Chapter 1 The Fiery Dragon Empire

Inside the Flame Restaurant's VIP suite on the thirty-third floor, located on the central avenue of Fire Dragon City in the Fire Dragon Empire, Han Guang Shi Ying (Cold Light Poetry Shadow) logged into the game. She saw a tall and beautiful woman standing in the room. The woman's expression was somber upon seeing Han Guang Shi Ying.

This woman was none other than Yu Bai, who had logged in not long before.

"What's wrong?" Han Guang Shi Ying asked, a hint of surprise flashing in her silver eyes as she looked at Yu Bai.

"I just received news that Zero Wing's Silverwing Town has begun its upgrade to a city. This has prompted many forces near the Orc Empire to send people to Silverwing Town, intending to establish long-term cooperation with Zero Wing. Some Super Guilds are even planning to cooperate with Zero Wing," Yu Bai reported softly.

"Upgrading to Silverwing City?" Han Guang Shi Ying was slightly stunned upon hearing this, then laughed knowingly. "So, that's why they rejected my proposal without a second thought. It seems they had some capital to begin with."

"Vice President, now that Silverwing Town is being upgraded to a city, if those Super Guilds really unite to provide protection for Zero Wing, it will be difficult for us to acquire the method to master Sublimation. Otherwise, should we notify Holy Heart Hand now and have them warn those Super Guilds?" Yu Bai asked worriedly.

The task given to them by their superiors was singular: to master the method of Sublimation. If several Super Guilds joined forces to protect Zero Wing in reality, even other Super Guilds would find it difficult to deal with Zero Wing covertly.

"There's no need. So what if they obtain the joint protection of those Super Guilds?" Han Guang Shi Ying said with a faint smile as she looked at the information Yu Bai provided. "Now that Hei Yan's identity has been exposed, Star Ring, which has always wanted to kill Zero Wing, will definitely not let this opportunity pass. I received news before entering God's Domain that the old guy behind Lu Xingluo finally couldn't help but take action. He plans to wipe out all of Zero Wing's new power in Fenglin City, turning Zero Wing into rootless duckweed. With Zero Wing's current manpower, they should be able to resist for a while. We'll just wait and reap the benefits."

Lu Xingluo himself didn't have much ability. Especially the Star Ring Guild he organized. The development of Star Ring Guild to its current state was inseparable from the old guy behind Lu Xingluo.

Even if the various Super Guilds joined forces to protect them, it would be useless against that old guy. Only a few of them in Mythic Mirage could compete with him.

"I understand. Then I'll have our people keep a close watch during this period," Yu Bai nodded.

While Han Guang Shi Ying and Yu Bai were talking, Silverwing Town, far away in the Orc Empire, finally completed its upgrade. A magnificent and splendid city stood tall on the sand dunes. Compared to the previous Silverwing Town, its size and defenses were far superior. Just looking at it from the outside, one could feel the magic power gathering from all directions.

"This magic power is truly astonishing!" Shi Feng muttered to himself, marveling at the magic power gathering outside the city.

It had to be said that after Silverwing Town was upgraded to Silverwing City, the mana-infused core magic array was also greatly improved. With the addition of the five magic towers, its magic density was not inferior to Stone Forest City.

If players rested here, it might not be as good as Stone Forest City with its Free Lodging, but for players now, it was still a sanctuary where they could achieve twice the results with half the effort.

Moreover, it was located in the active area of the Saintly monsters, and many maps had been changed as a result, directly becoming neutral maps above level 100. However, because these level 100 maps had thin magic power and were more strongly eroded by alien energy, coupled with the inability to use flying mounts and return scrolls, the number of players willing to move around in these maps was not large.

Now that they had Silverwing City, it reduced a lot of trouble. At least in terms of recovery, it didn't matter even if they didn't return to an NPC city, and resting in Silverwing City would allow them to recover even faster.

But what truly excited Shi Feng was the change in the Skyport.

The original Skyport was only the size of a stadium, but due to the upgrade of Silverwing Town, the Skyport had also been greatly improved. Now it was three times the size of a stadium, and the number of platforms for docking airships had increased several times. This was one of the benefits of a town's natural upgrade.

"Now that Silverwing Town has been upgraded to Silverwing City, as long as we spend some Gold Coins to open up waterways to the royal cities of the various kingdoms, players from the surrounding kingdoms can directly travel to and from Silverwing City. At that time, the transportation fees alone will probably be comparable to Free Lodging," Shi Feng thought, his heart filled with excitement as he looked at the distant Skyport.

In the previous life, the Skyport was one of the main sources of income for the guild cities of various major guilds. After all, not every player had a flying mount, nor did every player have a private residence in the guild cities of various major guilds, so the Skyport's flying airships became the main means of transportation.

Previously, because the Skyport was only built in Silverwing Town, there was only one waterway that could be opened. However, after being upgraded to a city, it had a total of five waterways. As the Skyport was further upgraded or the town was further upgraded, the number of waterways would continue to increase.

Five waterways might not be anything in the guild main cities of the various major forces in the previous life, but for the current God's Domain, this was something that the various major forces did not even dare to think about, not to mention in the sparsely populated Orc Empire. They could count money until their hands cramped.

However, before Shi Feng could recover from the surprise of the Skyport's changes, a system notification sounded in his ear.

System: Congratulations, player. Silverwing Town has been upgraded to Silverwing City. The Transportation Trade Firm has reached the standard for upgrading to Bronze Rank. Does the player wish to upgrade the Transportation Trade Firm?

"It reached Bronze Rank so quickly?" Shi Feng was stunned as he looked at the system notification.

It wasn't that he was making a fuss, but the Transportation Trade Firm was a very special building, because the building itself represented a trade association system, and the upgrade system was completely different from the normal building upgrades.

It could be said that it was not something that could be upgraded with money or an upgrade order, but it had to meet a series of conditions to be upgraded.

In the previous life, any force that had a Transportation Trade Firm would at least have their guild city upgraded to an Intermediate City. Normally, it would generally reach a High-Rank City before it would be upgraded to a Bronze Rank Transportation Trade Firm.

At this time, Silverwing Town had only been upgraded to a Beginner City, but the Transportation Trade Firm could be upgraded. How could he not be surprised?

It was important to know that if the Transportation Trade Firm reached Bronze Rank, it would represent that a guild city truly possessed the ability to engage in commerce and trade.

Because the Bronze Rank Transportation Trade Firm was no longer limited to a single area or a single country in terms of transportation and trade, but was like a transportation hub that could connect transfer stations in the surrounding kingdoms and empires. Even NPCs from neutral forces would come here to transfer.

In other words, not only could the Transportation Trade Firm display items traded by various countries and neutral forces, but it could also become a place for many NPC merchants to do business and develop.

It could be said that as long as a guild city had a Bronze Rank Transportation Trade Firm, it would not only allow a guild city to smoothly upgrade to a Main City, but it would also greatly increase the benefits for the guild members.

After looking at the system notification for a while, Shi Feng didn't think too much and chose to upgrade the Transportation Trade Firm without saying a word.