Sitting in the VIP seats of the venue, although Xiao Ran was still wearing a general's uniform, the unfathomable expression under the mask gave people a sense of awe and mystery. Xiao Ran was sitting and facing the stage. He looked like he was seriously listening to the song and watching the performance. His right index finger would slide in front of him from time to time as if he was swaying along with the music.
Xiao Ran's appearance was played many times by the large holographic projection above the stage. In the eyes of outsiders, Xiao Ran's appearance was clearly quite relaxed. And the reason why he was relaxed was because he had considerable confidence in himself.
In fact, Xiao Ran's eyes weren't focused on Sherry Dew's performance on the stage at all. In fact, other than him, it was something that others couldn't see at all. It was the information projected from the wristwatch on his left hand.
He repeatedly looked at the prompts that popped up in his mind and understood the specific explanations of the conditions one by one. The swaying of his right index finger was just a habit of adjusting what he wanted to see.
Among the six conditions mentioned in the prompt, the first one was about population and autonomous territory. Since there was a requirement for a population of more than 5,000,000 and an autonomous territory named Billy, there must be a corresponding requirement for an autonomous territory as well. For the 25th Fleet, even if they didn't include the current planet, just the size of the fleet with one island, two islands, and three islands was indeed not small. In the end, the large proportion was probably due to the fact that they were on a planet.
The second condition was that they were not allowed to use force, schemes, assassination, coercion, trading or any other negative means to obtain the highest authority in the faction. To put it simply, after joining the faction, they would have to do it openly if they wanted to climb up the ranks. Whether it was to gain merits or flatter, one had to climb up the ranks step by step. One couldn't play tricks in the dark. At the same time, one had to grasp the power of both the military and the government.
Based on this alone, the difficulty of this quest was already at an S rank. Unless there was someone like Xiao Ran, who was familiar with the plot, and was able to successfully connect with important characters, everything would go smoothly. However, the key was that the quest had to be completed in a short period of time. How many people could be satisfied with this?
Third, faction support and opposition. This was also considered an extremely high requirement. The faction must also gain a great reputation among the civilians during the mission period. This required the participants to do a lot of practical work. Furthermore, it also completely ruled out the possibility of the military or government using some kind of shady means to gain the support of the two factions without the approval of the civilians and still gaining the exclusive faction.
The explanation for the fourth condition was also very simple. First of all, the Faction had to be a civilization with its own culture and history. Ideology, way of thinking, values, and so on also denied the possibility of the participants using large amounts of money to gain the support of the people. Furthermore, there would not be crazy beliefs, such as the participants disguising themselves as gods to gain the highest authority.
The fifth requirement was that the Faction must be a truly independent Faction. It could not be a city in a country. Even if the Faction was an independent Faction, it was not desirable.
As for the sixth one, it restricted what the participants could do. They had to contribute to the faction and not have any history of harming the faction. Of course, this also included the possibility of trading with other faction participants so that they could have a greater say in their own faction.
In total, the six conditions could be said to be interconnected. It was quite troublesome. If any of the conditions were not satisfied, even if the participants obtained the highest authority in the faction, it would be useless. It would be impossible to get the exclusive faction. To be honest, the possibility of getting the exclusive faction was very, very small. Moreover, it was also extremely strict.
Even if there were a hundred participants, a hundred participants would not be able to trigger it. The reason why Xiao Ran triggered this thing was purely because he had one more chance than the others. He also knew that the storyline would increase the favorability of the participants. Generally, even if a B-rank participant participated in any of the worlds that Xiao Ran entered, it would be completely impossible for them to get the same result. Even an A-rank participant would not be able to get the same result.
After the exclusive faction, it was said that it was exclusive to the army, which also meant that only the army could have it. At the same time, Xiao Ran also saw something. Something like the exclusive faction might be prepared for the army, but if it was the army that fulfilled the six conditions, it did not seem right.
Xiao Ran could not tell what was wrong. Anyway, he felt that it was a little strange. Thinking about it carefully, if there were enough people in the army, all of them could join the government and the army, gradually take over the power of both sides, and finally push the army commander to the top to get the exclusive faction. Wouldn't this be too simple?
Then, was there any difference between Prometheus' calculation method and what he thought?
Xiao Ran thought about it and felt that he could not understand at all. He shook his head and did not think about this problem anymore. Instead, he focused his attention on the three options regarding the exclusive faction. Of course, the third option was not considered at all. Facing these two options, Xiao Ran fell into deep thought again.
In fact, the reason why Xiao Ran could not figure it out was that he had completed the super hidden mission that was supposed to be completed by the army. In his opinion, it was indeed very difficult. If any of the conditions were not met, it would be useless. This understanding was correct, but he mistakenly thought that it was very easy for the army to control the power of both the military and the government.
Thinking about it, if 100 points of favorability were to be divided among 100 people, then each person would only receive 1 point. However, if it was only one person, then he would receive 100 points. This was the same for an army. Favorability was only for an individual, not for a squad or an army. This was one of the reasons why Zhao Feng was so confident.
Secondly, even if the army occupied the authority of both the military and the government, would the army commander be able to get the sincere support of the faction? This was probably very difficult. More importantly, if there were too many people, it would also lead to the dispersion of power. Furthermore, if the army really replaced the leaders of all the authority departments with their own people, it would be clearly related to negative means. Therefore, even if the army wanted to get an exclusive faction, it would be extremely difficult.
Therefore, in an army, other than the army commander, the others could only be used as support. Even if they were to be the main body, the number of people and actions had to be limited to a just right level. This was also very difficult to grasp.
Xiao Ran looked at the two options and felt that the first option was the most attractive. They could return to this world during the mission break period, and the members of the army could also develop in this world, research new technologies, and purchase the products of this world. How attractive was this? It was equivalent to a huge logistics base. Furthermore, there was also the last sentence of the exclusive building for the army. He did not know what it was used for, but the key was that it could only be used by the army.
As for the second option, Prometheus's additional reward and the greatest reward from the quest was actually quite attractive as well. The greatest reward should be three out of five excellent rewards, or perhaps even more. But Prometheus's reward should at least not be any less than the short-term value of a personal faction. Furthermore, there were no restrictions, and the reward could be used as soon as one obtained it.
However, although Xiao Ran was a very practical person, he was not someone without foresight. For the current situation of the squad, everything was very good. There were no areas that needed to be improved, and there were no obvious shortcomings. Furthermore, they could be considered self-sufficient. Therefore, Xiao Ran naturally valued the first option more, which was to obtain an exclusive faction that could be used in the future.
"In the short term, the second option is obviously the best option. However, what I want isn't the short term. I want to truly live on in this world and lead everyone to greater heights, all the way until I completely clear Prometheus. Perhaps choosing the first option won't bring me any benefits in the short term, and there might even be more investments. However, there is no doubt that only the first option will allow me to obtain more in the future and go further."
When Xiao Ran tapped on the first option, a series of words flashed past his eyes, and at the same time, a notification sounded in his ears.
"Ding! You have chosen option 1. Convert your current faction to your exclusive faction. Confirm?"
Xiao Ran smiled and made the choice decisively. "Confirm."
"You have chosen to convert your current faction, the 25th Immigrant Group, to your exclusive faction. The exclusive faction is an army. Number 678 is currently without an army."
"You cannot convert your current faction. The faction conversion will be locked until Number 678 has an army. The time limit will be one mission cycle. If there is no army after one mission cycle, the first option will be automatically cancelled, and you will be randomly assigned from options 2 and 3."
"Number 678, you can choose to join an army or choose to build your own army to activate the faction conversion. After the faction conversion is completed, you will receive a new notification."
"Phew." After the series of notifications in his mind were completed, Xiao Ran let out a soft sigh. He was afraid that he would not be able to choose option 1 without an army, but the truth was that Prometheus was very generous with the rewards and would not deliberately be harsh on the participants. He even gave Xiao Ran a mission cycle to solve the army problem.
However, if he could not solve it, there was a 50% chance that he would get option 3, which was no reward at all. It was also a kind of punishment. (To be continued.)
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