Chapter 1 Han Xiao Enters the Forum

Han Xiao entered the forum and opened a video, where two new hosts appeared on the screen, one male and one female.

Male host: "Hello, players, I'm A-Wei."

Female host: "I'm Cuihua."

"This is Star Sea Times, dedicated to sharing first-hand game information and escorting your gaming career."

After the usual opening, the two hosts started another regular segment, trying hard to chat awkwardly.

"The new version has been online for more than half a month, and players from all countries are working hard to adapt. Compared with 3.0, the 4.0 [Shining World] version has undergone many changes. Here's a preview, our content today is very rich, leading everyone to analyze the gameplay of the new version."

"Speaking of the new version, it reminds me of something, I have a friend..."

Before he finished, Cuihua interrupted him, "I know, that friend is yourself, please continue your performance."

"...My friend, he's been haunted lately."

"Which part did he use to bump into the ghost?"

A-Wei was speechless for a while before continuing, "...One day, my friend got off work late and went home late at night. His family was already asleep. He washed up hastily and went to bed to sleep with his wife. In the middle of the night, when he was half asleep, he heard footsteps outside the door, he..."

Cuihua suddenly interjected, looking strange, "Wait... what does this have to do with the new version?"

"Ahem, I'm just looking for an excuse to start a topic, don't mind the details."

"...You continue." Cuihua rolled her eyes.

"Only my... friend and wife live at home. He thought a thief had broken into the house, so he quickly got up and turned on the light, but found no one else. The door was also tightly closed, so he continued to sleep. But the next morning, when he got up to go to work, he found that the door was already open, leaving a crack, but nothing was missing from the house. He thought he was dreaming last night, so he quickly woke up his wife and asked her if she had heard anything last night, but his wife didn't hear anything. Isn't that scary? He must have bumped into a ghost."

Cuihua: "...Eat more green vegetables, it's good for your body and mind."

"By the way, what would you do if you really encountered a ghost?"

"I'd use a national flag to kill it. Do you think my materialist halo is fake?"

After this interaction, the two hosts successfully pulled the players' excited emotions back to normal levels, and everyone turned from elated to indifferent.

Han Xiao listened to the awkward chat with a straight face, and the two hosts finally got to the point.

A-Wei: "Getting back to the point, the 4.0 [Shining World] version has been open for half a month, and it has already shown the characteristics of this version, that's right, it's the World Server!"

Cuihua: "Yes, after three versions of baptism, players from all countries can finally gather together and play in the same star field. This is a major gameplay innovation. It is foreseeable that this version will be very lively, and it is very likely that there will be a national war, turning into a battle between players from various countries."

"Speaking of prediction, I remembered the prediction made by Star Sea Times in the last episode of the 3.0 program. At that time, we speculated that the 4.0 version would fully open the cross-star field function. Now the guess has been fulfilled for the most part. The only thing we didn't guess was the opening of the World Server."

"Due to the emergence of the World Server, players in the Shattered Star Ring have two natural version advantages. The first is geographical location, because the two star fields are adjacent, resulting in Shattered Star Ring players being able to come to the World Server earlier than players from other star fields. Second, Shattered Star Ring players have unique faction advantages."

"Yes, among the factions that players are currently qualified to join, the only one that contacted the Shining World in the previous version is the Black Star Army, which includes most of the Shattered Star Ring players. They followed the army to participate in the first phase of the Shining World exploration, laying the foundation."

"Not only that, the Black Star Army has become the strongest force in the Shining World besides the empire in the new version. I still remember that the Black Star Army was the guiding faction of the Shattered Star Ring in the 2.0 version. Now it has developed into such a huge force, which can provide Shattered Star Ring players with huge help in the Shining World, giving them innate advantages."

"But I think everything has two sides. As the old saying goes, 'A tree that stands out in the forest will be blown down by the wind'. Shattered Star Ring players who have an advantage are likely to become a thorn in the side of players from other star fields."

The two hosts sang in harmony, analyzing the version situation.

"Regarding the gameplay of the World Server, there are many posts analyzing it in various sections. According to our summary, the competition in the 4.0 version may be mainly based on guilds. Ordinary players are more free and have more room for fancy operations, but the efficiency of obtaining resources cannot be compared with guilds."

"And our basis is the system recently issued by the Black Star Army..." A-Wei suddenly paused, hesitatingly said: "Speaking of which, how many times have our predictions for the version used the Black Star Army as a weather vane?"

As soon as this remark came out, the players who were seriously watching the program instantly went into a frenzy, and dense barrages swept across.

"It's confirmed, the origin of all things is the Black Star Army. Without the army, Star Sea Times wouldn't know how to make programs."

"A-Wei: Making predictions is very simple, just summarize the trends of the Black Star Army."

"Trash program, all rely on the army (funny)."

"Official licking dog, can't wash it, can't wash it."

"Black Star: That's right, I am the most beautiful boy in the Shattered Star Ring."

"...Upstairs, is there something wrong with the window to your soul?"

"The Blue Sea rises, let's fight together, left meat bun, right times, Black Star shines, the Star Sea surges~"

"Are you a great writer?"

"Write a book if you can talk."

The silly netizens showed off again, and Han Xiao watched with amusement.

This wave of licking is very comfortable, it's not in vain that I have been providing benefits and guiding the version.

Cuihua coughed, "Let's get down to business, the Black Star Army's movements are an important reference. The new system they issued some time ago, the core mechanism is to transform guilds into regular organizations in the universe, providing players with opportunities similar to self-reliance."

"Self-reliance gameplay has been relatively unpopular in the previous versions, mainly because the conditions are not mature, but in the 4.0 version, the level cap has been increased, and the influence of self-reliance has increased. This gameplay may become important."

"The Black Star Army is guiding this gameplay. According to their previous brave deeds, this may become the mainstream gameplay of the 4.0 version, encouraging more people to establish guilds."

"But! Please pay attention to all players! Normal self-reliance requires leaving the original camp. So far, only the Black Star Army has a semi-independent self-reliance system, that is to say, only army players can retain the camp affiliation of the Black Star Army while being self-reliant! This is another unique advantage!"

"It is not yet clear whether this is one of the characteristics of the Black Star Army. If the camps of players in other star fields do not have this system, I think many foreign players will switch to the Black Star Army... So now the question is, if you become players of a camp, can the national war still be fought?"

The analysis is quite accurate... Han Xiao muttered to himself.

This is a good thing for him, it helps to promote the superiority of his system, so that players can more clearly understand the convenience of the army and increase the attractiveness of the camp.

The program then carefully analyzed the possibilities of players in the World Server, as well as the trends of players in various star fields. Han Xiao watched the whole process, mainly focusing on the trends of players in other star fields.

Other star fields are not like the Shattered Star Ring, where players basically do not have a unified camp, and their affiliations are relatively scattered. At this time, they are following the camp across the star field. There are also many lone wolf players who have quit the camp, mostly from the United States and Europe. After all, one side of the water and soil raises one side of the people. Breathing the sweet air, the free gene is imperceptibly engraved in the bones.

The foreign camps to which the players belong are worthy of attention, most of which are small and medium-sized organizations.

Small organizations are not worth worrying about. There are too many powerful forces in the Shining World. The joining channels in the 4.0 version will be opened on a large scale. As the saying goes, people go to high places. Players are like being surrounded by countless scantily clad vixens posing, how can they stand this temptation, and immediately become fickle and abandon their old love.

Moreover, many people don't like peaceful breakups, but also directly cheat, being scum to the end, being scum clearly, and becoming traitors to betray the old employer in exchange for the contribution of the next family.

Han Xiao remembers many cases, and there are even players who deliberately use the name of a small organization to provoke big crocodiles, a wave of jumping back, bringing irresistible strong enemies to the small organization, causing the old employer to be directly destroyed, and then joining the new enemy camp to get promoted and raise salary. This is a chaotic doctrine without integrity.

For many players, integrity is just a fart. Small organizations are not attractive and weak, and players are not nostalgic. But large camps like his own with benefits and force, normal players will cherish and will not do such things.

In addition to small and medium-sized organizations, there are also foreign players working for powerful forces, such as the Endless Financial Group, the Interstellar Black Market, the Extinguishing Legion, and some star cluster-level or even super star cluster-level civilizations, which more or less have "Undying" from different countries depending on the region.

"Especially that bastard Sorokin, he has recruited a lot of players, and he even tried to test the army players before. He is probably going to poach my corner in the Shining World." Han Xiao curled his lips secretly.

The Endless Financial Group mainly recruits people in the Star Spirit Sea, mainly Japanese and Korean players, while the Extinguishing Legion is an important camp for the old Americans. The players under these two forces should be the most besides the Black Star Army.

Speaking of the Extinguishing Legion, Han Xiao couldn't help but think of Beaonny. Beaonny is the leader of the Flame Demon Race, while the Extinguishing Legion is mainly composed of Frost Demon Race. The two sides are considered rivals. Beaonny controls the Fire Core Land, while the Extinguishing Legion has the Frost Core Land in hand. Even the treasures of their respective races are very similar.

Just as he was diverging his thoughts, Han Xiao suddenly felt a move in his heart, opened the attribute panel and glanced at it, only to see the experience bar rising rapidly.

"Hehe, my promotion is working."

...

Dynasty, Temple, Changkong and other wealthy families and other first-line professional clubs, all registered as regular organizations in the Black Star Army, the organization name has not been changed, directly inherited the guild name.

Philip received Han Xiao's instructions, opened the road lamp, and quickly approved the procedures for the transformation of one guild after another. The organizational structure of the army players has undergone earth-shaking changes, officially becoming recognized affiliated guild teams, and established files in the army.

After completing the registration, these wealthy guilds immediately let some members participate in the main line exploration tasks, so as to get the various discounts promised by Han Xiao... For these large guilds, they can also attract many players who do not have a guild at this time to join them through these discounts, mutual benefit.

After twenty years of continuous liver explosion in the logistics department, the army's various equipment are now new models, while the equipment on the players are all eliminated models from twenty years ago, which just need to be updated. Coupled with the stimulation of 30% discount, the desire to consume is unprecedentedly high, and a shopping spree is quickly set off in the ordnance department.

A large amount of Enas was credited, but for Grand Technician Han, the monetary income brought by the players is now a small profit. The important thing is experience. He has now added experience fees to more camp goods, and introduced a new system, that is, players can choose two payment methods, only with money or only with experience. If there is no money in the pocket, you can directly buy with experience.

In the eyes of other army members, this will seem a bit strange, like giving away equipment for free, but now Han Xiao is full-fledged, and he does not need to be as cautious as in the past when dealing with players. As long as he says that the Undying troops have special privileges, he can explain the past.

The result is that the efficiency of harvesting experience has increased sharply. Experience is a special currency unique to players. Currently, only the Black Star Army has the service of donating experience for money, and other camps can't learn it even if they want to.

Millions of army players arrived at Black Star's palace in the next few days, while the old foreign players from other star fields were still rushing on the road bitterly. According to the itinerary of players from various countries, the second to arrive at the World Server should be the Southeast Asian players from the Black Hole Boundary, mainly Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore, but that will be many days later. Chinese players have ample time to expand their advantages.

Under the dispatch of the Black Star Army, many players were roughly divided into two groups, a part followed the fleet led by Hela, set off to the area explored in the fourth phase, and prepared to intervene in the competition of foreign forces.

Most of the remaining players are guild members, promoting the discounts promised by Han Xiao, selecting sites in the army's territory to build guild strongholds, and using team merit points to purchase resource points and various business operating rights, and start to lay a deeper foundation for their respective guilds.

Under Han Xiao's behind-the-scenes control, all the army players were mobilized, and they developed step by step according to the route he pointed out, using the mainstream gameplay confirmed in the previous life to expand their leading advantage in the World Server step by step.

At the same time, the fleet commanded by Hela arrived at the exploration area in the fourth phase along with other foreign forces.

And the current situation here can be summarized in one word:

——Pandemonium!

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