[You have joined the new faction - [Black Star Army]!]

[You have acquired the identity - [Black Star Army Member]!]

[The [Black Star Army] Faction Panel has been activated]

[[Black Star Army] Merit System has been activated]

[[Black Star Army] Faction Store has been activated]

[Depending on the relationship between the [Black Star Army] and various factions, some factions' perception of you has changed.]

The enormous hall of the Gilman Star Army branch was filled with people. Vodka, along with the guild officers, emerged from the combat testing room, each one looking at the prompts on their panels, overjoyed.

Looking at the unlocked faction store, the dazzling array of goods inside made it impossible for them to tear their eyes away, their eyes filled with desire.

"Vice President, the club sent a message asking how we're doing?"

"Haha, tell them there's no problem, they can let those professional players join. As expected of a growing faction run by players from the Shattered Star Ring for two or three versions, the professional knowledge here, from basic to advanced, is almost complete." Vodka rubbed his hands, still not out of his excited state.

Just then, a group of guild players walked toward them in droves. The leader was "Captain Henry," the vice president of the Kangaroo Guild, the official guild under the famous Australian professional club "Kangaroo Boxing," and also Vodka's old rival. The two sides had fought many guild wars.

"Hi buddy, you guys got here early." Captain Henry saw Vodka and his group, raised his hand, and greeted them.

"You're here too?" Vodka stopped and chatted with him.

They didn't know each other until they fought. They had played together for three versions and were all acquaintances, considered half-friends. Their relationship was pretty good when they weren't fighting guild wars. Although the two sides were competitors, the players weren't going to hold deep grudges against each other.

"You've already joined?"

"Yeah, there are quite a few people. You guys can wait in line."

After chatting for a couple of sentences, Captain Henry took his people to take the test. Vodka watched the group leave and touched his lips.

A guild officer whispered, "Every guild will send people to join the army, no one will let go of this opportunity. So, in the future, we'll all be people from the same faction, and there will be less competition, right?"

"Humph, you're wrong. Since the Black Star Army wants to expand, there will definitely be a large number of mission resources in the short term. Even if there are a lot of resources, there will still be good and bad ones. For better missions and better resource points, the big guilds will definitely fight. I don't think guild competition will decrease, but rather become more frequent." Vodka shook his head, not too optimistic.

"Is that so? I think the Chinese from the Shattered Star Ring rarely fight guild wars to grab resources."

"Who said that? They're the same, just not as intense. After all, most of them are Chinese guilds over there, and they fight less among themselves. But there are too many guilds from different countries here, and they are natural opponents. Moreover, the various factions here have been opposed to each other for so long, and everyone is used to it."

As he spoke, Vodka suddenly thought of something and perked up.

"Right, speaking of the Shattered Star Ring... We are now people of the Black Star Army. The army is a cross-starfield faction, and its base camp is over there. I wonder if we can follow the army's troops to the Shattered Star Ring."

This was a key question, and everyone became curious.

Vodka took out his communicator and downloaded the Army Assistant according to the prompts.

Buzz! Phillip's virtual projection appeared above the screen, about the size of a finger, watery and cute, obediently bowed, and opened his tender voice:

"Welcome to the Black Star Army internal assistant buzz. I am a sub-program of the Army Intelligence Phillip. I am very happy to serve the brave Black Star warriors. If you want, you can set a new appearance for me, and you can also give me a new name buzz~"

"Oh, cute..."

The adorable projection hit his weakness. Vodka's heart was about to melt. He was originally a burly, bearded man, but now he was smiling like a crumpled, hairy chrysanthemum. He no longer looked like a fierce Russian bear wrestler.

"Cough, Vice President, pay attention to your image." The guild officer next to him almost wanted to dig out his eyes.

Vodka wiped his mouth and hurriedly asked, "I want to ask, can we newcomers follow the army back to the Shattered Star Ring?"

"It's like this da, following the Commander's highest instructions, the personnel recruited here are generally defaulted to stay and help the army expand, but it is not impossible for you to go to the army's base camp buzz. According to the army's schedule, we will use the Red Empire military's stargate channel from time to time to transport supplies from the base camp to the corridors of the constellations branch. If you really want to go to the Shattered Star Ring, you can submit an application and follow the transport troops back buzz."

Everyone was shocked and looked at each other, their eyes filled with excitement. Sure enough, they could really cross starfields.

Vodka suppressed his excitement and asked, "So, will the army be returning to the Shattered Star Ring recently?"

"Yes buzz." Phillip counted his fingers and said crisply, "The Commander will sit here for a while and then set off to return. It will probably take one or two months. Then you can go back with the Commander buzz."

A gleam flashed in Vodka's eyes, and he nodded heavily, looking back at everyone.

"We have to talk to the president and the people from the club..."

...

The first batch of players who happened to stay on Gilman Star joined the army one after another and shared various news about the army's interior on the forum.

Players from various starfields were paying attention to the forum section of the Constellation Corridor, and most of them knew that the players in the Constellation Corridor could choose whether or not to cross the starfield, which was extremely envious.

Those Constellation Corridor players who were still on their way to Gilman Star couldn't help but discuss this topic enthusiastically on the forum, arguing whether to stay or leave.

A large number of people hesitated.

"We've been playing in the Constellation Corridor for several versions and are very familiar with it. We've brushed up so many factions' and characters' favorability. Now, if we run to the Shattered Star Ring, wouldn't all the effort we put in before be wasted? We're still doing the army's missions here, so there's no need to start all over again in the Shattered Star Ring."

"That's right, joining the army is mainly for their benefits. What are we going to do in the Shattered Star Ring? There are millions of players there, most of them are Chinese. They've been operating there for several versions, and we don't have any advantages. We still have to compete with them when we go over there."

"That's right, we haven't even explored the Constellation Corridor yet, so why go to another starfield?"

"This is the Central Star Sea, the most prosperous place in the universe. If we don't develop here, isn't it just asking for trouble to run to a remote, marginal starfield?"

The time and energy invested in the three versions were sunk costs, and many players were reluctant to give up these results.

If they could go and return at any time, they wouldn't hesitate, but now they can only cross the starfield with the army's troops. Who knows how often the army sends out transport troops, and they don't know if they will be approved to return after they go there. If they don't like it in the Shattered Star Ring, they don't know how long it will take to come back.

Of course, any point of view has opposing voices, and there are also players who agree to go to the Shattered Star Ring.

"We are the first batch of players to cross the starfield among all the players. Why should we give up such a good opportunity? Other people don't even have a way to cross the starfield."

"Let's go play with the Chinese comrades in the Shattered Star Ring."

"Don't forget the missions in the Flickering World. They're all pinned to the top of the army's mission list. Obviously, it's a new main storyline. Moreover, the mission introduction says that developing the Flickering World is the Red Empire's action, and the Black Star Army is just one of the participants. This main storyline is more like the Empire's own plot! Therefore, we joined the army to explore the Flickering World, but we are actually working for the Red Empire!"

"That's right, maybe helping the Empire explore new starfields is originally one of the main storylines of our Constellation Corridor. The Black Star Army's recruitment of us may be to bring us over and let us participate in the mission."

In the past decade, the Red Empire's plot on the Flickering World has been well-known to everyone. These players in the Empire's territory naturally know it too. Although they don't yet know the importance of the Flickering World in the future, they are also very interested in the Flickering World.

After the Gathering of the Overlords, Han Xiao had been pinning the Flickering World's main storyline to the top of the army's list, and the effect of warming up for so long was significant. It just happened to attract the Constellation Corridor players to explore the Flickering World with him... which was to make it easier for him to transplant the wild leeks to his greenhouse and cultivate them uniformly.

Of course, he couldn't catch all the players in the Constellation Corridor in one go. Meeting the President only took a few days, but before leaving, Han the Mechanic had planned to stay in the Constellation Corridor for two or three months. The purpose was to give the players here enough time to wait for more people to make up their minds... From his point of view, the more players who were willing to follow him to explore the Flickering World, the better.

...

The debaters on the forum held their own opinions, and the influence became greater and greater. After a few days, more players from all over the world rushed to Gilman Star to join the army, and the number of people gathered was increasing.

Soon, the number of players staying on Gilman Star broke through two million, and the number was rising every day.

Almost all the major guilds had stationed in Gilman Star. Soon, the Russian, Australian, and various small countries' clubs and guilds began to discuss this issue.

At the station of Power and Glory Guild, the presidents and vice presidents of six Russian big guilds gathered together. These six guilds were the largest guilds in Russia, and they all had club backgrounds, which basically equaled the representatives of the Russian professional circle. They were also the leading figures in the hearts of many Russian players. They occasionally fought guild wars with each other, but when they encountered big things, they would also discuss countermeasures together.

"Everyone, have your clubs considered it? Have you decided whether to go or stay?" The president of the Power and Glory Guild asked.

"The people above said that the team's players won't go, but they want us to transfer some guild members to the Shattered Star Ring to try to open a branch and operate there."

"We are the same, the club thinks the opportunity to cross the starfield is rare and can't be given up, maybe there will be extra benefits in the future."

Everyone answered one after another. The president of the Power and Glory Guild looked around and said, "It seems that our big guilds have almost the same plan. We plan to let the vice president take some people to cross the starfield to explore the way for us."

Vodka stepped out of the crowd and nodded to everyone. He was the one chosen by the club to go to the Shattered Star Ring to operate the branch.

"I don't know what Australia will do, probably the same as us."

"So we still have to compete with them when we go to the Shattered Star Ring? Then we have to call on some ordinary players to go over, otherwise we will suffer in terms of manpower."

Because these six were the authoritative representatives of the professional circle, they had a certain appeal to ordinary Russian players. If they raised their arms and set an example for the players, they could attract many people to follow them.

"Hey, it's not just the Australian guilds, that's the territory of the Chinese."

"Let's communicate with those clubs in China first. After all, they have been operating there for three versions. They are the owners, so it's better to say hello before we go."

At the same time, the guilds in Australia also gathered together, and the situation was similar to that in Russia, and they all finalized the same plan.

...

The Russian and Australian clubs soon contacted the leading clubs in China. They were all colleagues in the professional circle and had each other's contact information.

The major Chinese guilds held a long-awaited meeting.

[ClearSky has entered the chat room]

[MornFrost has entered the chat room]

[Jupiter has entered the chat room]

The presidents of the four giants, Sanctuary, Changkong, Dynasty, and Yuxiang Qiezi, as well as the official guilds of some well-known clubs such as Baoyu, Kuangtu, and Jiangcheng, entered the chat room one after another.

ClearSky, the president of Sky Territory: "The old Russians and Australian club guilds want to come over? What's going on? Surprised/"

QingShan, the president of XiYu JiangHu: "Helpless/, the Shattered Star Ring is the home we chose, we have been operating here for three versions, I don't know what the people in the club are thinking, they would agree to such a thing."

SanSanDeJiu, the president of JiuShanMen: "F*ck their mother, the club is crazy, I don't agree."

Jupiter, the president of Protoss: "...Type in Mandarin, baby, I can't understand!"

ClearSky: "Yuck~ How old are you, and you still call yourself baby, how disgusting, despise/"

MornFrost, the president of QianGu YiChao, sent a funny smiley face.

Everyone chatted for a while. Although they were the managers of the guilds under the clubs, they couldn't really make the decisions on this matter. They could only do things according to the meaning of the club's senior management. The above told the guilds to prepare to welcome the possible competition, and they could only obey.

There was no way, the club didn't want competitors to come over and grab resources, and wanted to enjoy the army's resources alone, but they couldn't decide this.

The Black Star Army's actions were due to the plot, and the army decided to bring people back, so they had to accept the facts.

However, these guilds were not worried. The Shattered Star Ring was their base camp, and they had a great advantage. The players from the Constellation Corridor couldn't compete with them.

If these foreign clubs and guilds behaved themselves and didn't cause trouble, then that was fine, but if they wanted to compete with the Chinese clubs for benefits... In order to guarantee the resources of their own professional players, these giants and well-known clubs didn't mind mobilizing the guild manpower and numerous Chinese players to provoke a national war and let these foreign guilds know who was the master of the Shattered Star Ring.

Just as this topic gradually fermented and caused discussion among players in the Constellation Corridor and Shattered Star Ring starfields, Han Xiao and his party, who had been traveling slowly and enjoying the scenery along the way, finally arrived at Gilman Star and made their first real appearance in front of the players in another starfield.