The commercial district must not be touched by any factions or so-called big shots. It was not just because of the rich tax revenue that it provided Darkness Port with.
Another key point was that it was a window to Darkness Port. More precisely, it was the only window through which the major factions could touch Darkness Port.
Most of the businesses in the commercial district belonged to the major factions that had established their roots in Darkness Port.
The reason behind it was not that hard to understand.
Darkness Port was the only safe city that was closest to the sea, so it had rich seafood resources.
If Darkness Port did not make some compromises and allow the major factions to have a share of the profits, Darkness Port would become a target for all.
However, it was obvious that Darkness Port was unwilling to compromise, so it opened up the commercial district and allowed all the major factions to enter, forming a delicate balance.
"The Island Master is quite smart," Tang Ling muttered when he read up to this point.
Boss Huang smiled faintly with the pipe in his mouth and did not comment on the matter.
However, since the book had described the commercial district in detail, even an idiot would understand that the commercial district was a place that should not be touched. Moreover, the major factions must maintain a low profile and refrain from causing trouble.
Therefore, Tang Ling purposely memorized the names of the factions that owned the properties in the commercial district.
Of course, the entrance to the black market was of utmost importance. Since Boss Huang's book was considered a treasure by him, it was only natural for it to record some of the entrances to the black market.
Tang Ling was extra concerned about the information and memorized it in detail.
That was all about the commercial district.
However, the cabin area was not as simple as it seemed.
From the Darkness Guidebook, Tang Ling learned that the cabin area had three functions: military, cultivation, and a ring.
The military function was easy to understand since it was the regular garrison of Darkness Port.
Unlike the regular garrison, the garrison of Darkness Port was very mysterious. Other than shipwrecks and special situations, the garrison would not interfere with anything in Darkness Port.
The garrison would not show up even once in a few years, so the common people only knew that they were stationed in the cabin area that never saw the light of day. However, Boss Huang's book clearly stated that the garrison was stationed at the bottom of the cabin area.
The cabin area was divided into three levels, and the bottom level was directly connected to the plateau where Darkness Port was located.
There were only a handful of insiders on the plateau who knew about the great secret. It could be said that the plateau was the foundation of Darkness Port.
Therefore, it was reasonable for the garrison to be stationed there.
What was in the middle of the plateau? According to Boss Huang's book, there was a giant Universal Source Rock that was half the size of a mountain and a space.
At the very least, the Island Master of Darkness Port had obtained great benefits from this space.
"Space?" Tang Ling frowned. How should this sentence be understood? He instinctively looked up at Boss Huang.
It was obvious that Boss Huang would not be kind enough to answer Tang Ling.
Tang Ling tolerated it. He was not interested in the garrison troops anyway, so he thought he would never have anything to do with them.
What's more, it was also written in the book that the garrison should be a force that only listened to the Island Lord. Even the Dark Hall, which temporarily exercised jurisdiction on behalf of the Island Lord, had no right to give any orders to the garrison.
Tang Ling was not interested in the garrison at the cabin area.
However, the other two floors of the cabin area piqued his interest.
One didn't even need to think about it to know that the first floor was related to the arena, while the other was related to cultivation.
Other than the seafood, Darkness Port was also famous for two other things. One was the arena, and the other was the cultivation rooms.
If a normal person were to purchase information from Darkness Port, they would get the same answer. On the second floor of the cabin area, there were a thousand cultivation rooms that circulated downwards.
There were a thousand cultivation rooms that circulated downwards, and all of these cultivation rooms were open to the public. Without a doubt, even the worst cultivation room on the upper level was better than many core cultivation places in small safety zones, and could even be compared to some of the upper-middle cultivation places in the safety city.
The lower the cultivation rooms, the better they were. The specific benefits of the cultivation rooms were not recorded in the book, but Boss Huang's book clearly stated that the rooms contained a large amount of pure energy.
The energy was refined using Darkness Port's unique method and was especially useful for humans.
Therefore, even those without Genetic Chain Talents could obtain great benefits by staying in the cultivation rooms. Not only could they increase their basic abilities, but they could also increase their vitality, which was also their lifespan.
Boss Huang even came up with a hypothesis. If a person without talent had the resources to stay in the lowest core cultivation room for a long time, he or she would be able to become a superhuman no weaker than a Purple Moon Warrior, just that he or she would not have any talent abilities.
However, the loss outweighed the gain.
Tang Ling was tempted by what he read. He knew smithing would bring him a lot of benefits, but it could not increase his energy at all.
Boss Huang's food was one of the ways, but … there were a lot of buts.
For example, how could food compare to pure energy? The Tower of Babel in Safety Sector No. 17 had left a deep impression on Tang Ling.
On top of that, Tang Ling was not sure how long he would stay in Boss Huang's place.
Even though Boss Huang was cunning, sly, and a little perverted, he was still a decent person.
Tang Ling decided to find a way to get to the cultivation rooms in the cabin area. Even if the cultivation rooms were not the best, they must be magical.
As for Boss Huang's comment about Darkness Port opening the cultivation rooms to the public, Tang Ling completely ignored it.
He was only worried about one thing at the moment: the resources needed to enter the cultivation rooms.
It did not take a genius to know that the better the resources, the higher the cost. The worst cultivation room on the second floor of the cabin area cost 3 Black Sea coins and 1-star Darkness value per hour.
As for the better cultivation rooms, other than the increase in coins, the requirement for Darkness value would be higher.
What was the Darkness value?
In simple words, it was a measure of one's contribution to Darkness Port. There were many ways to earn contribution which involved almost every aspect of life, work, business, military, and so on.
For example, sweeping the streets of Darkness Port could earn a pitiful amount of Darkness value.
Another example was a merchant who paid taxes to earn Darkness value.
Even if one stayed in Darkness Port for a long time, there would still be a small amount of Darkness value every month.
However, all the methods were too slow. A 1-star Darkness value alone would require one to accumulate up to 1,000 points.
If the method was risk-free, it would take forever to accumulate the Darkness value.
Of course, there was also a faster way, which was to participate in the shipwreck defense and make a certain contribution. It would make one rich overnight and he would become a 5-star Dark in a short period of time. By then, he would not even be able to exchange for a Basic Darkness badge.
However, shipwreck was not a common occurrence.
Therefore, in Darkness Port, as long as one was capable enough, he or she would choose two methods to earn Darkness value.
Sometimes, at least in Darkness Port, Darkness value was more valuable than money.
What were the two methods?
The first was the Dark Arena.
The second was the Hell Ledge Challenge.
The Dark Arena was located on the first floor of the cabin area. It was not just a simple arena but a grand collection of arenas that covered the entire first floor.
Firstly, it was divided into several main modes.
The first was the Human Combat mode, which was a battle between humans and beasts.
The second was the Living Combat mode, which was a battle between humans and beasts, insects, or even plants.
The third was the Special Combat mode. It might seem the most difficult to understand at first glance, but it was actually a battle between humans and machines such as strength measurement, speed measurement, and all sorts of other weird modes.
The last was the Group Combat mode. There was no need to explain it. In simple words, it was a group fight.
Just by looking at the few main modes, one would know that Darkness Port could spawn countless arenas. For example, the Human Combat mode would be limited by age and strength, hence the need for separate arenas.
For example, the Human Combat against Living Creatures would also be differentiated by species and level.
Tang Ling was too lazy to calculate the complicated details. All he knew was that the arenas were ranked from low to high, and every time he won a match, he would be able to earn a corresponding amount of money and Darkness value.
The most tempting part was the Lord of Darkness Challenge that would be held every week. Those who had the highest win rate in the same level of arena would be gathered together to challenge each other.
Every month, the Son of Darkness Challenge Tournament would be held. Those who were qualified to participate were those who had obtained the title of King of Darkness.
As for the King of Darkness Challenge that would be held every six months and so on, only the Son of Darkness would be qualified to participate.
The winner of the challenge would be rewarded with a huge amount of money and Darkness value.
The challenge would be held in the center of the first floor of the cabin area, which was also known as the Arena of Kings.
All kinds of challenge challenges were the favorite pastime of the residents of Darkness Port, and the challenge in the Arena of Kings was something that everyone looked forward to.
There were many benefits involved in the challenge challenges, such as the official quiz activities and the bets in the outer ring.
However, regardless of how big the benefits were, no one dared to affect the fairness of the challenge challenges.
'I'll verify it myself. It's absolutely fair.' Boss Huang commented on the challenge challenge. Tang Ling somehow trusted the comment.
At the same time, he was even more tempted by the challenge challenges. He needed Darkness value and money more than anything else.
He must participate in the challenge challenges! At least, if he wanted to leave Dvesha Moha, he could always fork out the money to repay his debt, could he not?
As for the mysterious Hell Ledge, it was a place that everyone in Darkness Port would turn pale at the mention of, yet a lot of people could not help but want to challenge it.
If they succeeded in the challenge, even if it was just a small success, it would bring them great benefits.
So, where was the Hell Ledge? What exactly was it challenging? Even though Tang Ling was instinctively cautious against the name Hell Ledge, he could not help but read the description.
He also had to find a way to earn money outside of the arena if he could challenge the Hell Ledge.
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