[Fearless Heart] is undoubtedly a semi-template-level specialty. For players, the bonuses above the second tier are more for show than for actual use. The most practical benefit is the 15% boost against Calamity Grade.
The gains from this ability extraction were an unexpected surprise. Han Xiao admired the changed attributes for a while before closing the panel and contemplating his future actions.
"Modo is out of the game, the second requirement of the Kunde Race mission is complete. As long as Modo doesn't provoke me again, I won't need to fight with them anymore... With their retreat, my excuse for participating in the Shattered World Battle is gone, and I have to temporarily withdraw from this stage. Legion players might have some opinions... But fortunately, it's at the end of the version, so the impact is not significant."
Han Xiao thought to himself.
Without Modo as an opponent, the Black Star Army has no reason to continue participating in the Shattered World Battle, which means Legion players will have to leave this main storyline. If this happened in the early to mid-stages of a version update, it would cause an uproar among Legion players, with a significant number of newcomers likely switching factions to participate in the First World Server War.
However, the timing of Modo's retreat was perfect. Now that it's the end of the version, it means that players don't have much time left to be active. Most of their energy is focused on preparing for the fourth professional league and the upcoming world server war. These are the two last things they can do at the end of version 4.0.
In this situation, losing the main storyline of the Shattered World Battle can minimize player backlash. Besides, Han Xiao created a replica of the main storyline, which is at least a reward, reducing the loss of legion players who cannot participate in the real main storyline.
Because of the existence of the Black Star Army, the current state of operation and territorial division of various player guilds and alliances in the Shattered World is completely different from the same period in Han Xiao's previous life. Moreover, this change will continue into future versions, and Han Xiao finds it difficult to predict the future development of these guilds and alliances.
After thinking for a moment, Han Xiao realized he didn't have anything major to do at the end of the version update, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Everything that needed to be done at https://m. hetushu. com has been completed. Now, like the other Beyond Grade A teams, we can sit back and watch the showdown, waiting for the outcome of the Shattered World Battle..."
Han Xiao decided to keep a low profile for a while, go into seclusion to study technology, and smoothly get through the final days of version 4.0. Moreover, the Legion has been in the limelight too much recently, and everything in excess is a bad thing. It's good to cool things down and temporarily get out of the public eye.
"I'm just waiting for the global server wars and professional leagues to drain players' savings so I can save enough for the upgrade fees."
Han Xiao smiled.
He doesn't even need to launch any promotional activities; these two events are like fully automated harvesters—convenient, fast, and effortless.
The Modo Civilization did not make a big fuss about its withdrawal. On the one hand, it publicly announced its campaign against foreign terrorist forces, and on the other hand, it quietly withdrew batches of the Expeditionary Army.
The Super Star Cluster Alliance is, after all, an organization with shared interests. Although Modo abandoned the Shattered World Battle, it could not simply walk away. As the Modo Expeditionary Army withdrew, other Supercluster civilizations also spared some personnel to form a mixed fleet and take over this defensive line.
The Super Star Cluster Alliance was happy to see Modo leave the scene, as this would get rid of Black Star, the plague god, which they saw as a one-for-one exchange. Although the other Supercluster civilizations were verbally unfriendly, the alliance name remained, and each party reached certain exchanges with Modo, signing some preferential agreements as compensation for Modo's departure.
With their main adversary defeated and driven away, the Black Star Army ceased its offensive against the Super Star Cluster Alliance's defenses and departed the Ferdinand War Zone in batches. The fabricated mission, [Black Star Army War Order], was immediately completed, bringing a wave of generous rewards to the Legion's players.
Although the rewards were set by Han Xiao himself and are slightly inferior to the real main storyline, they are not without their advantages. The real Shattered World Battle main storyline requires players to wait until the battle ends before they can see the results, meaning the results won't be available until the next version is released. However, players can claim the faction main storyline quests that Han Xiao imitated right now.
This reward will allow legion players to have more resources to upgrade skills, purchase equipment, and improve their strength. The most direct benefit is that it will help legion players participate in the upcoming world server war and professional league.
Just as Han Xiao had predicted, leaving the main storyline early did not trouble the legion players. If the war against Modo were to continue, this event would make it difficult for the legion to command its players. Now that the players were given a break, they could devote themselves fully to the global server war.
Planet Milton is a desolate planet located in the outer ring of the Emerald Star Cluster. In the past few months, fleets bearing the insignia of different guild alliances have arrived here, establishing bases, fortresses, and defenses on the planet.
Many of these guild alliances are rivals, but they tacitly ignore each other, establishing their own strongholds and refraining from invading each other's territory.
The reason for this situation is one of the rules stated in the invitation to the war: before the start of the war, all professional guilds and player alliances that come to Planet Milton can establish their own strongholds and fortresses without any limit on the number of establishments. They cannot launch formal attacks against each other. Anyone who violates the rules will be expelled from the war.
This is similar to a "protection period," a preparation phase for all participating guild alliances, and also gives all players enough time to travel.
Therefore, over the past few months, these guilds have mobilized batches of spaceships, delivered countless supplies, and established numerous temporary outposts. These outpost locations were not randomly chosen; some guild alliances established defensive and offensive agreements, with the outposts basically adjacent to each other, providing mutual support and protection.
There are rules against starting a war prematurely, and seizing stronghold locations is not allowed; it's first-come, first-served. Therefore, the preparation stage of building strongholds in the early stages is already a battleground of open and covert struggles. Setting up strongholds is like playing chess; not only do you have to connect the strongholds of your own allies, but you also have to place them in advance to disrupt the stronghold formations of opposing guilds that are helping each other. You have to constantly deploy your troops and counter each move.
Now, about 70% of all players in the entire Galaxy have arrived, and the once quiet and deserted Planet Milton has become bustling with activity.
At the Yanhuang Alliance Number One Base, high-ranking members of Huaxia's four major clans and numerous top-tier professional guilds gathered together.
In the center of the room was a three-dimensional virtual projection of Planet Milton, and the ground was divided into areas of different colors, representing the territories of different guild alliances.
The Yanhuang Alliance is a guild alliance spearheaded by professional clubs in Huaxia. It basically includes all top-tier guilds and can be seen as a representative of Huaxia players, with almost all members being legion players.
"Legion players" is a general term and does not refer to a formal guild alliance. It includes different factions. Some foreign players who joined Legions in patch 4.0 formed different guild alliances, and their shared faction served as a bond, making these guild alliances natural allies.
Under normal circumstances, these guild alliances can be regarded as a whole and collectively referred to as Legion players, but they still need to be distinguished in guild nation wars.
At this time, the numerous guild alliances on Planet Milton can be roughly divided into four major camps: first, the Black Star Army faction led by the Yanhuang Alliance; second, the Anti-Black Star Front led by the Pan-Commercial Union; third, the Three Universal Civilizations camps led by the September Conference; and fourth, the independent forces, mainly consisting of other Beyond Grade A camps and neutral camps. They were a disorganized mess, each fighting their own battles without a unified commander.
"... As you can see, the Pan-Commercial Union, the Northern Front, 5C, and other forces have been targeting us. They've set up strongholds around each of our existing strongholds to prevent us from expanding our bases. They clearly intend to encircle us as soon as the war begins; they're very malicious."
Morning Snow and Evening Frost stood beside the 3D projection of the planet, gesturing with her fingers in a casual tone.
He is the president of the official guild of the Dynasty Club and the first leader of the Yanhuang Alliance.
"Hey, are these foreigners playing Go here? Don't they know who the originator of Go is?" Jupiter, the guild leader of the Temple Guild, crossed his legs and looked on dismissively.
"Our allies are no pushovers either. Some have taken positions in advance, preventing the enemy from encircling them, while others have secured strategic locations, allowing us to relieve the siege of Wei by attacking Zhao and attacking what the enemy must defend. It won't be so easy for the enemy to deal with us," said Azure Sky, the guild leader of Long Sky Guild, in a deep voice.
The Black Star Army faction's guild alliance reached an agreement, with the strongest, the Yanhuang Alliance, leading the operation. Besides the Legion's forces, the Yanhuang Alliance also had additional allies: the enemies of forces like the Pan-Commercial Union. The enemy of my enemy isn't necessarily my friend, but at least there's room for cooperation.
"We have the advantage in terms of supplies, fleet, and weapons. The bulk purchase of Evolution Badge has been distributed, and nearly two hundred Trapped Battalion units have been formed. Each unit has a full complement of eight hundred men. As long as they attack a stronghold, their destructive power is comparable to a husky destroying a house. Combined with warship air raids, they can smash the enemy's head in." A guild leader pumped his fist, quite excited.
This battle allows the use of warships and various war machines, but prohibits the use of star-destroying weapons. Furthermore, the weapons used must be purchased by the guild. This battle is purely a competition between players, and players are strictly prohibited from asking NPCs for help.
The alliance of major guilds is essentially creating exposure for themselves by organizing this major war. Guild wars align with the interests of various clubs. As long as they can perform exceptionally well in this battle and even emerge as the final winners, their guilds can attract more ordinary players, increase their popularity, and generate traffic. This is precisely where the interests of professional clubs lie.
The victory conditions are also simple and straightforward, mainly divided into two types. One is to eliminate all enemy strongholds on Planet Milton. After the war starts, the guild alliance is still allowed to continue building strongholds, but at that time it is not a "protection period", and others can attack at will.
Secondly, the enemy guild members will be killed off using up their resurrection attempts within a cycle. The limit for a player's resurrection attempts is a maximum of ten resurrections per account within six days. In such high-intensity battles involving tens or hundreds of millions of players, death will become extremely rapid.
Morning Snow and Evening Frost nodded, turned to look at the many professional players listening, and asked, "How's the challenge going?"
The leading Kings and Generals replied, "We won more battles than we lost; I've forgotten the specifics."
At this moment, Meat Bun, who was sitting to the side, immediately spoke up, gave a thumbs up, and chuckled:
"It's okay, I remember. We have a total of 3488 wins and 1142 losses, a win rate of around 75%, that's pretty awesome!"
The battle rules state that guilds cannot initiate wars prematurely during the protection period. However, with so many players gathered here, many are naturally restless. Individual duels and duels are unrestricted, and player-versus-player combat can be seen everywhere in the wild.
Therefore, the major guild alliances dispatched a large number of PK experts to go out and challenge the experts of other guilds, just like the ancient one-on-one duels on the battlefield. Winning could demoralize the opponent.
These achievements needed to be publicized to enhance the guild's reputation, which required a professional reporting team. Meat Bun, who had already become a celebrity, was temporarily hired by the Yanhuang Alliance as its chief reporter, leading the entire battlefield reporting team and specifically responsible for writing the Yanhuang Alliance's battle reports.
This large-scale national war attracted players from all walks of life. PK experts, support players, managers, reporters, and other roles all had their tasks, and everyone performed their duties, creating an unprecedented spectacle.
As the date of war drew ever closer, the atmosphere on Planet Milton grew increasingly tense, as if a storm was brewing.
This battle has attracted the attention of not only players themselves, but also all major factions, who are watching this internal war among the Immortals.
The Three Universal Civilizations and the supercluster civilization, among other forces, learned some information from the players. Although they were surprised by the special hostility between the different groups of Immortals, they tacitly refrained from disturbing them, instead observing and silently recording the characteristics of the Immortals.
If the Black Star Army faction wins this war, it will also benefit Han Xiao, as it will increase the faction's appeal to new players. However, he has no intention of interfering and does not want to ruin this landmark event that will surely be recorded in the Galaxy Chronicles. He just wants to stay at home, munching on popcorn and watching the show.
Time passed day by day, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, the day of the national war finally arrived!