Chapter 235 Experience Rewards

The amount of experience rewarded was similar to the Hegemon's war invitation mission. Completing all the requirements yielded over 20 billion experience points. Basically, all missions that directly confronted Super-A Grades had this standard of reward.

With the political asset bonus, the experience Han Xiao actually received doubled, and his experience reserve increased by a chunk.

The other two rewards were Legendary Points and a Character Summon Card.

[Star Field Legendary Points (Shattered Star Ring): [Battle of the Dragon Seat] – Your resume will include your battle with Dragon Emperor Ames, and your prestige will be sung.]

[Character Summon Card – “Dragon Emperor” Ames: [Force Field · Dragon Body] – Your body is covered by a force field, you gain an additional layer of 300,000 shield points of rigid protective force field, defense 3500, shield value recovery rate 30,000/s. When the protective force field is completely destroyed, it will regenerate after a 10s cooldown. At the same time, each of your melee attacks deals an additional 20,000~26,000 points of physical damage. When performing a Strength check, you gain an additional 1500 points. This effect lasts for 30 minutes, usage limit 0/3]

"The effect is quite powerful, it can come in handy during melee combat." Han Xiao nodded and closed the panel.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Longtan returned home, and Han Xiao followed along.

The sparring battlefield was not far from Aquamarine Star, and it didn't take much time on the road. Longtan returned to Aquamarine Star and stopped in the outer space orbit.

Spaceships rose and fell on this blue planet. Now, Aquamarine Star was connected to interstellar society. The development opportunities brought by interstellar consortia allowed the civilization level of Aquamarine Star to rapidly improve. It now had the appearance of an interstellarized city.

Returning to his home planet, Han Xiao planned to inspect the changes in Aquamarine Star. After thinking about it, he simply invited Ames to join him.

Although Ames didn't seem to care about losing the fight on the surface, Han Xiao needed to eliminate negative factors and maintain the relationship with his ally. Therefore, he took this opportunity to spend time with Ames, re-strengthening their relationship, and minimizing the negative impact of the sparring.

Ames looked down on Aquamarine Star from the sky every day, but rarely visited the surface cities herself. Since Han Xiao invited her, she did not refuse.

New West Capital, the capital of Star Dragon, one of the original six nations of Aquamarine.

Bennytt's Black Star City was the location of the legion's sub-base and the political core of the Aquamarine Federation. It continued to expand on the original Gothe Wastelands, attracting countless people. Now it was almost saturated. Later, interstellar consortia took a fancy to other large cities with less strict control and created multiple economic cities. New West Capital developed in this way and was one of the first-tier cities on Aquamarine Star.

Just past noon, the bright sunlight injected vigorous vitality into the city. The bustling streets were filled with people, and the sounds of people were boiling. Not only were there Aquamarine humans, but occasionally other interstellar races could be seen. Floating cars flowed endlessly in the sky, bringing the slight hum of anti-gravity engines as they passed overhead. Ships of convenient public trains carried citizens, traveling in an orderly manner on the crisscrossing orbital network in the sky. Everywhere you looked, it was a peaceful scene.

Han Xiao and Ames hid their auras, deliberately reducing their presence in the eyes of outsiders, so that others could not notice their existence.

The two walked side by side on the street, casually observing the city's situation, stopping and going, chatting casually.

Two children chasing and playing ran past Han Xiao, their faces filled with carefree, happy smiles.

Han Xiao withdrew his gaze, feeling a little emotional:

"More than ten years have passed since the Heteromorphy disaster. Aquamarine people have walked out of the shadows, opened their hearts to embrace a new life, and reproduced a new generation of people. This feeling is really good."

"This is all your achievement. Do you feel a sense of accomplishment?" Ames chuckled.

"A little."

Han Xiao wasn't embarrassed to admit it. Although he chose to rescue his home planet in the beginning, it was entirely based on interests, and he only did it for the Aquamarine Star players. However, seeing the current results, he was quite satisfied. Few people didn't like beautiful things.

"During the Heteromorphy disaster, you invited me to visit your home planet. At that time, Aquamarine Star gave me the feeling of being full of despair and tension. People felt lost about the future and didn't know if they could survive tomorrow. It was completely the opposite of now." Ames shook her head. "You gave this planet a new lease on life."

"I guess I'm the so-called turning point in history, haha."

Han Xiao laughed twice. When he was with acquaintances in private, he wouldn't be so humble and polite.

As they chatted and walked, the two unknowingly arrived in the city center area. A towering skyscraper stood out from the crowd and entered their line of sight. It was the former site of the Star Dragon's Dragon Horn Building, which had now been transformed into a new building, a branch building built by an interstellar consortium.

Seeing this building, Han Xiao paused, memories surging into his heart, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of being separated from the world.

At this moment, Ames noticed something, turned her head to look aside, her eyes lit up slightly, revealing an interested look. She immediately reached out and tugged at Han Xiao's sleeve:

"Look, what is that shop?"

Han Xiao withdrew his gaze, followed her line of sight, and saw a shop on the side of the street. The sign read "Black Star Relic Museum"!

"I've become a relic... It hasn't even been twenty years, has it?"

Han Xiao couldn't help but complain, and he also felt curious, following Ames over.

The automatic sensor glass door opened, and the two walked into the exhibition hall. It was a small three-story building, with glass display cases placed in it, containing various objects.

At this time, the small exhibition hall was deserted, without a single person. At the entrance was a counter, with a sign erected, stating the price of the ticket. A woman sat behind the counter, seemingly a clerk, her upper body lying on the table, napping, and didn't hear the two walk in.

With the eyesight of a Super-A Grade, the situation inside the exhibition hall was instantly taken into his eyes. Seeing the things in the glass display cases clearly, the corners of Han Xiao's mouth twitched.

"What the hell are these things..."

The exhibition hall displayed all sorts of bizarre things, such as "the chair Black Star sat on," "the slippers Black Star wore," "the bread Black Star took a bite of"... and even "the toilet Black Star used once."

Han Xiao swore he had never seen the toilet in the glass cabinet!

Ames blinked and pointed to a display case, curiously saying, "Did you really like wearing diapers when you were younger?"

"You're the one who wears them!"

"Who hasn't worn them when they were a baby?" Ames spread her hands.

The voices of the two startled the female clerk who was lying on the counter. She raised her head, rubbed her sleepy eyes, got up, walked out from behind the counter, and walked up to the two, yawning and saying:

"Our shop is small-scale, we don't accept Inal payments, the ticket is 400 Aquamarine credits. I will introduce the origins of each relic to you. If you're interested... huh?!"

The woman suddenly saw the faces of the two clearly. She had just finished yawning, and her mouth hadn't closed yet, so she opened it like that, and her face showed an incomparably shocked expression.

Han Xiao originally wanted to ask where these "relics" came from. Seeing the woman's face, he suddenly felt a little familiar and asked suspiciously, "Wait, I seem to know you..."

Before he could finish speaking, the woman's face suddenly became excited, and she suddenly opened her arms, seemingly wanting to rush up and hug him.

But as soon as she made this gesture, her face suddenly froze, as if she had thought of something. Her hands hung in mid-air, and she did not hug him, hesitating.

The next moment, she awkwardly put down her hands, her expression becoming awkward, as if she didn't know where to put her hands. She tentatively asked, "Han... no, Your Excellency Black Star, do you still remember me?"

Han Xiao frowned slightly, carefully sizing up the woman in front of him. There were fine wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, seeming to be a bit old, but she still had a lingering charm. She should have been very beautiful when she was young. Her figure was well-maintained, tall and curvaceous... but under the vision of a Super-A Grade, this superficial beauty had no attraction whatsoever.

Each advancement was a process of improving one's own composition, which was sublimation of one's life level. Super-A Grades could see the most minute structures. The vast majority of creatures were covered in dirt and grime in the eyes of Super-A Grades. In the eyes of Super-A Grades, only creatures that were also Super-A Grades were "clean" and would not be stained with dirt and dust.

Han Xiao compared her with the faces in his memory and instantly found the overlapping image. He raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised:

"Are you... Li Ya Lin?"

The woman in front of him was his comrade from when he was in the Star Dragon's special agent agency in his early days.

Seeing that Han Xiao recognized her, Li Ya Lin became excited again, nodding like a chick pecking at rice.

"It's me, it's me, you actually still remember me!"

"Forgetting things is more troublesome than remembering things now." Han Xiao explained, then asked curiously, "So you're still alive. I thought you died in the Heteromorphy disaster. Since you survived, why didn't you go to the Black Star Army base to find me?"

"I was also lucky to survive. Later, the Six Nations were dissolved by you, and I lost my job and took a severance pay. I didn't want to fight and kill anymore, so I didn't go to find you. I bought a house here and opened an exhibition hall."

Li Ya Lin suddenly thought of the things in the exhibition hall and became embarrassed. She smiled awkwardly, "Uh... those things were all from the second-hand market, fakes of things you used. I was forced by life, don't mind..."

"...Don't worry, I won't hold it against you."

Meeting an old friend made Han Xiao feel better.

"An old friend?" Ames watched quietly from the side for a while and suddenly spoke.

"Yes, a comrade from more than twenty years ago." Han Xiao nodded.

Li Ya Lin's attention had been on Han Xiao just now. In her extreme shock, she had ignored Ames next to her. Only now did she come back to her senses and hurriedly salute, "Greetings, Your Excellency Dragon Emperor. I apologize for not noticing you just now, please forgive me."

Ames smiled lightly and nodded, indicating it was okay.

"Hey, you and I are old friends, don't be so restrained." Han Xiao waved his hand.

"That won't do." Li Ya Lin was a little uneasy. "You are already a truly great figure now."

More than twenty years had passed, and the former friend had reached a level she could not reach. He was a planetary hero who frequently appeared in the news. Li Ya Lin had forcibly stopped the urge to hug him just now because she had thought of the gap between their identities, like a chasm.

Han Xiao also realized this and couldn't help but feel a sense of vicissitudes. After thinking about it, he smiled:

"I remember, I seem to still owe you some money."

Li Ya Lin was stunned and waved her hands repeatedly, "That was a long time ago, I don't keep it in mind anymore, you don't need to..."

"Alright, I've already transferred the money to you, take a look." Han Xiao interrupted her.

*Ding!* The sound of a communicator receiving information sounded in the room.

"Hey, I didn't tell you my account, how did you know..." Li Ya Lin looked surprised and had to take out her communicator from the drawer. She only glanced at it, and her whole body immediately froze.

"This, this..."

"1 million Inals, this amount should be enough to compensate for the interest over the past twenty years."

Han Xiao smiled, feeling that his whole body was radiating a golden aura of wealth.

"Too much!" Li Ya Lin was at a loss.

"This is nothing to me, at most it's pocket money. You can accept it with peace of mind, and you won't have to worry about life in the future..." Han Xiao looked around, coughed dryly, and said, "So find a time to close this shop."

Ames couldn't help but laugh:

"The way you look now is like those space pirates who used to pay me protection fees."

"No one would think you're mute if you didn't speak." Han Xiao said unhappily.

Seeing that Li Ya Lin still looked incredulous, Han Xiao looked around, took a piece of paper from behind the counter, wrote down his communicator number, and handed it to Li Ya Lin.

"You can call me anytime in the future, and you can come to me if you encounter any problems."

Li Ya Lin hurriedly calmed down, treasured the piece of paper, and paused before saying with an extremely serious tone, "Thank you."

"No need, this little bit of money is nothing."

"I'm not referring to this." Li Ya Lin took a deep breath and bowed deeply. "I'm thanking you for the entire Aquamarine Star. What you did saved everyone, including me. I didn't have the chance to tell you this in person before... you will always be the hero in my heart."

Ames chuckled and joked, "What about me?"

"Ah, you are also a hero in my heart." Li Ya Lin hurriedly saluted again.

Just then, a few more customers walked in together. Seeing this scene, they were a little strange. After carefully identifying them for a while, they suddenly became excited.

"Your Excellency Black Star?!"

"Oh my god, it's really Black Star!"

These people swarmed around, their faces flushed with excitement.

Out of a hundred Aquamarine Star people, perhaps only one did not know what Han Xiao looked like. Part of it was due to the landmark Black Star statue built by Bennytt in Black Star City, and part of it was due to textbooks.

"C-Can we take a photo with you?!" One person said excitedly and took out his communicator.

"Of course." Han Xiao smiled. He was free anyway, and it didn't matter if he took some time out.

The few people excitedly took turns taking photos with Han Xiao, shouting loudly. Some passersby who were passing by outside were also attracted in. Soon, more people came after hearing the news, and a long line formed outside. The small exhibition hall became crowded, extremely noisy and lively, as if it had turned into a fan meeting.

Han Xiao simply didn't refuse anyone and took photos with the happy Aquamarine Star citizens. The flashing lights of the cameras kept flashing, and photos were posted on Aquamarine Star's social network by the excited citizens.

The news that the "Great Man" had appeared instantly spread, causing a frenzy among Aquamarine Star netizens. Countless people flocked to the scene.

Watching Han Xiao constantly busy taking photos with people, extremely popular, Ames' eyes were sparkling, and the appreciation in her eyes never disappeared.