Chapter 156 Hennis's Story

Doom Island was located on another landmass. It took an hour to return to the shelter. The spaceship maintained a low speed within the planet's atmosphere but was still much faster than an airplane.

Han Xiao settled the little bastards from Doom Island in guest rooms, then left them alone and went to Hennis to continue their previous conversation.

Hennis described his experiences after his disappearance. After the Germination War ended, he led his team of archaeologists on another journey to find new secrets. Because Han Xiao had the players complete many mission conditions, Hennis and the others obtained new information and discovered new doubts in the vast archives. The clues pointed directly to the Hundred Nations War on Aquamarine Star.

Aquamarine Star once had hundreds of countries, and although there were small frictions, it was generally a peaceful and prosperous world with a strong curiosity about the universe. With the appearance of Godora, interstellar knowledge arrived, and learning that too many countries were slowing down civilization’s development, with extremely high rates of resource waste, which would trap them on the planet, the world situation became turbulent.

Due to the different positions of each country, no one was willing to give up their sovereignty, even knowing that tragedy would happen in the future. But for various reasons, most people would choose short-sightedness until the crisis was truly imminent. Friction intensified, and finally, force seemed to be the only way.

Thus, because of this internal friction theory, a world war broke out decades ago. Many countries were destroyed in the war, and only six countries remained in the end, completing a major reshuffle and resource integration, but the negative impact of the war has not been eliminated to this day.

Hennis didn't believe that a theory could cause hundreds of countries to go to war. He firmly believed that there must be a mastermind behind the war. After searching, they finally made new progress, which also brought about a disaster.

"...The clues led us to discover an underground cave in the Somar Desert. There was a tall golden statue there. You won't believe what I saw with my own eyes. The statue actually moved and attacked us. It was incredibly strong, and our attacks couldn't hurt it at all."

"And then?" Han Xiao nodded.

"We fought with the statue. It was indestructible and could also shoot rays. My team members died. The war didn't take their lives, but I didn't expect they would die here..."

Hennis gritted his teeth and said, "I was also seriously injured and thought I was doomed, but the statue stopped. The walls of the cave suddenly changed color and became metallic. I realized that the original rock walls were a disguise. A metal wall was inlaid with an oval container, like a nutrient tank, about the size of a human body. A Godoran walked out of the tank, squatted in front of me, and asked me how I found this place."

"Continue, I'm listening."

"I was dying at the time, so the other party was very close. I pretended to be seriously injured and tried to communicate with him. I asked him who he was and why a Godoran was staying on Aquamarine Star. He seemed disdainful to answer and was about to stand up and leave. The statue moved again and was about to raise its hand to smash me to death.

"I had no choice but to seize the opportunity to attack. I didn't dare to hold back. I didn't expect that the Godoran couldn't dodge and was killed by my punch. He was just an ordinary person. After he died, the statue stopped, and I passed out from my serious injuries.

"After I don't know how long, a team of agents came to the cave and found me on the verge of death, so they arrested me. They seemed to have discovered the cave by following our trail. The things inside were all confiscated by them. Because it involved a Godoran, I was imprisoned on Doom Island and frequently interrogated for information."

"How did you determine that Godora was the mastermind based on just these things?"

"Of course, I didn't guess blindly. Prison is a good place to think. I connected a lot of information. And there must be a reason why a Godoran stayed on Aquamarine Star. I suspect that although Godora doesn't overtly intervene in Aquamarine Star, they have been secretly sending people to monitor us, interfering in our civilization's progress in the dark. Although I don't understand Godora, I know that interests are eternal. Doing this must be in line with their interests."

"It may not be what you think. One person cannot represent a civilization. Besides, Godora also has an enemy force, and they are all golden-skinned." Han Xiao was noncommittal, thought for a while, and said, "I have a good relationship with Godora now. Maybe I can find someone to investigate. What clues can you give me?"

"I remember the appearance of the Godoran and every scene that happened in that cave." Hennis took out paper and began to draw, quickly drawing a dozen pictures.

The Godoran's appearance was very clear. Han Xiao used his communicator to take photos. With his relationship with Nagokin, asking the other party to search for a portrait was a simple matter.

He then looked at the statue portrait Hennis mentioned. It had a humanoid structure with four arms. The head had no facial features but two rows of holes like eyes, three on each side, for a total of six, emitting golden light. He immediately exclaimed.

"This is a combat golem, a Godoran magical industrial product. It's easy to buy, but it's relatively expensive. If it's someone other than a magician, they can only destroy the golem by smashing the statue. With your strength, it's difficult to break an interstellar-level artificial combat machine. This golem should be the Godoran's guard. Also, the place where the Godoran stayed is a life-support sleep pod, which may have a network connection. I have time to ask the six nations and see if they can get it for research."

Hennis grabbed Han Xiao's hand and pleaded, "This is the only clue. It can only be effective in your hands. I can only rely on you. I have nothing to repay you with. I only hope you can help me because of our old friendship. I really want to find out the truth, who is the origin of all the disasters!"

The panel popped up a notification, the third stage of 【New Era – Origin】 was completed, giving millions of experience points, successfully entering the next stage. It showed that this was the final stage of the mission, requiring only to find out the truth, and the only clue was the portrait of this Godoran.

'No wonder this is a hidden A-level mission. It involves two versions. If you want to use this clue, you must deal with the Godora civilization, so the mission can only continue in version 2.0.' Han Xiao's eyes flashed.

The rewards were naturally plentiful, several million experience points, but Mechanic Han, who possessed the player market, had the least need for experience rewards.

In addition to experience points, there were also several free attribute points, potential points, a chance for a random reward, and the unique Glory Badge for A-level missions. This thing could enhance all attributes. Because he assigned the mission to hard-working contract workers, all the conditions for each stage were completed, the evaluation was very high, and he would definitely get it.

In that case, he would get his second Glory Badge.

Han Xiao secretly calculated that if the war on Aquamarine Star was really Godora's scheme, then this person's information should be confidential, and inquiring rashly would be alarming.

"Let's wait until the Godora troops arrive on Aquamarine Star. The leader should be Nagokin. It's easier to talk to someone I know."

He shook his head, not caring too much about the truth. After all, the conflict between civilizations had nothing to do with right or wrong, it was just a matter of position.

Even if Godora really did it, Aquamarine Star now had to rely on them to rescue them from the disaster. With so many lives at stake, being stubbornly unyielding was not an option; the Law of True Fragrance was the only truth.

Compared to dwelling on the past, he was more concerned about food and vegetables. Just like when eating, people always need to ignore the source of the food, such as using manure to grow vegetables, using swill to feed pigs, and when drinking milk, few people would dwell on what the first person who knew that milk could be drunk was doing at the time.

And when marrying a wife, unless one was particularly lucky, one still had to selectively ignore the fact that he might have brothers-in-law…

If a friend died, at the cremation memorial service, when everyone closed their eyes in silence, Mechanic Han was the kind of person who would add firewood, no need to say, just being pragmatic!

Therefore, from Han Xiao's perspective, no matter what the truth of history was, the value that could be created in the future was more important.

…

Back at the shelter, Han Xiao had the mercenaries guard the Doom Island prisoners. Although these unruly guys were rounded up in one go, they still needed to be trained before they could be used. He was very confident in handing this work over to the mercenaries.

Don't look at these prisoners, each thinking highly of themselves, almost writing "I am a bad guy" on their faces, but compared to the interstellar mercenaries who had traveled through different star systems and killed countless species, they were simply like gentle little lambs.

In the next ten days, Han Xiao gradually carried out his plan. The magic-type mercenaries greatly increased the production of inhibitors, which could be supplied to the refugees in the shelter on a large scale, stabilizing the situation.

At the same time, more refugees came to the shelter, making it very crowded. So, Bennett began to expand the shelter. With the help of the players (with their endless grinding), the construction progress was rapid.

Refugees were constantly arriving. At this rate, the shelter would probably be expanded into a super-large city.

Han Xiao didn't forget the six nations. Since the six nations compromised, he had some mercenaries take a portion of the raw materials and descend directly on the capitals of the six nations in spaceships. The unsuspecting civilians in the cities were stunned.

After the two sides made contact, some mercenaries stayed in the six nations to help them manufacture inhibitors. The six nations were also veterans. They made a big fuss about the inhibitors, put on a few shows, and gradually regained the confidence of the people, and order slowly returned.

The six nations naturally didn't just compromise with Han Xiao verbally. Han Xiao had the right to mobilize their armies, planes, tanks, warships, and all war equipment. He could get them with just a word, but there was no need to do so. He couldn't use them, so it was better to leave them to the six nations to share the pressure on the shelter.

The shelter and the six nations' actions to resist the Alienation Disaster were somewhat effective, but the number of refugees saved was only a drop in the bucket compared to the global population. There was no way to deal with the beasts and plants in the wild, and the most terrifying were the creatures in the sea, whose numbers were several times that of the beasts on land. They were also affected by the Alienation Disaster, and there were even amphibious behemoths that went ashore. Several coastal cities had already been severely damaged.

Therefore, in places beyond sight, the situation of the Alienation Disaster was still very serious and was constantly worsening.

Most of the Aquamarine Star players stayed in the shelter, which was actually detrimental to the overall situation, but it was very beneficial to Han Xiao. He harvested a lot of experience points and recruited as many as 30,000 to 40,000 players through the Black Star Selection Ceremony.

This selection became one of the players' daily activities. There were heated discussions on the forums, sharing experiences, and drawing the conclusion: iron heads were like fireworks in a flash, only the ones who could live another day could survive forever. Killing a city was not as good as waiting for one person.

Because it was a group selection, players gradually began to team up and cooperate. Casual players tried their luck, professional players showed off their skills, and large guilds used peripheral members to protect core members. Everyone showed their own talents.

Those who had failed the thirty-second real man test in the past could not miss the opportunity to join now. Whenever they saw Kuang Dao, Hao Tian, and others swaggering through the streets in advanced equipment, other players couldn't help but envy them. If it weren't for the fact that fighting was not allowed in the shelter, many people would have wanted to try to kill them and get their equipment.

With the cooperation of the players, the pass rate of the selection was significantly improved. The players thought they had found the trick… Han Xiao liked them to think that way.

Han Xiao had been preparing for a long time, and everything was currently going according to his plan. It was basically all good news… except for one phenomenon, which was an accident he had not expected.

The players had actually learned how to play Wayne cards from Melos, and more and more people were addicted to playing cards, unable to extricate themselves!

When Han Xiao learned of this, he couldn't wait to strangle Melos - playing cards, all they knew was playing cards every day, and they had even corrupted the dedicated high-quality labor force. Was he trying to force him to be an agent to sell card packs?!

They were not doing their jobs properly!!