The Black Index branch on Planet Strange Gold controlled half of the Galactic Black Market in the Ancient Star Desert. Controlling this place meant that half of the Galactic Black Market was under their control.
In the main control room, the Third Indexer ordered the operators to open the firewall and let Han Xiao insert a data probe, injecting a large number of surveillance programs. He also pulled up the recent anonymous black market hires and checked the background files.
The Black Index's internal database recorded the real identities of some anonymous hires, most of which were obtained through investigation. As the middleman, the remuneration of the hires would go through the Black Index before being transferred to the mercenaries. Therefore, it was not difficult to find out the identity of the anonymous hires based on the source and flow of the funds.
Han Xiao quickly copied the huge amount of files that the Black Index had accumulated over the years in the quantum network. He glanced at the trembling Third Indexer beside him and joked.
"You guys aren't as reliable as you say. You've been secretly investigating the identities of the anonymous hires. These files are the hires' weakness and bargaining chips. Don't tell me you're just doing it for fun."
The Third Indexer wiped his sweat and said, "We're just checking the reliability of the transactions and evaluating the credibility of the hires. However, we're only doing it for the sake of keeping records. We've never leaked anything. As for the bargaining chips … cough cough, we're doing business in the black market after all. We have to have some backup plans."
"I know, I know. It's the black market, after all. No one is clean." Han Xiao chuckled.
The Third Indexer could only laugh along with him, lowering his head and lowering his head.
He had no choice. The dynasty's fleet was on standby on the planet, so he could only be soft to the end.
This time, Han Xiao stroked his chin and said, "Oh, I remember something.
I brought the dynasty's fleet here, and you came out to welcome me. There are many people on this planet, so the news will spread sooner or later. Then, rumors will definitely appear on the black market, thinking that you guys are being threatened by the three Universal Civilizations, which will cause the hires and hires of the hires. This way, the three Universal Civilizations' plan to lure out the unstable elements will be greatly discounted. "
"Yeah …" The Third Indexer did not know how to answer.
"However, I think you should be glad." Han Xiao smiled and said, "You might even send someone to deliberately spread the news on the black market, saying that the Black Index is controlled by someone else. This will remind the other members of the black market and warn them not to use the black market platform for hiring during this time. You will try to stop the damage to your organization's reputation."
The Third Indexer had a bitter taste in his mouth. He did have such thoughts. Although he was forced to compromise, he still wanted to cut his losses.
"Don't worry, I won't stop you from doing that."
Hearing that, the Third Indexer was confused.
"Didn't you control us so that you could secretly monitor the movements of the black market and fish out the restless elements? If the black market knows that we're not reliable and doesn't use our guarantee platform, then what's the use of controlling us? "
"Oh, it seems that you are very adapted to the change of identity. You have entered the role of a collaborator so quickly and are starting to think for us." Han Xiao laughed and clapped his hands.
The Third Indexer's face froze, but he did not dare to say anything.
Han Xiao raised his brows, turned around, called the imperial fleet officer, and said with a smile, "Later, split the dynasty fleet up and head to every gray transit station in the Ancient Star Desert that has a black market organization. Remember to make a big fuss and let everyone see you."
Hearing that, the Third Indexer roughly understood Black Star's plan.
"You purposely alerted the enemy and let the black market know that the Black Index has compromised. Then, you pretended to go to every black market organization to negotiate, creating the illusion that the three Universal Civilizations control the entire black market in the Ancient Star Desert, planting the seeds of suspicion in most people's hearts?"
This way, even if the other black market organizations did not fall into Black Star's hands, with the precedent of the Black Index, those employers who pursued secrecy and safety would naturally not dare to take the risk, fearing that they would be exposed.
Black Star could force all the black market organizations in the Ancient Star Desert to compromise, but now, he had chosen another path. The way the Third Indexer saw it, Black Star was leaving himself a way out. This method was not so forceful, and he would not offend the black market organizations like he did today. He would not benefit the three Universal Civilizations.
Some of the black market organizations might even think that Black Star was being merciful.
"I understand." The Third Indexer hesitated. "This method is indeed gentler, but there are pros and cons …"
Han Xiao did not answer. He knew what the other party meant.
Forcefully controlling all the black market organizations was the best way to catch a bunch of people who wanted to cause trouble. Although this method was less troublesome, it would alert the enemy and make them continue to lay low.
However, the way he saw it, there was no way to catch all the unstable factors. They were like leeks, harvesting a batch and growing another batch.
If he did not stop the black market mercenaries, there would always be people who would take the risk for huge benefits, making the border of the Ancient Star Desert a mess. The three Universal Civilizations would have no choice but to spend a lot of effort to hunt them down. This was the drawback of this method.
Furthermore, if they caught too many people, they would not be able to hide it. It was better to let the Ancient Star Desert know that the three Universal Civilizations controlled the black market channels and set up an inescapable net. This would eliminate the unstable factors' hopes of getting revenge. This way, the effect of the plan would change from fishing to risk prevention, reducing the number of people who would take the risk.
Fishing was indeed effective, but it would also create more unstable factors. As the rulers, the three Universal Civilizations were more suitable to use righteous methods. Fishing was a dirty method that could be used occasionally, but it was not suitable to be used in the long term.
Putting away his thoughts, Han Xiao glanced at the Third Indexer's submissive look and clicked his tongue.
"Not bad. I thought I would have to kill a lot of people before you would compromise. I didn't expect you to be so smart and not give me a chance."
"… As long as you're satisfied." The Third Indexer was helpless.
"However, I still like your rebellious look. Recover." Han Xiao could not help but tease him.
Since when was I rebellious …
The Third Indexer thought to himself about Han Xiao's bad taste, but on the surface, he still straightened his back obediently.
This time, Philip finished sifting through the files and locked onto a bunch of employers who requested to smuggle the virus.
"Submit this list and let the three Universal Civilizations' troops work together to destroy these organizations."
Han Xiao glanced through it.
The information was very detailed, covering all walks of life. He did not plan to go easy on these people. Apart from making an example out of them, he also wanted to increase his [Intelligent Plague] Mission Rating.
He searched carefully for a while and found an organization that had hired Immortals many times. Depressed Prince was also hired by them. It was a black market arms dealer called the Kepel Financial Group.
"I'll take care of this organization personally. Remember to post the video of the execution online."
…
Somewhere in the Ancient Star Desert, in the Kepel Financial Group's fortress.
On the dock, boxes were being loaded onto ships. Kepel the Fifth was patrolling around with his subordinates.
"How much longer?"
"About two more hours."
"Speed up as soon as possible."
Kepel the Fifth's tone was a little impatient.
Seven or eight days ago, the dynasty's fleet had entered the Black Index, and the news had only spread yesterday. All the anonymous employers who issued the mission to smuggle the virus were shocked.
Kepel the Fifth also felt uneasy, so he decided to abandon this fortress and speed up the transfer of assets.
At this time, he was organizing people to empty the fortress.
While he was waiting anxiously, a member of the exploration team suddenly sent him an emergency message.
"Warning, the outer fleet has discovered a small Red Empire fleet approaching. We have sent a communication request, but the other party has not responded."
"The three Universal Civilizations are here?"
Kepel the Fifth's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly walked to the window with a group of officers. Looking into the distant starry sky, he saw a few dynasty spaceships slowly approaching.
"There don't seem to be many of them."
"They don't look like they're here to fight."
Seeing this, Kepel the Fifth heaved a sigh of relief.
With so few spaceships, he felt like they were here to negotiate.
Thinking of this, Kepel the Fifth tidied up his clothes, making himself look more formal, and gave an order.
"Guard fleet, don't act rashly. Send a communication request in my name. I'll talk to them and see what they're here for."
However, as soon as he said that, the dynasty's spaceship suddenly stopped in the distance.
"Hmm, why did they stop?"
Kepel the Fifth was stunned, his face filled with confusion.
However, at the very next moment, countless machines suddenly appeared out of thin air in the distance, rapidly assembling into a gigantic humanoid mechanical construct. It wore a large robe and held a long blade in its hand. Its body was so large that it could penetrate the heavens and penetrate the earth, even larger than the entire fortress.
"That's …"
Before Kepel the Fifth and the others could recover from their shock, they saw the gigantic machine hurl out its long blade. Like a hot knife cutting through butter, it cut through all of Kepel the Fifth's escort fleet without any hindrance and headed straight for the fortress.
At this moment, all the members on the dock, including Kepel the Fifth, stopped what they were doing and stared blankly at the huge blade that was rapidly approaching.
Everyone's mind went blank.
…
Swoosh!
The Celestial Punishment Edge that was thrown out easily pierced through Kepel Fortress. The blue psionic storm wrapped around the edge of the blade instantly turned the scattered remains of the fortress into powder, creating a dazzling firework in midair.
The blade's momentum was unstoppable, and it pierced straight into the barren planet below, penetrating the strata and coming out from the other side of the planet, directly leaving a gap that connected the front and back of the planet.
The large amount of psionic energy left behind by the Celestial Punishment Edge created an irreversible high-energy chain reaction with the interior of the planet. Magma gushed up, and red-hot lava cracks appeared on the surface.
The next moment, a blinding white light suddenly lit up, and the entire barren planet expanded from the inside, instantly exploding into pieces.
The shockwave of the explosion spread out, and the Mechanical Deity pulled up the emperor's robe. Layers of honeycomb-shaped high-density psionic shields blocked out the shockwave.
At the same time, he raised his hand, and the Celestial Punishment Edge automatically made an arc, passing through the energy storm of the planet's explosion and returning to his hand.
"This thing is quite powerful."
Han Xiao somewhat understood why the Tyracles were so passionate about making special equipment for the Mechanical Deity.
There was no other reason other than that it was really cool.
After playing with the Celestial Punishment Edge for a while, Han Technician deactivated the Mechanical Deity and returned to the spaceship.
"Check and see if there are any survivors."
Is there even a need to check?
The strong light of the planet's explosion made the faces of the dynasty soldiers present extremely pale. It was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop. It was as if the sound of everyone nervously swallowing their saliva could be heard.
"Philip, did you record it?"
"Yes, hum …"
"Then upload it to the internet. Intimidate those guys with ulterior motives and let them see the consequences of causing trouble."
Han Xiao waved casually.
He had no intention of talking to this organization at all. The evidence was conclusive, and there was nothing to talk about. He directly slashed them to show his firm attitude.
After dealing with this small matter, Han Xiao waved at Harrison and the others, who were trembling all over, and gestured for them to come closer.
Harrison had just witnessed Han Xiao casually shatter a planet while talking and laughing. The impact of this scene directly shattered his mental preparation. Even though he knew that Black Star was a top expert in the universe, he was still shocked.
This is the power of a peak Beyond Grade A? So scary. Is he still human?
Harrison's teeth chattered. He carefully approached Han Xiao and stuttered, "Your Excellency Black Star, do you have any orders?"
"Why are you so nervous? It's not like I'm going to eat you."
Han Xiao chuckled and patted Harrison's shoulder.
"The layout of the crackdown on illegal hiring is almost done. The search for the virus core has to be put on the agenda. I want to ask you, where do you think the virus core will be hidden?"
"This … how would I know?"
"Don't be nervous. Just say it casually. Where do you think it will be hidden?"
Harrison calmed himself down and carefully said, "You said before that the virus core is just a set program used to monitor the overall virus infection situation. Then, it must be exchanging data with the virus packets. In order to disguise itself, it should not be an interactive terminal. Otherwise, it would have been found long ago. Therefore, I think that if we count the node routes that the data sent out by the virus packets and compare them to find the intersection point, we might be able to find it … "
Han Xiao interrupted him and said, "The three Universal Civilizations have thought of this long ago and have been doing this. Every virus packet will send out a large amount of fake data to confuse the public. The routes are very complicated, and there are too many data intersection points. We can only filter through them one by one. However, not only is the virus core very secretive, but it also seems to change location at any time. Therefore, the three Universal Civilizations have never been able to find it. "
"Then … then I have no ideas. I can't help you."
"No, I don't need your ideas." Han Xiao smiled and said, "The next time the three Universal Civilizations count the intersection points of the new phase, I'll need you to help me choose some nodes. Maybe you'll be lucky. You might find it right away. "
"Don't joke around …" Harrison was terrified.
"I'm not joking. Think about it. An antique you casually dug up turned out to be the source of such a dangerous disaster. In a way, your luck is heaven-defying."
Harrison scratched his head and realized that it made sense.
Indeed, my luck seems to have been pretty good since I was young. No matter what project I help my family invest in, I seem to be able to earn money in the end. If not for the fact that it's easy to earn money, I wouldn't have come out to seek excitement in archaeology …
Han Xiao did not know what he was thinking. Seeing that he was in a daze, he casually gave him a few words of encouragement. He then looked away and started to plan in his mind.
He believed in the effect of the Advanced Luck Glow. Even if he could not find it the first time, the chances of Harrison finding it a few more times would be higher than others.
Furthermore, Han Xiao also planned to ask the three Universal Civilizations to contact the outside world and ask Floating Dragon's old man Aesop for help.
No matter how well the virus core was hidden, everyone was equal in the face of luck and prophecy.
If science did not work, metaphysics would make up for it!
…
On March 9th, Year 731 of the Galaxy Calendar, Black Star was the emissary of the Red Empire and visited the Black Index organization that controlled the black market network.
The two sides had a friendly discussion about supporting the three Universal Civilizations in controlling the disaster. After exchanging their opinions, they finally reached a consensus.
The Third Indexer in charge of the Ancient Star Desert area of the Black Index said that regardless of whether they were in the black or white side, every strong civilian organization should have a sense of historical responsibility. Stopping the Intelligent Plague disaster was the duty of every galactic resident, and the Black Index was willing to fully support the three Universal Civilizations.
On the 17th of March, Black Star announced that the Kepel Financial Group had secretly hidden the virus and destroyed it in one strike. His might shook the entire universe.
With this as a signal, the three Universal Civilizations cooperated and destroyed a large number of private organizations suspected of hiding the virus within a month.
In April of the same year, the Red Empire's fleet visited all the black market organizations in the Ancient Star Desert and suspected that they had taken control of all the black market channels in the Ancient Star Desert.
Black Star adhered to the principle of no negotiation and no compromise. He led his fleet to attack frequently. Everyone in the Ancient Star Desert was in danger, and the number of illegal immigrants decreased greatly.
On June 25th, the research team led by Manison created the first version of the special anti-virus and scanning tool, which was put into use on a large scale.
In July of the same year, the Intelligent Plague disaster was initially under control, and the three Universal Civilizations began to investigate the source of the virus on a large scale.
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