Darkness Port.
The stairs of the central passage.
At the bottom of the stairs were two Black Wind guards in charge of collecting money and maintaining order.
The strange thing was that Darkness Port, which was known as the most lawless place in the world, had a neat and tidy order. One coin per person. Be it a powerful figure or a nameless little worm, everyone would quietly hand over a Black Wind coin and enter Darkness Port through the stairs in the middle.
Of course, one could also spend an extra 5 Black Wind coins to buy a Darkness Guidebook before entering the city.
The Darkness Guidebook was placed on the table beside the Black Wind guards. It was filled to the brim, and anyone who paid could have one.
Tang Ling remembered Fatty's instructions. When it was their turn to enter the central passage, he paid 8 Black Wind coins. Other than the entrance fee, he also took a Darkness Guidebook.
In order to prevent himself from not knowing the rules and taboos of Darkness Port, Tang Ling tossed the huge luggage to Ro Li. Under Ro Li's grumbling gaze, Tang Ling flipped open the Darkness Guidebook and started reading it as they walked.
The Darkness Guidebook was actually very simple.
Other than a big map at the beginning and a brief introduction of the few areas of Darkness Port, there were also some rules that must be followed after entering the city.
Yes, there was no order in Darkness Port. It was free, but there were also basic rules that must be followed.
However, this was Darkness Port after all, so the rules were not absolute. As long as one could afford the Black Sea coins and was powerful enough, they could be accommodated.
Tang Ling roughly flipped through the Darkness Guidebook before he started to read it in detail.
Darkness Port was generally divided into three areas: the deck area.
As the name suggested, it was the deck of the Darkness Ship. It was the main residence and commercial area of the Darkness Port's residents.
As the name suggested, it was the giant cabin of the Darkness Ship. Entering the cabin area required a certain identity, and the introduction of the cabin area was very simple. Six words were enough to explain everything. Military, cultivation, ring.
"In other words, Darkness Port also has a military force. The troops are stationed in the cabin area. The ring is easy to understand since it would be strange if there were no underground rings in a place like Darkness Port. But what about cultivation? "Tang Ling furrowed his brows. He did not know what was the connection between the cabin area and cultivation. The Darkness Guidebook did not explain it in detail either.
Other than the deck area and the cabin area, the remaining area was the Dark Island area, or simply the Island area.
Island District — Congratulations, if you can enter the island district, you have already obtained the qualifications to become a glorious sailor. You are no longer a fisherman who does not deserve to have a name. If you want to obtain this glory, you need to exchange at least 5 stars of Darkness for a Primary Darkness Emblem.
Brother, this condition is not harsh. The island area is very dangerous. If you spend the night there, without a certain level of strength, you will only wet your pants.
Well, actually, the above was all nonsense. In fact, those without the Elementary Dark Emblem wouldn't even be able to cross the Black Chain Bridge.
Tang Ling scratched his head when he read up to this point. Darkness value? He still needed five stars? What Dark Emblem? Although he had only skimmed through the Darkness Guidebook, he was certain that the guidebook did not mention such a concept.
"How perfunctory." Tang Ling pouted. He had no idea how much five Black Wind coins were worth, so he could not estimate whether the Darkness Guidebook was expensive or cheap.
But regardless of whether it was expensive or cheap, was it really okay to write this in a teasing tone? The perfunctory tone assaulted Tang Ling's senses.
Despite grumbling, Tang Ling flipped to the next page carefully. There were some basic rules of Darkness Port recorded there.
The first rule was related to currency.
It was simple and domineering. The only currency that could be used in Darkness Port was the currency issued by the city.
It was against the rules to use any other faction's currency in Darkness Port.
Once discovered, all other currencies would be confiscated and the offender would be banished from the port. The offender would be blacklisted and banned from entering the port for life.
Remark: If you have any objections to this rule, you can remove it from the blacklist with 100,000 Black Sea coins. Other than that, the Hell Ledge Challenge welcomes you.
"What's the Hell Ledge Challenge?" Tang Ling raised a brow as his frustration grew. Can't this stupid guidebook be more specific?
As for the second rule, it was even more domineering.
It was about the currency exchange rules of Darkness Port.
Since Darkness Port only accepted the city's currency, after entering the city, there was only one currency exchange center in the city for the convenience of everyone who wanted to enter the city.
Inside the currency exchange center, other than True Capital coins, one could exchange Darkness Port's currency at a 2: 1 exchange rate.
The currencies of other places could be exchanged for Darkness Port's currency at a 5: 1 exchange rate and the lowest was 1,000: 1 exchange rate.
As for currencies lower than 1,000: 1, sorry, we don't accept trash currencies.
Then, how would the currency be determined? Darkness Port did not provide a fixed standard. All it said was a vague statement: 'The world is changing every day. There is no eternal power nor eternal weakness, so we will try our best to determine the currency's value based on the changes in the world.'
Yes, it was an irresponsible statement. Tang Ling ignored the words' try our best to determine the currency '.
The only thing that could be considered fair would always be the True Capital coin. However, even the True Capital coin was sold at a 2: 1 discount, so Tang Ling could only chuckle.
Nevertheless, he did not complain because he was carrying goods and he believed that the price of goods in Darkness Port was fair. Otherwise, why would so many merchant groups come to Darkness Port to trade with them?
Tang Ling was a person who paid attention to observation and analysis.
In short, Tang Ling did not think the second rule had anything to do with him. However, when he saw the remark at the end of the second rule, he could not help but be curious.
The remark was simple: 'Dear guest, you can choose not to accept the exchange rules of Darkness Port and force the city to follow your rules. The Hell Ledge Challenge welcomes you! '
"What is the Hell Ledge Challenge?" Two rules mentioned the Hell Ledge Challenge in a row. He had a feeling that anyone who could achieve something in the Hell Ledge Challenge could basically be the king of Darkness Port.
How could Tang Ling not be curious?
Unfortunately, his curiosity did not get an answer, so he continued reading the rules.
The third rule was about the residency rights of Darkness Port.
In simple words, it was about the residency rights of the deck area. Other than the commercial district, the residency rights of the deck area were divided into seven levels.
Each level of residency cost a different amount of money per day. The lowest Level 1 residency cost 10 Black Wind coins per day while the highest Level 7 residency cost 2 Black Sea coins per day.
Of course, the daily fees were only for the common residents of Darkness Port. When one was no longer a common resident, the rule would change.
Tang Ling felt pressured when he read up to this point. There were three of them, and even if they stayed in the lowest level residency, they would have to spend 30 Black Wind coins per day and that did not include the other daily expenses.
He was left with 4 Black Sea coins, 400 odd Black Wind coins, and some other resources that he could exchange for money.
The resources might seem like a lot, but how much could he exchange them for in Darkness Port? Tang Ling had no idea how long the money would last him.
He did not know whether the most common expenses in Darkness Port other than residency were expensive or not. For example, how much would it cost to drink the most basic Level 4 drinking water? On top of that, how much would the daily expenses cost?
Furrowing his brows, Tang Ling continued to read the rules.
The rest of the rules were more trivial. It was just about which areas could not be entered without the required clearance.
There were also clearance restrictions for commercial transactions and so on!
In conclusion, all the rules in Darkness Port revolved around power and money. It was extremely realistic and there was no mercy, let alone humanized justice.
A place like this could not produce any rules.
Tang Ling was a little frustrated as he read. He could not help but look up and take a deep breath, trying to vent the frustration in his heart.
He had come to Darkness Port to look for Zero, but he had no leads on this person.
However, time was running out. According to Su Siao, he had to find Zero before December or he would have to wait until the next year.
Now, there were only a dozen or so days left.
Tang Ling was not worried at first. He planned to buy information from the black market because money could solve a lot of problems.
Now, it seemed like he felt a strong sense of urgency to settle down in Darkness Port with the siblings. Would he have the extra money to buy information in Darkness Port? How much was the information worth?
Regardless, he had to find Zero!
What if Zero was in a place that required a high clearance? To enter these places, one could only rely on money and not strength ….
With that in mind, even Tang Ling, who was always calm, felt a little confused.
At that moment, a certain part of his arm was scalding hot.
Why is that part of my arm so hot? Tang Ling discarded all the messy thoughts from his mind and started to calm down as he steadied himself.
The part of his arm that was scalding was the part of his Dream Seed imprint.
He shoved the Darkness Guidebook to Ro Li behind him and glanced at his arm in a casual manner.
There was no countdown timer on the imprint, which meant that it was not time to enter the dream yet.
Then, what is this? Tang Ling looked up and pretended to be curious as he sized up his surroundings, but the moment he turned around, his sharp senses noticed a pair of eyes landing on him.
The source of the gaze was the narrow middle passage that only allowed three people to walk side by side.
Upon a closer look, Tang Ling noticed a man lying down in the middle passage near the deck. He looked lazy as if he was sunbathing.
Wave after wave of people walked past him. People ignored him, and he ignored all of them.
Sunbathing? No one chased him away?
Darkness Port might seem lawless, but after Tang Ling read the Darkness Guidebook, he understood that without power and money, Darkness Port was actually filled with rules and restrictions.
Being able to lie down in the middle of the passage to enter the city was not something a normal dark resident could do.
More importantly, this man was a Dream Seed!
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