A bright blue three-dimensional star map was suspended in front of Han Xiao, showing an overview of the Gaolu star cluster. Most of the areas were marked green, representing the galaxies available for selection.

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

Beside him, Tarrokov's remote projection also looked at the star map with a smile.

"Have you made a decision yet?"

"Of course, but I have a question... After the first phase of exploration, the empire has figured out the resource distribution of each galaxy. Although you let me choose by myself, the galaxy I chose is different, and your attitude is also different.

It’s different.” Han Xiao turned his head and glanced at him.

"Haha, I know what you mean. You are worried that if the galaxy you choose is a strategically important and resource-rich place, will the empire have any objections?" Tarrokov shook his head and laughed, "

Don’t worry, since the empire is willing to give it to you, I don’t have to worry about your big appetite, the empire won’t be so stingy.”

"That's good." Han Xiao nodded.

"Besides, the head of state asked me to tell you..." Tarrokov's eyes flashed and he said with deep meaning, "She suggested that the more important the galaxy you choose, the better."

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

"Well, this may be one of the reasons... Let me tell you some inside information. In fact, not everyone in the empire's top management agrees to allocate you seven galaxies. Some people believe that those important areas should be controlled by the empire.

It cannot be given to any ally. Head of State Ulan Riel went against all odds and gave you the area under direct control of the Empire in the Gaolu Star Cluster for you to choose from. According to her, since she has made a promise, she should not

Playing tricks on your allies will only chill their hearts."

"She is right, it seems that the head of state takes good care of me." Han Xiao smiled and nodded.

"The head of state suggested that you take control of some strategic locations. In fact, she also has another meaning. She hopes that you will have a greater voice and a higher status in the empire, and indirectly suppress some disharmonious voices within the empire... You know how?

That's what happened." Tarrokov said.

When Han Xiao heard this, he realized clearly that what they were talking about was the issue of the Evolution Cube.

When a Transcendent A Grade ally possesses a strategic cosmic treasure, this kind of contradiction will inevitably arise. For example, Sisko used to be under pressure from within the Ethereal Religion.

There were people in the empire who wanted him to take the initiative to hand over the Evolution Cube. It was not that Han Xiao had not heard of it, but in the face of the rules of the universe-level civilization towards allies and his own record, this voice was very weak.

It is impossible to force allies to hand over cosmic treasures. A cosmic-level civilization will not do such a thing to exploit all the benefits, but even so, the desire of some people within the empire for the Evolution Cube will never disappear.

Ulan Riel wants to increase my voice, while the other factions that covet the Evolution Cube don't want me to gain too important a position, so it becomes increasingly difficult to suppress me... From another level, this is the empire's

Factional strife.

Thinking of this, Han Xiao felt helpless. He did not want to get involved in the political struggle within the empire, but there was no way. Anything of value was a bargaining chip in the eyes of these imperial factions, and Transcendent A Grade allies were no exception.

As an important bargaining chip on the card table, there is nothing you can do about it.

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

Tarrokov glanced at it, his eyes flashed, and he laughed and said: "You are really not polite."

"You asked me to be polite." Han Xiao shrugged.

He chose important galaxies in the Gaolu star cluster. Two of them are the gateways to two nearby star clusters and are strategic chokepoints. The other two galaxies are the future traffic transit areas of the Gaolu star cluster and are very prosperous.

The last three galaxies are located in the center of the cluster, which are the richest places in resources and have extremely high development benefits.

"Okay, I will report it to the head of state. Construction will start soon. Be prepared in advance. I'm leaving." After the words fell, Tarrokov cut off the communication, and the remote projection disappeared.

Han Xiao withdrew his gaze, stared at the seven lit 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 development of Glittering World was a complete success, and announced the results of the exploration to the outside world as appropriate.

All along, countless people have been watching the development progress of Glittering World. The new star field is not only the territory of the Scarlet Empire, but also the wealth of the entire universe. If the development goes smoothly, the empire can also increase its reputation to a certain extent.

This news cheered up the spirits of many forces, especially many consortiums. As early as the development, the empire had spread rumors that consortiums would be allowed to invest in the first phase of subsequent construction. Although there are more people and less meat, only large-scale cosmic consortiums can get it.

Admission ticket, but this is still a sure-profit deal.

Every allied force is a good target for investment. The empire's announcement lists the regional ownership rights obtained by each alliance. Among them, the Black Star Legion tops the list with a territory of 7 galaxies, far surpassing the second Karen.

4 unique galaxies.

The major interstellar forces turned their attention to it, and they all felt that the empire attached great importance to Black Star.

...That's right, Black Star is still very young and has grown so fast. It will be the pillar of the empire for hundreds of thousands of years in the future. The empire cannot neglect it.

After the announcement was issued, the major consortiums that were waiting to see finally started to take action, contacting the empire's allied forces on the list. Among them, the Black Star Legion was the most popular among the consortia. For a time, countless cooperation applications from the consortia were sent to Philip.

Although the seven galaxies are large, there are too many consortiums eyeing the Glittering World. The consortium invests for profit. There is only so much territory, and it is impossible to cooperate with everyone. Han Xiao personally screened and eliminated some consortiums with limited strength.

, and then send people to negotiate with large consortiums.

This was a big project. Han Xiao asked Silvia to recruit civilian personnel from various departments to form various groups to negotiate with different consortiums and discuss the details of cooperation.

The specific method of cooperation is that the consortium invests cash to purchase various resources and engineering equipment to help the investment targets build sites, and the investors need to promise that after the Glittering World is opened in the future, these consortiums will have the right to operate or mine certain planets.

Rights, or convenient conditions for conducting various businesses, involve a wide range of industries, so the cooperation terms vary greatly depending on the business of each consortium.

There are countless derivative rights extended by jurisdiction. In addition to the actual planet, there are many things that can be traded, because the territory is completely under its own jurisdiction. Basically, it can do all the transactions that civilizations can do, and it does not exist yet.

The burden of the people is even less stressful.

Although Han Xiao was wary of Sorokin, the two had reached a preliminary intention to cooperate before, so in the spirit of keeping the contract, he sent Sorokin a message to inquire, and quickly settled on the terms of cooperation, but the amount of the other party's investment

It was far lower than Han Xiao's expectations, giving off an aura of poverty.

"It doesn't make sense. The Infinite Financial Group only invested so little money. How come it doesn't seem to pay any attention to it?"

In the army commander's office, Han Xiao was browsing the terms of the contract with a strange expression on his face.

"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 Broken Star Ring, they separated another team and participated in the gathering of overlords in the war field. If you guessed it correctly, the Infinite Consortium was inspecting investment targets and only invested a small amount of money in us as a token. The focus

Over there in the war field."

Han Xiao was confused, "This is strange. The territory I was allocated is more than three times that of Heboar. Sorokin's investment focus is actually Heboar? Did Heboar give him particularly generous terms?"

After thinking about it for a few seconds, Han Xiao didn't dwell too much on this matter. Many consortiums were eyeing this opportunity. He had plenty of options. Even if the Infinite Consortium was unwilling to cooperate in depth, what he currently lacked most was a partner.

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

[Shining World] The first ring goal of the main mission is to explore the Gaolu Star Cluster. When Scarlet Empire announced that the first phase of development was successful, the first ring mission was displayed as completed and can be settled at any time.

Players also have this main quest, but settlement cannot be carried out until the version is updated and comes back online.

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

"After several years of exploration, I finally completed the first link of this S+ level main quest." Han Xiao muttered secretly, "The task evaluation is so high, and the contribution rewarded to me should be enough to exchange for the last ultimate knowledge."

With that said, Han Xiao chose to settle the task.

[[Shining World] The first ring has been completed]

[Your mission rating is: s+]

[You gain 20e experience, random rewards x3, 3000 red empire contribution points, blank character card x2]

[[Exploration Pioneer] Milestone Opens]

[Milestone activation requirements: In the [Shining World] mission chain, obtain at least 3 A-level exploration evaluations]

[Current progress: 1/3]

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

This kind of milestone mission will give unique titles or legends. Some titles are just good-looking, and some have additional bonuses. Han Xiao remembers that he still has a [Legendary Hunter] milestone that he has not yet completed. The effect of that title is to increase the number of opponents.

The damage of beast-like creatures, and [Exploration Vanguard] seems to be able to increase the explosion rate of dungeons and random rewards.

The highest mission evaluation gave an experience reward of 2 billion, which is nothing to me, but for a level 120 player, it is enough to upgrade many levels in a row. Under the version standard, this reward is already very generous, like Han Xiao

Those 20 to 30 billion experience rewards that I have done are basically the reward level that can only be obtained by reaching Transcendent A level. Compared with the difficulty of [Shining World] itself, this reward is already very high.

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

This main mission itself is very flexible, and the specific requirements will change according to the camp and the actual situation. The [Shining World] mission requirements for Han Xiao and legion players are based on the positions of the Red Empire and Black Star Legion. The second ring is

Building his own territory, Han Xiao was not surprised by this.

Unfortunately, the players were all offline and missed this part of the mission.

After thinking for a while, Han Xiao stopped his distracting thoughts and glanced at the camp relationship column. Among the rewards, the most useful to him was the empire's 3000 contribution points. With this part, the empire's contribution has exceeded 1w2, which is enough to redeem

The last ultimate knowledge.

"Well, I finally have to gather the ultimate knowledge." Han Xiao let out a sigh of relief.

…

At the same time, the field of war.

After the Infinite Consortium reached a consensus on cooperation with Heber, Luofel acted as a messenger and was stationed in the war field. Sorokin passed on secret instructions to her by possessing his followers.

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

"The empire has given too much preferential treatment to the Black Star Legion. It spans seven galaxies. Father, is it really okay if we don't focus on investing in the Black Star Legion?"

Sorokin also frowned. He knew that the empire valued Black Star, but it was a bit beyond his expectation that the empire was so loving.

The Black Star Legion has gathered more wealth and popularity than expected, which is detrimental to their plans.

Tsk, those cooperating imperial factions agreed to work internally to prevent Black Star from getting too good territory. Now it seems that they have failed and allowed Black Star Legion to get such a large space for development. This is not to suppress me.

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