Chapter 1 The Silent Night Empire

Dark Night Empire, the Star Ring stronghold in Dark Night City.

In the silent Guild Leader’s office, Lu Xingluo had barely stepped inside when he noticed someone already seated there. This startled Chenhui, who was following closely behind, and he immediately moved to stand in front of Lu Xingluo protectively.

The Star Ring stronghold was heavily guarded and strictly regulated. No one dared enter the Guild Leader's office without permission, not even the Vice Guild Leader.

Yet here was someone sitting in the office.

What was most alarming was that this person didn't bear the Star Ring Guild's emblem, and if he hadn't seen him with his own eyes, he wouldn't have sensed him at all. It was as if the man didn't exist.

He was, after all, a master of the Vacuum Realm, with senses honed to their peak. He should be able to clearly perceive even a fly, let alone a living person standing nearby. But even now, as he looked at the young man in silver-gray leather armor, he felt nothing, as if he were a black hole.

Just looking at the young man, Chenhui suddenly felt cold sweat trickling down his back, yet he couldn't pinpoint the source of the danger.

Just as Chenhui was feeling at a loss, Lu Xingluo suddenly spoke.

"Chenhui, you may leave," Lu Xingluo ordered Chenhui after seeing the young man.

"Yes!"

Chenhui immediately understood that this person must be someone the Guild Leader knew. As he left the office, he couldn't help but glance at the slender young man sitting on the sofa.

As Chenhui left the office, Lu Xingluo walked over and sat down in front of the young man.

"Qing Mian, what brings you here?" Lu Xingluo glanced at the young man, his tone indifferent.

"Of course, to confirm if you've been handling things as that person instructed," the young man said calmly, unfazed by Lu Xingluo's coldness.

"Rest assured, everything is proceeding smoothly. I will personally report it. You don't need to concern yourself," Lu Xingluo said.

"That's good." The young man nodded and smiled. "But I heard that Star Ring was just defeated by Zero Wing. That's quite interesting."

"I was merely letting them live a little longer," Lu Xingluo said, his face turning cold. "Once things are settled, I'll let them know what despair is!"

To preserve his trump cards, he had been forced to concede defeat. He would never let Shi Feng and the others off. When the time came, not only Zero Wing, but also the War Souls and Scarlet Emperor Guilds, the two major guilds in the Dark Night Empire, would be finished.

"Don't misunderstand, I'm just talking about the Zero Wing Guild. It clearly doesn't have any backing, yet its development speed is so rapid, and it has produced a large number of experts. It can even defeat your subordinates now. This is very intriguing," the young man said, shaking his head.

Any super force that had developed to its current state had invested a great deal of capital and resources, especially in nurturing experts. Simply having money wasn't enough.

But Zero Wing clearly hadn't invested much, yet it had repeatedly shown an astonishing rate of growth. No one would believe that Zero Wing didn't have any secrets.

"What, are you interested?"

Lu Xingluo was surprised to hear the young man say this. Qing Mian had always been indifferent to everything and never paid attention to anything outside his own affairs.

"It's not that I'm interested, but that person is," Qing Mian said with a faint smile. "He might go and have a chat with them."

"That person is interested?" Lu Xingluo was taken aback.

Although he was the heir to the Star Voyage Consortium, with extraordinary status and power, he was worlds apart from that person. He never expected that person to be interested in a small guild like Zero Wing.

"That's right, so don't mess around recently. We'll talk about everything after the discussion is over," Qing Mian said.

"I understand," Lu Xingluo nodded.

Since that person was going to take action, he naturally couldn't say anything. If the matter was successfully negotiated, that would be one thing, but if it failed, Shi Feng and the others would probably be doomed, even without his intervention.

...

While the players of the entire Dark Night Empire were discussing the battle between Star Ring and Zero Wing, Shi Feng quietly arrived at Dragonheart Island in the Sea of Death.

The streets of Dragonheart City were bustling with activity. Walking through the streets, Shi Feng could clearly feel that the city's prosperity surpassed even the imperial capitals of the empires.

As the only large-scale free NPC city in the Sea of Death, it was a gathering place for many large forces. Even neutral forces and maritime powers that were rarely seen could be found here.

Especially these neutral forces, their strength was very strong, even those super forces dare not easily oppose them at sea.

The neutral forces were all non-human players. The racial talents themselves were above those of the human race. When reincarnated as other races, the difficulty of doing tasks was very high. It can be said that non-experts cannot succeed, and the strength of a force composed of such a group of players can be imagined, and the sea area is not comparable to the land. There are no restrictions or lack of freedom for non-human players.

Whether it was the speed of upgrading or the improvement of strength, it was much faster than that of human players. The only disadvantage was that it was very troublesome to change jobs, and the difficulty was much greater than that of human players.

The maritime forces go without saying, they all speak with ships, and the personal strength of players cannot play any role here.

Because of this, the entire Dragonheart Island was a mixed bag. It can be said that it was very, very difficult to gain a foothold here.

In the previous life, Shi Feng never had the opportunity to gain a foothold in this place. At most, he would bring a team to try out the Tower of the World. The entire guild didn't even have a temporary residence.

However, he came here early in this life, which made Shi Feng sigh.

"In the previous life, I missed the best preparation before advancing to Tier 3. I won't miss it this time." Shi Feng looked at the municipal hall, which was more than ten stories high, on the street, suppressing the ecstasy in his heart.

Advancing to Tier 3 was very difficult, which not only required players to reach a certain level, but also relied heavily on external objects.

Dragonheart City was full of strange objects. As long as you can buy a shop inside, you can acquire a lot of good things from the NPCs, which can be said to be a stable source of supply. Of course, the quality of the items acquired largely depends on the location and level of the shop.

In the previous life, it was because many forces did not have shops in Dragonheart City, which caused a considerable gap when advancing to Tier 3. Shi Feng certainly couldn't miss this opportunity.

Soon, Shi Feng entered the municipal hall and was led by an NPC to an elegant reception room. The NPC steward directly took out the Dragonheart City shop list, allowing Shi Feng to browse it slowly.

For Shi Feng, the most important thing now was to buy a high-star shop, but considering the ancient gold coins in his hand, the choices were very limited. If he wanted to buy a two-star shop, he could only choose a grocery store. Places like alchemy workshops or forging workshops don't even think about it.

"It seems that the only one I can buy is the grocery store located in the city." After looking through it for a while, Shi Feng suddenly felt that he was very poor.

Looking at the two-star shops above, almost all of them were above 10,000 gold, and the expensive ones even reached more than 30,000 gold, which was simply not affordable.

Just as Shi Feng was planning to buy the grocery store located in the city, he suddenly saw a one-star shop with gray characters at the end of the list, and Shi Feng was stunned for a moment.

"Wanderer's Shop?"