Chapter 133 The Situation

Hailan Star.

In the days following the outbreak of the second phase of the Heteromorphy Disaster, the number of beast packs near the shelter noticeably increased. To prevent the formation of a beast tide, Meros and a group of other salty fish cadres finally proved useful, leading the players who had joined the mercenary group to eliminate the beast packs and establishing different defense positions throughout the wilderness.

The players were the main force in exterminating the beasts, and the defensive positions quickly transformed into a large-scale social gathering place where players sought groupmates to farm monsters, recruit teammates, and sell equipment.

Most beasts were easier to control than humans. According to Han Xiao's understanding of the Heteromorphy Prime Body, after entering the second stage, it would consciously control the beast packs to attack shelters and similar places, making the beast attacks more frequent.

This might be some kind of counterattack by the Heteromorphy Prime Body, but Han Xiao didn't care much.

The Heteromorphy Disaster was a significant threat to Hailan Star, but his own level had long exceeded the upper limit of Version 2.0, so the Heteromorphy Disaster posed a limited threat to Han Xiao himself.

Han Xiao didn't regard the Heteromorphy Prime Body as an important opponent, as he held the trump card to deal with it. His main goal was to use this opportunity to complete his plan to recruit players, and resolving the Heteromorphy Disaster and打击黯星 (Dǎjí àn xīng, striking DarkStar) both ranked behind harvesting韭菜 (jiǔcài, chives - a metaphor for players).

However, from the players' perspective, the Heteromorphy Disaster was the first main storyline after the opening of Version 2.0, and it was quite challenging.

For the sake of the main storyline progress, players continuously farmed progress every day. The shelter, Black Star Mercenary Group, and Godora were not lacking in missions, and there were opportunities everywhere.

During Version 1.0, players had a preliminary understanding of Hailan Star. In the Heteromorphy Disaster that swept the globe, everyone worked together for the [Heteromorphy Disaster] mission, creating a strange sense of collective struggle. Players mostly competed with each other, but this time, they were required to unite as one, which felt very peculiar.

Han Xiao didn't need to personally participate in disaster relief, but the players were now deeply involved in the front lines of disaster relief, encountering various side events and characters, making them very busy and fulfilled.

The various actions of Black Star and Godora were seen by the players as part of the plot.

At this time, the Hailan Star players could not yet personally participate in the events at Han Xiao's level.

Apart from recruiting players, Han Xiao didn't pay much attention to the overall situation of the players. He understood that no matter what happened, players could always actively find room to maneuver and have fun. Their subjective initiative was so strong that he didn't need to worry about them at all.

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A few days later, as Nagokin had revealed, Godora had set up a military space-jump orbital station. The temporary space-jump gate connected all the disaster planets. As long as DarkStar dared to show its face, it would be met with a swift attack. The war affairs bureau was full of ambition.

However, DarkStar went silent and no longer launched attacks. The Garton Star System seemed to be calm… but this was just an illusion.

Not long after, a new interstellar news item shocked the entire star system!

"Godora's colony planet 'Long Arc Constellation' has been attacked by a large DarkStar fleet. The enemy has three DarkStar motherships as the core, and the number of warships exceeds four thousand. The stationed Godora fleet engaged in fierce battles with the enemy and suffered heavy losses. Long Arc Constellation was bombarded, and more than forty cities were razed to the ground. The remaining cities were severely damaged. Preliminary estimates suggest that the death toll may exceed three hundred million."

"It is reported that the attack began with a DarkStar member using a lethal ability on the surface of Long Arc Constellation. This person has the ability to turn human bodies into dust, and tens of millions of people died directly from his ability. The Godora civilization responded urgently to the attack, deploying three waves of support fleets, eventually annihilating more than a thousand enemy ships and one DarkStar mothership, repelling the DarkStar forces."

"Historically, Godora colony planets have suffered multiple probing attacks, but this is the only time a colony planet has been almost completely destroyed. DarkStar's behavior is considered an extremely egregious terrorist activity. This is the most egregious incident in the Garton Star System in the past decade, and we have reason to believe that this is a signal that DarkStar is launching a full-scale war again. According to event backtracking, the origin of the event should be the simultaneous disasters on more than a dozen civilization planets. It is currently unclear what Godora's response will be…"

After reading the news pushed by the communicator, Han Xiao let out a breath, his eyes flickering.

"It's finally come to this…"

The harm caused by DarkStar's attack on the colony was far greater than the harm caused by attacking the disaster planet, and this time they were serious. Three DarkStar motherships were dispatched at the same time. In the information exposed by DarkStar's internal players in his previous life, DarkStar never had more than fifteen motherships at its peak.

And that grandson Ash ran to the ground to have fun, attacking from both inside and outside.

It must be said that Ash's ability was truly perverted when dealing with ordinary people. With a single thought, he could decompose all carbon-based organisms within the range of his ability. He was truly a "slaughter tool" in the eyes of DarkStar. This was the first time Ash publicly demonstrated his power to the entire star system.

DarkStar didn't have hundreds of military factories like Godora. Every loss of a mothership was a serious blow, and it would cost a lot of money to replenish it. Losing one in the attack on Long Arc Constellation was a considerable loss.

But Han Xiao knew that DarkStar had already achieved the situation they wanted.

The Long Arc Constellation massacre shook the entire Godora civilization. After the incident, a theory quickly emerged, believing that DarkStar attacked the disaster planets to draw away Godora's forces, and then took advantage of the opportunity to attack the colonies.

As a result, Godora citizens on other colony planets felt insecure, and support for rescuing the disaster planets plummeted overnight. Countless people strongly demanded that Godora withdraw its forces protecting the disaster planets to protect them.

Because it concerned their own safety, almost all Godora citizens fully accepted this explanation, and sympathy for the disaster planets was naturally thrown into a corner.

In fact, the Long Arc Constellation massacre had little to do with the disaster relief forces. The main reason for the failure was that DarkStar demonstrated overwhelming force, taking out three DarkStar motherships at once. The defense forces of a second-tier colony planet were naturally difficult to resist. The military space-jump orbital station was not connected to the colony planets, and it would take a lot of time to redeploy.

Although Godora had a vast force, its troops were scattered across hundreds of colony planets. It was impossible for every planet to have extremely strong defense forces. If DarkStar went all out, it could still forcibly destroy a few colony planets. Otherwise, it wouldn't be regarded as a major enemy by Godora.

This time, DarkStar also lost a mothership fleet. However, most people didn't pay attention to the losses of the terrorist organization DarkStar. They only focused on the consequences caused by DarkStar and the losses of Godora.

Godora citizens couldn't maintain rational judgment. People in panic were most easily led. Moreover, DarkStar was also agitating public opinion behind the scenes.

Not only did they cause panic, but on the other hand, the conflict between purebloods and mixed-bloods was stirred up again. Many people's relatives or friends who lived in Long Arc Constellation died, and DarkStar was the instigator. It could be said that they hated the crow and the house it roosted in.

DarkStar had always flaunted the banner of mixed-bloods. Under these circumstances, the mixed-bloods living in Godora colonies naturally became a substitute for venting hatred and anger. Civil conflicts were based on long-standing mixed-blood discrimination, which was almost a tradition, and the Godora government couldn't forcefully reverse it.

The Heitt Civilization had been paying attention to Godora. Seeing that Godora was overwhelmed by internal troubles, the Heitts were also willing to play the role of an "external worry."

The Heitt fleet stationed in the Heidegar Star System began to move, crazily probing the edge of Godora's territory, constantly exerting pressure, eager to move.

The successive blows almost made Godora breathless.

DarkStar's shadow was behind these events, and their actions were just the beginning. The Long Arc Constellation massacre was a fuse, affecting the whole body.

However, Han Xiao didn't intend to let DarkStar's plan continue.

"I guess Godora is as disgusting as if they ate shit now."

Han Xiao shook his head. He didn't like Godora, but he wouldn't gloat. After all, DarkStar was a common enemy, and he pondered silently.

"The Heteromorphy Disaster is one of the key contradictions, tying up a lot of energy. Godora will soon realize that time is tight. The best solution is to eradicate the Heteromorphy Disaster as soon as possible. In this way, the disaster relief forces can free themselves up, and domestic conflicts will also be alleviated…"

"I happen to have a Heteromorphy Prime Body in my hand. As long as I provide it to Godora, they can quickly tinker with an antidote, and the Heteromorphy Disaster can be easily solved."

As long as the urgent need was resolved, Godora could breathe a sigh of relief and focus on dealing with DarkStar.

The more urgent Godora's needs, the more benefits he could exchange for the Heteromorphy Prime Body in his hand.

"Now is the time. Although if I drag it on, Godora would be willing to pay a higher price, there's no need to wait until DarkStar achieves great results before taking action. As long as Godora realizes the importance of time, they will naturally understand the consequences of not being able to stop DarkStar."

Han Xiao calmed down and sent a contact request to Nagokin, but after waiting for a long time, the other party didn't answer. This usually wouldn't happen.

Stunned for a moment, Han Xiao simply moved to the Godora camp to find Nagokin directly, but he was stopped by Nagokin's adjutant.

"Black Star, Commander Nagokin instructed me not to let anyone disturb him unless it's a particularly important matter. Please go back."

"What's wrong with him?"

The adjutant said solemnly, "The commander is in a meeting with the higher-ups and doesn't have time to see you."

Nagokin wouldn't have rejected him before. Han Xiao thought about it and immediately understood. Godora was experiencing internal and external troubles, and the problem was very big. Nagokin was a high-ranking official, so he naturally had many things to be busy with. In his eyes, he seemed less important.

Han Xiao touched his chin and suddenly thought of something. He didn't insist on seeing him and left the Godora camp.

He suddenly realized that even if he was going to hand over the Heteromorphy Prime Body, he couldn't appear too timely, otherwise, he would be thought of as having the Prime Body with him all the time but not taking it out sooner.

He still had to act a little.

"Since the excuse is that the Heteromorphy Prime Body came from Longtan, then I might as well go back and pretend."

Han Xiao mentioned it to the cadres and then drove the Blacklight Lurker away from Hailan Star alone.

Two hours later, Nagokin finished the meeting and learned from the adjutant that Han Xiao had come to see him.

"Black Star didn't find me and then left by spaceship?"

Nagokin frowned and then shook his head. Black Star didn't continue to contact him. Maybe it wasn't anything important. He didn't want to waste time on such trivial matters now.

Now, all departments of Godora were overwhelmed with the Long Arc Constellation incident. The higher-ups might transfer him away from Hailan Star. Nagokin was also very busy. At this juncture, he didn't have the time to pay attention to Han Xiao.

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"The plan is slowly unfolding. This time, we will definitely be able to greatly reduce Godora's power."

DarkStar headquarters, Vice Leader Degulish was speaking at the meeting, his tone triumphant.

"We have caused a lot of trouble for Godora. Domestic public opinion requires them to withdraw the disaster relief forces, which is naturally impossible. Since they have already started disaster relief, abandoning it halfway would shake Godora's ruling position and interstellar reputation. But the result of persisting is that domestic conflicts will intensify.

Even if they give up, we can go all out at that time and easily destroy these disaster planets, not only eliminating the forces attached to Godora but also creating a misunderstanding, as if Godora abandoned the disaster planets, which led to their destruction…"

The head of the intelligence department said, "These are just a few simple examples. In short, no matter what Godora chooses, they are always the loser. We are in control."

Degulish sneered, "The Heteromorphy Disaster, the Heitt Civilization, and domestic conflicts are all tying up Godora's energy. We have ample opportunities to carry out follow-up plans. Among them, the Heteromorphy Disaster is the root cause. The disaster planets are tying up a large number of Godora's mobile forces. The longer the time drags on, the more the situation will continue to ferment, accumulating from quantitative change to qualitative change… If it can last for a year or two, hehe."

"The specific time is hard to say, but with Godora's scientific research strength, it is impossible to solve the Heteromorphy Disaster in the short term. They can't research anything."

The head of the intelligence department also laughed. "My people have already found out that Godora didn't get the last Heteromorphy Prime Body they lost. They only got an empty cipher bead. It should have been secretly taken away by the Holy Stone Civilization. Godora has been kept in the dark about what's in that bead."