Chapter 1 Klent's Diplomacy

Klent's diplomatic ambassador glared, pointing at Sou Yi but unable to speak.

Sou Yi leisurely said, "The specific situation has already been explained. The empire has decided not to comment on this issue. You can insist on submitting the proposal, but the success rate is very low. The Void Spirit Religion will reject your application. I represent the empire and only suggest that you abandon the idea of the proposal. This is not interfering with your decision. If you insist on going your own way, we will not stop you."

"I don't understand!" Klent's diplomatic ambassador angrily said, "Why is the empire helping the Purple Crystal on this issue?!"

"The higher-ups of the empire have their own considerations."

"Is it because of the Evolutionary Cube?! Is that why you suddenly changed your position?!"

"I will reiterate once again, the higher-ups of the empire have their own considerations." Sou Yi emphasized, "Moreover, you are wrong. The empire only adheres to its own position. This principle never changes. The empire has never supported your plan."

Klent's diplomatic ambassador gritted his teeth. They didn't have many thoughts when Hegemon was defeated in the duel, but they didn't expect it to be their turn so quickly.

Klent had invested massive resources in the Secret War. As a lackey of the Crimson Empire, the Crimson Empire's attitude was originally tacit approval, but now the Crimson Empire was abandoning them at a critical moment, which meant that Klent's ten years of investment might be in vain!

Of course, they were not happy.

No matter how he thought about it, Klent's diplomatic ambassador felt that this was the reason for the Black Star Army. Although Sou Yi did not explain the reason why the Crimson Empire did this, he knew with his ass that Black Star must be behind it!

At this time, Sou Yi changed the subject, "The development of the Flickering World is about to begin. I hope you will dispatch troops as soon as possible to prepare. The exploration task will be quite heavy."

Klent's diplomatic ambassador understood that this was probably a disguised compensation from the Crimson Empire, allowing them to seize more benefits in the Flickering World.

His face was uncertain. After thinking for a while, he sullenly said, "Since it is the empire's intention, we will reconsider the proposal issue. As for the development of the Flickering World, please rest assured that we will do our best."

Hearing this, Sou Yi smiled faintly.

After talking about business and chatting absentmindedly for a while, Klent's diplomatic ambassador hurriedly said goodbye.

Walking out of the Crimson Empire's diplomatic mission, Klent's diplomatic ambassador got into the vehicle, turned on the communicator to contact the higher-ups, and reported the situation just now, which caused a heated debate.

In the end, the higher-ups came to a conclusion. They could do nothing about the Crimson Empire. Even if they were dissatisfied, they could only endure it. Every Klent official felt aggrieved. As a lackey of a universe-level civilization, they could only act according to the other party's wishes and were restricted everywhere.

What they hated the most was the "new ally" Black Star who was secretly causing trouble—a great situation, but it was disrupted by one person!

It could be said that Black Star alone subverted their ten-year plan!

"A universe-level civilization maintaining its own interests will inevitably affect our interests. What are we to them..." Turning off the communicator, Klent's diplomatic ambassador leaned on the seat, staring blankly at the scenery retreating rapidly outside the window.

...

More than seven years ago, Han Xiao took advantage of the popularity of the Super-A Seed to expand greatly, laying the foundation for the following years. He had experience, and this time he also fully utilized the influence of his advancement to Super-A. Moreover, with the Crimson Empire and the Purple Crystal Civilization escorting him, most of the hostile forces were silent, and the expansion of the legion was almost without resistance, extremely smooth.

Countless free Supers in the Shattered Star Ring responded to the Black Star Army's recruitment, and batches of new members poured into the legion. In a short period of time, the size of the Black Star Army expanded once again. The number of members scattered throughout the various star system branches of the Colton Star Cluster barely broke through 300 million.

Ordinary members were secondary. The B-grade backbone combat power also reached tens of millions, and the higher-level A-grade Supers exceeded 40. In terms of the number of high-level combat power alone, the Black Star Army had surpassed most star system civilizations.

With the brand of Super-A and Han Xiao's influence, the Black Star Army expanded greatly, not afraid of being too full, but afraid of not being able to eat it. With the injection of funds from many consortiums and the strong support of the Purple Crystal Civilization, Han Xiao had sufficient funds to support the rapid expansion of the legion's size.

Astronomical numbers of Enas were thrown into the logistics department by him, using production lines to build more warships, and at the same time assembling new satellite bases, which were used to deploy more branches in the Colton Star Cluster.

The expansion of the Black Star Army was in full swing, and the interstellar citizens of the Shattered Star Ring were paying attention to the follow-up progress of the duel. What they cared about was that the Black Star Army publicly joined the Crimson Empire, and what impact this would have on the Secret War.

Recently, the Secret War had entered a ceasefire period. After the duel, both the War Domain and the Zero Organization tacitly did not provoke war, which was eerily calm.

Countless interstellar citizens were concerned about the direction of the Secret War, regarding it as a signal, because from the current situation, the next development of the Secret War indirectly represented the results of the game between the two sides.

Just when everyone was looking forward to it, the Secret War broke out with news that shocked the entire star field!

No fighting, no declarations.

The War Domain abandoned all the strongholds established in the border star systems such as Westwind, Kaya, and Chaidar without warning, and took the initiative to withdraw from the Colton Star Cluster!

When this news came out, all the people and forces who were paying attention to the Secret War were shocked.

The War Domain represented Klent's attitude. Taking the initiative to withdraw troops was equivalent to Klent giving up the invasion plan. Giving up the results of ten years of war... was equal to Purple Crystal winning this war without any effort.

The Secret War, which lasted for ten years, ended just like that?!

No one knew what kind of agreement the two sides had reached behind the scenes. In the eyes of outsiders, Klent's active abandonment was definitely inseparable from the Black Star Army joining the Crimson Empire, and there must be some kind of logical relationship between them.

The most likely situation was that the Black Star Army forced Klent to give up the invasion and helped Purple Crystal win the Secret War in some way by joining the Crimson Empire!

Tracing back to the source, the greatest credit could only be attributed to Black Star himself!

Advancing to Super-A, seizing the Evolutionary Cube, forcing back Hegemon, joining the Crimson Empire... This series of actions was the only reason to subvert the entire situation!

This also meant that Black Star ended the Secret War with his own strength!

This was the truth in the eyes of the people of the entire star field!

The aftermath of the duel was not over yet, and the end of the Secret War made the Shattered Star Ring boil once again!

...

[S-level Faction Mission [Secret War - Zero Organization] has ended]

[Settling the mission... Settlement complete]

[Mission Rating: Unbelievable]

[You have gained 6,000,000,000 experience, Random Reward x5, Purple Crystal Civilization Contribution +40,000, Legend Degree +1]

[Star Cluster Legend Degree (Colton Star Cluster): Secret War Hero - You have made great contributions to the Secret War and are a hero of the Purple Crystal Civilization's victory. The people of the star cluster will remember your achievements]

[You have gained 2 points of Political Assets]

[Political Assets (2): Purple Crystal Civilization]

[You are loved by the people of the Purple Crystal Civilization - When trading with Purple Crystal Civilization citizens, you can buy goods at a lower price and sell products at a higher price]

[The Purple Crystal Civilization is willing to listen to your demands - You can make suggestions to the Purple Crystal Civilization. Based on the rationality of the suggestions, the Purple Crystal Civilization has a small chance of adopting your opinions]

[This is a symbol of political influence. Your achievements are spread throughout the universe - When interacting with certain forces or characters, favorability accumulation efficiency +45%]

[You have valuable experience - Efficiency of gaining experience in all forms +45%]

[Note: The above effects are effective only if the Purple Crystal Civilization relationship remains [Revered]]

[Dungeon generated: [Secret War]]

"Huh? The Secret War main quest is finally settled?"

On the star closest to Golden Gate Star, clusters of high-heat stellar energy entangled a figure, and the skin showed a fiery red color after absorbing radiation.

Batches of new members joined, and in the gaps in the legion's expansion, Han Xiao took the time to practice the *Heber Star Furnace Training Method*. He was taking a bath on the surface of the star when the panel suddenly reacted and a series of mission settlement messages popped up. Only then did he know that the Secret War had come to an end.

With a thought, he connected to the quantum network and instantly searched for news of the War Domain's withdrawal. Han Xiao's eyes lit up and he smiled.

"It seems that Sou Yi fulfilled the treaty and has persuaded Klent. It's much faster than I thought..."

Klent directly let the War Domain withdraw its troops, which was quite decisive, but Han Xiao knew that Klent must be resentful in his heart. They did not dare to be dissatisfied with the Crimson Empire, and their hatred would probably be transferred to him. This was something that could not be helped.

In order to make up for Klent's injured little heart, the Crimson Empire must have exchanged benefits with them behind the scenes. The specific details were not something he could know.

Han Xiao didn't care about offending Klent. Although the two sides were allies in name, they had fought for ten years, and the accumulated resentment could not be easily eliminated. Not only did Klent hate him, but he also remembered the endless assassinations from Klent over the past ten years, and he was equally dissatisfied. He would naturally not give face to the enemy.

Scanning the mission rewards, Han Xiao couldn't help but feel happy.

It was not in vain for him to fight for the Secret War for ten years. This wave of earnings was not a loss. The rewards for the S-level mission were indeed generous!

Even for him, a big leek farmer, 6 billion experience was considered average, not too little, and the five random reward opportunities were more than the three opportunities rewarded by the [Bloodline] mission.

1 point of Star Cluster Legend Degree was also good. Adding the 3 points of Star Field Legend Degree that he had reaped in the battle with Hegemon, the amount of experience rewards for his players was almost doubled!

The 2 points of Political Assets were the biggest gain. This thing was extremely rare and only produced by extremely difficult missions. The efficiency of obtaining experience was increased by another 45%. Adding the 30% of the Godora Political Assets, it was equivalent to him permanently activating a 1.75x experience card!

After reaching Super-A, the experience required for upgrading directly increased by a level. With the increase in Political Assets, his efficiency in harvesting leeks could be greatly improved. After passing the dozen or so months of experience penalty, he should be able to accumulate a lot of experience to upgrade.

The [Secret War] dungeon that was generated was a by-product of the main quest, just like the former [Six Nations and Sprout] dungeon. He could intercept combat fragments of his own personal experience during the ten years of the Secret War to form dungeon crystals.

Han Xiao immediately thought of another use.

"The players only participated in the late stage of the Secret War. The previous ten years of war were just background information for them. Perhaps I can restore the war experienced by the Black Star Army in the past ten years to the players through the dungeon mode, so that they can personally experience the process of the legion's rise in the ten years, understand the history of the legion's development, which is conducive to strengthening the players' sense of belonging to the faction..."

After thinking for a while, Han Xiao felt that this idea was feasible, and a series of supporting ideas emerged.

"I can also give them honorary titles within the legion, only awarded to players who participated in the Secret War, to prove that they witnessed the legion's rise, so that newcomers know that they are veteran members. In the future, they can permanently enjoy certain discounts within the legion, which is helpful for retaining players..."

Thinking of this, Han Xiao couldn't help but open the player forum.

He obtained the main line of the Secret War ten years in advance, and it was the inevitable result of brushing to high praise, and the final victory of the Secret War also improved the mission evaluation, not only himself, all Black Star Army players were beneficiaries!

Han Xiao wanted to see what the player forum's reaction was to this.

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(After thinking about it, the topic is more sensitive, so it's better to explain it. The Silver Revolutionary Army's uprising is the result of many factors. After writing about leaders with great ambitions, this time I'll change it. It's right to hate him (メ｀[]´)/)