Chapter 175 The Legendary Mechanic's Name Is Very Useful

While Han Xiao and Locke Fees were making their shady deal, dozens of warships carrying two hundred thousand mercenaries sailed mightily toward Sunil Star.

Inside the cockpit, the star map flickered. The closer they got to Sunil, the more excited Melos became, and the other Sunil mercenaries were also excited.

They were all too clear about the group's predicament. Due to the Calamity, the mortality rate of young adults had remained high, and their compatriots were living in dire straits. Now, there was finally hope to completely solve this problem!

These warriors, who risked their lives for the sake of their group, were all overcome with excitement and were almost tearfully grateful to Han Xiao. "We've finally waited for this day."

Melos took a deep breath to calm himself.

Outside the porthole, Sunil Star was faintly visible. The fleet landed rapidly, as if crashing into the ground.

The main city of Sunil Star was still Senyuan City. All the higher-ups had received the news early and ran out to greet them. Soldiers in Sunil armor were lined up around them, filling a large area and creating a very impressive formation.

The spaceships landed one after another, and the players came out in droves. They immediately saw the neat Sunil armored troops. The cold steel battle line reflected the sunlight, wantonly exuding a silent, stern, and capable aura.

"Thank you, Black Star Mercenary Group, for extending a helping hand. Welcome, everyone. I..."

A Sunil leader stepped forward and was about to give a speech. He had only said half a sentence when he saw the two hundred thousand people scatter in all directions, many players with their arms around the bewildered armored soldiers.

"Yo, this is Sunil. It's exactly the same as in the video."

"Come on, bro, let's take a photo!"

Having arrived at a new planet, the players immediately began to have fun.

"This..."

The Sunil leader's face twitched, and he didn't know what to say. He turned his head and saw Melos walking out of the crowd and coming over. Only then did he cheer up and respectfully greet him.

"Thanks to you, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to invite Black Star." The Sunil leader was very grateful.

"You should thank Black Star even more. If he hadn't given me the opportunity to follow him in the first place, Sunil wouldn't be in its current situation."

Melos was very serious. In this regard, he felt that he had taken a big advantage and didn't deserve so much credit.

Now that Black Star was a Calamity Grade powerhouse, he no longer lacked Grade B executives. Rather than saying that he was selling his life to the Black Star Mercenary Group in exchange for Black Star's help, it was more like Black Star was taking the initiative to help Sunil!

After the DarkStar incident, Melos had a deeper "understanding" of Han Xiao. He was willing to confront an interstellar terrorist organization for the sake of his homeland; this kind of courage was too great. He was simply a partner of justice, with noble character and great personality. Perhaps helping Sunil was simply Black Star's desire to save them, without seeking any benefits.

Melos's favorability toward Han Xiao had long since exploded. He was so grateful that he wished he could give his all for him, even be his shield.

Hearing this, the Sunil leaders nodded solemnly. They owed Black Star too much. He first allowed the Sunil mercenaries to accept better employment and reduce the casualties of their compatriots, and now he generously sent a large number of people to help, only charging a small fee.

What a good person!

After arranging the two hundred thousand "mercenaries," the Sunil higher-ups spread the news of the Black Star Mercenary Group's arrival throughout the clan, letting countless Sunil people know that a turning point had come.

In the streets and alleys, countless people were in tears, praying with their heads lowered.

The influence of the name Black Star was rapidly increasing in this land.

Melos walked down the street with the Sunil mercenaries, accepting the grateful gazes of the commoners, and feeling the hope that had rekindled in this city. He was filled with emotion.

Melos had witnessed the characteristics of the players and firmly believed that the Calamity would be completely resolved, but he suddenly thought of a problem.

"When the clan's problem is solved, where should I go?"

Confusion, like a bullet, hit his heart.

That's right, I went out to be a mercenary to fight for the clan. Once the clan's crisis is resolved, do I still need to be a mercenary?

Melos stopped and fell into hesitation.

As soon as he thought that Black Star had given him help but he was going to leave after it was done, he felt a sense of guilt for betraying Han Xiao's trust, and he felt very sorry.

Then... should I continue to stay by Black Star's side and repay his kindness?

Thinking of the noisy mercenary partners, thinking of seeing the lives of different planets and species everywhere, thinking of Black Star's majestic and reliable figure...

Melos's furrowed brows slowly relaxed.

Apart from the clan, he seemed to have a second place to belong.

"Hey, without the burden of the clan, maybe I can save some money and find a beautiful wife to marry."

Melos's mood cleared up again, and he had infinite expectations for the future.

...

On the other side, the players who entered Senyuan City were warmly welcomed by the Sunil people and received a welcome from both sides of the street.

"I didn't expect the name of the Black Star Mercenary Group to be so useful."

Everyone marveled. Only after experiencing it personally did the players realize that the influence of their faction was greater than they had imagined. The name of the Black Star Mercenary Group seemed to be very impressive.

Two hundred thousand players roamed around Senyuan City. The Sunil higher-ups were still formulating an action plan, and the hiring had not officially started yet. At this time, no one would stop the players from moving freely.

Many people triggered additional missions in different places according to the old methods, and also found function-type locations such as equipment stores, skill mentors, and props shops. As a civilization, the Sunil clan had most of the functions of an "NPC resource location" and could meet the needs of a large number of players.

Before long, the players were centrally conscripted. The Sunil people listed a large number of missions, including exploring the wilderness, collecting wild beast data, clearing wild beast strongholds, reclaiming abandoned resource points, and mining new veins. There were all kinds of jobs.

After accepting, the player panel will automatically trigger the corresponding mission, which is equivalent to the player being able to obtain considerable experience rewards from these sub-divided missions in addition to the mercenary mission.

Good missions were quickly snatched up. The most popular were naturally the resource point snatching missions. Most of these resources were materials, and a little could be taken during the snatching process.

The resource point missions were basically divided up by the guild players, but if Sunil wanted to completely solve the Calamity, there was a lot of work to be done, and two hundred thousand players could get missions.

After accepting these jobs, the players also triggered a series of faction missions, which also required helping Sunil solve the Calamity, but it had nothing to do with the mercenary missions. Even if they were not mercenaries, they could come to help Sunil and trigger the series missions.

In fact, the mercenary missions received by the player mercenaries were the real extra rewards. This was the benefit brought by the Black Star Mercenary Group faction.

Missions were like carrots dangling over the players' heads. The two hundred thousand players on Sunil Star couldn't wait to start working hard.

...

A few days later.

Black Star No. 1 base, mechanical modification workshop.

Countless mechanical arms were assembling mechanical soldiers. Han Xiao was working hard at the lathe, concentrating on creating a mechanical legion. At this moment, the communicator suddenly rang.

"Hmm? Who's looking for me?"

Han Xiao put down what he was doing, took out the communicator, and various possibilities flashed through his mind in an instant. Maybe it was Ames urging him, maybe the Norios Consortium was starting to organize logistics operations, or maybe some players had messed up a mission and the employer had come to complain.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind. He glanced at the communicator and was a little surprised that it was an unfamiliar call.

The communication connected, and a strange figure appeared on the screen, angrily questioning Han Xiao.

"Black Star, where did you take my people?"

"Your people?" Han Xiao asked back.

"Beverly! You wouldn't have forgotten, would you!" The other party's tone was gloomy.

This name seems familiar...

Han Xiao rubbed his chin and suddenly remembered. Wasn't this the fire-eyed... bah, the Esper who spewed fire from his eyes? He wanted to steal his spaceship and ended up becoming his prisoner. Every day, his supergene was extracted, squeezing out hundreds of bottles of gene potions. Now, he was so thin that only skin and bones remained, on the verge of death.

So... the other party was "Purple Snake" Slyke, Beverly's boss, the leader of the Purple Snake Star Pirates.

"So it's you." Han Xiao raised an eyebrow. "Your subordinate wanted to steal my spaceship, and you dare to come to me personally?"

"Where is Beverly? Did you kill him?"

"Well, the standard answer to this question should be... guess?"

Slyke's expression was gloomy. "Black Star, hand over my people, and I can pretend that this never happened."

Han Xiao exaggeratedly said "Wow" and said, "Your subordinate stole my spaceship and was caught by me. Now you want me to let him go and pretend that nothing happened. You're not good-looking, but you're thinking too much. Should I thank you too?"

"Hmph, Black Star, you are indeed as talkative as the rumors say, but do you think I would look for you without any preparation? How do you think I got your contact information?"

Slyke revealed a cold smile, his tone carrying an inexplicable confidence.

I'm talkative? Who the hell spread that... no, that's not the point. Han Xiao came back to his senses and immediately understood Slyke's reliance. His expression became helpless. "Who did you capture?"

Slyke hooked the corner of his mouth and pressed a button. The screen switched to a prison cell, where a group of people were tied together.

Han Xiao took a closer look and confirmed that they were indeed players. They were probably players heading to other employment locations who were kidnapped by Slyke's people on the way. In other words, the other party's people had sneaked into the Garton Star System from the Faiwen Star System.

"Black Star, hand over Beverly, or you'll never see your mercenaries again."

The screen disappeared and returned to Slyke's face.

"Uh, let's discuss this..." Han Xiao pondered for a while and said, "Why don't you just tear up the tickets?"

"News reports about you are everywhere. Do you think I'm blind! You have hundreds of thousands of immortal mercenaries under your command. Killing them is useless, but I guess many organizations would like to study this group of immortals and would definitely be willing to pay a lot... So listen to me, I'll only give you five days to send Beverly to the designated barren planet. If I don't see Beverly, or if you want to play any tricks, my star pirate group will specialize in capturing your mercenaries and selling them to other star clusters."

Slyke's tone was threatening, and he felt that he had grasped Han Xiao's weakness.

"...Alright." Han Xiao's mouth twitched.

"Remember, five days!"

After emphasizing, Slyke decisively hung up the communication.

If it weren't for his confidant being captured, he wouldn't want to provoke Black Star. Fortunately, he didn't have to hand over the hostage in person. Slyke didn't plan to show up himself. He only sent his subordinates to the Garton Star System, while he stayed far away in the Faiwen Star System. Safety first.

Han Xiao rubbed his temples, his expression helpless. The players were not strong enough yet. If he let them out to carry out missions, they would encounter similar things sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

It was each player's fate to be kidnapped. He wasn't a nanny, and logically speaking, he wouldn't care about this kind of thing, but Slyke was a Calamity Grade and had set his sights on the Black Star Mercenary Group. This was a hidden danger. It seemed that he had to go out in person.

"Damn it, I can't even have a few days of leisure. Now I don't even have time to make little cuties!"

Han Xiao was full of resentment. With a gloomy face, he came to the prison cell where Beverly was imprisoned, looked at the unconscious Beverly, and put an observation mark on him.

"Isn't it good to be alive? I almost forgot to find trouble with you."

...

Garton Star System, a Purple Snake Star Pirate Group's raider ship was quietly floating in the universe.

In the dim spaceship prison cell, the kidnapped players were staying together, and there were star pirates guarding the door.

"President, I think we've been a little unlucky lately."

Poseidon, a core member of the Gods Guild, turned his head and looked at Jupiter, the president, who was beside him.

Lately? Damn, we've always been unlucky, okay? Are you looking down on someone... Jupiter's face was gloomy, and he didn't even want to speak.

He had originally chosen a good mercenary mission and was preparing to work together with the important members of the guild to complete this mercenary mission. However, before they arrived at the mercenary location, they were eating hot pot and singing songs when they were suddenly robbed by star pirates.

Is the universe so dangerous?

It feels like the security is not even as good as Aquamarine Star! mmp!!

Vice President Shiva had a calm expression. "It seems that we've encountered a sudden event. Maybe it's a hidden mission."

"You said the same thing the last time we suffered a loss." Poseidon was not polite.

At this moment, the guarding star pirate roared, "Who allowed you to chat? Shut up!"

Everyone raised their heads and glanced at him, ignoring him and continuing to chat.

The guarding star pirate choked and wanted to pull out his gun and shoot all these hostages to death, but the boss gave a death order, only allowing them to guard and not kill. Killing was the same as letting the hostages escape. The hostages were not even afraid of death, so what could they be threatened with?

The guarding star pirate had no other choice but to silently endure the fact that these hostages were even more arrogant than him, a robber, his face turning red, full of suffocation.

Bang!!

At this moment, the hull suddenly shook, and then screams rang out from the distant cabins one after another.

"What happened?!"

The guarding star pirate was shocked and hurriedly went to check. When he turned his head, he found a majestic figure blocking his way, blocking all the light. His height only reached the abdomen of this figure.

"I'm commandeering this spaceship." This figure's tone was indifferent, and his voice was like thunder.

Before the guarding star pirate could react, he only felt a great force coming from his side, extremely fast and unavoidable.

The burly and tall figure casually slapped the guarding star pirate out, hitting the wall and exploding into radial minced meat.

Jupiter and the others looked at this figure.

This figure was backlit, and they couldn't see his face clearly. They could only see a blurry outline. He seemed to have a pair of curved horns on his head, one of which was half broken.