Planet Golden Gate.
The round trip took almost a month, and Han Xiao brought the twenty-four spaceships back to Base No.1. The plundering spaceships were smaller in size, and after changing the messy paint on their shells, they merged into the assault fleet.
The Raven Cannon battleships were of the same grade as the Berserk Falcon battleships, and they were stored in the hangar. After the repairs were completed, they could be put into use.
Including the spaceships that he had obtained through cheating, Han Xiao had close to a hundred spaceships under his command, and they were split into four groups. The first group was the Fortress-class flagship, which was the core of the strategy. The second group was the Berserk Falcon and Raven Cannon battleships, which were in charge of defense and frontal combat. The third group was the Dark-star assault spaceships and raiding spaceships, which were known for their speed. The fourth group was the rented transport spaceships, which were used to transport manpower.
As for the BlackLight Stealth, it was Han Xiao's personal spaceship, a product of the Radiant Federation. Its grade and performance far exceeded the other spaceships of the Black Star Corps, and Risda was not willing to let too many people use its body.
Seeing the last spaceship enter the hangar, Han Xiao got Philip to close the hangar door and locked Sykes and the other captives in a secret cell in Base No.1.
The cell was made of an extremely tough alloy and was equipped with a large number of automatic defense weapons, such as defense turrets, nerve gas, and so on. There were also tranquilizer syringes, high-temperature cutting ray bars, strong electromagnetic confinement suction cups, large vacuum fields, and other means of control. There were also a large number of miniature cameras installed in the walls, which Philip monitored 24/7. The security was extremely tight to prevent the captives from escaping.
However, on the way back, he had been extracting the Super genes of these captives every day, and everyone, including Sykes, was extremely weak.
Because the recovery ability of a Calamity Grade Super was much stronger, Sykes was given special care, and his production was more than five times that of the others.
Han Xiao had already stored a few hundred bottles of Ability Potion, and he divided them into different categories. He kept a portion for himself and sold the rest in the faction store.
The interior of Base No.1 was like a beehive, and Han Xiao could see players everywhere as he walked. He was gradually familiarizing himself with the new Main City.
Many people looked at Han Xiao. He was a well-known NPC in the eyes of the players, and he was also the leader of the faction. When the players saw him, they felt like they were seeing a familiar face. Many people took the initiative to greet him, and Han Xiao nodded in response.
There was a backlog of work waiting to be dealt with in the faction. Han Xiao checked Sylvia's homework and then returned to his room. He took out a concentrated nutrition bar from the refrigerator and chewed it as he dealt with the work.
The first problem was to deal with the aftermath of the many players' hiring missions.
Other than Planet Sunil, most of the players in the Garton Star System had completed their missions and returned. This was the Black Star Corps' first large-scale hiring activity, so Han Xiao took it seriously. He asked Philip to filter out the problematic records and check them one by one.
Of course, not all of the players had a smooth journey. Some of the players had a low mission completion rate, and there was even a small group of people who messed around and messed up the hiring process, ruining the reputation of the Black Star Corps. For the former, Han Xiao would ask Philip to sincerely apologize to the employers in the name of the Black Star Corps. For the latter, the credit points of the mercenaries would be lowered. This was equivalent to a criminal record, and the level of missions they could accept would be lowered.
Since he wanted to expand the Black Star Corps with the help of the players, Han Xiao was prepared for the problems that would follow. Currently, these were all small problems, and the impact of the players was naturally more beneficial than harmful.
The first large-scale hiring activity stabilized the reputation brought by Godora's award ceremony.
Now, the first choice of the employers in the Garton Star System to find mercenaries was the local Black Star Corps. The Mercenary Alliance recognized the Black Star Corps as the leader of the Garton Star System and provided a large number of high-quality local hiring missions.
The result of this was that the mercenary business in the Garton Star System was slowly being monopolized by the Black Star Corps. Although the population of a Star System was huge, there were not many people who needed mercenaries. The freelance mercenaries operating in the Garton Star System suddenly realized that they could not find any high-quality jobs. The missions given by the Mercenary Alliance were mostly jobs with low pay.
The freelance mercenaries were very jealous of the business that the Black Star Corps enjoyed. Many of them realized that if the Black Star Corps continued to develop at this rate, the backlog of hiring missions in the Garton Star System would be finished sooner or later. At that time, the new hiring missions would be taken by the Black Star Corps, and the freelance mercenaries would have no work to do. This was a terrible prospect.
The rise of the Black Star Corps could not be stopped, and the freelance mercenaries in the Garton Star System showed three trends. The first was to ignore the future and be satisfied with the current situation. The second was to leave the Garton Star System and find work elsewhere.
The third was to apply to join the Black Star Corps.
There were many freelance mercenaries who chose this path. Now that the Black Star Corps had grown in size and had a good reputation, since the Black Star Corps had the tendency to monopolize the mercenary business in the Garton Star System, joining the Black Star Corps was not a bad choice. They would go from being victims to benefiting from the Black Star's business.
In Han Xiao's business plan, there was a plan to increase the number of freelance mercenaries through the players to increase the number of freelance mercenaries. After the players joined, the number of mercenaries had already increased to a few hundred thousand. The basic facilities were more or less complete, and they had more than enough funds. Therefore, he did not plan to control the number of freelance mercenaries. He got Philip to filter out the background of the freelance mercenaries who applied to join and get rid of those who were obviously here to freeload missions.
The first batch of freelance mercenaries that passed the screening was about six to seven thousand people.
However, this number would still change. Han Xiao got Philip to send out a notice to this group of mercenaries and set a date for them to come to Base No.1 for an interview in fifteen days. At that time, a portion of them would probably be eliminated, and the ones left would be the new mercenaries who were truly recruited into the Black Star Corps.
Recruiting more freelance mercenaries was an important part of the expansion of the Black Star Corps.
The second matter to be dealt with was also related to the players.
After the first solo hiring event, this group of players had a better understanding of the galactic environment and the mission flow. Many players on the forums shared the problems they had encountered during the mission.
Han Xiao also paid attention to this problem. In his previous life, he had also experienced the stage where the players were not used to the environment when they first entered the galaxy, so he had a basic understanding of the problems that the players faced.
A year before the launch of Version 2.0, he had built a mechanical production line. Apart from creating mechanical equipment, there was also a portion of the production line that was used to increase the players' capabilities.
And now, the players finally had a need for this. Han Xiao was prepared to put this portion of the production line into the faction store. Coincidentally, after the players finished the first round of hiring, most of them would return to Base No.1. The sales would definitely be very good.
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In the shop area of Base No.1, there were many people going in and out. This was the place with the highest number of players.
Although they could purchase items online through Philip, they could only see the actual items in the shop area. Furthermore, this was also the place where they could pick up the items.
Many players used the rewards that they had just received to purchase equipment.
At this time, the faction store suddenly refreshed. A series of new products were placed at the top, and there was an eye-catching 'NE!' logo on the top right corner.
"There's a new product so soon?"
"Let's see what it is."
Every time the store refreshed, it would attract the attention of many players. This time was no exception.
Beep beep beep!
Among the crowd, the sound of communicators rang continuously. Many people took out their communicators and saw that Philip's support program had also released a notification of the store's update. It could be seen in the pre-order list.
Very soon, the players realized that the new items were not combat equipment.
The introduction of the new products appeared in front of them.
[Small Land Leveling Core] — Can quickly change the terrain in a small area into a flat open space. Can be used to build temporary strongholds. The specific parameters are …
[Multi-Purpose Airdrop Bag] — Contains many types of machinery needed for airdrops. Can adapt to all kinds of unexpected situations …
[Portable Small Foldable Bunker] — Can be expanded in the open space to form a temporary alloy fortress as a base. Equipped with base weapon slots and basic warning functions …
[Automatic Defense Turret] — Large caliber turret. Comes with 1,000 steel-core bullets and 300 armor-piercing bullets. Can provide some firepower support …
[Patrol Guard Sentry] — Small reconnaissance robot with reconnaissance, patrol, and warning functions. Can be used as a sentry post …
[Anti-interference Electromagnetic Wristband] — Can resist electromagnetic interference and data intrusion to a certain extent …
[Portable Strong Electromagnetic Interference Device] — Can interfere with mechanical operations within a certain range …
[Nuclear Magnetic Powered Flying Backpack] — Provides long-duration flight ability, comes with self-destruct function …
[Stress Resonator] — Adjusts vibration frequency. Can shatter metal and concrete buildings within a large range …
[Worker Bee Armor] — Single Soldier Mining Armor. Used to collect ores and fuel. Equipped with multi-functional digging tools and energy ore guns. Heavy armor, suitable for transporting ores …
Players were faced with complex environments when carrying out missions. The mission requirements were different, including but not limited to infiltration, pursuit, collection, reconnaissance, assassination, frontal combat, and so on. It was also very easy for unexpected situations to occur.
Although these machines added by Han Xiao were not equipment that increased combat power, they could adapt to many situations. They were tactical props that effectively increased the players' ability to deal with unexpected situations and increase their professional ability as mercenaries.
The technology of these machines was not high, but they were things that players needed very much. They were cheap and affordable support props.
For example, machines like turrets were things that Han Xiao had created long ago. He had always been using turrets, but only now did he sell them to the players on a large scale. Electromagnetic turrets or energy turrets, which were more high-end, were not sold yet. What he sold were gunpowder turrets. The average level of the players was around LV 70, so gunpowder turrets could still be used.
Currently, some Mechanic class players could also create some of these products, but be it in terms of quality, cost, or production capacity, they were far lower than directly buying the products of the Black Star Corps.
These functional props just happened to meet the new needs of the players.
"Seems very useful."
"I'm just about to accept a mission. This new product is very timely."
The players were pleasantly surprised.
Not only the players in Base No.1, but the players on Sunil or other planets who were doing missions also received Philip's notification. They were all tempted.
This was especially so for the 200,000 players on Planet Sunil. They were dealing with the Catastrophe and had to deal with complicated situations in the wild. They also had to clear the underground Prophecy Stone mines. The appearance of the [Worker Bee Armor] solved their urgent needs.
There was a limited number of storage units, so the players hurriedly bought them. These new products were cheap, and the demand was especially high. In less than twenty minutes, the storage units were all sold out. There were still many who did not manage to buy them and were willing to spend money to pre-order them.
The players were already used to the characteristics of the Black Star Corps as a 'growing faction'. They felt that this time, it was obvious that the players of the Black Star Corps had worked together to drive the faction's development. Looking at the new products in the faction store, many players felt a sense of accomplishment.
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After adding these support items, Han Xiao also observed the sales situation. Because they were functional items, they were targeted to be cheap and affordable, so their prices were relatively low. However, after selling all the items in his inventory, in less than half an hour, his funds kept rising. The players' money poured into his personal account.
This time, he had earned a total of 6,600,000 Enas!
Including the funding from Noriose and the income from selling the storage units, Han Xiao's savings had reached a total of 44,000,000 Enas!
This was a huge sum of money.
"I have plenty of funds. With this amount of money, I can build the mechanical army as I wish." Han Xiao was very satisfied.
With so much money, if it was only for his own use, it could last him for a long time. However, this money was obviously going to be used to maintain the operations of the Black Star Corps and support the expansion of the Black Star Corps.
Han Xiao's blueprint for the development of the Black Star Corps was very grand. He planned to use the Garton Star System as his base, pick a few dozen important NPC resource planets, and continuously build sub-bases. He planned to turn the Garton Star System into the main base of the Black Star Corps and firmly control the mercenary business there.
Then, he would expand to other Star Systems, build sub-bases in other Star Systems, and expand step by step. This would require a lot of money, such as buying a large number of spaceships, recruiting a large number of people, building partnerships with more organizations, and so on.
The identity of a mercenary group was just a springboard. Han Xiao's real goal was to build a super-large armed force, and the Bloodshed Land was a precedent.
The estimated cost of this blueprint was an astronomical figure that even he could not estimate.
He only knew that the money he had now was far from enough.
There was still a long way to go.
However, this is not something that can be developed in a short time. Anyway, the sales channels have already been set up, and the profits are endless. I don't have to be too stingy with money.
Han Xiao smiled, took out his communicator, and ordered a large batch of mechanical materials from a material supplier that he had been working with.
He finally had the time to completely upgrade all his combat equipment to the Calamity Grade standard!
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