Chapter 1 Central Street, Icebound City

After leading the Shura adventurer team to escape Hecate's pursuit, Shi Feng quickly had everyone don black cloaks and enter Icebound City in batches to gather information about the city.

Meanwhile, Shi Feng himself took Yan Ya directly to Icebound City's City Hall.

"Guild Leader, Icebound City is so prosperous, it can almost rival the royal cities of God's Domain," Yan Ya said in surprise as she sat in the advanced carriage and looked out the window at the streets.

Along the way, they saw vendors hawking their wares on both sides of the street. Unlike Coldwind City, most of these vendors were lifestyle players selling various level 50 weapons and equipment, the worst being Bronze grade, and the best even Mithril grade. This was something you would never encounter in Coldwind City. The streets were lined with shops, and the commercial prosperity was no less than that of a royal city.

Moreover, compared to the player levels and equipment in Coldwind City, the players here were obviously stronger. The mainstream players on the street were almost all above level 52, wearing almost full sets of level 50 Mysterious-Iron equipment. There were quite a few level 53 expert players, equipped with several pieces of Mithril equipment, and some even had level 50 Fine-Gold equipment…

"It is indeed very prosperous. The level of the free lifestyle players alone surpasses that of a royal city by a large margin." Shi Feng looked at the lifestyle players on the street and noticed that none of them wore guild emblems. They weren't guild members, yet they could produce level 50 Mithril equipment. This level was much stronger than the lifestyle players in God's Domain. At least in the Star-Moon Kingdom, the only ones who could make level 50 Mithril equipment were the Candlelight Trading Firm. "It seems that this Icebound City should be one of the main cities in the Ice Crystal World."

"Main city?" Yan Ya had never heard this term before.

"That's right, main city. The entire Otherworld can be considered a kingdom or an empire. Although it's not unified, there are cities similar to royal cities and imperial capitals, and those are the main cities. They serve as the central hubs for the surrounding areas. However, there isn't just one main city in the Otherworld. Depending on the size of the Otherworld, there are three to seven. A city as large as Icebound City should be a main city," Shi Feng explained.

According to previous investigations, the number of players in Icebound City far exceeded that of Coldwind City, reaching eight million. This number of players couldn't be supported by an ordinary city. It was even more than the current population of White River City. In addition, Icebound City had recently opened up two other cities and had maps leading to several surrounding areas, which was enough to prove that Icebound City was a main city in the Ice Crystal World.

Shi Feng had originally thought he would arrive in an ordinary city similar to Coldwind City, but he didn't expect to come to a main city, which was a pleasant surprise.

In the Otherworld, main cities are much more important than the royal cities and imperial capitals in God's Domain. This is because, in the Otherworld, you need to pass through a main city in almost half of the cases to travel to other cities, unlike in the kingdoms and empires, where you can directly teleport to other cities.

In addition, if you want to connect to other large regions, which means connecting to other main cities, only the region where the main city is located can do so. Ordinary cities in that region cannot connect to other large regions.

Because of this, main cities in the Otherworld are very important, and the difficulty of controlling them is much greater than that of ordinary cities. But as long as you can occupy one, you can occupy a significant portion of the resources in the entire Otherworld, making them a must-contend-for place for the major guilds.

Being able to arrive in Icebound City ahead of the major guilds in the Black Dragon Empire meant that they had a significant advantage.

After a carriage ride of more than twenty minutes, Shi Feng and Yan Ya finally arrived at the City Hall of Icebound City.

At this time, there were many merchant players in the hall selecting shops, and some players waiting were chatting and laughing in the rest area.

"Have you heard? Hecate ambushed an adventurer team in the Great Ice Rift, and not only did she lose thousands of elites, but she also allowed nearly half of the members of that adventurer team to escape."

"Of course I've heard. I also know that the adventurer team is called Shura. I heard that they are an adventurer team from Coldwind City that Hecate wanted to occupy."

"This Shura adventurer team is so powerful that they actually made Hecate suffer a loss. Who exactly are they?"

"I also heard that the leader of this Shura adventurer team is a monster, over three meters tall, with arms several times thicker than our thighs. Even the Vulture Squad was wiped out by him alone. In addition, he single-handedly eliminated thousands of Hecate's elites, killing second-tier experts like slaughtering dogs."

"That's really a monster. No wonder the Vulture Squad was completely wiped out."

There's nothing new under the sun. Hecate's army of 40,000 besieging an adventurer team was already a huge commotion. After losing thousands of people, the secret couldn't be kept, and it quickly became the talk of the town throughout Icebound City.

"Guild Leader, they seem to be talking about you." Yan Ya couldn't help but smile as she secretly looked at Shi Feng.

"Am I that huge?" Shi Feng was speechless at the players' discussions, which were getting more and more exaggerated.

Hecate's actions did cause heavy damage to their Shura adventurer team, but they also brought considerable gains. Everyone was talking about it, which greatly improved the Shura adventurer team's reputation in Icebound City for free.

Afterward, Shi Feng went to the second-floor hall and showed his City Guardian title.

"Respected Guardian, how may I assist you?" a high-level NPC clerk walked over and asked.

"I want to buy a piece of land in the city," Shi Feng said directly.

"Very well, here is the city map showing the available land." The high-level NPC clerk then took out a city map of Icebound City. The land marked in green on the map was still available for purchase, while the land marked in red had already been purchased.

Looking at the city map, Shi Feng couldn't help but smile.

"As expected, no one has bought the land on that street yet." Shi Feng looked at the large areas of green markings in the old city district on the outskirts of the city, which were completely ignored.

Since the launch of God's Domain, the important city land in both the NPC cities of God's Domain and the NPC cities of the Otherworld had long been bought by the major guilds, and there was no good land left.

However, there was one difference in the NPC cities of the Otherworld, and that was the old city districts of the main cities.

In the Otherworld, only the main city regions can travel to the regions of other main cities, just like between kingdoms in God's Domain. You must pass through the royal city to teleport, and other cities in the kingdom will not work.

In the main cities of the Otherworld, the so-called connecting to other main city regions does not actually refer to opening up a road on the map, but to opening up air routes between cities, using a flying艇 (feiting ting) from one main city to fly to another main city. The area where this flying艇 (feiting ting) is located is the old city district of the main city. As long as the air route is opened, an airport will be built in the old city district of the main city. At that time, the place connecting players in the two major regions will be the airport.

In the previous life, the major guilds in the Otherworld did not know this, but some merchant players bought the land and made a fortune.

At this time, the land near the airport in the old city district was almost vacant, which was a huge business opportunity.

"Respected Guardian, do you have a specific location in mind? I can give you a more detailed introduction." The high-level NPC clerk looked at Shi Feng, who had not responded for a long time, and couldn't help but ask.

"No need for introductions. I want all the land in this area." Shi Feng pointed to several streets in the old city district.