"So that's how it is…" Nagokin mused.

The Godora rescue team had just arrived and needed intelligence. Everyone gathered in the conference room, and in a little over ten minutes, Han Xiao described the events of the Heteromorphy Disaster over the past month, as well as the current situation on Aquamarine Star, so that Nagokin understood the planet's plight.

"Black Star, you should have seen the regional news. This isn't the only planet that has suffered such a disaster. The War Bureau and the Investigation Bureau have sent many troops to provide disaster relief. With so many planets experiencing disasters one after another, we find this matter very suspicious, which is why someone of my level is leading the team." Nagokin asked in a deep voice, "You just told me the principle of the Heteromorphy Prime. This type of biochemical weapon is rare. Although I don't know where your information comes from, you must know the information behind this, right?"

Han Xiao's eyes flashed. In his previous life, Godora didn't understand the function of the Heteromorphy Prime, so their efficiency was very low in the early stages of disaster relief, giving the Heteromorphy Prime time to grow. His information, on the other hand, helped Godora point out the correct path, and the subsequent effect would inevitably be to rapidly increase the overall progress of the [Heteromorphy Disaster] mission and reduce the harm of this disaster—at least much better than in his previous life.

But revealing this information had both advantages and disadvantages. Now was not the best opportunity to reveal everything, but it was necessary to let Godora understand some information in order to carry out their work, so Nagokin naturally suspected that Han Xiao knew more of the truth.

However, Han Xiao didn't plan to tell Godora everything about "the Heteromorphy Disaster being a conspiracy of DarkStar."

There were many reasons for this, the most important of which was that he couldn't get too many benefits by saying it now, and DarkStar's plan was only just beginning. According to DarkStar's actions in his previous life, even if he told Godora that the Heteromorphy Prime was deployed by DarkStar, they would still fall into the trap, because when DarkStar's plan unfolded, Godora would realize that this was a conspiracy in broad daylight, and there was no use in trying to prevent it.

Although Han Xiao understood DarkStar's intentions, he knew that if he said everything at once, it would exceed the reasonable range. Even a clairvoyant wouldn't have such detailed information, and people would suspect that he had a special intelligence channel, which would ultimately lead to trouble, with the risks outweighing the benefits. Therefore, he didn't plan to help Godora see through DarkStar's plan, but rather let them fall into the trap, which was more in line with his interests.

DarkStar bought the Heteromorphy Prime as a tool to cause disaster precisely because they saw that it couldn't be solved in the short term. The only way was to hand over the Heteromorphy Prime in his hand so that Godora could develop a large-scale antidote in advance.

And to maximize his benefits, he naturally couldn't hand it over before the crisis happened. Only after Godora fell into the trap and realized the urgency of the situation would he get a greater reward by handing over the Heteromorphy Prime.

As for the suspicion that handing over the Prime would cause, Han Xiao had already made arrangements. In the Whispering Pearl incident, he dragged Longtan into the water, and the fact that he had the Prime in his hand could be explained as Longtan secretly opening the Whispering Pearl and preserving the contents, so he got it and shifted the blame to Longtan.

With Ames's status, DarkStar didn't dare to provoke her, and Godora wouldn't meddle in other people's business, so his own risks would be reduced—and he might even help Longtan gain Godora's favor. Han Xiao was almost moved by his own cleverness.

These thoughts flashed through his mind. Han Xiao didn't let others see anything unusual. His expression was natural, and he answered Nagokin fluently:

"You've misunderstood. I once witnessed the power of large-scale biochemical weapons during an employment, so I asked an intelligence organization to collect some information. At the same time, I'm also a member scholar of the [Temporal Research Society]. I've read similar cases in their database, but I don't know who deployed this biochemical weapon…"

He paused for a moment, and Han Xiao shook his head. "But this matter is indeed suspicious. If I had to guess, it seems that only your nemesis, DarkStar, would do such a thing."

Nagokin nodded heavily. "That's what I think too! DarkStar has been opposing us in every way, but they've been keeping a low profile for the past two years. They must have bigger plans… Unfortunately, there's no evidence to point the finger at them."

Han Xiao chuckled. "With their nature, they probably can't wait to jump out and admit that this was their doing."

Upon hearing this, Nagokin's expression became troubled. That's right, DarkStar didn't care about that at all.

"In any case, disaster relief must be done." Han Xiao skillfully skipped the topic, letting Nagokin suspect DarkStar but unable to confirm it. That was enough. He continued, "We can cooperate. I arrived here a few days earlier than you. In my opinion, the problems we face can be summarized into two tasks…"

Nagokin put away his emotions and listened carefully—if the Six Nations made suggestions, he would basically not adopt them but would carry out disaster relief according to his own plan. But Black Star was different. This guy had the qualifications for equal dialogue, and Nagokin was willing to listen to Han Xiao's opinions.

"First, rescue the refugees. I've already been doing this, and it's been initially effective, but there are still billions of people in danger in various parts of the planet. In places we can't see, hundreds of thousands of people are dying every day. If we don't stop it in time, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Nagokin nodded. This was indeed the top priority. If everyone died, then what was the point of saving them?

"The second thing is to find the root of the disaster and eliminate it once and for all. This requires Godora's help. With Aquamarine Star's technology, it's impossible to deal with this matter. To crack this biochemical weapon, we must create a corresponding antidote."

The rescue team naturally wouldn't stay on other planets for a long time to provide disaster relief. Their main task was actually to study the disaster and find a solution.

The two suggestions were also the plan that Nagokin had in mind. He acted swiftly and decisively. After the meeting, he immediately led the rescue team to take action, leaving some researchers in the shelter to study the infected and measure various parameters when the virus broke out, while others went to meet with the Six Nations without stopping, which was considered to be in contact with the Aquamarine Star regime.

The rescue team started their work and cooperated with the Six Nations to help them increase the production of inhibitors. This was Han Xiao's foundation. If Han Xiao hadn't shared the inhibitor formula with the Six Nations, the situation would be different now. Of course, the specific actions of helping the victims were the responsibility of the Six Nations themselves. The Godora rescue team didn't have so many people and wouldn't waste their energy on trivial matters.

The Six Nations also took the opportunity to stir up public opinion in support of Godora, restoring people's confidence. This move was indeed very effective. Many refugees in the wild learned that the Six Nations were also safe places and came one after another, sharing the pressure of the shelters.

On the vast land, groups of ragged refugees were like ants, heading toward these places.

In the early stages of the Heteromorphy Disaster, a large number of urban residents fled, afraid to live together. At this time, the refugees in the wild accounted for more than half of the global population. The wilderness was extremely dangerous. If the refugees acted on their own, seven or eight out of ten would die on the road. However, the Six Nations were busy stabilizing domestic order and couldn't spare any manpower. The global production of inhibitors was far from enough to meet the needs of so many refugees, but they couldn't give up on them, so they had to send people to search for and guide them.

The players therefore entered the rescue team's field of vision.

Han Xiao's mercenary group had some Undying Ones before, namely, Mad Blade and others. At this time, when Nagokin saw so many "Undying Ones," it was impossible not to be surprised, but since this situation had lasted for several years on Aquamarine Star, Nagokin, although strange, regarded it as a unique phenomenon on Aquamarine Star and believed that this group of Espers were a special species born on Aquamarine Star.

Several years ago, a Godora investigator came to Aquamarine Star and recorded this situation, but the investigation conclusion was relatively ambiguous and didn't receive much attention. At this time, Nagokin felt that this group of "Espers" was quite strange. While providing disaster relief, he was also observing and found that the players were very useful labor, so he tried to contact them.

In his previous life, Nagokin's Godora faction attracted countless players to join, leading them to the interstellar, but now that Han Xiao was ahead, Nagokin's appeal to the players was very limited.

Most of the players were curious about the Godora faction, but they preferred Han Xiao… No, it wasn't just preference, it was already to the point of liking him.

Of course, Nagokin didn't know that Black Star was a hidden "competitor" and didn't know how precious something Han Xiao had snatched away.

Knowing that Black Star had recruited many Espers, Nagokin didn't think too much. Han Xiao was from this planet, and these Espers were his fellow villagers. It was very normal for them to be willing to follow Black Star. This didn't prevent Nagokin from issuing tasks to the players. What he didn't expect was that the players were very willing to help them do things.

As Han Xiao had expected, the Godora rescue team brought about a change in the monetary system. The original Aquamarine Star currency almost collapsed, and the universally used Enas began to be widely known. There were also tasks to do in the shelter, but compared to the tasks of the Godora rescue team that rewarded Enas, there was no competition at all.

The players were all clear that Enas was the currency that would be universally used in the future. It was clear which side's tasks to choose. The rescue team gave out a limited number of tasks every day, which led to countless players scrambling for them. What's more, there was Han Xiao's shop dangling their appetite, and the players couldn't wait to earn money to buy equipment immediately.

Han Xiao didn't issue tasks to the players that rewarded Enas—it was impossible to spend his own money, but he relied on his relationship with Nagokin to have the other party issue some more rewarding tasks in the name of employment, and the players who joined the mercenary group could receive these jobs. In other words, as long as they joined Black Star, they could get better tasks from the Godora rescue team. This was Han Xiao's positioning of the mercenary group's profitability:

——We are not the producers of tasks, we are the porters of tasks.

He used the mercenary group's connections and reputation to get employment tasks, borrowed flowers to offer to the Buddha to give to the players. In this way, the task resources were endless, and then he let the players consume, which was equivalent to letting the players earn the NPCs' money and then give the money to him. The players were like diligent little bees. This was a cycle, like a fully automated agricultural harvester, completely without Han Xiao's worry, just harvest.

The players felt the benefits of the mercenary group, and the players who hadn't joined seemed even more eager. Someone on the forum discussed whether they should join Black Star or Godora, and finally came to the conclusion that the Black Star mercenary group completely crushed Godora!

Joining Godora could only accept the tasks of that faction. If they joined Black Star, according to Meat Bun's video, the tasks they could accept were varied and countless.

Although the players hadn't deeply realized this yet, it was only a matter of time before they entered the interstellar. Now, just the speculation on the forum had already made the players realize the awesomeness of the Black Star faction—the Black Star network was not just talk!

The layout that Han Xiao had started from 1.0 was slowly showing a chain reaction.

…

The Gadon Star System regional news was still reporting on the disaster. Public opinion polls showed that almost all Godorans supported the rescue team's actions, and there were also various folk blessing activities, very sympathetic to the encounters of these ally civilizations.

The intervention of the rescue team greatly improved the situation on Aquamarine Star. After several consecutive days, the number of refugees rescued reached a new high, but the research of the Godora researchers didn't make much progress.

They could only start with the infected, and it was really difficult to achieve results in the short term.

Han Xiao was very sure that DarkStar must be paying attention to the disaster relief situation, but these days were calm. DarkStar hadn't taken any action yet. Everyone, including Nagokin, was kept in the dark. Only Han Xiao had a sense of crisis that a storm was about to come.

Now, the situation on Aquamarine Star seemed to be improving and seemed to be able to stabilize the situation soon, but Han Xiao knew that the Heteromorphy Disaster was far from that simple.

When the Heteromorphy Prime grew to the next stage, the effect would be further enhanced. Those who had been injected with inhibitors would be infected again and would have to increase the dose by three times to continue to be immune. Production was the biggest limitation. The more people who were saved now, the more likely there would be a choice to abandon some people, and the resulting conflicts would be difficult to deal with just thinking about it.

Moreover, the higher the growth stage of the Heteromorphy Prime, the more intelligence it would slowly grow. The condition of the onset would no longer be without any rules. It would slowly begin to appear purposeful, and it could affect not only ordinary people, but also some weaker Supers would be controlled by it. As the virus grew, it could gradually affect stronger and stronger people.

The most terrible thing was that when the Heteromorphy Prime grew to a certain stage, every onset would cause certain damage to the infected's brain. Over time, the ability to think would gradually degenerate, and they would feel an unprecedented stimulation during the onset, with a pleasure that was many times stronger than mating. This was addictive and even made people unwilling to inject inhibitors, actively seeking the onset and destroying the infected's last reason… This was the worst situation.

Han Xiao knew these things because the plot in his previous life had already reached this point.

If the Heteromorphy Disaster couldn't be resolved for a long time, then there was only the last way out—abandon the planet and migrate the survivors.

This was the worst ending. Sunil was an example, and the treatment of the refugees on the Heteromorphy Disaster planets might not be better than Sunil, and the final result was very likely to be the extinction of the "civilization."

Now, the situation was far from this point, but Han Xiao wasn't as optimistic as others. Although DarkStar had been defeated several times here, they were still super fierce.

In addition to disaster relief, these days, Han Xiao also remembered Hannes's request and asked Nagokin to inquire about the clues of that Godoran portrait, and the other party readily agreed.

However, to his surprise, Nagokin's investigation quickly yielded results, locking down the identity of the Godoran that Hannes had encountered.

And the truth in it was far beyond his expectations.