Flickering World, Dawn Star Cluster.
Han Xiao's main ship passed through the stargate and instantly crossed the desolate universe belt, jumping directly from the Shattered Star Ring to the Flickering World.
On the other side of the stargate was the dynasty's fleet.
Han Xiao looked out of the window, his gaze sweeping across the dense starlight that was distributed in blocks.
Unlike the prosperous Star Field in his memories, the current Flickering World was still very desolate and primitive. There were not many traces of development, and the quantum network was completely silent. The only signal that could be connected to the quantum network was the dynasty's military base station channel, which meant that this new Star Field was not open to the outside world yet.
Beep beep …
As soon as they passed through the stargate, the main ship received a communication request from the dynasty's military.
After connecting, a 3D projection appeared in front of everyone. It was an old dynasty military officer, not a stranger.
Hila, who was at the side, glanced at the densely packed badges on this person's body, then glanced at the insignia on the sleeve of his military uniform, and came to the conclusion that this person was an admiral of the dynasty, a proper high-ranking member of the military.
This person's eyes locked onto Han Xiao, and he nodded slightly. He did not show his imposing side and smiled gently.
"I'm Tarrokov, the commander-in-chief of the Flickering World development force, Your Excellency Black Star. Welcome to the Dawn Star Cluster."
"Commander-in-chief." Han Xiao nodded.
Tarrokov was also someone he was familiar with. In his previous life, when the players were active in the Flickering World in Version 4.0, Tarrokov was the commander-in-chief of the dynasty's forces in the Flickering World. At that time, many of the dynasty's development missions were issued in the form of military documents with Tarrokov's name. He was the person in charge of the dynasty in the Flickering World, and all of the dynasty's missions were issued by him.
Now that he was leading a team to explore the Flickering World, Tarrokov was like half a superior, helping the dynasty to communicate with their allies and pass on the dynasty's orders. Han Xiaoxin knew that he would have to deal with this guy for a very long time.
Thankfully, Tarrokov was a very senior military officer and belonged to the moderate faction. He had always been steady and not difficult to get along with. It was also because of this that the dynasty sent him over to manage the affairs of the Flickering World.
"Let's cut to the chase. Heber's Bloodshed Land and Klent have arrived in the Flickering World two days ago. Bring your troops over as soon as possible. When you arrive, we will discuss the plan for the field exploration."
"Alright."
Han Xiao nodded, and Tarrokov cut off the call.
Opening the 3D star map, the current map of the Flickering World appeared before everyone's eyes. Only the Dawn Star Field was marked in green, indicating that it had been completely explored. The star map was relatively complete, while more than ninety percent of the other regions were gray, without any detailed information.
The dynasty had built many strongholds in the Dawn Star Cluster, and the planet where the main stronghold was located was located at the border between the Dawn Star Cluster and the unexplored region. It was an important transportation route and was named Planet Lighthouse, meaning that it was a lighthouse that guided explorers back.
This was the meeting point that Tarrokov had marked.
"It will still take some time for the entire fleet to pass through the stargate." Aurora swiped a few times on the control panel, bringing up the countdown for the assembly of the entire fleet calculated by the artificial intelligence.
Sylvia, Herlous, Reynold, Lagi, and the other officers with important positions remained in the Shattered Star Ring to manage the operations of the army headquarters. Han Xiao only brought along a portion of the army's senior officers, such as Hella, Fu Ding, Hardaway, and the rest of the Black Star Guards. Most of them were people with no duties, and they were now in charge of different tasks in the exploration team.
The various subjects that Aurora had chosen to study were put to good use. She became Han Xiao's secretary and dealt with all the miscellaneous matters on this side.
"Philip, plan the route," Han Xiao said.
"Okay, hum …"
A glowing line immediately appeared on the star map, marking the fastest route to Planet Lighthouse.
The dynasty knew the importance of transportation, so they had set up a large number of military stargates in the Dawn Star Cluster. They were all marked on the star map to make it convenient to jump through them, greatly reducing the travel time in the Star Cluster. However, this was only temporary. Han Xiao knew that when the Flickering World opened up, the dynasty would take back a portion of the military stargates.
Han Xiao thought for a while before ordering, "Split up a few engineering fleets and let them leave the main force to set up our army's quantum communication base in the Dawn Star Cluster. Don't hide it from the dynasty. Just say that this is to make it easier for us to communicate with the people in the Shattered Star Ring headquarters."
The quantum network spread throughout the explored universe, relying on countless base stations and network nodes. The Flickering World had not completed its infrastructure yet, so it was not connected to the quantum network of the explored universe. Currently, it could only be connected through the dynasty's nodes and base stations. Han Xiao's move was to set up the army's network base station here, spreading his own spies. When the Star Field opened up in the future, it would be equivalent to a natural intelligence channel. Normally, this was the authority of an advanced civilization.
Now, this was one of the benefits of the dynasty's allies, so the dynasty would not stop it. As long as the dynasty's base station was not replaced with theirs, the dynasty would let it be.
The army's battleships passed through the stargate one after another, and very soon, everyone gathered in the Flickering World. They immediately set off toward Planet Lighthouse.
There were no outsiders in the Dawn Star Cluster for the time being, so the fleet spent a few days passing through dozens of military stargates that connected the various strongholds. After crossing the entire Dawn Star Cluster, Planet Lighthouse was in sight.
Outside the porthole, what appeared in everyone's eyes was a planet surrounded by densely packed battleships.
The dynasty's direct exploration team, the Bloodshed Land's exploration team, and the Klent Kingdom's exploration team were gathered on this small planet. Together with the Black Star Army's exploration team, the number of spaceships exceeded 100 million!
It was a magnificent sight!
In the eyes of the officers, this scene was only second to the grand battle between the army commander and Heber.
Among them, the scale of the dynasty's troops was the largest. The productivity of a Universal Civilization was extremely developed, accounting for about seventy percent of the total spaceships.
Not far away from the planet, there were a few stargate stations at the same time, but they were not activated at this time.
The surface of Planet Lighthouse was covered by machinery and metal, and not a single bit of soil was exposed. The dynasty's exploration team had used the dynasty's famous Idiot Planet Base Expansion Package on Planet Lighthouse, flattening the ground through high pressure, increasing the planet's density, and modifying the terrain and crust, directly turning this planet into a planetary level military fortress.
The fleet stopped outside the atmosphere, and Han Xiao led his Black Star Guards to a small spaceship that landed on the surface of Planet Lighthouse's dock.
Chi!
The hatch opened.
Han Xiao stepped onto the metal dock, and his gaze slid past the rows of metal buildings before landing on the most eye-catching building in the distance.
It was a towering tower that was a few thousand meters tall. It stood out like a crane among chickens. All the surrounding buildings looked like dwarfs under the feet of a giant. This was the stronghold headquarters of Planet Lighthouse.
There were already officers waiting on the dock. After giving a military salute, they invited Han Xiao and the others to board the ground vehicle and head toward the Planet Lighthouse headquarters.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! The group passed through the bases on the ground, and the wind howled.
Han Xiao observed for a while and realized that the buildings on the ground were mainly hangars and resource warehouses. Countless vehicles and mechanical assistants were like hardworking ants, moving carts after carts of resources.
"Planet Lighthouse is the logistics base of the exploration team. A large amount of resources are stored here."
The accompanying officer saw that everyone was observing the surroundings, so he explained.
Han Xiao nodded. The three Star Clusters that they would explore in the first phase were Renault, Garu, and Crown. They were all neighbors of the Dawn Star Cluster, and Planet Lighthouse was the best transit point.
The ground journey was very short, and the group entered the Planet Lighthouse headquarters very quickly. They took the anti-gravity elevator all the way to the central floor of the headquarters, which was about 1,400 meters above ground.
Following the instructions, they walked into a huge strategy meeting room. There were already many people in the room. Han Xiao squinted his eyes and saw Heber immediately. His body was like a small mountain, and he was the most eye-catching one.
Heber also turned around and looked over. When his eyes met with Han Xiao, there was no sadness or joy in his eyes. He sat in his seat and did not move, casually nodding his head as a greeting.
Behind him were the eight Vanguard Officials of the Bloodshed Land, and they all looked at Han Xiao with unfriendly gazes.
This was especially so for Chief Vanguard Official Wrothers. It was as if he wanted to use his gaze as a knife to stab into Han Xiao's body.
Although the Black Star Corps and Bloodshed Land had reached a ceasefire agreement and agreed to not interfere with each other during the exploration period, the hostility of the Bloodshed Land officers toward Han Xiao would not decrease because of this.
"Humph."
Seeing this, Hella's face darkened. She stepped forward, and the Black Star Guards behind her followed, staring at Heber's Vanguard Official.
Han Xiao's Black Star Guards and Heber's Vanguard Official confronted each other. Their gazes were like laser beams that were about to collide in midair.
Hella's and Wrothers' gazes intertwined, and the atmosphere became tense.
In the past, when Han Xiao had participated in the Tyrant's Party for the second time, Wrothers had challenged Han Xiao's subordinates. As the captain of the Black Star Guards, Hella had accepted the challenge. However, Heber had appeared and scolded Wrothers, causing the two of them to not fight.
Now that they met again, this matter appeared in both of their minds.
One was the chief Vanguard Official of Bloodshed Land, and the other was the captain of the Black Star Corps Black Star Guards. Be it identity, status, or strength, they were natural enemies. Whoever won the fight would have the meaning of suppressing the other party. Their faces were cold, and they secretly listed each other as enemies that they would definitely fight.
Now that Aurora had sufficient security, Hella worked for Han Xiao not only to repay him but also to become stronger. Because of her past experience of being controlled by others, she had a stubborn pursuit of strength. Although she did not go to the extreme like in Han Xiao's previous life, she would not give up on the opportunity to challenge the strong.
Han Xiao did not mind and waved his hands, gesturing for the Black Star Guards to retreat.
It was impossible for them to fight under the dynasty's nose, so there was no point in staring at the other party. Even if they stared until their eyes were sore, they would not die.
Seeing that both sides had settled down, Han Xiao chuckled at Heber.
"You're early."
"I don't like to be late like you."
Heber gave a nonchalant reply.
He treated Han Xiao as someone on the same level, but he had no intention of becoming friends with him. He had decided to go his own way.
Both sides had a deep grudge, and it was only because of the dynasty that they were unwilling to become allies. Although they were at peace, they were still competitors in the exploration of the Flickering World.
Since they were competitors in business, Heber did not want to show an overly friendly attitude. Previously, he had taken the initiative to stop the war with the Black Star Corps, which had already caused his prestige in the Bloodshed Land to drop. He did not want others to think that he was really afraid of Black Star.
Han Xiao laughed. He knew what Heber was thinking and could not be bothered to argue with him.
— — Little Ty-Ty hasn't been having a good time recently, so there's no need to expose him.
Ignoring Heber, Han Xiao turned to look at Tarrokov, who was standing beside the strategic analysis board, and said with a smile, "Chief commander, we finally meet."
"Your Excellency Black Star, Zoel might have said this before, but I still have to say it again. On behalf of the dynasty, I welcome you to join us."
Earlier, when Han Xiao and Heber were arguing, Tarrokov had been watching from the side with interest and did not say a word. Now that Han Xiao had spoken, he replied with a smile.
"It seems like we will be colleagues for a long time in the future." Han Xiao shook Tarrokov's hand.
"Please sit." Tarrokov smiled and gestured toward a seat.
Han Xiao nodded and sat down with his men. He and Heber's men each sat on one side of the room, with the Klent Kingdom's men in the middle. It was as if there was a line between them.
The leader of the Klent Kingdom's team was an unfamiliar person. He looked like someone with a high position and did not have a good attitude toward Han Xiao. He did not even bother to greet him.
Compared to Klent, Heber's grudge was nothing. Klent's plan for ten years was completely overturned, and the secret war that they had been fighting for ten years was ended by Han Xiao. The resources that they had invested did not get any benefits at all.
They were so lucky that their underwear was about to explode!
Hate the Amethyst Civilization? The other party had practically won by lying down and not doing anything.
Hate the Red Empire? You make it sound like I dare!
Hate the Bloodshed Land?
… Wake up a little!
Therefore, they could only throw all their hatred onto Han Xiao.
If the Bloodshed Land's hostility toward Han Xiao was two stars, Klent's was at least ten stars. They hated him to the core and wanted to eat him alive.
"Since everyone is here, let's begin."
Tarrokov turned a blind eye to the conflict between the three parties and opened the strategic analysis board behind him. He pulled out the unexplored star map of Renault, Garu, and Crown Star Clusters and slapped the table.
"These three Star Clusters are the targets of the first exploration phase. Bloodshed Land and Klent will explore Renault, the dynasty's direct troops will explore Crown, and the Black Star Corps will explore Garu. These are the targets that all of you have chosen long ago. Now, I will talk about the specific things to take note of. The exploration mission is very complicated, but it can be divided into a few key points."
Tarrokov raised a few fingers and slowly said, "Star mapping and star mapping.
Regional observation buoys, transportation network construction, transit stations and strongholds construction, detailed information of the various planets … and resource collection. "
Han Xiao nodded. These were the main targets. There was too much work to be done. They had to develop the map while building, and the scope was terrifyingly large. The reason they had brought so many people over was to split up and increase efficiency.
This time, Tarrokov added, "The dynasty has the most manpower. In order to ensure progress, we will send some troops to follow the three of you and provide assistance."
Han Xiao could not help but be moved. The dynasty's troops made up seventy percent of the total, so it was normal to give them some manpower. However, providing manpower was only one of the reasons. There was also the intention of monitoring.
The dynasty was willing to allow their allies to explore and share the benefits, but they were not completely free. The military inspectors were sent to prevent their allies from hiding or lying about the resources they discovered, to prevent them from secretly monopolizing the resources, and to ensure the authenticity and accuracy of the exploration results.
"The dynasty has invested a lot, so of course, they have to take the majority of the resources in the new Star Field …" Han Xiao thought to himself.
However, how much extra benefits the explorers could obtain was still up for debate.
The others did not know what was on the unexplored planets, so they could only explore them one by one.
Han Xiao did not know the situation of most of the planets. Although he had been a hardcore player in his previous life, he had not memorized the information of every single planet. However, he was still very clear about some of the extremely famous and unique planets in the Flickering World.
This meant that he did not need to explore to know which planets were extremely rich.
"Hmm …"
Han Xiao stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.
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