In the face of overwhelming strength, no matter what the Pangurus Giant Elves thought or did, they would not be able to stop the fleet from mining resources.
The efficiency of the interstellar mining equipment was very pleasing. Every resource point in the world was continuously producing all kinds of raw materials. Batches of minerals filled up the warehouses, and the daily income was quite impressive.
During the mining process, some of the exploration teams discovered even more resources underground, causing the value of the planet to rise once again.
Han Xiao looked at the report and felt extremely comfortable.
While the profits from mining the resource planets of the civilizations in the Shattered Star Ring were not small, they were still in the territory of others, and they did not have enough freedom. As for mining the resource planets in the Flickering World that he discovered, he could do so with great fanfare. As long as it was not a destructive mining, the dynasty would not interfere.
These rare materials could be sold to the dynasty or brought back to the Shattered Star Ring to be sold. Han Xiao temporarily stored them up and got the professionals to sell them at a high price.
After the construction of the stargate was completed, a small team from the dynasty arrived. After greeting Han Xiao, they also joined in the collection of resources. The professionals they brought took over the job of educating the natives.
After a simple handover, Han Xiao retrieved a portion of the manpower.
The initial exploration of Planet Pangurus was complete, and the only thing left was mining. He decided to stay on this planet for two days to allow the players to do some activities before heading out to explore the next planet.
Now that all the players had explored the first planet, they had a certain understanding of the Flickering World mission. The players who encountered a resource planet were faced with a choice — they could choose to stay and mine the resources.
The ordinary players would naturally reject this choice. How could they give up the entire forest for a single tree? However, the many first-rate guilds in China were the exact opposite. Most of the core members of the guilds were following Han Xiao's main fleet, and they were not willing to give up on the rich resources of Planet Pangurus.
To the guilds, a bird in the hand was better than ten in the bush. They needed the resource points to provide them with long-term income. The four largest guilds in China had many members, so they left behind a group of people to mine the resource points.
Because the production of the large-scale mining equipment belonged to the army, these guilds bought a batch of Worker Bee Armor from the army and gave them to the remaining members to mine on their own. This would be the long-term income of the guilds.
The players had their own ways of generating income, and Han Xiao would not stop them. This was just a small profit, and it was not enough for him to stop the players from displaying their own subjective initiative. The more these guilds were fed, the more they would acknowledge the army.
The Russian and Australian club guilds from the Constellation Corridor had already developed a group of peripheral members during this period of time. They followed suit and left some people to stay in the resource points, hoping to get a share of the loot. Seeing this, the Four Great Families decided to wait until the main force left before asking for the help of the other first-rate guilds to find trouble with these outsiders. This way, these foreign guilds would not be able to harvest resources in peace. As long as the main force left, the people left on this planet would be at their mercy.
In Han Xiao's previous life, the various guilds had been destroying each other's resource points in the Flickering World in Version 4.0. Now that the Russian and Australian guilds were in the territory of the Chinese guilds, the Chinese guilds would not sit back and watch their competitors develop peacefully.
Since Han Xiao had allowed some players to cross over to other Star Fields in advance, the competition between guilds had started earlier than in his previous life.
…
Planet Pangurus, in a certain sea region.
Raging winds and torrential rain filled the area.
A mining base was located on the sea, and it did not move at all. A semicircular energy shield covered the entire base, and the waves smashed onto the shield, leaving behind white foam.
At the edge of the base, warriors wearing underwater armor with detection equipment on their backs entered the water. A portion of them were players. There was a Molten Crystal Vein below the base, and these people entered the water to investigate the situation in the sea region.
Maple Moon had also accepted this mission. She wore underwater armor and swam underwater, reaching a depth of a few thousand meters very quickly.
His field of vision was filled with dark blue seawater. Extending into the distance, the seawater turned pitch-black, filled with the fear of the unknown. His ears were silent, only the beeping of the radar, his own breathing, and the thumping of his heart in his chest.
This silent and terrifying atmosphere caused Maple Moon to tremble, and she almost wanted to curl up into a ball.
"I should return … At most, I won't do this mission …" Maple Moon was afraid. Although her combat strength had reached Grade B, the attributes of her character would not give any bonuses to her mentality. She felt that she might have a slight phobia of the deep sea.
Just as she was about to float up, the radar suddenly sounded.
"A large lifeform has been detected! The target is approaching! "
The seawater around her began to surge, and Maple Moon's body could not be controlled. She hurriedly activated the stabilizer, and a white light shot out from the armor. Only then did she stabilize her body.
Before she could observe her surroundings, the radar showed that a dot of light was rushing toward her with the speed of a missile.
Maple Moon turned around in panic. Suddenly, a huge monster appeared in her vision. It had countless webbed claws, and its head was like a plesiosaur's. It opened its bloody mouth at her.
Her vision turned black, and she was swallowed.
After the hunt, the monster slowed down. Just as it was about to enjoy its meal, its huge body suddenly twitched in pain.
The next moment, a dazzling blue light exploded from the monster's body, blasting it into pieces.
Boom!
Purple blood and flesh splattered in the sea. Maple Moon's armor was covered in a sticky liquid that was a mixture of blood and gastric juices.
Looking at this bloody scene, Maple Moon hurriedly turned on her green health mode. Only then did she feel that the scene was much more harmonious.
She was just frightened and forgot to resist. When she came back to her senses, she unleashed the strength of a Grade B Mechanic and easily killed a normal beast.
Maple Moon kept the bomb turrets beside her. She could not stand the deep sea atmosphere and was about to float up. Suddenly, the radar notified her that she had detected an abnormal metal object in the monster's tattered body.
"What did I discover?" Maple Moon's eyes flickered. As a storyline player, her curiosity had always been very strong. Her instincts told her that she might have discovered something hidden.
After hesitating for half a second, she stopped floating up and searched the monster's body. She then released a magnetic force from her palm.
Clang! A one-meter-long metal object was sucked into her hand.
You have discovered an unknown detector.
You have received 6 Exploration Points.
"This is a hidden mission item!"
Maple Moon's eyes sparkled, and she threw the fear of the deep sea to the back of her mind. She then looked at the unknown detector in her hand with interest. She loved to dig up unknown plots.
Without saying anything, she immediately returned to the base with the item. She did not even remove her armor and hurriedly started to appraise the detector. Her Mechanic class ability met the requirements, and the results quickly popped up on her interface.
Appraisal complete!
"The technology level is not low." Maple Moon was surprised. This had already reached the level of a Star System civilization. Did this mean that Planet Pangurus had already been discovered by a certain civilization?
There was also a possibility that this beacon had already been damaged in space and lost its positioning ability. In the end, it was captured by the gravity of Planet Pangurus and fell into the deep sea, becoming food for the sea creatures. If not, Planet Pangurus would have already had visitors.
Maple Moon was in a dilemma. This beacon was valuable information, and she would definitely be rewarded if she handed it over to the army.
However, she could not help but feel curious. She wanted to repair this beacon and see what the 'special consequences' were and what kind of people it would attract.
After hesitating for a moment, Maple Moon gritted her teeth. Her curiosity won out.
You have used [Intermediate Repair] on [Damaged Location Beacon]!
Appraising … Appraising passed. Your Level, Intelligence, Class Knowledge, and Skill Level have all met the prerequisites.
Repair Progress: 2% … 14% … 35% …
Repair complete. You have received [Barely Repaired Location Beacon]!
Maple Moon was overjoyed. Without hesitation, she activated the beacon.
Beep beep … The beacon lit up, and an invisible quantum positioning signal was sent to the receiving end of the unknown organization.
You have triggered the hidden mission [Beacon of Unknown Origin]!
Mission Introduction: You have discovered a rather high-tech location beacon on a native planet in the Flickering World. You do not know who placed this beacon, but you have chosen to repair and activate it, sending out the location information. This might attract the attention of the unknown organization.
Mission Requirements: Come into contact with the unknown organization that placed the beacon.
Mission Reward: 300 EXP, 70 Individual Exploration Points, 1 [Bold Explorer] Ability Fragment (Requires 2 fragments to be fused).
[Bold Explorer]: Special Ability. When exploring an unknown location or appraising an unknown item, you can use this ability to obtain a portion of information. Can be used repeatedly on the same target. Cooldown: 7 days. Every time you use it, you will receive the negative status [Reckless], and your LUK will be reduced by 60%. Lasts for 14 days.
Remarks: As long as you have the courage, the universe is your home.
This mission is linked to the Flickering World Main Storyline Mission. You can report the situation to the faction you are in and receive the help of the NPC faction. (Strongly Recommended)
"Reward Ability Fragment? This kind of mission reward is really rare, and I can even request the help of the faction. Does this mean that the consequences of activating the beacon are very serious? "
The moment she thought about handing it over, the image of the army commander appeared in her mind.
…
"You found the beacon of an advanced civilization on this planet?"
Looking at the beacon in Maple Moon's hands, Han Xiao's eyes were filled with doubt.
Originally, he thought that Maple Moon was only there to learn a skill. He did not expect her to bring him a hidden item.
Currently, only the dynasty was developing this area, so this beacon could only have come from an unknown native civilization in the Flickering World. According to the technology involved, the one who placed it should be at least at the Star System level.
This beacon used conventional thrusters and gravitational flight technology. Even if it flew for a few hundred years, its speed would still be limited. Therefore, the civilization that placed the beacon should be in this Star System.
However, Han Xiao remembered that in his previous life, there was no native Star System civilization in the southern border Star System of the Garu Star Cluster. The exploration data of the Red Empire did not indicate that they had encountered a Star System civilization there. In his previous life, he had also not heard of anything similar from the NPCs who explored during the version update.
Could it be that the civilization that placed the beacon had already been destroyed and only the ruins were left? This possibility was not impossible.
However, when Han Xiao took the beacon from Maple Moon's hands, a notification popped up on his interface. He had also triggered the same hidden mission, and the mission requirement implied that this unknown organization still existed.
Han Xiaoxin's heart skipped a beat. In his previous life, the initial exploration of the Flickering World took place during the version update, and the players only managed to recreate the exploration through various records and characters. Could this be a hidden storyline that even the dynasty did not discover in his previous life?
Maple Moon did not know that Han Xiao could also accept the mission and was thinking about how to explain that she knew that the beacon was useful.
At this moment, Han Xiao opened his mouth.
"Let me study this for a period of time. I might be able to discover some problems."
Hearing that, Maple Moon thought that this was a mission item and did not reject it.
After watching Maple Moon leave, Han Xiao then carefully studied the beacon in his hand. His eyes sparkled.
"I never thought that there would be such an unexpected discovery on Planet Pangurus. The ability of these players to find hidden missions is quite reliable." Han Xiao chuckled.
The reward of this hidden mission was extremely tempting. [Bold Explorer] was an appraisal ability that reached the level of special foresight. In his previous life, very few players had this ability. While it was not useful for combat, it was a godly ability when it came to completing missions and discovering hidden storylines.
He only knew that there was a chance of obtaining a skill fragment from a hidden mission. Other than that, there was no fixed way to obtain it.
Although this skill had a lot of limitations, it was still useful to him. Just the strange data left behind by EsGod was still a mystery, and Aesop could not predict anything. If he could obtain this skill, he might be able to find some clues.
"It's a pity that it's not a complete ability, only a fragment." Han Xiao felt a little regretful.
Shaking his head, Han Xiao then entered the quantum network and studied the beacon, deciphering the other party's positioning data. This beacon used quantum link technology, which meant that he could use the ability of a Virtual Mechanic to track it.
The mission requirement was to come into contact with this unknown organization. While it seemed like he only needed to wait for the opportunity, there was actually a deeper meaning behind it.
The Flickering World was not like the explored universe, and there was no order like a galactic society. The native civilizations here were still in a dark period and did not know of each other's existence. Thus, once the beacon was activated, it would mean a war for the person who placed it.
Coming into contact with it would mean facing an attack from the person who placed it.
Thus, rather than having the person who placed it find him, Han Xiao was more willing to take the initiative to send people over. After all, the requirement was to come into contact with the other party.
After searching through the quantum link for a while, Han Xiao suddenly opened his eyes and opened his star map. After searching for a while, he pointed at a location that was a few Star Zones away from Planet Pangurus. It was also within this Star System.
"Found you guys."
Han Xiao narrowed his eyes. He remembered that there was no native civilization at this location in his previous life.
After thinking for a while, Han Xiao snapped his fingers, and Psionic Prime, who was circling behind him, immediately fused and stood in front of him.
"Master."
"I have a mission for you." Han Xiao slowly said, "Bring some mechanical lives and a portion of your mechanical army along with you. Find the person who placed the beacon. If they attack, subdue them."
"Understood, master."
Psionic Prime nodded, and the sound of metal rubbing against each other could be heard. He then split into many hovering guards and flew out of the room to form a team.
Because it was a few Star Zones away, it would be too abrupt and a waste of time to go there, so Han Xiao did not plan to do it personally.
Now that he had his mechanical lives, and with the [Quantum Infinite Distance Transmission Channel], his mechanical soldiers would receive Mechanical Force bonuses even if they were not beside him. His Mech Legion already possessed the ability to go on expeditions, and they would still possess the strength of a Beyond Grade A Super even if they were countless light years away.
This was one of the reasons why Beyond Grade A Mechanics were feared in the galaxy. Their range and range were the most terrifying of all the classes!
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