Chapter 1 [【Godora's Alliance】]

[Mission Description: You made DarkStar suffer a setback. Godora will reward all actions that strike at DarkStar.]

[Hint: This mission is a faction series mission. You can complete the following requirements in this mission.]

[Capture 1: Transfer 100 DarkStar prisoners (strength not limited) to Godora, reward 500,000 experience, Godora favorability +100]

[Capture 2: Transfer 10 DarkStar elite warriors (C-grade or above) to Godora, reward 700,000 experience, Godora favorability +150]

[Total of 24 targets… [Expand/Collapse]]

[After the mission is over, it will be scored according to the number of completed targets and performance, and extra rewards will be given.]

This A-grade mission has more than 20 mission objectives in total, and the list is densely packed. The simplest is [Capture 1], which is to catch some DarkStar members, even the lowest-level crew cleaning members. Difficult goals include blowing up a certain number of battleships, or even destroying a DarkStar mothership. The most difficult thing is to kill/capture designated high-level figures, which is a unique mission.

These mission objectives depend on Godora's actual bounty for DarkStar. If there is a new threat, the mission list will also be refreshed and new targets will be added.

Han Xiao counted. The mission rewards were particularly rich. Not to mention the simple missions, the experience for those high-difficulty targets was at least 6 million, and there were also rewards for money and faction relations. Completing some particularly difficult targets could yield random rewards, with a chance to draw good things.

The unique missions were the most generous, granting the target's unique abilities or items.

"This is the follow-up event to the Alienation Disaster main quest. The player's choice will lead to joining different factions. Godora and DarkStar are considered the guides for Aquamarine Star's transition to interstellar travel. Players entering interstellar space will be divided into two groups to start faction confrontation. I caught DarkStar's people, so I am defaulted to be a member of the Godora faction, thus triggering the Godora series missions. The opposite mission is [DarkStar's Alliance], one is an order faction, and the other is an evil faction."

The Alienation Disaster main quest was not that easy. DarkStar would not just release a virus and ignore it. Causing disaster was just their means of completing their plan, not the ultimate goal.

Players are a double-edged sword. Some are willing to unite as one, while others are eager to stir up trouble. Where there is unity, there is division.

Because he was familiar with this mission, Han Xiao was not surprised, but the other S-grade mission, [Bloodline], he had only heard of it in his previous life.

[Bloodline] was not a hidden mission, but it was difficult to trigger. The normal trigger prerequisite was for Godora or DarkStar's faction relationship to reach [Revered], which is 6000 favorability points. He was obviously triggering it abnormally.

Although the prerequisites were high, many players triggered this mission… but no one ever completed it!

The difficulty of an S-grade mission was completely on another level. One obvious feature was that the mission description was particularly brief.

The [Bloodline] mission requirement had only one very general objective--[Resolve the Godoran bloodline divergence]. Besides that, there were no hints at all. Even the reward wasn't written. Players couldn't get any information from the mission description. They didn't know the steps or paths to complete the mission at all. They were at a loss and could only use their own brains to collect information from a vast number of NPCs, searching for a needle in a haystack, making it difficult to find any clues.

The universe was so big, and the players were like headless flies. The extremely high degree of freedom became an obstacle to the mission. In his previous life, the players who accepted the mission worked together, giving full play to their subjective initiative, took countless wrong paths, and finally figured out a seemingly correct path--this mission actually had implicit stage divisions. The characteristic of completing a stage was that it triggered subversive changes in the bloodline problem, and obtained rich stage rewards. Using this as a clue, players could stumble forward…

However, even if all the summarized clues could fill a hundred-page post, no one ever found a way to complete the final goal.

This mission was also included in the statistics post "Those Missions That Made You Vomit Blood!" These historical posts that recorded past version events of Galaxy were the way for new players who joined later to understand past events, and were jokingly called "Galaxy Chronicles".

Each novice planet's progress had a separate chapter. Countless players added bricks and tiles to form a magnificent span. Grand Technician Han used to be addicted to this stuff, treating it as a novel to pass the time while AFK, setting up stalls, grinding gold, and carrying noobs in his stead.

"At least I know how to complete the previous stages, so I won't return empty-handed. As for the final result, let's just leave it to fate…"

[Bloodline] stumped all the players at the time, and Han Xiao couldn't guarantee that he could complete it, but he didn't dwell on it. Anyway, he had many choices and was confident.

These three missions had generous rewards. Han Xiao preferred this kind of sustainable development, and they were basically all against DarkStar, which made him motivated.

"It seems I have a lot to do, hehe, DarkStar…" Han Xiao smiled.

In addition to the three missions, the Esper Gene Separator did not trigger any related events. Han Xiao guessed that maybe it was because he intercepted only the experimental model, or perhaps DarkStar had not officially started this plan yet.

Without additional missions, he focused on the function of the separator itself. Its effect was to absorb the ability cells of espers, which could be stored and transplanted to others, but it was not a permanent effect and had a time limit, because the compatibility of the cells could not reach 100%, and there were many conflicting factors. After transplantation, the cells would continue to die, and the ability would continue to weaken until it disappeared.

The espers whose abilities were taken away did not permanently lose their abilities either. The esper cells were taken away, but they could slowly recover and produce new cells again, and their abilities would return. The amount of absorption could be adjusted. As long as less was absorbed, the target's ability would only be temporarily weakened.

The transplant recipient was equivalent to getting an "xx ability trial card", but the benefit was that the transplantation process could be repeated continuously… Therefore, even if Han Xiao did not search memories, he could guess what DarkStar would use this thing for.

"The effect of the separator is not bad, but what use is it to me? I'm not an evil faction, and I can't catch people as nutrients. I can't use it on my own people, right… No, this thing is an experimental model, and its effect is definitely not as strong as the original, and it's still unstable… I'll find a chance to try it again."

These thoughts flashed through his mind, Han Xiao put away the secret message bead, and suddenly his eyes rolled, and asked, "Master Angleton, can the sealing magic array be restored?"

Angleton nodded and smiled, "This secret message bead uses the Almef six-fold lock structure, nesting three mixed magic arrays. Ordinary mages can't break it. Fortunately, you found me. I specialize in researching analysis and appraisal techniques. This is not difficult. I didn't use brute force cracking, and left a 'lock', so even if you find an appraisal apprentice, you can restore the seal."

Han Xiao's eyes lit up, and said, "Then can you write the restoration spell into a one-time scroll?"

"No problem, but there will be an additional charge of 100 Enas."

Han Xiao's face twitched, and he remembered the painful experience of bankruptcy again. Angleton's kind smile suddenly became wretched in his eyes--magicians are indeed profiteers!

Angleton took out a magic scroll made of some rare animal skin, and wrote the magic scroll in less than a minute.

After getting the scroll, Han Xiao did not delay. He paid the money and said goodbye.

On the way to the dock, Han Xiao found a secluded corner, took out the Alien Source Body and the separator, and then tore open the magic scroll against the secret message bead.

Buzz…

A burst of light flashed, and the secret message bead could no longer be twisted open, returning to its original state, but the things inside had been taken away by him.

Then, Han Xiao took out the communicator and contacted Visann.

"Black Star, what's the matter with looking for me?"

"Is Longtan still in the Feven Star System?"

"Temporarily parked on a planet, collecting gaseous fuel."

"It's not far from Holy Stone, right?"

"It's near the battlefield last time. It hasn't gone far. Why are you asking this?"

"Hehe, I want you to do me a favor…"

After discussing, Han Xiao returned to the dock, but did not continue to take the boat. He took all the members off the boat, saying that he was going to other places.

The mercenaries went to Godora's mother planet to transfer prisoners. There was no need to follow. He did not capture the prisoners himself, so he could not count the mission progress. Moreover, after getting the Alien Source Body, he had a way, so he was not in a hurry to contact Godora.

The three major corps had no objection. Goya, Pert, Faserleni and others bid farewell to him sincerely, saying that they would have the opportunity to cooperate again in the future.

Whoosh--

The joint fleet took off, and the Black Star crowd stayed at the dock of the Golden Palace, watching the spaceships disappear from view.

"Captain, what do we do now?"

Melos turned his head and asked, everyone staring at Han Xiao eagerly.

"Old Melos, take everyone back to the Jubely Hub. It's been hard work. Have a good rest. I have to go back to Longtan first."

Han Xiao told Melos. With such a reliable cadre, he didn't have to keep the high players by his side all the time.

The Golden Palace was very prosperous, with many docks and spaceships taking off and landing. Han Xiao easily found an interstellar travel group and let Melos take the players, Aroshia, and the Volga three brothers back to the Jubely Hub.

He found another travel group and flew to Longtan.

……

A few days later.

The joint fleet arrived at Godora's mother planet and received an enthusiastic reception from the official.

Senior Godoran officials personally received the mercenary fleet at the dock and broadcast the entire process on the Interstellar Channel to announce to the entire star cluster that they would reward anyone who attacked DarkStar.

After the routine welcoming ceremony, Salota and other prisoners were handed over to the Godoran military and sent to Rainbow Prison.

The receiving official found that Han Xiao was not in the team and was a little puzzled.

"Why didn't that Black Star come?"

"They left beforehand."

Hearing this, the Godoran official felt a little regretful. The superiors valued this person who had caused the Dragon Seat to make a big move, and wanted to take this opportunity to get to know him, but unfortunately he didn't come.

The official asked people to pay the mercenaries and emphasized, "A share of this reward belongs to the Black Star Mercenary Group. Please pass it on."

The three major corps would naturally not embezzle Han Xiao's money. They agreed and privately revealed that DarkStar attacked them to find a black bead.

Faserleni and the other captured mercenaries had been interrogated about this question, so DarkStar's goal was obvious, so the three major corps told Godora.

Just as the two sides were in contact, Han Xiao returned to Longtan.