"May the best man win?"
As soon as those words were spoken, the city lords immediately grew uneasy!
In an instant, the entire conference room fell into an extremely oppressive atmosphere. Several city lords exchanged glances, their minds racing. This new regulation involved something truly extraordinary...
It allowed civil war and even seemed to encourage competition between players from different cities. If that was the case, many strategies would have to be adjusted. Mister from Fifth City, in particular, felt utterly miserable...
What kind of joke was this? Civil war was allowed? Competition between cities was allowed, too? Then what the hell was he supposed to do?
The reason Mister had dared to burn bridges after crossing the river, let White Players bully players from other countries, suppress Central China Players without restraint, and even brazenly siphon resources from Fifth City to strengthen the capitalist families was that the other players had no way to deal with him...
That was because Star Sea's rules had clearly forbidden civil war between players before...
Moreover, judging from the players' previous exploration of the New Realm and the population they had conquered, the people there were all from technologically backward ancient civilizations. There was a dimensional gap between them and the civilizations of Star Sea. Players invading that place was practically like their ancestors first setting foot on the North American Continent and facing the native inhabitants there—an invasion they could completely crush.
So he had planned everything from the very beginning. During his time as city lord, he would amass wealth like crazy, constantly squeeze resources and loans out for himself and his allied families, and suppress the players in his own city as much as possible. Once those Family Disciples gained every advantage outside and the hierarchy took shape, Fifth City