Chapter 149 Infinite Consortium's Test

As the Gu Di Party received reinforcements, the Pioneer Party's advance was met with some resistance.

A free armed organization led by a Super-A Seed from the Shattered Star Ring actually intervened in the civil war and helped the Gu Di Party? Because it happened suddenly and without warning, all forces paying attention to the civil war situation were surprised.

Opposing the Black Star Army in the Shattered Star Ring? Although the Black Star Army was not a completely dominant overlord, doing so was still surprising, as if they intended to directly challenge the Black Star Army.

The Black Star Army was full of experts. Where did a mere four Beyond Grade A Seeds get the confidence to interfere with the Black Star Army's war employment? Even if one of them was a Super-A Seed, they were not enough in front of the Black Star Army.

While forging equipment at the headquarters, Han Xiao received the message from Phillip. He originally had doubts about his speculation, but this matter confirmed his thoughts.

Not only that, when he saw this armed organization, he also understood the identity of the person behind the scenes.

"So it was them…"

Han Xiao suddenly understood.

The Super-A Seed leader of this armed organization was called Luther. He had always been a free Esper active in the Shattered Star Ring and was quite famous locally. But in fact, Luther's true identity was actually an elite member of a cross-star field super consortium called [Unlimited].

The harmonious interstellar society brought endless business opportunities, breeding a large number of interstellar consortia. The Unlimited Consortium was an outlier, because the current head of the consortium was a Super-A.

Not every Super-A was enthusiastic about building armed forces. Super-As had varying degrees of business acumen. The current head of the Unlimited Consortium was a Super-A who liked money and was good at making money, named Sorokin, and had a relatively special status in the universe.

Sorokin inherited the position of consortium leader and developed the Unlimited Consortium to its current scale.

This super consortium was now a leader among commercial organizations, operating in military, civil, technological, trade, intelligence, service, manufacturing, and other businesses. It had branches in almost every industry, with numerous sub-brands under its umbrella, and its operations spanned multiple star fields, deeply penetrating the lives of interstellar citizens. It was a well-known super enterprise. This behemoth-level financial organization also had commercial dealings with the three major universe-level civilizations.

The Unlimited Consortium belonged to the neutral faction and had long been listed on the universe-wide stock exchange. Its asset scale was extremely terrifying, and its faction symbol was the Möbius strip.

On the other hand, the Unlimited Consortium's armed forces were also considerable. With a huge financial backing, the Unlimited Consortium supported affiliated forces in various star fields, equivalent to the consortium's military force. Luther's organization was such an existence.

Moreover, due to the nature of commercial organizations, the Unlimited Consortium's Super-A combat power was not limited to Sorokin alone. Sorokin attracted Super-A allies by sharing shares, making some well-known Super-As in the universe long-term shareholders of the Unlimited Consortium, including several old-timers. Through regular dividends, they obtained various support from these Super-A forces, such as resources and military power.

With money as the guide, the Unlimited Consortium's network of interests and connections throughout the universe was as unfathomable as the sea.

In comparison, although the Black Star Army also belonged to the Super-A level forces, its development time was still short, and its current scale was far less than the other.

Luther only revealed his identity in the later versions. At this stage, no one in the Shattered Star Ring knew that Luther was a member of the Unlimited Consortium, but Han Xiao was different. He knew the origin of Luther, so he immediately understood who was behind the interference in the Gular civilization.

This was his unique advantage. In front of him, many "secrets" were not secrets.

"The Unlimited Consortium is interested in the player phenomenon, which explains the reason," Han Xiao thought to himself.

In his previous life, the Unlimited Consortium itself was a large faction that players could join. Its headquarters was in the Sea of ​​Stars. Many Sea of ​​Stars players joined the consortium in the mid-term. Not only were the resources and benefits abundant, but there was also a workplace promotion system inside, and there were also regularly distributed official position salaries.

Even now, a considerable number of Sea of ​​Stars players had been recruited by the Unlimited Consortium. On the Sea of ​​Stars section of the forum, the Unlimited Consortium had a considerable degree of discussion popularity.

Han Xiao speculated on the other party's motives, most likely they came to peek at his vegetable garden.

"Well, they probably think that my Undying unit is very similar to the players they recruited, so they sent someone to test it out. The Unlimited Consortium may have discovered some of the players' action patterns, such as as long as they make a request to the players, even if it is unreasonable, the players may do it. It is equivalent to accidentally releasing a mission, so they asked the Gu Di Party to ask the legion for help, testing the reaction of the legion's players?"

With a turn of his eyes, Han Xiao guessed eight or nine out of ten.

"If I remember correctly, the Unlimited Consortium is also an active force in the Flickering World version…"

Han Xiao's eyes flickered.

Each star field had different major forces, which would gather in the Flickering World in version 4.0, all of which were competitors. The Unlimited Consortium, such a large-scale financial force, was one of them.

It seems that he will inevitably have to deal with them in the future…

Han Xiao pondered for a while, then called the Guard team into the room.

Soon, Hela led the team in and walked into the mechanical workshop.

"I have a mission for you."

Han Xiao waved his palm, forming a virtual screen in front of everyone, showing Luther's information, "This armed organization intervened in the Gular civilization's civil war, supporting the Gu Di Party. There are four more Heavenly Disaster level combatants on the enemy side. I need you to support the front line and try to kill these four guys. By the way, this guy named Luther is a Super-A Seed. Hela, Hadaway, you should be careful."

"Understood." Hela nodded.

"I know Luther." Hadaway crossed his arms and tilted his head, "I looked for him to spar a long time ago. He is a very powerful martial artist. It's strange, I remember him being very low-key. Why did he suddenly come out to oppose the legion?"

"Who knows?"

Han Xiao raised his eyebrows. He didn't intend to tell anyone that he knew the other party's details.

It was estimated that the Unlimited Consortium thought they were hiding in the dark to test him, so let them continue to think so.

"Alright." Hadaway didn't say anything. He used to have friendship with Luther, but since Luther chose to help the legion's opposing camp, he wouldn't hold back.

A group of Guards left the room. Han Xiao's eyes flashed, opened the sub-dimensional door, and summoned the Apostle Weapon.

"Master."

You Zu squatted down, his head level with Han Xiao.

Han Xiao slowly said, "You take a batch of mechanical troops to the Gular civilization. If Hela and the others are not successful, you find a chance to kill Luther and the other four Heavenly Disaster level, Phillip will transmit the enemy's information to you."

He had no way to deal with the Unlimited Consortium. They were not enemy camps after all, but there was no problem in eliminating Luther and others, which was in line with the Black Star Army's position. These people accepted the other party's employment, so it was inevitable to kill the members of the legion, which was tantamount to increasing the Black Star Army's casualties in disguise.

Since the Unlimited Consortium coveted his Undying unit, tried to test him, and sent the affiliated forces to kill his unit, Han Xiao simply took this opportunity to eliminate the lackeys sent by the consortium, pretending not to know the other party's true purpose, but also warning them to prevent the Unlimited Consortium from intensifying and thinking that they could test him at will.

…

Rumble!

A spaceship crashed on the surface of a barren planet, plowing up large tracts of mud as it rolled, leaving behind a deep gully.

After the spaceship stopped rolling, Luther crawled out of the wreckage covered in dust.

Figures descended from the sky, it was the Guard team led by Hela. Everyone had some minor injuries on their bodies, and they stared at Luther coldly.

Luther's injuries were more serious. His hands covered his bloody chest. Through the pale ribs, he could vaguely see his beating heart. He increased the cell activity through his Qi, allowing the wound to grow buds of flesh, slowly recovering from the injury, but it was of little help.

"Black Star really thinks highly of me, actually sending the entire famous Guard team to deal with me, cough cough… Heh, even if I die in battle, it is my honor." Luther's face was pale, but there was no despair on his face. Instead, he seemed quite free and easy, putting life and death aside.

The two sides met on the battlefield. Hela and others chased after him relentlessly and had already killed his three companions, leaving him alone, and he was almost at the end of his rope.

Hadaway shook his head, "I don't understand, why did you accept the Gu Di Party's employment? If it's for money, why do you have to oppose the Black Star Army? You killed the legion's people. Your Excellency Black Star will definitely send experts to deal with you. You can't not know this."

"I don't have the habit of explaining to others." Luther took a deep breath, condensed his Qi, and prepared to fight to the death.

Hadaway hesitated and advised, "Surrender, Your Excellency Black Star is actually very easy-going and values ​​talents. You are a Super-A Seed. If you are willing to join the legion, Your Excellency Black Star will not make things difficult for you."

"Ha, I'm not interested. Either kill me or be killed by me. I'm not prepared to make a third choice."

"Is there a need for this?" Hadaway frowned, "There is no deep hatred between us. You have finally become a Super-A Seed. Why do you have to seek death?"

Bang!

Luther's answer was to stomp hard on the ground. The ground with a diameter of 100 meters suddenly cracked. He instantly charged in front of Hadaway, and the fist wrapped in Qi was blasted out like a cannonball.

Hadaway maintained his hardening ability and took it head-on. The Qi fist radiance that passed through his body tore apart the earth behind him, forming a huge rift valley in the rumbling vibration. A yellow-brown mountain peak further away collapsed into rubble and fell into the deep valley.

Many Guards took action with all their strength, fighting fiercely for a long time, and the landform with a radius of thousands of miles was completely changed, with rift valleys crisscrossing and potholes.

Although Luther was a Super-A Seed, he couldn't withstand this offensive. In the end, he ran out of fuel, and Hela crushed his tattered spirit. His strong body lost its soul, and he fell to the ground with a plop, splashing a cloud of dust, and the sand stuck to his widened, unseeing pupils.

Hela was expressionless. With a hook of her palm, wisps of gray mist flew out of Luther's body, were absorbed and transformed, and became nourishment to enhance the power of the undead.

Hadaway sighed beside him… What a good man, what a pity.

The Guard team cleaned up the battlefield and left the barren planet by spaceship. Not long after they left, You Zu appeared in outer space with a remote force.

"The Guard has killed the target, we don't need to take action."

You Zu had been monitoring the battlefield next to him. At this time, he nodded and led the remote force back.

…

"Luther is dead?"

In the conference room, the Gu Di Party executives looked stunned.

Although they knew that the reinforcements were not the Black Star Army's opponents, he was still a Super-A Seed, but he was killed so quickly.

At this time, a high-level executive's body shook, and he was possessed by a mysterious person.

In fact, this mysterious person was Sorokin, the head of the Unlimited Consortium. He was busy with affairs every day, but he had the multi-process thinking processing ability of one mind with a hundred uses. At this time, the possession was only one of his consciousnesses.

Sorokin manipulated the possessed person and pondered for a while, then slowly said, "Everyone, it seems that our cooperation is coming to an end."

The Gu Di Party leader's face was shocked, "You…"

"The Black Star Army's reaction is more intense than I imagined. My original intention was just to test and observe, but the cost exceeded my expectations. If we continue to cooperate, the cost required is too high, and this investment is not worthwhile," Sorokin said lightly.

Super-A Seeds were hard to come by, and Luther's death made Sorokin a little distressed.

Sorokin was not clear that Black Star already knew his details. According to his original calculation, the Black Star Army's response would not be so tough. He did not expect that Han Xiao would send the entire Guard team out.

Therefore, Sorokin threw a rat and avoided hitting it. Although he was very strong, it was impossible for him to personally come and fight Black Star for this little thing. He was not willing to take more affiliated forces for an experiment. Han Xiao's toughness forced him to temporarily give up the idea of ​​testing the Undying unit.

He had originally prepared the follow-up plan to test the Undying unit's reaction, but now he could only put it on hold.

However, he was not someone who liked to suffer losses. Although Black Star killed his people unknowingly, he was not going to let it go.

Of course, Sorokin did not intend to carry out military retaliation. The Virtual Mutiny Sect had practiced it, and they lost their pants, and he did not think that the advanced combat power he mobilized could exceed the Virtual Mutiny Sect.

Past experiences showed that Black Star was an ambitious person. Sorokin believed that as long as Black Star slowly expanded, he would eventually encounter the Unlimited Consortium… This day might not be too long. He was opening up the relationship with the Empire and hoped to get a ticket to the Flickering World as soon as possible. The progress was quite smooth.

Before everyone could speak, Sorokin's possessed consciousness left.

The Gu Di Party leader's expression was uncertain.

…

In a blink of an eye, several months passed. Han Xiao had been staying at the headquarters manufacturing machinery, and also paying attention to the changes in the Gular civilization situation.

Since Luther's death, the Unlimited Consortium seemed to have died down and had no other indication.

Han Xiao thought carefully. The Unlimited Consortium concealed its identity in order not to be recognized by him. After all, the consortium was a neutral commercial organization, not a private armed force. The cost made the other party feel distressed, and the other party would withdraw.

Without follow-up support, the Gu Di Party fell from heaven back to hell and fell into despair again. The civil war situation returned to the control of the Pioneer Party and the Black Star Army.

Seeing that the Unlimited Consortium had given up testing, Han Xiao also withdrew his attention. This was just a small episode that would inevitably occur in the process of using players. As the players became stronger, someone would always covet it.

The experience provided by the players was the foundation for his rapid growth. There was no room for negotiation in this regard. If he didn't become tough, others would only go further.

After solving this small episode, Han Xiao turned his attention to another more important matter.

He had been in seclusion for several months. Just today, the sixteen-month experience penalty period finally ended!