Chapter 342 War Broker

Han Xiao did not immediately contact the Gular Civilization, as the banquet was underway, and he couldn't neglect his guests.

Returning to the banquet, Han Xiao collected a number of contact details. The pleasant times always pass by quickly, and the banquet soon came to an end. Many guests bid farewell and left the venue.

Han Xiao saw the figure of Sesilynn in the departing crowd, his footsteps hurried, and his expression revealing nothing unusual. This sudden disclosure to Han Xiao could be considered a desperate gamble for him.

However, Han Xiao had no intention of reporting to a political party of a galaxy-level civilization. After all, he was a Super A Grade, and he had no obligation to report to these people.

As the guests dispersed, simulated mechanical waiters came to clean up the messy venue.

This was the first Evolution Banquet, and its scale and influence were limited. If he wanted to compete with the Overlord Gathering for status, it would take several years to make a name for himself in the Shattered Star Ring and make it a habit for major civilizations to attend every year.

Leaving the venue, Han Xiao didn't idle. He met with this batch of Red Empire elites separately. These people were more important, so they received special treatment. They didn't discuss any serious matters, mainly chatting and exchanging feelings.

These elites all had different levels of influence in the empire. Making more friends would help expand his network in the empire and increase his say.

Because of the Beacon Star battle, Han Xiao's reputation and status within the Red Empire rose sharply. He found that the attitude of this group of elites towards him was more awe-inspiring than that of previous people, no longer regarding him as an ordinary Super A Grade ally.

Everyone had a pleasant conversation. After Han Xiao saw off the empire elites, he returned to his room and had Phillip contact the upper echelons of the Gular Civilization's Gudi Party.

He didn't reveal Sesilynn's defection but stated that Sesilynn had already proposed a war employment to him, completed the task, so he specifically called to negotiate the matter.

The upper echelons of the Gudi Party were unsuspecting and proposed the reward for the employment, including cash, various military supplies, mechanical materials, and other actual rewards, as well as long-term mining rights for more resource planets.

Normal interstellar mercenary organizations can only obtain rewards such as remuneration, access to military factories, and military supplies procurement channels for war employment. However, the Black Star Army's power and background are different, so they can obtain things such as resource star mining rights that ordinary mercenary groups cannot obtain.

Unsurprisingly, the Gular Civilization's internal strife was indeed a series of missions. After contacting the Gudi Party, the panel also popped up an S-Grade mission. Unlike the Pioneer Party's "Fire of the Pioneers" mission, this mission was called "Uphold Orthodoxy," and its goal was to help the Gudi Party suppress other parties and recover divided areas.

Without giving the Gudi Party an accurate answer, Han Xiao hung up the communication, his thumb against his chin, pondering secretly.

"They're both S-Grade missions, so the rewards should be about the same… Well, perhaps there are subtle differences in the difficulty of the missions. For example, the Gudi Party is the most powerful, so suppression is easier. And among them, the Advent Party has the weakest power, so helping the weaker one to ascend should give the most rewards."

After thinking about it, Han Xiao asked Phillip to check the current leader of the Pioneer Party. Sesilynn was just an unexpected factor. Han Xiao was preparing to skip this guy and contact the Pioneer Party directly.

The Gular Civilization was internally divided militarily, so the Pioneer Party also had territories in the open, and it was easy to find their number.

The communication was quickly connected.

"May I ask who you are…" A secretary's figure appeared on the screen, only halfway through the question when he saw Han Xiao's appearance and was immediately horrified. "Black Star?!"

Han Xiao was too famous in the Shattered Star Ring at this time. Perhaps some ordinary people wouldn't recognize him, but as an official of a galaxy-level civilization, this secretary couldn't possibly not recognize this face. Han Xiao's call shocked him into disbelief.

"Connect me to your Pioneer Party's leader." Han Xiao's tone was calm.

"Oh, oh, I'll transfer you to the internal line right away, you… no, please wait." The secretary stammered. Although it wasn't the ruling party, the Pioneer Party leader wasn't someone ordinary people could see whenever they wanted. However, a star field bigshot like Black Star was clearly an exception.

Before long, the Pioneer Party leader came online, his eyes showing undisguised astonishment. He had just been waiting for an important call, and suddenly received the news of Black Star's call, which also gave him a great shock, and he still hadn't recovered.

Why would Black Star, whom he had never interacted with, suddenly come to him? And specifically name him?

"Your Excellency Black Star, what… what can I do for you?" The Pioneer Party leader's tone was cautious.

"I have also heard about the situation in your Gular Civilization. Not long ago, the Gudi Party people submitted a war employment application to me, wanting to use the power of the Black Star Army to eliminate other dissenting parties. Are you aware of this?"

"Is this true?!" The Pioneer Party leader's expression changed. He was obviously not unaware of this. In fact, he had just been waiting for a report from a spy. Their infiltrators in the Gudi Party had heard about unusual movements, guessing that the other party was seeking foreign aid, and now Black Star had directly confirmed this.

The Pioneer Party leader knew the seriousness of the matter and immediately became anxious, but quickly realized that if Black Star had accepted, why would he specifically notify them? Why was Black Star calling specifically?

A flash of inspiration, the Pioneer Party leader thought he understood Black Star's meaning and asked in a deep voice, "Your Excellency Black Star, no matter what price the Gudi Party people offer, we will offer twice the price, as long as the Black Star Army can help us overthrow the Gudi Party's rule, we will never go back on our word."

Since the intention had been made clear, there was no need for polite words. The Pioneer Party leader directly got to the point. He really wanted to get the assistance of the Black Star Army, but before today, he had never thought about it. The Gudi Party and the Black Star Army had only been connected for about a year, limited to commercial cooperation, and their Pioneer Party had no interaction with the Black Star Army before.

Good fellow, they're taking me for a war merchant… Han Xiao raised an eyebrow, but from the Pioneer Party leader's perspective, that was indeed the case. After all, they knew nothing about Sesilynn's matter.

After thinking about it, Han Xiao wasn't interested in exposing Sesilynn. This guy had brought him a mission after all. Before he actively defected, let him keep his achievements hidden.

After pondering for a while, Han Xiao slowly nodded in the Pioneer Party leader's nervous gaze.

"Alright, let's leave it at that. I'll have someone contact you to sign the employment contract later."

After speaking, he hung up the communication.

Looking at the darkened screen, the Pioneer Party slumped in his chair, staring blankly, feeling like he was dreaming.

Without any warning, after talking for less than a few minutes, he got the help of a major power like the Black Star Army?

At this moment, he deeply realized the terrifying power of an organization like the Black Star Army, whose single thought could determine the life and death of others. With such a huge external force as the Black Star Army, the stalemate in the Gular Civilization for many years had finally ushered in a turning point.

"Could it be that Black Star really just wants to be a war merchant? He doesn't seem to need to do this." At this time, the Pioneer Party leader had a doubt.

Black Star clearly had no interaction with the Pioneer Party, so why did he suddenly choose them?

"There must be a reason behind this that I don't know…"

The Pioneer Party leader's expression was uncertain.

But Black Star didn't say, and he forgot to ask just now. It wasn't appropriate to ask now either. The Pioneer Party leader didn't want to be kept in the dark all the time. He decided to slowly investigate what had happened in the places he didn't know. Someone must have done something to cause Black Star to take the initiative to come to him.

On the other side, Han Xiao put away the communicator. This little episode was over for him. All he had to do was wait for the Pioneer Party and the army's mercenary department to sign the employment contract. Then he would issue a faction mission. The rest would be up to the players and army members. It was equivalent to pulling a project for the army players to do, and he wouldn't need to pay attention to it next.

Choosing to help the Pioneer Party had nothing to do with Sesilynn. Among the three parties, the Pioneer Party was relatively better. And on the premise that his own interests were guaranteed, he was qualified to do some good deeds. This had always been his code of conduct.

On the other hand, the Pioneer Party seemed more correct. Many players liked this, which met some players' spiritual needs. This was another pursuit of players beyond interests.

Therefore, under these considerations, the Gudi Party and the more radical Advent Party were excluded. Helping a relatively bright political party was conducive to enhancing the players' sense of identity with the army… at least it wouldn't incur the players' disgust.

…

A few days later, the elites of various civilizations successively left the Black Star Army headquarters.

The Gular Civilization's spaceship left the port and sailed into the universe. Sesilynn looked at the Black Star Army until it disappeared from view, his face showing undisguised disappointment.

Two days ago, the Gudi Party leader had specifically contacted him, praising him for his contribution to this trip, claiming that Black Star had contacted them, and believed that they would soon get the assistance of the Black Star Army.

"I couldn't convince Black Star… Pioneer Party ah…" Sesilynn was dispirited. He didn't think that he alone could reverse the situation of the Pioneer Party.

At this moment, his companion suddenly exclaimed at the communicator.

"Look quickly, the Pioneer Party just announced that they have reached an employment with the Black Star Army, claiming to launch a general offensive!"

"What?!" Everyone on the ship was shocked and took out their communicators to check.

Sesilynn looked stunned and hurriedly took out his communicator to go online and check. He was shocked. The more he looked, the more excited he became.

"This, this… how could this be?! Could it be that my words… really worked?"

Sesilynn was so excited that he couldn't control himself. His actions had really ushered in a turning point, allowing Black Star to make a different decision. If it weren't for this risky move, Black Star would have probably agreed directly after getting the Gudi Party's application, and would never have had the leisure to understand the situation of the Gular Civilization.

No matter what conditions the Pioneer Party had privately reached with Black Star, no matter what Black Star was thinking, he had contributed to it.

Like two forked rails, he pushed the switch and allowed fate to deviate from its original track.

Sesilynn turned his head to look in the direction of the Black Star Army. Although he knew that Black Star didn't need his gratitude, his face still showed gratitude.

He didn't know if Black Star had exposed his identity, and silently kept this matter in his heart. He believed that he had only done the right thing and didn't intend to take credit for it with the Pioneer Party.

…

In the mechanical army factory, Han Xiao released the set faction mission and opened the forum to take a look.

The army players were already very familiar with such war employment. Every time, it represented a large-scale collective action. Players had always liked such big events.

And this time, it was participating in a galaxy-level war, helping a party to wipe out its competitors. They had teammates, and the opponent wasn't the entire galaxy-level civilization. The difficulty was just right for the current players. The army players were very interested and enthusiastically participated, calling their friends on the forum.

After looking at it a few times, confirming that the players' reaction was no problem, Han Xiao closed the forum. The players would do the next thing themselves, and he didn't need to pay attention to it all the time.

This galaxy-level war employment was estimated to last until the end of the version, and the players would have something to do for a long time.

"This way, I can also be idle for a while and properly build my mechanical army."

Han Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

After passing the experience penalty period, there was still the Heterogeneous God to deal with, to make him shut his mouth forever, this was the more important thing. Before that, Han Xiao decided to stay in the mechanical army factory and retreat, no longer distracting himself with all the trivial matters outside.

The Heterogeneous God was already strong enough, and now he had also been evolved, his strength was unknown how high it had gone.

Thinking of this, Han Xiao felt a lot of psychological pressure.

To kill this guy, he had to make a lot of preparations.