Chapter 1 Main Mission

“Yo, the main mission is out.”

“Superpower Disaster? What’s that?”

“Probably refers to the conflict between the three great civilizations and the Association. Feels like the name is a bit biased, how did superpowers become a disaster?”

The crowd whispered.

Superpower Disaster was supposed to be the version name for 5.0, but now the version has changed, so everyone is very unfamiliar with this term.

This mission wasn't issued by Han Xiao himself; it was automatically generated by the panel. It was similar to the main mission in the 5.0 version in his previous life, but with subtle changes in some places, and with the addition of Han Xiao's figure.

The crowd opened their panels to check the mission, and the mission introduction jumped into view:

[This is a crisis affecting the entire superpower class. There is a deep-rooted contradiction between individual power and collective civilization. Black Star has chosen the path of seeking peace through deterrence, actively lighting the fuse and detonating this storm called the Superpower Crisis, single-handedly ushering in a new era. As a superpower, you should have your own position and philosophy in this storm. Choose a camp and fight for it.]

[And as a member of the Black Star Army, perhaps you are willing to stand on the army's line in this crisis and complete the army's great goal.]

The crowd looked down, and this main mission was a camp struggle. As an S-level main mission, it had a very long cycle and could continuously provide rewards. It required choosing a camp in this storm and fighting for it, and everyone's camp was preset as the Black Star Army. During this mission, each time a camp assignment was completed, additional camp contribution and experience could be obtained, which was very generous.

“The rewards are quite a lot, and the mission rewards are significantly higher than the previous version, the foundation has been improved again.”

“The event that affects the entire superpower class, feels like it has a bigger impact than the Shining World exploration in the previous version. Although the last version was also a universe-wide mobilization, it was mainly focused on exploration, and most of the events were limited to one star field, and the impact on other regions was not significant. And this Superpower Disaster's confrontation is very strong at first glance, which part of the universe doesn’t have superpowers, the entire interstellar society is going to be turbulent.”

“Actually, I think it’s pretty good this way. The version points out the main line as soon as it starts, directly entering the topic, with clear goals.”

The crowd chatted in twos and threes, feeling happy.

Although being involved in such a big event as soon as they logged in felt a bit sudden, the army players quickly accepted this reality and instead felt excited.

After marveling at Black Star's deeds for a while, everyone quickly withdrew their attention and turned to check other version updates.

“Right, fifty years have passed, the army should have updated a lot of internal products, let's take a look.”

Before long, someone opened the army's camp store to check the equipment and weapons provided by the army to its internal members.

The equipment sold by the army has always been the focus of players' attention. Although it is a bit expensive, the quality is guaranteed, the performance is excellent, and the after-sales repair, reinforcement, and other services are quite complete. A large number of players are using the army's standard suit, and each time the army's logistics department updates a series of equipment, it is a moment when the overall combat power of the army players collectively improves, and at the same time can reduce the burden on their wallets.

After only one glance, many army players were stunned, and then pleasantly surprised.

In the interface of the camp store, the number of internal products of the army was many times more than it was decades ago. A large number of equipment, devices, raw materials, and special props that had never been seen before were dazzling, and all of them were high-quality products after updates and iterations.

Many of them are Jebo's new technologies. Han Xiao picked out some suitable ones and threw them to the logistics department, creating many new things and greatly expanding the scale of camp specialties.

“Wow, the army’s scientific research has been very strong these years, so many new products.”

“I’m still wearing the seventh-generation suit, and now it’s been updated to the twelfth generation, the performance has been optimized so much!”

“It’s over, it’s over, the old suit is completely outdated, changing to a new one is a sum of money, reinforcement, polishing, and enchantment is another sum of money, matching new weapons is another sum, I feel like my wallet is going to die.”

The eyes of many players suddenly turned red, and their desire to buy was unprecedentedly strong looking at so many good things.

Unfortunately, the national war and professional league at the end of version 4.0 emptied the accumulation of most people. Most people were short of money and could only be jealous, and all their desire turned into the desire to work hard and earn money.

At this moment, the army's internal program received an email from the commander.

Opening the email, it was Han Xiao, on behalf of the army, welcoming the return of the Undying, and declaring that the current situation was sensitive, hoping that everyone would restrain themselves. At the end of the letter, there was also a note stating that the former national war stage, Milton Star, had been purchased by the army and given to the army's affiliated guild, the Yan Huang Alliance, as a gift.

Everyone didn't expect such a benefit, and was immediately dizzy from this unexpected surprise, with a confused look on their faces.

“This… the commander directly bought the national war planet and gave it to us? Is this not an illusion?!”

“Maybe this is the power of money…”

“Why did Old Hei do this, he shouldn’t know about the national war, right?”

“That’s hard to say, many interstellar forces were paying attention to us at the time. Although they didn’t know about our national war, they could definitely see that we, the Undying of different forces, were competing. Our Yan Huang Alliance beat everyone else, maybe Old Hei thought we brought glory to the army?”

“Feels like it’s possible!”

Everyone’s faces were full of excitement.

Milton Star, as the national war stage, has the potential to become a main city, and the army directly bought it and gave it to the Yan Huang Alliance, which is equivalent to handing over the sovereignty of this main city to their Chinese players. Originally, the operating rights of this kind of planet basically belonged to formal NPC forces, but they didn’t expect it to fall into the hands of their players. This gift is not light.

This is the first player guild to own a planet!

At that time, many players participated in the national war, but they didn’t expect such an extra reward from the camp. They couldn’t help but feel excited and overjoyed.

Speaking of which, most of us Chinese players are the “Sea Blue Star fellow villagers” who followed Old Hei to explore the interstellar space at the earliest. This gift may be Old Hei taking care of his fellow villagers on purpose.

Thinking of this possibility, old players like Kuang Dao were immediately a little moved - this proves that Black Star has always been thinking of us!

Before long, this matter spread to the forum, and countless players from other camps were instantly jealous.

“It’s the Black Star Army’s welfare again! Why is their camp so good?!”

“Damn it, so envious!”

“Black Star is indeed a model of starting from scratch, he really knows how to win people over, I also want to meet such a camp leader.”

“Wuwuwu, lemons are so delicious (crying eyes)”

Seeing this scene, several foreign club players who had participated in the national war suddenly froze, and their stomachs began to turn sour.

Originally, the national war had passed for a long time, and these participants had already adjusted their mentality. Although they lost, there were not many substantial losses, but at this moment, these players felt that their hearts had been stabbed again.

Seeing the Yan Huang Alliance happily receive a planet as a gift, these foreign clubs only felt annoyed.

If we had worked harder at the last moment and won the national war, this planet would belong to us today…

Oh, I forgot, we are not members of the Black Star Army, even if we win, the camp behind us will not buy Milton Star as a gift…

Thinking about it this way is even more depressing!

As tens of millions of players returned, the long-silent forum instantly became lively.

As soon as the version was updated, everyone was busy upgrading and updating their equipment. The top priority was to fill their wallets. After learning about the current situation, many army players couldn’t wait to take action.

…

At the same time, in the army commander's office, Han Xiao turned off the monitoring of the hall and glanced at the panel's experience bar, which had begun to rise rapidly after a long absence, feeling comfortable all over.

Ah, this is the fragrance of leeks~

Feeling good.

“The players’ savings were almost spent in the last version, and the new version has just opened, and they also have the need to upgrade, so we can only stimulate consumption with new products and certain discounts, trying to maintain the efficiency of harvesting experience.”

Han Xiao stroked his chin with his fingers, his eyes shining brightly.

Now the upgrade cost is already extremely exaggerated. He has also accumulated some experience during the version update. According to the normal harvesting efficiency during the opening period of the version, Han Xiao estimates that it will take one and a half to three years to fill the level 360 advancement experience pool, not long or short, mainly depending on the speed at which players accumulate experience.

If he uses his proficient leek management, he may be able to speed up the players' work efficiency.

Before advancing, Han Xiao also planned to upgrade the divine transformation of the void branch to the full level, which also requires some time to create more universe treasures.

This time the main mission is a camp battle. The Association has a natural attraction to the player group, and he is currently the leader of the Association. Han Xiao is not worried about being poached, but players will gradually turn to the army.

“With the return of the players, the fuse of the Superpower Disaster is basically complete, let’s see what the three major civilizations will do.”

Han Xiao pondered secretly.

…

Capital Planet of the Glorious Federation, Presidential Palace, President’s Office.

“The Undying from all over the place have returned? Tsk, these are also a bunch of troublesome guys.”

Louis, standing by the window, turned his head and glanced at the head of the intelligence department, frowning, secretly feeling troublesome.

“Do we need to take action?” the intelligence chief asked, lowering his head.

Louis returned to his seat, pinched his chin, and said thoughtfully:

“The Undying… their resurrection principle, could it also be related to the Sanctuary Revival?”

In the past year, the three major civilizations have invested astronomical amounts of money in the study of Sanctuary Revival, and there has indeed been some progress, but it is still far from producing results. In the field of information state, although the three major civilizations are at the forefront of the explored universe, the technology is still not perfect enough.

The leaders of the three major civilizations have to ask about the research progress every few days, so Louis at this time subconsciously associated the players with the Sanctuary Revival. In his opinion, both are strange ways of resurrection, and there may be some connection.

After pondering for a while, Louis said in a deep voice: “Those revivers are impervious to oil and salt, and we can never find out the details of their resurrection process… Increase the funding for the Undying research project, maybe this is another breakthrough.”

“Understood.”

The intelligence chief noted it down.

Louis paused and asked again: “How is the public opinion situation outside recently?”

“The class division is going well. Through treatment differences, one-sided propaganda, and other means, we have successfully shaped a group of superpowers who believe that the Association’s ambitions are too great and affect order. They are basically groups of people who have lost their interests due to the influence. The superpower class has been divided into two voices. The number of opponents is not large at present, but it is enough. Their existence will cause the superpowers who support the Association to place more and more hope on it, constantly pushing the Association to a higher altar, and even shouting slogans to break with the three major civilizations.”

“Hmph, well done.” Louis narrowed his eyes, “When things reach their extreme, they will decline. The Association has been given too high expectations. Once we can give the Association a little setback, we can achieve twice the result with half the effort and heavily attack the Association’s prestige in the superpower class, shaking more people’s hearts.”

The three major civilizations do not want a leading force to appear in the superpower class. Not only is the Super Star Cluster Alliance fueling the fire, but the three major civilizations have also adjusted their strategies, secretly leading the rhythm of public opinion, dividing the voices of superpowers, and wanting to implement the strategy of praising to kill, attacking the Association's excessively high prestige in the superpower class, making superpowers disappointed with it and eroding confidence.

It’s just that the time is not ripe. At present, there is no reason to test. The move of "trumped-up charge" is not suitable for use now, and it is temporarily more harmful than good.

Waving his hand to let the intelligence chief leave, Louis waited for a while, and suddenly two more remote projections appeared in the room, namely “Mechanical Queen” Molnisa and “Warden” Rama, both of whom were direct line super-A-level mechanics of the Glorious Federation.

“You’re here.” Louis nodded and asked, squinting his eyes: “You asked to see me, have you found the location of the Machine Nation’s main body?”

The Glorious Federation's direct line mechanics have been looking for the location of Mannison's main body all these years, but have not succeeded.

Rama shook his head, “He is hiding too deeply, we still have no news.”

“Then what are you doing here?” Louis frowned.

Molnisa took a step forward and said slowly: “I used to study with the Machine Nation, and I am very familiar with his virtual technology style. Not long ago, my technology made a breakthrough progress. I am applying for the assistance of the three major civilizations to help me invade Mannison’s database!”

Louis was stunned for a moment, “What is the intention of doing this?”

Molnisa’s eyes flashed with精光 (jing guang - shrewd glint), “I have taken a fancy to the technology treasure house that the Machine Nation has been studying for many years, I want to get his life-long research results!”

She used to be the Machine Nation’s student, and she knew better than others how rich Mannison’s background was. Coveting Mannison’s technology library was not a day or two. Even the cooling of the relationship between the two was because Molnisa had tried to steal some technical information. After the incident, in order to protect herself, she became a direct line of the Glorious Federation.

Since Mannison lost power, Molnisa has once again set her sights on his technical background. She didn’t have the confidence before, but not long ago, Molnisa made a breakthrough, so confidence returned.

After her calculations, she believes that with her current virtual technology, as long as she can get the help of the three major civilizations, there is a 50% or more probability of invading Mannison's database… The Machine Nation is powerful, but it cannot prevent others from targeting him.

“If this is the only reason, then I will not agree to your request.” Louis shook his head and said: “Besides, the Machine Nation has a prestigious reputation, are you sure you can crack his virtual technology?”

“Heh, I remember that the Machine Nation has always liked to quietly infiltrate the database of the Glorious Federation. Over the years, he doesn’t know how many secrets he has stolen. We have tolerated him for too long. Don’t you think the Glorious should fight back? No one can find fault with this, and by the way, destroy all the confidential information of the Glorious Federation that he has collected over the years! At the same time, we can also get the secrets of multiple super star cluster civilizations in the Old Star River from him. These are the real enemies of the three major civilizations, right.”

Louis' eyes flashed, a little tempted.

Now the three major civilizations do not want to provoke the Association, but only invading the Machine Nation’s database is not a major event that escalates the conflict. Although the three major civilizations are afraid of the Association, small actions have never stopped. Moreover, the Machine Nation is no longer the president, and has always been at odds with Black Star.

At this time, Molnisa sneered and continued:

“As for my ability… Hehe, the faith of the Mechanical Divine Church has been harvested by Black Star for a large part. Under the ebb and flow, the Machine Nation’s strength has been declining, and he is no longer at his peak.

As long as the three major civilizations assist me, I am confident that I can invade his data center. After it is done, the Glorious can also get the copied technical data.”

Louis’ eyes flickered, weighing the pros and cons for a while, and slowly nodded:

“I agree to your request. I will help you contact the Empire and the Void Spirit in a while. This plan can be tried. By the way, test the Association’s reaction and try to succeed. Don’t disappoint me.”

Hearing this, Molnisa showed a smug smile.

“Don’t worry, I will make you so satisfied that you can’t even speak.”