A three-dimensional blue star map hovered in front of Han Xiao, showing an overview of the Gaul star cluster, most of which were marked in green, representing galaxies to pick from.

Han Xiao looked at the star map with a thoughtful expression, and the faint blue light of the star map reflected on his face.

Beside him, Tarrokov's remote projection also smiled at the star map.

"Is there a decision?"

"Of course I have, but I have a question...... After the first phase of exploration, the empire has figured out the distribution of resources in each galaxy, although you let me choose by myself, but the galaxy I choose is different, and your attitude is also different. Han Xiao turned his head and glanced at him.

"Hehe, I know what you mean, you're worried, if the galaxy you choose is strategically important and resource-rich, will the empire have an opinion......" Tarrokov shook his head and smiled, "Don't worry, since the empire is willing to give it to you, then don't be afraid of your appetite, the empire won't be so stingy." ”

"That's good." Han Xiao nodded.

"Besides, the Führer asked me to tell you......" Tarrokov's eyes flashed, and his words were meaningful, "she suggested that the more important the galaxy you chose, the better. ”

"Because I'm a member of the pro-Führer faction?" Han Xiao was interested.

"Well, maybe that's one of the reasons...... In this way, to tell you some inside information, in fact, not everyone in the upper echelons of the empire agrees to give you seven galaxies, some people believe that those important areas should be controlled by the empire, and cannot be distributed to any allies, and the head of Ulanriel is trying to discourage public opinion, and take out the direct control areas of the empire that should be in the Gaolu star cluster for you to choose, according to her words, since she has made a promise, you should not play tricks on your allies, that will only chill the hearts of your allies. ”

"She's right, it seems that the Führer takes good care of me." Han Xiao smiled and nodded.

"The Führer suggests that you master some strategic points, in fact, there is another meaning, she wants you to have a greater voice and a higher status in the empire, and indirectly suppress some discordant voices within the empire...... You know what's going on. Tarrokov said.

When Han Xiao heard this, he realized in his heart that what they were talking about was the problem of the evolution cube.

This contradiction is bound to arise when a super A-class ally is in possession of a strategic-level cosmic treasure, such as the former Sisko who has also been under pressure from within the Ethereal Sect.

There are people within the empire who want to take the initiative to hand in the evolution cube, and Han Xiao is not unheard of, but in the face of the rules of cosmic-level civilizations towards allies and his own achievements, this voice is very weak.

It is impossible to force allies to hand in cosmic treasures, and cosmic-level civilizations will not do such a desperate thing, but even so, the desire of some people within the empire for the evolution cube will never disappear.

Ulanreal wants to increase my voice, while the other faction that covets the Evolution Cube doesn't want me to gain too much importance, so it's getting harder and harder to suppress me...... On another level, it's a factional battle of empires.

Thinking of this, Han Xiao was helpless, he didn't want to get involved in the political struggle within the empire, but there was no way, anything valuable was a bargaining chip in the eyes of these imperial factions, and super A-level allies were no exception, and others regarded him as an important bargaining chip on the table, so there was no way.

"No matter what they think, I'll develop myself." Han Xiao shook his head, stretched out his finger and clicked seven times on the star map, "I want these seven galaxies." ”

Tarrokov glanced at it, his eyes flashed, and he laughed: "You really won't be polite." ”

"You're the one who told me not to be polite." Han Xiao shrugged.

He chose the important galaxies of the Gaul star cluster, two of which are the gateways to the two nearby star clusters, which are strategic chokepoints, and the other two galaxies are the traffic transit areas of the future Gaul star cluster, which are very prosperous, and the last three galaxies are located in the center of the star cluster, which is the most resource-rich place and has extremely high development interests.

"Well, I'll report to the Führer, construction will begin soon, prepare in advance, I'm leaving." As soon as the voice fell, Tarrokov cut off the communication, and the remote projection disappeared.

Han Xiao retracted his gaze, stared at the seven lit up areas on the star map, and slowly exhaled.

"Seven galaxies...... This is my future territory. ”

……

A few days later, the Red Empire announced to the entire universe that the first phase of the development of the Shining World had been a complete success, and announced the results of the exploration to the outside world as appropriate.

For a long time, there have been countless pairs staring at the development progress of the shining world, and the new star field is not only the territory of the Red Empire, but also the wealth of the whole universe, and if the development goes well, the empire can also increase its prestige to a certain extent.

This news has lifted the spirits of many forces, especially many consortia, as early as the time of development, the empire has released rumors, the follow-up construction of the first phase, will allow the consortium to inject capital to participate, although there are more people and less meat, only large cosmic consortia can get the admission ticket, but this is still a profitable deal.

And each ally is a good object to invest in, and the Empire's announcement lists the regional ownership rights obtained by each ally, among them, the Black Star Legion tops the list with 7 galaxies, far exceeding the 4 galaxies of the second place Crent.

The major interstellar forces looked at it, and they all felt the importance of the empire to the black star.

…… That's right, Black Star is still very young, growing so fast, it will be the pillar of the empire for hundreds or thousands of years in the future, and the empire cannot be slack.

After the announcement was issued, the major wait-and-see consortia finally began to act, contacting the imperial allies on the list everywhere, among which the Black Star Legion was the most popular among the consortia, and for a while, countless consortia cooperation applications were sent to Philip.

Although the seven galaxies are large, there are too many consortiums staring at the shining world, the consortium invests for profit, and the scope of the territory is so much, it is impossible to cooperate with everyone, Han Xiao personally screened it, first excluded some consortiums with limited strength, and then sent people to negotiate with large consortiums.

This is a big project, and Han Xiao asked Cylvia to transfer civilian personnel from various departments to form various teams to negotiate with different consortia and negotiate the details of cooperation.

The specific way of cooperation is that the consortium takes out cash to invest, buys various resources, engineering equipment, and helps the investment object to build a site, and the investor needs to promise that after the future shines in the world, these consortiums will have the right to operate or exploit certain planets, or the convenience conditions for various businesses, involving a wide range of industries, so according to the different businesses of each consortium, the terms of cooperation are also very different.

There are countless derivative rights extended from jurisdiction, in addition to the real planet, there are a lot of things that can be traded, because the territory is completely under its own jurisdiction, basically, those civilizations can do the transactions themselves, and they are not dragged down by the people, and there is no pressure.

Although Han Xiao was jealous of Sorokin, the two had reached a preliminary cooperation intention before, so in the spirit of abiding by the contract, he sent a message to Sorokin to inquire, and quickly set the terms of cooperation, but the amount of investment from the other party was far lower than Han Xiao's expectations, revealing a breath of poverty.

"It doesn't make sense, the infinite consortium only invests so little money, how can it seem that it doesn't pay attention at all."

In the Legion Commander's office, Han Xiao browsed the terms of the contract with a strange expression.

"Sylvia, I asked you to check the whereabouts of the Infinite Consortium before, have you achieved any results?"

"Well, after the Infinite Consortium entered the Shattered Star Ring, it split another team and participated in the gathering of the overlords in the field of war, if I guessed correctly, the Infinite Consortium was investigating the investment object, and it only invested a little money symbolically in us, and the focus was on the war field."

Han Xiao was puzzled, "It's strange, I got more than three times as much territory as Heber, and Sorokin's investment focus turned out to be Heber?" Could it be that Herber gave him particularly generous terms? ”

After thinking about it for a few seconds, Han Xiao didn't bother much about this matter, staring at this opportunity with a lot of consortiums, he had a choice, and the infinite consortium was unwilling to cooperate in depth, even if he didn't want to cooperate in depth, the last thing he lacked at present was the object of cooperation.

After dealing with the matter at hand, Han Xiao put down the communicator, opened the panel, and looked at the taskbar.

The goal of the first ring of the main quest is to explore the Gaul Star Cluster, and when the Red Empire announces the success of the first phase of development, the first ring quest will be displayed as completed and can be cleared at any time.

Players also have this main quest, but they can't settle it until the version is updated and it's back online.

Han Xiao glanced at the task description, he had accumulated a huge amount of exploration points, and the task evaluation had already reached the highest.

"After a few years of exploration, I finally got the first link of this S+ level main quest." Han Xiao muttered secretly, "The mission evaluation is so high, the contribution reward to me should be enough to redeem the last ultimate knowledge." ”

Saying that, Han Xiao chose the settlement task.

[Shining World Ring 1 completed]

[Your quest rating is: S+]

[You gain 20e experience, random reward x3, 3000 Red Empire Contribution, blank character card x2]

[[Pioneer of Exploration] Milestone Started]

[Milestone Activation Requirements: Obtain at least 3 A-level Exploration Evaluations in the [Shining World] quest chain]

[Current Progress: 1/3]

"Yo, milestone mission." Han Xiao raised his eyebrows.

This kind of milestone quest will give a unique title title or legend, some titles are just good-looking, some have additional bonuses, Han Xiao remembered that he still had a [Legend Hunter] milestone that he had not completed, and the effect of that title was to increase the damage to beast-like creatures, and [Exploration Pioneer] seemed to be able to increase the explosion rate of dungeons and random rewards.

The highest task evaluation gives two billion experience rewards, which is nothing to himself, but for players at level 120, it is enough to upgrade many levels in a row, under the version standard, this reward is already very rich, like the two or three billion experience rewards that Han Xiao has done, they are basically the reward level that only surpasses the A-level, compared to the difficulty of [Shining World] itself, this reward is already very high.

The second ring of [Shining World] also popped up, and the requirement was to complete all the infrastructure construction of the Black Star Legion's territory.

This main quest itself is very flexible, and the specific requirements will change according to the faction and the actual situation, Han Xiao and the legion player's [Shining World] quest requirements are based on the dual camp positions of the Red Empire and the Black Star Legion, and the second ring is to build their own territory, Han Xiao is not surprised by this.

It's a pity that the players are all offline, and they miss the task of this link.

After thinking diverged for a while, Han Xiao put away his distracting thoughts and glanced at the faction relationship column, the most useful thing for himself in the reward was the 3,000 contribution points of the empire, plus this part, the contribution of the empire has exceeded 1w2, which is enough to exchange for the last ultimate knowledge.

"Well, I've finally got the ultimate knowledge together." Han Xiao let out a sigh of relief.

……

At the same time, the field of war.

After the Infinity Consortium reached an agreement with Herber to cooperate, Lofer became an emissary in the war realm, and Sorokin passed on secret orders to her by possessing her retinue.

Not long after the Empire announced the territories of its allies, Lofer contacted Sorokin and expressed his shock.

"The empire is also too preferential to the Black Star Legion, a full 7 galaxies, father, is it really good that we don't focus on investing in the Black Star Legion?"

Sorokin also frowned, he knew that the empire valued the black star, but it was still a bit unexpected for the empire to be so generous.

The Blackstar Legion has amassed more wealth and popularity than expected, which is not good for their plans.

Tsk, those cooperative Imperial factions said that they would operate internally to prevent the Black Star from getting too good territory, and now it seems that they have failed, and the Black Star Legion has gained such a large space for development, isn't this adding difficulty to my suppression work......

This year's teammates are useless!