Chapter 1 Shilin Town

Shilin Town.

Shi Feng had just walked out of the Guild Residence and immediately felt a sense of unfamiliarity with Shilin Town.

The towering virtual shops and various high-end hotels, restaurants, bars, and so on lined up on both sides of the street. Unlike before, where there were rows of bungalows or small two-story buildings, now even the worst buildings on the main street were at least five stories high. The number of players traveling on the streets was comparable to those in White River City. Among these players, there were many experts whose levels exceeded 40, and some players were even riding mounts, drawing envious gazes from many.

In addition to the adventurous players, there were also some lifestyle players chatting and laughing on the streets.

Moreover, there were many NPC wandering merchants setting up stalls and hawking their wares on the main street, and the number of NPCs coming and going was also astonishingly high.

The bustling scene didn't resemble a small town at all; it was more like arriving in a city.

This surprised Shi Feng to some extent.

It had only been a few days, and Shilin Town had undergone such a big change. If it continued to develop, it would probably be promoted to an advanced town in no time. If it weren't for the establishment of cities, Shilin Town would definitely become the main base of the Zero Wing Guild.

Just as Shi Feng was slowly walking towards the Coliseum, preparing to take a good look at the situation in Shilin Town, he heard many resting teams chatting on the street.

"The number of experts gathering at the Coliseum is increasing. In the past, I could get into the top 100 in the daily small competitions and get some encouragement awards, but now I can't even get into the top 300..."

"Yeah, now only the team leader is strong enough to stay in the top 100, but the encouragement awards given by the Coliseum to the top 100 have also increased a lot. I heard from Zero Wing's internal sources that they are preparing to expand the number of encouragement awards to the top 300. The top 100 can have priority in purchasing Stamina Secret Medicines from the Candlelight Firm, and they can also get a 10% discount, but the quantity is limited to three bottles."

"Priority to buy Stamina Secret Medicines? That's great! The Candlelight Firm sells a limited number of Stamina Secret Medicines every day. They are either snatched away by the acquisition staff of the major guilds or bought by scalpers who are waiting for them. It is impossible for adventure teams like us to snatch them."

"Yeah, with our team leader around, it should be no problem to buy three bottles of Stamina Secret Medicines every day in the future. As long as we save up enough Stamina Secret Medicines, our team can explore those more distant high-level areas. At that time, the income will definitely be amazing. I heard that the Sharp Edge Adventure Team made a big one before, directly penetrating the Ghost Ruins and earning a fortune in one go. I heard they are already preparing to buy a second private residence in Shilin Town. I just don't know when the Zero Wing Guild will sell them."

"They earn so much? I heard that the last private residence was auctioned for more than 600 gold. Next time, it will probably be even more expensive."

"Of course, you don't know that they found a Fine-Gold Treasure Chest and opened a level 50 Mithril-grade boots design from the treasure chest. After that, they took it to the auction house for auction and made a fortune."

"It's good to have Stamina Secret Medicines. You can explore further places. Almost no one has been there. If our adventure team had a private residence in Shilin Town, it would be great. We could participate in competitions every day in the future, and we could also buy special items from wandering merchants as soon as possible."

"Yeah, but the team leader is also hesitating now, not knowing whether to get the team members' mounts first or buy a private residence."

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The players on the street all had shining eyes when they talked about the private houses in Shilin Town.

Before, everyone felt that private housing was just so-so. Anyway, there were transport carriages to and from other NPC towns, saving a lot of time, but now, it was completely different. Not only could the team's experts participate in competitions every day, but they could also buy props from wandering merchants as soon as possible. The most important thing was that the team members could store double experience points, and the leveling speed was much faster than theirs, not to mention they could use it as a large warehouse.

"It seems that the effect of private residences is gradually being reflected, but this is just the beginning." Seeing that everyone was becoming more and more interested in the private residences in Shilin Town, Shi Feng became more and more confident in the subsequent plans.

In fact, private residences are not only limited to holders who can teleport, but also allow companions to teleport over, but the number is very limited, and the cooling time is also very long. In addition, private residences also need to reach a certain level.

To put it bluntly, private residences can also be upgraded, just like the guild's private space and the shops in the city. Moreover, the townhouses built by players are easier to upgrade, but it depends on whether the town itself has reached that level to enable this function.

This is also why so many players like to buy residences in the town residences of powerful guilds. The first is that there is security, so you don't have to worry about that guild occupying the town. The second is that the towns developed by large guilds develop very quickly and are high enough in level to allow private residences to upgrade quickly.

Currently, the entire Shilin Town is an intermediate town and already has the ability to upgrade private residences, but this function has not been unlocked yet.

To unlock this function, two conditions must be met. The first condition is that the permanent population of the town must be more than 300,000, which is a piece of cake for Shilin Town. The second condition is the town's security problem, which is more complicated. The number of external defensive buildings must meet the standard, and the other is the level of the NPC guards defending the town.

As long as it meets the standard, it can be unlocked immediately.

Shilin Town definitely meets the standard in terms of the number of defensive buildings, and the remaining quality of the NPC guards is a problem, because NPC guards are obtained through recruitment. What kind of NPCs can be recruited depends entirely on the town's own level and luck, which requires time to accumulate.

But now it's slightly different. Shi Feng originally wanted to use the Hero's Chapter in the new city, but now it seems that this is a good opportunity to make Shilin Town go one step further.

Unconsciously, Shi Feng also came to the most lively place in Shilin Town.

The Coliseum!

The Coliseum, which is the size of a stadium, is now crowded with people at several main entrances. The scene is not inferior to the friendship competition held by the White Tiger Martial Arts Hall.

In the four-story competition hall of the Coliseum, it was already full of players, including many experts above level 40, constantly cheering for the players on the competition stage.

At this time, the results also appeared on the ring, and the winner was a berserker wearing a black cloak.

The reason why everyone cheered was not only because the competition was very exciting, but more because the expert sent out by the Zero Wing Guild had lost again...

"Ikaruga is indeed no match for them." Hei Zi shook his head as he looked at the arena.

Earlier, Yi Dao Cheng Feng and Ye Wumian also went up, but the opponent's strength was too strong. None of them could make the opponent's HP drop below 50%. Only Fei Ying and Jian Ying could make the opponent's people drop to nearly 50%.

Their strength was unbelievably strong.

"Hahahaha, it seems that the experts of the Zero Wing Guild are nothing more than this. They are only a little stronger than the top experts of those first-class guilds that we challenged before. If there are any more experts, come on up! As long as you can make my HP drop below 50%, I will admit defeat!" A berserker who was more than two meters tall, wearing a black cloak, and completely hiding his level and name laughed loudly.

"Damn it, they don't take our Zero Wing Guild seriously at all!" Jian Ying slammed the railing, his eyes filled with anger. "If Sister Huo Wu comes over, she will definitely beat him until he can't find his way back!"

The other members of the Zero Wing Guild couldn't help but nod.

Huo Wu is the undisputed second-ranked melee expert in the entire Zero Wing Guild. Only Vice President Bai Qingxue can compete with her. The remaining people are far behind.

At this moment, a familiar figure was walking towards the arena step by step, which made Hei Zi and others open their mouths wide.

"Guild Leader!"