Chapter 1258 - Test and Welcome (2/2)
“Of course. I’ve always believed in taking the win-win path; you guys know that.” Han Xiao smiled. “If there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave.”
“Hmm, go do your stuff then.”
Han Xiao made a simple gesture to bid farewell and hung up the communication.
When his remote projection in the room disappeared, the three leaders remaining in the room looked at each other, nodded, and came to an agreement.
“Looks like it’s time to take action.”
Black Star replacing the Mechanic Emperor and taking office was the opportunity to act. This was because, to them, the biggest difference between Black Star and Mechanic Emperor was that Black Star knew all too well about avoiding conflicts, unlike the Mechanic Emperor, who was very headstrong. The chance of Black Star flipping the table was very low. This was one of the reasons they waited to act till Han Xiao took office—the personality of the leader was very important.
The three of them did not plan to target Black Star. Their plan was to kill some and poach some. Peak Beyond Grade As were not the three Universal Civilizations’ targets. Instead, they were even going to compensate and woo them during the operation so that they could divide the Beyond Grade As.
According to the personality analysis based on their large databases, Black Star’s predisposition to seek profit and avoid conflict was extremely strong. In order to protect his own interests, there was only a very small chance he would stand on the complete opposite side of the three Universal Civilizations for the other Beyond Grade As. As long as the operation was firm and cruel enough, Black Star would very likely step back to protect himself, which would give them an opportunity to divide the association.
The most ideal result would be the Beyond Grade A Association disbanding, fundamental and medium level members all dying, and most uncertainties eliminated, leaving only their direct members and the peak Beyond Grade As. This way, the three Universal Civilizations would once again gain control of the individuals with great strength, and everything would go back to how it was.
When the three of them were discussing the plan, inside Han Xiao’s office in the Black Star Army, he put down the communicator and mumbled, “The situation is about to reach the tipping point, looks like it’s time to bring the revivors out… there just happened to be a new member requesting to join the association recently, I can use the opportunity to announce their existence to the entire universe.”
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Half a month later, at Beyond Grade A Association headquarters on Planet Finn, a small fleet slowly docked.
In front of the porthole at the bridge of the main ship, a skinny man looked out the porthole at Planet Finn.
“The Beyond Grade A Association finally accepted my request…”
Mahel was relieved, like heavy weights were lifted off his shoulders.
He was a new Beyond Grade A who stepped into this territory a few years ago, raised by a certain Star System civilization. Although the chances of this happening were extremely low, it was not completely impossible. Some civilizations would get unbelievably lucky once in a while.
As the one and only Beyond Grade A of the civilization, Mahel carried heavy responsibilities. After he stepped into the Beyond Grade A territory, he became the guardian of his civilization, earning benefits for his civilization and stabilizing its forces in the local area. He did not join the Beyond Grade A Association as soon as he became a Beyond Grade A, but he also rejected the offers of the other civilizations.
He had only just requested to join the association, and he had come with a mission. He hoped to gain a hold inside the Beyond Grade A Association and bring more benefits to his civilization using the resources of other members.
Today was the welcome meeting the association hosted just for him. Mahel had made a lot of preparations for today. He even hired professionals to draft a script for his speech. He had memorized it and planned to earn the favorability of other members using this nice speech so that he could quickly blend in.
“Hope everything goes smoothly…”
The spaceship stopped at the dock. Mahel walked out and followed the receptionist into the temporary lounge of the venue. On the way, he kept rehearsing the speech he would give later on.
Very soon, Mahel came to the door of the lounge, pushed the door open, and walked in. He subconsciously looked around and was suddenly stunned.
In the room, dozens of people stood and sat around while casually chatting. Hearing someone had pushed the door open, they all stopped chatting and looked at him.
“Isn’t the temporary lounge for one? Did I enter the wrong room?”
Mahel was stunned for a moment. He took a step back, looked at the room number, and was confused.
I’m not wrong. This is the lounge for the rookie to wait to enter the venue. Isn’t this supposed to be my room? Where did these people come from?
At this time, the people inside the room suddenly started laughing. The people near the gate stood up, pulled Mahel in, and pressed him down on the sofa.
“Yo, finally, a real rookie is here.”
“Sit, sit, get something to eat.”
“This is the first time I’ve seen a rookie of the new era.”
The others all crowded around and sized him up curiously while chatting.
Mahel was stuck in the middle with no idea of what to do. He could not take it anymore and yelled, “Who are you? This should be my room. Please get out!”
Hearing this, the others exchanged looks and smiled. Suddenly, everyone’s body shook.
Boom!
The presence of Beyond Grade As erupted in an instant and disappeared the next second.
Mahel was startled. He froze in place and was totally dumbfounded.
All these strangers are Beyond Grade As‽
“W-who are you peop…”
Mahel’s eyes opened wide. His brain was short-circuiting, and he could not even speak properly.
Beiger joked, “Don’t be so nervous. We’re just like you, all rookies joining the association.”
“Impossible! How can dozens of new Beyond Grade As appear in the universe silently‽ Who are you guys‽”
Mahel stood up and lost it.
Isn’t today’s welcome meeting to welcome just me‽
Beiger smiled and waved. “We’re not strangers. Take a closer look, do you recognize us?”
Hearing this, Mahel hastily observed the people present. Suddenly, his expression changed drastically.
“I’ve seen your information… you’re Primordial Ones‽”
“Haha, I knew you would recognize us… Come on, don’t look at us like that. We just simply revived. It’s no big deal.”
Beiger patted Mahel’s shoulder with a smile.
As if his bones were shattered, Mahel lay flat on the sofa with no color in his eyes like he had lost his soul.
At this moment, his brain was completely blank. There was only one thought left in his mind…
When did I fall asleep?