"Hey, bro, looks like you got some good stuff today." Two teams wearing combat uniforms walked past each other. The tall man on the left, wearing a green combat uniform, greeted them with a smile.
"Not bad. I was lucky. I hunted a six-clawed toad." The one who answered him was an eight-foot-tall, burly man with a full beard. He was also the leader of this combat team.
If they had met in the wild, they might have been more cautious. However, they were only a few hundred meters away from the gathering place. Blackie wasn't afraid of being attacked.
The tall man said, "Bro, I just came here not long ago. I'm not familiar with the surroundings. I bought a beginner's manual. I don't know if it's useful." The tall man waved the black leather manual in his hand, then took out a cloth bag and threw it to Blackie.
Blackie took the cloth bag and peeked through the gap. Two commander tier monster core crystals were worth some money.
He smiled and threw the cloth bag into the box behind him. "You guys just arrived? I've been here for more than a year. I'm quite familiar with the surrounding area. If you want to get something, you'd better go to the Land of 1,000 Streams."
"The Land of 1,000 Streams?" The tall man remembered the map in his manual. It seemed to be the name of the place.
"Hehe, although there aren't many monsters in the Land of 1,000 Streams, I haven't met any high-level monsters. There aren't many monsters there, and the danger is low. Although the harvest is low, it's good for a long time," Blackie said generously.
This information was valuable, but it wasn't. As long as they were familiar with the area, they would be able to find out about it with some time. Therefore, he didn't hide it.
"Thank you." The tall man smiled and nodded.
After passing through the barren plain, they reached the Land of 1,000 Streams in the north.
There was a small market at the border between the Land of 1,000 Streams and the barren plain.
The market was crowded with people.
Hmm … There were also many familiars.
When there were more people in a place with people, there would be signs of human habitation and gathering places.
The Land of 1,000 Streams was more than 800 kilometers away from the Desolate Labyrinth. Even monster trainers would need a whole day to get there.
Along the way, they would encounter all sorts of monsters. Otherwise, their speed would be much faster.
The market bordered both the Land of 1,000 Streams and the Barren Plains behind it. At first, some merchants with good foresight came here to sell medicine and consumables. Later, as the number of people increased, some people simply built houses here.
Later on, it became a gathering place.
Speaking of which, the Land of 1,000 Streams was quite strange. The Land of 1,000 Streams was so large that it had swamps, rivers, streams, and grasslands at the same time. Logically speaking, such a complex ecological environment should have a lot of monsters.
However, when someone discovered this place, they only found a small number of monsters in the Land of 1,000 Streams. Moreover, their levels weren't very high. This didn't make sense.
"How strange. There aren't many monsters in this place." The tall man led his team to hunt in the Land of 1,000 Streams for two days. Most of the monsters here weren't very high-leveled, and they were scattered far and wide, so they didn't have to worry about being ambushed by other monsters.
"Perhaps this is a blessed land given to us by the heavens," one of the team members said with a smile.
"That's true, haha."
Boom. The ground beneath his feet trembled slightly.
"Hey, did you feel anything just now?"
"No, what's wrong?"
"Hahaha, it must be your imagination."
The tremor only lasted for a moment before it disappeared.
.....
"How's the development of the gathering place in the Land of 1,000 Streams?" Seo Qingzhi, who was wearing silver-framed gold-rimmed glasses, sat in a remodeled room in the Barren Labyrinth and dealt with some documents.
Half a year ago, the eight-year term of the mayor of Yuzhou Base City had ended. In a new round of elections, the chairman of Southern Sky Group, Ji Hanwu, was successfully elected as the mayor of Yuzhou Base City.
In fact, Old Ji was very reluctant at first. Before the vote, he publicly said, "The mayor's position requires a responsible, capable, and responsible person. I feel that I'm not worthy of this position."
Ji Hanwu had sincerely rejected the offer. The Southern Sky Group had more than 100,000 employees on the surface, and if the president of the Explorer Alliance was included, the number of members would be more than a million.
In some ways, he was in charge of more people than some small Base City mayors, and his power was more concentrated.
Moreover, now that his grandson had made a name for himself, he was also in a semi-retired state. Many of the power in the group had been delegated, and he really didn't care about the mayor's position.
Then … Ji Hanwu was elected with 95% of the votes.
Ji Hanwu had no choice but to reluctantly take the mayor's position.
"Since everyone thinks so highly of me, then I'll reluctantly give it a try. I won't hold back."
After becoming the mayor of Yuzhou Base City, Ji Hanwu really didn't hold back. He knew what these people were thinking, and Ji Hanwu was too lazy to fight for power with them. He directly reshuffled the cards.
Those who were capable, regardless of whether they were related to Southern Sky Group or not, would be able to hold a high position as long as they were capable. Those who weren't, no matter how strong their connections were, would be relegated to the bottom.
Seo Qingzhi was also arranged by Ji Hanwu to go to the Black Fog World as the chief of the Black Fog World division of the Explorer's Union.
"The flow of people gathering in the Land of 1,000 Streams is increasing. There are no permanent residents at the moment, but some companies have sent employees to work long-term."
Seo Qingzhi nodded. Southern Sky Group only built a company branch in the Desolate Labyrinth. Other than that, they didn't set up branches outside the gathering places. They had to share some soup with others.
This was because all the shops in the gathering places had to pay a considerable amount of rent every month.
"But … three days ago, someone saw that the Black Phoenix Mountain Range was particularly active. The monsters in the mountain range occasionally came out and ran to the Land of 1,000 Streams."
Black Phoenix Mountain Range.
These four words made Seo Qingzhi frown.
The Black Phoenix Mountain Range was five times the size of the Land of 1,000 Streams and the Desolate Plains combined.
There were many Emperor-tier monsters in it, and there were even rumors of Overlord-tier monsters.
"Send more drones and strengthen the security." Seo Qingzhi nodded.
.....
At night, at the gathering place at the junction of the Land of 1,000 Streams and the Desolate Plains.
In the Land of 1,000 Streams, a 20-meter-tall brown-striped bear that looked like a small hill slowly approached the gathering place.
When it got closer, its tall body was particularly eye-catching even in the dark.
The aura of an Emperor-tier monster was obvious. Some of the familiars couldn't even summon up the courage to resist and collapsed to the ground.
Some of the familiars' hind legs went soft, and they were scared out of their wits.
"This, this is an Emperor-tier monster," someone said in horror. "Run, we can't beat it. Run!"
Almost at the same time, the Information Security Department of the Desolate Labyrinth learned about what had happened in the gathering place through the information transmitted by the drones.
"Alert! Seven-star alert! "
Above the labyrinth, the alarm sounded.
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