Chapter 1364 (1/2)

Chapter 1364: 447. Hook salt bait straight

In the first few days after the Black Hole Magic Academy was established, Noland Lee was actually “complained” about by the United Bureau.

Since man-made black holes possess certain destructive powers, players’ ships would be destroyed if they parked too close to them.

Despite Noland Lee’s repeated reminders for players to use escape pods instead of ships to reach the Academy, there were still incidents where the United Bureau’s Navy Warships were accidentally damaged.

A sizable portion of players had high reputation values within the United Bureau, which allowed them to rent warships from the Space Navy.

They carelessly parked the warships near the black hole, then carelessly let them be damaged by the black hole, and finally, carelessly took away valuable items such as military radars and computers just before the warships were sucked into the black hole.

This series of events lead to the loss of standard warships for the United Bureau, and players who rented these warships colluded with outsiders to strip them of high-value equipment.

In essence, players renting the warships were exchanging their United Bureau reputation points for a considerable amount of Credit Points.

I have to say, when it comes to cunning stratagems, players are the most cunning.

This was just an excellent way to quickly cash in on faction reputation!

Just within the first week of the Academy’s opening, many players made a fortune using this method.

There was no choice, to prevent further losses, the United Bureau had Captain Leighton contact Noland Lee, hoping he could mitigate the destructiveness of the black hole.

Noland Lee thought about it and found it reasonable.

If the players didn’t include him in their plans to strip the warship’s equipment using the black hole, then why should he help them destroy the warships?

Therefore, Noland Lee adjusted the layout around the black hole’s perimeter and manually created an isolation zone encircling the entire black hole.

Outside the isolation zone, players could dock their ships, and the black hole wouldn’t harm these ships.

But if anyone parked inside the isolation zone, they could kiss their ship goodbye, as the black hole would immediately destroy it, and the incident would be considered the player’s fault, with the United Bureau not providing insurance services.

If a rented warship was lost inside the isolation zone, the renter would have to reimburse the United Bureau for the full amount of the loss.

With this, the players’ devious schemes were finally curbed.

At the same time, the public area outside the isolation zone also saw a bustling scene of heavy traffic.

The place was like a multi-level parking lot.

Constantly floating at fixed coordinates, the flashing signal strips formed the passageways, parking spots, indicators, and boundary lines of the 3D parking lot for ships.

Ships of various sizes docked in different zones.

Between each docking spot, shimmering signal strips acted as boundary lines.

No matter what kind of ship it was, under the guidance of holographic projections, they could find their own “parking spot.”