Chapter 152 The Black Star Legion's Transformation

Less than five minutes after all the players logged off, reports from various bases of the Black Star Legion were sent to Han Xiao. Many legion executives had experienced this situation before. Although many still found it amazing, no one was alarmed.

In the eyes of outsiders, the disappearance of the players had no pattern, only Han Xiao, who also possessed the player interface, knew the exact time.

Version 3.0 was the stage where the Black Star Legion truly rose. The size of personnel, armed forces, and status were all upgraded in all aspects. Han Xiao still remembered that at the end of Version 2.0, the Black Star Legion only had twenty or thirty space bases, thousands of warships, and nearly 200 million Enas in savings, with only some influence in the Garton Star System. And now... the improvement was more than ten thousand times!

This was enough to prove how huge his gains were in this version. He almost seized every opportunity he could. Advancing to Super A-grade was like a carp leaping over the dragon gate, completing a transformation.

With the current scale of the Black Star Legion, the offline status of all players would affect the armed mercenary business, but it would not hinder the normal operation of the legion's business.

"The span of this version update is twenty or thirty years, at that time, the Shattered Star Ring is in the fourth phase of development..."

Han Xiao leaned back in his chair, tapping the table habitually, pondering secretly.

Compared to the scale of a civilization, decades are a short period of development, only one or two generations of reproduction, but if there is external interference, this time is enough to cause subversive changes.

When all knowledge can be answered by outsiders, and technology does not need to be slowly explored and researched by oneself, with the Black Spirit Race's terrifying learning efficiency, it is entirely possible to climb from an indigenous civilization to the technological level of an interstellar civilization in just a few decades.

Interfering extensively with the development process of low-level civilizations is a violation of the *Pan-Universal Civilization Contact Treaty*. On the surface, it restricts low-level civilizations from taking shortcuts to development. The fundamental effect is actually to reduce conflicts between interstellar forces. The desire for expansion is directly proportional to its own strength, and avoiding the excessive saturation of advanced civilizations in various regions can reduce friction... On the other hand, it also protects low-level civilizations.

But it is still the same principle, no matter how good the rules are, the specific implementation must vary from person to person. With Han Xiao's current status and status, as long as he doesn't overdo it, no one will care about such trivial matters, and the Black Spirit Race is still under his patronage, and no one will use this to attack him—with a territory, doing this kind of thing will not be disturbed.

While thinking, Han Xiao took out the communicator and dialed the number of the empire's contact person.

"Your Excellency Black Star, do you have anything to do with me?"

"What do you think? Otherwise, what would I be looking for you for?" Han Xiao replied unhappily, and then asked: "How long will it take for the first phase of development in the Shattered Star Ring to end? You told me two years ago that it would be soon. Now the star chart data of the three star regions are basically complete. When will the empire's senior management announce the completion of the first phase of development?"

"I'm not very clear about the exact time, but it is estimated that it will be at the latest this year."

"Notify me when you have news."

"Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief Tarrokov will definitely tell you in advance."

At this moment, the empire contact paused, and his tone suddenly sank:

"By the way, there is just one thing I want to tell you. The Bloodshed Land organization ignored the empire's warning and did not stop the act of robbing the Evolutionary Totem. Our allies are quite resentful about this."

Han Xiao was a little surprised and pondered: "It seems they have found a backer?"

"Well... to be precise, the backer took the initiative to find them. The Radiant Federation provided shelter, allowing them to hide in the Star Cluster of the Abyss and remotely control their subordinates to continue accepting plunder employment."

Radiant Federation? Sure enough, they couldn't help but start attacking the Evolutionary Totem... Han Xiao narrowed his eyes. The intervention of a universe-level civilization was as he expected. After the Radiant Federation finished watching, they would not sit idly by while the empire monopolized such strategic items.

At present, the Radiant Federation's plan is still unclear. Han Xiao believes that the Radiant Federation will not be limited to this kind of petty plunder. This amount of production cannot meet their huge demand at all. There must be a deeper conspiracy behind it. The most likely thing is to force the empire to open the sales rights of the Evolutionary Totem by some means.

In this regard, the Radiant Federation and himself have no conflict of interest. Han Xiao also wants to expand his business.

However, now that the heritage of the Hetero-God has spread out, the manufacturing method of the Totem has been mastered by many forces, and the other party may also directly try to seize the Evolutionary Cube, but the probability is not high.

The Arcane Church wanted to take advantage of the fact that the empire did not know the Totem technology to steal the chicken, and the painful experience is still vivid in his mind. Now that the Totem technology has been exposed, the empire's attention to the Cube has been raised to a strategic level. Unless it is necessary, no one will risk a real war to grab the Cube. The loss is far greater than the gain—but he can't help but be vigilant.

"What is the empire's reaction?"

"The senior management had expected this kind of situation to occur long ago and made a lot of preparations in secret. Although the empire has shouldered most of the pressure, there are also risks on your side. The senior management suggests that you stay in the empire and only use mechanical troops to operate outside. Even if the Radiant Federation has a high-dimensional apocalypse teleporter, they would not dare to teleport into the empire."

"This is indeed quite safe, but I can't stay in the Central Star Sea forever. That's no different from being imprisoned in disguise." Han Xiao sighed helplessly. The Radiant Federation's teleportation technology is the best in the universe. There is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days.

As long as the Evolutionary Cube is not handed over for a day, he will always face such a dilemma. Benefits are always accompanied by risks. If he wants to completely solve this point, he must make the entire universe fully recognize his ownership of the Evolutionary Cube, and not give rise to any thoughts of snatching it. His own strength is one of the factors, and letting the empire open up purchasing rights is also an important prerequisite.

A conspiracy in the open, the Radiant Federation is indirectly forcing me to speak out for them...

"In short, thank you for your reminder, I will consider it again." Han Xiao shook his head and hung up the communication.

After sitting for a while, Han Xiao stood up, pushed the door open, and went straight to the combat practice room. He closed the door, opened the attribute panel, and moved his gaze to the experience bar.

The players are offline. These stored experiences are an important capital for him to improve his strength during the version update period. From the middle of the version to the present, Han Xiao has accumulated a massive amount of experience, which is more than enough to level up to level 300.

He can't control what happens with the empire, and all he can do is improve his own strength.

Han Xiao breathed out and invested a lot of experience into leveling up.

[【Sovereign Mechanic】 has been upgraded to Lv21, Stamina +360, Strength +5, Dexterity +5, Endurance +12, Intelligence +15, you have obtained 12 free attribute points, 1 potential point!]

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[【Sovereign Mechanic】 has been upgraded to Lv40 (max), Stamina +1200, Strength +5, Dexterity +5, Endurance +12, Intelligence +15, you have obtained 12 free attribute points, 1 potential point!]

The massive amount of experience turned into fuel, allowing the total level to soar from level 280 to level 300. Streams of heat flowed through his body, and energy light burst out from his eyes. It took a full few minutes before it subsided.

At this level, the upgrade cost skyrocketed like a snowball, and the increase will only get higher and higher. Without a channel to quickly replenish experience, the cost-effectiveness of continuing to upgrade is limited.

All free attribute points were thrown into Intelligence to strengthen output ability. Han Xiao then looked at the panel prompts.

[You have reached the level cap of the main class, you have triggered the class advancement mission—【Knowledgeable】!]

[【Knowledgeable】: At least 30 professional knowledges reach Lv5 max level, including three Ultimate Knowledges—The power of a mechanic comes from knowledge. Only by laying a solid foundation can you reach a new peak]

[You have reached level 300, you have triggered the advanced mission—【Energy Abundance】!]

[【Energy Abundance】: Stamina Realm reaches Lv19—The more powerful the ability, the more energy it needs to support]

"These two missions...seem pretty good."

Han Xiao raised his eyebrows.

Compared to challenge-type missions, Han Xiao prefers advanced or class advancement missions that make hard requirements on attributes. He was originally planning to increase the level of professional knowledge, and 【Knowledgeable】is exactly what he wanted.

【Energy Abundance】 requires Lv19 stamina realm, which is 120,000 stamina points. Han Xiao has been training 【Radiation Energy Absorption】, which added some stamina. In addition, with the gains from leveling up 20 levels in a row, his stamina just exceeded 100,000 points, reaching Lv18, still about 20,000 away from the requirement.

Most Super A-grades have more than 100,000 stamina. Han Xiao belongs to the batch with very little stamina. If it weren't for special mana recovery skills, his endurance would have dropped by at least three levels.

In the case of not being able to level up, many stamina training methods are needed to make up for this gap... Although the requirements are harsh, stamina is indeed a key attribute, which is related to the efficiency of blood-mana exchange. Completing this mission step by step is beneficial to him.

However, having said that, Han Xiao's body still honestly opened the random reward page.

During this period, Han Xiao let the mechanical troops do some tasks outside and accumulated some random reward opportunities, as many as twenty times.

"I hope I can draw a mission completion card, it's impossible that none of them will come out after twenty times..." Han Xiao prayed secretly.

Even Fordyne doesn't work when drawing this thing. Luck is to increase the drop rate of high-value items. Mission completion cards are very cheap things for players. High luck makes it even harder to draw. Relying on his own dark face to draw, the drop rate may be even higher.

Without saying a word, Han Xiao directly drew a series of draws. He went out to wash his hands halfway, and then came back to continue drawing.

After all the random rewards were drawn more than twenty times in a row, most of them were common goods like experience crystals. In addition, there were also Potential Points x3, Low-level Skills x2, Basic Talent x1, Blank Character Card x1, Skill Enhancement Card x1, Double Experience Card x1... and two mission completion cards.

It took more than twenty consecutive draws to get two cards. Is this good luck or bad luck... Han Xiao's mouth twitched.

With two mission completion cards, he can directly complete two requirements, but after thinking about it, Han Xiao did not intend to use the mission completion cards here, feeling it was not worth it.

"This thing is too damn hard to draw. I finally encountered two missions that are not too difficult. The mission completion cards will also be used for future advancements and class advancements, so it's better to keep them." Han Xiao changed his mind.

【Knowledgeable】 is not difficult, he was originally planning to upgrade his knowledge, and although 【Energy Abundance】 requires harsh requirements, it can be completed with some effort.

He can still afford to wait this time. With two mission completion cards in his hand for emergencies, it would be a waste to waste the "precious" mission completion cards here.

Han Xiao browsed through the attribute panel. Because there was no advancement or class advancement, only the attribute points and potential points were slightly improved.