Chapter 1 Who Gets First Place?

"I wonder who will be number one this time. I heard that the first place gets control of the only large shipyard on Thunder Island, which would make development in the Sea of Death much easier."

"Yeah! I heard that the large shipyard on Thunder Island can build unique speedboats and transport ships. If we could get our hands on it, it would be hard for our maritime power to be anything but strong."

"But getting in the top five isn't bad either. We can jointly control a large repair dock, which will greatly speed up repairs during naval battles."

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As the huge stone tablet in the central square began to display text, everyone on the square and players outside the island were concerned.

Because for quite some time, Thunder Island would be influenced by these forces. If you didn't get along with these super forces, you might not be able to survive on Thunder Island.

After all, in naval battles, it is difficult to avoid damage to ships. As long as the durability drops, it will definitely need to be repaired.

If an opposing force controls the decision-making power of the repair dock and doesn't allow players to repair their ships, it would be a disaster. The only option would be to leave the Sea of Death and go elsewhere for repairs, but going back and forth to the Sea of Death is very troublesome. As for temporary teleportation slots, don't even think about it. These large forces don't have enough to spare, and the small fry can only rely on their own two legs.

Just as everyone was discussing in secret, the guild in first place appeared on the huge stone tablet.

Miracle Guild!

"How could it be Miracle? Didn't the War Wolf Guild also take three gathering points?"

"It's probably because Nine Dragon Emperor's team merged with Miracle. Don't forget that Nine Dragon Emperor also took a gathering point, so Miracle has four gathering points, making them number one."

"But Nine Dragon Emperor really dared to do that, merging with another team. Doesn't that mean he lost control of Thunder Island?"

"What else could he do? It's Nine Dragon Emperor's fault for fighting to the death with Feng Qianyu's side from the beginning. Otherwise, he could at least have some control over Thunder Island now."

Although everyone present was surprised that the Miracle Guild took first place, they were more sympathetic to Nine Dragon Emperor.

After all, having control of Thunder Island and not having control of Thunder Island are two different concepts. Having control means having the right to decide on the development of Thunder Island, and also the control of a repair dock. Although it's not a large repair dock, at least there is one repair dock where you can repair your ships without having to depend on other forces.

As the first place appeared, the second place quickly followed.

Unsurprisingly, it was the War Wolf Guild. Three monster gathering points made it impossible for other forces to compete. At the same time, they had complete control of a medium-sized shipyard, 25% ownership of a large repair dock, and full ownership of a small repair dock.

This made the major forces very envious.

There was only one large repair dock on Thunder Island, and the first place only controlled 30% of the shares, owning a complete small repair dock.

"I wonder which guild will be third?"

"It should be one of the two super guilds, Saint Magic Hall or Nine Heavens Pavilion. After all, these two guilds occupy a considerable number of ancient towers. Other guilds are still a bit behind compared to them."

"Third place is also great. Not only do they get a small shipyard, but they also own 20% of the large repair dock and a complete small repair dock. Unlike the next few places, they don't even have a complete small repair dock, and can only share one with other guilds."

Just as everyone was discussing, the system finally finished calculating and displayed the third place in the Thunder Island competition.

Dragon Phoenix Pavilion!

The three words that appeared on the black stone tablet silenced the entire audience. Everyone stared with wide eyes, unable to say a word for a long time.

After a moment, a cry of surprise rang out in the square.

"What's going on? Why is it Dragon Phoenix Pavilion?"

"How did the system calculate this?"

"Although Dragon Phoenix Pavilion has two gathering points, the number of ancient towers they have is far less than Saint Magic Hall and Nine Heavens Pavilion. How could Dragon Phoenix Pavilion get third place? The system must have miscalculated."

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The major forces felt that this ranking was very unreasonable, especially the members of Saint Magic Hall and Nine Heavens Pavilion, who were furious at the ranking and shouted that it was unreasonable.

Whether in terms of numbers or the number of ancient towers occupied, their two guilds far surpassed Feng Qianyu's team. No matter how you looked at it, Feng Qianyu's side could not have gotten third place. It would be a miracle if they could even get fifth place.

"Qianyu-jie, look, we're actually in third place!" Qing Huang shouted excitedly, looking at the ranking on the stone tablet, completely ignoring the clamoring of other forces.

Feng Qianyu was also taken aback when she saw the ranking, and her beautiful eyes couldn't help but look at Shi Feng beside her, her eyes full of questions.

According to her estimates, it would be a blessing to get fifth place, after all, there were other super guilds with two gathering points, and they had only barely taken three ancient towers.

The fact that they could get third place now was simply unbelievable.

The only possibility was that Zero Wing had done something to make the ranking so high.

Shi Feng simply shrugged at Feng Qianyu's curious and questioning gaze, indicating that he didn't know either. This made Feng Qianyu give up the idea of asking further, but her eyes were full of gratitude.

With the third place on Thunder Island, she really had the capital to compete for Thunder Island. Even if she lost the maritime power of the Sky Dome Guild, she could develop a very powerful naval fleet in a month with the small shipyard and small repair dock on Thunder Island.

"Guild Leader, do you really not know what's going on?" Aqua Rose asked quietly.

"Of course I know, but I don't want to let others know this secret for the time being," Shi Feng explained with a smile. "Although the ranking on Thunder Island mainly depends on the monster gathering points occupied, the difficulty of capturing monster gathering points varies, so the scores are high and low. Among them, three monster gathering points have the highest scores, and the Rock Giant gathering point we obtained is one of them. Naturally, we will surpass other guilds that have obtained two monster gathering points."

The score of monster gathering points is still a secret for now. This was summed up after many Thunder Island competitions.

Knowing the scores of these monster gathering points allows you to achieve better results with limited strength.

Like now, although they also occupied two monster gathering points, the Rock Giant gathering point has the highest score on Thunder Island, equivalent to occupying one and a half normal gathering points. It is half a gathering point more than other guilds, so ranking third is very normal. This is also why he chose the Rock Giant gathering point from the beginning.

"Feng Qianyu!" Nine Dragon Emperor looked at Feng Qianyu not far away, his heart filled with jealousy.

He had spent so much for this Thunder Island competition, but in the end he only got a temporary teleportation slot and nothing else. But Feng Qianyu not only had control of Thunder Island, but also won third place. Even if the Grand Pavilion Master and other elders didn't want to support Feng Qianyu, they would probably support her with all their strength now.

And Skywalk Lone Wolf on the side regretted it to the core.

If he could borrow a small shipyard and repair dock on Thunder Island, he could definitely take the maritime power of the Sky Dome Guild a step further, far surpassing other first-rate maritime guilds.

However, compared to Nine Dragon Emperor and Skywalk Lone Wolf, the Saint Magic Hall executives standing in the square were silent, especially the Guild Leader, Undying Soul, who looked very bad.

"Guild Leader... the War Wolf Guild said they want to re-discuss the cooperation with Feng Qianyu and Zero Wing Guild, what should we do?" Xuan Jing couldn't help but look at the silent Undying Soul and asked quietly.

This matter was too unexpected. The original plan was for their two guilds to control nearly half of the large repair dock on Thunder Island, but now it seemed impossible.