Chapter 1 World Server War

"World Server War… what's coming is still coming."

Han Xiao opened the post and browsed through it. Seeing that the content was as he expected, he couldn't help but sigh.

The post was jointly released by the Pan-Federation of Commerce, the September Conference, the Southeast League, the Light of the Tropic of Cancer, and many other guild alliances. In short, it was a declaration of war against all player alliances, setting a time and place, wanting to launch a super-scale battle.

Players from various alliances generally moved according to the orders of the camp, but this battle had little to do with the camp and was mainly based on subjective initiative. It was just an activity between players.

The same thing happened in his previous life. Various guild alliances declared war, eventually evolving into a great melee of tens of millions of players, which lasted for several days and was recorded in the *Star Sea Chronicles* as the "Typhon Star Battle".

Han the Great Technician also participated in this battle for a while in his previous life, mainly to take advantage of the situation, scavenging the equipment and props dropped by players, making a fortune from the war. This time, although the war happened, due to the butterfly effect, the specific time and place had changed.

In his opinion, the war declaration initiated by these guild alliances was not sudden. Now that version 4.0 was in its late stages, there would be no chance without a big news event. Organizing a big battle was to legitimately kill members of opposing alliances on the one hand, and to mobilize ordinary players and increase the cohesion of the major guild alliances on the other.

"...To put it bluntly, they just can't stay idle and want to have a group fight."

Han Xiao shook his head. The internal bickering of the players had nothing to do with him, and he had no intention of intervening.

The location of the war was not in the Ferdinand war zone, but on a planet called Marison on the front line. When the legion players ran over to participate, it would affect the legion's front-line battles for a period of time. Although the legion could use orders to restrain players and prevent them from running to participate in large-scale battles of all players, this would have a bad impact, and Han Xiao had no intention of doing so.

After all, players are not really wage earners. If the camp's restrictions are too excessive, it will be counterproductive.

Of course, not only him, so the forces that use players will be affected to varying degrees. If these camps use a tough attitude to prevent players, it will be beneficial to the legion's future recruitment.

"It's just that this time's war, the legion players form their own system, and the scale is the largest, so it is estimated that they will be besieged… but I won't lose out."

Han Xiao's eyes flickered.

Originally, in the late stages of the version, the professional league was the best promotion opportunity. Many players would spend a lot of savings to strengthen their own strength. In this way, the legion's turnover would skyrocket, and Han Xiao could harvest a large wave of experience.

However, the professional league had been held for three sessions, and most ordinary players knew that they had no chance, and many would rather save their experience for the next version.

However, large-scale wars are different. Basically, no player would miss it. It is also a natural promotion opportunity, which is very beneficial to him, allowing him to harvest more experience in the last time of version 4.0 and become a reserve during the version update.

"If I remember correctly, the time interval between version 4.0 and 5.0 should be forty to fifty years, longer than the last version update…" Han Xiao thought to himself.

The next version is the Superpower Disaster, where the conflicts of the Super A-grades explode, and some of the Initial Ones return. Since he has changed so much of the plot, like a snowball, the events of version 5.0 will inevitably be completely changed by the butterfly effect.

But this is still a small matter. Han Xiao knows the important characters and is not afraid of changing the original plot. The biggest problem in the next version is actually the players.

The level cap is open to level 180, and Calamity grades emerge on a large scale. The version code name "Superpower Disaster" is actually partly hinting at the impact the players will have on the universe in the next version, far exceeding version 4.0.

"However, this is good news for me."

Han Xiao thought to himself.

At that time, the mid-to-high-level combat power in the explored universe will skyrocket. Although players will bring chaos, they will also become an important helper for the explored universe to fight against the World Tree civilization. In the World Tree War version of the previous life, the importance of players was basically irreplaceable. Without tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of Calamity grade players, the losses of the explored universe would only be more tragic.

On the other hand, the legion's power will greatly increase as a result. The layout of so many versions is to wait for the transformation of the players.

There are still decades to go before the next version, and he has plenty of preparation time. Moreover, Old Man Mai's words are very reasonable. The foundation of a Mechanic is very important. He also plans to spend decades studying mechanical technology, while waiting for the effect of the [Key of the Mechanic Church] to continue to grow.

Now the effect of this specialty is self-strengthening every few days, constantly improving his strength, representing more and more Manison's believers throwing themselves into his arms. One can imagine the changes in faith within the Mechanic Church.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind. Han Xiao suppressed his thoughts and continued to browse the forum for a while. After the troops finished cleaning up the battlefield, he boarded the spaceship and returned to the Black Star Palace, determined to complete the remaining twenty-seven spars within two months.

…

Inside the territory of the Crimson Empire, a secret military training base.

Gao De, wearing a high-ranking officer's uniform, strolled around the training base, in a bad mood.

Just now, Gao De received a message from the high-level officials of the empire, telling him to indefinitely postpone the original plan, that is, to use his ability to try to analyze the core energy of the Evolution Cube.

When planning the plan, the idea was correct, but the situation changed too quickly, disrupting the rhythm of many hard-line empire high-level officials. Now, Black Star's strength and status have reached a new height, so this plan has become more and more risky. Therefore, the high-level officials had no choice but to temporarily call a halt, both to avoid provoking Black Star and to protect Gao De's trump card.

The root cause is that Black Star's terrifying rise speed has made the situation change rapidly, so fast that people can't react.

Gao De's subtle mood comes from this—Black Star's growth rate is even more exaggerated than his small account's reconstruction, throwing him so far away that he can't even see the exhaust fumes. It is really difficult for him not to feel depressed.

"Black Star… Black Star…"

Gao De muttered to himself, unconsciously walking to a public training facility.

The sound of fierce fighting came, and he looked in the direction of the sound, only to see a low-level elite class sparring under the supervision of the instructor. It looked like a group of new students.

At this time, there were two C-grade martial artists fighting in the arena. One of them had the upper hand, while the other was struggling to support himself. It seemed that defeat was only a matter of time.

Sure enough, after only a few seconds, the sparring ended. The one who was at a disadvantage was kicked out and slid on the ground, stopping right in front of Gao De.

"Carrot, you lost again." The instructor frowned, looked at the loser, and said in a deep voice, "A record of 0 wins and 9 losses, it's too much."

"Sorry." Carrot rubbed his chest, stood up, and smiled helplessly.

The instructor looked displeased and shouted, "Your tests are almost all at the bottom. I really don't know why the superiors arranged you in my elite class, dragging down the class's grades. I let you stay in the class because you are diligent enough, but if you are still at the bottom in the next assessment, I will never give you a chance again and will definitely let you leave!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the classmates present looked at Carrot indifferently, without concealing their rejection.

Although these people are students, they are also talents selected by the empire from various troops, studying in this secret base. Moreover, this class is still an elite class, all of them are imperial officers with outstanding talents, and they are all top figures in various troops.

The opportunity for further study is extremely precious, so these students cherish it very much. Because of this, they are very unwelcome to Carrot, because Carrot is too mediocre and does not look like an elite. In theory, he is not qualified to be cultivated.

Because the opportunity is hard-won, these elites feel unbalanced in their hearts. In their eyes, a mediocre soldier is studying with them. The first thing everyone easily associates with is "connections" and other words, so it is inevitable to subconsciously exclude Carrot.

Moreover, they are all soldiers and believe in the strong. Carrot's ability is too poor. They look down on him from the bottom of their hearts, so naturally they will not have a good look.

Sensing the cold eyes of everyone, Carrot sighed secretly.

He accepted the fact that he was very mediocre a long time ago, and he knew from the beginning that these people were elites with talents far surpassing him, so he was not frustrated at this time.

The opportunity to receive key cultivation was also thanks to Black Star. Although he is Buddhist, he is not someone who does not know how to cherish opportunities, but he has already worked as hard as possible within his ability. Still, he can't keep up with the growth rate of those elites, and he can't do anything about it.

Gao De observed quietly from the side, his eyes flickering.

He heard someone mention some time ago that a person that Black Star once favored entered the training base, and his name was Carrot. Because it was about Black Star, Gao De kept it in his heart. Today was the first time he saw the real person.

He glanced up and down and only felt that Carrot revealed the word "mediocrity" all over his body.

Gao De considered himself to have extraordinary vision, but he did not find any special features in Carrot, and could not help but feel confused.

"Why did Black Star favor this guy before? His eyesight is known for being accurate. He shouldn't have misread it…"

Gao De couldn't figure it out. After thinking about it, he waved to the instructor.

The instructor had noticed Gao De a long time ago and immediately put on a smile and walked over. Almost no one in the base did not know that Gao De was the most likely person to reach the Super A-grade, and he had received the base's resource tilt and key cultivation. His status was not low.

"Gao De, what's the matter?"

"That newcomer named Carrot, regardless of whether he passes the assessment, let him stay in the base." Gao De said in a low voice.

Hearing this, the instructor couldn't help but be stunned.

According to the assessment results, Carrot was destined to be eliminated and leave the training base. He didn't expect Gao De to intercede for him.

"It's not very good. This person has no cultivation value. Continuing to keep him is a waste of teaching resources."

"Please be accommodating."

Gao De didn't see anything outstanding about Carrot either, but because Black Star favored him, he wanted to keep Carrot and observe him more.

…

Han Xiao stayed in the Black Star Palace and did not go to the front line. Time passed quickly, and a month and a half had passed.

On this day, the Modo Civilization suddenly broke out an amazing news!

The Tri-Race General Assembly suddenly announced the launch of impeachment proceedings against the current three Modo Kings. In history, impeaching the supreme leader has not happened many times, and it immediately caused shock throughout society.

As the name suggests, this institution is jointly controlled by the three race members of parliament, and has a very wide range of powers, including the power to impeach the supreme leader. The leader of this impeachment was thirty-three members of parliament, who jointly proposed the impeachment proposal. The Tri-Race General Assembly finally passed it with a high vote and quickly began preparations, which seemed to be well prepared.

Shocking as it was, the Modo people were quite supportive, because the chaos within the civilization has seriously interfered with the normal operation of society. Although this is the enemy's means, the people do not care so much, and directly put this blame on the supreme leader, which is convenient and saves trouble.

Marco gathered more opposition factions, and his momentum became stronger and stronger. He found a justifiable reason and claimed to restore law and order and oppose the war. He used lengthy and rigorous reports to analyze the extremely low probability of Modo winning this war, and used this as evidence to oppose the Modo three Kings' decision to continue supporting the expeditionary army, calling it a meaningless sacrifice.

This statement was recognized by a considerable number of officials and people. Not everyone is willing to sacrifice the current interests for the so-called future development space. Now that the pressure is getting bigger and bigger, the opposition is also growing stronger and stronger.

The Modo three Kings did not expect the opposition to suddenly jump out and stab them in the back. At this critical moment, their backyard caught fire, and the three people's positions were immediately disrupted.