(PS: 571542584. The author has hand-drawn maps of China and Lianzhou County in the group. You can check them out if you're interested.)
Gaia Year 2, March 1st, Cliff Mountain City.
The three elite groups of [Snow Death Rose Mercenary Group], [Breeze Pavilion], and [Listen to the Rain Tower], totaling 1,500 elite players, were teleported to Cliff Mountain City.
After the three guilds formed an alliance, they had a tacit understanding. The elite group of Snow Rose Mercenary Group was personally led by Lin Jing, and the other two guilds were led by the leaders of their elite groups.
This arrangement was equivalent to acknowledging the leadership of Snow Rose Mercenary Group.
Sun Xiaoyue came out to receive the three elite groups.
They would rent a courtyard in Cliff Mountain City as a foothold and supply point.
For the elite groups, there were two places to explore.
One was the Secret Realm of Nanshan Mountain, which was also the focus of the elite groups' exploration.
Although Nanshan Mountain Cave could be explored repeatedly, there would be extra rewards for clearing it for the first time. The system would also make an announcement, which was a very rare opportunity to promote the guilds.
There was only one Nanshan Mountain Cave, but there were three guilds, which required coordination.
Lin Jing came out and gathered the three leaders for a discussion. The result of the discussion was that the three guilds would take turns exploring in the order of Snow Rose Mercenary Group, Breeze Pavilion, and Tower of the Rain.
Who could get the first clear reward would depend on their own abilities.
Although Snow Rose Mercenary Group was the first to explore, they didn't have any advantages.
According to the information disclosed by Evil Mercenary Group, if a player died while exploring the Secret Realm, they could reincarnate without any losses. However, after reincarnation, they couldn't enter the Secret Realm again. They had to wait for the next opportunity.
At the same time, a player could reincarnate without any losses in the same Secret Realm up to three times. If they died after three times, they would be reincarnated for real, and their level would be reset to zero.
Gaia's arrangement wasn't out of mercy, but because the exploration of the Secret Realm was very difficult. It was almost impossible to clear the Secret Realm on the first try.
It was reported that Evil Mercenary Group spent one and a half months exploring the Secret Realm. They went through five waves of people and died more than two thousand times before they barely cleared the Secret Realm.
The greater the gain, the greater the risk.
It turned out that Bloody Romance's gain was more than enough to make up for the loss.
At the same time, different Mystic Realms also had a limit on the number of people who could enter.
The maximum number of people in the South Mountain Grotto-Heaven was one hundred.
Therefore, an elite team could be divided into five teams and take turns to explore.
According to the type of secret realm, the number of times it could be opened was also different.
The Fortuitous Encounter Secret Realm could only be explored once. Regardless of whether one managed to clear it or not, the Fortuitous Encounter Secret Realm would disappear upon completion.
The scroll could be explored once a day until the stage was cleared. After clearing the stage, it would disappear.
The public secret realm would be opened once a day in the morning and once in the afternoon, and it would never disappear.
The Nanshan Mystic Realm was a public mystic realm that opened twice a day.
There were three elite groups and fifteen teams. Basically, it would only be their turn once a week.
Even so, there was still one team that had to skip.
Therefore, when they were not exploring the arcane realm, they had to go to the second pioneering land — the Five Fingers Mountain.
The elite team's target was naturally not the ordinary wild beasts, but the desolate beasts that filled the Five Fingers Mountain.
This way, not only could they level up, but they could also obtain high-grade materials. If he was lucky, he might even obtain a Desolate Beast's Inner Core.
Apart from that, players could also use Contract Scrolls to sign contracts with Dire Beasts. They could be used as pets, mounts, or battle partners.
Therefore, the Cliff State was simply a paradise for the elite team.
After the elite team rested, they prepared to go to the Nanshan Grotto-Heaven for the first exploration.
The day before the elite team arrived, the third batch of immigrants had already set off from the North Sea Port.
The main force of the immigrants was 10,000 farmers who were transferred from all over Lianzhou County.
Their mission was to reclaim the wasteland. The Cliff Mountain City had to complete the reclamation of the wasteland before the Qingming Festival so that the first season of rice would not be delayed.
Accompanying them was the Tiger Troop.
Apart from that, there were also hundreds of merchant ships.
The establishment of the Cliff Mountain City was undoubtedly a boost to the confidence of the major chambers of commerce. Especially when they heard that the Marquis of Lianzhou was going to send two elite divisions to guard the Cliff Mountain City. The chambers of commerce were even more relieved.
The rich natural resources of the Cliff State had completely touched the sensitive nerves of the chambers of commerce, and they all increased their investment.
The chambers of commerce bought large tracts of land in the Cliff Mountain City to build shops and various workshops. At the same time, they also rented large tracts of wasteland outside the city to reclaim farms.
Therefore, the fleets of the chambers of commerce, in addition to all kinds of materials, also included a large number of laborers they recruited from the Royal City.
According to Ouyang Shuo's request, the laborers of the chambers of commerce also had to be citizens of the Cliff Mountain City.
As a result, the development of the Cliff Mountain City began to enter the fast lane.
Due to Bing'er's noble status, Ouyang Shuo's initial strategy to manage the Cliff Mountain City was to bring in a large number of immigrants. Only taking people from Lianzhou County was somewhat like robbing Peter to pay Peter Peter.
The third batch of immigrants was the last batch of support for the Cliff Mountain City from Lianzhou County.
As for the rest of the population, they had to think of other ways, such as guiding the chambers of commerce to bring in a large number of laborers, guiding adventurer players, or targeting the natives of Jingzhou Island.
In short, Ouyang Shuo would never allow the Cliff Mountain City to develop step by step. With the strong support of Lianzhou County, the Cliff Mountain City was destined to take a completely different path of rapid development from Lianzhou County.
In March, Ouyang Shuo was patrolling Lianzhou County while the Cliff Mountain City quietly developed.
For the entire March, the other Lord-class players were also unusually quiet.
After the battle of Lianzhou County, the Yan Huang Alliance completely went into hiding, silently accumulating strength.
After achieving their goal, the members of the Mountain and Sea Alliance also began to restrain themselves and began to digest the results of the war.
The territorial wars in the China region caused by the battle of Lianzhou County had completely stopped, and the wilderness had once again regained its peace.
The rest of the Lord-class players were going through the integration of the regional alliances.
Therefore, the wilderness was unusually quiet.
Of course, the four major rebel armies were still expanding as usual. They were like a swarm of locusts in the wilderness, sweeping across the wilderness.
In the midst of the silence, the only explosive news was that Lord Chunshen had been assassinated in Dan Yang County.
A lord had been assassinated in his own territory. This was undoubtedly very sensational.
For the various lords, it was extremely shocking.
After the assassination, the various lords unanimously increased the number of guards around them. Even in their own territories, they did not dare to relax.
To be assassinated in front of his subordinates and subjects was a huge blow to the prestige of the lords.
What was even more strange was that the assassin did not seem to have any intention of hiding his identity.
Less than ten days after the assassination, [Bloodshed] publicly announced on the forum that they had planned and carried out the assassination.
Taking this opportunity, [Bloodshed] began to publicly accept all kinds of assassination missions.
The death of Lord Chunshen completely cemented [Bloodshed]'s reputation.
Compared to the Lord-class players, the adventure-class players were much more active.
The friction between the guilds continued to escalate.
Small-scale guild wars would occur from time to time in the wilderness.
As the guilds exerted their strength, it became increasingly difficult for players in small groups to survive.
Due to the harsh death penalty, once a lone ranger died, not only would their level be reset to zero, they would not even be able to retrieve the set of equipment that they had painstakingly saved up.
They were not like the guilds, because they operated as a group. If they died, there would be team members to help collect the equipment.
As for their levels, the guilds would arrange for people to help them level up, so they would recover very quickly.
Lone rangers were not good. Once they died, they would not be able to turn over a new leaf.
The direct result was that a portion of the players who died would become disheartened and turn to life profession players.
According to Gaia's settings, players who died in battle would have a chance to choose a new profession when they reincarnated.
Of course, there was only one chance. The next time they reincarnated, they would not be able to change it.
A portion of the players who died in battle would enter the embrace of the major guilds after reincarnation, relying on the remaining guilds. Because of this, the major guilds absorbed a large amount of fresh blood, and the conflict further intensified.
Jianghu began to be filled with killing.
The color of blood began to spread among the adventure-type players.
Affected by this, one of the ten major guilds began to be in a difficult situation.
It was [A Thread].
As a pure life profession guild, [A Thread]'s combat power was almost zero. As the members' skill levels increased, they needed more and more rare materials.
And these materials were almost monopolized by the major guilds.
The result was [A Thread]'s increasingly awkward situation.
Of course, [A Thread] was still very tempting.
Whether it was the lords or the guilds, they all coveted [A Thread]'s skill talents. Some guilds even threatened [A Thread] with rare materials, requesting to annex [A Thread].
Among them, the most unyielding was [Crisscrossing Sword Aura], which was also from the capital.
Rumor had it that under [Crisscrossing Sword Aura]'s strong pressure, [A Thread] had already begun to lose members.
At this moment, a dramatic scene happened.
[Star Alliance], which had set its headquarters in the capital, suddenly exerted its strength and announced its existence in a high-profile manner, gradually entering the players' field of vision.
There were rumors that [Star Alliance] had also shown interest in [A Thread].
Strangely, seeing [Star Alliance] make a move, [Crisscrossing Sword Aura] began to retract.
If there was no trick in this, he would not believe it even if he was beaten to death.
Ouyang Shuo knew that this must be the result of Di Chen's mediation.
For a time, [Star Alliance]'s influence rose rapidly.
[Star Alliance] also began to openly recruit members. Presumably, the secret family that Star Zhe belonged to had finally decided to come out after a series of games and compromises. (To be continued.)
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