After spending about a month on Planet Sunil, Han Xiao and his group finally returned to the Juberly Hub. The first thing Han Xiao did upon returning to the hub hall was to upgrade the medium-sized lounge to a large outpost, increasing the rent from 40 to 100 Enas. The space was now much larger and no longer cramped.
The more imposing a faction's base is, the more reliable its members will feel. In fact, Han Xiao thinks that spaceships are the best mobile bases, but a spaceship is too expensive. Even if players cut off all their kidneys, they still couldn't afford one... However, human bodies are not popular in the interstellar organ trading market.
Having money means spending it lavishly; the mechanic's philosophy has always been that money spent can always be earned back.
This trip was very fruitful, with players earning tens of thousands of coins. Han Xiao will need to go through another round of harvesting before he can earn enough to buy two Advanced Knowledge items.
Professional gamers will inevitably use their spare money to buy equipment, and the Juberly Hub has many private equipment shops run by different races, making them competitors.
"It's impossible to make players only spend money here. Players have their own preferences, and we can't deprive them of their freedom, otherwise it will be detrimental to the development of the faction. Except for masochists, no one likes to be forced, and the things I sell may not be able to meet all their needs..." Han Xiao thought to himself, "However, I only need a portion of the players' wealth. Little by little, it adds up to a lot of profit."
Although Han Xiao has many ways to make money, he has always kept his desire to make money within a rational range.
He updated the faction exchange list, adding three types of Sunil soldier armor: defensive, assault, and Reconnaissance. The prerequisite for exchanging them is 500 faction favor points, plus an additional 800 Enas.
Before players could even begin roaming freely in the new stronghold, some discovered new stock in the faction shop.
Frenzied Saber exclaimed in surprise, "Is this the same soldier armor I saw in Sunil?"
Hao Tian asked in confusion, "That's right, this is their technology. How can a mercenary group exchange equipment from other factions?!"
The players immediately became curious.
Meat Bun, quick-witted as ever, offered a plausible idea. "Mercenary groups should be a growing faction. By accepting different missions, they can update their faction shop; the more missions they accept, the stronger their faction becomes..."
Everyone recalled Melos's joining and the growth potential displayed on the faction panel when they first joined Black Star, and they all felt it made sense, and a surge of excitement immediately welled up inside them.
It turns out that the players' actions can make the faction grow stronger!
"We might have joined a special faction!" Frenzied Saber exclaimed excitedly.
Since everyone was a professional gamer, they immediately thought of the advantages of mercenary groups. If they were hired by different factions, the exchange list would be updated with some equipment from that faction. So the more missions they completed, the more exchange options the mercenary group would have. This way, they wouldn't have to join other factions for equipment; they only needed to increase the mercenary group's own reputation, saving them a lot of time!
They were among the first players to enter interstellar space, and they underwent a highly rigorous selection process. Could joining this faction be some hidden benefit?!
Players believe that this characteristic of the mercenary group stems from Han Xiao. The protagonist of the storyline must have something special, and the players trust Han Xiao completely, as if he is capable of doing anything amazing. This is the image that Han Xiao has always cultivated in the minds of the players.
By making players feel that their faction's growth is "driven" by them, and by clearly seeing the faction's progress, a sense of belonging can gradually develop. This was the development path he initially set. Now that players are finally experiencing this feature and feeling a sense of novelty, his strategy has achieved the desired effect.
At this moment, the players had plenty of money and were quite generous. Several of them immediately bought soldier armor. Han Xiao didn't have any physical copies and needed to have them custom-made. The other players were more pragmatic and decided to wait until the physical copies were made before making any further observations.
During the battle with Sunil, every player coveted the individual armor, but unfortunately, there was no way to buy it. Tai Erzi even almost tried to steal one.
"We've been fighting for over a month, let's take a break for a while."
Han Xiao dismissed everyone, left the stronghold, and went to rent a mechanical modification workshop.
He first spent several million experience points to upgrade the armor blueprints to level six before starting to manufacture them. He still had a lot of materials left from Planet Aquamarine, and only a small part of the Sunil Soldier Armor required materials from interstellar space. The cost of one set was only about 50 Enas.
With the mercenary group temporarily free of missions, players can finally explore the Juberly Hub properly and naturally won't just stick to one place to spend their money.
The hub center has numerous shops with a wide variety of goods to choose from. During this rest period, the group saw equipment from different civilizations and bought quite a bit of gear, such as more powerful firearms and small auxiliary machines.
Meanwhile, the group discovered that some mechanical shops were also selling individual armor, which is common in interstellar space. Although the design of these armors was very different from Sunil, the technology they contained was relatively basic. However, the prices in the shops were much more expensive than those exchanged within the mercenary group, with the cheapest costing 3,200 Enas, three times more expensive!
Players, however, became worried. The principle of "you get what you pay for" is deeply ingrained in their minds. With Han Xiao's armor being so cheap, would its stats be poor?
Everyone secretly noted down the attributes of the armor in the shop, preparing to compare them after the mercenary group's products came out (www. hetushu. com. com).
--Although Black Star's equipment is more expensive, professional players, when they have money, always only look at the quality, not the price.
Melos went to the Mercenary Hall alone to register and join the Black Star Mercenary Group, opening his mercenary group resume:
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Black Star Mercenary Group
Credit Score: 154
Total size: 53 people
Grade C: 52 people
Grade B: 1 person
Number of hires completed: 1 (excluding low-level daily tasks)
Active region: Garton Star System
Resume: [Battle for the Defense of Sunil (Collapse/Expand)]
Founder: Black Star - Han Xiao
Creation time: October 2, 688
Overall assessment: A small mercenary group with some combat capabilities, including one Grade B superhuman member.
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"A mercenary group that's only been established for a little over a month, Black Star wasn't lying to me..." Melos saw that the team only had one Grade B, and he knew that he was the strongest member in the group, so he couldn't help but feel a sense of responsibility.
For the sake of the tribe's future, we must protect Han Xiao. Hopefully, the leader won't choose any overly dangerous mercenary missions.
Meanwhile, Han Xiao, who was manufacturing armor in the workshop, received a notification from the control panel.
[Faction Reward Amount: 135,700]
[Leader Level Lv80: +64000]
[Cadre: Melos (B) +20000]
[Size -53 people: +20000]
[Fame -7: +14000]
[Legend Points: Leader (3) + 15%]
[Allies or enemies: None]
Sunil's friendly relationship is a personal matter and has not yet escalated to the level of allies within a faction.
Han Xiao's spirits lifted. His faction had acquired its first cadre, taking the first step forward. The quota had increased by 20,000. Recruiting cadres was indeed a good way to quickly increase the quota.
Two days later, Han Xiao made six sets of soldier armor. The players couldn't wait to try them on and immediately experienced their convenience.
Individual armor is a topic that most civilizations will inevitably research once they reach a certain level. The initial goal is to give individuals stronger physical qualities and greater adaptability to different environments. When players put on individual armor for the first time, it's like opening the door to a new world.
Inside the base, several players who had purchased armor were enthusiastically controlling it. The novel control experience kept them entertained, while other players gathered around to curiously touch it.
How are you feeling?
"It looks heavy, but it's actually very easy to move around in; it has its own built-in power system."
Jiang Yuluo frowned slightly and said in a cool tone, "A bunch of lumps of iron, they look so ugly."
All the male gaming pros glared at it in unison, their shared hatred for the enemy evident for the first time.
"You don't know anything! Mecha is a man's romance!"