Chapter 631 Prologue of the Crimson Tide, Request From a Star Cluster Civilization (1/2)
When Han Xiao entered his office, Sylvia brought Frenzied Sword and the others in.
”Black Star.”
Including Bun-Hit-Dog, Frenzied Sword and the rest called Han Xiao's name simultaneously with excitement.
As the faction developed, Bun-Hit-Dog could not follow Black Star around everywhere anymore. Upon hearing that Frenzied Sword and the others were visiting Hao Tian, he instantly had an idea. For the sake of material for his show, he did everything he could to convince the others to let him join them. He started videoing as soon as he entered through the door.
Han Xiao looked across them and stopped at Frenzied Sword. He then loaded the 'Faction Leader' emoticon bundle and nodded. ”It's been a long time, my friends.”
Hearing this familiar tone, the others smiled. They had all been members of that highly skilled group of players, and they felt that Black Star speaking to them in a different manner was a special privilege.
”What important information do you have for me?” Han Xiao was curious. The players would not do things if there were no profit involved, so they had definitely accepted a mission from someone.
”We heard this is a hunting list. You're on it…”
Frenzied Sword explained about what had happened, took out the list, and passed to Han Xiao.
Ronaldo? Never heard of this name before, and what are hunters? Han Xiao frowned. He scanned through the list, and his name was indeed on it.
Someone is targeting me? Who could it be? Han Xiao pondered. The only similarity the people on the list shared was that they were all well-known Calamity Grades in the various areas of the Shattered Star Ring. Some of their names were very famous. He had even heard of them before in his previous life.
The fact that they dared target these people, no matter what these hunters' goals were, proved that they had an unfathomable amount of strength.
Are they targeting me because of my fame and strength? Han Xiao contemplated.
The Black Star Army had risen very quickly in these two years. There were barely any opportunities for Han Xiao to do things himself. The fact that he was one of the targets meant that he was seen as one of the well-known people in the Shattered Star Ring.
”Did that Ronaldo say anything else?”
Frenzied Sword shook his head. ”No.”
”Looks like we lack information and can't prove the credibility of this list. I will let Phillip search for the whereabouts of the people on this list. If there really is a group of hunters like he suggested, because he gave too little information, I can't figure out who these people are either.”
Han Xiao shook his head.
Things like this were not very rare. In other words, Calamity Grades were like rare resources in the universe. They were always targeted by organizations with ulterior motives.
Currently, storms were quietly brewing in the Shattered Star Ring. Version 3.0 'Crimson Tide' was slowly approaching, so all sorts of people might appear. In fact, not just in the Shattered Star Ring, but other Star Fields too. The effects brought by the Crimson Dynasty's expansion spread across the entire Galaxy.
The three Universal Civilizations had finally entered the 'exhausted stage' of peace. Just like the 'seven years itch' between partners, although it would not lead to a divorce, quarreling and fighting would become frequent. The couple might be able to sort things out after these small emotional fights, but the damage caused during the fights would not disappear.
In his previous life, the Crimson Tide had been a chaotic era. Many hidden organizations had shown up, made use of the chaotic situation, and blamed the Crimson Dynasty for it. Those were troubled and chaotic times that the players faced back then.
Although Han Xiao was very familiar with the storyline, there was more than one organization that targeted people like him during the Crimson Tide. Some had been exposed in his previous life; some had never been discovered. He could not yet confirm who these hunters were with the limited information that Frenzied Sword and the others had given him.
It might just be an ambitious private organization, such as DarkStar, which indeed did the same thing in his previous life, but it might also be a sign of the 'Calamity of the Supers' or the 'Silver Revolutionary Army'. It was all unclear at this point.
Regardless, this list at least reminded me to be wary of my safety…
Although Han Xiao did not know who the enemy was, he knew that someone had their eyes on him. Hence, he knew that he had to be alert.
According to the intelligence, these mysterious hunters were very strong, strong enough to easily beat usual Calamity Grades. They were very likely Grade A+, which gave Han Xiao a little pressure.
I should find time to deal with the Class Advancement mission. I'm now level 170, and the Promotion at level 180 will be the next Race Evolution. It will make me much stronger. By then, I won't have to worry about Grade A+ Supers.
Sadly, the information of the enemy was too little. He could only stay defensive and could not search for the enemy. This was like a time bomb.
I shall find the time to go back to Floating Dragon Island and have old man Aesop do some foresight…
This time, Frenzied Sword, who had the highest Favorability with Han Xiao among the rest in the room, spoke again.
”Black Star, do you know about the changes happening in the Shattered Star Ring recently?”
They had received some hidden information from Ronaldo and felt it was related to the storyline of the next version. Now that they had finally gotten the chance to meet their faction leader, they felt that since Han Xiao was the mission target, he might know some of the information.
Frenzied Sword wanted to know as much as he could about it.
”The changes recently? What are you referring to?” Han Xiao raised his eyebrows.
”Ronaldo told us that there has been a lot of unrest in the Shattered Star Ring recently. He said that there's an organization behind this…” Frenzied Sword broached the subject in a very subtle way.
”Ah, I know, the Crimson Dynasty.”
The atmosphere suddenly became silent.
Frenzied Sword opened his mouth wide.
Hao Tian's face twitched.
Everyone looked like they were struggling with constipation.
He—He said it this easily…
Although they got the answer they wanted, all of them felt somewhat empty. They had that thought this was a huge secret that no one knew about, but this was only the second person they asked, and he just casually said it.
It seemed that the things happening behind the curtain of the Shattered Star Ring, which Ronaldo took so seriously and could not understand at all, were just normal business to Black Star.
The process was so simple that Frenzied Sword and the others could not help but doubt whether this information was even important at all.
Except for Bun-Hit-Dog, who was the most excited. His eyes were sparkling.
During Version 1.0, Black Star had hinted at Version 2.0's Mutation Disaster. Now, Black Star gave the hint about the next version once again.
They felt that Han Xiao was more and more mysterious as if he knew everything.
Frenzied Sword had known Han Xiao the longest. Even he could not help but feel he did not know Han Xiao at all.