Chapter 1 Dealing with the Star Alliance

After settling the Star Alliance's higher-ups, Han Xiao became a hands-off shopkeeper, with the three major civilizations and the World Tree civilization jointly responsible for the subsequent clean-up and reorganization operations.

With the Star Alliance's resistance forces basically disintegrated, this was simply a time-consuming but effortless task for the three major civilizations, methodically clearing out the civilization migration fleets within the Star Alliance's territory.

Normally, a rare war mission would be a large-scale event that players would flock to, but this time, the three major civilizations did not issue a large-scale call to arms. Only a small number of players were conscripted to deal with the Star Alliance, while most players focused on their own professional league.

After a long period of preparation, the qualifiers had already begun and were now in a white-hot stage. Therefore, the vast majority of players were not interested in the Star Alliance war at this time, and only wanted to hurt each other and participate in the new season of the league.

Since Han Xiao had been constantly grinding Sanctuary permissions, striving for the truth of the universe iteration, he hadn't paid much attention to the player league. Now, he took some time to check it out and found that the biggest feature of this professional league was the significant increase in combat level. The mainstream competitive level had risen from Grade B to Calamity Grade, and the destructive power had greatly increased.

Now it was Version 5.5. Compared to Version 4.0, the level cap had been raised from Level 150 to Level 200. The World Tree War series of missions had made the player community a fortune. Although they had watched another CG as usual in the final battle, the victory settlement afterwards brought the player community an astonishing amount of benefits.

During the fourth league, the mainstream players were basically at Grade B level. Although they were considered the backbone in the universe, in the eyes of the top combat power, it was still a bit like chickens pecking at each other. By the current fifth league, the player hierarchy had widened the gap. The entry threshold for the main players in the league was now definitely Calamity Grade, and the battles looked quite professional.

Within the Super Power Sanctuary, on a certain uninhabited planet, was the twenty-fourth qualifying venue.

Player guild battleships floated in the air, watching the battle on the ground. Two billowing "Yellow Dragons" of smoke and dust intertwined and collided, occasionally bursting out shock waves that cracked the ground in a spider web pattern over an area of ​​several square kilometers.

Two players in heavy armor were moving rapidly on the surface of the planet, constantly fighting each other. The momentum was huge, like walking calamities, but their IDs were relatively unfamiliar. They were not professional players from any guild, but ordinary participating players.

These were just two unknown players, but their destructive power was already outstanding, and many player spectators in the sky watched intently.

Because players entered the Calamity Grade in batches and their strength collectively increased, many people's combat power underwent qualitative changes. In order to ensure viewership and prevent professional players from some large guilds from actually crashing in the qualifiers, many large clubs obtained direct passes to the official league and did not need to take risks in the qualifiers. Although this made the qualifiers slightly less exciting, the player community was still watching with great interest because black horses emerged frequently.

"The overall destructive power of players is getting stronger and stronger..."

In outer space, Han Xiao's virtual projection overlooked the planet, taking in the scene of the player competition.

He had turned on stealth mode. Other players could not see his projection and were still looking down at the game intently, never looking up at the sky.

"If the players are allowed to grow for a few more versions, and the level cap is unlocked more and more, they will inevitably become a new source of chaos."

Han Xiao's eyes flickered slightly, and he muttered to himself.

Now the interstellar society has formed a new stable pattern. For a considerable period of time, it will basically maintain overall peace, which is a good thing for interstellar citizens, but a bad thing for players.

After experiencing several versions of events, the players have had their fill of delicacies and seen the big scenes. It will definitely be difficult for them to go back to doing daily side quests. If there are no new disasters or major events, then the players who are unwilling to be lonely will definitely become "major events". As their strength rises, they will inevitably become more and more restless and will not be satisfied with leisure, thus breeding chaos.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind. Han Xiao took a deep look at the sky full of player spaceships, turned around, and disappeared into the shadows.

On the other side, in the cabins of player spaceships, countless people were staring at the ground game footage returned from the satellite screen, shouting and yelling, very lively.

Cadres from various guild clubs were also paying attention to the situation of the qualifiers, recording black horses, and discussing in low voices.

"This competition is really top-notch. There are too many fierce people."

"I don't think it's very good. I've already seen no less than thirty top-level street fighters. If our team's players are really overturned by street players, we'll lose face."

"I really hope the next version comes quickly and opens up higher levels, so the guild's plans can be implemented."

Many guild cadres secretly cheered.

Because the level cap was further unlocked, the scale of Calamity Grade players in each guild ushered in a wave of explosive growth, becoming established, and the operating strength of the guild organization rose accordingly.

Now, many guilds have a large number of Calamity Grade players in their hands, and their strength is enough to occupy a place in interstellar society. In order to continue to widen the gap between their own professional players and ordinary players, many professional guilds have privately formulated detailed guild power operation plans for the next version, and decided to expand vigorously in the universe in the next version.

Although they were watching the professional league, the minds of many guild cadres had already drifted away, and they couldn't wait to make a big splash in the next version.

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Han Xiao didn't have the leisure to keep paying attention to the players' professional league. For him, it only had the effect of adjusting his mood. He buried himself in the mechanical factory, almost abandoning all miscellaneous affairs, and repeatedly checked the feasibility of using the World Tree's information solidification function to break the dark side universe.

The days passed quickly in research. The three major civilizations' liquidation of the Star Alliance gradually came to an end. They had long since obtained the battle report fabricated by Han Xiao from the Star Alliance's senior management, and were very speechless about Han Xiao's wicked humor, only feeling that this person was just too outrageous.

However, the heads of the three major civilizations could not possibly disturb Han Xiao, who was studying the plan to break the dark side universe's blockade, because of this trivial matter, so they had to pretend that nothing had happened and silently ordered people to destroy these eye-burning "black histories".

In seclusion, he seemed unaware of the passage of time. More than a year passed in the blink of an eye. The three major civilizations had roughly completed the dismantling and liquidation of the Star Alliance, and digested most of the spoils, dismembering this enemy that had been lurking under their noses.

The players' fifth professional league also came to an end during this period. This time, the Dynasty Club finally returned to first place and won the championship of the fifth league. Tai Erzi inherited Wang Hou Jiangxiang's position, led the team to win the championship, and instantly raised his historical status by a notch, and was praised by the club as "the cornerstone of the next dynasty."

Dynasty is the only team that has won two championships since the five leagues. Its popularity, which had been declining slightly, soared like a rocket, and was at its peak.

Wang Hou Jiangxiang, the former Dynasty champion captain who served as the team's coach, publicly congratulated Tai Erzi, expressing his great satisfaction. Rou Bao called it "the handover of kings", and this statement was accepted by the players and widely circulated on the forum.

The runner-up and third runner-up of this year's competition were the American Magic World Team and the Russian White Vodka Team respectively. Although the Chinese team was not as dominant as before and failed to occupy two seats in the top three, their performance was still remarkable. They achieved excellent results in subsidiary events such as singles events and team speed races, and their presence was strong.

With the end of the professional league, Version 5.5 also came to an end, arriving at the day of the version update.

In the player guild bases on the planets of the Super Power Sanctuary, batches of players gathered here waiting to log off, chatting casually, as noisy as a vegetable market.

"It's finally time to update again. I wonder how many years it will jump to this time."

"The next time should be a major version update. The level cap can be unlocked by at least 20 levels, right? Take off!"

"I don't know what events will be in the next version. Even a big enemy like the World Tree has been solved. I don't think there's anything that can shake the current structure of interstellar society."

"Didn't you see the Star Sea Times' speculation? It's likely that internal conflicts will intensify. It's possible that Black Star will turn evil and become a new Boss, competing with the three major civilizations."

"Yo, so we can finally go on a killing spree? Then I'm going to kill him until the world turns upside down, wahahaha!"

"I'm so comfortable. I've long been displeased with those three old bastards. I'll chop them once to vent my anger."

"You guys are not ambitious at all! Shouldn't we be concerned about whether the next version can fix the bug that prevents us from being naked?!"

"Yes, yes, yes! If we still can't streak in the next version, I will definitely complain!"

Listening to the shouts of the players around him, Feng Yue looked disgusted, feeling that these people were hopeless.

While chatting, the time slowly came to the time to log off. A large swath of white light flashed, and batches of players disappeared one after another, leaving the hall empty.

At the same time, in a private research room in the Super Power Sanctuary, Han Xiao, who was buried in research, paused and raised his head.

"Well, is it the version update again."

Han Xiao stopped the work in his hands and opened the panel to take a look. The forum was closed again, which meant that the time flow rate of the dark side universe and the real universe was decoupled again, and became two independent systems again, and the stable information interference bridge was only himself.

During this period of time, he had repeatedly studied the feasibility of the transformation plan. Now, his confidence had reached more than 70%. Although there were his technical contributions, it was more due to the testing and improvement of the previous several dark side iterations. He was also standing on the shoulders of giants, making the final repairs to this plan.

Han Xiao shook his head, closed the panel, and was about to reinvest in research, but Phillip suddenly popped out:

"Master, Her Excellency Ames has arrived at your office, she wants to see you, buzz."

"Oh, I know, I'll go over there."

Han Xiao rubbed his brow, had to put down the research in his hand, and turned to the office.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Ames sitting in his seat with her back to the door.

Hearing the noise, Ames turned the chair around, her long legs stretched out from under the high-slit black dress, crossed and sat, staring at Han Xiao with a smile that was not a smile, and啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧啧