<h4>Chapter 782 Interlude, an Unexpected Gues</h4>
The headquarters of the ck Star Army started to get lively.
In the following half a month after the recruitment order was issued, countless spaceships flew into the headquarters to pay them a visit. All of them were candidates that had been vetted by Phillip and the alliance, and they went to the headquarters to meet ck Star and await the final review of the Army Commander.
While the fleet that had gone for the battle had yet to return to the headquarters, all the new members were orderly lined up in the satellite base’s outeryer, awaiting ck Star’s arrival. If one looked up from the surface of Golden Gate, they would be able to see another ring somehow materializing around the ck Star Army’s headquarters. The headquarters seemed to have a ring of stars that consisted of spaceships shining like bright mist.
“Yet another batch of new recruits ising in.” Within one of the metal strongholds in the headquarters, the drill sergeant, Brock, who was supervising the training of the reserve members looked out at the spectacr sight outside the porthole and could not help thinking back.
Brock had joined the ck Star Army more than a decade ago. He had witnessed the history of the ck Star Army, how it had grown from an ordinary mercenary group into the behemoth that was allied with a Universal Civilization.
With DarkStar having long been annihted, the problem with discrimination in Godora was also beginning to settle down. The mixed Godorans were gradually returning to the embrace of the Godoran Civilization. With no goal to fight for, Brock thus buried his past and decided to conceal his identity as a DarkStar spy,pletely devoting himself to the ck Star Army.
Brock, however, was unaware that Han Xiao had known of his identity since the beginning. However, with DarkStar having vanished, there was no need to settle debts with this ‘obedient’ spy, so he had left him to his work.
While working in the ck Star Army was tough, after abandoning his identity as a DarkStar member, Brock’s attitude became more rxed. He began to fall in love with the process of grooming batch after batch of warriors and soldiers. Under the care of Han Xiao, he had served for a decade as a drill sergeant and had long be ustomed to his role.
He could be considered a veteran in the Army and was also the top person in the Godoran faction within the army. Due to the poprity of the ck Star Army in Godora, many of the Godorans chose to work in the army and formed a Godoran faction, which was just one of the many factions in the army. With the current size of the ck Star Army, there were naturally many smaller factions within.
Just as he raised his head to observe the spaceships hovering in the air, there were also three passengers in a ship staring intently at the headquarters of the ck Star Army within the huge group of spaceships outside the headquarters.
This was a small, standard spaceshipmonly found in Gxy,pletely unassuming.
“Can we really blend in with them? The ck Star Army personnel won’t be so negligent, right?”
A man with thick eyebrows and big eyes had a hesitant tone as he spoke. He was a humanoid species, with smooth and bright silver skin, wearing a ck cloak. Inside the ck cloak, his exposed skin could be seen, covered inplicated and delicate magic lines.
“Other than that, there’s no other way about it. If we want to see that person, we can only enter the ck Star Army headquarters,” another person said. This person was a mixed race, with red, dragon-like scales on both his cheeks. He was a burly man about four meters tall, wearing a simple metal vest that exposed the knotted muscles on his arms.
“Rx, even if we really get exposed, we can masquerade as people trying our luck to join the ck Star Army. They’ll at most chase us away. There won’t be any danger.”
Thest person leaned against the wall as he spoke. He wore a tightbat suit, with two pairs of arms extending from his shoulders. One of his upper arms was ced behind his head like a pillow, while the other yed around with a silver alloy dagger. The lower arms were ced akimbo on his waist, giving him ackadaisical air.
These three were not new members of the ck Star Army like the others. They had different objectives, and they seemed to be led by the silver-skinned guy who had spoken first.
At this moment, in the starry sky outside the porthole shone a sudden stream of light approaching them and stopping over Golden Gate. It was the ck Star Army that had returned to the headquarters.
“Wow, so many new members.” Seeing the ring of spaceships, Han Xiao’s eyes sparkled.
“This is only the first batch of recruits. They’re all waiting here for you, Master, hum...”
In Han Xiao’s neural connected quantumwork, Phillip started to bubble. His small body was lying at the extremes of Han Xiao’s field of vision, with only his head popping out in his vision.
“Humph, I suggest sending a mechanical army to test the actualbat capabilities of these new members. Unqualified people will not be eligible to join the troops of my master!”
On the other side, the usually quiet and solemn Artificial intelligence Sparta also revealed his body. He was wrapped in heavy armor, and his face could not be clearly seen. Only a single cold looking eye was revealed, and his voice was husky and powerful.
With Han Xiao’s [Virtual Technology] skill tree having beenpleted, he had studied the data structure of Risda and given his Artificial intelligence the ability to think for themselves, as well as unique personalities. This would be used to improve hisputing power, as his brain would be connected to them through the quantumwork at any time. This would allow him to supervise the dynamics of the Artificial intelligence without the fear of idents happening. It was simr to taking care of a pet, just that it did not require someone to clean up their sh*t after them, and the AIs would not re up, even helping in his daily life.
Would there be a better pet than the one stated above?
Within the quantumwork, Han Xiao’s thoughts turned into a stream of data, flowing into Phillip’s eyes. He instructed, “You can open the hangar of the headquarters now. When I dock, let all these new memberse and meet me.”
“Roger, hum...”
The hangar for the headquarters opened, and the ck Star Army fleet slowly descended, sliding into the empty hangars. As for the new members who had waited for many days, they also received the notice and started to descend.
The huge spaceship ring around the headquarters split into a few dozen streams, pouring into the various hangars. Numerous mechanical assistants were activated to receive all the new members.
The majority of the new members would be directed to the spacious lobby of the headquarters. When everyone had gathered, they would meet up with Han Xiao together. As for the new members in the Cmity Grade, they would receive special treatment and would proceed to the conference room in advance to meet with Han Xiao and his officers personally.
Leading his officers, Han Xiao entered the conference room. Within were more than ten people, and their gazes all shot toward him the moment he entered. All of them stood up immediately.
“Your Excellency ck Star!”
“Army Commander!”
They all saluted, excitement filling their faces. They were the first batch of Cmity Grades to be admitted,ing from different Star Systems. This was the first time they had personallyid eyes on their new Beyond Grade A leader, which made them extremely emotional.
In the eyes of the ordinary, reaching the Cmity Grade was already something unbelievable, but when faced with a Beyond Grade A, the majority of the Cmity Grades had the same feeling as when an ordinary person faced them. Furthermore, there was also anotheryer of yearning and longing.
Han Xiao smiled. “Hello, everyone.”
After bing a Beyond Grade A Super, not only had he advanced in strength, his horizons had also widened. In the past, if there were over twenty Cmity Grades who wished to join his Army, he would have been smiling from ear to ear, but right now, he was actually very calm. He could at least endure till there was no one around before he burst intoughter.
While the fame of a Beyond Grade A was appealing, a Cmity Grade could also be considered a high-endbat power. Many of the Cmity Grades were unwilling to join under other forces. Even though he was a Beyond Grade A, Han Xiao would never look down on Cmity Grades. Recruiting more than a dozen high-endbat personnel this time was the highest record ever for the ck Star Army.
Han Xiao chatted with the dozen or so Cmity Grades, motivating them. These recruits were the topbat force and would be his officers in the future.
Because the size of the army was too huge, Han Xiao did not have the time to check the attributes of every single new member. Thus, he only focused on the stronger neers, which were precisely these Cmity Grades.
After quietly looking through the interface properties of everyone, he secretly nodded.
While none of them have any Molding Talents, the strongest has reached the level of A+ and can be considered a mini-boss.
Turning back to look at H, Han Xiao said, “The ck Star Guards will serve as my elite unit, with the Cmity Grade as the threshold for entry. Hadavy is also a member of the ck Star Guards, and this is my Guards Captain, H. Because the Guards were only established recently, it needs to be expanded. The quota is known by H, and she as well as the other ck Star Guards will test your abilities and pick a few of you to enter the ck Star Guards.”
The eyes of the Cmity Grades lit up. The ck Star Guards were obviously the bodyguards of ck Star and would follow him around. The temptation of this position was not little at all, andpared to the benefits they would obtain as ordinary officers, they looked forward more to learning from the experience of a Beyond Grade A, allowing themselves to be stronger. After all, earning money at their level was pretty easy, and the attraction of material enjoyment was quite limited. What they pursued was more of a promotion in realms.
The ck Star Guards took the ten or so Cmity Grades away, and Han Xiao led the rest of his officers to wee the new members. However, Phillip suddenly started emitting bubbles again.
“Master, hum... I discovered a spaceship with no verification. There are three people on board the spaceship who do not have an invitation. They’re not new members joining our army, nor is their data present in the database. Their identities are unknown, and they are situated in Hanger No.6. Do you want to look through their information?”
“Oh, they might be here to fish in murky waters and try to be epted into the army. You can just chase them...” Before Han Xiao could finish, the image of the trio was transferred to his mind, and he suddenly paused, his eyes growing wider.
Seeing that Han Xiao did not reply, Phillip tilted his tiny head to the side, prompting him. “Master?”
“Hu...” Han Xiao let out a long breath, his eyes shing as he changed his order. “Don’t stop them. Let them enter and pretend you are unaware of their identities. Just activate the surveince within the army and constantly lock onto their positions.”
“Roger that, hum...”
After disconnecting from the quantumwork, Han Xiao stroked his chin, his eyes narrowed.
“To think that these three thugs dared to show up in my territory at this moment... Hmm, it seems that the butterfly effect I’m causing is spreading. There’s an eighty percent chance that they’re here for her...”
...
The spaceship entered and stopped at the dock. The trio—Silverskin, Dragonscale, and the four-handed man—set foot on the crowded dock, looking around.
There were none of the anticipated rms, no mechanical assistants waiting to confirm their identities, and no oneing over to escort them.
They had entered so easily!
“The ck Star Army’s security measures are too lousy, as good as nonexistent.” The four-handed man pouted. “Even my mother star that is about to be destroyed by the crazy scientists is safer.”
Silverskin was a little uneasy, softly saying, “We’ll blend in first before looking for a chance to split off and act. Don’t get caught.”
“Ok.” Dragonscale nodded.
Silverskin then squeezed his fingers as he murmured, “Hopefully, we can find the rumored Rossellin here...”