"This must be Player Street. There really are a lot of players here. They're almost half the population."
A bustling street stretched before Yang Ling.
This was North City in Kyoto. Half a year ago, it had still been a place where poor families settled.
Its usual residents had been peddlers, laborers, and people from all walks of life.
Unless they had important business, the rich and powerful hardly ever came here.
Yet in less than half a year, players had bought up almost all the properties on this street.
As a result, the once-impoverished locals had struck it rich like homeowners receiving relocation compensation and moved somewhere better.
"Lu Xiangdi and the others' gangs are the undisputed bosses of this street. I think they've bought thirty adjoining courtyards, and they have plenty of members now."
Yang Ling felt rather moved.
Lu Xiangdi and the others occasionally sent him private messages reporting on the God-Slaying Gang, the Immortal-Slaying Gang, the Heavenly Cripple Gang, and the Green Gang.
These Four Great Gangs had now become the largest player gangs in Kyoto, without exception.
Almost every player was affiliated with one of the Four Great Gangs.
This was also thanks to the Iron Garment Division backing the Four Great Gangs.
At this stage, apart from the players who had changed classes to become eunuchs, what connections could ordinary players possibly have in the Zhao Kingdom's Kyoto?
Even players who formed small groups or guilds remained under the umbrella of the Four Great Gangs.
There was another fundamental reason for this.
The role the Four Great Gangs now played was somewhat like that of a Starter Village.
New players, or players short on money, could receive initial help from the Four Great Gangs if they had nowhere to stay and no way to