The people from the Little Four Adventure Group walked around the largest city in the Chaotic Lands and brought back some information about the Chaotic Lands.
The Chaotic Lands, as the name suggested, was a world where there was no reason to speak. Only the strong ruled. There was no government, and the order there was bad. Violence could happen anytime. However, it was the most prosperous and free market in the human world. It attracted many rich people and powerful people. Here, as long as you had money, you could buy anything.
Crimes were happening every day in the Chaotic Lands. If a normal person who didn't have the ability to protect himself entered the Chaotic Lands, he would be eaten alive.
The Chaotic Lands and the Lawless Lands were known as the two places where crimes gathered. However, even though the two places looked similar, they were fundamentally different.
The Chaotic Lands was also known as the land of freedom and crime. However, it was different from the Lawless Lands. The Chaotic Lands were truly chaotic and lawless. There were many fugitives from different countries, cruel executioners, and cruel butchers. Countless people died every day. Other than the fact that the Chaotic Lands wasn't a place where normal people couldn't live, everything else in the Chaotic Lands was considered stable.
The reason why no one dared to be lawless in the Chaotic Lands was because the Chaotic Lands were controlled by three underground kings. They were the Ice Emperor, the King Of Hell, and the Hermit. Legends said that the three of them were all imperial stage domain realm masters. However, this was just a legend. There was no concrete evidence to prove it.
Ling Lan's interest in Frost Monarch was the highest among the three uncrowned kings in the dark. Just by hearing his name, she knew that he was an ice element domain realm master. If she could fight with the strongest domain realm master in the same element, it would definitely be of great help to Ling Lan.
That's right. Ling Lan was half a step away from imperial stage. Even though she had expanded the abilities of her domain, she still couldn't find a way to enter the imperial stage. She was stuck at the entrance of the imperial stage.
Of course, Ling Lan only thought about it. She wouldn't purposely provoke the Ice Emperor just to find a way to enter the imperial stage. If she had come alone, she might have done so. However, her companions had come with her. She wouldn't bring her companions into danger, especially when they were in her opponent's territory.
The six adventurer teams were divided into two groups. One group would stay in the fleet to hold the line, while the other group would protect the leaders of the caravans as they went to other caravans to discuss business. Three days later, the two groups swapped. For the sake of fairness, Dubiluya, the leader of Grey Bat, proposed to draw lots to decide the groups.
Ye Shao immediately seconded the proposal. Jiang Bizhi and Ma Yizhe thought for a moment and also agreed. Even if Ling Lan and Yuan Mulin were not willing, they could not refuse.
The drawing of lots here was not a low-level method where everyone closed their eyes and touched a piece of paper. Instead, they would randomly pick someone and let that person throw a ball of paper into the air. It would depend on everyone's ability to decide who they would be with.
Ling Lan didn't care at first. However, when she saw Dubiluya and Ye Shao snatching the last ball, she had an idea. She snatched the last ball of paper before Jiang Bizhi did.
In the end, Little Four, Grey Bat, and Red Maple were in the same group. They would stay behind first and then go out. This result made Jiang Bizhi and Ma Yizhe sigh. It seemed that they also wanted to go out later.
Why did they choose to go out later? Ling Lan had many questions in her mind. However, she chose to come to the Chaotic Lands by chance. She didn't know much about the Chaotic Lands. Although Little Four was desperately searching, there was no unified mainframe in the Chaotic Lands. Even their communicators were not working. This made Little Four's progress very slow.
The first three days were peaceful. The two groups changed shifts and it was Ling Lan's turn to go out. On the first and second days, she protected the person in charge of the caravan as he went to various places to buy or exchange goods. However, on the third day, Ling Lan followed the person in charge of the caravan to the destination. She then understood why the other leaders wanted to get the ball of paper.
This was an extremely secretive place. It was actually a market, commonly known as the black market. The Chaotic Lands was a market without any taboos. However, there was still such a secretive black market in such a market. There must be something unexpected in there.
Entering and exiting the black market required a special method. Only President Tu of the Chamber of Commerce knew about this.
However, the black market was also a very dangerous place. There were even some people who would not hesitate to kill each other. In order to ensure his own safety, President Tu brought along a few experts from the Chamber of Commerce and three other leaders of the mercenary groups.
As the method of entering the black market would change every year, President Tu was not afraid that this place would be exposed. This was also the reason why he brought the three leaders with him.
Of course, if the newcomers he brought along were able to gain the favor of the person in charge of the black market and get an invitation letter for the next year, he would also be able to get a handsome reward. President Tu did this with a clear conscience.
The moment they entered the black market, they saw the people in charge of the large merchant groups, the rich and powerful of the various countries, and the descendants of the aristocratic families. Even if they couldn't come in person, they had sent their trusted representatives to participate in this event.
The black market was divided into three areas. The outermost area was the normal area. The normal area contained weapons that were banned from the various countries, precious minerals and plants, banned beasts, antiques and national treasures that were being chased by various countries, the insights of certain powerful individuals, special skill books, and even some true secret keys. The standard mechas of the various countries that were banned from entering the black market also appeared in this black market. The highest level mecha was actually a special-class mecha.
The second area was the special area. The ace mechas of various countries appeared. Of course, there weren't any of the latest models. If there were, the various countries would have gathered their forces and worked together to destroy the Chaotic Lands. Other than that, there were many unexpected things. For example, some newly discovered resources, minerals, plants, and even things that could only be found on Planet Juhao appeared in this black market.
The third area was the treasure area. There were all sorts of military starships here. Ling Lan actually saw the Divine Dragon starship, which had just been retired by the Federation not long ago. It was one of the most advanced starships in the Federation. Ling Lan was secretly shocked by this discovery. To be able to get such a big ship here without anyone noticing, there must be a high-ranking officer or a group of high-ranking officers involved in this matter. However, this wasn't the only thing that shocked Ling Lan. Next, people appeared on the list.
There were men and women, old and young. They were all locked in cages. The virtual screen beside the cages showed the innate talents of these people, their current level, and their final potential.
Most of the people who were treated as goods were children similar to Liu Aihua. These children had unlimited potential and had awakened their innate talents early. They were supposed to be favored by the heavens but unfortunately, they became goods here. They could be picked by anyone and became the tools or slaves of the buyers.
When Ling Lan saw this, she could not help but frown. She could accept any other goods. Even if they were sold to adults, she would not feel much about it. However, this group of children, whose eyes were filled with fear and desire, made Ling Lan feel a little uncomfortable.
PS: I can only say that I've never been so slow before. I typed this chapter on and off for four hours. I was completely drunk.
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