Chapter 1 People of the Mad Blade Arrive

Mad Blade and his group responded to the players' enthusiasm, squeezed through the welcoming crowd, and came to Han Xiao.

These dozens of people were the first to follow him to space. Most of them were top-tier players in his previous life. Han Xiao had always treated them differently. He didn't bother with pleasantries and said directly, "You're late."

Everyone was stunned. Hei Xing's familiar tone clearly treated them as his own people, and a special feeling rose in their hearts.

On the spaceship, they learned that other players could also join the Black Star Mercenary Group. They were no longer the only players enjoying the benefits of the Black Star camp. They all felt helpless about this, but at this time, they felt that these "old-timers" still received differential treatment.

Returning to Black Star's side, they felt much more at ease.

"Actually, expanding the scale is not a bad thing. The Black Star Mercenary Group is a growing camp. The more people there are, the faster the camp's benefits will grow," Hao Tian said.

The other high-level players agreed. Indeed, with more player members, the camp could develop quickly, which was beneficial to the professional players in their China division.

However, we all understand the principle, but it's hard to accept not being able to monopolize Black Star!

In Version 1.0, Han Xiao had already instilled a concept in players through Meatbun's videos, which was that his camp would continue to grow as more and more mercenary missions were completed, making players believe that they could contribute to the camp's development and thus obtain higher benefits.

Now this concept was not yet deeply rooted in people's hearts. When they entered space and many players personally experienced this, they would not only work hard to complete mercenary missions but also actively call friends and invite other players to join Black Star, recouping their investment with one and making a fortune with two.

Moreover, while players were putting effort into the camp's development, a sense of belonging would subtly take root in the hearts of some people. This was one of Grand Technician Han's plans.

This group of high-level players did not delay. Like other players, they sought Han Xiao to learn skills. They looked forward to coming to Han Xiao's side because they realized their own advantage—only they had Inal!

The high-level players went to space early and gained the upper hand. Han Xiao allowed them to become rich together. The Aqua Star players could only drool at the goods in the camp store, while they were the wealthy people with purchasing power.

"The store has updated a lot of equipment, and there's also a lot of advanced knowledge."

"There's a new Sunil set? Simplified General-grade armor, the stats are much higher than the Officer-grade, but it's a pity there are level restrictions."

"Electromagnetic charging shield, this thing is also good. I remember there wasn't this product before the update."

Everyone looked curious. The camp store had many new products, and they were almost dazzled. They discussed for a while and bought what they wanted, mainly advanced knowledge. Anyway, buying knowledge was definitely not a loss. They had seen the market prices in space, which were simply outrageous. The benefits of the Black Star camp were much better. An advanced knowledge only cost about 10,000 Enas, which was more than half the price. It was too conscientious.

The prerequisite for purchasing was to consume 1,500 camp contribution points. These high-level players all had several hundred contribution points. Below 1,000 contribution points, 50 Enas could be exchanged for 100 contribution points, while above 1,000 and below 3,000, 500 Enas were needed to exchange for 100 contribution points. However, even so, buying a piece of advanced knowledge for more than 10,000 was still much more cost-effective than the space market.

Before the update, these high-level players had done sixty or seventy missions with Han Xiao. After deducting the previous expenses for repairs and equipment updates, their current savings were around twenty to thirty thousand. They were quite wealthy, and they contributed the first income of Version 2.0 to Han Xiao.

In less than five minutes, a full 600,000 Enas were in his hands!

Han Xiao was overjoyed. It was said that paying for knowledge was a rogue business, with great prospects.

Only when the players had money could he reap the rewards. This group of high-level players was the first experimental field, and Han Xiao had already confirmed the feasibility of the idea on them. This harvest was within expectations.

Bringing Mad Blade and others back, in addition to having them spend money and replenish his increasingly empty wallet, there was another goal, which was to create a role model effect.

The other players didn't have money? Then let them see rich people up close and feel the difference.

Maliciously inciting class conflict, this trick was very dirty. Han Xiao glanced around, and many players looked yearning, extremely envious.

Originally, everyone was poor, but now, watching Mad Blade and others buying things they couldn't afford in a big way, looking like nouveau riche, they were immediately stimulated with a stronger desire... Although the players' needs had already been stirred up, Han Xiao didn't mind adding fuel to the fire.

He was best at stirring up trouble!

After solving the needs of Mad Blade and others, it was already late, the setting sun fell into the horizon, and night fell.

Han Xiao didn't stay any longer. He casually threw a camp mission to help the shelter to Mad Blade and others, then turned and left the square. He had other things to do and wouldn't stay here from morning to night.

"Let's level up first. I was delayed for a while just now, and I almost forgot about this."

Opening the panel, Han Xiao threw in the more than 1.2 billion experience points he had just accumulated without saying a word, and finally the long-awaited level-up message appeared.

[【War Mechanist】 promoted to Lv20 (max), Stamina +300, Agility +3, Endurance +3, Intelligence +5, you get 6 free attribute points, you get 1 potential point]

[Your total level reaches 120, you trigger the next stage of advancement mission]

[Level 120 Advancement Mission 【Mystery of Stamina】: Stamina level reaches 【Lv10】]

"Oh, it's actually this advancement mission."

Han Xiao raised his eyebrows, somewhat surprised.

【Mystery of Stamina】 was not common. It was not difficult, after all, it did not require combat. It mainly took time and required the character's stamina value to reach a specified standard, and this standard was definitely higher than the current level.

After leveling up to 120, Han Xiao's stamina reached 8360 points, which was still 【Lv9】, meaning that stamina gave him a nine-layer attribute bonus. The concept of stamina level, to put it in an easier-to-understand way, was roughly equivalent to something like inner power realm.

Each time the stamina attribute reached a standard, a new layer of attribute bonus would be obtained. When using skills consumed stamina, causing the stamina value to fall below the standard of a certain layer of bonus, this layer of bonus would be temporarily lost, and the overall attribute would be temporarily reduced, which was equivalent to a decline in state during a fierce battle.

When stamina was full, the character's attributes were at their peak state.

The standard for 【Lv10】 stamina level was 9000 stamina attributes. Han Xiao was still a few hundred points short. This gap was not difficult to make up. As long as he found one or two skills such as stamina extraction, practiced them to the full amount, and he could naturally complete the mission.

In his previous life, increasing the stamina attribute was one of the ways to continue improving strength after reaching the maximum level. Many players would look around for NPCs to learn stamina training methods in an attempt to reach the standard of a new layer of stamina bonus and increase their attributes by a large margin.

"This advancement mission is not difficult. Bennett, Melos, or Harmon should all have different stamina training methods. With the current favorability, as long as I mention it, they shouldn't refuse to share..."

Han Xiao nodded. Since the advancement mission was not difficult, he planned to save the mission settlement card for later use.

In addition to the advancement mission, there was also the next stage of class advancement mission for the Mechanic class.

[Class Advancement Requirements: Learn any one of the three high-end Mechanic class knowledges: 【Giant Complex Mechanical Technology】, 【Super-Nanotechnology】, and 【Advanced Virtual Intelligence Technology】, and upgrade it to the maximum level]

[Note: The knowledge you choose will determine the result of the class advancement]

This mission was within Han Xiao's expectations. The class advancement requirements for the next stage of 【War Mechanist】 were fixed, and every Mechanic class player would encounter this requirement.

When the Mechanic class advanced in the first stage, they faced a choice between the three routes of Gunner, Melee Combatant, and Mechanic. At this stage, the Mechanic class would face a new choice, and they had to choose a strong tendency in one of the three branches: Armed, Energy, and Control.

【Giant Complex Mechanical Technology】 was the large-scale machinery route, 【Super-Nanotechnology】 was the micro route, and 【Advanced Virtual Intelligence Technology】 was the virtual technology route (good at internal warfare), each with its own advantages and disadvantages. It didn't mean that he could only use one route in the future. After advancing, he could still learn the knowledge of all branches, but the focus of the skills would be different.

Just like the Gunner, Melee Combatant, and Mechanic branches all learned the same knowledge, but the skills they obtained were different.

Moreover, the biggest impact was that the potential point cost would change. For example, if he chose a class advancement that tended toward the Armed branch, then the learning cost for the last two levels of knowledge for the Energy and Control branches would become three times the normal cost.

As for which branch to choose, Han Xiao didn't have to hesitate at all. He wanted the virtual technology route.

There were several reasons. First, he would definitely encounter advanced mechanics in the future, and virtual technology could guarantee absolute control over his machinery, preventing opponents from invading the network and taking away the machinery. He had suffered a lot in his previous life. Don't look at the Armed and Energy branches as if they were very powerful. In fact, the inconspicuous virtual technology was the most important. Even if your machinery was strong, as long as it was invaded by the opponent, it would be equivalent to scrap metal, and it would attack you in reverse.

The second reason was that Han Xiao was not afraid of the high potential point cost. It was almost impossible for ordinary players to learn all the class knowledge, and the sky-high cost was despairing, but it was not impossible for Han Xiao.

He had the huge experience channel of players, and his speed of obtaining experience was countless times faster than players. As long as he continued to max out skills one by one, potential points could be accumulated slowly.

So the negative impact was not great for him.

"There are about 200 million experience points left. Don't rush to advance. Let's complete the advancement mission first, and then accumulate enough experience to level up. Then we can upgrade in one go."

Han Xiao glanced at the level 120 attributes, casually threw all the free attribute points into Intelligence, breaking through the 900 mark, then closed the panel and returned to his residence.

The core area of the shelter was divided into a separate area for him and the mercenaries to live in.

Clap.

After walking through the last corner, Han Xiao suddenly stopped. He saw Bennett waiting for him at the door.

"Black Star, the Six Nations want to talk to you," Bennett said in a deep voice, directly getting to the point.

"They really can't sit still."

Han Xiao's eyes flashed. After waiting for a day, the Six Nations finally made a decision. Next, it was his turn to extort them.

The Six Nations once turned to Godora, but now, he had seized the opportunity and intercepted them before Godora arrived.

His status was different from the past. Whether he could turn Aqua Star, this novice planet, into a long-term branch base depended on the outcome of this negotiation!