Starmoon Kingdom, White River City:
When Shifeng returned to White River City's Teleportation Hall, he found the place bustling with activity. The Teleportation Hall had undergone a complete transformation. It was no longer the same Teleportation Hall as before. Instead, it was much more luxurious.
"What?! The city got promoted?! "Shifeng was stunned when he saw the Teleportation Hall.
Originally, only the first floor of the Teleportation Hall had a teleportation array. Now, however, both the second and third floors had teleportation arrays. The higher the floor, the further the teleportation array could travel. Moreover, floating ladders filled the Teleportation Hall. Not only could these ladders transport players to the second and third floors, but they could also transport players to White River City's airport or central plaza. There were also floating ladders that led directly to the city's central business district.
Floating ladders were extremely fast, even faster than Dark-Gold Mounts. They were the fastest means of transportation in a city, and they could save players a lot of time traveling through the city.
While this might not seem like a big deal, as NPC cities continued to level up, their sizes would also increase to accommodate more players. However, traveling from one part of a city to another would take a considerable amount of time. Although the floating ladders could only reach a few fixed locations, they could save players at least half the time they needed to travel from one location to another.
Normally, when an NPC city activated the floating ladders function, it had to become a Main City first. The city's economy had also reached a certain level of prosperity. The more players a city had, the more prosperous it would be. Instead, it depended on the economic status of both players and NPCs, as well as the number and level of Shops in the city.
Currently, only the various empires' imperial capitals had recently achieved such a feat. Most of the kingdoms' capitals were still lacking, yet White River City had achieved such a feat.
As Shifeng walked down the street, he discovered that White River City had become even livelier due to the promotion. The number of merchant players, in particular, had skyrocketed. Moreover, due to the city's widening of the city's streets, there were more Shops than before.
"Selling Level 50 Secret-Silver Leather Armor! Come negotiate if you are sincere! "
"Selling all kinds of Level 50 Magic Resistance Equipment! Adventurer teams are welcome for a long-term partnership! "
"Purchasing Energy Essences and Primordial Crystals in bulk! Effective long-term!"
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The independent merchant players on the street were frantically shouting. The quality of the items they sold was also much higher than before. Previously, only Guild Shops had sold Level 50 Secret-Silver Equipment, but now, the independent merchant players on the street were selling Level 50 Secret-Silver Equipment.
There were even Level 50 Dark-Gold Equipment on display in the Shops. Only, the prices were ridiculously high. Guild experts couldn't afford such items, not to mention ordinary experts.
. Very quickly, Shifeng arrived at White River City's central business district's streets.
Due to White River City's promotion, the main street had undergone many changes. Now, it was no longer a street. Instead, it looked more like a commercial plaza. The area of the original main street had expanded by more than three times. Among the buildings in the commercial plaza was a building that was over 70 stories tall. This building was none other than White River City's Auction House.
After the Auction House's promotion, the city's Auction House had undergone many changes. Now, not only could players auction their items, but even NPCs could host Basic and Intermediate Auctions. Several of these auctions would be held every week. Due to the Auction House's promotion, Auction House could now host one-fourth of Starmoon Kingdom's cities and towns.
Now, if players wished to purchase something, Auction House in White River City was undoubtedly the best option.
In addition, the biggest difference between the Auction House and the Auction House was the Auction Arena.
The Auction Arena was a new feature that Auction House had only unlocked after the city's promotion.
In God's Domain, strength reigned supreme. The Auction House was no exception. Auction Houses held daily, and many rare items would be put up for auction. Players only needed to pay a registration fee to participate in the Auction House. The Auction House's initial test was a system-type challenge. Afterward, players would battle against each other. These battles tested players' wealth and resources, while combat techniques were secondary. It had nothing to do with players' Attributes or equipment.
Back then, the Auction Arena had become popular throughout God's Domain. Merchant players, who weren't suited for combat, had become passionate about the Auction Arena. Some merchant players had even hired experts to participate in the Auction Arena. Many ordinary merchant players had made a fortune as a result of the Auction Arena. Some expert players had also won top-tier weapons, equipment, and tools.
Due to the Auction Arena, God's Domain's virtual reality game had taken a huge step forward in the real world.
However, due to the Auction Arena's appearance, the various major powers throughout God's Domain had descended into a frenzy of competition and slaughter …
"It's finally time to fight for control of the city." Shifeng could not help but take a deep breath as he gazed at the 70-story Auction House in White River City.
NPC cities weren't like player cities. During the game's early stages, the various major powers were limited to player numbers and Shops. If anyone dared to oppose an NPC city, both player and economy would be annihilated. Unlike player towns, NPC cities didn't have actual control over the city.
However, after the Auction Arena's activation, some of the authority in NPC cities had been transferred to players.
This was the authority and benefits of a city's Auction House!
While this might not seem like much, a city's Auction House held an extremely important position among players. Controlling an NPC city's Auction House was equivalent to controlling an NPC city's lifeline and indirectly controlling players' economies.
For example, if players gained control of an NPC city's Auction House, they wouldn't be able to use any of the city's Auction House's functions. This would be fatal to independent players and major powers. After all, independent players and major powers relied on a city's Auction House as their main source of income.
One could easily imagine the consequences of not being able to use an NPC city's Auction House …
Meanwhile, the competition for control of an NPC city's Auction Arena would be held once a month. Throughout God's Domain, all NPC cities with Auction Arenas would host the competition at the same time. This would, to a large extent, prevent the various superpowers, who had an absolute advantage in resources and experts, from claiming control of every NPC city. However, this competition would also greatly limit the various large Guilds' development.
After all, a Guild had a limited number of resources and experts. The more NPC cities it controlled, the fewer resources and experts it could allocate to each city. To Guilds with insufficient foundations, occupying a large number of NPC cities was simply impossible.
Of course, not many powers were aware of this. After all, the Auction Arena wouldn't be activated after a city's Auction House was promoted. Instead, it would only be activated after a certain number of Auction Houses had been promoted throughout God's Domain. Afterward, the system would announce the competition's details and rules.
Although the Auction Arena hadn't been activated yet, this event gave Shifeng a huge reminder.
They needed to start gathering funds and resources. Currently, the Ling YI Society's foundations were only slightly stronger than those of ordinary first-rate Guilds. For example, the Manatite vein would take some time to reach its full potential.
Following which, Shifeng entered Candlelight and notified A Melancholy Smile to deliver all of the Guild's Tier 1 Mysterious Flames.
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