, your doubts are very reasonable. I understand your confusion."

Han Xiao remained calm. Everyone present was a respectable person with status. There was nothing wrong with raising any questions in person.

Besides, he was already prepared to refresh these legion commanders' perception of the Black Star Legion. Since they were going to fight side by side, he had to show his strength to reassure everyone.

"Your perception of me is still stuck in the past. Our Black Star Legion has expanded significantly and is not what it used to be. Now, the Black Star Legion has hundreds of thousands of mercenaries, all with C-grade strength."

"Hundreds of thousands of Supers?!"

Justin's eyes widened suddenly, and the other legion commanders were immediately shocked.

Even they found this scale terrifying.

Not long ago, Black Star was just a small and medium-sized mercenary group. How could its power suddenly expand?

Many people suspected the truth. Han Xiao asked Phillip to retrieve the Black Star Legion's alliance registration file to show the actual number of members. Everyone immediately dispelled their doubts and swallowed their words.

Justin was speechless. With so many people, he was indeed qualified to participate in the war.

At this time, Han Xiao glanced around and smiled. "Everyone knows that I have some Undead under my command, right?"

Everyone nodded. It was no secret that Black Star had dozens of Undead mercenaries.

Han Xiao smiled slightly. "These hundreds of thousands of people are all Undead."

Instantly, the hall fell silent.

"All Undead?!"

Gulejia stood up abruptly, breaking the silence in disbelief.

A dozen legion commanders came back to their senses, their faces changing drastically.

Everyone realized the meaning of this, which meant that these hundreds of thousands of mercenaries would not be lost. Black Star would maintain a large scale and could carry out extremely dangerous tasks without hesitation, without worrying about casualties or paying pensions!

This was simply the kind of member they dreamed of!

Hundreds of thousands of low-level Supers were enough for a mercenary group to be promoted to the first-tier ranks. If these hundreds of thousands of people were still Undead, they could imagine how much shock this would cause in the entire mercenary world.

This would be the best cannon fodder… cough, partners!

Many people thought of Han Xiao's other identity.

The Black Star Legion… was also the external armed force of Longtan.

These hundreds of thousands of Undead were the power after Longtan's expansion!

Justin was dumbfounded when he suddenly heard Han Xiao's voice.

"Legion Commander Justin, this is the troop I'm putting into this war. I wonder if you're satisfied?" Han Xiao spread his hands.

Justin's mouth twitched, speechless.

"Or are you also questioning my personal strength? If you doubt it, we can spar." Han Xiao raised an eyebrow. He was not angry at Justin's doubts, but since he wanted to show his strength, it was best to be tough.

Gulejia coughed and hurriedly smoothed things over. "Black Star recently repelled three Heavenly Disasters and withstood the main gun attack. The news may be exaggerated, but I believe most of it is true. Black Star, no one here will doubt your personal combat strength."

Justin's expression was serious. He stood up, his height only reaching Han Xiao's waist, and extended his hand towards the sofa, making a "please" gesture to Han Xiao, his tone solemn.

"I apologize for my previous doubts. Please sit down."

When Han Xiao was about to sit down just now, he interrupted Han Xiao's movements with his doubts. At this time, realizing the new face of the Black Star Legion, Justin was not a petty person. He readily admitted his mistake and took the initiative to invite Han Xiao to take a seat, giving him enough respect.

As soon as Justin softened, the other legion commanders nodded in agreement, and the atmosphere eased. The hall was filled with cheerful air.

Only then did Han Xiao sit down next to You Yu, with Melos and other cadres standing behind his seat.

At this time, You Yu next door casually handed over a bag of snacks.

"Want some?"

"What is this?" Han Xiao glanced at it. The bag contained a pile of dark jerky.

"Lizard jerky, I made it myself." You Yu raised an eyebrow.

Han Xiao hesitated for a moment, picked up a piece of jerky with his fingers, put it in his mouth and chewed it. The taste was actually not bad. He asked curiously, "What kind of lizard is this made of?"

"I did an employment last time and killed an entire lizardman tribe." You Yu grabbed a handful of jerky and put it in her mouth, eating with relish.

Han Xiao silently put down the second piece of jerky he had just picked up.

Too fierce, can't stand it, can't stand it.

You Yu was a female dark elf, and her appearance was very much in line with the consistent style of dark elves. She was busty and had a curvy butt, and she was very flirtatious. She looked fit and healthy, like a lazy cheetah. Her personality inherited the dark elves' cold-blooded cruelty. Although she looked flirtatious, no one present underestimated her. She was a female Tyrannosaurus Rex.

The "You Ming" legion she led had a civilization background. The owner behind it was a magic-side star system civilization in the Colton Star Cluster, ruled by elves.

In the universe, elves are also called long-eared people. They are good at listening to the sounds of nature, and there are many branches of bloodlines, such as forest children, high elves, dark elves, and so on. Elves are not common in the Star Sea, but they are not rare.

This kind of large-scale legion with a semi-official nature is easy to understand. Due to treaties between civilizations, the movements of regular troops are very sensitive, while privately supported private armies are more free. Mercenary business is a disguise, secretly completing some tricky actions for the civilization.

Many civilizations secretly cultivate such private armies. There are many examples in the top mercenary group circle of the Shattered Star Ring, and even Han Xiao's Black Star Legion is nominally a Longtan armed force.

The higher you climb in the interstellar world, the more intertwined your relationships become. The universe is too big to be occupied by a single individual or force.

Gulejia presided over the pre-war meeting, and everyone discussed their respective tasks, such as who would raid, who would contain, who would attack head-on, and so on. Han Xiao did not interrupt.

"Black Star, which aspect are you going to be responsible for?" Someone asked.

Han Xiao thought for a while. "If there is any contact battle, leave it to us."

He didn't want to participate in spaceship battles at all. It would be too worthless to fix them if they were damaged, and he only had more than 20 spaceships at the moment, so their combat power was limited and mainly used to transport people.

Anyway, the players were not afraid of death, so they could just deal with the DarkStar warriors.

After discussing for a while and determining the responsibilities of each legion, the legion commanders dispersed.

Taking the BlackLight潜伏者 (BlackLight Submersible) back to his own array, Han Xiao glanced at the porthole. More than 20 spaceships followed the joint fleet in space, carrying hundreds of thousands of players.

The players had just entered the interstellar world and were curious about everything, but Han Xiao knew that if he succeeded in eliminating DarkStar this time, many follow-up plots would disappear.

In his previous life, the Aquamarine Star players either joined Godora or DarkStar. After entering the interstellar world, the two sides fought each other in opposing camps. Now, this opposing pattern had been broken by him, so for the players, it was equivalent to directly losing this main quest line.

In Han Xiao's view, the quest could be gone, but eliminating the threat of DarkStar was more important.

"The DarkStar and Godora story lines have been replaced by me. For the players, joining the Black Star Legion has become the main quest. This is the best time to shape a sense of belonging to the camp, expanding the forces with the help of players and letting them feel honor. So, some major events are needed to add to the deeds of the Black Star Legion, so that players think that these are their own achievements. This general attack on DarkStar can be used as a beginning…"

Han Xiao thought to himself. He was very concerned about the players' emotional construction. The accumulation of Version 2.0 was very important. It could be said that it was a stage of solidifying the foundation.

Players were the focus of his Version 2.0, because the next version's update time spanned more than ten years. Although it was still early before the end of Version 2.0, Han Xiao was used to preparing early.

However, for now, he still had to solve the upcoming counterattack campaign.

Opening the communicator, Han Xiao looked at the message sent by Risda.

DarkStar troops were distributed in different areas of the Garton Star System. The largest force gathered six motherships, and may be planning another attack. Other motherships were drifting alone in space.

If there were no accidents, the six motherships should be the main battlefield for their mercenaries.

The war was about to begin.

...

At the same time, on a certain DarkStar mothership.

Degulish and others held another meeting to discuss the next action target. This time, the leader spoke, and they were going to attack Rainbow Light Prison by surprise.

The first two operations failed to expand Godora's losses, nor did they kill Black Star. Before finding a way to kill Black Star, DarkStar decided not to touch the disaster planets for the time being, and decided to take the opportunity to break through Rainbow Light Prison and rescue their former comrades. There were some Heavenly Disaster-level members inside, so as to supplement some manpower.

DarkStar's actions were unscrupulous. Godora was in the open, and they were in the dark. This was the confidence for DarkStar to carry out one attack after another.

However, the people of DarkStar did not know that they had lost their advantage of concealment. Their location was exposed by Han Xiao, and a catastrophic disaster that was completely unforeseen for DarkStar was brewing in secret. They were completely unaware of this.

Degulish and others were discussing the arrangements for the next action, but Ash suddenly frowned and pressed his heart.

For some reason, he suddenly felt a little uneasy.