Chapter 149 New Missions

Han Xiao glanced at the expectant looks on everyone’s faces, opened the faction interface, and put up the Sunil sergeant-grade armor, as well as some of the low-level mechanical blueprints he had fused earlier that he didn't need.

The blueprints were only suitable for the Mechanic class, and the sergeant-grade armor was relatively easy to sell. Last time, the players' soldier-grade armor had earned extra repair and enhancement fees. With the release of sergeant-grade armor, players with money in their pockets wouldn't be stingy.

There were three types of Sunil armor: Assault, Defense, and Reconnaissance. Each sergeant-grade had been enhanced. On average, the armor was three times stronger than the soldier-grade, with a total attribute bonus of 15 points, an additional +20 to close-quarters combat attack power, and new accessories. The reconnaissance type had very fast individual mobility, leg ejection drive, jumped high and far, and could eject the arm armor's chainsaw wrist blade, not fearing close combat; the defense type was equipped with heavy firepower, leaning towards ranged combat, with a handheld large-caliber machine gun, armor-piercing ammunition, the gun could be folded in half, and after unfolding, the machine gun was almost the size of a person. Each shot produced gun flames like exploding smoke, and the bullets fired were like burning small fireballs, with a very fast rate of fire, pouring out a series of scarlet lights, the sound of the gun like drums, booming, with a magazine capacity of two hundred and fifty rounds, and equipped with many extra magazines; the assault type combined the advantages of both, being relatively comprehensive.

Previously, Li Ge had exchanged for sergeant-grade armor with a secret language pearl, a reconnaissance type. Others learned about the equipment's attributes and envied him. When they saw the faction store updated, they were all excited and bought it eagerly without needing an introduction.

His pricing was 1400 Enas, and he also set a reputation consumption, requiring 1000 reputation points. He set it so that within the 0~1000 favorability range, 50 Enas could be exchanged for 100 faction reputation points. The players had spent 500 reputation points on their previous purchase of soldier-grade armor, so they were all used up. After this mission, Han Xiao had rewarded them with another 300 points. In other words, the real cost of buying sergeant-grade armor was 1750 Enas.

The players received approximately five thousand Enas in rewards from the Silver Spirits, and this would cost them one-third of it, but the players did not hesitate. Professional players earn money to buy equipment and maximize their combat power.

There were seven pieces of sergeant-grade armor in stock, and the rest were in the form of pre-sales. The players were used to it and never doubted the faction's credibility. The first seven people to buy received the physical items, dull gray metal, thick and tough, angular, exuding a strong metallic smell, the unique charm of silent combat weapons.

Kuang Dao grabbed one of them, quickly put it on, and finally put on the helmet, turning into the helmet's own combat analysis vision. Everything he saw had database annotations, and at this time, a mechanical synthesized sound rang inside the helmet.

"Welcome to Black Star Armor. Your number is h-a0001. Automatic detection is in progress... Detection complete. Armor status 100%, hydraulic power intact, weapon system intact, ejection system intact, user's physical signs normal."

Kuang Dao tried to move his hands and feet, making the crackling sound of mechanical components moving, adding power, and his fists buzzed, with strong performance.

"This armor is much stronger than the soldier-grade. I bought the reconnaissance type, which is very flexible, and it goes well with heavy weapons, reducing the impact of clumsiness and allowing me to fight very nimbly," Kuang Dao said with joy.

He was a Mech-Warrior, using melee weapons most of the time, and the sergeant-grade was the biggest improvement for him.

The Mechanic class had the highest armor bonus. Players of other classes could also use it, and the effect was not bad, increasing extra protection and firepower, adding another layer of health. More importantly, they needed the various functions of the armor. For example, a squishy mage putting on a piece of protective armor and mindlessly standing still and fighting was a strange and fun mix-and-match style.

Soldier-grade and sergeant-grade were standard armors, while the Sunil's stronger general-grade was for Supers only, with stronger attributes, which he had not yet learned.

As usual, Han Xiao held back when manufacturing, leaving room for enhancement.

In addition to the armor, the few Mechanic players in the faction preferred the new blueprints. They were always apprehensive when gambling on blueprints, but Han Xiao could directly learn a lot of blueprints here, which made them overjoyed.

The blueprints that Han Xiao put up were naturally unimportant but useful types. He kept the important goods for himself and released the unimportant ones, which could play a greater role.

Feng Yue's eyes lit up, her cute face full of happy emotions.

"Optical Disturbance Trap, this is good. Hey, that Scatter Turret is also good..."

Feng Yue was a pretty casual cute girl, and she had also been cultivated by the Mechanic class to have a meticulous personality. A blueprint only cost three or four hundred Enas, which was much more cost-effective than gambling on blueprints. She stretched out her fingers and kept clicking, buying, buying, buying.

Han Xiao paid more attention to Mechanic players, not only because they were from the same source as himself, making it easier to earn their money, but also because after they grew up, they could become his helpers, perhaps allowing him to enter the next stage of the Mechanic class ahead of time.

And players of other classes naturally didn't care about these blueprints, only the sergeant-grade armor was to their liking.

But selling things was not the main purpose of Han Xiao's trip. He issued a large wave of pre-prepared faction missions to everyone, with the rewards all being dungeon crystals. He extracted some of the late-stage Germination storylines to form level 60 dungeons, as well as the recent [Campaign: Dragon Emperor's Might].

Dungeon crystals could only be used as mission rewards and could not be sold, but the rules were dead, and people were alive. He planned to use these mission reward dungeon crystals as repeatable missions. The only condition for completion was to increase a certain amount of faction reputation after accepting the mission.

He set it to "increase" rather than "reach" a certain value. For example, after accepting the mission, adding 500 reputation points would complete the [Campaign: Dragon Emperor's Might] mission and get that dungeon crystal, while other dungeon missions with lower amounts could also be completed simultaneously, making players feel like they had earned something. In this way, he could attract players to spend money to buy reputation points, and if you spend money to buy reputation points, you will always have to spend it, right? Faction reputation points can only be used here at Han Xiao's, which just attracts consumption.

Moreover, exceeding 1000 points of favorability would increase the consumption of buying reputation points. To get more dungeon crystals, you would have to constantly repeat the cycle of buying reputation points—spending money—buying reputation points. Although sometimes there were no new products, his additional services were many, such as repairs, enhancements, and so on.

If you wanted to buy something anyway, this kind of mission was an extra reward, as a promotion. If it was only for the dungeon crystals, then it could attract consumption.

Anyway, the service tenet was just one—with me, you never have to worry about not being able to spend money!

Han Xiao was very cunning, releasing this mission after the players had bought the armor, not letting them get it for nothing.

"Damn, new mission, rewarding dungeons."

"The requirement is to increase reputation. Oh, it's a pity. If there was this mission just now, wouldn't I have completed it directly? I lost out."

"It doesn't really matter. Anyway, I still have to enhance the armor and stuff, and Black Star's reputation will definitely be useful in the future, so I won't lose out."

"Yo, there's a new dungeon, Dragon Emperor's Might? Isn't this the event we experienced a few days ago? It turns out that the faction not only updates equipment and goods, but also turns our experiences into dungeons!"

Everyone looked surprised. As expected of a growing faction, they suddenly had a kind of excitement of nurturing it. This was an unexpected surprise. They had not seen dungeons since they followed Black Star to the interstellar, but they did not expect that this faction came with dungeons. Experiencing more commissions would create new dungeons that they could choose.

Seeing this, Han Xiao thought, "That's right, if a faction can provide dungeons stably, it is also a kind of attraction."

Everyone was most curious about the Dragon Emperor dungeon, which was a new dungeon that they had not seen before.

In the crowd, Rou Bao saw the [Campaign: Dragon Emperor's Might] mission, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat, and his eyes gradually lit up.

"This dungeon... might be able to reproduce the scene at that time!"

His heart was pounding, and he immediately bought 500 reputation points, feeling uneasy, and touched the dungeon crystal. The panel popped up with information.

[Lv90 Dungeon Crystal—[Campaign: Dragon Emperor's Might]]

[Description: On the border between the Holy Stone Civilization and the Black Raven Civilization in the Jawi Star System of the Colton Star Cluster, a mercenary team is being chased by a Dark Star fleet. At this critical juncture, [Dragon Emperor] Ames descends. This will be your test.]

[Type: Time Rewind Dungeon]

[Number of Participants: 10]

[Current Number of Passers: 0]

[Highest Dungeon Completion: No Record]

[Record Holder: None]

Everyone gathered around and was shocked when they saw the item description.

"Level 90 dungeon?!"

This has exceeded our level cap!

The level of the dungeon crystal does not represent the entry threshold, but the recommended level for the challenge. Even a level 1 newbie can enter a level 60 dungeon, but the result is obvious, they can only go in and play as bystanders. Even if you find a carry team, the dungeon monster level difference is too large, there will be a very high experience penalty and evaluation penalty.

Playing dungeons can give experience and train skills, but you can't put the equipment inside on your body and bring it out. However, after clearing the dungeon, if the evaluation is high, you can be rewarded with drawing the props and equipment inside. These are the benefits of playing dungeons. The number of dungeon challenges is limited, and it refreshes every once in a while. If you want to brush top-quality equipment in the dungeon, don't even think about it if you don't get the top evaluation. So far, players on various planets have challenged so many dungeons, and there are only a handful of dungeons that can produce reliable equipment or props, and the difficulty is still very high.

Not to mention them, all players have never seen a level 90 dungeon. The Black Star Mercenary Group can issue such a high-level dungeon, and everyone looked surprised.

Han Xiao smiled in his heart and turned to leave.

"Sergeant-grade armor, blueprints, and dungeon missions, this trip has earned a total of ninety-eight thousand Enas, nearly one hundred thousand. Adding the deposits on my account, it's already one hundred and thirty to forty thousand, at least I can buy three advanced knowledges!" Han Xiao was very satisfied, with a sense of accomplishment.

After he left, the players in the base couldn't wait to team up and wanted to try what a level 90 dungeon felt like.

Rou Bao teamed up with Kuang Dao, Feng Yue, and Hao Tian, who were acquaintances, plus Chang Kong and players from other clubs, making up ten people.

He crushed the dungeon crystal, spewing out a mist that wrapped everyone and entered the dungeon.

...

The world in front of them changed. Rou Bao and others suddenly couldn't control their bodies. Their perspective was raised, overlooking a very familiar planet, which was the Feven-122 planet where the chase took place.

They saw the Silver Spirit spaceship take off and suddenly be blown up. The Dark Star mothership appeared, and then sent out a large number of floating ships to chase three mercenary spaceships. It was the event they had experienced, but at that time they were all on the spaceship. Now, they were using a third-person perspective to take in the process, which was a different experience.

"This is a cutscene," Hao Tian said in the channel with experience.

Many dungeons have cutscenes. Everyone was not surprised and stared intently.

The huge Dark Star mothership, densely packed floating fleet chasing endlessly, three mercenary spaceships fleeing for their lives, it was very visually impactful. Then, they saw the Sky Ring spaceship suddenly accelerate, the flight path became extremely erratic, and the floating fleet behind was led around like walking a dog.

"Wow, this is even more amazing than drunk driving!"

"I remember that Black Phantom was driving the ship at that time. No wonder the people on the ship were so dizzy," Kuang Dao said with lingering fear.

The cutscene was about three minutes long. This was a copied scene created by the dungeon, not a real picture. It compressed the development of the event and made some changes. The mercenary spaceship entering the ground and the arrival of the supporting coalition fleet became the same time.

The animation ended here, and Hao Tian, as the captain, received a prompt.

[The dungeon is about to begin, please choose a participating faction!]

[Note: The selected faction will affect the dungeon completion goals and difficulty.]

[Escaping Mercenary: Your mission is to escape the pursuit and support until the Dragon Emperor descends.]

[Dark Star Hunter: Your mission is to capture a certain number of mercenaries before the Dragon Emperor descends.]

[Support Force: Your mission is to resist the hunters, protect the target mercenaries from being captured, and meet them before the Dragon Emperor descends.]