[Fearless Heart] was undoubtedly a Semi-Molding Talent. To the players, the bonuses from the second level and above could only be seen but not touched. The only practical use was the fifteen percent increase when dealing with Calamity Grades.
The reward of this ability draw was a pleasant surprise. Han Xiao admired the changed attributes for a while before closing the interface and thinking about his future actions.
"Modo has been eliminated, and the second requirement of the Kunde Race mission is completed. As long as Modo doesn't provoke me in the future, I don't need to fight with them anymore … Once they retreat, my excuse to participate in the Flickering War is gone. I have to leave this stage temporarily. The army players might have an opinion … but luckily, it's at the end of the version, so it won't affect me much."
Han Xiao thought to himself.
Without an opponent like Modo, the Black Star Corps had no reason to continue participating in the Flickering War. In that case, the army players would have to leave this main storyline. If this happened in the early or middle stages of the version, this would cause an uproar among the army players. A portion of the newcomers would most likely change factions in order to participate in the first World Server War.
However, the timing of Modo's retreat was just right. It was now the end of the version, which meant that the players did not have much time to be active. Most of their energy was spent on preparing for the fourth Pro League and the upcoming World Server War. These were the last two big things they could do at the end of Version 4.0.
Under such circumstances, losing the main storyline of the Flickering War would reduce the reaction of the players to a minimum. Furthermore, Han Xiao had created a fake main storyline mission, which was at least a reward, reducing the loss of the army players not being able to participate in the real main storyline mission.
Because of the existence of the Black Star Corps, the management and territory division of the various guild alliances in the Flickering World were completely different from what Han Xiao remembered. Furthermore, this change would continue in the future versions. Han Xiao could not predict the future development of these guild alliances.
Thinking about it, there was nothing important for him to do at the end of the version, so Han Xiao heaved a sigh of relief.
"Everything that needs to be done is done. Next, I'll just sit on the sidelines like the other Beyond Grade As and wait for the results of the Flickering War …"
Han Xiao made up his mind to keep a low profile for a period of time. He would go into seclusion to research technology and get through the final days of Version 4.0 smoothly. Furthermore, the army had been in the limelight too much recently. Going too far was as bad as not going far enough.
"I'll just wait for the World Server War and the Pro League to squeeze out the players' savings to help me save enough money for my Promotion."
Han Xiao smiled.
There was no need for him to launch any promotional activities. These two activities were equivalent to a fully automated harvester. It was convenient, fast, and effortless.
…
The Modo Civilization did not announce the news of their retreat with great fanfare. On one hand, they announced the crusade against the foreign terrorist organizations in a high-profile manner, while on the other hand, they quietly withdrew batch after batch of expeditionary forces.
After all, the Supercluster Alliance was an organization with common interests. Although Modo gave up on the Flickering War, they could not just walk away. While the Modo expeditionary army was retreating, the other Supercluster civilizations also took out some people to form a mixed fleet and took over this line of defense.
The Supercluster Alliance was happy to see Modo leave. This way, they could send away Black Star, the God of Plague. In their eyes, it was a one for one exchange. Although the other Supercluster civilizations were not polite with their words, they were still in the name of the alliance. They reached some agreements with Modo and signed some preferential agreements as compensation for Modo's departure.
With their main opponent gone, the Black Star Corps no longer continued to attack the Supercluster Alliance's line of defense and left the Ferdinand Battle Zone in batches. The fake mission [Black Star Corps Expedition Order] was directly completed, bringing a wave of rich rewards to the army players.
Although the rewards were set by Han Xiao himself and were slightly inferior to the real Main Storyline, it was not without its advantages. The real Flickering War Main Storyline could only be completed after the battle ended. In other words, the players would only be able to check the results when the next version was released. However, the faction Main Storyline mission that Han Xiao created could be obtained by the players now.
This reward would allow the army players to have more resources to level up their skills, purchase equipment, and increase their strength. The most obvious benefit was that it would be beneficial for the army players to participate in the World Server War and the Pro League.
Just as Han Xiao expected, leaving the Main Storyline early did not bother the army players. If the war against Modo continued, this incident would make it very difficult for the army to order the players around. Now, the players could take a break and focus on the World Server War.
Planet Milton was a desolate planet located in the outer ring of the Emerald Star Cluster. Over the past few months, batches of fleets with the symbols of different guild alliances had arrived and built bases, fortresses, and lines of defense on the planet.
Many of these guild alliances were enemies, but they tacitly ignored each other and built their own strongholds, not attacking each other.
The reason for this was one of the rules stated in the invitation to the war. Before the war started, all the professional guilds and player alliances that came to Planet Milton could build their own strongholds and fortresses. There was no limit to the number of strongholds, and they could not officially attack each other. Those who violated the rules would be kicked out of this battle.
This was similar to the 'protection period', a preparation period for all the participating guild alliances and giving all the players enough time to travel.
Therefore, over the past few months, these guilds had mobilized batches of spaceships, delivered countless materials, and built a large number of temporary strongholds. The stronghold locations were not randomly chosen. Some guild alliances had established offensive and defensive alliance agreements, and their strongholds were basically next to each other, helping each other out.
There was a rule that the war could not be started in advance, and snatching the stronghold locations was not allowed. It could only be first come, first served. Therefore, the preparation period of the stronghold construction was already an open struggle. Setting up strongholds was like playing chess. Not only did they have to connect their own strongholds, but they also had to set up their positions in advance to destroy the enemy's stronghold formation. They had to constantly arrange their troops and counter each other's moves.
Now, about seventy percent of the players in the entire galaxy had come, and the quiet Planet Milton became very lively.
…
In the Yan Huang Alliance's Base No.1, the upper echelons of China's four biggest guilds and many first-tier professional guilds gathered together.
In the center of the room was a three-dimensional virtual projection of Planet Milton. The surface was divided into areas of different colors, representing the territories of the different guild alliances.
The Yan Huang Alliance was a guild alliance led by the professional clubs of China, which basically included all the first-tier guilds. It could be seen as the representative of the Chinese players, and almost all of them were army players.
The term 'army players' was a general term. They were not an official guild alliance, and there were different factions within them. Some foreign players who joined the army in Version 4.0 formed different guild alliances, and the same faction was the link, making these guild alliances natural allies.
Under normal circumstances, these guild alliances could be seen as a whole, collectively known as the army players, but they still had to be separated in terms of guild wars.
At this time, the many guild alliances on Planet Milton could be roughly divided into four camps. One was the Black Star Corps faction led by the Yan Huang Alliance, the second was the anti- Black Star front led by the Galactic Business Alliance, the third was the three Universal Civilizations faction led by the September Meeting, and the fourth was the scattered forces. The mainstream was the other Beyond Grade A factions and the neutral faction guilds. They could be considered as scattered sand, fighting their own battles without a unified commander.
"… As you can see, the Galactic Business Alliance, Northern Battlefront, 5C, and other forces have been targeting us. They've placed their strongholds around each of our strongholds, preventing us from expanding our bases. They obviously want to surround us as soon as the war starts.
Morning Snow Twilight Frost stood beside the three-dimensional projection of the planet, gesturing with his fingers.
He was the president of the official guild of the Dynasty Club, as well as the first leader of the Yan Huang Alliance.
"Hey, these foreigners are playing Go here? Don't they know who's the ancestor of Go? "The president of the Temple of God, Jupiter, crossed his legs and said with disdain.
"Our allies are not to be trifled with. Some of them are in position in advance, making it impossible for the enemy to surround us. Some of them are in strategic locations, so it's not that easy for the enemy to attack us," the president of the Long Sky Guild, Jade Green Sky, said with a deep voice.
The guild alliances of the Black Star Corps faction had reached an agreement, and the strongest guild, the Yan Huang Alliance, would fight together. In addition to the army, the Yan Huang Alliance had additional helpers, which were the enemies of the Galactic Business Alliance and other forces. The enemy of the enemy was not necessarily a friend, but at least there was room for cooperation.
"In terms of materials, fleets, and weapons, we have the advantage. The Evolution Badges purchased in bulk have also been distributed, and nearly two hundred Formation Breakers have been formed. Each team has eight hundred people, and as long as they attack the stronghold, their destructive power is comparable to a husky demolishing a house. Together with the airstrikes of the warships, they can smash the enemy's head." A guild president waved his fist excitedly.
This battle allowed the use of warships and various war machines, but the use of Star Destroyer weapons was prohibited. Moreover, the weapons used had to be bought by the guild. This battle was purely a competition between players, and players were explicitly prohibited from asking NPCs for help.
The guild alliances took the lead in organizing this battle to create publicity. The national war was in line with the interests of the major clubs. As long as they could perform well in this battle, or even become the final winner, then the guild could attract more ordinary players to join, increase their popularity, and earn traffic. This was where the interests of the professional clubs lay.
As for the victory conditions, they were very simple and crude. There were mainly two types. One was to eliminate all the enemy strongholds on Planet Milton. After the battle, the guild alliances were still allowed to continue building strongholds, but that was not the "protection period", and others could attack at will.
The second was to kill all the resurrection times of the enemy guild members in a cycle. The players' resurrection times were limited to a maximum of ten times in six days. In this kind of super intense battle involving tens of millions of players, death would become extremely fast.
Morning Snow Twilight Frost nodded, turned to the many professional players who were listening, and asked, "How's the situation with your challenge?"
The leader, King Admiral, said lazily, "We won more than we lost. I forgot the specific results."
At this time, Pork Bun, who was sitting at the side, immediately spoke up, gave a thumbs up, and laughed.
"It's okay, I remember. Now we have a total of 3,488 wins and 1,142 losses. The winning rate is about 75%. It's very fierce!"
The rules of the battle were that the guilds were not allowed to start a war in advance during the protection period. However, with so many players gathered here, there were naturally many who were restless. There were no restrictions on individual battles, and players could be seen PK everywhere in the wild.
Therefore, the various guild alliances sent out a large number of PK experts to challenge the experts of the other guilds. It was like a one-on-one battle in ancient times. If they won, they could destroy the morale of the other party.
These results needed to be publicized to increase the fame of their guilds, so they needed a professional team of reporters. Pork Bun, who had already become a celebrity, was temporarily hired by the Golden Alliance as the chief reporter, leading the entire battlefield reporter team and specifically responsible for writing the Golden Alliance's battle report.
A country war of such a scale allowed players from all sorts of fields to participate. PK experts, logistics players, management personnel, reporters, and so on all had things to do. They all had their own roles, and it was an unprecedented occasion.
…
As the date of the war approached, the atmosphere on Planet Milton became more and more tense.
This battle was not only watched by the players but also by the various factions, paying attention to this internal war among the Immortals.
The three Universal Civilizations, the Supercluster Civilizations, and other organizations more or less learned some information from the players. Although they were surprised by the special hostility between different groups of Immortals, they tacitly did not disturb them. They only observed and silently recorded the characteristics of the Immortals.
If the Black Star Corps won this war, it would also be beneficial to Han Xiao, increasing the attraction of the new players to the faction. However, he had no intention of interfering. He did not want to ruin this iconic event that would definitely be recorded in the Galaxy Chronicles. He only wanted to watch the show at home with popcorn.
Time passed day by day. Under the eyes of everyone, the day of the national war finally arrived!
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