Chapter 933 - Black Stars Tour (2/2)

“it’s alright. i left my number for you. you can contact me if you change your mind.”

karlot was overwhelmed with favor and said without confidence, “i… truly do not understand why you think so highly of me.”

“i am only interested in developing more talents.”

he then patted karlot’s head and felt the changes in the gazes of those around. a profound smile could then be seen on his face.

heh, i helped you strengthen your protagonist interface. you don’t need to thank me.

han xiao then looked at karlot deeply before disappearing from everyone’s sight.

the next moment, han xiao’s figure appeared outside the atmosphere. he did not remain on the planet and left in his spaceship.

during the following period, han xiao remained in the territory of the dynasty. the upper echelons of the dynasty paid close attention to han xiao’s actions and observed that he paid visits to many different people. some of them were middle-rank members within the dynasty, and others were ordinary individuals.

the upper echelons of the dynasty understood han xiao’s intentions. black star was planning for the future and considering what kind of talents he should invest in for his authority in the dynasty to increase.

however, the choices that han xiao had made were truly strange. han xiao did not pick the current high-ranking individuals but went to find some strange people. just what kind of logic was that?

the dynasty had investigated everyone that han xiao visited. some of them truly had great potential, but the majority of them did not seem special at all.

the upper echelons of the dynasty were puzzled. they could not understand the basis behind black star’s choices. his choices truly seemed far too random.

on han xiao’s side, he paid visits to many npcs that would be famous in the future.

the majority of them rejected joining the black star army just like karlot. there were some who had accepted han xiao’s invitation, and he managed to bring some talents over to his side. of course, han xiao did not rope over any talents who would have authority in the dynasty in future.

on the shattered star ring’s side, sylvia acted according to han xiao’s instructions and took the relevant measures. she contacted many of the organizations working together with the army to withstand the pressure from the limitless financial group together.

this idea achieved a certain effect, and a portion of the organizations accepted the suggestion to form a loose alliance to increase the difficulty of the limitless financial group acquiring these organizations.

however, this was a method that did not resolve the root cause of the problem.

the army was not a real financial group after all, and their foundation was not as robust as the limitless financial group. these organizations only cooperated with the army and were not properties of the army.

the most important thing would be for these organizations to hang in there by themselves. as for the rest, the army could only look at convincing some of their partner civilizations to provide some political leeway to these organizations to aid their businesses.

the only way to resolve the root cause of the problem would be for the dynasty to open up the rights to sell the totem to everyone. however, this was not something that han xiao could decide alone. since competition was unavoidable, han xiao did not think too much about it and focused on training his energy. as long as his energy reached the requirement for the promotion mission, he would go and cause trouble for the tyrant.

he would not be able to solve the problem this way but could create a lose-lose situation for both of them.

he would only be able to use strength to target heber, but it was useless for him to suggest sparring with sorokin. the other party was the leader of a financial group and was using normal business means to compete with him. if han xiao used strength to deal with sorokin, the citizens of the universe would only think that the black star army was too tyrannical. furthermore, sorokin did not need prestige, and han xiao was able to think of over a hundred different reasons for sorokin to admit defeat immediately.

heber was different. as an ally of the dynasty, heber helped the enemy backstab him, and han xiao would have no qualms with beating heber up. heber placed much importance on his prestige and would never run from a spar. this was also a good opportunity for han xiao to take revenge about the time heber bullied him when he had just become a beyond grade a.

as the owner of the evolution cube, many large organizations paid close attention to all of han xiao’s actions. even if he was only having a holiday in the dynasty’s territory, many organizations still paid attention to him. everyone knew that he was hiding from the storm, and no one wanted to disturb him.

however, there were some who had other thoughts.

…

planet ladbu was the colonial planet of a star system vassal civilization in the crimson dynasty’s territory. because of the interference from the universal civilizations, all the vassal civilizations in the central galaxy made use of more lax and backward political systems. this civilization was like that. this colonial planet was managed by a local feudal lord. apart from in emergency situations, the feudal lord would not be appointed by the central power but elected from the region. it was a semi-independent system.

such a backward ruling method was not advantageous to the authority of the civilization.

the position of feudal lord on planet ladbu had always been held in the hands of a few prestigious families.

although an election would be held according to an ancient agreement, the election was only for show, and the family that took up the position of feudal lord had already been decided beforehand.

this year was the election year for planet ladbu, but it was different from the other years. an individual called iapetus, who was born in a business family, returned to participate in the election. originally, someone like him would have been suppressed by the other families, and it would have been impossible for him to emerge victorious.

but this time, the citizens of planet ladbu seemed to be tired of the various large families playing politics and wanted a new face. as such, they gave their votes to the outsider, and iapetus became the most popular candidate. first, he was a local, and second, he was from a pretty famous business family on planet ladbu. according to the current votes, he was the most likely candidate for the position of feudal lord.

“we hope that you will back out from the election.”

in one of the most luxurious apartments of the planet, the emissaries of the various families placed a communicator with a bank transfer page on the screen in front of iapetus.

“what is the meaning of this?” iapetus frowned.

“name a price.”

“i do not lack money.”

“do you really want to block our way?”

iapetus replied with a deep voice, “i am only playing according to the rules. this is what an election means.”

the emissaries then looked at each other and stood up to leave. one of them then looked at iapetus coldly and said, “you’ve made the wrong choice.”

after the emissaries left the room, iapetus let out a long sigh. his back was already covered with sweat, and he let out a bitter laugh.

at this moment, a lady wearing a secretary uniform walked in and stood in front of iapetus. she said with worry on her face, “they will not let go of you so easily.”

“i know.” iapetus waved his arms and muttered under his breath, “now that negotiating with me has failed, they will employ more violent means. if they are kind, they will kidnap me and use various methods to frame me. if they aren’t, i will not be able to survive until the end of the election.”

“i have already hired more galactic mercenaries as your bodyguards. they will protect you for sure.”

“mercenaries… people who can be bought over with money cannot be trusted.”

“… brother, why not you give up on the election? your life is more important than anything.”

this female secretary was not an ordinary employee but iapetus’ kin.

“no. there are some things that an individual has to do.” iapetus shook his head.

the female secretary had a complicated look in her eyes and a tinge of admiration. she had always admired iapetus, not just because of his methods but also because of his courage.

both of them then fell silent for a while, and iapetus’ eyes lit up as though he thought about something.

“right, i heard that the bigshot black star is currently touring the dynasty. his last seen location isn’t too far from planet ladbu, right?”

“er, i think so.”

upon hearing that, a bright glow lit up in iapetus’ eyes.

“i have a bold idea. perhaps… we can make use of black star!”