Chapter 1 The Zero Wing City

Star-Moon Kingdom, Zero Wing City.

In a seven-story high-end restaurant not far from the Zero Wing Residence, three players wearing black cloaks that completely concealed their figures sat in a private room, quietly watching the Zero Wing Residence outside the window.

"Guild Leader White Cloud, the results of the battle between the Miracle Guild and the Zero Wing Guild are out. This is all the information about the Zero Wing Guild that I purchased from Tianji Pavilion." The half-elf man then sent the information to the half-tiger man in front of him. "This battle in the Black Dragon Empire ended with the Miracle Guild withdrawing from the Black Dragon Empire."

"What? The Miracle Guild was defeated?" The half-tiger woman, Zhanfu, was slightly stunned. "How is this possible? That's the Miracle Guild! The current Miracle Guild is very strong, even stronger than its peak period. How could they be defeated?"

As a member of the famous Grim Reaper Studio in the virtual game world, she had a good understanding of the major super forces, especially the distribution of power and strength of the current super forces.

Among them, the Miracle Guild was one of the targets of their Grim Reaper Studio's attention.

The Miracle Guild not only expanded very rapidly in God's Domain, but the most crucial point was that it had recruited many famous experts from the virtual game world. The most typical example was the Witch of the West, which greatly increased the strength of the Miracle Guild. Afterwards, they seized a resource stronghold in the West Continent. Currently, they only lacked an opportunity to become a super guild recognized by the industry in one fell swoop.

Moreover, once the Miracle Guild became a super guild, its strength would definitely rank in the middle or above among the super guilds, making it a guild with unlimited potential in the future.

Zhanfu found it hard to imagine that such a guild would be defeated by Zero Wing.

"It was indeed defeated. This matter has already spread throughout the Black Dragon Empire." The half-elf, Bingyu, said slowly, "The reason why the Miracle Guild retreated this time was because the Zero Wing Guild suddenly dispatched two hundred experts with combat power close to the top level, who could completely fight the Miracle Guild. This caught the Miracle Guild off guard. The Miracle Guild knew that continuing to fight would only waste time and resources, so they gave up."

"Two hundred experts with combat power close to the top level? You're kidding me!" When the half-tiger woman, Zhanfu, heard this, her first reaction was disbelief.

Two hundred experts with combat power close to the top level—what a force that would be!

An ordinary first-rate guild was at this level, and that was only with the addition of those monsters and top experts.

"It's not a lie. It's really true." The silent half-tiger man, Qingtian Baiyun, suddenly said, "From the information, we can know that Zero Wing Guild did this by using Beginner Combat Armors. These Beginner Combat Armors have a time limit and don't last long. Moreover, Zero Wing Guild also has the even more terrifying Demon Breaking Crossbow. If more than a dozen of these crossbows attack together, even a Tier 2 Refinement Realm expert would be instantly killed. If there are enough of them, it's not impossible to instantly kill top experts."

"So that's how it is. I was wondering how a guild that suddenly appeared in God's Domain could have such power." The half-tiger woman, Zhanfu, couldn't help wiping the sweat from her forehead.

If the Zero Wing Guild really had so many experts, it wouldn't be difficult to deal with their Grim Reaper Studio. It would just take some time. As long as they didn't go too far, that's why the major super forces didn't bother to pay attention to their Grim Reaper Studio.

"Even if the items have a time limit, such power is still extraordinary." Qingtian Baiyun glared at Zhanfu. "Alright! We can go back and report to the head of the group now. As for how to deal with Zero Wing in the Fairy Empire later, the head of the group will decide."

As he spoke, Qingtian Baiyun took out a Return Scroll, not intending to stay in Zero Wing City any longer. Bingyu and Zhanfu also nodded, not expecting the Ninth Heaven to have managed to latch onto such a powerful backer.

At the same time, after Shi Feng returned to Zero Wing City, he immediately stored all kinds of rare materials obtained from the Black Dragon Empire into the Candlelight Firm's warehouse, allowing Melancholic Smile to further recruit life players and expand the scale of the Candlelight Firm.

Although the current Candlelight Firm was developing very well, the number of life players that could be cultivated was also very limited due to the limited materials, so they had not been able to fully let go in terms of recruitment.

However, through the battle in the Ice Jade Forest, Zero Wing obtained more than 400,000 gold coins worth of rare materials, which immediately solved the problem of insufficient materials. They could easily recruit thousands more people into the Candlelight Firm now. Moreover, the Candlelight Firm needed a lot of manpower to develop in the Black Dragon Empire and Fairy Empire.

As long as the Candlelight Firm could develop in these two places, the daily income of the Candlelight Firm could at least double. After all, the number of players in the Black Dragon Empire and Fairy Empire was much larger than that in the Star-Moon Kingdom, and a large number of players also meant a large demand. Even if they couldn't become the number one firm like in the Star-Moon Kingdom, the money earned would be very considerable.

As for the competitiveness, Shi Feng wasn't worried at all.

Because of the existence of the Sage's Hand, even if Melancholic Smile secretly used it, it had allowed the Candlelight Firm to create five masters during this period, including two alchemy masters, two forging masters, and one engineering master. And the most surprising thing for Shi Feng was that Miao Wu Yin had created an advanced alchemy recipe through the help of the Titan Holy City and the Sage's Hand.

She only needed to create one more advanced alchemy recipe to become an Intermediate Alchemy Master!

The importance of an Intermediate Alchemy Master was not less than that of an Intermediate Forging Master, and it could even be said that they were more in demand for team dungeons, because an Intermediate Alchemy Master already had the qualification to make master-level potions, unlike an Elementary Alchemy Master, whose success rate was too low.

If they could make master-level defense potions or magic resistance potions, it would be a great help for team dungeons and field team missions.

"Guild Leader, the virtual shop auction that was held earlier has completely ended, but no company or group is willing to lease them. On the other hand, the other two towns in Witch's Hill are selling very well..." Melancholic Smile looked at Shi Feng with some worry. "Although we have obtained some Credits by selling equipment to cope with the current consumption of the training base, it is not a long-term solution."

"No one is willing to rent them?" Shi Feng looked at the information on the two towns that Melancholic Smile had brought over, and was slightly surprised. "The development momentum of these two towns is too rapid. There are already more than forty companies and groups willing to buy them. If they continue to develop at this rate, they will probably be promoted to intermediate towns in less than ten days."

The development speed of the two towns had really exceeded Shi Feng's expectations. The defensive buildings invested in the two towns were already no less than those of intermediate towns, and the most surprising thing was that both towns had built defensive magic arrays, which allowed the two towns to survive the invasion of wild monsters and became the foundation for major groups and companies.

"Guild Leader, you're still in the mood to joke. We've only just entered the training base, and the expenses are very high. The Credits from selling the guild's equipment will only last us for five or six days at most." Melancholic Smile said speechlessly.

She had already seen the financial statement compiled by Liang Jing, and it was terrifying.

It was as if they weren't spending Credits at all, but just burning paper.

"Is the consumption that high?" Shi Feng looked at the daily expenses and couldn't help but click his tongue. He didn't expect the original Ouroboros to have such terrifying daily expenses. The current expenses were already close to those of the Shadow Guild in his previous life, and this was only at the beginning of development. They would recruit more internal members in the future, and the expenses would only increase. He then smiled faintly, "In that case, let's see who can outlast who."

Shi Feng then asked Melancholic Smile to sell some of the level 50 Bronze and Mysterious-Iron equipment that had been made, which could at least support them for a while.

Although the ancient aura of Witch's Hill had permeated the entire Witch's Hill, making the monsters in the wild stronger and greatly reducing the combat power of the players, the evolution of the monsters also needed time to ferment. It wouldn't be completely evolved at once, but would become stronger and stronger over time.

After settling these matters, Shi Feng used the Seven Luminaries Ring to directly teleport to the teleportation magic array in the Forest of a Thousand Trees, and used a Magic Crystal to come to the gate to another world.

After Shi Feng appeared, the Envy Demon also quickly appeared, floating in mid-air and quietly overlooking Shi Feng.

"Young adventurer, why are you back so soon?" The Envy Demon questioned as she looked at Shi Feng.

"Honorable Demon Lord, I have completed the task you gave me. These are the 200,000 Magic Crystals you wanted." As Shi Feng spoke, he took out all 200,000 Magic Crystals from his backpack space, instantly piling them up into a small mountain in front of him.

As Shi Feng took out 200,000 Magic Crystals, the Envy Demon waved her hand, and all the Magic Crystals disappeared without a trace in an instant. The huge gate to another world suddenly bloomed with a dazzling light, and the ancient aura inside surged out like a flood.

Immediately afterwards, a series of system prompts came to Shi Feng's ears.