The fourth phase of exploration targets four star clusters, which are geographically the central hinterland of Glittering World.
The opening of the new star field to the outside world is a means for the empire to dilute the construction cost. The first three phases of the site are basically divided properly, with high control power, belonging to the Gao'an area, and these four star clusters are free competition areas for all forces. The empire does not restrict foreign forces from competing with each other. The site is a low security area.
Foreign forces choose one or several star clusters to explore, while opening the map, while competing for territory. In the early stage of exploration, each force mainly occupies land, and the goal is basically the same, that is to occupy a bridgehead, and then slowly explore the follow-up uncharted territory.
Today, it has not been long before countless foreign forces arrived in the fourth phase, and the exploration area is still limited to the fringes of the four star clusters, but the situation is already showing signs of complexity. , that must be the most complex layout in the entire universe.
Most of the forces had already foreseen the intensity of the competition and carried out different degrees of group formation. Generally speaking, the main camps active in the free competition zone at this time can be divided into several categories.
The first is the local snake, which refers to the empire and its allies. They occupy an early stage on the edge of the four star fields, and their status is a bit detached. After all, most foreign forces do not want to confront the local snake, and the empire belongs to the power. Diligently exploring, did not join the fierce competition.
The second is the alliance of different civilizations. The Transcendent star cluster alliance is the best among them, and the rest are star cluster-level civilization alliances divided by star fields. They are exploring and expanding, all occupying bridgeheads, and the sites between allies are adjacent to each other. Piece by piece, the area is more conspicuous. This type of force is the mainstream of the free competition zone.
The third is the consortium troops, which are dominated by various mercenaries, mainly seeking money, and occupying relatively scattered territories. Fourth, the foreign Transcendent A Grade forces are also very competitive, but the number is scarce. The fifth is various civil organizations. This category has the most complex components and the most scattered sites. It often changes hands in previous lives, and is the main area where conflicts break out.
As for Guanghui and Void Spirit, both of them are very low-key, and they do not intend to expand aggressively. They just allow their allies to participate freely in competition.
The three major civilizations have a tacit understanding, and it is clear that they will give up the stage and compete with other forces, just like raising a gu.
However, at present, there are occasional frictions in the free competition zone of the four star clusters, but there has not been a large-scale armed conflict. The exploration has just begun, and there are still many unknown territories. Everyone is immersed in the exploration at the edge of the star cluster, and the power pattern is far away. far from saturated.
At present, these forces are mainly afraid of the attitude of the empire, but it will be a matter of time to fight. With the first shot of Glittering World fired by the Black Star Legion, this process will be greatly accelerated.
One of the fourth free competition areas, the Emerald Cluster.
The huge Black Star Legion exploration fleet sailed out of the military stargate of the empire and arrived at the star cluster border.
In the command room, Hella stood expressionlessly in front of the console, carefully looking at the holographic virtual star map in front of him.
Now she has changed her clothes. It is a nano-material battle uniform specially made by Han Xiao for her. She is wearing a double-breasted black uniform. The style is a luxurious version of the army cadre uniform. With the legion logo on the neckline, and a large high-necked cloak behind her, the surface is black and gold with gorgeous lines, and the inner village on the back is red. This dress matches her unique temperament, which sets off Hela's full aura. .
The model of the battle suit is "Red Snake · First Generation", and the super A Grade equipment contains a lot of cutting-edge technology. The daily mode is like ordinary clothes, and when you enter the combat state, it will show the powerful performance of the Super A Grade mecha equipment.
This suit was not made temporarily. Before Hela returned, Han Xiao had already prepared this equipment. Hela got this gift. Although she didn't say anything on the surface, she wore it all the time, and she obviously liked it in her heart.
"Deputy Corps Commander, where are we going now?" asked the female adjutant beside him.
Hai stretched out his finger, clicked on the holographic star map, and zoomed in on an area. This was a planet on the edge of the emerald star cluster, called Feili Star.
"Go here and build a bridgehead." Hela said.
She is now the commander-in-chief of the exploration fleet, and Han Xiao has given her a high degree of independent decision-making power, only limiting the legion's exploration target to the emerald star cluster, and the specific actions are directed by Hela.
The reason why he chose the emerald star cluster is because it is also the home ground for the exploration of Modo civilization, and it is also a prosperous area in the past life. He remembers that there are some hidden elements here. The remains of an old civilization were unearthed in this star cluster. The level is very high, and a large amount of technical information is preserved. It has caused countless forces to compete in the previous life, but the exact location is unknown.
Most importantly, the Emerald Cluster is one of the coordinates where the Chaos Mystery was born.
In Ability God’s legacy, there are several coordinates that predict the birth of Chaos Secret Energy, and Han Xiao is not easy to judge which is true, because Ability God in the previous life was not cold, and the information was not leaked, so Ability God quietly got Chaos Secret Energy, no How much attention has been attracted from the outside world, players do not know about it.
However, Han Xiao has been secretly monitoring the whereabouts of Evans. This chaotic secret energy past host found a job after he was released from prison and became an ordinary ground crew member of a consortium exploring the fleet, responsible for cleaning and maintaining the spacecraft. The fleet he was in was working on. It came to the Emerald Cluster.
Therefore, Han Xiao is quite sure that the emerald star cluster is the place where Chaos Secret Energy was born. After all, after Chaos Secret Energy was ripped off by Ability God, he must have found a host nearby, so the area where Evans is located is the most likely. .
Of course, Hela didn't know about these things yet. She casually ordered the fleet to go to the Feili star.
And some player guilds did not follow, but separated from the main force and acted separately.
These guilds who have completed the registration have the right to act freely. In order to lay down their own strongholds, they do not want to follow the large army. This is something that Han Xiao tacitly agrees to, and he has prepared a lot of quests for players in the legion interface with generous rewards. , is to encourage the guild to act independently and expand its leading edge.
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Somewhere in the Emerald Star Cluster, the fleet of Beast Gorutan is stationed on a planet, and the bridgehead is in full swing.
Although he is the behind-the-scenes protector of the interstellar black market, Gorutan also has his own power. If there is anything special about it, most of the members are his descendants.
Gorutan stood on a towering but lonely peak, overlooking the earth that was gradually being covered by metal surface. Above his head was the dark and deep starry sky, and the aurora brought by atmospheric ionization flowed in the sky.
He was naked, his majestic and mighty body was naked between the heavens and the earth, the lion's mane-like animal hair fluttered in the corrosive wind, and the brilliance of the stars shrouded his body, each of which was a highly concentrated martial arts arrogance.
The peak super A Grade martial artist, the training method has been elevated from simply tempering the body to a higher realm. It is very mysterious to use every inch of the body to feel the movement of the universe, like Heboar's kind of bathing in the stars The way of practice, Gorutan has long since stopped doing it.
At this moment, meteors flew from the sky and landed behind Gorutan. All of them were natural disaster-level officials, and there were more than 40 people.
"Father!"
Everyone bowed their heads and spoke in unison, with a respectful tone.
These cadres are all descendants of beast ancestors, and their appearances are different, as if they belong to different species.
Gorutan is worthy of the word "Zu" in his nickname, and he also has a folk nickname called "Starry Sky Planter".
After he evolved into a super-a-level species, he has gained strong reproductive power, and his genes have extraordinary adaptability. In front of him, there is almost no problem of reproductive isolation, and he can have offspring with most species. His method of expanding the ethnic group is very simple. Rough and simple, it is to capture females of different races, use them for mating, and give birth to various hybrid species.
And if there are excellent mutants in the offspring, he will also turn the offspring into his own reproductive machine, creating more powerful offspring. This approach has impacted the ethics of some races, so Gorutan has been rejected by many civilizations, thinking he is a beast-like barbarian, but there are also quite a few races who don't care about this, after all, the ethics of each species are different. .
Gorutan turned around, not caring about being naked in front of his descendants, and said in a loud voice, "What's the matter?"
A descendant came out more and more. It looked like a spider-like insect, but its face was a humanoid outline. Six arthropod-like arms held a communicator to show respect, "Father, Sorokin is looking for you."
Gorutan hummed from his nostrils, picked up the communicator, and the virtual figure of Sorokin appeared in front of him.
"What are you looking for from me?"
Sorokin smiled lightly, "Remember my plan for the Black Star Legion? Now is the time. When the Infinite Consortium has a firm foothold, it will start its business targeting the Black Star Legion territory. Before that, you can curb the Legion first. exploration."
"Need my help?"
"Yes, now the Black Star Legion Expedition Team is heading to Feili Star, not far from you, I hope you can occupy Feili Star first. Back off, delaying their exploration and undermining their prestige."
"Why don't you do it yourself?"
"My body is not in the Emerald Cluster, and I can't beat Hela." Sorokin smiled.
"Hmph, we made a deal with you, we just don't want to deal with the Black Star Legion personally, what is it that you ask my employer to help you in turn?" Gorutan snorted coldly. He is also a peak Transcendent A Grade, but he is not afraid to provoke him. Black Star, just don't want to work in vain.
Sorokin said slowly: "My abilities are limited, and I only have a little bit of business skills. If you don't help me, I can't limit the exploration of Black Star Legion, and the effect will be discounted. Don't blame me for not causing enough damage to Black Star. Pressure... And I can reveal some news to you, Glory and Void Spirit, have plans to kill Hela."
"Oh? They are not afraid of angering the empire and come to the summit again?"
"You don't know that. Hela belongs to the Black Star Legion, but did not agree to join the empire. Killing her will only anger Black Star. It was an accident that Hela became a super A Grade, but it also allowed us to find a way to attack the Black Star Legion. New Direction."
Gorutan squinted, "You forgot what Black Star said at the meeting of the gods, there are too few Transcendent A Grades, and it is not good for us to die."
"Haha, is that really the case?" Sorokin smiled faintly, "Tool Nation has great ambitions, he hopes to gather all Transcendent A Grade forces and gain more things... But think about it, is this being Does he use it? My thoughts are exactly the opposite of his, if there are fewer Transcendent A Grades, the remaining people will be safer and more relied on by advanced civilizations."
Gorutan frowned, "Are you going to betray the same front of Transcendent A Grade?"
"There has never been a so-called betrayal. What does other people have to do with us? Isn't the current situation of Transcendent A Grade good enough?" Sorokin didn't care, "Planning for something that shouldn't belong to us, this kind of ambition will only make We are going to perish."
"...Don't say this to me again, I'll pretend I didn't hear it." Gorutan waved his hand irritably, "For the sake of old friendship, I'll help you once, and I will go to Feilixing, Double the dividends for the next issue for me, otherwise I won’t talk about it.”
"Okay." Sorokin smiled.
Hanging up the communication, Gorutan looked back at the many descendants and said solemnly: "Prepare the spaceship and follow me."
At this time, a descendant couldn't help but said: "Father, is it not very cost-effective for us to provoke the Black Star Legion in Glittering World..."
"You think Sorokin is the first person to ask me to do this?" Gorutan snorted, "Oh, in today's Glittering World, there are too many organizations that want to deal with the Black Star Legion... Black Star The tree is too big to attract the wind!"
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The Black Star Legion exploration fleet was halfway through and suddenly received a message.
"Your Excellency Deputy Legion Commander, there is a situation." The female adjutant hurried into the room.
Hela, who was meditating, opened her eyes and frowned, "What's the matter?"
"The Fili star was preemptively occupied, and the other party was the fleet of the beast ancestor Gorutan. Am I, do we want to switch to another planet as a stronghold?"
"Grutan?" A coldness flashed in Hela's eyes, "We didn't hide our whereabouts, the outside world knew our goal, but he deliberately seized the Feili star, which is a provocation to the Legion! If we take a detour, it will weaken the Legion. Prestige that has grown up hard to establish."
"But Gorutan is a peak Transcendent A Grade, you, you..." The adjutant hesitated, not daring to speak.
"Your legion commander is also a peak Transcendent A Grade, there is no reason to give in!" Hela stood up and said solemnly: "The route remains the same, give me full speed ahead!"
What about Peak Transcendent A Grade, it's not like I haven't been beaten before!
She is not a guy like Garozer who has exhausted his potential. She is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and has never been afraid to challenge the strong.
Only by fighting against the strong can you stimulate your own potential. This is Hela's creed.
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At the same time, Han Xiao, who happily counts his experiences every day in the Black Star Palace, also got a report from Philip, and was slightly taken aback.
"Grutan? When did I provoke him?"
Han Xiao scratched his head, a little helpless.
Although I don't know the reason, I'm not a small person now, and I don't have any reason to back down, so that people can make progress.
This is for you to go to save your life, and I have nothing to do with the rain.
(Recommend a book, "I Can Extract Proficiency", a martial arts online game article, author Yun Dongliu, introduction: "Do you want to team up to kill the boss? The equipment is divided equally, the corpse belongs to me!" Ye Weiming in a flying fish suit leaned on the Tianjian in his right hand, The coffin board in the left hand, looking at the boss with extremely kind eyes.)