In a certain part of the universe not far away from the main fleet of DarkStar's six motherships, a large Godoran fleet was hidden behind a desolate planet. All kinds of battleships were densely packed together, forming a neat formation. This was one of the large temporary formations formed for Operation [Hodelias].
On the star map screen of the command ship, the coordinates of all the Dark-star motherships were marked in red. The six motherships were the closest to each other and were slowly approaching the ambush area. This enemy was the target of the Godora formation.
"The target is approaching the ambush location. Estimated time of arrival, 11 hours and 25 minutes."
The commander of the fleet reported the situation to the upper echelons of the War Bureau. He was an official who knew the specific target of the operation.
To prevent the information from leaking, every commander in charge of Operation Hodelias had to go through a strict selection process. Only those with absolute loyalty could know the target of the operation.
Thinking about how they were about to launch a counterattack against DarkStar, the fleet commander could not help but feel excited. He was an old-school pure-blood Godoran official with a strong sense of party loyalty, and he harbored a deep-seated hatred for DarkStar. Every day, he looked forward to getting rid of this tumor.
This was an important operation. As one of the commanders appointed by the upper echelons, it was undoubtedly an honor. The responsibility on his shoulders was extremely heavy.
After completing the report, the commander of the fleet contacted the commanders of the other formations to discuss the operation time. The strategic goal was to attack all the Dark-star forces simultaneously, so the commanders had to communicate with each other.
After confirming the operation time, another commander suddenly threw out a new topic in the encrypted military communication channel.
"Do you know the source of the information for this operation? I asked around, and it turned out to be the highest level of secret. "
"The highest level? It seems like the way the upper echelons obtain information is really mysterious. "
In the eyes of these knowledgeable officials, Godora had been entangled with Dark-star for so many years. For them to suddenly obtain the coordinates of Dark-star, there must be something fishy about it. They could not help but be curious about the source of this information. However, no one was able to find out the details.
"I have some insider information. I heard that Godora was able to organize this counterattack because they bought information from a mysterious person. Otherwise, the War Bureau would not have been able to escape the situation of being led by Dark-star."
"Mysterious person?"
"This person can actually monitor the coordinates of Dark-star's troops. Haha, could it be that there's a traitor among the Dark-star's higher-ups?"
They chatted casually for a while and were secretly curious about the mysterious person who provided the information.
Who exactly was the person who started this war? He was Godora's hero!
After ending the communication, the fleet commander issued a new order.
"It's about time. Inform the mercenary fleet on standby to cooperate with our attack."
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While they were on standby, they had a lot of free time. However, players were very active. They would often look for mercenaries to leave a good impression on them, try to trigger quests, and discover new interesting things. Han Xiao did not need to pay special attention to them.
Han Xiao would often visit different transport spaceships to interact with the players and continue to harvest experience. He would also look for the army commanders of large mercenary groups to interact with. He would spend the rest of his time building machines.
A few days passed, and Gureja gathered all the commanders. Godora's orders had been passed down, and the day of the operation had finally arrived.
The mercenary fleet sped up and headed to the designated location to set up an ambush. The Black Star Corps also moved with them.
After returning to the Blacklight Stealth, Han Xiao received a private message from Godora.
"Black Star, the operation is about to begin. We need you to control the infiltrating artificial intelligence and create chaos for the enemy."
"Got it." Han Xiao nodded.
It was very easy to let the traitor cause trouble.
"The remuneration for this employment has been notarized by the Mercenary Alliance. The official employment mission has been sent to the Black Star Corps' files."
Han Xiao opened the mercenary group interface. Godora's official employment had been authorized. It was called [Operation Hodleas — War Employment].
War employment was not a private transaction. It had to be recorded in the Mercenary Alliance. After the mission was completed, it would give a large amount of credit points and raise the mercenary group's level.
This was also the Black Star Corps' first war employment.
The interface finally triggered the corresponding employment mission. There was a total of 1,800 experience reward, and Godora Faction Relationship + 1,500.
As the army commander, Han Xiao's remuneration was the highest, reaching 3,400,000 Enas. Apart from himself, the other officers and mercenaries all had their own remuneration.
This was especially so for the players. Other than the [Black Star Corps — First Battle] that Han Xiao had given them, all of them had triggered [Operation Hodleas — War Employment], which gave them substantial experience and monetary rewards. Of course, the players' remuneration was far from Han Xiao's.
However, this was a war employment. Although the players could only get some scraps, the rewards were still far beyond their current level.
On the forums, hundreds of thousands of players and mercenaries were excited. They posted to show off that there were so many rewards for joining the Black Star Corps for the first battle. Everyone's interest in the Black Star Corps was growing.
Through large-scale employment, the players would realize that they shared a common interest with the faction and create a sense of belonging. This was the reason why Han Xiao had led the players to participate in this war.
Most of the players had the desire to 'role-play' and fantasize about working for a certain organization in the game. In order to make the Black Star Corps the first love of the players, they had to do so through plots, emotions, benefits, and so on.
When Han Xiao had first established the faction, he had already made such a plan.
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In the vast universe, the mercenary fleet was guarding the ambush location. They only needed a short distance hyperdrive to reach the designated battlefield. At this time, they were monitoring the enemy's movements through the star map coordinates shared by Godora.
The Black Star Corps' formation was at the back of the alliance fleet and did not participate in the frontal assault of the battleships.
On the Blacklight Stealth, Han Xiao watched the Dark-star fleet's movements through Risda's feedback.
His surveillance image was different. Others could only monitor the star map coordinates, but he could monitor the situation within the mothership. At this time, the members of the Dark-star fleet did not notice anything and were doing their own things as usual.
"Attacking Blue Star caused me to suffer heavy losses. Now, it's finally your turn to pay."
Han Xiao narrowed his eyes.
As time passed, the six Dark-star motherships finally entered the ambush location.
"They're here!"
Han Xiao's eyes flashed.
"Attack!" Gureja's order instantly spread to the entire army.
The next moment, the mercenary fleet suddenly entered hyperdrive. The universe outside became a channel of light, and countless stars retreated at high speed.
In just a few seconds, the alliance fleet had crossed a long distance, and the six Dark-star motherships appeared in front of them.
On the other side, streams of light flew over. It was the Godora fleet. They attacked from two sides and instantly surrounded the Dark-star fleet.
The ambush location of both parties was outside of the radar's detection range. Appearing at the same time caught the Dark-star fleet off guard.
Without saying a word, Godora and the mercenaries opened fire at the same time, and countless cannon fire drowned out the six Dark-star motherships. Caught off guard, the Dark-star fleet instantly fell into chaos.
Inside the mothership that Degulish was in, the lights all turned red, and the alarm bells rang out.
The people on the ship were shocked and hurried to their posts. The Dark-star mothership shook non-stop from the explosion, and people fell down from time to time.
"What's going on?"
Degulish was shocked and furious. He took out his surveillance equipment and saw that the attacker was Godora. He was shocked.
It's actually Godora?
Godora is ambushing us?
How could they have known our whereabouts?
"Degulish, we have been ambushed. The enemy came prepared, and it's not just our fleet. I just received news that the other Dark-star motherships in the other Star Zones have also been ambushed. Godora has long planned this. They have already broken through our concealment equipment and know our whereabouts!"
The projection of the person in charge of intelligence appeared on the screen, and his face was filled with anxiety.
This was the first time that Dark-star had been ambushed by Godora while in concealment mode.
Concealment mode was Dark-star's greatest reliance, and now that it had failed, Degulish immediately realized the severity of the problem.
"Order all the fleets to not fight and to find a chance to break out. This is Godora's trap, and this is a crucial moment for our survival. We cannot fight them head-on!"
Degulish hurriedly gave the order.
Godora's ambush came without any warning, and it happened too quickly. Degulish and the other upper echelons did not have time to react, and they did not even have time to think about how Godora knew their whereabouts.
The most important thing now was to break out and escape!
He was clear in his heart that if Godora had planned this beforehand, they would not have been able to face Godora head-on and could only escape.
However, before he could give the order, the communication interface showed that the connection had been cut off.
Not only Degulish, but the communication between the entire Dark-star mothership and the outside world had been cut off.
Degulish happened to be in the mothership that Risda was controlling.
Risda had directly cut off the connection between the mothership and the outside world.
The traitor had begun!
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