The fourth phase of exploration targets four star clusters, which are geographically located in the central hinterland of the shining world.

The opening of the new star field to the outside world is a means for the empire to dilute the cost of construction, the territory of the first three phases is basically divided, the control is high, and it belongs to the high-security area, and these four star clusters are the free competition area of all forces, and the empire does not restrict foreign forces from competing for territory with each other, which is a low-security area.

The alien forces choose one or several star clusters to explore, while opening the map, while fighting for territory, and in the early stage of exploration, each force mainly occupies an area, and the goal is basically the same, that is, to occupy a bridgehead, and then slowly explore the subsequent unknown areas.

Now, not long after the arrival of countless foreign forces in the fourth phase, the exploration area is still limited to the edge of the four star clusters, but the situation has already shown signs of intricacies, if you want to carefully demarcate the territory currently occupied by various forces on the star map, it must be the most complex territory in the whole universe.

Most of the forces have long foreseen the intensity of the competition, and they have carried out different degrees of grouping, and roughly speaking, the main camps active in the free competition zone at this time can be divided into several categories.

The first is the Earth Head Snake, which refers to the empire and its allies, all of which occupy an early territory on the edge of the four star fields, and their status is a bit transcendent, after all, most of the foreign forces do not want to go head-to-head with the Earth Head Snake, and the forces to which the empire belongs do not work hard to explore, and do not join the fierce competition.

The second is the alliance of different civilizations, the Super Star Cluster Alliance is one of the best, and the rest is a star cluster-level civilization alliance divided by star fields, which has been explored and expanded on a large scale, and they all occupy bridgeheads.

The third is the consortium army, which is dominated by various mercenaries, mainly seeking wealth, and occupies a relatively scattered territory. Fourth, there are foreign super-A-level forces, which are also very competitive, but their numbers are scarce. Fifth, there are various non-governmental organizations, which are the most complex and scattered, and often change hands in previous lives, and are the main areas where conflicts break out.

As for the Radiance and the Ethereal Spirit, they are very low-key, in a quiet corner, and have no intention of expanding aggressively, just allowing their allies to compete freely.

The three major civilizations all have a tacit understanding, and they have made it clear that they will give up the stage and compete with other forces, just like raising Gu.

However, at present, there are occasional frictions in the free competition zone of the four star clusters, but there has not yet been a large-scale armed conflict, and the exploration has just begun, and there are still many unknown territories, and everyone is burying their heads in the edge of the star cluster to explore inward, and the power pattern is far from saturated.

At present, these forces are mainly afraid of the attitude of the Empire, but it is only a matter of time before they fight, and with the first shot of the shining world fired by the Black Star Legion, this process will be greatly accelerated.

One of the Fourth Free Play Zones, the Emerald Cluster.

The massive Black Star Legion exploration fleet sailed out of the Empire's military gates and arrived at the Cluster's borders.

In the command room, Hairamen stood expressionlessly in front of the console, carefully looking at the holographic virtual star map in front of him.

Now she is wearing a new outfit, it is a nano material suit specially made for her by Han Xiao, a double-breasted black uniform, the style is a luxury version of the legion cadre uniform, close to the skin, outlining a curvy and charming figure, with the corps logo on the neckline, and at the same time wearing a wide high-necked cloak behind her, the surface is black and gold, with gorgeous lines, and the inner village on the reverse is red.

The model of the suit is "Red Snake Original", super A-level equipment, containing a lot of cutting-edge technology, and the daily mode is like ordinary clothes, and when it enters the combat state, it will show the powerful performance of super A-level mecha equipment.

This suit was not built temporarily, Han Xiao had already made this equipment before Hela returned. Hela got this gift, although she didn't say anything on the surface, but she wore it all the time, and she obviously liked it in her heart.

"Deputy Commander, where are we going now?" The female adjutant next to him asked.

Hai stretched out his finger and clicked on the holographic star map to zoom in on an area, this is a planet on the edge of the emerald cluster, called Phiri Star, the orientation is a little off, and it has not been occupied by people at this time.

"Go here and build a bridgehead." Hella Road.

She is now the commander of the exploration fleet, and Han Xiao has given her a high degree of independent decision-making power, and only limits the legion's exploration target to the Emerald Star Cluster, and the specific actions are commanded by Hela.

The reason why he chose the Emerald Star Cluster is because it is also the home of the exploration of the Modo civilization, and it is also a prosperous area in the previous life, he remembers that there are some hidden elements here, there is a remnant of an old civilization unearthed in this star cluster, the civilization level is very high, and a large amount of technical information is preserved, which has caused countless forces to compete in the previous life, but the specific location is unknown.

On top of that, the Emerald Cluster is one of the coordinates where the Chaos Secret Energy was born.

In the alien god legacy, there are several coordinates that predict the birth of the Chaos Secret Energy, and Han Xiao is not easy to judge which one is true, because the Alien God in the previous life was not cold, and the information was not leaked, so the Alien God quietly got the Chaos Secret Energy and did not attract much attention from the outside world, and the player did not know about it.

However, Han Xiao has been secretly monitoring Evans's whereabouts, and after being released from prison, this Chaos Secret Host's previous life host found a job and became an ordinary ground crew member of a consortium exploration fleet, responsible for cleaning and repairing the ship, and his fleet came to the Emerald Star Cluster.

Therefore, Han Xiao was quite sure that the Emerald Star Cluster was the location where the Chaos Secret Energy was born, after all, after the Chaos Secret Energy was ripped off by the alien god, he must have found a host nearby, so the area where Evans was located was the most likely.

Of course, Hela didn't know about these things yet, and she casually ordered to command the fleet to go to Phiri.

And some of the player guilds did not follow, but broke away from the large army and acted separately.

These registered guilds have the right to act freely, in order to build their own stronghold, they don't want to follow the big army, this is something Han Xiao acquiesces to, and he has prepared a lot of tasks for players in the legion interface, with rich rewards, which is to encourage the guild to act independently and expand the lead.

……

Somewhere in the Emerald Star Cluster, the fleet of the Beast Zugorutan is stationed on a planet, and the bridgehead is in full swing.

Although he is the patron behind the interstellar black market, Gorutan also has his own power, and if there is anything special about it, it is that most of the members are his descendants.

Gorutan stood on a solitary peak, overlooking the earth, which was gradually being covered with metal, and above him was a dark and deep starry sky, and aurora from atmospheric ionization flowed in the sky.

He was naked, his majestic and majestic body was ** between heaven and earth, his lion's mane-like fur fluttered in the corrosive wind, and the sparkling brilliance swirled around his body, each of which was a highly concentrated martial arts arrogance.

The peak super A-level martial artist, the training method has been sublimated from simply tempering the body to a higher realm, to use every inch of the body to feel the operation of the universe, very mysterious, like Hebber's kind of cultivation method of bathing in the stars, Gorutan has long since stopped doing it.

At this moment, meteors flew from the sky and landed behind Gorutan, all of whom were natural disaster-level cadres, more than forty people.

"Father!"

Everyone bowed their heads and spoke in unison, in a respectful tone.

These cadres are all descendants of the Beast Ancestors, and they all have different appearances, as if they belong to different species.

Gorutan is worthy of the word "ancestor" in the nickname, and he also has a folk nickname called "Starry Sky Planter".

After he evolved into a super-A species, he gained strong fecundity, his genes have extraordinary adaptability, in front of him, there is almost no problem of reproductive isolation, and he can give birth to offspring with most species, and his method of expanding the population is very crude and simple, that is, to capture females of different races, use them to mate, and give birth to a variety of mixed species.

And if there are excellent mutants among the offspring, he will also turn the offspring into his own fertility machine to create more powerful offspring. This practice has impacted the ethics of some races, so Gorutan has been rejected by many civilizations, thinking that he is a beast-like barbarian, but there are also quite a few races that don't care about this, after all, the ethics of each species are different.

Gorutan turned around, not caring about being naked in front of his descendants, and said in an urn voice: "What's the matter? ”

A descendant stepped out of the crowd, looking like a spider-like insect with a human-like face, and six arthropod-like arms holding a communicator in respect, "Father, Sorokin is looking for you." ”

Gorutan snorted through his nostrils, picked up the communicator, and appeared in front of him a virtual figure of Sorokin.

"What are you looking for me to do?"

Sorokin smiled faintly, "Remember my plans for the Black Star Legion?" Now is the time, when the Infinite Consortium has gained a foothold, it will start its business against the territory of the Black Star Legion, and before that, it can curb the exploration of the Legion. ”

"Need my help?"

"Yes, now the Black Star Legion exploration team is heading to Firi Star, not far from you, I hope you can occupy Firi Star first, the other party is leading the team is Hela, test her, it is best to force the Black Star Fleet back, delay the progress of their exploration, and hit their prestige."

"Why don't you do it yourself?"

"I'm not in the Emerald Cluster, and I can't beat Hela." Sorokin smiled.

"Hmph, we made a deal with you, but we didn't want to deal with the Black Star Legion personally, and you turned me to help as an employer, what's the matter?" Gorutan snorted coldly, he is also a peak super A-level, he is not afraid of provoking the black star, but he doesn't want to work in vain.

Sorokin said slowly: "My ability is limited, I only have some ability in business, if you don't help me, I can't limit the exploration of the Black Star Legion, the effect will be reduced, don't blame me for not causing enough pressure on the Black Star when the time comes...... And I can tell you something, Radiance and Ethereal, who are planning to kill Hela. ”

"Oh? Are they not afraid to provoke the empire and have another pinnacle of death? ”

"You don't know this, Hela belongs to the Black Star Legion, but she didn't promise to join the Empire, killing her will only anger the Black Star, Hela's becoming a super A-class is an accident, but it also allows us to find a new direction to fight the Black Star Legion."

Gorutan narrowed his eyes, "You forgot what Black Star said at the meeting of the gods, there are too few super A-grades, and it is not good for us to die a single one." ”

"Haha, is that really the case?" Sorokin smiled faintly, "The Weapon Kingdom has great ambitions, and he hopes to gather all the super A-level forces and win more things...... But on the other hand, is this being used by him? Contrary to his thoughts, if the Super A class is reduced, the remaining people will be safer and more relied on by advanced civilizations. ”

Gorutan frowned, "Are you going to betray the same front of the Super A class?" ”

"There has never been a so-called betrayal, what does the other person have to do with us, isn't the current situation of the super A-class not good enough?" Sorokin disagreed, "Plotting something that doesn't belong to us, this ambition will only lead us to ruin." ”

“…… Don't say anything like that to me again, and I'll assume I didn't hear it. Gorutan waved his hand irritably, "For the sake of the old friend, I'll help you once, Filixing and I'll go on a trip, and the next dividend will be doubled for me, otherwise don't talk about it." ”

"Okay." Sorokin smiled.

Hanging up the communication, Gorutan glanced back at the many descendants, and said in a deep voice: "Prepare the spaceship, follow me." ”

At this time, one of the descendants couldn't help but say, "Father, isn't it not cost-effective for us to provoke the Black Star Legion in the Shining World......

"You thought Sorokin was the first person to ask me to do this?" Gorutan snorted, "Heh, in today's shining world, there are more organizations that want to deal with the Black Star Legion...... Black Star is too big a tree! ”

……

The Black Star Legion exploration fleet was halfway through when they suddenly received a message.

"Your Excellency, Deputy Commander, there is a situation." The female adjutant hurriedly broke into the room.

Hela, who was meditating, opened her eyes and frowned, "What's the matter?" ”

"Phiri Star was occupied first, and the other party is the fleet of the Beast Ancestor Gorutan, I, are we going to change the planet as a stronghold?"

"Gorutan?" A coldness flashed in Hela's eyes, "We didn't hide our whereabouts, the outside world knew our target, but he deliberately seized Firistar, this is a provocation to the legion!" If we take a detour, it will weaken the prestige that the Legion Commander has built up so hard. ”

"But Gorutan is the pinnacle super A-level, you, you ......" The adjutant wanted to speak and stopped, not daring to continue.

"Your legion leader is also a peak super A-level, there is no reason to give in!" Hela stood up and said in a deep voice: "The route remains the same, give me full speed ahead!" ”

What about the peak super A-level, it's not like I haven't been beaten!

She is not a guy with exhausted potential like Garroze, saying that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and is never afraid to challenge the strong.

Only by fighting the strong can you stimulate your own potential, this is Hela's credo.

……

At the same time, Han Xiao, who was happily counting his experience in the Black Star Palace every day, also received a report from Philip and was slightly stunned.

"Gorutan? When did I provoke him? ”

Han Xiao scratched his head, a little helpless.

Although I don't know the reason, I am not a small person now, and there is no reason to back down and let the family gain an inch.

This is what you ran to break your life by yourself, and I have nothing to do with the rain.

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(Recommend a book, "I Can Extract Proficiency", martial arts online game article, author Yun Dongliu, introduction: "Team up to kill the boss? The equipment is divided equally, and the corpse is mine! Ye Weiming, who was dressed in a flying fish suit, leaned on the heavenly sword with his right hand and the coffin board in his left hand, and looked at the boss with extremely kind eyes. ）