Chapter 345 Recruitment

The group returned to the spaceship. Sylvia was clearly still unaccustomed to her change in identity and seemed a bit reserved. Han Xiao had the Volga brothers explain the basic knowledge to her, while he was pulled aside by Melos.

"You're letting her join our team?" Melos asked, surprised.

Han Xiao briefly explained the process and glanced at him. "You have a problem with that?"

"No, I don't have any prejudice against a little girl, but she doesn't have any combat ability. How can she be a mercenary?"

"She has talent. With some training, she won't be any worse than you."

Melos's lips twitched. "Comparing me to a little girl, I feel like you're insulting me."

"Heh, you're overthinking it. I'll only insult you during sparring sessions."

Han Xiao chuckled and turned to look at Sylvia, who was currently surrounded by players trying to strike up a conversation, looking flustered. This was Black Star's traditional welcoming ceremony.

In his previous life, Sylvia had gone through many factions before finally obtaining esper knowledge and showing her potential. Now that she had joined his camp, if he wanted her to be useful, Han Xiao naturally had to teach her esper knowledge. Based on Sylvia's path in his previous life, the Mechanic class was the most suitable for her. Han Xiao stroked his chin, deciding to personally… train her.

…

Longtan Floating Island was also in the Raylen Star System at this time. Han Xiao set the spaceship on automatic navigation, left the New Fellan Alliance, and arrived at Longtan to hand over the supplies.

Although Dyke had been coerced, he had also participated in the assassination. After Terrell learned about this, he was furious and fired Dyke on the spot—even if there were extenuating circumstances, he didn't want to use anyone who damaged the group's interests again. After that, Terrell expressed his apologies in fear and trepidation. Han Xiao never let go of an opportunity to fleece him, and this time he demanded a higher discount as compensation. Terrell immediately agreed. Unlike the tour group that the Rainbow Snail belonged to, his business cooperation with Longtan was very close, making him easier to talk to.

Speaking of the tour group, a group of lizardmen came to Longtan to receive the spaceship. The tour group's team had already arrived at the dock, transferred the compensation to Han Xiao's account, and then retrieved the Rainbow Snail. After all the goods were unloaded, Han Xiao watched these people pilot the spaceship away, shook his head, took out his interstellar communicator, and prepared to call a spaceship.

At this time, Longtan's guard captain, Visandre, approached him with a familiar tone, teasingly saying, "I heard you were assassinated?"

"Just childish antics," Han Xiao glanced at him. "Are you very interested?"

"Of course. I have to stay on this island every day to maintain security. Do you think my life is very colorful?" Visandre said unhappily.

After chatting for a few words, Han Xiao sent Visandre away and went to the side, opened the forum, and paid attention to the competition. After Sylvia's interlude, the league finally ended, and countless people on the forum were discussing it enthusiastically. He roughly looked through the competition process.

In the semi-finals, Dynasty defeated Eight-Headed Serpent 3-2 and advanced to the finals. On the other side, Tulip defeated Netherworld. In the final, Dynasty and Tulip faced each other. The viewership rating of the finals broke through the sky. Han Xiao didn't watch the recording, but looking at the content of those discussion posts, it seemed that the match was very exciting and closely contested, with back-and-forth action, demonstrating the peak level of professional players and opening the eyes of the general public.

In the end, it was a bit of a pity. When it was 2-2 at match point, Dynasty made a small mistake, which was seized by Tulip, snowballing into a victory. Tulip was really terrifyingly stable. When facing them, any small loophole would become the key to turning the tide.

With the result of the final determined, the first league ended to great attention. Tulip won the championship, Dynasty took the second place, and Netherworld and Eight-Headed Serpent were the top four. In the individual competition, the champion was a German player. The precise German craftsmanship was terrifying. Wang Hou Jiang Xiang made it to the top four. Among all the Huaxia players, Wang Hou Jiang Xiang's performance in the league was the most dazzling, reaching the international first-class level. As the peak player who had been ranked first in Huaxia for many years, this ranking undoubtedly consolidated his position.

On the forum, viewers from various countries were commenting on their own teams. Although Dynasty failed to win the championship, which was a pity, the Huaxia players were still very happy. At least they got the second place, surpassing most of the teams. The first league can be said to have been a success, showing their style. Many foreign viewers were even attracted by the performance of the Huaxia teams.

Compared with the rankings in his previous life, the results of this competition were much better. In his previous life, Huaxia only had one top-eight seat, but now, there were two Huaxia teams in the top eight, Changkong in the top eight, and Dynasty in second place. There was also progress in the individual competition. In his previous life, Wang Hou Jiang Xiang was the only player who made it to the top sixteen, but now there was also Kuang Dao, who won glory for the country and enjoyed a triumphant return.

The results were significantly better than in his previous life. The only reason was the great mechanic Han.

The players who followed him had good results, and his own influence would also subtly increase, expanding the potential market. Han Xiao was very satisfied with the players' performance.

Dynasty was overjoyed with such results. Even Tai Er Zi, who always liked to run his mouth, had a happy face and rarely criticized his own captain. Changkong's ranking was good, but nothing special, but Hao Tian was not satisfied. His striving attitude never weakened. Kuang Dao was very satisfied with getting into the top sixteen of the individual competition. This was a result he had never dared to imagine before. Most of the Huaxia players were quite satisfied with their results. God's Domain, however, was a little envious of the results and praise received by Dynasty and Changkong. In comparison, God's Domain's performance in the first season seemed dim.

After the league ended, various follow-up programs were staged one after another, including reports and comments on the league by various programs, press conferences held by various teams, and the final awards ceremony, etc., but these were not the focus of Han Xiao's attention. The successful conclusion of the first season also meant…

The version update was coming!

The last version update was three years ago. For Aquamarine Star, the sudden appearance of the players had indeed caused a wave of panic, and the update from version 1.0 to 2.0 would make these players disappear again.

In normal times, six days in the game were equal to one day in the players' "reality", and the time flow was stable. However, during the version update, the time connection between the two sides would be disconnected. During the 1.0 version update, the span in the game was one year, while for the players, it was probably only two or three days.

The time span of each version update was different. Players would enter the Star Sea at different nodes in the timeline, usually during major events or disasters, thus forming a version.

"When the version updates, these players will be gone. Without these useful cannon fodder, my actions will have to be more cautious. Moreover, there will be no quick channels to harvest experience and money for a year. It's a good time to explore those potential missions. I need to make a plan for the specific actions…" Han Xiao fell into deep thought.

ps: (This is to make up for the day before yesterday, there will be another chapter later, I was sleeping confused yesterday, I thought it was updated,囧)