Chapter 1138 Finding Teammates

Leaving the head of state's administrative building and on the way to the reception hall, Han Xiao's communicator suddenly rang. He took it out and saw that it was a call from Milizaus.

"Black Star, you're on Red Ring Star?" Milizaus chuckled.

"Yeah, are you here too? I don't seem to see you."

"Not yet, we're having a remote gathering. Come online."

"Alright." Han Xiao entered the quantum network vision, found an encrypted channel, and projected a remote projection.

The next moment, his vision blurred, and he found himself in a huge room with a round table in front of him. A dozen thrones surrounded it, and his remote projection sat in one of the seats. At this time, most of the thrones had projections, with only four positions vacant.

Han Xiao looked around. The other projections were all allies of the Empire, equivalent to the Crimson Empire's Beyond Grade A group chat.

Usually, no one organized it, and everyone didn't log in, making the group chat deserted. Now, most of the Empire's Beyond Grade As were online, many of whom were acquaintances—"Dragon Emperor" Milizaus, "Incinerator" Beyoni, "Battleship Emperor" Maxilor, "Arcane Fox" Ravenlaude, "Star Destroyer" Viru, and Little Overlord was also online. "Dark Emperor" Klotti and another of the Empire's Three Pillars were not online.

"Haha, Black Star is here." Beyoni was the most enthusiastic, his whole body ablaze with flames, looking very happy.

Everyone nodded to Han Xiao, greeting him proactively. The two old brothers who fought side by side in the Beacon Star Battle were the most affectionate. Maxilor was also relatively friendly. Ravenlaude and Heber were lukewarm, while the others were equal in attitude but with some respect.

After the Beacon Star battle, Han Xiao had a record of capturing a Beyond Grade A alive, which not only established his position in the outside world, but also greatly increased his say in the circle of the Empire's Beyond Grade A allies.

Although Han Xiao was a newcomer who had entered the Empire's Beyond Grade A circle not long ago, he had gained the respect of his colleagues and was officially accepted into the circle. He had also risen to a relatively middle level position, with a higher status than some ordinary Beyond Grade As, and no one would deliberately provoke or test him as they did when they first met.

After all, the strong are respected, and Beyond Grade As value strength even more.

Facing the goodwill released by his colleagues, Han Xiao responded one by one.

After the greetings were over, Milizaus, the organizer of this gathering, spoke:

"The other four guys aren't coming, so don't worry about them. Let's discuss it… Everyone knows that the Empire has decided to send at least three Beyond Grade As to encircle and suppress the Hetero God, and has prepared several lists, but first we must ask our own wishes. Black Star doesn't need to be said, his killing intent towards the Hetero God is firm. I also plan to help. Who else is interested?"

Cosmic civilizations commanding Beyond Grade As is not a simple matter of issuing orders. As long as it is not a key action, most of the time they will consider the Beyond Grade As' own wishes and not force allies. Therefore, the Beyond Grade A allies of the three major civilizations have private meetings to exchange their opinions.

Everyone was pondering, occasionally looking at Han Xiao.

Han Xiao glanced around and noticed Milizaus throwing him a look. After a little thought, he understood.

Milizaus learned from the Empire that Han Xiao had a firm intention to kill the Hetero God, so he deliberately gathered most of the Empire's Beyond Grade As, actually to give Han Xiao a chance to find helpers and choose teammates.

Old Dragon is still considerate… Han Xiao sighed.

At this time, Beyoni shrugged, "Last time I fought the Hetero God, Black Star, you were also there. It's not that I don't want to help you, but I'm an Esper. The Hetero God restrains me. Letting me go is not as good as letting other systems go. I won't take up a spot."

Han Xiao nodded. Indeed, the Hetero God has Superpower Nullification, which restrains most Espers. Beyoni was right. Letting him go would be just for show.

But understanding is understanding, and contempt is still contempt:

Heh, kid.

One word, weak!

Seeing that everyone was not expressing their opinions, Han Xiao said:

"The head of state has already revealed some information to me. This time, it's not just the Empire acting alone. The Radiant Federation and the Void Spirit Religion will also join the encirclement and suppression. The three parties are acting together. This is not just going through the motions, but an excellent opportunity to eliminate the Hetero God… As far as I'm concerned, I won't let this opportunity go. If anyone is willing to help me, I will thank them after it's done."

Hearing this, many people's eyes lit up. Black Star was saying that if they helped him solve the Hetero God, they would definitely have a share of the Evolutionary Cube.

"I'll participate." Ravenlaude was the first to speak. His longing for the Evolutionary Cube was not a matter of a day or two.

"Okay, who else?" Milizaus said lightly.

As a fellow Ancient One, he didn't get along well with Ravenlaude. Although their relationship was not good, he also recognized Ravenlaude's strength. Ordinary Beyond Grade As can't become Ancient Ones. This was after all an action that Black Star valued, and Milizaus hoped to help him choose some stronger teammates.

As for the other two of the Empire's Three Pillars, there was no need to consider them. Klotti was guarding Uranrell's side, and the other old brother was also guarding a star field, making it difficult to move them.

Heber was also a little tempted, but he couldn't save face, keeping a straight face and not speaking.

Some people refused, some were not interested, and some accepted. In the end, more than half of the Beyond Grade A allies present decided to participate in the action, adding up to seven people including Han Xiao.

Milizaus, Maxilor, Ravenlaude, Viru, Coler, and Swordsman Fow. These six were the teammates who participated in the Hetero God's annihilation action. Among them, Coler was a martial arts muscleman, and Swordsman Fow was a female psychic. After a round of statistics, there were no Espers in the team.

"Isn't seven people too many? Will the Empire agree?" Ravenlaude questioned.

"If the Empire doesn't agree, we'll help in a private capacity. Can the Empire control us?" Swordsman Fow's tone was cold.

The Crimson Empire originally expected the number of people to be three to five, but because of Han Xiao's Evolutionary Cube reward, the team reached seven people, exceeding the Empire's expectations.

However, the Empire didn't have any objections to this. They couldn't very well stop their own allies from privately asking friends for help, and it wasn't a bad thing either.

Han Xiao turned his head to look at this female psychic. She had smooth white long hair, and her skin was striped blue-purple. Her facial features were slightly similar to humans, and she was very beautiful from the perspective of the interstellar human race's aesthetics. She exuded a dreamy aura, with a unique beauty.

"Swordsman Fow" was her name, not a nickname. "Swordsman" was the surname, and "Fow" was the name.

She came from a unique race called the Reniss race. This race was genderless before the age of fifteen. At the age of fifteen, their bodies would undergo unique changes, and they could transform into males or females on their own. According to the customs of the Reniss race, it was called the "Determination Ceremony". Once the gender was determined, it could not be changed in the future.

Therefore, social thought attached great importance to the division of labor and cooperation, but the Determination Ceremony determined the fate of a lifetime. Too many people chose to transform into males every year. Even if society continuously raised the status and welfare of females, the birth rate still decreased year by year.

Therefore, the Reniss race explicitly stipulated the number of people who must become females each year to ensure the continuation of the race… Swordsman Fow was a Reniss race person who was unfortunately selected by lottery when she was a child and forced to transform into a female.

Therefore, although the Reniss race produced a Beyond Grade A powerhouse, they did not receive any protection. Swordsman Fow was independent of the civilization, running her own power, and had long publicly stated that the Reniss race had nothing to do with her.

The other teammate, Coler, was a former lone Beyond Grade A who had completely defected to the Empire. He had no power and was a pure muscleman. His strength was not as good as Heber's, but he was still a Beyond Grade A combat force.

"Then I'll have to trouble you all." Han Xiao suppressed the fluctuations in his mood and nodded his thanks.

After talking for a while, the gathering was announced to be over. Milizaus went to inform the Empire, and the remote projections went offline one after another.

Han Xiao withdrew from the quantum network vision and let out a breath, feeling excited.

The teammates had been decided. The Empire had sent seven people, plus the other two, there would be more than ten Beyond Grade As, probably reaching the scale of the Beacon Star battle.

Moreover, so many people were only dealing with the Hetero God alone. The Hetero God's situation was much worse than the Empire's situation in the Beacon Star battle.

Han Xiao excitedly clenched his fists. The pre-war preparations were in a very favorable situation!

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(Went to get my ID card done in the afternoon, which delayed a lot of coding time. The word count is a bit less today. I booked the tickets a few days ago to watch "Purple Sweet Potato Monster 2: How to Lose with a Flying Dragon" tonight, to be a little genius immune to spoilers, and also to gather some inspiration)