A Universal Civilization that used public opinion as a weapon had more than enough qualifications to use the entire universe's galactic media to express their views. The influence of a Universal Civilization was spread throughout the various Star Fields, far beyond what a Star Cluster Civilization could compare to.
Ruler Uranril made a speech to the entire universe, explaining the process in detail. Then, the dynasty's news channel released an official document, recording the intelligence of this incident and making it public to the outside world.
The document emphasized that the Arcane Church was blinded by greed. For the sake of the Evolution Cube, they ignored the dynasty's sovereignty over the Flickering World and openly joined hands with the infamous Fallen Ark to attack the dynasty's military forces, causing the dynasty to suffer huge losses. The dynasty strongly condemned this action and reserved the intention to pursue the matter. They announced that they would temporarily stop all diplomatic activities with the Arcane Church and enter a state of wartime alert.
The dynasty's wording was very serious, making the galactic residents think that they had suffered a huge loss. However, after browsing through the detailed process of the incident recorded in the document, they were surprised to find that the dynasty did not lose much of their forces in the attack. Instead, they fought back and even captured two Beyond Grade As in the Flickering World as captives.
The dynasty emphasized Black Star's contributions in the process of describing the incident and publicized his achievements. On one hand, the dynasty was helping Han Xiao increase his deterrence, and on the other hand, it was attacking the Arcane Church. The Arcane Church was the background of Black Star's contribution this time. Black Star gained fame from the Arcane Church, and the more famous this incident was, the greater the impact on the Arcane Church's reputation would be.
When the news of Black Star capturing Dylan spread, it caused a huge uproar. Han Xiao had become a new Beyond Grade A not long ago, so the galactic residents were not unfamiliar with him.
They did not expect that in less than a year, Black Star, who was still considered a rookie among the Beyond Grade As, would be able to capture someone of the same level alive.
The achievement of killing or capturing a Beyond Grade A Super had an extraordinary meaning in the universe. In the hearts of most people, there was more or less a sense of personal heroism and yearned for their own strength. A Beyond Grade A Super was the pinnacle of individual strength. If someone could conquer this pinnacle, the people would raise them to an even higher altar.
Previously, when Han Xiao fought against Sisko and Heber, he only managed to tie with them. Although this could be considered a Beyond Grade A achievement, it was still somewhat lacking.
And this time, he had defeated a powerhouse of the same level. It could be said that after this battle, Han Xiao's prestige and status in the universe had been completely consolidated.
The document also pointed out that Heber had captured a Beyond Grade A Super, but compared to Black Star's contribution, it was overshadowed. After all, most of the galactic residents could understand the difference in environmental factors revealed in the intelligence. One of them had fought back under absolute disadvantage, while the other had surrounded an enemy to create a one-on-one situation. There was no comparison at all.
Other than being shocked by the dynasty's fierce counterattack, more people were worried about the impact of this incident. The direct conflict between the Red Empire and the Arcane Church made the galactic situation, which had finally calmed down, tense up again.
In the past ten years, it was the Radiant Federation and the Red Empire that were at odds. Now that the Radiant Federation had kept a low profile, it was the Arcane Church that had stepped onto the stage during the Crimson Tide.
Ever since the Flickering World was discovered, the galactic situation had been in turmoil.
No matter how slow some of the galactic residents were, they could tell that the battle between the three Universal Civilizations had always revolved around this new Star Field. This was the 'thread', the 'main contradiction' in the complicated galactic situation. Most of the chaos in the various Star Fields were related to this.
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After the dynasty made the announcement, the various Supercluster and Star Cluster Civilizations found out. In shock, they hurriedly used their intelligence networks to inquire about the news and organized people to analyze the information revealed in the dynasty's official documents word by word.
Black Star became the target of the attention of these organizations, causing countless organizations to be wary. In the internal databases of the various organizations, the threat level of Black Star was greatly increased.
The Beyond Grade A allies of the three Universal Civilizations had always been the focus of the various organizations. Different from those Beyond Grade As who had joined the dynasty for decades or even centuries, Han Xiao had only joined the dynasty for about a year, so his information was extremely limited. His seniority and status among the Beyond Grade As of the dynasty were not high. However, now, these organizations had no choice but to adjust the threat level of Black Star to the same level as the three pillars of the dynasty, becoming the focus of their attention.
The Arcane Church revealed the means that Han Xiao had displayed this time through a secret intelligence channel, and the various organizations all knew that Black Star was suspected to have two Universal Treasures. Needless to say, the Evolution Cube was the cause of this battle.
The other thing that was suspected to be a Universal Treasure was able to block the Ten Thousand Deity Scepter and seal Beyond Grade As. In the intelligence of the various organizations, Black Star had a special strategic position and was not just an ordinary Beyond Grade A combatant.
Of course, there was greed. The Arcane Church revealed this information to make many organizations covet the Universal Treasures in Han Xiao's hands. They had indeed succeeded, but even the Arcane Church was defeated, so the other organizations did not dare to make any moves.
Black Star's achievements in this battle had intimidated many of the forces that coveted him.
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A few days later, the dynasty launched a military counterattack. The military stargate station of the Arcane Church in the Shattered Star Ring was ambushed by the dynasty's troops, and the battle was intense. It was said that the energy reaction of the battlefield could be observed even from a Star Zone away.
After Sagman's surprise fleet failed, the Arcane Church guessed that the Red Empire would cut off their stargate channel in the Shattered Star Ring, so they sent reinforcements in advance. They even sent another Beyond Grade A combatant to defend the Shattered Star Ring.
However, the Arcane Church had secretly sent out six Beyond Grade As for the surprise attack and had the other Beyond Grade As stay in their own bases to attract attention. It would take some time for them to be dispatched, and the dynasty took advantage of the time difference.
Ames was currently the only Beyond Grade A in the Shattered Star Ring, and she participated in the attack before the reinforcements of the Arcane Church arrived. Her force field was a powerful weapon in galactic warfare, and it easily disrupted and pierced through the formation of the troops stationed in the stargate station. She also used her force field to destroy the stargate station, cutting off the enemy's escape route, helping the dynasty to destroy the military stargate stations of the Arcane Church one after another, catching the Arcane Church off guard.
Then, the dynasty sent troops to monitor all the public stargates and set up informants in the Shattered Star Ring to monitor the movements of the Arcane Church troops.
However, as a Universal Civilization, the Arcane Church also had various countermeasures.
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Shattered Star Ring, a certain galactic transit station.
The Old Medal Bar was located in the seventh Scrap Station of the planet. On the surface, it was a bar for workers. It was a slightly dilapidated bar, but it was always full of customers. Secretly, it was the stronghold of a black market merchant nicknamed "Night Bat".
There was no absolute order in the universe. There would always be shadows under the light, and the galactic black market was the biggest shadow of the galactic society.
Where there were people, there would be demand, and where there was demand, there would be smugglers taking risks. Black markets existed in every region of the universe. Some were products that the local ruling civilizations turned a blind eye to, while others were rooted in gray areas that were not controlled by any civilization.
In the galactic black market of the Shattered Star Ring, Night Bat was not a big shot. On the contrary, he was a nobody, and his main business was collecting waste. He used this disguise to smuggle and sell some non-military machinery.
He did not hide it either. Basically, the local people knew that the Old Medal Bar was his black market stronghold. However, due to its small size and the safety of the goods he sold, it did not attract the attention of any organization. There were at least a thousand small black market merchants like him in this galactic transit station.
On this day, the Old Medal Bar welcomed a cargo captain. This captain was a long-term partner of the Waste Station. He sold some waste products to Night Bat and mixed some smuggled goods with them. Night Bat personally invited him to the stronghold in the basement of the bar.
After dismissing everyone, only Night Bat and this cargo captain were left in the old and dim office.
Cha! The cargo captain lit a cigarette, took a deep puff, and exhaled a cloud of smoke. The grayish-white smoke dissipated in spirals. He smacked his lips, then took out a piece of paper from his chest, pressed it on the desk, and pushed it toward Night Bat opposite him, saying,
"This is the list of waste products."
"Thanks."
Night Bat was a skinny man with a fawning smile on his face. Anyone who saw him would only think of the word 'profiteer'.
"The goods have been delivered. I'll be leaving first." The cargo captain stood up.
"Aren't you going to stay and play? I heard that the Red Widow of Gray Shed Street has a few elf hybrids recently …"
"Elf hybrids … Forget it, we'll talk about it next time. Have you heard? The Red Empire and the Arcane Church are fighting in the Shattered Star Ring. The situation outside is too dangerous. I'll go home after this trip. I'll come out to work after they're done."
The cargo captain seemed to be a little tempted, but he still waved his hands and left the room.
Night Bat followed him out and gathered his subordinates to unload the containers of the cargo spaceship and move the waste products inside.
In the midst of work, people would not pay attention to the small changes around them. No one realized that Night Bat, who was personally commanding, had suddenly become one or two centimeters taller and had a slight change in his body shape. However, one of the workers under the cargo captain had the opposite change.
After working for half a day, the unloading was finally completed. The cargo spaceship took off and left the planet.
The cargo captain had set up the autopilot. He had just taken off his survival armor and was about to return to his room to rest when he received a report from his workers that there were parasitic Iron Bugs in the warehouse.
This was a common galactic parasite that would destroy the structure of the spaceship. Once discovered, it had to be eliminated immediately.
When the cargo captain rushed to the warehouse, more than thirty workers had already set up flamethrowers and burned the brown beetles that were dozens of centimeters long into Ashes.
"Captain, we have the situation under control. We're checking the spread of the Iron Bugs. Some of the goods have signs of being eaten," a worker reported.
Hearing this, the cargo captain was anxious. The goods he was transporting were all orders from customers. If they were destroyed, he would have to pay for it.
He was just an ordinary person in the universe. He did this kind of small business for a living, and he could not afford to pay for the goods he transported.
"Take me to see it now!"
The two of them hurried into the warehouse. The flames behind them were getting farther and farther away.
At this moment, the worker suddenly pulled out a silenced pistol and aimed it at the cargo captain's forehead.
"You …" The cargo captain suddenly froze, his face full of shock.
Without waiting for him to speak, the worker fired without hesitation.
Poof! Poof!
Poof! The muffled sound of the silenced gun rang out. Three bullets shot into the cargo captain's head. To an ordinary person, this was undoubtedly fatal.
The cargo captain fell to the deck with a plop as blood slowly flowed out.
The worker wiped his face and rubbed off a thin camouflage mask, revealing Night Bat's true face.
At this moment, Night Bat's face was cold. There was not a trace of a profiteer's aura around him. It was all a disguise.
He found the magnetic card and communicator with the captain's authority from the cargo captain's body. He then carried the corpse and swaggered back to the area where the workers were burning the Iron Eating Insects.
Night Bat walked out of the darkness and saw that the situation in the field had changed drastically. Out of the original thirty or so workers, only five were left standing. They all held silenced pistols in their hands. More than twenty workers' corpses were strewn across the ground, all of them shot to death.
"Captain." These people looked at Night Bat and nodded.
They were all spies trained by the Arcane Church. Night Bat had disguised himself as a black market merchant for many years, operating an inconspicuous smuggling channel. Some of them disguised themselves as workers and worked for this cargo captain for a very long time.
These people had been smuggling for many years, secretly transporting various important mechanical parts in batches. Night Bat had a few sets of stargate equipment in his hands. When he was unloading the cargo not long ago, he had asked these workers to do something and secretly send the stargate equipment onto this cargo spaceship.
After hiding for so long, they had been waiting for the organization's call. The Arcane Church activated these spies at such a time. Their mission was to seize an inconspicuous spaceship with a disguised identity, secretly meet up with the Beyond Grade As, and use the stargate to help Sagman and the others evacuate.
Night Bat's team was not the only spy. At the same time, similar scenes were playing out in various regions of the Shattered Star Ring.
Countless small characters who usually did not have a sense of existence began to move.
Beyond Grade As were the pinnacle of individual strength, but no one could be called the main character of the universe. The universe was too big, and every small character had their own role. Some small characters could also affect the big picture.
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