Black Gauze still controlled the stretch of territory from Lalbagh Stronghold to Gold Rose and Crescent Moon Fortress. Serving as the buffer between the Iron Blood Brotherhood, Sanyou Weimen, Olma, and Claudio's four guilds, she continued to maneuver with great finesse.
Over these past few months of war, Black Gauze had risen to the pinnacle of the world stage, constantly navigating among those four guilds. Players around the world had witnessed this beautiful woman use her intelligence and peerless beauty to protect the hard-won territory under her control.
In the latest global ranking of the most beautiful women, Black Gauze ranked ninth, right behind Alice. Starting with this list, people around the world discovered that every woman in the top hundred was connected to this game—either a player in it or a spokesperson for it.
"Second World" officially became the darling of the fashion industry, becoming a symbol of fashion and trends. Renowned fashion institutions in Italy, France, and elsewhere, along with major Hollywood companies in America, all began negotiating contracts with "Second World."
Among them, the first girl invited by the French fashion magazine ELLE to shoot a cover was Black Gauze. Because of that shoot, her guild gained the support of even more elite and ordinary players.
Because the news Lu Yang had released was that he intended to attack Liu Jie, and because Claudio, Sanyou Weimen, and Olma had successively declared that they would absolutely not attack Alice, the region's population, originally fewer than twenty million players, had surged to fifty million.
Black Gauze, Alice, White Devil, and the others had finally tasted what it felt like to make money while lying down. Watching the entry taxes in the guild warehouse steadily increase every day made them want to burst into laughter.
"Today, I'm going to buy