Daybreak! Otherworlders Descend! Da Li's Meticulous Observation (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Votes)

Before dawn had even broken, the lowland settlements along both banks of the river in Dragon Tiger Gang territory had already become lively and prosperous due to the ever-growing number of players gathering there in recent days.

Across this vast gang territory spanning tens of thousands of mu, gambling houses, entertainment halls, and restaurants stood in abundance, while merchants gathered in droves. Its prosperity surpassed even great cities such as the Song Empire's imperial capital and West Hang.

All commercial and residential areas were arranged like stars circling the moon, built in neat rows around the two highlands on either bank of the Yangtze River—Dragon Mountain and Tiger Mountain—which lay like a crouching dragon and a resting tiger. More than a thousand ships traveled back and forth across the river, joining the Dragon Tiger Gang's northern and southern branches, once separated by the river, into a single whole.

The Dragon and Tiger Halls, the Dragon Tiger Gang headquarters, were built halfway up Dragon Mountain and Tiger Mountain respectively. Both occupied treacherous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to assault. From within the halls, one could overlook all the gang's Jianghu enterprises and witness the grand prosperity of Black Wind Stronghold's largest gang.

At that moment, Jiang Dali stood by the railing in the Dragon Hall with Xiao Feng and the others, looking down at the surging river beneath the breaking dawn. They watched the lights of the gang's patrol boats streaking across the water and listened to the clamor that carried from both near and far.

From where they stood, they could see the square arenas arranged below the mountain like terraced fields across a vast open expanse, as well as the lights scattered along the opposite riverbank.

Almost every light marked another such arena.

Among the thousand ships drifting