The dense fleet surrounds a blue planet, and the colorful long-range searchlights pass through the planet's artificial atmosphere, making the planet's sky show aurora-like gorgeous colors.
This is a barren planet in the Legion's territory. It has been transformed into one of the Black Star Cup competition venues. There are countless arenas, low-altitude vehicle tracks, large stadiums and other competition facilities built on the surface, which are visible to the naked eye from outer space. In addition to the surface buildings, there are also floating platforms in mid-air. Some are VIP auditoriums limited to C-rank and above legion members, and others are also arenas. Because there are many projects and participants, it is necessary to increase the number of competition venues as much as possible. Improve the efficiency of qualifiers.
At this time, all the media and legion member spacecraft in outer space locked their perspectives on the largest floating platform, where a podium was set up.
Today is the opening ceremony. As the leader of the legion and the initiator of the Black Star Cup, Han Xiao will speak to the entire universe here.
Countless interstellar citizens in various star fields of the explored universe stood in front of the communicator, watching the time pass by minute by minute, and finally it was time for the official opening ceremony.
call!
Under everyone's attention, a black figure was like a meteor falling from outer space. The speed gradually slowed down. It stepped on the edge of the platform with precision, and turned around gently. Throw away the sparks that covered you when you broke through the atmosphere.
Han Xiao walked slowly behind the podium and looked up at the sky. The searchlights of countless spaceships in the sky were like distant stars. I don’t know how many pairs of eyes were watching here and watching him through the media broadcast.
With his hands on both sides of the podium, Han Xiao looked around at the starlight in the sky, and spoke slowly, his voice echoed on the planet through a special amplifier:
"October 2, 688 of the Xinghai Calendar, this was the day when the predecessor of the Legion, the Black Star Mercenary Corps, was established. At that time, I was just a surface civilized native who had just walked out of Seablue Star. In order to save my mother planet, I was like An ignorant cub broke into the vast universe. For me at that time, it was a world full of unknown dangers, but for the survival of the mother planet and the safety of the friends who stayed on the mother planet, I have no hesitation…”
The speeches were broadcast simultaneously on the Internet channels of various star domains. The people of Seablue Star who were squatting in front of the channels heard the words, the memory of this history in their minds faded away from the dust, and they came alive again, and they felt proud in their hearts. sense.
Regardless of Black Star's status in the universe, in the eyes of Seablue Stars, he has only one identity, that is, the planet's well-deserved great man, Seablue Star's first pioneer to enter the universe - that is a small step for Black Star, But it was a big step for Seablue Star.
In the government building of the Ocean Blue Federation, Bennett pushed off an executive meeting and specially watched the broadcast on the TV.
Now that his beard and hair are all white, he still takes care of him neatly. The wrinkles on his face are more and more numerous. He already looks like an old man.
But at this time, the corners of Bennett's mouth were raised high, his face wrinkled when he smiled, and the corners of his eyes twinkled with stars.
When I saw Han Xiao for the first time decades ago, the thin figure that remained in my memory seemed to slowly overlap with the now tall and burly Black Star.
Thousands of words were used in my heart, but in the end it turned into a sigh of satisfaction.
- Fortunately, I met you...
The speech continued, and Han Xiao's tone gradually became high:
"When I was weak, I encountered crises and nobles. Along the way, I had rival enemies and like-minded friends. The first time is still vivid in my mind, but when I look back on it now, it seems that it was a lifetime ago. matter.
It took me more than 40 years to build the Black Star Legion from scratch, let it grow into what it is today, and have a place in the universe, I think, I should be qualified to be proud of it…”
Many legion members nodded their heads in admiration.
Basically, all legion members have taken ideological construction classes to understand the experience of the rise of the legion. Even those who joined the legion in pursuit of their future also admired the achievements of Black Star over the past 40 years.
Throughout the history of Xinghai, how many people can start from scratch in such a short period of time and work hard for such a large foundation? The answer is no!
Of course, some people's achievements are higher than that of Black Star, but it can take longer. Only Black Star is the only one who has risen in the sea of stars with unprecedented rapidity, leaving a deep impression.
In the exploration frontline stronghold in the free competition zone, Hela looked at Han Xiao on the screen, the scenes of adventures shared in the past flashed through her mind, and her eyes gradually became gentle as water.
Manison, Kesuye, Sorokin and other Transcendent A Grades are also watching the broadcast, and even the head of the empire, Ulan Riel, took time out of his busy schedule to pay attention. Hearing Han Xiao’s words, these people There are some emotions and sighs in my heart.
Maybe Black Star and them have some kind of rift in terms of interests, but from the bottom of their hearts, they also admire Black Star's achievements, and if it is themselves, no one thinks that they can do better than Black Star.
"What was I doing when I was less than 100 years old... It seems that I am still helping the former patriarch in charge of the military logistics?"
Manison couldn't help but fall into reminiscence.
At the scene, Han Xiao listed the achievements of the legion so far, and his tone became more formal:
"... As mentioned above, Black Star Legion has achieved many brilliant achievements, but its contribution to the universe is too small, I am deeply ashamed, so I feel that I should make a public report to the entire universe, so that everyone can see what we are now. Style, strive to give every potential person the opportunity to show, and this is my intention to hold the Black Star Cup... "
"That's not bad..." Ulan Riel nodded in approval.
She likes to see Transcendent A-level characters make contributions to the entire universe while enjoying their privileges. Unfortunately, most people do not have this kind of awareness. In her eyes, although Black Star is also a profit seeker, he has such awareness , is already rare.
At the end of the speech, Han Xiao raised his mouth and said with a smile: "I've said enough, next, this stage should be handed over to the great boys of the Black Star Legion... Then, I hereby announce that the first black star army Star Cup All-Army League - officially held!"
The voice fell, and there was applause from the mountains and tsunamis!
- No doubt, this is the effect sound added later.
There is still a lineup. If no one applauds after the speech, it will be embarrassing. Besides, the members of the legion are all in the spaceship, and the applause cannot be heard.
Amid the cheers and applause, Han Xiao teleported away, and the event organizers immediately appeared, mobilizing for the opening game and arranging many players to enter.
The audience took their seats one after another, and the scene immediately became lively and full of voices.
According to the plan of a group of professional event planners found by Silvia, a large-scale performance was held at the opening ceremony on the first day, and only a few more major event competitions were selected.
There must be combat items. Referring to the pattern of the professional league in the previous life, Han Xiao also set up subdivided items such as individual competition, team competition, battle mode, capture the flag, off-road and so on. Even the gameplay of the professional league in the later life of the previous life is also advanced. Take it out and use it on the black star cup.
From ordinary people to natural disaster grades, there is also an exclusive group of inextinguishables. Each group will select representatives and play a game at the opening ceremony to show their style.
For sports, entertainment and other massive supplementary events, they choose to play a dozen of events that are valued.
A considerable number of sports and entertainment competitions are not divided into groups, and the Wayne card is one of them. Because there are no groups, the number of participants is the largest, so they were selected to perform at the opening ceremony...
The two Wayne players who played in the opening ceremony were, impressively, Melos, who was highly regarded in the Legion's poker circle, and Lai Hardaway, who was in the Legion's dog gambling circle.
A Wien chess board was placed on an indoor arena, and as soon as the two players came on the field, they received completely different treatment.
As soon as Melos appeared on the stage, the ridicule and cheers of countless card friends rang out below, and the popularity was very good. On the other hand, Hardaway just took two steps on the court, and there were earth-shattering boos off the court, offering the most sincere respect to the old Lai with poor gambling skills.
"A bunch of idiots." Hardaway rolled his eyes.
At this time, Melos looked over, and the two old enemies who had learned card skills many times looked at each other from the air, as if sparks had sparked, and they both saw the same idea in each other's eyes.
- Fording and Nile didn't participate in the competition, that legion card king, I am determined!
At the same time, another arena has reached the d-tier group, and players have already appeared. A graduate of the super academy met a new player who only entered the pit in version 4.0, and the two looked at each other from a distance.
"Remember the rules, when an opponent loses combat effectiveness, he cannot continue to attack, he cannot intentionally seriously injure his opponent, and he cannot intentionally kill someone. If one side falls out of the ring or voluntarily admits defeat, it will be sentenced to lose..."
The mechanical referee explained the rules next to him. Except that he could not intentionally hurt, he basically had unlimited fighting. As long as he didn't seriously hurt others, he could do whatever he wanted.
However, there is a special rule for players, that is, if they don't admit defeat, the opponent on the other side can beat the player to death, and they won't die anyway.
"If there's no problem... the game begins!"
Following the referee's order, the academy graduate did not hesitate to step on the ground of the arena like an arrow from a string, rushing towards the opponent's face.
This cute new player obviously lacks combat experience. Facing the menacing opponent, he immediately panicked. He raised his hand and summoned his dual guns. The phantom, wandering around the opponent, the two guns continued to fire suddenly, shooting out blue flames, and it was a gunner.
"Stand up a shield!"
The academy graduates also activated the mecha, unfolding a folded alloy shield on their arms, with a thin layer of energy film on the surface, deflecting all the blue lasers poured out by the new players.
At the same time, he pulled out a precise mechanical heavy spear with the other hand, the spear tip split, exposing the muzzle, bang bang bang blew bursts of explosive bombs, chasing the opponent's high-speed moving figure, blasting fire and fire on the ring. soot.
This person's profession is a weapon warrior.
Because the logistics department of the Black Star Legion provides a large number of high-quality faction-exclusive mechanical weapons, many of the mechanical power users of the legion, whether players or normal members, are willing to transfer to the mechanical department, because here you can directly buy the most suitable grades. good weapon.
As long as you have money in your pocket, you can even directly step over the stage of gunpowder weapons and equip yourself with an energy weapon early.
For the legendary inextinguishable, in fact, this academy graduate is even more nervous.
Inside the legion, the players are a group of special beings who are almost deified. In the eyes of most grassroots legion members, they are extremely mysterious. There are rumors of different versions, saying that they are all possessed of unique skills and insane.
It would be fine if it was simply immortal, but in the rumors, the immortals are a group of lunatics who take their own lives, which is very scary...
The two fought each other in a crackling manner, sparks and lightning all the way.
The academy graduates responded cautiously, but were pleasantly surprised to find that the opponent obviously lacked combat experience and was rather unfamiliar, which greatly increased his confidence, attacked vigorously, and gradually gained the upper hand.
"Looks like I'm going to lose..."
The cute new player glanced at the steadily declining blood volume, pouted, and was depressed and took out the Black Star Legion badge·evolution...
"Roar!"
The next moment, a deformed body with muscles full of muscles appeared on the stage in an instant!
The crooked big muscle tyrant swooped, and in the blink of an eye, he pinned the confused student graduate under his body, making him unable to move.
An aberration body that has reached the B-level combat power can be said to be invincible in the D-level rank!
At this time, the aberration opened its huge mouth, revealing a mouth full of sharp teeth, as if to bite down.
"I admit defeat! Help... help!"
The student graduate was so frightened that he lost his soul. Seeing the stinking mouth getting closer and closer, he subconsciously closed his eyes in horror.
However, the expected bite did not come, instead, he felt a thick, soft and damp tongue, licking him heavily from foot to head.
"The duel is over, Lan Fang wins!" The referee clicked on the line.
"Ah, I won!"
The Mengxin player jumped up excitedly, twisted his buttocks and swayed enchantingly, then bang bang bang ran to the edge of the floating arena, jumped straight down, and got rid of this ugly image with the fastest speed.
The dance steps of the aberration are so beautiful that the audience who sees this scene just wants to poke their eyes out.
But at the same time, there was a chill on the backs of countless audiences.
… Sure enough, the rumors were right, these inextinguishables are really a bunch of lunatics.
On the ring, the academy graduates covered with drool were lying on their backs, their eyes were blank, and they began to doubt life.
The situation that was originally a steady win was instantly turned over by the opponent's suicide transformation.
I am so hard...
As long as it does not cause additional damage, the Black Star Cup can use props at will, and players are satisfied with this rule.
In the professional league, the various powerful weapons of the Legion were restricted to the death, and now they can finally be used without reservation, which is quite comfortable.
Although it is a bit unfair for the legion members of the low-level competition area, this is exactly the effect Han Xiao wants to achieve. There are several intentions. One is to let the outside world see the horror of the player, even the low-level can burst out exaggerated. combat power.
The second is to stimulate the sales of evolution badges. Just imagine that players in the low-level divisions see that evolution badges can block and kill gods and Buddhas.
—And don’t forget, the evolution badge is not designed to be disposable, but to be recharged once it is used…
The third intention is that Han Xiao actually wants the players to get the ranking reward of the low-level competition area. After all... There is no oil and water on the normal members to cut, and rewarding the players can maximize the benefits, which is equivalent to fertilizing the ground.
What, the normal members are not satisfied? It didn't say that you are not allowed to use powerful props. If you have the ability to joke about your own life, then you should learn from players to play with a nuclear bomb backpack.
Even if someone is crazy and wants to do this, the referee won't allow it - our friendship is the first and the second game, and suicide on stage is not allowed... oh, except for those who can't die.
Are you saying it's not fair? No way, not dying is someone's talent, just like those people with self-healing ability, you can't forbid someone to use your own abilities, wouldn't that be unfair to them
If you want to blame, blame you for not being indestructible. Anyway, the final interpretation of the rules belongs to the legion commander. If you have any opinions, you can go to him.
After this set, even if the low-level legion members have opinions and temper, maybe they will find it very reasonable.
There is no need to operate in the dark, and only need this rule, Han Da technician can achieve the desired result.
…
Just as the opening ceremony of the Black Star Cup was in full swing, at the same time, in the ancient star desert star field, a private exploration and archaeological team landed on a barren planet that had been neglected for many years.
It is said to be an exploration and archaeological team, but it is actually a group of scavengers.
The ancient star desert is very ancient, many places are ancient battlefields, and there are many mysterious ruins and ruins, so this star field is full of luck scavengers, who want to dig out some good things and sell them on the black market. , make a lot of money.
The acidic and corrosive sandstorm swept the earth, and in the misty dust, a group of scavengers in bloated protective suits were setting up various mechanical instruments to detect the underground conditions of the planet.
A short, lean, monkey-like team member operated on the screen for a while, and suddenly shouted in surprise:
"Haha, we're lucky! There are ancient rock formations on this planet, and we can't find the results back in the year, which proves that the age is far beyond the upper limit of the long-range detection of my instrument. It needs more precise testing to detect it. I use it now. Shock wave detection, get out the underground structure map... there!"
A complex underground cavity was displayed on the screen, extending in all directions. It seemed that a lot of tricks for confusion had been dug up. At first glance, the scale was not small.
"There is no trace of outsiders' intrusion!" The short and thin prober was very excited, "Maybe we have encountered an unopened ancient civilization ruins!"
"It's also possible that there is only a pile of rust left inside." Another player shrugged.
"Anyway, let's dig first." A member who looked like a captain said calmly: "Let the spacecraft put the drilling rig in, and let's dive."
Everyone was preparing to act when a team member grabbed the captain's arm. He wiped a dusty face mask with his other hand, revealing a young and handsome face, frowning tightly and worried.
"Don't go down yet..."
The man's tone was hesitant.
"I'm a little uneasy, as if I'm going to dig up something bad..."
If Han Xiao was here at this time, he would definitely recognize this face.
This is a famous explorer during the World Tree version.
- The first person to discover the ontology of the World Tree!
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ps: (I was active outside two days ago, I have more space today, and I will return to normal when I go home for a day off tomorrow (?￣?￣?)
ps2: (By the way, push the x official account, search for "Qi Peijia", you can see it, occasionally I will sort out the plot conjectures, send character pictures, and brothers who are interested will pay attention to it (?)