Chapter 144 The Return

Due to the Sprout incident, the Dark Phantom's files were extremely important records, recognized by everyone in the intelligence agencies. The intelligence officer who first obtained the satellite footage almost thought he was seeing things. Han Xiao, who had gone to space two years ago, had suddenly returned, and in such a shocking way. What was going on?

Although the Six Nations' strength had been mostly destroyed by the Calamity of Mutated Beasts, they still barely maintained their intelligence network. The information was passed on through the layers, and before long, a recording of the entire scene was played at a high-level meeting of the Six Nations. After watching it, all the high-ranking officials present were silent, their expressions stiff, and horror solidified in their eyes. The atmosphere was silent.

They had always thought that only Godora would come to save them, but Han Xiao had suddenly arrived with a fleet, without any warning. The Six Nations' high-level officials were dumbfounded.

"Dark Phantom is back, and he brought a space fleet?!"

He had gone to space two years ago and had been out of contact ever since. They never expected that Han Xiao was not only alive but also possessed such incredible power. The strength displayed by his mercenaries shocked the Six Nations' high-level officials. In their eyes, they felt that Dark Phantom's former strength was already at its peak, but Han Xiao had brought back hundreds of powerhouses who refreshed their worldview, as well as more than a dozen spaceships!

With this power, it was enough to sweep across their Six Nations!

Han Xiao's departure to the interstellar world had already shocked them once. The Six Nations also wanted to go to the interstellar world, but they simply didn't have the hardware conditions to build spaceships. Godora also ignored their requests, so they could only envy him through gritted teeth.

They didn't know what Han Xiao had done in the interstellar world. The Six Nations' high-level officials only knew one thing at this moment—Dark Phantom's level had far surpassed theirs!

In the past, the Six Nations attached great importance to Dark Phantom because of his merits in destroying Sprout, but in essence, Dark Phantom was still at the same level as them in their eyes. For example, it was like everyone being students in the same class. The Six Nations were good students who often scored above 90, while Dark Phantom was a top student who always scored full marks. There was good and bad performance, but they were all students in the same class.

But now, Dark Phantom had become a little genius who had skipped grades and was directly recommended for a master's-doctoral degree, a carp leaping over the dragon gate, completely on a different level!

A few days ago, they were still hesitating whether to take action against the Third Sanctuary. Now, this problem was completely resolved... To be honest, the Six Nations' high-level officials were relieved instead.

Fortunately, this guy came back in time. If they hadn't been able to restrain themselves before he came back, they would have suffered a catastrophe.

The Six Nations' high-level officials dared not have any more ulterior motives, and at the same time, another idea floated up—should they ask for Dark Phantom's help?

Godora had been slow to arrive, but Dark Phantom had returned with a fleet. In the eyes of the Six Nations, both Han Xiao and Godora were interstellar forces, far exceeding the civilization level of Aquamarine, and he was originally a native, so he would probably help.

Since they couldn't count on Godora, they might as well try Dark Phantom.

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At the same time, the Sanctuary players excitedly shared their recordings on the forum. The Aquamarine section was immediately flooded, the popularity soared, and the name Black Star became a hot topic, a wave of existence.

There were various versions of the recordings, with different perspectives. The other Aquamarine players who were not present saw Han Xiao making a cool debut in different poses and were immediately shocked, overjoyed, and experienced the feelings of the Sanctuary players.

The benefits brought by Version 1.0 Han Xiao were still vivid in their minds. At this time, the new version was opened, and Han Xiao had returned from the interstellar world, probably bringing many new version resources, which were exactly what they needed most now. What new benefits would Black Star have? Just thinking about it was exciting.

The players who were online in other locations were eager and immediately put down the tasks in their hands, rushing to the Sanctuary. The players who were already on the road also stepped up their pace.

Kuang Dao and others, who were still on the road, couldn't wait to return to Han Xiao's side after seeing these posts, feeling very helpless.

——Everyone followed Black Star from Version 1.0. Obviously, we were here first.

Roubao's videos had a wide audience, and players from other novice planets also came to watch and discuss.

"This appearance is quite passionate. I think there's a chance to be selected for the new version's promotional CG."

"Star Sea Times was right. There are more storylines on this character, and it really appeared in Version 2.0."

"I wonder if other people can join the Black Star Mercenary Group camp, like those professional players."

With the discussion, someone put forward a guess.

"In Version 2.0, every novice planet will be connected to the interstellar world. Could it be that Black Star is the guide to lead Aquamarine into the interstellar world?"

Many people thought about it carefully and suddenly realized, hey, what he said really made sense.

There were more than a dozen spaceships in the sky, which could just take many people away from the planet.

This guess immediately aroused a large amount of approval, and many people believed that Han Xiao was the key figure for Aquamarine players to go to the interstellar world.

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In the core area of the Third Sanctuary, Han Xiao asked the mercenaries who understood magic to help cultivate the raw materials for the inhibitor. With their help, production capacity could be greatly improved.

Currently, the Heterochromatic Progenitor was still very young, and the effect of the inhibitor could last for about three months. When the Heterochromatic Progenitor entered the next stage, it might take several doses of the inhibitor to achieve the effect of inhibition, so resources were still very scarce.

Rescuing refugees could increase the total progress of the mission. Han Xiao's mission also shared the progress accumulated by the players, which was the same for everyone, but having too many people stay in the Third Sanctuary would not only be crowded, but also cause a great chaos once the inhibition failed.

Han Xiao didn't want too many refugees to stay in the Third Sanctuary, but Bennett certainly wouldn't feel relieved. In Han Xiao's opinion, the Six Nations had such a large territory and could also settle many refugees.

"I'm making a high-profile return, and the Six Nations must know about it. The people from Godora haven't arrived yet, so they have a high probability of contacting me and asking me for help. It should be these two days," Han Xiao guessed in his heart.

Sharing the inhibitor with the Six Nations was beneficial to the overall situation. Although he didn't like the other five nations besides Star Dragon, it would be beneficial if he could preserve Aquamarine's civilization. In his previous life, Ye Qing only had one person, but now he had many mercenaries under his command who could cultivate the raw materials for the inhibitor. He could let them go to the Six Nations to help make the formula, so that the Third Sanctuary wouldn't be too prominent, which would be safer.

Of course, he would only provide help if the Six Nations took the initiative to find him. It would be too demeaning for him to personally go to help them, which would reduce the Six Nations' awe of him and would not be in line with his plan. He was confident that the Six Nations would try to find him.

However, the solution to fight against the Calamity of Mutated Beasts was not only Ye Qing's potion. Godora was a magic-side civilization, and they also had similar potions, but they were also very scarce. After all, it was a waste of resources to waste potions to protect dozens of billions of unrelated natives, and Godora had to deal with more than one planet.

In the plot of the previous life, Godora screened targets and distributed potions. Most of the refugees were not qualified to enjoy it, but the players could earn money by completing the work assigned by Godora, which could be used to buy potions, so as to complete some refugees' requests and increase the mission progress.

But at this time, with Han Xiao's influence, Ye Qing's inhibitor production capacity had greatly increased, and it was basically distributed for free, so Godora's potion seemed less important. This point seemed not very important, but it was a very important part of Han Xiao's plan.

Because this involved the replacement of the currency system.

Aquamarine players used local currency, which was naturally not recognized in the interstellar world. What Han Xiao needed now was Enas, and the players' money came from the missions of the NPCs, and had not yet been connected to the interstellar world, so they did not have Enas at this time, and the target Han Xiao was eyeing was Godora.

Godora would issue missions to players, and the rewarded money would be Enas. Since the players didn't have to buy Godora's potions, they would save the money. Seeing Han Xiao's many mechanical equipment and advanced knowledge, and spending money could also increase faction relations, it was clear where the players were more willing to spend their money.

Therefore, before Godora arrived, Han Xiao did not intend to sell machinery, but only to teach skills and knowledge to earn experience.

"Godora doesn't know that the Heterochromatic Progenitor is Ames' conspiracy yet. As long as I reveal it, Godora will immediately pay attention and send someone over immediately..."

While watching the mages transplant the raw materials, he stroked his chin and calculated his plan, "Ames arranged the Heterochromatic Progenitor for some kind of strategic intention. If Godora doesn't show up for a day, Ames won't appear either. If I notify them to come, the fight between the two camps will start immediately. They are all indirect competitors for me to recruit players... If I don't notify them for the time being, I will seize the opportunity and take advantage of this time to deepen the attraction of my camp to the player group..."

If both sides intervened, the official fight would begin, but before that, there was a buffer period that was beneficial to him. He also saw the movement on the forum. As expected, the impact of the return was slowly fermenting in the player group, which was very beneficial.

Han Xiao thought for a while and decided not to reveal his intelligence for the time being, and wait for Godora to come over himself. He had the truth about the Calamity of Mutated Beasts and an original Heterochromatic Progenitor, and needed a good opportunity to give it to Godora, so as to maximize profits, but now was not the best time, so there was no need to be so anxious.

"My goal is to get as many players as possible to join the mercenary group, but not everyone can join if they want to. There must be a threshold, otherwise it will seem like I'm grabbing at straws, and players generally won't cherish things that are too easy to get.

But I also have to take into account the number of people, so the threshold must be moderate. One thing that can be confirmed is that many players want to join my camp now... It's best to create competitiveness. After all, winners are easily envied, and joining my camp becomes a right that only winners can enjoy, so players will value this opportunity even more."

Han Xiao rolled his eyes and had a good idea, secretly remembering it in his heart. With the opening of Version 2.0, he also had many things to do.

But before implementing these measures, there was a more important thing that needed to be done immediately, and that was to harvest a wave of experience and let his strength soar once again.

Han Xiao's total level was 116, and the panel experience was less than 100 million. He hadn't leveled up for nearly a year, and there were hundreds of blueprint skills in the skill panel. His need for experience was simply like a starving man craving food.

He hadn't harvested players for too long, and he was already eager to try.