Rossellin's return was just a small interlude. Han Xiao left it to his confidant to make the arrangements and temporarily threw this matter to the back of his mind.
Returning to his office, Han Xiao installed the program to monitor the army players entering the black market. He then opened the forums to check the reactions of the players.
The forums were very active now, and the topic of taking over the black market occupied a large number of pages. The situation on every planet was different. The environment, characters, and events were all very different, causing most people to encounter different situations.
Some people saved their targets in time like crispy chicken wings and obtained a group of professional assistants. They could continue to develop according to their original black market channels. Some players came too late and did not manage to connect with the black market personnel. They might have to build a new black market channel from scratch, causing them to be at a loss. Many army players were sharing the situation they encountered. There were also many confused posts asking for help.
A small number of players who had started to come into contact with the black market also shared their experiences and insights on the forums. When Han Xiao issued this mission, he had set it as a collective mission with an overall completion rate. It depended on the overall trend of taking over the black market.
The results of each player's mission would be counted into the overall completion rate. Therefore, it was not enough to do the mission alone. If the players wanted higher rewards, they needed others to do the same. Therefore, many pioneers were happy to share and help the other army players take over the black market. It was good for everyone.
"The current trend seems to be more optimistic than expected. With the current model, the players might inject a new vitality into the Galactic Black Market and help the black markets connect with each other."
Han Xiao's eyes sparkled.
Due to the fact that they could not see the light of day, there were very few large-scale black market organizations that could cross Star Systems and Star Clusters. Furthermore, a leader at the level of a black market manager like Secret Master was even rarer. Most of them were small black market organizations that were limited to one or two planets or one or two Star Zones.
Even though there was a black market organization that managed the black market in name, the overall structure of the Galactic Black Market was still very loose.
As for the local black market forces, their partners were basically fixed for a long time. Most people only knew their own territory, and it was difficult for them to expand. There were many factors, and one of them was that the small black market forces in different areas were limited in the flow of information and the difference in information.
In Han Xiao's opinion, if the players took over the black markets on a large scale, with the convenience of information on forums and private channels, they might become catalysts and become the glue of many black market forces.
With the incentive of the overall mission progress, most players should be very willing to cooperate with other players. Then, in the regional black market led by the army players, there might be a chance to build a bridge of cooperation with each other, which would be much easier than using the normal method.
In this way, the goal of "integrating the Galactic Black Market" that he had proposed at the association could be quickly advanced.
"That's a good move. He's maximizing the player's characteristics and hitting several birds with one stone …"
The corners of Han Xiao's mouth curled up. At this point, he had already advanced to become the chess player behind the scenes. The chessboard was getting bigger and bigger, and now, it was truly a starry sky where the chess pieces were placed.
The players still needed time to ferment, so Han Xiao closed the forums, took out the encrypted communicator, and called Oathkeeper.
A few seconds later, the communication was connected, and Oathkeeper's figure appeared on the screen.
"Black Star, what is it?"
"You know about the recent sanctions, right?"
"Hmm, we supervise them and watch the news every day." Oathkeeper nodded. "You only contacted me now. Do you need any help?"
"You can say that. Since the three Universal Civilizations have adopted the attitude of sanctions, as the only person currently in control of the Sanctum Revival, I have to fight back. What they're most afraid of is having too many Beyond Grade As, so it's best to revive more people to put pressure on them."
"But we haven't gathered all the keys yet, so we can't carry out a new round of revival …" Oathkeeper was a little troubled.
"No, the Sanctum Keys are so precious. Even if I gathered all of them, I wouldn't use them for such a reason … What I mean is to pull some Holy Covenant members out of seclusion. After all, your side is the reserve of Beyond Grade As in this battle. Now is the time for the Holy Covenant to contribute."
Without waiting for Oathkeeper to answer, Han Xiao paused before continuing.
"Furthermore, I feel that the three Universal Civilizations are probably probing me this time. They want to see if I can revive historical Beyond Grade As at will, so it's best to give them a response. With every additional Beyond Grade A, the more uncomfortable the three Universal Civilizations will feel, making them feel that the cost of trial and error is too high. Only then will they be more cautious, and similar probing will decrease in the future."
"There's indeed such a possibility …" Oathkeeper hesitated for a moment. "I don't object in principle, but you have to talk to them about who will come out. There should still be a considerable number of unreliable people in the second batch of revivors. It's best to be careful."
"I know."
Han Xiao nodded. He already had a candidate in mind. Among the second batch of revivors, those unlucky neutral people who died in the Tragedy of the Pinnacles were good targets. He could also show the Supercluster Alliance and increase their confidence in the deal.
Speaking of which, it had been a few days, and the Supercluster Alliance had yet to send the list of resources to exchange for revival slots …
As soon as this thought appeared in his mind, his communicator rang.
"Ding ding!"
Han Xiao opened the split screen interface and saw that it was the Supercluster Alliance's price list for the Sanctum Revival.
"Heh, speak of the devil. What a coincidence."
Han Xiao muttered to himself and nodded to Oathkeeper.
"That's about it. I'll talk to the revivors in a while. Help me convey my intentions in the next few days so that they know what to do. At the same time, give me a reliable list based on their performance in the past year or so."
"… Alright."
Oathkeeper felt strange.
They were clearly partners, but he felt like he was his subordinate.
After giving a few instructions, Han Xiao ended the communication and browsed through the Supercluster Alliance's list.
He had only given ten slots in the first batch. The Supercluster Alliance was generous this time and took out a lot of good things. They were basically all Universal Treasures and Gold blueprints.
All the Supercluster Civilizations were the victors of the exploration era war and had fought many civilizations. Although they were not as rich as the three Universal Civilizations, they were still very rich. They did not lack Universal Treasures and Gold blueprints.
However, Han Xiao had hidden the fact that he had Jayz's treasure and the Sanctum's legacy very well. Outsiders did not understand his current foundation, and many of the requests that the Supercluster Alliance made with full confidence were not impressive in his eyes.
Han Xiao picked three offers that he was interested in and gave them three slots. He then sent the rest back to the Super Star Cluster Alliance and asked them to make a new offer.
Not long after the message was sent out, the contact person of the Supercluster Alliance sent a message.
"Black Star, your appetite is too big. Don't push your luck. We're already very sincere!"
Hearing this, Han Xiao curled his lips.
Who are you talking to? Don't you know who's the one with the initiative now?
"I'll decide if we're sincere or not. There are still seven slots left. If you don't want them, then forget it."
"… We'll buy them."
"By the way, pay first before shipping."
"… You win!"
The contact person of the Supercluster Alliance went offline gloomily.
There was nothing he could do. Monopolizing the market was just that tyrannical. He could only complain and buy what he wanted.
After sending the contact person away, Han Xiao turned off the virtual screen and was about to go to the workshop to continue studying the Gold blueprints.
However, at this time, his private communicator suddenly received a message from Aurora. It was concise and comprehensive.
"There's a major discovery. Come quickly!"
Han Xiao was stunned for a moment and became curious.
Aurora was still traveling with Fu Ding outside and had not contacted him for a while. She basically would not look for him when she encountered ordinary matters. Now that she suddenly called him, he did not know what was going on.
However, since Fu Ding had the external Luck Glow, Han Xiao felt that he would not be surprised no matter what happened …
…
At the same time, somewhere at the edge of the Blackhole World.
"Speaking of which … where did you fly me to?"
In the spaceship, Aurora swallowed a mouthful of saliva and looked out of the porthole with widened eyes.
"I don't know either. It suddenly became like this outside …"
Fu Ding also looked in the same direction with a shocked expression.
The two of them were originally driving the spaceship leisurely in the universe. However, just now, the environment outside suddenly changed. The starry sky disappeared and turned into a pitch-black space. Not a single speck of starlight could be seen. It was as if they had passed through some kind of barrier and suddenly entered an unknown territory.
The spaceship's alarm did not react at all, and the monitoring equipment did not show any abnormalities.
Shocked, the two of them immediately controlled the spaceship to retreat. However, this pitch-black space seemed to have no concept of distance. Even if the spaceship accelerated to hyperdrive mode, it still did not move and could not leave this space.
The reason they discovered this was because there was only one coordinate system reference in this pitch-black space, and this was the source of their shock.
Following their line of sight, they saw a broken mechanical body floating quietly in this pitch-black space. Its size was extremely terrifying, many times larger than the Mechanical Deity they had seen before.
Compared to it, the spaceship was like a speck of dust on a normal person's body.
The body structure of this mechanical body was similar to an upright creature. Its flesh and blood were entangled with machinery, and its skeleton was intertwined with metal. It was severely damaged, and there were holes everywhere.
What shocked Aurora the most was that her Esper Ability actually felt a weak life force from this mechanical body.
This thing … seemed to be alive?!
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