Chapter 300 Forum Revelry

For the next ten-odd days, the Shattered Star Ring section of the forums was in a state of joyous celebration.

The Third League ended with China successfully defending its championship title. With three of the international top four spots occupied by Chinese teams, this was China's best performance in the League to date. Dynasty, Jiangcheng, and Changkong were all highly praised.

Players were still basking in the afterglow of excitement, endlessly discussing the highlights and thrilling battles of the League, flooding the forums with posts.

The post-match promotional activities of the teams were indispensable. Various club guilds rented venues in the Black Star Army headquarters to hold events and interact with ordinary players, creating a lively atmosphere.

As the end of the version approached, the Gular Civil War, in which players had participated, had come to a conclusion.

The League had taken a considerable amount of time. Most of the players who had not qualified for the main tournament had returned to the Gular battlefield, fighting while watching the League. During this time, the players, in cooperation with the fleet, seized all the territories of the Ancient Emperor Faction and the Advent Faction, ushering in a new era by supporting the Pioneer Faction to the position of civilization leader.

The leader of the Pioneer Faction expressed gratitude for the Black Star Army's assistance, and the employment reward had already been transferred to the army's account.

The players' tasks had also been settled. With the Gular Civil War event over, the only major storyline left for the players was the Flickering World, but this long-term mission was clearly not something that could be completed in this version, so the players were in no hurry.

Therefore, after the League ended, many players began their leisure lives, organizing their gains from the past version and traveling around with friends for fun. Even without engaging in fighting and killing, there were countless recreational activities in the galaxy. Players could adjust their sensory feedback values at will, with diverse gameplay and the ability to exercise their subjective initiative, creating all sorts of amusing challenges for self-entertainment.

Version 3.0 had experienced so many major events, witnessing firsthand the entire process of the Black Star Army becoming a Beyond Grade A force. The players' experience was very rich. The more tasks the players did for the Black Star Army, the stronger their sense of belonging became, which was a mutually beneficial win-win situation.

With the efforts of all the players, the content of *Galaxy Chronicles* had been enriched many times over, and the information on the Black Star Army had become more detailed, with players witnessing its establishment and rise all the way.

*Galaxy Times* released a new program, interviewing the four Chinese teams that had made it to the international competition and looking forward to the next version. Han Xiao, who was supervising Sylvia's preparations for the Black Star gathering, also watched it immediately.

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Male host: "Hello, players, this is Galaxy Times, dedicated to sharing first-hand game information and escorting your gaming career."

Female host: "The Third Galaxy Professional League has come to a successful conclusion. Dynasty, Changkong, Jiangcheng, and the Temple represented China and achieved excellent results in the international competition. Today, we are fortunate to have the captains and some players from the four teams to talk about the challenges and interesting things they encountered in the League..."

On the screen, the players from the four teams appeared, waving to the audience. After a few words of greeting, the interview began.

"Great God Wanghou Jiangxiang, Dynasty has won the championship this time. What are your thoughts?"

"Dynasty was in very good shape this year and played to the level we should have. The whole team is very happy to be able to win the championship." Wanghou Jiangxiang lazily said some polite words.

Tai Erzi coughed and couldn't help but say, "We won the championship because the team members cooperated very well. Everyone did their best within their capabilities. This is everyone's credit... definitely not because the captain led well."

The host interviewed them for a few sentences and turned to look at Jiangcheng.

"Jiangcheng, although you missed the championship, your contributions are also undeniable. You eliminated the Koy team in the semi-finals, laying the foundation for China to defend its title. First of all, on behalf of the vast audience, I would like to thank you for your contribution."

"We just did what we could." Kuang Dao said modestly.

"Jiangcheng is an emerging team, but it is improving very quickly. The results of these three Leagues have been constantly improving, rising rapidly. Many people now think you are a newly promoted wealthy club. What do you think?"

"Thank you for the love of all the fans. During the semi-finals, countless people offered advice to us, which was really touching." Kuang Dao nodded.

Host: "In this competition, player Feng Yue has also made a huge contribution to Jiangcheng. As the captain, what do you think of her?"

Kuang Dao thought for a while and said seriously, "So far, the most correct thing Jiangcheng has done is to sign Feng Yue. She has greatly supplemented our team's strength and is an indispensable member of the team. She is my right-hand man."

After three hard-fought competitions, Kuang Dao is no longer a rising star in the eyes of the audience, but a super-first-line god, with a status comparable to Hao Tian, while Feng Yue has also become the core player of Jiangcheng, with a large number of supporters, with a status like Dynasty's Tai Erzi and Changkong's Mingyue Changzhong.

The host interviewed them one by one. Changkong was depressed. Although the top four position was not bad, it was a step backward for them.

Finally, it was the Temple's turn to be interviewed, and the barrage instantly became joyful.

"Host: As sacrifices, what are your thoughts?"

"Thank you to the Temple for making sacrifices, burning themselves to illuminate others."

"It turns out that I have been misunderstanding Li Ge all along. You are simply a selfless and burden-bearing saint. I've gone from hating to loving you."

"Say it out loud with me - Sorry, Temple bro!"

"The Temple's contribution is really great. If one of the other three teams had been selected into Group A, and the Temple had been allowed to qualify, then it would have been a waste of at least one qualifying spot. The Temple would have fallen in the first round of the finals. If Changkong had been selected, they might not have been able to qualify, so two spots would have been lost... But now that the Temple has been selected into Group A, it is equivalent to sacrificing the weakest team to ensure that the other three teams can qualify stably. So from a strategic perspective... the person in charge of the draw must be a Chinese brother!"

The barrage was full of jokes. The team members talked about their mentality and interesting things during the competition before the interview ended and another topic began: predicting the next version.

Female host: "As players' ranks increase, more and more regions are opening up. We have previously predicted that the next version is likely to open up the function of cross-star field."

Male host: "There have already been examples of cross-star field in Version 3.0, which are all related to the Black Star Army of the Shattered Star Ring.

The Black Star Army provides a one-way cross-star field channel for players in the Star Cluster Corridor. At the same time, the Flickering World main quest for players in the Shattered Star Ring allows them to go to a brand new star field for development. Judging from the scale of the Flickering World quest, this is likely to be an important event for players in the Shattered Star Ring in the next version.

And these trends all indicate the possibility of cross-star field in the next version. The Black Star Army may play an important role in this regard."

When players in the Star Cluster Corridor crossed the star field, *Galaxy Times* made such a guess, and now they emphasized it again.

The Black Star Army had a strong presence in Version 3.0. Based on the experience of the previous two versions, some of the Black Star Army's actions hinted at subsequent events. *Galaxy Times* also regarded the Black Star Army's behavior as an important evidence for predicting the version.

"Because of the existence of the main quest, army players can guess that the Flickering World is a big event for them in the next version, but no one has guessed that it is a world server yet..."

Han Xiao nodded secretly and muttered in a low voice.

In his previous life, when Version 4.0 was launched, the Flickering World had completed its initial development and was opened to the outside world. Many camps recruited people in large numbers to go to the Flickering World to develop and build while competing with each other.

High mobility is one of the foundations for forming an interstellar society. Circulating citizens, resources, wealth, and so on, are like blood and veins, connecting civilizations scattered in various star fields to form a holistic internal cycle that affects the whole body, so that civilizations in the galaxy are no longer isolated islands, thereby laying the foundation for order.

Therefore, opening up to the outside world is the inevitable destiny of a new star field. The patterns of various star fields are stable, and the interests are divided almost equally. A new star field is a new space for development, allowing some camps that cannot obtain new territory to see hope, causing a major reshuffle of forces. As a result, interstellar migration appeared, and many forces lacking upward channels migrated to the Flickering World with its vast space, triggering competition for territory and resources.

The Crimson Dynasty has the highest ownership of star fields. Opening up the Flickering World is both an inevitable trend of the times and a way to share its own construction pressure.

The manpower and material resources consumed by construction far exceed those of simple exploration and development. Even for a galactic civilization, building a new star field independently is a dauntingly huge project. Moreover, there are two other forces eyeing it covetously, taking the opportunity to nibble away at and suppress the dynasty in other aspects. Therefore, the dynasty needs to spread the construction costs to countless forces in the universe in order to free up a lot of manpower, and then use means such as taxation to slowly digest the huge benefits of the Flickering World.

The entire universe is staring at the Flickering World. Even the Crimson Dynasty, known for its domineering and iron-blooded rule, knows that it is not qualified to swallow it alone. Greed is the root of poverty. If it insisted on turning the new star field into an exclusive logistics base and resource land, the result would be obvious. It would separate itself from the triarchy jointly ruled by the three forces, forming a binary opposition, thereby subverting the entire pattern of the galaxy, which would outweigh the gains.

Interstellar society emphasizes free economic trade, so unless necessary, the Crimson Dynasty will not implement a system of dividing the spoils equally with non-allied forces... Moreover, the Crimson Dynasty also hopes to use competition to stimulate foreign forces.

The empire will firmly grasp the most fertile and important areas, with some directly controlled by the empire's star field branches, and others divided among important allies like the Black Star Army as a stabilizing force, guarding the Flickering World and maintaining the empire's control over the star field.

In this situation, the players have unprecedented room to play. Even without mission guidance, players can act based on their own judgment and provoke disputes.