Chapter 165 What's in the Dream

Although Atimoss was killed, the mission [Eliminate the Great Universe Brigade] was not immediately settled. There were still other players chasing the remaining fish that had fled to other places.

With the battle over, hundreds of thousands of players in the battlefield checked their panels, and many of them saw a prompt that had popped up during the battle.

[Black Star Army has turned in [Great Universe Brigade Exploration Data]!]

[[Shining World - First Ring] evaluation increased by a small grade!]

The evaluation of the Shining World main quest was shared among the same camp. Not only did Han Xiao have this prompt, but many players also received the message, and were immediately pleasantly surprised.

The army was helping them expand their results.

The players present were happy in their hearts. After this mission was settled, the exploration points accumulated by all the players would probably raise the first ring main quest evaluation from D-rank to C-rank.

Apart from the players, there were no living people present. The players scattered to clean up the messy battlefield, entering the wreckage of enemy ships to scavenge for spoils. Although the technological level of the Great Universe Brigade was far inferior to that of the Black Star Army, the players never let a thief go empty-handed, sweeping away everything of value like locusts.

Hundreds of thousands of players felt around for a while, looted the place, then left a ground full of corpses, boarded their spaceships, and patted their butts to leave.

The crater was full of scorched marks, with explosion pits everywhere, and wreckage of warships stuck in the ground at all angles, with black smoke billowing. Spaceships carrying players rose into the sky, away from the planet, waving their hands without taking away a cloud, leaving only a post-war ruin and a ground full of unattended corpses.

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On the forum, many players who participated in killing Atimoss posted to show off their first kill. As the first Calamity Grade to be killed by them, Atimoss was very memorable. Someone immediately recorded this feat in the annals of the Shattered Star Ring, noting that the first kill of Atimoss was completed in Star Sea Calendar 705.

They were proud, because it had already been three versions since everyone first saw a Calamity Grade in 2.0. During the 3.0 Secret War, they had personally participated in battlefields with Calamity Grades. The strength of the Calamity Grade had long been deeply rooted in their hearts, and now they had finally killed one.

Although it was a gang fight by hundreds of thousands of people, and the other party was a native, and they relied on the army to make the other party have nowhere to escape, the players were still very excited.

A long time ago, someone had analyzed that if the battle power system remained unchanged, as the version was updated and the level cap was continuously raised, their importance in the Star Sea would become higher and higher. The current first kill was new evidence of this statement.

Many players couldn't help but look forward to future versions:

Maybe one day, we can beat Herber and kick Sisko?

Unfortunately, Han Xiao didn't know the ambition of these players, otherwise he would definitely let them continue sleeping, because everything exists in dreams.

The one who took the kill reward was Dynasty. As an old established club in China, everyone was not surprised that they took the head of Atimoss's first kill. In fact, it would be normal for any of the four major clubs to take the head. If it was taken by other guilds or even ordinary players, everyone would think it was just dog luck.

Looking at the kill rewards and mission rewards posted by the Dynasty official, many players were only envious, especially other guilds.

This was the first kill of a Calamity Grade! The rewards were secondary. The fame brought by the first kill was what the major guilds wanted. This was the glory of the guild, which could be used to attract members. Even if they took down new Calamity Grade Bosses in the future, it would not be as significant as the first kill.

Tai Erzi was complacent, and posted a screenshot of the moment of the kill. He completed the final blow, and couldn't help but brag about it on the forum, attracting envy, jealousy, and hatred from everyone.

Although he was a professional player, he never paid attention to building his own image. As the second oldest player in the Dynasty team, he had always wanted to turn over from under Wang Houjiangxiang's ass. The feeling he gave people was that he was both naughty and arrogant, which was shorted to piwang.

However, as Feng Yue, under the instigation of Kuang Dao, posted her own mission, all the players' attention was suddenly diverted from Tai Erzi to Feng Yue.

The screenshot posted by Feng Yue included her discovery of the beacon and her independent mission as the initiator of the incident.

Many players originally thought that the Black Star Army attacked the Great Universe Brigade because of the empire's instructions. Seeing Feng Yue's screenshot, they were shocked to realize that this large-scale expedition of the army was actually a side quest created by a player?!

This seemed to be the biggest influence the players had on the army in their memory!

"My God, this is actually a hidden mission triggered by a player?!"

"Feng Yue? This name sounds familiar... isn't this one of the four people who followed the army commander in the earliest version!"

"She actually found such a good hidden mission. She's really lucky."

Many players were envious of Feng Yue again. Feng Yue had been inconspicuous in these two versions, but now she had become famous overnight.

In her previous life, Feng Yue was famous for discovering hidden plots. In the 3.0 version, she gradually became a famous figure, accumulating strength, and became a dark horse in the third Star Sea League... This was not surprising. There were dark horses every year, and there were especially many in the third session, because the 3.0 version was the period of strong rise of the Mechanic class. Eighty percent of the dark horses were Mechanic players whose results in the first two leagues were very embarrassing.

The reward for her independent mission this time was extremely generous, even more than killing Atimoss, which made the onlookers on the forum even more jealous. She didn't need to kill the Boss, just fish on the side, and she could get more rewards than killing the Boss? This was too profitable!

Tai Erzi suddenly wilted, and stopped showing off, joining the army of envy. Compared to other aloof professional players, he was very active and liked to mingle with the masses... in various senses.

And Feng Yue's screenshots were not just these. There was also the reward that Black Star gave him separately through the camp panel:

[You have triggered the camp mission [Black Star's Generosity]!]

[Mission completed!]

[Due to your contribution, your camp [Black Star Army] has obtained an exploration achievement!]

[Black Star's favorability towards you has increased by 10 points]

[You have received 25 million experience, 200,000 Enas, and 2,000 points of Black Star Army contribution]

[Your army military rank has been raised by one level]

[You have obtained a new army title - [Explorer of Merit]]

[Explorer of Merit: A Black Star Army honorary title. You can receive materials or equipment worth no more than 500 Enas for free every day, and you can receive 1,000 army contribution points every month - Any member who provides special intelligence to the army can obtain this title (limited to the Shining World mission)]

Looking at the internal rewards given to Feng Yue by the army, countless onlookers were drooling.

Damn, the army's rewards are even more powerful. 200,000 Enas! This was not a small amount. There was also an independent army title. The effect of this title was too tempting. 500 Enas worth of materials for free every day, which was 15,000 a month, and 180,000 a year. The long-term benefits were very considerable, and they could receive money while sitting at home!

They had always been spending money in the army, and this was the first time they had seen someone take money from the army.

The meaning of Han Xiao's release of this mission was very clear - did you see that? This is the treatment of a meritorious official!

As army titles, [Secret War Participant] and [Explorer of Merit] were different. The former was available to everyone who participated in the secret war, while the latter was currently a unique title, only owned by Feng Yue.

This also confirmed a guess that as long as the method was correct, they, the players, could indirectly influence the actions of a camp, and many people became excited.

Through Feng Yue's screenshots, many players figured out how to replicate this event. The only way was to find hidden missions and submit them to the army!

"Now the army is exploring the Shining World. As long as we can discover hidden elements similar to the Great Universe Brigade, we can also get the title of [Explorer of Merit], right?"

"That's definitely the case. The army has this kind of achievement title to encourage members to carefully explore hidden clues!"

With Feng Yue's example, countless players were suddenly stimulated and became enthusiastic about hidden missions. They couldn't wait to explore the planet immediately and dig three feet into the ground to find hidden missions.

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Looking at the red-eyed onlookers on the forum, Han Xiao was secretly delighted and smiled.

He gave Feng Yue a separate title, with both honor and benefits, just to encourage other players to find more hidden missions and submit them to him.

After all, finding hidden missions was the forte of players with panels. Maybe his second [Bold Explorer] fragment would land on these players.

In addition, he also intended to cultivate Feng Yue. In her previous life, this girl was one of the representatives of the rise of the Mechanic class in the 3.0 version. As the grand mentor of the Mechanic class, if the overall results of the Mechanic class in this league were better, he could pit... cough, attract more new people to choose the Mechanic class in the future, and he would have more high-quality leeks to harvest.

Feng Yue was a dark horse in this session, and Han Xiao didn't mind making this horse darker. With so many rewards, Feng Yue would probably be the first player to reach max level.

The players were still chasing and killing the remnants of the Great Universe Brigade, and then they would take over the other party's territory according to the information. There would be no problems, so Han Xiao withdrew his attention and let the players act slowly.

Looking around, apart from the operators, there were only Aurora and Fording in the room.

Aurora was sitting in front of the operating table, her head drooping, as if she was about to fall asleep. She didn't need to manage the autopilot. She was already dozing off. On the other side, Fording was sitting on the sofa, closing his eyes to rest. He didn't know if he was exercising his psychic power or chatting with Morning Star in his mind.

The other guards, led by Hela, spent all day in the combat training room fighting each other - the exploration had been going on for more than a month. After the initial novelty, everyone no longer carefully watched the exploration progress. Hela couldn't stand standing next to Han Xiao every day and fishing with him, so she dragged the other guards into hard cultivation mode every day.

"An enterprising strong woman is quite charming." Han Xiao shook his head, entered the quantum network vision, and contacted Aquamarine.

The Black Star Army's quantum network base station in the Morning Star Cluster had been built. He could already contact the personnel in the Shattered Star Ring through the army's internal communication channel without going through the Crimson Empire as an intermediary.

Longtan had been living on Aquamarine for more than a month. Contacting Aquamarine was mainly to ask about the situation on Longtan's side.

Not long after, Bennett connected. After not contacting him for a while, Bennett's voice sounded high-spirited, as if he was full of motivation.

Bennett reported the situation. In the past month, Longtan had begun to expand. A large number of people and consortia had come because of its reputation. Aquamarine had been affected by this and ushered in new development opportunities.

With the current development speed of Aquamarine, Bennett felt that he could put the alien colonization plan, which he had predicted would be proposed decades later, on the agenda. This was not easy for a surface civilization, but with so many interstellar forces helping, alien colonization was easier than slowly climbing the tech tree.

With Longtan's protection, the safety of alien colonization was guaranteed. Bennett planned to digest the dividends brought by Longtan in five years, and then officially launch Aquamarine's alien colonization plan, which he called the five-year plan... Han Xiao felt frightened when he heard it.

After reporting on the development of Aquamarine, Bennett mentioned another thing.

"Regarding the incident in which Star Pupil Divine Race extremists attempted to attack Aquamarine more than a month ago, I have sorted out the materials and evidence and plan to bring it up at the Shattered Star Ring Civilization Council in the near future to condemn the Star Pupil Divine Race..."

"That's right, since you have this identity, you must make good use of it." Han Xiao nodded. Sisko's clansmen did something wrong, and it was no problem for him, the leader, to take the blame.

"I will attend the meeting in the form of a remote projection, Black Star. I don't know if it is convenient for you to participate in the meeting with a projection?" Bennett was looking for someone to hold the line. After all, Sisko was a Super-A Grade, and he felt that he was not qualified enough. Since Black Star was the representative of Aquamarine, it was normal for him to attend the meeting together.

"Me? Haha, of course it's convenient for me. I've been very free recently." Han Xiao grinned.

It was also good to personally attend the meeting. He could just take a look at Sisko's painful expression... um, he didn't seem to have that organ.