Monsters Are Coming
Chapter 318

Looting or Captive Rearing: A Colonial Deal

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Night Abyss slowly raised his hand, and the furious Bone Rot immediately fell silent.

This shows the status of Night Abyss in his heart.

The request made by A Lan is equally ridiculous to Night Abyss.

Without plunder, where would the resources needed for development come from?

But it wants to hear what the members of the Gold Coin Merchant Association think.

"Reason." Night Abyss's voice is still calm:

"Give me a reason not to plunder Azure Star Sea Area."

A Lan calmly took out a homemade Azure Star Sea Area map from his space bag and spread it out on the ground.

The map has a relatively complete distribution map of marine resources, and each location is marked with earth characters.

Including island resources, which race is occupied, and seabed resources around the island, etc.

A Lan crossed his finger on the map, pointed at the map and looked at Night Abyss:

"I cannot deny that plunder is the most efficient way to obtain resources. The resource wealth that other races have hoarded for ten, twenty, or even longer years can be collected through just one war. This even includes the flesh and blood energy contained in the bodies of the creatures that were plundered and slaughtered. But from a development perspective, there may be a more moderate and better solution."

As he spoke, A Lan pointed at a blue light spot on the map:

"This is the Pearl Island occupied by the Kraken Clan. There is a breeding farm built by the Kraken Clan on it, which can produce 800,000 water oysters every year. Your one-time plunder can take away 20 years of wealth, but it also means that this island will no longer produce any breeding resources in the future." A Lan then slid his finger to another island marked "Qinglin Island":

"This island is occupied by the Scale Tribe. A special spiritual plant called Moon Algae is planted on the island's Tide Spiritual Field*. It can be harvested once every six months. If Misty Abyss Clan forcibly captures it, it will indeed be possible. Loot their accumulated inventory at once, but the cultivation of moon algae requires the Scale Clan's unique secret technique of Tidal Blessing. Once the Scale Clan is extinct, these Spiritual Field will degenerate into ordinary seaweed and will no longer produce any spiritual resources."

Then, his fingertips moved to another sea area:

"This area enclosed by me is the Abyssal Whale Ranch. It is managed by the Howling Spirit Tribe. They domesticate thousands of deep-sea abyssal whales that can produce whale soul essence. The breeding technology is very complicated. Even if I teach you Misty Abyss Clan, it is difficult to master. During this period, a lot of energy is required to take care of it. If Misty Abyss Clan slaughters the Howling Spirit Tribe, such resources will no longer be able to be produced."

Night Abyss listened to A Lan's story and stared at the map in silence, seeming to be calculating the gains and losses.

"General Night Abyss must have understood what I want to express. Decades of time are too short for the Misty Abyss Clan. Rather than Draining the Pond to Catch All the Fish, it is better to let this sea area become Misty Abyss Clan's long-term granary."

"Keeping them alive will continue to create value for the Misty Abyss Clan. Gold Coin Merchant Association can establish a supervision mechanism for you, allowing each tribe to pay a certain proportion of resource income in exchange for safety, so that Misty Abyss Clan can have stable and generous continuous returns near the territory while engaging in plundering wars. Speaking of this, A Lan seemed to have thought of something, and continued after a moment of silence:

"I understand what plundering means. Convert resources into strength. With stronger strength, you can plunder other forces more quickly and grow like a snowball. In your opinion, the development model I provided may not be as practical as plundering."

However, the development of the Misty Abyss Clan has also experienced bottlenecks. For example, when Word of Death Clan first came, when external development could not be promoted and internal resources were difficult to produce, the result of being trapped in a protracted war was gradual decline., but by establishing a logistics support base with Azure Star Sea Area as the center, it can have stronger war endurance when it is caught in the quagmire of war, and can bring a higher war fault tolerance rate to the Misty Abyss Clan."

A Lan's words moved Night Abyss.

It naturally knows a series of shortcomings in the development of the Misty Abyss Clan, so every word of A Lan pokes its heart.

In fact, it had similar ideas a long time ago.

Establish a logistics support mechanism, but the logistics services should not be provided by outsiders, but by reliable members of the tribe.

The early idea is to mobilize a group of people from the home world to establish various resource development projects in Monster World, including mining, farming, breeding, etc.

But before the plan could be launched, Word of Death Clan ushered in the invasion.

Now after listening to A Lan's story, he feels that it may not be impossible to continue to produce resources through foreigners.

Azure Star Sea Area The innate abilities of many racial forces cannot be learned by the tribesmen in the home world. Keeping them can continue to generate income for the Misty Abyss Clan°

But whether this model is feasible remains to be verified.

Night Abyss's fingertips gently tapped the armrest of the throne, with a hint of playfulness in his voice:

"Asking Misty Abyss Clan to give up plundering is like asking Hailong to stop eating meat. This is simply unrealistic."

A Lan did not speak, waiting for Night Abyss to continue speaking.

But what you said makes sense. An overly radical development model will hardly have room for change when encountering difficulties. Maybe establishing a resource supply base is a good choice, but the plunder of Azure Star Sea Area cannot end here... In this way, you make a list and indicate which races have what value. I can keep all the races on this list."

A Lan Hearing this, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

What a cunning old ghost.

This list seems to be a concession by Night Abyss, but in fact it is a layout to maximize Night Abyss's interests.

Once the values of each clan are listed, it is equivalent to handing over the entire resource lifeline of Azure Star Sea Area to the Misty Abyss Clan.

What's even more insidious is that this completely cuts off the possibility of him secretly adding other races.

After all, each race has its own resource output type. It is easy to add a race to the list, but without the corresponding output resources, it is obviously impossible to muddle through.

"The list is OK, but the types of resources produced by some races may overlap. In short, I will give you a satisfactory answer." "Okay, from now on the Gold Coin Merchant Association will be able to flow freely through Azure Star Sea Area, and your safety will be protected by our Misty Abyss Clan." Night Abyss finally chose to agree.

"By the way, there is one more thing." A Lan continued.

Night Abyss nodded and signaled A Lan to continue.

"The name of my ethnic group is Player Race. Our ethnic group is also divided into multiple factions. Some of these groups will also operate near Azure Star Sea Area. They are not under the supervision of the Gold Coin Merchant Association and may launch attacks on the Misty Abyss Clan."

"What are you trying to say? Could it be that if your clan attacks my clan, we can't fight back?"

"If you are attacked by me, Player Race, you can deal with it however you want, but please do not involve hatred on the Gold Coin Merchant Association." "This is not a big deal, there is no problem."

"It's a pleasure to work with you. I'll send you the list in three days."

Just when A Lan put away the map and was about to leave, Night Abyss suddenly asked:

"Gold Coin Merchant Association's friend, what do you call him?"

"Receive Sacrificial Power."

"Your Excellency Receive Sacrificial Power, I, Misty Abyss Clan, return to Azure Star Sea Area. At this stage, I am not familiar with the nearby forces. In what direction do you think Misty Abyss Clan should expand and develop next?"

When asked, A Lan actually didn't want to answer the call.

The cooperation has been negotiated. No matter where you develop, Azure Star Sea Area is destined to return to the hands of players in the future.

Misty Abyss Clan is only temporarily in charge of this area.

But thinking that Misty Abyss Clan will be Gold Coin Merchant Association's big customer in the future, part of the resources plundered from the outside will be handed over to the Gold Coin Merchant Association for processing. This is indeed a major event related to the development of the Gold Coin Merchant Association, so it is okay to provide some information.

After thinking briefly, A Lan took out another map from the space bag.

Then he reached out and pointed to Ascension Sea Area:

"According to my Gold Coin Merchant Association's information, the Sea of Death to the north of Azure Star Sea Area is ruled by the Ancient God Clan. Its strength is unknown, but it is certain that it has a war power that is by no means weaker than Misty Abyss Clan. Ascension Sea Area to the southeast has two forces. They have been at war all year round and have already fallen into a quagmire of war..."

During A Lan's narration, Night Abyss kept nodding and had an idea ready to move in his mind.

But it will not believe A Lan's words. Next, it will send forces to conduct a detailed investigation against the Ascension Sea Area forces.

Return to Emperor's Tomb Village, A Lan and click on the group chat interface of the Gold Coin Merchant Association.

Start counting the resource output information of each family based on the information in the plug-in.

Only ethnic groups that produce special resources can survive, which is obviously not in the Gold Coin Merchant Association's interests.

But as Night Abyss said, Misty Abyss Clan has just recovered and needs a lot of resources to restore its damaged body. It is impossible to protect all races of Azure Star Sea Area.

Those ethnic groups that cannot produce high-value resources can only rely on blood food nutrients from the Misty Abyss Clan.

But A Lan decided to add some trading groups that are friendly to the Gold Coin Merchant Association to the list.

Some conditions can be negotiated.

Gold Coin Merchant Association relies on the power of the Misty Abyss Clan to develop. Misty Abyss Clan does not need to use Gold Coin Merchant Association to convert resources.

Both parties are equal in this negotiation, and Misty Abyss Clan has to sell some face.

As long as the list is not excessive, Night Abyss's knowledge will definitely not choose to break the relationship.

Then A Lan asked the guild members in the group chat to set off collectively to the trading groups they were connected to to negotiate an asylum agreement.

The specific plan is that for those ethnic groups who are willing to stay in Azure Star Sea Area, Gold Coin Merchant Association can provide shelter and ensure that they are not invaded by the Misty Abyss Clan. However, they need to pay 60% of the annual resource output to the Misty Abyss Clan, and the annual output will be supervised by the Gold Coin Merchant Association members and even regulated on the spot.

Although this plan is difficult to accept in the eyes of all ethnic groups.

But fleeing to other sea areas means giving up resources, and you may also be robbed by the Misty Abyss Clan during your escape.

Even if you go to the open sea, you may not be able to find a suitable habitat.

Compared with annihilation, survival is obviously the best choice.

In the future, Misty Abyss Clan's layout in Azure Star Sea Area will also gradually change from direct plunder to colonial mode.

Let all foreign races help its development.

In a stable environment, the development of the Gold Coin Merchant Association can be guaranteed, and it can also profit from the development of the Misty Abyss Clan.

Including the resources paid by various clans to the Misty Abyss Clan, Gold Coin Merchant Association will also draw 10% of the profits.

There is no need to discuss this aspect. Regardless of whether Night Abyss agrees or not, this is the bottom line.

In order to provide people and efforts, a resource management team must be established. This part of the expenditure cannot be borne by the Gold Coin Merchant Association.

Gold Coin Merchant Association can provide various welfare conditions to its own players, and even provide various services for free for money, but there is no need to deliberately please foreigners. Misty Abyss Clan is not qualified yet.

A Lan, who had a clear idea, started to seize the time to lay out the plan.

In the next few days, the Mingwu Army under Night Abyss will also stop expanding, giving him enough time to make statistics and layout.

As for the races on the list, the primary target is the race that can bring high profits to the Gold Coin Merchant Association.

Mainly divided into three categories.

They are races that master unique technologies, races with special geographical resources, and races with higher resource yields.

After explaining the situation in detail in the group chat, the members of the Gold Coin Merchant Association went out to sea to take action.

Start negotiations with all ethnic groups on behalf of the Misty Abyss Clan.

As for whether to choose to leave or compromise and surrender, it is up to these races to decide.

If you choose to leave, Gold Coin Merchant Association knows about the resources held by these races.

He will make these resource areas public on the forum, and players with ideas can go and mine them on their own.

Even like Arms Dealer Guild, it builds external resource extraction channels.

Just when Gold Coin Merchant Association started taking action.

Players active near Azure Star Sea Area have fought against the Misty Abyss Clan warriors many times.

As a player, I have absolutely no desire to indulge in the Misty Abyss Clan's wanton expansion.

This is why A Lan was vaccinated in advance, indicating that his Player Race was divided into different factions.

Gold Coin Merchant Association is just a platform and cannot supervise all players, nor does it have the power to make other players act according to their own ideas.

There will inevitably be conflicts between players and Misty Abyss Clan while exploring Azure Star Sea Area.

After being vaccinated in advance, if the player has any friction with the Misty Abyss Clan in the future, A Lan will also have an excuse to remove Gold Coin Merchant Association from it. At this time, a large number of players are gathering next to Colorful Mist Coast.

In addition to Fishing Party players, there are also many old players from other regions.

Although Azure Star Sea Area is currently stronger than Emperor's Tomb Village, players only value benefits.

Di Nian Bully's backlash, natural disaster wall, and a series of other tactics have resulted in the revenue never increasing, making it the most powerful monster in the entire map. Its only advantage is its quantity and stability.

But Azure Star Sea Area is different. Misty Abyss Clan obviously doesn't have the skills of a bully.

The income from farming a Misty Abyss Clan warrior far exceeds any evil troop type in the Emperor's Tomb Mountain Range area.

As long as there is an area that can generate income, that area will breed players.

Squads, teams, guilds... the already lively Colorful Mist Coast has returned to its peak, attracting a large number of players.

During this period, many players from new areas came to Colorful Mist Coast, wanting to join the team of old players, and followed Evolution Points and Sacrificial Power. Under the night, Colorful Mist Coast was lit up by countless Monster Soul features.

The densely packed players are like migrating sardines, spreading from the coastline to the sea.

Veteran players generally ride windy vehicles, such as flaming warhorses, mechanical pterosaurs, and even group vehicles like fairy boats, to shuttle over the crowd. Many guild-made flags rustle in the sea breeze.

Nowadays, guilds with some strength will make their own flags.

Every time there is a group incident, it will be taken out and waved, like a moving advertisement, to increase the exposure of the guild in Player Camp. The regional voice channel has even exploded.

"Come on as a nanny Wish, and use the statistical plug-in provided by God King to distribute loot and other benefits."

"The old guild accepts people, and can provide potions to bring new ones. The top 10,000 players in the first two new player activities will join the team. We will send screenshots of the rankings in private messages." "Is there any old player team that needs pendants? This cute new player can sing, dance and talk cross talk, and I guarantee to make your journey happy." "Is there any kind person who can donate 100 Sacrificial Power points? E, don't ask why, I'm a newbie, I just want it when I open my mouth, and if you don't give it, you are discriminating against newcomers." "Get out of the way of those who are blocking the road in front of you. You are bullying me for not having a flying vehicle, right? I'm going to challenge General Mingwu, so don't get in the way." Colorful Mist Coast was far more lively than before.

The huge number of players has choked the coastline with water.

Flying vehicles are extremely important at this moment, as they can pass through crowded crowds from above.

But for veteran players, in addition to vehicles, flying can also be carried out through their own abilities.

Melee players can burn Qi and Blood and release Gāng Qì to boost their body into the air. During this period, they can flexibly adjust their position in the air. Release Gāng Qì to the left to fly to the right.

Release Gāng Qì to the right, and you can move to the left...

The Gāng Qì that covers the whole body is as flexible as an arm, assisting melee players to easily fight at high altitudes.

In fact, this set of flight modes has been proposed by players on the forum a long time ago, and the reference is the flight mode of Champion Fighter.

However, the combat power level of players at that time was generally low, and Qi and Blood was not strong enough to sustain long-term high-altitude flight.

But now the veteran players are fully capable of doing it.

The flying methods of legal players are even more diverse.

The most popular way is to release the Monster Soul characteristic of Void Grasp, and then control the hands of the void to support yourself and fly in the air.

The second is the method of using telekinesis shared on the forum by "I still can't beat you after rebirth".

It can convert mental power into telekinesis, which can be used to kill enemies or to levitate the body and fly.

The melee flying method and the legal flying method each have their own advantages.

Due to its speed, it is like a detonation engine when flying. It compresses Gāng Qì and then releases it in a specific way. Each explosion is accompanied by a scream of air explosion.

The flight speed even exceeds that of most vehicles.

In sharp contrast, legal players' leisurely telekinetic flight has high battery life and can also generate a telepathic wall in front of them. Even their hairstyle will not be messed up during flight.

However, the importance of vehicles in the eyes of veteran players has not diminished.

Players explore Monster World in an increasingly wider area, so they often need to use vehicles to travel for long periods of time.

Before mastering the ability to jump in space, armed vehicles will always be the functional auxiliary tool that most players prefer to consume.

As time goes by, more and more players begin to go overseas.

Start a fierce battle with the Misty Abyss Clan in all directions of Azure Star Sea Area and obtain profit hunting benefits from the Misty Abyss Clan.

Three days later.

A Lan appears again in Mist Hidden Island.

Through positioning transmission, he appeared directly in front of Night Abyss this time.

This really surprised Night Abyss, and also gave him a new understanding of the strength of the Gold Coin Merchant Association Chamber of Commerce.

"Arrived as promised."

The white light dissipated, A Lan looked at Night Abyss, smiled and nodded, then took out an "Exemption from Looting List" written on homemade paper from the space bag and handed it over.

The races above have all agreed to the conditions of the Gold Coin Merchant Association, and will obtain Mingwu Zai's protection through the above-mentioned methods.

Making this list wasn't easy.

This list is essentially a map, which marks the islands where the races that are willing to donate are located, as well as relevant information about this race. The entire process of translation and writing of the text was carried out in the library.

Otherwise, Night Abyss would obviously not be able to understand the earth text on the map.

I have been very busy these days, and I have not completely completed this map list until now.

Night Abyss took the map list and looked down at it.

After a long time, Night Abyss raised his head and frowned slightly:

"There are many races on the list you gave that have similar resource points. For example, the work of mining areas. The Didong clan and the Tiandu clan have similar characteristics. They can leave these two clans to be responsible for mining. With the size of these two clans, any clan can withstand the resource points of two islands at the same time. There is no need for both clans to keep them, right?"

Faced with Night Abyss's doubts, A Lan, who had already thought of his words, immediately explained:

"In terms of resource output, these two races have no specializations, and the methods of resource extraction also overlap. However, in other fields, these two races may be able to help the development of the Misty Abyss Clan.

"The first is the underground cave tribe. Although they are not good at fighting, they have lived underground for generations. Their intuition about the trend of mineral veins is far better than other races. They can smell many special ores in the mines. They can easily grasp the output of those rare spiritual ores during the mining process, which can bring surprises from time to time." "As for the Tiandu tribe... he Their war capabilities are weak, but they are very good at building various buildings, which can help the Mingwu Clan's future clan construction to a certain extent. Even if you Mingwu Clan does not need it, our Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce also needs it. This clan has existence value in the eyes of our Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce, so we have to keep it." After saying this, A Lan did not continue.

Night Abyss was silent for a moment, and finally nodded slowly:

"Gold Coin Merchant Association are our allies now. Since you have needs, let them continue to live."

At this moment, Night Abyss changed the topic:

"But what does the 10% resource commission marked on the map list mean?"

"I, Gold Coin Merchant Association, are responsible for the collection, supervision, transportation, and other aspects of all the donated items. Shouldn't we collect the 10% of the profits? Gold Coin Merchant Association's cooperation with Mingwu is essentially making profits, not just seeking asylum. Gold Coin Merchant Association does not need any power to shelter. Night Abyss did not hold on to this point of view and nodded with a smile:

"Everything you said is correct. Gold Coin Merchant Association and I, Misty Abyss Clan, are in a cooperative relationship. Naturally, we need resource benefits. But our clan can be responsible for the transportation you mentioned. The supervision process only requires a few of my Misty Abyss Clan warriors to be placed on each island. The so-called responsibility in your mouth is just the final calculation of resource benefits. This does not seem difficult. Just based on these, 10% of the profits will be divided?"

A Lan raised the corners of his lips slightly, tapped his fingertips lightly on the table, making a crisp rhythmic sound, but a sharp flash appeared in his eyes:

"General, you seem to have underestimated the weight of transportation. Misty Abyss Clan can indeed transport and supervise it by itself, but Misty Abyss Clan is about to go to war with Ascension Sea Area. The main war force must be transferred to the front line. Do you think that the two forces of Ascension Sea Area will only passively respond to the war in the future? Don't you think they will take the initiative to plunder Azure Star Sea Area's resources?"

"As long as there is a war in the future, Ascension Clan and the Shuyan field will also investigate Azure Star Sea Area, and whether it is Ascension Clan or the Shuyan field, these two forces have time to control With the inter-jumping technology, you can skip the frontline defenses and descend directly on Azure Star Sea Area, plundering Misty Abyss Clan's transportation resources." Night Abyss's expression was slightly frozen, obviously weighing the pros and cons.

A Lan saw this and became even more determined:

"The 10% profit not only buys transportation, but also the absolute safety guarantee provided by the Gold Coin Merchant Association."

"How safe is it?"

"I said before, even if the entire Azure Star Sea Area is destroyed by external forces in the next second, the resources Misty Abyss Clan stored in my Gold Coin Merchant Association will still exist. When the people of your home world come to again, On that day, Monster World was still able to inherit this resource from me, Gold Coin Merchant Association. This is the integrity of me, Gold Coin Merchant Association." "Okay, I agreed." This time, Night Abyss did not continue to be embarrassed and decisively chose the conditions.

"A pleasure to work with."

After thoroughly negotiating the conditions, A Lan sent an invitation to Night Abyss:

"Ten days later, I, Gold Coin Merchant Association, will hold an auction at Dream Island. There will be many rare resources on display. General, maybe you can come and take a look. Maybe there will be auction items that satisfy you."

Night Abyss Hearing this, the fog around him rippled, and his interest was immediately aroused.

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