At the outer edge of the Shattered Star Ring, stargates with the dynasty's symbol stood in a row, extending far into the distance. Every stargate was separated by the dynasty's fleet that maintained law and order. It was like a chain of blue gems on a black velvet that was studded with diamonds.
Opposite the stargates were densely packed fleets with the symbols of different organizations, almost covering every inch of space visible to the naked eye. The size of the fleet gathered was extremely rare even in history.
Today was the day the dynasty opened the Flickering World. These were all spaceships waiting to enter. Other than the civilizations and civil organizations from the various Star Fields, there were also many galactic residents who could not wait to go to the Flickering World. Some were there for tourism, some for adventure, and some for development opportunities.
Time passed minute by minute, and it was gradually approaching the time the dynasty had promised.
The waiting time felt like years. Finally, the dynasty's announcement sounded in the public communication channel and was sent to every spaceship present.
"It's time. In the name of the Red Empire, we announce to the entire universe that … the Flickering World is officially open!"
The next moment, all the stargates were completely activated. The vortex in the center of the stargates began to spin faster, forming a hazy, dazzling blue wormhole that flickered with rainbow light from time to time. Every stargate was opened.
All the spaceships moved, forming a long line that seemed to extend infinitely, entering the stargates one after another. The scene was extremely magnificent.
Not far from these civilian stargates were the military stargates that were exclusive to the dynasty's allies.
Black Star's spaceships were lined up, and the remote projections of many officers were standing in the command room, their eyes focused on the figure in front of the window.
Han Xiao's back was facing everyone, and his eyes were looking through the porthole at the seemingly endless sea of spaceships not far away. He softly said, "Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?"
"The sound of a new era breaking out of its shell."
Han Xiao chuckled.
Version 4.0 Activated!
Retrieving data … Retrieving data complete!
Player forums opened.
This day has finally come … Han Xiao took a deep breath.
This was an important turning point. Starting from Version 4.0, the players had officially stepped onto the stage of Galaxy Wars and interfered with the progress of history, gaining the notoriety of being the Cancer of the Universe and the Fourth Calamity.
The power that the players had grasped had truly crossed a boundary, and their influence on the world had entered a new realm. With a level 150 version limit and a stable B + combat power, they were already worthy of being called the backbone of the universe!
Once the flames of chaos were ignited, they would engulf the entire universe.
At this moment, Sylvia seemed to have received a report. She took out her communicator and glanced at it. Her pupils shrank, and she said in a deep voice, "Army Commander, the Immortals of the army have appeared again."
Han Xiao finally turned around, looked at the crowd, and nodded slightly.
"Bring them all to me."
…
At the same time, at the Black Star Corps headquarters.
Before the version update, many players had gone to the Black Star Corps headquarters to go offline. Now that they were back online, countless white lights flashed, and the empty hall instantly became a sea of people. The bustle replaced the loneliness, and it became as noisy as a market.
"Xinghai, I, Hu Han San Fei, am here!"
"I've bought ten boxes of Blue Bulls. Brothers, let's have a good time!"
"Did the new version fix the bug that prevented us from being able to run naked?"
"It's here! The ambitious player who has traversed four versions! I knew it! The Pants Stripping Gang has always been lurking and has never left! "
"Speaking of which, did they add any new functions? Since it's so realistic, why not add a reproduction function? Reproduction is the soul of the social system!"
"Coach, I want to shoot it!"
"If we can reproduce, this will be a masterpiece among masterpieces."
Countless players shouted excitedly. In the corner of the crowd, a group of professional players came online one after another. The top players of the four biggest Chinese clubs were basically all there, as well as Mad Blade, Maple Moon, Pork Bun, and so on.
"Yo, the level cap of the new version has been raised to level 150." King Admiral looked at the interface and chuckled.
"The increase in the cost of leveling up is too huge." Second Prince's mouth could not help but twitch, and he felt a slight pain in his liver.
"The faction interface of the Black Star Corps is still there. The army has not collapsed." Mad Blade checked the faction interface immediately.
"How can the current Black Star Corps collapse so easily …" Maple Moon could not help but mumble softly.
The players of the other Star Fields had to worry about whether their factions would disappear after the version update. They were afraid that the contribution points they had accumulated in the previous versions would go to waste. Thus, stable factions were the most popular.
However, the players of the Black Star Corps did not have such worries. After three versions, they had a lot of trust in their faction leader, Han Xiao.
At the end of the previous version, the position of the army had gradually stabilized. They had made the Arcane Church suffer, defeated EsGod, and obtained a super service called the Evolutionary Totem. Even the players knew that the army had entered the ranks of high-level factions and would not collapse so easily.
With the new version opening, the most important thing was to understand what had happened during the version update as well as the current situation of the universe. This had already become a habit of the players.
Many of the players took out their communicators and opened the calendar. They were all shocked by what they saw.
"Wait, it's Galaxy Calendar Year 729?"
"When we went offline, it was Year 709, right?"
"Does this mean that the version update this time will take twenty years?"
"I thought that the time span of Version 3.0 was long enough, but Version 4.0 actually doubled it!"
"Scary, it actually stole twenty years of my time …"
Mad Blade's expression suddenly changed, and he exchanged glances with Maple Moon. Both of them had a look of excitement in their eyes.
It had actually been twenty years!
This was not a short period of time.
What kind of development would the Black Star Corps have?
Just as the two of them were thinking about this, the sound of the communicators suddenly rang out in the hall. Every player had received a new email, which was issued by the army's internal program.
Everyone hurriedly opened it, and virtual screens appeared in front of them one after another. All of them showed Han Xiao's face and played the same video.
In the video, Han Xiao was sitting upright, only showing his upper body. His tone was very formal.
"Comrades of the army, I'm Black Star. In the past twenty years, we've achieved countless things, especially in the Flickering World. The army already has ten Star Systems under our control. It was the hard work of every comrade that created the glory we have today.
"Now, the Flickering World has entered the fourth exploration phase and is officially open to the outside world. The entire universe will flood into this Star Field. In this era of change, we should seize the opportunity and move forward courageously … Here, in the name of the army's leader, I'm issuing a Flickering World recruitment order to all my comrades. The army needs you … The Flickering World needs you!"
The short video ended there, and the eyes of the players present gradually widened. They received a lot of information from it.
It's the fourth exploration phase now? When we went offline, the first phase was not over yet!
The army has ten Star Systems under its control in the Flickering World? What's going on?
What has the army done in the past twenty years?
Countless people's hearts itched with curiosity.
What they did not know was that this video was a 'cutscene' that Han Xiao had specially tailored for the players to help them understand the situation quickly.
This time, Hao Tian suddenly realized something. "By the way, now that the Flickering World is in the fourth exploration phase, is our main storyline mission still there?"
Hearing this, the pro players reacted. Their original main storyline mission was still in the first exploration phase. Now that the version update had directly pushed it to twenty years later, would the mission be canceled?
If it was gone, it would be a huge loss.
Everyone hurriedly opened the interface to take a look and heaved a sigh of relief. The [Flickering World] main storyline mission was still there, but the mission requirements had changed. It was to build the territory of the Black Star Corps and explore a few Star Clusters in the fourth phase.
"Although there are some changes, it's still an exploration."
Many players shook their heads, but they weren't that excited. In fact, some of them even disagreed.
They were curious about the information revealed in the video, but they were not that interested in the Flickering World mission. This was because the army players had already tasted this mission in the previous version. Although the exploration target had changed now, the way the mission was handled was still the same as before.
Exploring a new Star Field was indeed quite refreshing, but they lacked the opportunity to fight. In the previous version, many players were tired of the Flickering World main storyline and would rather return to the Shattered Star Ring to do missions than continue exploring.
This situation was actually normal because the Flickering World main storyline that the army players came into contact with in Version 3.0 was actually only a half-finished product. Only the dynasty organizations were exploring, so there was naturally a lack of competition.
But right at this moment, everyone was suddenly stunned as they suddenly realized something.
Black Star just said … that the Flickering World was open to the public?
So, the organizations of the other Star Fields had finally entered?
Then … what about the players of the other Star Fields?
Mad Blade quickly checked online and quickly confirmed the authenticity of the news. Not only that, the organizations of the various Star Fields also recruited a large number of Supers as manpower and transported them to the Flickering World in batches.
The biggest impact of the mobilization of the entire universe on the players was that the cross-Star Field channel was completely open!
Compared to the previous version, the players now had the required channel to cross Star Fields!
Everyone present hurriedly logged onto the forums.
As expected, the entire forums were in an uproar because of this news!
Mad Blade instantly understood. His eyes sparkled, and he exclaimed.
"This is … the World Server!"
All the players born in the various Star Fields could finally come to the same stage and gather in the Flickering World!
What did this mean?
National War!
Galaxy Daily's guesses of crossing Star Fields had come true!
All the players in the hall were in an uproar!
"So, it's the World Server!"
"Hahahaha, I knew that this day would come sooner or later!"
"We can finally fight in the national war! My spear can't wait any longer! "
The next moment, everyone suddenly realized that the Flickering World was the World Server of this version, but as the army players, they had already entered it in the previous version.
What kind of advantage was this?
The expressions of the many army players changed, and they were overjoyed!
"Oh my god, we already established a territory in the Flickering World in the previous version. We're a full version ahead!"
"I'm crying! I thought that the exploration was too monotonous, so I returned to the Shattered Star Ring as a mercenary. What a loss! "
"We have such a huge advantage, so this version is awesome! Won't we be able to easily beat the fools of the other Star Fields? "
"Wait, is there going to be an Eight-Nation Alliance Army?"
"Brothers, I already told you, just shout 'Army Commander is awesome!'"
The players who ran to the Shattered Star Ring from the Constellation Corridor in the previous version all felt lucky. If they had not left with the Black Star Corps, they would not have received such treatment!
On the other hand, the players of the other Star Fields were in an uproar.
In Version 1.0, Black Star brought a portion of the planet players into the universe in advance. Fine, we endured.
In Version 2.0, the Black Star Corps became the guiding faction, allowing the players of the Shattered Star Ring to take the lead again. We endured.
In Version 3.0, the Black Star Corps gave birth to a Beyond Grade A, and they were the first to establish contact with a Universal Civilization. You're awesome, we endured. Sooner or later, we'll be able to make a comeback.
But now, in Version 4.0, the Black Star Corps is one step ahead of us again?
Are you dogs?
Why do good things always happen to you?
Is there still law? Is there still law?
Are you f * cking … still lacking people?
Only now did they understand that in the previous version, Black Star had laid the foundation for them. They had such a terrifying faction advantage!
The many army players only felt that the game experience was extremely good.
With such a reliable faction, it was useless even if the players of the other Star Fields and countries were envious.
There was only one such faction in the entire universe!
This time, the army players' interest in the Flickering World main storyline was unprecedentedly high.
Originally, many people thought that the exploration gameplay was monotonous, but now, the Flickering World had become the world server for the players. It would become the most chaotic and exciting Star Field in the entire universe, with countless conflicts of interest. This was the complete experience of the [Flickering World] main storyline!
Thinking of this, Mad Blade and the others hurriedly went online to search for the Black Star Corps' achievements in the past few years. They could not wait to find out what advantages their faction had in the Flickering World.
As soon as he opened the resume of the Black Star Corps, Mad Blade's eyes widened.
He had made many assumptions and was mentally prepared. However, the first information he saw was completely different from what he had imagined. He was shocked.
"What the hell? Old Black has become a god? "
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