World Online

by Srtyi

Earth Online – a virtual MMORPG that takes place in the future year of 2190 – a game that everyone will bet their futures on. Set in a map that is ten times the size of real-world Earth, players battle for supremacy in the first game to feature personal adventure, territory construction, and grand warfare. For every death you experience in the game, your level would drop back to 0.

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Chapter 633-Ripples from the Country War

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Notification after notification sounded, causing an uproar around the world. Ouyang Shuo and his Shanhai City had once again used a simple and violent method to shock the world. The world's best Lord was truly worthy of his name.China region.

The moment the world notification sounded, the China players were first filled with shock and astonishment, followed by a sense of pride.

The forums were sent into overdrive, like it was the lunar new year, as media groups fought to report this good news. Writing on the forums was not enough, and some even paraded and celebrated on the streets.

All of a sudden, hotels, restaurants, and tea houses, became filled, and everyone talked about the glory of the country war.

It was truly a massive occasion for the country.

Ouyang Shuo's popularity in China instantly boomed, which also increased the good feeling the players felt toward Shanhai City. Hence, this truly opened the path to glory for the Four Seas Bank.

As they say, if you love someone, you would love everything about and related to them.

The Four Seas Bank was something that connected Shanhai City to the players. Naturally, there was a new wave of people that decided to store their money in the bank, starting a sort of a trend.

That day, the Four Seas Bank attracted ten million in savings, drawing the envious eyes of everyone around.

The position of the Four Seas Bank as the biggest bank in China was completely solidified. No matter what the Huitong Bank tried to do, whatever schemes they tried, they would face defeat in the face of such overwhelming power.

It was the case of the flower not blooming when you paid attention to it, but blooming when you did not care.

The old people within the country all had various expressions. Bai Hua and the other members of the Shanhai Alliance were naturally delighted, and they enjoyed the celebrations of this country war.

On the same day, the guild leader of the Blood Evil Mercenary Guild, Blood Romance, sent an ally request. Although Blood Romance wanted to maintain neutral within the country, he was extremely passionate toward the country wars.

From the name of his mercenary guild, one could see his passion.

Naturally, the Shanhai Alliance had no reason to reject the addition of the Blood Evil Mercenary Guild. With that, the Shanhai Alliance-Guild Alliance had completely transformed into a powerhouse amongst the guild alliances in the China region, reaching an unassailable position.

Along with the few guilds that Ouyang Shuo had recommended before he left, Shanhai Alliance's influence had spread throughout the nine imperial cities, and there were no more dead corners.

Some people were happy, while others felt worried.

To Di Chen, Shanhai City spreading its reach overseas could not be considered a good matter. This aristocrat, who was maturing by the day, felt extremely depressed, This guy, he really can cause problems everywhere he goes!

One had to say, Di Chen's determination truly deserved admiration, as he still had not given up.

As for Chun Shenjun's jealousy, Sha Pojun's gritting his teeth, and Zhan Lang feeling charmed, these were all normal reactions. However, when Xiong Ba received the news, he laughed and said, "As expected from a guy in the same field!"Annan Region.

In the entire world, the ones currently with the most complicated emotions were naturally the Annan Region players. They had never expected Shanhai City to play around them. In the end, Shanhai City even destroyed Singapore, which also belonged to the ASEAN.

Fortune, fear, anxiousness, and even a sense of humiliation from being looked down on.

No matter what, Annan had grown more fearful and warier of Shanhai City. The Lord of Haiphong City, Ruan Tianque, proactively pulled strings to drag the other members of the ASEAN for a meeting.

The main point of the meeting was naturally how to deal with Shanhai City.

"The ASEAN region definitely cannot allow Shanhai City to exist. We must just chase them out."

The other members of the ASEAN also supported Ruan Tianque's suggestion. After all, everyone was clear that the moment Shanhai City took control of the Malacca Straits, it would be bad news for all of them.

Building an alliance army, with attacking Shanhai City as their goal.

Of course, the one who held the most power in ASEAN was not Annan but Johor. That was because when Shanhai City took down Lion City, the Johor reinforcements had just passed the Johor Straits and entered Singapore territory.

They did not expect Singapore to fall so fast.

Now, the fifty thousand Johor troops waited north of Singapore, as they awaited further orders.

Amongst the ASEAN, only Johor and Java had the ability to attack Singapore. The other countries were too far away.

Like Annan, they could only open their mouths. With their warships, they would take more than twenty days to reach Singapore. This was also under the condition that the sea was smooth, and they did not meet any storms.

As for Brunei, it was near, but its position could not be compared to Singapore, so it did not need to be mentioned.

In the end, the alliance decided for Johor and Java to send troops to attack Singapore. At the same time, Zhenla would act as reserve forces and get ready to set off.

The other countries would provide military funds to show that they were taking responsibility for this matter too.

To the various members, even if Shanhai City had managed to take down Singapore, they would have suffered heavy casualties. With an alliance army formed from Johor and Java troops, this was naturally going to be an easy matter to handle.

At the same time, Ruan Tianque represented Annan to take up the mission of stopping reinforcements from Beihai Bay. Along with the Annan Region was also Luzon, which was near the Spratly Islands.

To stop the rise of Shanhai City in the Malacca Straits, the ASEAN had to take them seriously. Unfortunately, they had little knowledge of country wars, and they had even strategically underestimated Shanhai City. Consequently, they were destined to fail.The ones who truly paid attention to this country war was just China and ASEAN. As for the other Asian countries, they were only shocked.

At most, some of the players in Japan started to feel worried about the strength of Shanhai City. After all, it was only the 3rd year of Gaia, and there were very little people who could start a country war.

A country war was far from being normal in the wilderness.

As for America, Europe, and Africa, it was more so. Those who knew about Shanhai City were astonished, while those who did not just looked on for fun.

Many players could not even place Singapore on the map.

"Where is Singapore?" This question lingered in the minds of players.

Even if large-scale country wars explode in the future, cross continent wars would still be extremely rare. Hence, the Lords who manage to cross continents would not only achieve fame, they could also cooperate and work with others.

Of course, no matter what, Shanhai City had showed their strength to the world. Who knows whether this would be a good or bad thing for the voyage squadron.

After all, no country would be willing to work and cooperate with an invasive squadron.Singapore, imperial palace.

Ouyang Shuo did not bother about the noise outside. Instead, he took the time to settle post war matters. A flurry of notifications sounded in his ears to guide him in completing the matters.

"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi for occupying Singapore, please choose the method of handling. Do you wish to destroy, occupy, or let go of control?"

"What is the meaning of destroy?"

Ouyang Shuo only knew that raider camps could be destroyed to take back some building resources and blueprints. However, this was a country, could it truly be destroyed?

"System Notification: When destroyed, a fallen country will become a lordless wilderness. The cities would disappear while raiders will roam, and residents will become refugees."How much must one hate a country to choose the destroy option? It was a typical case of harming others without benefiting.

"I choose to occupy!"

"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi for occupying Singapore, Singapore is officially under Shanhai City's rule. Player can rename Singapore, will you chose to do so?"

"Name it Xingzhou Prefecture."

Ouyang Shuo had planned to make Singapore a prefecture under his rule. The newly set up Xingzhou Prefecture would be the smallest in the territory, smaller than even a House. Even so, because of its special strategic location, the future Xingzhou Prefecture would play a crucial role.

"System Notification: Xingzhou Prefecture successfully renamed, will you rename Lion City and Fengshan County?"

"No!"

Changing the prefecture name was to draw a clear line with Singapore. As for the name of the city, to change it would be a needless act.

"System Notification: Xingzhou Prefecture planning completed, officially opening Lion City cross-country teleportation formation. Friendly Reminder: Lion City cross-country teleportation formation can only connect to teleportation formations within the territory and not to the imperial cities in China or other territories."

The restrictions on the cross-country teleportation formation was only to collect more teleportation fee. Of course, Shanhai City did not need to worry about this aspect.

When Ouyang Shuo heard this notification, he laughed. He was confident in stabilizing his rule of Xingzhou Prefecture because of this cross-country teleportation formation.

With this, be in the troops in Shanhai City or the adventure gamemode players of China, they could all teleport over from Shanhai City, Yashan City, or even Zhenhai City.

With that, Xingzhou Prefecture was completely safe. If not, how could the heavily injured voyage squad keep up against the ASEAN?

Singapore was the first country to be destroyed, so the other players would not be sure of the settings. They still thought that a country being occupied was the same as a territory being occupied; they thought that the teleportation formations would fail.

After opening this cross-country teleportation formation, Ouyang Shuo finally completed his occupation of Singapore. Right away, he spent seventy thousand gold to bring in the full-scaled Guards Legion Corps over.

The newly formed city protection legion was moved over to Stone City. The only power within Shanhai City was the Guards Legion Corps. As such, moving them to Lion City meant that Shanhai City would become a defenseless territory.

Even so, no one would dare to try anything funny on Shanhai City.

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Chapter 634-Governor and Fleet Admiral

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Huo Qubing led the Guards Legion Corps into Lion City and took over its defenses. As for the specifics, Ouyang Shuo did not interfere. After all, with Huo Qubing's abilities, he could easily handle this matter.

Along with the Guards Legion Corps was also one thousand divine martial guards.

Under the leadership of Zheng He, the voyage squadron had returned to Xingzhou Bay and started to patrol the nearby ocean region. At the same time, the two divisions of the Beihai Bay Squadron had started to travel to Shanhai City; they would teleport to Lion City shortly after.

He replenished both the Divine Martial Guards and the sailors.

Ouyang Shuo took these measures because he did not plan to stay for long. When Xingzhou Prefecture got back on track, the voyage squadron would set off once more. This voyaging journey was immensely important to Shanhai City, and it would not be stopped.

The first and second divisions of the Beihai Bay Squadron that formed the voyage squadron had suffered heavy casualties and only ten thousand remained.

As such, the 3rd and 4th divisions were shifted over.

With that, only the 5th division remained in Beihai Bay. Ouyang Shuo ordered Pei Donglai to return to Shanhai City and recruit new troops to replenish the Beihai Bay Squadron.

Pei Donglai had become the first navy general to break away from the voyage squadron.

Of course, he would not be the last one. That night, Ouyang Shuo summoned Yanhuo Yaonie.

"Lord!"

Yanhuo Yaonie hurried overed; he thought he would be chided, he felt extremely anxious.

During this country war, his strategy of hitting east and attacking west was mostly brilliant. However, in terms of execution, there were some mistakes. The person to blame was naturally Yanhuo Yaonie, who came up with the plan.

Zheng He had led the east troops, and their results were far better than expected; they nearly wiped out the player army in a single day. On the contrary, the middle troops were in chaos, not only did they fail to take down Lion City, he also dragged the entire squadron into a land battle, causing them to suffer heavy casualties.

Yanhuo Yaonie's first performance was an utter failure. Luckily, in the end, they had won. If not, Yanhuo Yaonie would really have to commit suicide.

As a result, he was under a lot of pressure now.

In truth, Yanhuo Yaonie had thought too much. Be it Ouyang Shuo or Admiral Zheng He, they did not blame him. Based on Zheng He's words, it was already a miracle for a navy general to achieve such results on their first mission.

These were not fake words.

Think about it, which general in history, apart from the freakish Huo Qubing, had not experienced numerous battles and failures before growing?

Even Huo Qubing was taught for many years by the Hanwu Emperor before he led troops. Hence, there truly was not an accomplished general in history who was able to be a talent without learning or without having a teacher.

Without mentioning the historical generals, even the native Pei Donglai possessed a vast amount of experience. On the contrary, Yanhuo Yaonie had used his own talent to climb up in the navy. Considering everything, it had been less than a year since he had entered the navy.

To possess such skill in just a year, what more could one ask for?

Didn't Ouyang Shuo favor Yanhuo Yaonie because of the latter's potential and room for growth?

Hence, this war was undoubtedly the best training opportunity for him. Ouyang Shuo wanted to see this general to grow; he wanted Yanhou Yaonie to transform from all this and not sink down.

"The surrounding oceans of Xingzhou Prefecture need to be defended. I think there's a need to build a strong navy here." Ouyang Shuo looked gently at Yanhuo Yaonie, smiling as he asked, "What do you think?"

Yaohuo Yaonie was obviously shocked. TheLlord's current words ran completely contrary to his expectations. Luckily, his mental strength was good; he would not have dared to directly target the home of the enemy on his first mission if it wasn't.

Thinking about it, Yanhuo Yaonie replied, "I think so too. The strategic position of Singapore is really important. Without a strong navy protecting it, sea trade would never be able to start."

When Ouyang Shuo heard these words, he smiled widely.

Yanhuo Yaonie's advantage as a player was instantly revealed. He obviously saw through the strategic goal of Ouyang Shuo in taking down Singapore. Hence, he used that to analyse the question.

Such a strategic mindset was something that even Zheng He did not currently possess.

Hence, Ouyang Shuo had a firm belief in him and said, "Well said. I've discussed with Admiral Zheng He about preparing four squadrons under the Nanyang Navy. This 4th squadron will be housed in Xingzhou Prefecture, and it will be called the Xingzhou Squadron."

"Lord is wise!" Yanhuo Yaonie's heart jumped. His intuition told him that the Lord wanted him to build the Xingzhou Sqaudron.

As expected, Ouyang Shuo continued, "The Beihai Bay Squadron 3rd and 4th divisions have teleported over to Lion City. The new squadron will include the 10 thousand surviving troops as their core, forming 1 division. The remaining 30 thousand will form the skeleton of the squadron."

To reduce the size of the voyage squadron was part of the voyage plan that Zheng He had set up. These measures were necessary because after the squadron left the Malacca Straits, it would be more difficult to obtain supplies.

A squadron with too great numbers would be unable to last till the Straits of England.

"Apart from this, tomorrow, there will be a large number of technical talents who will teleport over to Lion City to build a large-scale shipyard and a steelmaking factory. With that, the troops and warships are all available. The Xingzhou Squadron is lacking a fleet commander, and Zheng He recommended you to me. Are you confident?" Ouyang Shuo gazed at Yanhuo Yaonie.

When Yanhuo Yaonie heard these words, he felt rather complicated. He did not expect that he would not be scolded, and he would even be promoted to fleet general.

It was Zheng He's recommendation and the recognition of the Lord.

Such a fortuitous event could not be described with words. As he thought these things, he knelt on one knee and solemnly proclaimed, "The Lord treats me so well, I'll serve the country well!"

"I'll look forward to it." Ouyang Shuo nodded.

The most legendary figure in Shanhai City's navy history had taken his most crucial step. Hence, the curtains to his legend had opened up.

This story of the trust between Lord and general was spread down to future generations.

With an army taking charge, Ouyang Shuo could swing his knives and deal with Xingzhou Prefecture.

4th month, 23rd day, the 2nd day after the country battle ended, the officials sent from the Nanjiang Governor-General House teleported over and made changes to the Xingzhou Prefecture based on the Shanhai City structure.

Thanks to the game settings, the natives would not have too strong attachment to their country. As a result, when they were occupied, these people were basically model citizens, and they would follow the rule of the new ruler.

As for the biggest uncertainty - players - they had already disappeared.

Hence, there would not be too much of an obstacle internally for their rule over Xingzhou Prefecture. On the contrary, the obstacle was on the outside - ASEAN.

Ouyang Shuo's choice for governor had to be all rounded. The choice must be able to run the territory and be able to do as they wanted in the stranglehold of the ASEAN.

Out of all the governors and directors, Ouyang Shuo settled on Pei Ju.

Firstly, since he had settled Lingnan, his results with the Turks had shown his all rounded skills. Especially the way he came up with the economic strategy for the western region, which was a similar situation to what Xingzhou was currently facing.

Secondly, out of all the governors, he was the only one that was not at work. Guilin Prefecture was still under the rule of Chuanbei and the Wannan City State. This Guilin Prefecture Governor could only hide in the stronghold and spend time with the Leopard Legion Corps.

They had finished the construction of the Withered Flower Stronghold, but who knows when they would take down Guilin Prefecture.

Ouyang Shuo naturally could bear to let such an able minister remain in such a temporary job. As for in the future when he occupied Guilin Prefecture, he would just choose another governor.

Pei Ju had already received the imperial decree. For him to come over from the Withered Flower Stronghold, it would take three to four days even when using the formation. For this period of time, all administrative matters would be handled by Ouyang Shuo.

This time, apart from the military, officials, and the technical talents, there were also four secret groups. They were the Shanhai Guards, the Black Snake Guards, the Military Intelligence Division, and the Honglu Temple forces.

These four sneakily took root in Lion City, and they built their own intel stations and started work. Amongst which, the most special group was the Black Snake Guards, who had Black Snake personally taking charge.

When he reorganized the three intel organizations awhile ago, Ouyang Shuo had decreed that the Black Snake Guards would take up the bulk of overseas intel. With Xingzhou Prefecture as the diving board, they would spread to the various ASEAN countries.

Hence, Black Snake personally came over to lead the work.

With that, in less than two days, the number of people who teleported over was more than 120 thousand people, which cost 120 thousand gold in teleportation fees alone.

Of course, all of this was worth it.Lion City, imperial palace.

Ouyang Shuo could not bear to tear down the beautiful palace. He immediately ordered people to modify it into the Governor House. Ouyang Shuo would temporarily stay within one of the palaces within the house.

"Lord, the treasury tabulation work has been done, please take a look." Secretary Bai Nanpu, who had been specially moved over, handed Ouyang Shuo a list.

When Ouyang Shuo saw the list, his smile grew wider and wider.

After occupying a country, not only did he obtain land and population, he also obtained a massive fortune. The core of this was naturally within the treasury of the country.

Estimates put the gold at 1.7 million, and there were 20 boxes of jewellery, 10 thousand sets of guard armor, spears, arrows, and other normal military resources.

The overall value was no less than four million.

With that, all their losses had been recuperated, and they had earned a huge sum. The teleportation costs were not even worth mentioning.

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Chapter 635-Alienating the ASEAN

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Apart from the gains from the treasury, the player equipment was also a great boon. Although the equipment did not fit their army, they could be sold to the Chinese players.

Even if a portion of the dropped equipment from the 100 thousand players despawned, the remaining value was no less than one million gold.

Thinking about this point, Ouyang Shuo raised his head and said, "Write it down."

"Yes, my Lord!" Pai Nanpu took out his recording book.

Ever since the official ruling department director Zhang Tingyu pushed out the letter memorial system, Ouyang Shuo's imperial decrees had needed the secretary office to handle before they were signed off.

After all, the literary standards of Ouyang Shuo was something that the officials did not dare to compliment.

"Firstly, the jewelry and gems will be moved back to Shanhai City for the Lady to deal with."

Ever since the Governor-General House backed out from the industries, they had needed a massive sum to maintain the daily expenses of the House. During the wedding, Song Jia had used the presents as funds for the House. Hence, every time they experienced great monetary gains, Ouyang Shuo would off split a portion to put into the treasury for Song Jia to maintain.

"Secondly, the equipment in the arsenal, apart from refilling the resources of the voyage squadron, the remaining would be left to build the Xingzhou Garrison Division." The Garrison Division would use the five thousand guards as its backbone, and they would recruit a bunch of new troops in Lion City. Furthermore, a portion of the troops would be moved from Shanhai City to build it up.

"Thirdly, the player equipment will be sold by the Financial Bureau. All the funds would be passed to the Industry Division, and they will purchase various teas to engage in tea trading."

It was too early to talk about opening the merchant routes between Shanhai City and the west. However, along with the fall of Singapore, opening a merchant route between Shanhai City and the east was only a matter of time.

"Fourthly, of the 1.7 million gold, I will keep one million. Take another 500 thousand to pay for the compensation fees to the dead as well as the military expenditure of the two squadrons. As for the remaining 200 thousand, draft it into the financial budget of the Xingzhou Prefecture." Ouyang Shuo distributed all the funds in just a few sentences.

At his level, millions of gold was exceedingly easy to spend.

4th month, 24th day, Xingzhou Prefecture.

"Lord, frontline intel!"

Chen Dameng held two letters in his hands and hurried over.

Ouyang Shuo took a look; it was a letter from General Huo Qubing. The Guards Legion Corps had found traces of the Johor Army hidden in the north.

Currently, Huo Qubing had quietly activated the Guards Legion Corps to surround the 50 thousand reinforcements, and they were just waiting to reel in the net. Huo Qubing had written the letter to ask the Lord about how to deal with these reinforcements.

It was obvious that to Huo Qubing, they were already in the bag.

The other letter came from the Military Intelligence Division Headquarters in Shanhai City. Based on the intel, the Annan Navy had started to patrol the Beihai Bay region, looking extremely menacing.

"ASEAN is ready to act?" Ouyang Shuo muttered.

The moment Singapore fell, Ouyang Shuo had foreeen that this day would come. To fight an all-out war with ASEAN was impossible. Ouyang Shuo's strategy was to alienate.

As long as the ASEAN states did not act together, they would not be enough to pose a threat.

Ouyang Shuo immediately replied to both letters, sending them completely different military orders.

In the letter to Huo Qubing, Ouyang Shuo requested the Guards Legion Corps to take down the reinforcements with the smallest number of casualties. At the same time, they would release a small squadron to bring a letter from Ouyang Shuo to the Johor players.

In the letter that Ouyang Shuo wrote for Johor, he stated that Shanhai City was willing to trade with Johor. As for the specifics, he would need Johor to send representatives to Lion City for discussion.

At the end of the letter, Ouyang Shuo concluded, 'The moment the flames of war burn, let's not mention whether Shanhai City could defend Xingzhou Prefecture. All the countries neighboring Xingzhou Prefecture will fall into war and will become the main battlefield, sucked into this conflict. Between war and trade, which one is better for your country? Please think twice.'

If one said that he was attempting to pull Johor to his side, then he was striking out at Annan.

Ouyang Shuo wrote an imperial decree and appointed Navy Fleet Admiral Shi Lang as the commander. They would gather the Jiaozhou Squadron, the Beihai Bay Squadron, and the Yashan Squadron to charge toward Annan to crush their navy.

'This battle affects the ocean strategy of the territory, so general must give them a painful lesson to make their ships unable to leave their port. Let the members of the ASEAN see that no one can be impudent in front of Shanhai City.' Ouyang Shuo decreed as such.

Annan was one of the countries that Shanhai City needed to attack. Ouyang Shuo would not allow such an uncertain element to exist at his front door. This time, Annan had jumped right into his waiting arms.

With that, the relationship between the two sides was completely ruined. At the right time, Shanhai City would have a reason to challenge the ASEAN and slowly take them down one by one.

The first step was to take down Singapore, the second was to suppress Annan.

Johor, Putrajaya.

Putrajaya was the imperial city of Johor, located on the west shore of Johor, with the Malacca Straits to the west. The entire city was located where the Klang river and Gombak river met; it was termed as the Muddy River Mouth.

Johor's most powerful players were named as one group, two prefectures.

The group was the biggest group in the country, the Fierce Tiger Mercenary Squad. The inspiration of the mercenary guild came from the Malaya tiger of Johor. Their base was chosen to be Putrajaya.

The two prefectures referred to the two half island grade 1 prefectures in Johor. These were the only two territories in Johor, Perak City and Sabah City.

These three powers basically took control of the talking rights of the Johor players. The 50 thousand reinforcement troops were mainly made up of Perak City troops.

The three leaders all looked at the letter and exchanged gazes with one another.

"The opposition suggestion is something I feel we can consider." The one who spoke was the Lord of Perak City, Datuk Shantha Bin Techa, Shantha for short.

The names of the Johor people were rather special. They did not have a family name, only their own name, while they took their father's name as their surname. Their father's surname was the name of his father and so on.

In their name, at the front was their name, and their surnames were at the back. The males had a Bin word separating their name and surnames while the females used Binte.

This meant that Shantha was his name, and Techa was his surname. Bin represented that he was male.

As for Datuk, it was a title for nobles.

Hearing that the 50 thousand reinforcements were captured by Shanhai City, the one that was the most worried was Shantha. Furthermore, if the flames of war spread, the first to be hit would be Perak City.

Hence, Shantha was the most supportive and resolute of the three about this matter.

Shantha, who was of noble birth, was the representative of a Johor aristocratic family, similar to Di Chen. Perak City had also started to climb ahead of Sabah City, and it was seen as the biggest territory in Johor.

Which was why out of the three of them, he had the biggest power.

"Wouldn't we just be falling for their plans?" Fierce Tiger Mercenary Guild guild leader Han Duya was unhappy about Shantha's proposition to compromise. He had a head full head of red hair, which was really eye catching. He said, "In my opinion, we have to fight!" As he spoke, he swung his fists and showed his muscles.

Han Duya, the strongest expert out of the Johor adventure gamemode players. Since he was extremely valiant and had a head full of red hair, he given the title of Red Tiger by the players.

However, his enemies called him crazy tiger, showing this person's desire to fight and hot bloodedness.

As for starting a country war, Han Duya was the most supportive of the idea, and he was on totally different sides from Shantha. This person was also born in an aristocratic family. Furthermore, the two were born in different regions. Naturally, he did not fear Shantha.

When Shantha heard these words, a cold gleam appeared in his eyes.

This coward, one day I'll teach you a lesson. Shantha thought to himself.

After all, there were not many cases like Singapore where the guilds were stronger than the Lords. Although Han Duya was the guild leader of the strongest guild in Johor, Shantha had never looked at him as an opponent.

What made Shantha worry was Guo Yannan, who had remained silent.

Guo Yannan, the Lord of Sabah City. He was the only Chinese person out of the three, and he was the representative figure of the Johor Chinese. As a result, he was extremely low profile and basically did not proactively express his views.

Based on what he intended, he naturally wanted a peaceful resolution. The moment the flames of war started, Sabah City would definitely be dragged into the matter. Secondly as a Chinese, fighting China would make Guo Yannan feel a little conflicted.

The most crucial point was that they were right next to the Spratly Islands ocean region, so ocean traffic was exceedingly convenient. The moment they opened trade with Shanhai City, Sabah City would be the first to benefit.

Guo Yannan was confident in making use of this ocean trading to push up the territorial finances to a whole new level.

Even so, Guo Yannan maintained his neutral stance. Not for other reasons, just that he did not want to make enemies with Han Duya.

In Johor, Malays were the natives. As for the Chinese and the Indians, they were looked down on and treated as second class citizens. The relationship between these two groups had always been filled with conflicts and unhappiness.

However, the Chinese were exceptional, making the Malays rather unhappy. Han Duya was a traditional Malay, and he was not comfortable with Guo Yannan.

What about Guo Yannan? The man maintained the family legacy and followed their teachings of the golden mean. He seemed to back off on the surface, but he was competing in the shadows. No matter how unhappy Han Duya was, he could not do anything about the rise of Sabah City, and he knew he could not underestimate it.

Which was why Guo Yannan made Shantha feel worried.

It seemed like sometimes following the golden mean was a great way to survive.

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Chapter 636-Clamor of the Java Players

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"City lord Guo, what do you think?" Guo Yannan wanted to maintain his neutrality and not annoy either side. However, Shantha was not ready to let him do that; he wanted Guo Yannan to make his stance clear.

When he heard these words, Han Duya fiercely stared at Guo Yannan.

Guo Yannan was placed in a truly difficult spot and did not know how to answer. After pondering, he replied, "Whether you decide to fight or not, I'll give my fullest support. The decision will be up to you two." His words were like saying nothing at all.

Shantha's face showed a hunt of disappointment while Han Duya could not help but scold out, "Soft!"

A look of shame appeared on Guo Yannan's face, and his facial muscles twitched. Sometimes, it was the scariest when an honest person kept quiet. The moment they exploded, it would be enough to shock everyone.

A weird look flashed across Shantha's eyes.

Old fox let's see how long you can hold this in, Shantha thought to himself.

One proposed fighting, one proposed peace, and one remained neutral.

The three Johor heads entered a stalemate, and no one was able to persuade anyone.

"Since no one is willing to budge, why don't we draw lots to decide!" Han Duya did not want to give up.

Shantha's eyes jolted, as he said calmly, "This concerns our country. How can you play such a game?" His upbringing was extremely good. Even though he hated this rough and brutish character, he did not show any outward unhappiness.

However, Han Duya could not take Shantha's tone. Although he looked tough on the outside, he was an exceedingly sensitive person. He could clearly feel the disdain that Shantha had for him.

As a result, Han Duya would oppose him in all decisions. If not, and the two of them simply worked together, Johor would not even have a place for Guo Yannan, so why would there be a case of three powers?

However, Shantha was deep in it and had no idea.

Guo Yannan looked like a rookie that could be bullied, but in truth, he had perfected the art of balancing things.

The three of them were all exceptional people.

"Since that's the case, let's not move our troops and just watch for changes!" Shantha said.

"That's a good choice!" Guo Yannan nodded.

Although he was not willing, Han Duya was helpless. In the end, the main force for country wars belonged to the territories. It was impossible to win a country war by relying on adventure gamemode players alone.

Since Shantha and Guo Yannan had both chosen to shelve action, there was nothing Han Duya could say.

Ouyang Shuo had something on Johor. Furthermore, he had already expressed his good intentions, so they decided not to attack. As for Java, which was south of Xingzhou Prefecture, they did not even hesitate, forming up a 50 thousand troops alliance army and striking at Xingzhou Prefecture.

Java State was formed from 17,508 Islands, and it was the biggest island country in the world, stretching from Asia to Oceania. It was termed by many as the thousand island country, and it was the largest out of the ASEAN countries.

The Imperial City was known as Jakarta, located north west of Johor, it was the biggest imperial city in ASEAN.

The port in Jakarta was the biggest port, second to only Xingzhou. It was an important bridge between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

Java had a high population density with over 20 million people, only smaller than China, India and America, ranking 4th in the world.

Hence, there would be around two million guards inside Jakarta, exceeding any imperial city in China. Hence, one could foresee that it would be highly difficult to attack Java.

Apart from land and population, Java was exceedingly rich in natural resources. It had peppers, spices, oil, and ores.

Hence, Java was one of the most influential countries in ASEAN.

With such a foundation, why wouldn't they actively throw themselves into the fight against Shanhai City? Apart from that, there was also one more reason that motivated them to attack Xingzhou Prefecture.

In history, Java used to be one of the countries that hated the Chinese the most. They had killed many Chinese people in a manner that totally lacked humanity, shocking the entire world.

After entering the new world and forming the federal government, these killings were finally stopped.

Even so, the players of Java did not have a good impression of the China region. Hence, when Ruan Tianque from Annan suggested attacking Shanhai City, Java was the most eager.

The alliance army came from Jinzhou Island's few Lords.

Jinzhou Island was famous for producing gold, which was how it received its name. It was the second biggest island in Java. Its north-east side faced the Malacca Straits, facing Johor. It was only one to two days away from the Xingzhou Prefecture.

Regretfully, the powerful waves of the Indian Ocean meant that Jinzhou Island lacked natural ports. Hence, Jinzhou Island was famous for its strong army but not its navy.

Even so, in the eyes of the Java players, they had more than enough to deal with the remnants of some army.4th month, 24th day, the Java Alliance Navy bumped into Zheng He's squadron near Xingzhou Bay.

"Who are you? This is the land of Shanhai City, please do not enter!" When Zheng He received the news, he asked his soldiers to signal the flag messages.

"We are from Java, stupid Zhina, get out of Singapore." The flag language reply from them lacked any courtesy, and it was even insulting them.

As they sent this message, they led their troops and charged over.

In their eyes, the voyage squadron in front of them was only an empty rack. They did not need to hesitate and could just crush them.

What they did not know was that thanks to the cross-country teleportation formation, the strength of the squadron did not drop and had risen instead.

Yanhuo Yaonie, who had been promoted to fleet admiral, had led the Xingzhou Squadron to aid the voyage squadron in patrolling. When he heard the insults and provocations of the enemy, he was furious and his eyes blazed with fire.

"Damn monkeys!" Yanhuo Yaonie scolded.

As a Chinese, how would he have any good impressions of Java? Needless to say, they had provoked them right away and obviously were not going to stop.

Before the squadrons left, Ouyang Shuo had told them that he predicted that other countries would send their navies. His attitude was to chase them away. Otherwise, use force to do so.

How would Ouyang Shuo have any good intentions toward Java? However, as someone who was living a second life and also as a Lord, Ouyang Shuo knew that attacking Java was not something that could be done so quickly.

His trading plan would not work if they attacked, and it would also affect Shanhai City's strategy in the ASEAN. Hence, Ouyang Shuo's attitude was to not provoke them, but he would not allow them to get away with anything.

They had to wait till Shanhai City had stabilized its position in ASEAN before thinking about how to attack Java.

This would be a long-term plan.

"Admiral?" Yanhuo Yaonie looked at Zheng He, his eyes burning with passion.

Zheng He's expression was also exceedingly ugly. He understood how insulting Zhina was to the Chinese people. Even such a gentle and calm character like him was furious.

All the Shanhai City civil servants and generals would show similar qualities at crucial moments, regardless of how hidden they usually were. Their bones contained an arrogance and pride.

These qualities came from Ouyang Shuo, and they were influenced by him; this was the charm of his personality.

Hence, at this crucial moment, Zheng He's decisiveness meant that he had the fire within him.

"Attack!" Zheng He ordered.

When Yanhuo Yaonie heard this order, he was delighted and nodded, "Yes, admiral!"

All of a sudden, cannons fired, and arrows rained down.

The enemy alliance army was heavily damaged; they were stunned and did not know what to do.

"Their mothers, this situation isn't right!""Who the f* said that the enemy was left with remnants of an army?""We have fallen for a trap, escape!"Curses broke out.

Similarly, this was also an army without a backbone. The moment they found out that the enemy was not weak, the first thing they thought was to quickly run. They did not even think of fighting to the death.

Those strong words at the start all seemed like a joke at this point.

"You want to live now? No chance!"

Yanhuo Yaonie was determined to teach the enemy a lesson, so he personally led his troops to chase. Across the vast ocean, there temporarily was not any warship faster than the Shanhai City warships.

The Java navy was chased and attacked, crying out in pain. In the end, the entire alliance army had no choice but to scatter in all directions to try and escape with their own lives.

Only then did this episode end.

Out of the 50 thousand alliance troops, only around 10 thousand had managed to escape. In just their first navy battle with Java, Shanhai City had achieved victory in such a brutal manner.

Java, Jakarta City.

The news of the navy's defeat had spread back to Java, instantly causing an uproar. What the players considered was not how strong the enemy was. Instead, they scolded the useless army.

"A bunch of losers, losing the face of our country!"

"Those losers deserve to die!"After the scolding, fury erupted, and an incessant amount of people wished to fight.

"Java has lost our dignity; we need to get it back on the battlefield!""Chase him away, protect the honor of the ASEAN!"Of course, the ones who truly clamored like that were the adventure gamemode players. The Lord players in Java first confirmed the battle report and fell into silence. One did not need a brain to know that Xingzhou Prefecture must have opened a teleportation formation to Shanhai City. If not, the enemy warships could not be so strong.

With that, what they faced was not the remnants of an army but the entire China region, just thinking about this point would make one astonished. The troops in the territory were not free and every loss was a massive blow.

No matter how the adventure gamemode players clamored, the Lord gamemode players remained exceedingly careful.

Along with the ceasefires from both Johor and Java, the first sweeping operation of ASEAN toward Shanhai City had ended in failure. The only thing that lingered was the huge battle in the oceans.

Ouyang Shuo believed that General Shi Lang would not let him down.

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Chapter 637-Country War PK

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As expected, Shi Lang did not disappoint Ouyang Shuo.

4th month, 27th day, Shi Lang led the 1st, 2nd and 3rd divisions of the Jiaozhou Squadron, the 5th division of the Beihai Bay Squadron, and the 1st division of the Yashan Bay Squadron, a total of 100 thousand people, and set off toward Annan.

For this trip, the Shanhai City navy went all out. Under the precise and flexible leadership of Shi Lang, they launched relentless assaults on the Annnan Navy.

The Annan Alliance Navy, who had come over for revenge, spent less than four days parading and showing off their strength in Beihai Bay before they were crushed.

Be it warships, equipment, or general standards, they were at two different levels. The number of Annan sailors were not at a huge advantage in front of the 100 thousand Shanhai City ones.

Defeat was as expected, and the Annan navy retreated.

Following Ouyang Shuo's instructions, Shi Lang led the troops to chase the enemy.

In just two days, 50 thousand of them had died and 70 thousand were captured. The remaining 20 thousand were in a bad state, as they pulled themselves back to shore. 400 warships had sunken into the ocean, never to reappear again.

After this battle, the Annan Navy would not be able to form up a decent-sized squadron again.

Capturing 70 thousand odd sailors provided precious troops for the expansion of the Nanyang Navy. NPCs were not extreme patriots, so when they were captured, it was easy for them to switch sides.

If not, it would not be worth it for a Lord to spend so much effort in starting a country war, losing men and resources. If they only got a bunch of prisoners that needed a long time to change their mindset, wouldn't it be not worth?

The game only lasted for 10 years, and it did not allow for such time to brainwash them.

Hence, Gaia had such a simple setting. Similarly, the mindsets of the five thousand guards in Lion City, and the previous natives of Singapore changed, and they were going to lead a new life.4th month, 29th day, Shi Lang led the navy, going along the Annan coastline and patrolling it from north to south. When they saw ports, they would immediately stop and blow apart the ports and shipyards.

The hundreds of thousands of Annan players were furious at the brutality of the enemy, but there was nothing that they could do. They could only watch on as their ports were destroyed, as they looked in fear at the departing enemy.

The entire country was in silence.

This day was termed by Annan as the humiliation day.

5th month, 3rd day, Shi Lang led his troops through the west and middle Spratly Islands to warn the nearby Luzon.

When the Luzon navy heard the news about the Annan Navy's defeat, they ran without fighting.

Strong Navy!

This battle basically cemented the position of Shanhai City as the king of the seas. In a short time, no one could challenge their crown. The entire Nanyang was their back ocean, and if other squadrons wanted to appear, they would have to think twice.

When this news spread back to China, everyone felt their blood boil.

His acts not only showed the strength of Shanhai City, it also brought honor to the Chinese.

Even Di Chen and the other Lords were shocked. Only now did they realize that the mysterious navy hidden by Shanhai City was actually so powerful and on such a large scale.

It was obvious that their previous evaluations of Shanhai City were far from enough. After all, behind their strong army was an equally strong navy.

On the other side, Xiong Ba, Zhan Lang, and the other Lords near the ocean realized the importance of navy warfare. Without hesitating, they decided to model after Shanhai City and develop their navy.

All of a sudden, the bookings and orders for ships in Shanhai city's shipyards were filled up. The shipbuilding industry welcomed a golden age.

The entire country seafaring time that Ouyang Shuo had looked forward to and was planning had slowly arrived.The charm of the country war hooked all the players. The number of requests for Shanhai City to open up Xingzhou Prefecture grew larger by the day. Numerous players rushed to Shanhai City to say that they were willing to fight for their country.

"Kill those Java monkeys!" Amongst these cries, the shouts at Java were the loudest, showing their disdain for these enemies.

Under Ouyang Shuo's instructions, Song Jia came out to explain.

"The situation there is still not settled, and it is still really nervous times. The Lianzhou Lord is already going all out. When the time is right, Lion City will be opened to players." Song Jia promised.

"When will the time be right? Can you give us an answer?" someone asked.

"Within a month." Song Jia replied.

"Good, we will wait!"

Only after getting a satisfactory reply did the players leave.

Any country would have many warriors with a strong desire to fight.

Even though Earth Online had a cruel death penalty, it still did not stop players from being passionate in PKing. Be it in the wilderness or the arenas, they could not compare to country wars.

In a country war, the Lord and his men would obtain merit points when they killed the enemy. For example, Ouyang Shuo's actions toward Java, Johor, and Annan had brought him another 90 thousand merit points.

He was just 120 thousand merit points away from becoming a duke.

Adventure gamemode players were different. They were split into two scenarios. If they were under a Lord, then they would not obtain any rewards. They would be just earning points for their Lord.

However, if they acted alone, when they killed enemy players, they would obtain killing points. These points could be used in the imperial city to exchange for stronger PK equipment.

The lowest rank of the PK equipment was dark gold. In the later parts, even god weapons would appear more often. The battle between adventure gamemode players of different countries would be one of the attractive parts late game.

In the future, at the borders of the countries, there would be blood red regions for players to kill one another.

In Ouyang Shuo's last life, China gave birth to many PK maniacs. One of them was Blood Romance, who was termed as the best PK player.

At the current moment, the border line had not been opened. Shanhai City occupied Singapore and formed the Xingzhou Prefecture, so naturally the connection points between Xingzhou Prefecture and the other members of the ASEAN were PK regions.

Hence, when the players received the news, their blood boiled, and some PK players were grinding their weapons. Even Blood Romance could not help but write to Ouyang Shuo to ask.

Ouyang Shuo's reply was to wait.

He aimed to alienate the ASEAN and separate them into allies and enemies. Ouyang Shuo's goal was to lead the players of China to fight the enemies while leaving the allies alone.

This would result in a win-win situation.The successive military actions of Shanhai City had blown the ASEAN apart.

Defeat after defeat made them clearly recognize that, although in land battle they might not fear them, they were not the opponents of the Shanhai City Navy in sea warfare.

The entire Nanyang Region was the territory of the Nanyang Navy, they went anywhere they wanted and were invincible.

This cruel fact made them extremely uncomfortable.

ASEAN was in a tough spot: if they fought, they couldn't win on the seas, and the enemy did not come onto land to fight, making the ASEAN players grit their teeth in anger. However, if they retreated, they would lose face.

The various representatives of the countries quarreled, and they were not able to come to a consensus. Shanhai City gaining a stable footing in Xingzhou Prefecture had become a fact and no one had the strength to change that.Just as the ASEAN entered a stalemate, Shanhai City gave them a way out.

To fight was not his goal.

5th month, 4th day, Shanhai City officially signed a trade agreement with Johor.

Based on the agreement, Johor would pay 100 thousand gold to buy back the captured soldiers, and both sides would discuss and confirm the trade taxes and engage in sea trade.

At the same time, Johor would open two trading ports to Shanhai City. At the same time, the Nanshan Port in Yashan City and Xingzhou Port would be open to Johor.

It was obvious that the loses of both Java and Annan had helped both Shantha and Guo Yannan make up their minds. The two of them went around Han Duya, deciding to agree on the trade deal with Shanhai City.

Sabah City and Perak City both had one huge port.

The moment the news went out, each country in ASEAN had different thoughts. Some were tempted, but others scolded Johor for betraying the ASEAN. Even within Johor, there were people who were against it.

The most intense voice naturally belonged to Han Duya.

However, since both Shantha and Guo Yannan had come to a consensus privately, no matter how much Han Duya opposed, it was no use. After all, sea trading in the game was basically between territories.

That was not all that Shanhai City did.

5th month, 5th day, Shanhai City, with the help of Shantha, reached out to all the countries in ASEAN, including Annan and Java, which had conflicts with them to open sea trade.

"Shanhai City coming to the Malacca Straits definitely isn't for war. We have no intention to fight you and start more battles. We are here to open up trading channels, so that goods can flow, and everyone can get rich together." Ouyang Shuo gave a standard lie.

At the same time, the branch of Honglu Temple in Lion City had brought gifts to the various ASEAN states to show their good intentions.

As they say: Give them a beating and then grant them something sweet.

The next two days, the reactions of the various countries were different.

Brunei, Siam, Zhenla, and Laos all accepted the good intentions of Shanhai City and agreed to open up to trade. Nanzhang, which was located inland, did not have a port, so they did not agree nor reject.

The three countries that had conflicts with Shanhai City, Annan, Luzon, and Java, rejected cooperation as expected; they even chased out the ambassadors sent by Shanhai City.

The animosity of the three toward Shanhai City could not be any more obvious.

When Ouyang Shuo received the news, he grinned.

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Chapter 638-Sword of State

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The rejection of Annan and those other countries was something that Ouyang Shuo had expected. He had sent the ambassadors over to Annan for the same reason he retaliated against the Annan Navy, which was to snatch the moral high ground.

In the future country wars, Ouyang Shuo could go against them with a reason.

There were five countries in the nine country ASEAN that were willing to trade with Shanhai City, exceeding his expectations. With that, the third step in his plan had succeeded.

The ocean trading of Shanhai City had welcomed a whole new age.5th month, 8th day, Lion City.

Along with the five countries signing trade agreements, the matter with the ASEAN had come to an end. The enemies and allies within it became clear, which removed the last obstacle to opening Xingzhou Prefecture to Chinese players.

It had been over ten days since Singapore fell and players in China had calmed down from their surprise and shock. With that, the shouts for Shanhai City to open up Xingzhou Prefecture had grown.

It was under such circumstances that Ouyang Shuo invited the leaders of the Shanhai Alliance-Guild Alliance to Lion City as guests to discuss matters.

Blood Romance and the other guild leaders were naturally delighted. With Yashan City as a precedent, they were clear that if Xingzhou Prefecture was opened up, they would enjoy privileges as allies of Shanhai City.

Their guesses were right; this time, Ouyang Shuo was going to play a huge hand.

"Guys, take a look!" In the middle of the hall hung a map of the ASEAN region. Ouyang Shuo held the Chixiao Sword in his hand and pointed at the few neighboring islands around Xingzhou Bay and said, "Although these islands are small, they are near Jinzhou island of Java and are the best spots for PKing."

When Blood Romance heard these words, his eyes lit up, "Can the Blood Evil Mercenary Guild rent an island?"

Xie Siyun and the others exchanged gazes with one another and laughed. As expected from the PK maniac. One must know that with such a guild leader, the members of the Blood Evil Mercenary Guild all loved to fight.

Blood Romance wanted to rent a small island right away; it seemed like he was in this for the long term.

Ouyang Shuo took a look at Blood Romance and shook his head. Before Blood Romance could speak, Ouyang Shuo continued, "These islands are only sold and not rented."

"Sold?" Blood Romance nearly jumped up, and he asked eagerly, "Quick, say how much you are selling them for?"

"Each island would be sold for 100 thousand gold. After the guild buys it, it is similar to renting land within a territory, and you will have absolute control. Shanhai City won't interfere." Ouyang Shuo said.

"Are your words serious?" Blood Romance did not dare to believe these words, as the terms were simply too lucrative.

100 thousand gold to buy an island that could only build a small village seemed expensive, but it was completely worth it. One must know that till now, no guild in China could own a base in the region.

Just that was enough to drive the guilds crazy. Furthermore, these islands were special and could be used as the frontlines to PKing. They could also use these places as springboards for ocean adventures.

To adventure gamemode players, such an island was simply paradise.

Any guild with a slight business mind would open their islands to adventure gamemode players and build some shops such as equipment repair shops and medicine shops; they would definitely earn a lot.

"Naturally, if all of you need it, Shanhai City will provide full services ranging from designing to building to running; how about that?" Ouyang Shuo's smile was filled with greed.

This Lord that loved money like his life was back!

"Brother Wuyi is so candid, I'll purchase it!" Blood Romance did not hesitate anymore and felt that Ouyang Shuo's way of handling things was totally his style. He moved toward the map and was ready to pick his island.

"I want this one!" Blood Romance looked at the island on the most outer area and paid the 100 thousand on the spot. He followed by asking, "What about the construction costs?"

"As for the specific costs, we will talk in detail later. Even if you all want to build the island into an iron fortress, Shanhai City can do that for you. If all of you need cannons, Shanhai City is willing to sell it them to you for a thousand a piece, a friendly price," Ouyang Shuo said.

"You are even selling cannons?" Blood Romance was speechless.

"As long as the price is right, no equipment in Shanhai City is not for sale." Ouyang Shuo did not look like a Lord now. Instead, he seemed like a shrewd merchant.

Si~

Even Blood Romance could not help but be shocked by Ouyang Shuo's generosity.

Obviously, Ouyang Shuo had not gone crazy.

If Shanhai City managed all these small sized islands, they would naturally be able to earn a lot, definitely more than 100 thousand gold. However, they would need to pay a lot of attention and effort to maintain order on these islands.

It was obvious what types of players would come to such Islands. They either liked killing or living life on the edge; they enjoyed the thrill of being on the brink of death.

No matter what type of person they were, they would be hard to control.

To control them, the garrison forces of Shanhai City were lacking, and things might go wrong. Moreover, if they forcefully suppressed them, it might affect the reputation of Shanhai City.

On the other hand, if he sold the islands to the guilds, the situation would far different. Since the islands belonged to them, they would naturally run them well.

The guilds were masters at keeping adventure gamemode players under control. No matter what, under the rule of a guild, the players could only behave well.

That would be a true win-win situation.

As for selling cannons and weapons, apart from earning money, he wanted to strengthen the defenses of the islands. Building an iron fortress was not merely words.

Only if the islands were safe and stable could Xingzhou Bay remain undisturbed by the Java players.

It was the same as saying that the players housed on these islands were the loyal guards of Lion City. Moreover, these guards were free and extremely passionate.

Such things were nearly impossible to find.

It wasn't that Ouyang Shuo was scheming and despicable to even use such patriots. He was only rationally using resources to ensure that all sides win.

The calculations within were on point.

Without mentioning how Ouyang Shuo had thought this through, the guild leaders would not let go of such an opportunity. Xingzhou Prefecture had less than twenty islands and only 15 to 16 could be used.

Those with great geographical locations were much rarer.

Shanhai Alliance-Guild Alliance had already expanded to 12 guilds. Apart from Thread, the remaining all bought an island each.

This left only five islands for the rest of the guilds in China, and they were not as optimal. The remaining islands were openly auctioned off to the highest bidder.

"Even if it was Jianqi Zongheng, if they are willing to pay a high price, we will sell it!" Ouyang Shuo sent out such words, and he was truly planning to act upon them.

Before a country war, one could not bother about personal grievances.

It would be too narrow minded to exclude top guilds such as camp Jianqi Zongheng, Jin Yi Wei, and th Eighteen Horsemen of Yanyun just because they were not in the same.

From the start till now, Ouyang Shuo had wanted to create a united front toward the outside atmosphere in China. With that, it would strengthen his position as the leader of China.

Of course, within the country, he would fight as he was supposed to do.

Internally and externally he was clear! This was his style.

Based on his estimations, from selling the islands, construction fees, and equipment sales, it could earn them at least two million gold.

From one country war, Shanhai City had earned over seven million in profit, as much as the gold from the Beihai Bay Treasure. If not, why would one say that war was the fastest way to amass treasures?

Of course, this was only the case for Shanhai City.

If it was any other territory, without such a navy, they would not be able to play such a game. In seconds, they would be drowned by the ASEAN.

After sending away the various guild leaders, the administrative matters relating to Xingzhou Prefecture basically came to an end. A few days ago, Pei Ju had rushed over to Lion City, so Ouyang Shuo did not need to worry about those matters any more.

The day that Pei Ju arrived, Ouyang Shuo prepared a massive gift for him.

After Secretary Bai Nanpu read the appointment decree, Ouyang Shuo took out the God Weapon Starlight Sword and solemnly declared, "The name of this sword is Starlight. The holder of this sword represents the one taking charge of Xingzhou Prefecture to show off the might of Shanhai City to the ASEAN. Today, I'll give this sword to you; I hope you will cherish it."

Although Xingzhou was small, it was the first overseas territory. Be it meaning or strategic value, it was different, and it was a huge test for the governor.

As such, Ouyang Shuo decided upon this act of handing over a sword.

The ancient times had the sword of state. Today, they had the starlight sword.

In olden times, the sword of state represented the highest power. The emperor used weapons to signify granting ministers the power to act on their own accord overseas.

"Like seeing the emperor himself!" This was the greatest description of the sword of state.

In some ways, the starlight sword played this role. Xingzhou Prefecture was located alone overseas and some matters were hard to ask help for in time. As such, the governor would need to make decisive choices.

The starlight sword represented such power.

One could foresee that this act of handing over the sword would become a tale of legends in the future.

When Pei Ju heard this decree, he solemnly knelt down and emotionally said, "Thank you, Lord, I won't let you down." He went up and accepted the starlight sword with both hands before solemnly sliding it into his sheath.

As an experienced minister, Pei Ju obviously know the deep meaning within these actions. Such an act was already the greatest honor for a minister.

Even the usually calm Pei Ju could not help but feel his heart surge.

Xingzhou Prefecture had Pei Ju taking care of administrative matters and Yanhuo Yaonie taking care of the military side, so there would be nothing to worry about.

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Chapter 639-Somalia Pirates

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Since all the administrative matters regarding Xingzhou Prefecture were finished, it was time for the voyage squadron to set off once more.

Before leaving, Ouyang Shuo especially returned to Shanhai City. Not for any other reason, but to use the recruiting opportunity of the General Appointment Stage.

The General Appointment Stage allowed him to choose a historical general below god rank. It was a good item, but one need to think long and hard about which general to recruit.

Thinking about these matters, Ouyang Shuo still decided to recruit a navy general.

In ancient china, naval warfare was never the priority, and famous navy generals were relatively lacking compared to other areas. He was interested in Zhou Yu, Yu Da You, and Zheng Cheng Gong.

Since Zhou Yu was the main character of the next battle map, the Battle of Red Cliff, Ouyang Shuo could not recruit him and could only regretfully give up. Zheng Cheng Gong also had deep animosity with Jiaozhou Squadron fleet admiral Shi Lang, so he was not suitable either.

Hence, only Yu Da You remained.

On the General Appointment Stage, a white light flashed and a middle-aged general with a moustache appeared. He had a worried expression on his face; he was the famous Ming Dynasty general, Yu Da You.

"Yu Da You greets the Lord!" He bowed.

"General, please rise!"

Ouyang Shuo smiled and looked at his stats.

Name: Yu Da You (Emperor Rank)

Title: Ancient China top 10 navy generals

Dynasty: Ming Dynasty

Identity: Shanhai City General

Occupation: Special General

Loyalty: 75

Command: 86

Force: 85

Intelligence: 70

Politics: 60

Specialty: Eradicate Invaders (30% increase in cannon range and power when facing pirates or Japanese navy forces, 35% increase in ship speed, 30% increase in warship defense, 35% increase in navy soldier's morale).

Art of War: might of the art of war

Cultivation Method: Sword Classic

Weapon: Jingchu Long Sword

Evaluation: Yu Da You was known for being an honest and upright official. Yu Da You's way of using troops was to plan for war and using it for short term gain. He was loyal to his country and extremely firm.

Yu Da You was all rounded. Not only did he possess a military art like the 'might of the art of war', he also martial arts like the Sword Classic.

On the topic of the Sword Classic, one might think that it was a sword art. However, it was a stick technique that Yu Da You had developed.

Talking about his stick technique, it had a lot to do with the Shaolin Temple that had not appeared in the wilderness yet.

40th year of the Jiajing Emperor's rule, Yu Da You, who was good at the Jingchu Long Sword, was ordered to go conquer the south. He specially went to Shaolin to watch the stick techniques of the monks. In the end, he was disappointed and felt that Shaolin Kungfu was lost in the past.

Under the request of the Shaolin Temple host, Yu Da You brought the young but courageous Zong Qing and Pu Cong along with him down south. Over the next three years, he taught them the 'Yu Family Staff', a set of staff movement techniques he created based on the 'Jingchu Long Sword' and the 'Yang Family Spear technique'.

Three years later, the two monks returned to Shaolin and taught his teachings to them.

13 years later, Zong Qing met Yu Da You again and told him that Pu Cong had modified his teachings and spread it to the closest monks.

With that, one could see that the Shaolin Stick techniques had benefited from Yu Da You's teachings.

Of course, martial arts were only a branch; his main strength was in naval warfare, especially in fights against pirates. When one mentioned Yu Da You's war achievements, one would have to mention the Ming Dynasty pirate problem.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, some Japanese warriors arrived at the ocean region along China. The Ming Dyansty pirates' invasion started during the early stages of the Ming Dynasty. When it reached the Jiajing Emperor's rule, the Ming Dynasty's strength had waned, and despicable ministers ruled. War and conflict also filled Japan, giving rise to the pirate issue.

Due to the economic progress in trading, the goods trading was extremely advanced and lucrative. All trading deals along the ocean were lucrative but due to the Ming Dynasty Ocean prohibition order, trading with other countries was banned.

The tea, porcelain, and silk could all be sold for high prices. If one shipped silk to Nanyang, its price increase by 10 times. With that, some Chinese merchants or pirates like Wang Zhi and Xu Hai started to collude with Japanese pirates to gain riche, forming smuggling organizations.

These merchants thus became a part of the Japanese pirates, being mentioned in the Ming History Japan Diary, 'Out of 10 there were three real Japanese, while the other seven were Chinese people.'

With that, it gave birth to a bunch of generals that fought against the Japanese.

The most famous of all was naturally Qi Jiguang, who was termed as the hero of the people.

Yu Da You, who was born in the same generation, basically spent his whole life fighting Japanese pirates. The Yu Army he headed always scared the enemy, and the two were called the Yu Dragon and the Qi Tiger respectively. They helped to sweep and wipe out the Japanese pirates who were causing problems for so many years.

Amazingly, although he accomplished so much, his contributions were taken by others, and he was not given an official position. However, he was not concerned with such matters and continued to focus on killing the Japanese pirates.

Such a general was a true gem.That day, Ouyang Shuo gave Yu Da You his appointment.

He appointed the general as the fleet admiral of the Yashan Squadron and gave him the 3rd grade general title of Ocean Protector General. With that, out of the four squadrons, only the earliest formed Beihai Bay Squadron lacked a fleet admiral.

Logically speaking, Yu Da You's specialty was going against Japanese pirates. His specialty aimed at the Japanese navy. However, Japan's nearby waters were too far away from Shanhai City for his skills to be put to use.

Hence, Ouyang Shuo could only appoint him as the Yashan Squadron fleet admiral first before making changes in the future. Ouyang Shuo believed that the day the navy attacked Japan was not too far away.

5th month, 10th day, Xingzhou Bay.

The voyage squadron had finished stocking up, and they once again set sail.

From Beihai Bay, they went past the Malacca Straits and entered the Indian Ocean. The vast and boundless ocean followed.

In the huge ocean, without the star guiding technique, one probably would not even know the direction they were heading.

As they had taken a delay in South East Asia for close to a month, the voyage squadron needed to enter the Red Sea before summer ended. Hence, Ouyang Shuo did not plan to form relationships with India at this time.

The voyage squadron spent a short two days in Sri Lanka, south of India, to restock. Then, they set off once more. Their next stop was Somalia, which was located in the Gulf of Aden.

Ouyang Shuo planned to directly cross the Mandeb Straits and enter the Red Sea after stopping in Somalia.

The journey from the Malacca Straits to the Mandeb Straits was the longest part of this voyage. Even in real life, it would by six to seven thousand kilometers.

The game map had expanded by ten times, making this distance unimaginable.

With the speed of ancient ships, they would need at least three months to complete this leg of the journey.

If one considered the entire journey, traveling from England to China and back would take at least a year. Since the game lasted ten years, this meant that cross-continental trade was basically impractical.

In reality, one trip would take two months.

Obviously, Gaia did not want to make things too difficult for the players. In truth, after the squadron entered the open seas, they had entered a quick sailing mode. Going across the Indian Ocean only took twenty days, extremely magical.6th month, 11th day, the voyage squadron successfully reached Somalia and stopped at Berbera Port.

Berbera Port was located on the north west shore of Somalia, and it was on the south west side of the Gulf of Aden. The neighboring Djibouti Port located south of the gulf was the biggest port in the north of Somalia.

On the topic of Somalia, one had to mention the Somali pirates.

The Somali pirates were common in the Gulf of Aden, robbing and kidnapping people. They were a bunch of criminals who were professionals at robbing ships for their riches.

The Gulf of Aden was located in the middle of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. It was an important choke point when one went from the Red Sea or the Suez Canal into the Atlantic, so it was an important strategic location.

Countless ships that passed through the Gulf of Aden.

At the same time, the Somalia seas were narrow, so it was the ideal spot for pirate activity.

Such circumstances naturally gave birth to many pirate organizations. In reality, the effect of Somali pirates on the various countries were extremely minimal. However, in the game, Gaia had once again revived this part of history.

Hence, the moment the voyage squadron entered the Gulf of Aden, Ouyang Shuo warned Zheng He to maintain alertness at every moment. Weirdly, even when they approached the shore, they still were not attacked by any pirates.

"Maybe the pirates saw that we were warships and didn't dare to come close?" Zheng He deduced.

Ouyang Shuo was not sure, "I'm not excluding that possibility. Even so, we can't let down our guards. After restocking, we will immediately set off. Let's try to get past the Red Sea in one go."

"Yes, my lord!"

Zheng He received the order and started to arrange for supplies.

As for how to resupply, Zheng He was naturally an expert in this aspect, and Ouyang Shuo did not need to worry.

After spending so much time onboard ship, Ouyang Shuo felt a little cooped up. After the warship docked, he brought a small group of personal guards to take a walk around the port.

Berbera Port was the industry center of the husbandry industry of Somalia. Every year, many herders would gather here to sell their animals.

The moment one entered the port, they would be able to see many herders herding their animals; they would also see merchants.

The dirty port, paths with many holes, with animal waste littered everywhere. The Berbera Port in front of them definitely was not a place suitable for rest and relaxation.

Ouyang Shuo had walked for less than ten minutes, and he already felt like returning to the ship. The smell in the air was simply too hard to take it.

"Lord, there's an inn there!" Chen Dameng's eyes were exceedingly sharp.

Ouyang Shuo raised his head, only to see a three-story wooden building with a beer sign on the door. Before they even got close, they could hear the bustle inside; it was an inn without a doubt.

"Go, let's go get a drink!"

Ouyang Shuo felt a jolt in his heart. Apart from drinking, they could also gather intel at the inn.

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Chapter 640-Foreign Country Atmosphere

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Berbera Inn.

Like other port inns, the Berbera Inn was filled with sexily-dressed bar ladies, drunk brutes, and many random people.

Along with the dark lights, and the thick smell of beer in the air, this was the very picture of an inn.

Even so, when Ouyang Shuo and his men walked inside, it suddenly fell silent. Loud and soft discussions followed at every corner of the inn.

This was the first time the Berbera Inn had welcomed an asian face. Along with the equipment of the personal guards, with their red divine martial capes, they looked like tough people.

Such a squad was naturally eye-catching.

The moment they entered, Personal Guards Captain Chen Dameng immediately took up a huge table and invited Ouyang Shuo to sit.

"Welcome! Mister, what would you like to drink?" Immediately, a seductive woman approached them; her massive breasts jiggled as she walked forward, bouncing up and down when she talked, what a tempting sight.

Ouyang Shuo took out a gold coin and placed it into her cleavage, as he smiled, "Give me a flask of banana wine and two large plates of beef."

"Wow!"

Whistle noises instantly spread out through the inn. In just a moment, Ouyang Shuo had wiped out the apprehension of the locals. They had accepted his presence.

The things that Ouyang Shuo had ordered held a certain meaning.

Bananas were the main agricultural product of Somalia, and it was massive with thick flesh and a sweet taste. In the global market, it had the reputation of being the sweetest banana in the world.

Hence, when Somalians welcomed guests, their tables would be covered with bananas. There were raw bananas, banana rice, banana cakes, banana wine, and more.

Islam was the main religion of Somalia, and 99% of the population were believers. Hence, in a Muslim area, people could not eat meats such as pork, horse, and camel.

Ouyang Shuo ordering beef was to respect their customs.

This was in an inn; otherwise, they could not even drink. The girls in the inn were all gypsies; if not, they would not act so open and bold.

To someone who was worth tens of millions, one gold coin was not much.

But to the girl, one gold coin was half a month of her pay. In such a small inn, that was already considered a massive tip.

Along with Ouyang Shuo looking so handsome and chivalrous, it made this gypsy girl fall for him, and she gave him her sweetest smile. She did not forget to wink, "Please wait for a short while, it'll be up soon."

"Wow, Karina's heart is moved!" someone joked.

"Drunkard Dylan, be careful of your ass!"

Karina might seem like a gentle girl in front of Ouyang Shuo, but she was a bold person on the inside. She was a rose with thorns.

Haha!

When they saw Dylan geting scolded, the other people in the inn mocked him.

As the inn regained its bustle, everyone became engrossed in their own conversations. Ouyang Shuo seemed like he was not paying attention, but in truth, nothing in the inn was able to escape from his eyes and ears.

"Did you hear? Reed bumped into some trouble."

"The pirates again?"

"If it wasn't those bunch, who else?"

"Sigh, for this period of time I don't dare to go out fishing; the pirates are too rampant.""I heard that the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Squad is going to gather a batch of players to hunt the pirates."

"Let's hope they succeed!"It seems like even the local Somalian players are facing the threats of the pirates, Ouyang Shuo pondered, feeling even more wary about the calm that the squadron had faced.

After a short while, Karina carried over the banana wine and beef, asking softly, "Mister are you free tonight? I'll drink with you." As she spoke, she looked seductively at Ouyang Shuo.

Gypsy women were just so passionate; they did not hide their emotions. Once they liked someone, they would show it.

"My apologies, I'll be sailing off in the afternoon." Ouyang Shuo smiled and rejected her proposition.

"That's such a shame!" Karina was well mannered and did not bug him.

"Well wishes, beautiful miss!"

Ouyang Shuo toasted a cup of banana wine to express his thanks.In this foreign land, he slowly ate beef and drank a unique tasting banana wine. Ouyang Shuo was enjoying this hard to come by atmosphere of a foreign country. A while later, Ouyang Shuo finally got up to leave.

Just as they passed a corner, Chen Dameng walked up and whispered, "Lord, we are being followed."

"Don't worry."

When they were in the inn, Ouyang Shuo had noticed that there were two people in the corner that were staring at them.

Ouyang Shuo turned into a small alley, walking halfway into it. Then he turned around and said toward the seemingly empty alley, "Friends, show yourself. If you have anything, just say it."

After around two minutes, two teen males walked out from the corner.

"Are you the Lianzhou Lord of the China region?"

One of them asked.

"That's right."

Delighted, one of them said, "Hello, we are from the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group."

"Oh?" Ouyang Shuo was instantly interested, "Why did you follow me?"

"Can we invite you to our base?" They sent out an invitation, "Our guild leader would like to meet you."

Ouyang Shuo thought about it and smiled, "Sure, lead the way."

"Lord!" Chen Dameng felt a little worried and tried to stop him. They were in an unfamiliar area and accepting such requests was simply too dangerous.

Ouyang Shuo glanced at him and followed the two players. When Chen Dameng saw the situation, he could only follow helplessly. A short while after, a personal guard left the group.

In his last life, Ouyang Shuo had a rough recollection of the Somalia players starting a large-scale pirate hunting operation. Regretfully, that operation had ended in failure.

Spies had revealed the plan to the pirates, resulting in an ambush.

During that battle, the Somalia Navy was crushed. Without this restraint, more pirates appeared in the Gulf of Aden, and they grew bolder.

If Shanhai City wanted to open trade to the west, they would need a safe and reliable route. Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group going after the Somali pirates was exactly what Shanhai City wanted.

Hence, Ouyang Shuo had no reason to reject the invitation.

Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group was the biggest guild in Somalia, based in the imperial city Mogadishu. Its guild leader was Farrah and to attack the pirates, Farrah had personally come over at Berbera Port.

For this pirate hunting operation, the Somalia people had sent out all their elites. The Lords near the oceans provided warships, and the adventure gamemode players acted as the vanguards.

These Lord and guild players formed up a 150 thousand force alliance army.

The base that they had mentioned was the command center of the alliance army.

"Lianzhou Lord, I have heard of your name for so long!"

When he received the news, Farrah personally came out to welcome Ouyang Shuo.

"Coming to your land, I didn't mean to cause worry." Ouyang Shuo replied.

"Please!"

Farrah was extremely warm, grabbing Ouyang Shuo's hand and leading him into the command center.

The fall of Singapore had sent the voyage squadron of Shanhai City into everyone's line of sight.

Ouyang Shuo had even spread the news that he wanted to be the first Lord in the world to complete a cross ocean adventure on the forums. Moreover, he stated that his ultimate goal for this trip was England. With that, the countries along the oceans started to pay more attention to them.

Hence, when the voyage squadron reached Berbera Port, the eye-catching golden dragon flag had attracted the attention of the players.

The golden dragon flag, the flag of Shanhai Territory, was famous all around the world.

Farrah, as a local snake, naturally received the news right away. Just as he was thinking about how to contact them, Ouyang Shuo entered an inn and was recognized by members of his guild.

Farrah's reason for acting so warm was rather obvious. Obviously, he wanted the voyage squadron to join their pirate hunting operation.Toward Ouyang Shuo's arrival, the expressions of the people varied greatly. Some were curious, some were wary, and some were even unhappy.

The fall of Singapore was a bloody fact that Shanhai City's voyage squadron was an invasive force; they were not peaceful people.

Luckily, Farrah held prestige in Somalia, so no one dared to come out and make noise.

They were judging him, so why wouldn't Ouyang Shuo be judging them too? In his last life, the reveal of the plan definitely came from one of them. If not, the pirates could not have received such complete information. Regretfully, Ouyang Shuo could not tell who was acting weird.

Both sides had just met, and they did not trust each other. They were just making use of each other for personal gain. Hence, Ouyang Shuo did not have any hopes of getting deep into their operation.

Ouyang Shuo only promised that if the alliance army gave Shanhai City a decent position, the voyage squadron would be willing to help out.

Of course, this was only limited to helping out, and the alliance army would not command them.

Farrah was already satisfied with this. Of course, when a forest was big, there were all kinds of birds. Some were unhappy with the way Ouyang Shuo acted, "You are too arrogant! Since it's an alliance army, how can you not follow commands?"

When Ouyang Shuo heard these words, his eyes turned cold, and he looked at Farrah. He did not say a word, obviously unhappy with such a childish question.

"Di Da, quickly apologize to the Lianzhou Lord." Farrah chided.

Di Da was still unhappy, "I'm not wrong, why should I apologize?"

"You!" Farrah was furious and felt that he had lost face in front of his guest, "Di Da, I'll speak the ugly words upfront. Quickly apologize, or I'll immediately kick you out of the alliance army."

"What?" Di Da jumped up; Farrah's words had shocked him. He totally did not expect that Farrah would want to banish him for an outsider.

Just thinking about it, if he was kicked out of the alliance army, he would not be able to raise his head in this circle every again.

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Chapter 641-Blood Colored Night

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"I don't want to repeat myself a third time." Farrah resolutely stated.

The muscles on Di Da's face cramped up, as he sent Ouyang Shuo a deathly stare, "I'm sorry!" Although he apologized, he hated Ouyang Shuo so much in his heart that he wanted to swallow the latter up.

Ouyang Shuo nodded, having a rough new understanding of Di Da. He had purposely angered Di Da to see how much influence Farrah possessed.

After the short delay, the atmosphere in the meeting hall turned extremey solemn and serious.

Farrah was truly amazing, chairing the meeting like nothing had happened. After it ended, he even invited Ouyang Shuo to a welcoming feast.

The feast once again allowed Ouyang Shuo to enjoy the atmosphere of a foreign country. The unique dishes, exquisite cutlery, different dances, and music opened up his eyes.

Maybe because of the alcohol, but the atmosphere at the feast was rather warm and relaxed.

"Let's cheers for our friend, cheers!" Farrah suggested.

"Cheers!"

Apart from Di Da, the others all gave Farrah face.

The feat only came to an end at the dead of night.

Farrah wanted to invite Ouyang Shuo to stay in the camp, but he rejected the proposition. No matter how bold he was, he definitely could not say here. One must not forget that a person in the camp had animosity with him.

Although Farrah had scolded Di Dai, he was also a top guild leader in Somalia. His guild was housed near the Berbera Port, a complete local snake.

Seeing that, Farrah said, "Since that's the case, I'll let people send you back."

"Sorry for the trouble!" Ouyang Shuo nodded and thanked him.

Outside the camp, the personal guards stood in wait. It was not only ten of them; instead, 100 had formed up. At the crucial moment, it was still the personal guards that were the most reliable.

"Let's go!"

It was late into the night, and Berbera Port was pitch back. The night life of reality had no place in the game. The large squad walked past dark alley after dark alley. Suddenly, a massive arrow rain pelted from the rooftops beside them.

"Ambush!"

"Protect the Lord!" Chen Dameng hollered.

Shua, Shua, Shua!

Numerous shields were propped up around Ouyang Shuo, fully covering him.

"Who are you? We are from the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group; stop your attacks!" The person in charge of sending Ouyang Shuo off shouted from the side.

However, only another rain of arrows came as a reply.

Argh!

The guy was shot and collapsed on the ground.

In less than ten minutes, the entire force was heavily injured. Only a few of the members that Farrah had arranged to send them off were left. The retaliation of the personal guards had little to no effect due to the darkness.

"Retreat!"

The enemy had the high ground on them who were standing on the streets, so they could only get smacked and could not retaliate. If Ouyang Shuo was not wrong, Di Da must have sent them.

"So vicious!" Ouyang Shuo muttered.

The personal guards covered Ouyang Shuo, avoiding the streets and turning into another alley. Before they had time to rest, they saw a group of men dressed in black charging right at them, "Kill!"

"Damn it, charge over them!"

Viciousness and seriousness appeared on Ouyang Shuo's face, as he killed his way out with the Tianmo Spear in hand.

In a narrow route, the brave would win.

Killing shouts spread out from the pitch-black alleys. Both sides engaged under the weak moonlight.

When the nearby residents heard the shouts, they were terrified, closing their doors and windows, afraid to do anything.

However, the endless number of enemies left Ouyang Shuo astonished. Moreover, they came from all directions. No matter how valiant the personal guards were, they were slowly dying out and were not a match for the enemy.

Obviously, this was a well-planned assassination.

"Split up and break out!"

Ouyang Shuo did not have any other thoughts than trying to simply break out of this. He led around ten guards to charge toward the west of the alley. Chen Dameng and the others attracted the fire and tried to disrupt the deduction skills of the enemy.Not far from the alley was a building, looking down from the top, one could see this entire massacre clearly.

"Sir, what should we do?"

The one who spoke was similarly dressed in black; one could not see his appearance. In front of him was a teen. Although his face was not covered with a mask, it was still difficult to recognize him in the night.

"Split up and chase. Remember, we definitely cannot allow him to run." The teen's voice was coarse.

"Understood!"

The man immediately sent out a signal bullet. Suddenly, batch after batch of black dressed men swarmed out of the various alleys of the port, disappearing into the night sky.

The killings on this night was growing more and more intense.

In the voyage squadron camp, the Lord had not returned on time, making Zheng He feel uneasy.

"Men!"

"Present!"

"Bring a squad of men into the city to receive the Lord. An issue might have cropped up."

"Yes, admiral!"

At this very moment, the black dressed man shot the signal bullet into the sky.

This sight caused Zheng He's eyes to freeze up, as the uneasiness he felt increased. "Send my orders, the squadron will enter a level 2 state of alert, and the Divine Martial Guards will move out."

"Yes, admiral!"

After a short while, the news that the Lord and his men had faced an assassination attempt spread back to the warship. This news sent the Divine Martial Guards into a frenzied state, and they started a killing storm in the city. Whenever they saw a person clothed in black, they would kill without mercy.

The navy soldiers also joined this killing feast.

Zheng He took charge of the squadron to prevent other situations from happening.

Along with the addition of the Shanhai City Army, the port grew more chaotic. When Farrah received the news, he was furious and ordered the alliance army to strike and wipe out the men in black.

Farrah sent people out to Di Da to make him stop his crazy behavior. Obviously, Farrah's deduction was the same as Ouyang Shuo's, thinking that Di Da was the one behind all of this.

Weirdly, the men who were sent out did not find Di Da. Based on the Fly Mercenary Group's words, their guild leader had gone to drink after the feast had ended, and he did not return to the courtyard.

This made Di Da look all the more more suspicious.

In a fit of anger, Farrah sent men to surround the courtyard of the Fly Mercenary Group. No one was to leave, otherwise, they would be killed.The night sky grew darker and darker.

Berbera Port was a massive port with rows of low buildings gathered around it without planning. The curved paths and alleys spread out like a spider web, intersecting with one another.

Even a local would find it hard to find their way out.

Furthermore, it was the dead of night, so this assassination game grew in intensity.

The Divine Martial Guards chased and killed the men, but these enemies would not just give up and wait to die. They would find an alley to hide in and disappear into the night sky like rats.

On the side of the alliance army, it was also not going smoothly. After all, they could not be considered local snakes.

The large-scale killings only slowly stopped after the two armies entered the fray. Occasionally, cries of pain would sound out.

Zheng He's expression was extremely solemn.

Based on the news from the frontlines, they had found many of the Lord's personal guards but not the Lord himself

The killing intent of the Divine Martial Guards quickly reached its peak.

Zheng He could only pray now that the Lord could survive this blood colored night.

Nameless alley.

In the pitch-black night, a young man hobbled as he ran. He turned his head around, moving while on full alert. Blood stained the spear in his hand.

"He's there!"

"Quick!"

"Don't let him run!"

Behind him, low voices sounded. Following which, a cluster of black clothed men charged at the young man; their eyes were unusually cold.

"Damn it!"

The young man cursed out and used all his strength to support himself.

He definitely could not run. His only path to survival was to kill everyone in front of him.

Depressing slaughter broke out once again. In the light of the knives and the afterimages of the swords, no one spoke a word.

Everyone was hovering between life and death.

The young man constantly had people fall around him. However, his footsteps grew heavier and heavier. His wounds gaped open, and fresh blood spurted out. One would wonder if he would collapse at any moment.

Argh!

Along with the last black clothed man falling, the young man could not hold on any longer and collapsed too.

Pain and exhaustion corrupted his senses.

"That's it!" The young man sighed as he laid on the ground. He raised his head as he looked at the moon, his eyes exceedingly calm.

This young man was obviously Ouyang Shuo.

The strength of the black clothed men had exceeded his expectations. All of them were elite adventure gamemode player, and they possessed high combat strength. Even when facing the personal guards, they could fight neck and neck.

Even Ouyang Shuo was injured under their relentless assault.

The personal guards around him fell one by one, but he could nothing about it. At the most crucial moment, he faced the attacks of a hundred men.

Facing such danger, he had no choice but to activate the devil bloodline and kill his way out.

From start to now, Ouyang Shuo did not know where he was. The black clothed men were like spirits; they always managed to find him, tiring him out.

As time went on, the devil bloodline reached its limit.

After killing off this last fellow, Ouyang Shuo was utterly exhausted. At this moment, if one more of them appeared, they could easily kill him.

Thinking about this point, Ouyang Shuo let out a bitter smile.

"Things are just so unpredictable." How would he have guessed that Di Da would be so extreme and would want revenge to such an extent. For just a little bit of face, he would act so vicious.

As a result, both sides suffered heavy casualties.

Ouyang Shuo did not believe that Zheng He or Farrah would let Di Da off once they received the news.

"The world is huge, everything is possible!"

Ouyang Shuo could only sigh.

At this moment, footsteps sounded out on the streets.

When he heard these sounds, his heart turned cold. On this night, the civilians had closed their doors and would not go out. Apart from the black clothed men, who else would dare walk the streets?

Exhaustion hit him like a flood.

Ouyang Shuo bit his tongue so that he would not fall unconscious; his right hand grabbed the Tianmo Spear. As long as the enemy drew close, he was confident in dealing a finishing blow.

"Yi, it's you?"

At this very moment, a gentle girl's voice sounded out, filled with worry and surprise.

When Ouyang Shuo heard this voice, he totally relaxed and fainted.

"Ah, wake up!"

The girl totally did not know that she had just walked out from the gates of hell.

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Chapter 642-Death of Di Da

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In the morning, Ouyang Shuo opened his eyes.

His wounds were carefully bandaged; even the Tianmo Spear was cleaned and placed by his side. As a result of the night's rest, his injuries had mostly healed.

Ouyang Shuo raised his head and looked around.

The wooden room was rather narrow, and the floor was covered with items. Despite this, the items were placed in an orderly matter. A bed and a table were the two most prominent items in the room; evidently, the owner was not that well off.

The linen blanket emitted a nice scent.

Ouyang Shuo thought back to yesterday and was started to recall the series of events. As he thought back to the assassination attempt, he could not help but frown. Thinking clearly, this matter was extremely serious.

Firstly, the route that he took should have been secret. Weirdly, the black clothed men were waiting in ambush, and they even considered the alleys.

The only explanation was that his path was exposed.

Apart from his Personal Guards, only the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group would know. However, just thinking about that, things became weirder and weirder.

Secondly, the strength of the black clothed men had far exceeded his expectations. Although they were all elites, they were also good at assassination. Under the cover of such a dark sky and a geographical knowledge advantage, they caused more damage than elite troops.

Apart from normal bows, they even carried hidden weapons. Obviously, the enemy had researched his strength and knew that he possessed strong martial arts skills.

As a result, Ouyang Shuo fell to a disadvantage.

This assassination scheme did not seem like something that was just thought off; it was more like a carefully planned scheme. With Di Da's skill, did he truly have the ability to set this up in such a short time?

Ouyang Shuo doubted it.

Most importantly, Di Da lacked the motive to take such extreme action.

As the head of a guild, Ouyang Shuo did not believe that Di Da was truly stupid. Di Da definitely knew that regardless of whether the assassination attempt succeeded, the Fly Mercenary Group could not handle the aftermath.

Furthermore, Farrah had already made things clear. Would he drag his entire mercenary group down into the abyss for just face? Anyone with a brain would not do such a crazy thing.

Last night, Ouyang Shuo felt certain that Di Da was behind this but now it did not seem like the case. On the contrary, Ouyang Shuo believed that the spy in the alliance army started this.

Only that spy who had not showed themselves would have the motive to get rid of Ouyang Shuo.

Furthermore, Di Da had angered Ouyang Shuo, and his rash personality made him the best person to push the blame onto. If the person was Ouyang Shuo, he would also grab this chance.

However, Ouyang Shuo did not understand the reveal of his route. Was the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group involved in this matter? Thinking about it, it did not seem likely.

The entire matter became more and more muffled and confusing.

This was the worst situation that Ouyang Shuo had gotten in. Luckily, his luck stat did not cheat him once more, and he met a lucky star. If not, the following journey would not involve him any longer.

Creak!

The door was opened from the outside and a young lady with a great body entered. She held a bowl of porridge in her hands; she was Karina, the bar lady that had served him at the inn.

"You're awake!" Karina was delighted.

Ouyang Shuo nodded, standing up and bowing, "Thank you, miss, for saving me!"

"Drink the porridge first!" Karina laughed and avoided the topic

It was a complete coincidence. The place where Ouyang Shuo collapsed from his injuries was only 200 meters away from where Karina lived. The inn had naturally closed late, which was why Karina had met him.

The moment she saw him, she was shocked but happy.

This mysterious man possessed an indescribable charm that attracted her. That night, she guarded by his side and slowly fell asleep.

Ouyang Shuo's manly scent attracted this gypsy lady. However, their statuses were significantly different. Just thinking about his, Karina could not help but feel a pain in her heart.

It's just a dream in the end! Karina warned herself, The story of Cinderella and her prince is only a fairytale.

Although the porridge was the most common banana porridge in Somalia, Ouyang Shuo felt that it was exceedingly tasty. He was also rather ravenous, so he finished it up in a jiffy.

"Slow down; there's still some more in the kitchen." Karina was amused.

However, Ouyang Shuo grabbed the Tianmo Spear by the bed, and he once again cupped his fist and said, "I have to go. Your saving grace is something that I'll never be able to repay. As he spoke, he took out a wooden box and placed it on the bed, "This is just a small thank you gift, please do not reject it."

"You!" Karina wanted to say something but stopped.

Ouyang Shuo sighed and left. He obviously saw through her love for him, but it was impossible, so why would he leave any false hopes for her?

"Can you tell me your name?" Karina chased after him.

When Ouyang Shuo heard this request, he turned around and said, "Qiyue Wuyi!"

Karina looked at the slowly disappearing figure in shock. When she returned and opened the wooden box, she could not help but covered her mouth to dampen her screams. In the box, she found one thousand gold and a book.

This book was a secret manual that Ouyang Shuo had especially chosen for her.

As they say, the man is not at fault, but him having a treasure is.

Ouyang Shuo naturally did not hope for her to get into trouble because of a sum of money. With a secret manual, she would have the ability to protect herself and a chance to completely change her destiny.

As they say, rather than giving someone a fish, why not teach them how to fish?

"Qiyue Wuyi!" Karina carved this name into her heart.

Alliance base.

The chaos at night had terrified everyone.

The Lord had not returned, and his life or death remained unknown. The furious Divine Martial Guards brought 10 thousand navy soldiers and surrounded the entire camp. The thousands of members of the Fly Mercenary Group were all taken down by the Divine Martial Guards.

Even the calm and gentle Zheng He was enraged at this time, questioning Farrah, "Guild Leader Farrah, you have to answer to us. If not, we will act ourselves."

"I've already said it was not me, what else can I say?"

Di Da, who had returned drunk when he heard the news, was also furious.

"You still trying to deny it? In Somalia, apart from you, who else hates my Lord?" Zheng He understood the entire situation from start to end.

"Do you have proof?" Di Da retorted.

"When Shanhai City does things, we do not need proof." Zheng He's attitude was resolute.

"You!" Di Da was furious; he could not control his rage any longer, "I already said it was not me. So, what if it was! You're so arrogant and deserve it."Di Da's words had completely ignited the rage of the Shanhai City Army.

"Kill him, take revenge for the Lord!"

The furious soldiers could not hide their killing intent.

"Sorry, Guild Leader Farrah." Zheng He's expressions turned cold as he turned around, "Execute him!"

"Yes, admiral!"

Four Divine Martial Guards walked up and took Di Da down, holding a Tang Blade to his neck.

"What are you all doing?" Di Da had been drunk for the entire night; he was still was not clear-headed, so how would he be a match for them? Struggling was just useless.

Weirdly, during the entire process, none of the members of the alliance army helped out; they just looked on.

When Di Da saw the situation, he felt that things were unusual, so he looked at Farrah with unease, "I'm innocent, Farrah. As a commander, are you allowing them to do as they wish in our base? Do you not have any spirit?"

His words caused a commotion in the alliance army.

Farrah knew that, and he had no choice but to make things clear, "Di Da it is not that I'm not helping you, but you went too far. You actually sent men to kill our allies. If I help you, how would others look at us? How would they look at Somalia?"

"I'm innocent!" Di Da cried out.

Farrah shook his head, unwilling to waste his breath; he turned to Zheng He, "General, go ahead. I only hope that this matter would not affect our cooperation."

"Since the Lord wanted this cooperation, we will follow through with it." Farrah had given Shanhai City enough face, so Zheng He obviously had no need to cause problems.

"Execute!" Zheng He ordered.

"Kill!"

All of a sudden, a thousand heads fell to the ground. Including Guild Leader Di Da, the rest of the members of the Fly Mercenary Guild had died; no one survived.

Looking at this bloody scene, the base fell into total silence.

Farrah's facial muscles could not help but twitch.

The alliance army soldiers all had weird expressions. Some respected them, some were unhappy, and some were angry. Shanhai City's actions were like a slap to their face. However, they did not dare to take any action.

Without mentioning the fact that they needed help for the pirate clearing operation, just the cannons that the squadron had placed at the port were enough to raise fear in their hearts.

They did not doubt the fact that the Shanhai City forces had the strength to destroy the port. Even starting a full-scale country war was possible. The fate of Singapore was a clear sign of the things that could happen.

A strong army was the best ticket and protection anywhere. As a result, Ouyang Shuo had not expected that someone would try to assassinate him.

"Goodbye!"

After killing the perpetrators, Zheng He led his troops and left, ready to continue their search for the Lord. At the same time, they left some space to allow for Farrah to deal with matters.The dust only settled when Ouyang Shuo appeared at the port.

Things were just so weird.

The Lord was fine, so the Shanhai City Army naturally cheered. When the alliance army heard the news, they were filled with various emotions. No matter how they saw it, they felt that the members of the Fly Mercenary Guild were wronged.

As expected of Farrah, he brought a bunch of gifts over to apologize. He did not even mention the execution of the Fly Mercenary Guild members.

The two sides once again walked onto the path of close cooperation.

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Chapter 643-Who Is the Mole?

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6th month, 14th day, Berbera Port.

The alliance army squadron and the Shanhai City voyage squadron had gathered up at the port and were ready to launch their pirate hunting operation.

The alliance army had 200 warships, the Lords had sent 20 thousand NPC sailors, and the remaining 40 thousand troops were adventure gamemode players, with 10 thousand coming from the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group.

The two squadrons had lined up side by side by the port, which perfectly described the statement of, 'One would not be hurt if they did not compare themselves to others.' The Somalian Lords had thought that their warships were not shabby, but this comparison left them ashamed.

"What a loss of face!" Some of the Lords sighed.

Based on the original plan, the 40 Somalian adventure gamemode players would split up into the 200 warships. When he saw the voyage squadron warships, Farrah wanted the voyage squadron to ferry some players too.

"Lord, what do you think?" Farrah asked.

"Sure."

Ouyang Shuo replied emotionally.

Due to the matter with Di Da, the Somalian players were extremely wary of the voyage squadron. Even though they envied them, they were not willing to fight with them on the same boat.

Helplessly, Farrah could only send the 10 thousand Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group members onto the Shanhai ships.

When Ouyang Shuo saw this situation, a weird glow shone in his eyes.11 AM, the alliance squadron set off as planned.

There was a total of three large-scale pirate organizations in the Gulf of Aden.

The Sky Wolf Pirate Group was the biggest group, and its leader was known as Evsey. It was a extremely strict organization that focused on robbing merchant ships. The animals exported from Somalia were often taken by this pirate group.

The Telan Pirate Organization was the earliest pirate group in the Gulf of Eden. Its leader was Buntland; their equipment was rather backward, and their strength was weakest out of the three. They survived on attacking small fishing boats.

The Plum Pirate Organization was the most brutal one. Their leader was called Mercado; their equipment was good, and they robbed any boat they saw, even Lord warships.

The three pirate organizations exceeded 60 thousand in strength, so it was impossible to crush them all at once. Furthermore, the 3 had come to an understanding, splitting up the territory and not interfering with each other.

Hence, the alliance army was ready to strike them down part by part, starting with the Sky Wolf Pirate Organization.

Based on the intel from their investigations, the Sky Wolf Mercenary Organization had a total of 25 thousand members and 150 ships. Its base was built on a mysterious island known as Sky Wolf Island.

The protection of the Sky Wolf Pirate Organization was extremely tight, and even the two other pirate organizations did not know the exact location of the Sky Wolf island.

Since the alliance army had planned this pirate hunting operation, they naturally had confidence. They had already found the exact location and went right for it.

"Attack Sky Wolf island!" This was the goal of the Somalia players.

After the squadron set off, Ouyang Shuo called Zheng He and Chen Dameng into the battle room.

Last night, not only was Ouyang Shuo heavily injured, Chen Dameng was also pushed out from under the bodies of the Divine Martial Guards. If he was not lucky, he would have died right there.

Hence, Chen Dameng did not trust these Somalian players. Even though Di Da and the Fly Mercenary Group were executed, he was not able to release that feeling from his heart.

"What do you think of Farrah?" Ouyang Shuo asked.

"Him?" Chen Dameng's eyes widened; he gritted his teeth and said, "I think that he's a fraud. If he could treat his own men so viciously, how could he be a good person? Looking at him smile, I feel that something is off. Your movement that day was definitely revealed by him."

"The Lord also suspects him?"

"Yeah!"

"Since that's the case, then why did the Lord allow them to board the ship?" Zheng He did not understand.

Ouyang Shuo took a deep breath and said slowly, "This voyage used up a lot of gold of the territory, and it is not only to reach our destination. It is to build a safe route. Attacking Singapore was so, helping the Somalia people clear out pirates is also so."

"Somalia is located in the Gulf of Aden, and it is an extremely important strategic location. If we could build a permanent base here to open up ocean routes, it would be huge."

"In that case, why don't we move a large number of troops and occupy Somalia?" Chen Dameng butted in.

Ouyang Shuo shook his head, "Based on our navy strength, if we do well, we would be able to. But sometimes, starting a country war is not the best idea."

"The fall of Singapore has attracted the attention of everyone around the world. If Somalia falls, the image of Shanhai City would become exceedingly bad. If that happens, whether we could enter England would be an unknown factor, much less trade."

"This…." with his brain, how could Chen Dameng understand?

On the other hand, Zheng He had some understanding, "As such, your goal is to gain their trust to allow us to build a base here?"

Ouyang Shuo nodded his head. Obviously, he spoke so much to allow Zheng He to learn. As a navy general, without a globalized way of thinking, he would not be able to keep up with the times.

Apart from their original abilities, the terrifying growth talent of the historical generals was also a massive asset. They similarly had rapid growth rates; if not, why would they be so sought after?

Gaia had created so many historical generals and granted them high level AI; its goal was not to create a bunch of dead thinking androids. Gaia's true goal was to allow them to interact with humans and evolve.

If not, what use would they be when they arrived on planet Hope."Then how do we deal with the players on board?" Zheng He asked.

Ouyang Shuo already had a rough idea, "Maintain awareness. If the enemy does not act, we will not act either."

"Understood!"

Zheng He and Chen Dameng nodded their heads in unison.

As for the mole, Ouyang Shuo naturally could not talk about it in detail. Since matters had developed to this stage, he naturally could not pull out.

Since they wanted to act, they needed to go all out.

Early next morning, Sky Wolf Island appeared in their sights.

Looking down from the sky, the island looked like a humongous wolf head. The island had a single mountain peak with a massive wolf head flag; this was their pirate flag.

Since this was their base, the Sky Wolf Pirate Organization would naturally arrange sentries. The moment the alliance squadron approached, the sentries would fire signal bullets.

The moment the black signal bullets rose into the sky, the naval battle started.

If one had good eyesight, they would notice that the pirate flag on the peak was being swung by someone. Instantly, the entire island grew busy.

It was like they had been awaiting this battle.

At the same time, red signal bullets were shot up from the peak and exploded in the air.Facing the small ships, the voyage squadron did not need to act; they handed these people over to the alliance squadron. The Somalia adventure gamemode players were extremely excited about killing these sentries.

It was like they saw the light to victory.

When the alliance squadron approached Sky Wolf Island, a huge black squadron suddenly appeared. Pirate flags hung from the ship, and the pitch-black warships were painted with all kinds of patterns.

Skulls, knives, ghosts, and beasts; various forms of graffiti decorated the ships; it was a whole different form of art.

The Sky Wolf Pirate Organization had acted.

Undoubtedly, this was a weird battle with both sides waiting for one another.

The alliance army players looked at each other.

Logically speaking, even if the sentry spotted them, they could not have come out to sea so quickly. No matter how skilled they were, it would take at least half an hour.

No matter how they thought about it, it seemed like they were just waiting in port. The sneak attack had become a head on battle.

However, at this juncture, they could not think too much, "Let's fight!"

Compared to the ASEAN Navy, the alliance navy and pirates were different as they all had firearms. Their main warships were all equipped with small-sized handguns or heavy cannons.

The moment the war started, it was a battle of cannons.

"Fire!"

The cannonballs exploded on the ocean surface, giving rise to massive splashes. Struck warships were basically destined to sink.

The ones with the most eye-catching performance were naturally the voyage squadron. They had the most cannons and the most well-trained navy. Along with reasonable warship allocation and smart commanding, the pirates were at a total disadvantage.

The Somalia players had a good impression of this squadron for the first time.

Both sides fired at one another and swiftly approached each other simultaneous.

After all, cannons were rare and were only the appetizers of war. The true cruel battle was cross warship fighting.

Weirdly, both sides had a desire to fight in such a manner. The pirates were proficient at cross warship fighting, so they naturally wanted to fight in this way.

What about the alliance squadron?

One must not forget that they still had 40 thousand adventure gamemode players. If they did not jump onto the pirate ships to fight, then they would be useless.

The players cried out, eager to just jump onto the pirate ships.

Throughout the entire process, only the voyage squadron was returning cannon fire. Pirate ship after pirate ship were sunk and many pirates fell into the ocean like dumplings.

The warships of both sides drew closer and closer.

A person with good eyesight would be able to see the vicious looks of the enemy.

Revenge and killing intent gathered.

Just at this moment, two squadrons appeared like ghosts right behind the alliance squadron.

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Chapter 644-Reveal of the Scheme

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As the battle between the alliance squadron and the Sky Wolf Pirate Organization got underway, the Telan Pirate Organization and the Plum Pirate Organization suddenly appeared behind the alliance forces, surrounding them.

The scheme from the last life reappeared

However slow the Somalia players were, they would have figured out that they were played. How was this hunting the pirates? It was clearly the three pirate organizations hunting them.

The roles of hunter and hunted instantly switched.

"Guys, don't panic. Shrink the formation and sail toward the voyage squadron." Zheng He tried to take over command of the alliance squadron by sending flag signals over to the alliance army warships.

Some of the warships came over; some were in chaos and disorder, and some of them acted like they did not see the signals.

The ocean surface was in utter chaos.

Hundreds of warships going left and right among cannon fire. If one did not pay attention, it was easy to knock into one another. The scolding, the cannons sounds, the killing shouts, and the cries for help all mixed together, making one's head nearly blow up.

At the crucial moment, the difference between a proper army and a player army showed.

The warships that were mainly formed of NPCs basically all chose to crowd toward the voyage squadron. On the other hand, those with players charged toward the pirate ships to try to fight their way out.

In less than twenty minutes, the three pirate organizations had succeeded in surrounding them.

All of a sudden, many chains and planks were placed onto the warships of the alliance squadron. The most cruel and gory cross-warship battle was about to begin.

As the warships were too close to one another, even if the voyage squadron wanted to fire, they would only hit allies.

Helplessly, they could only accept the cross-warship battle.

Tens of thousands of weirdly dressed pirates waved their crescent blades as they crossed onto the warships, shouting out weird chants and squeals.

The adventure gamemode players on the warships were not to be beaten so easily, and they charged up. At this point, they did not have time to care about the entire situation or the fates of the sailors.

The only thing they thought about was cutting down those damn pirates.

Killing shouts spread out across the entire ocean region, forming a majestic spectacle.

The strong voyage squadron naturally became the biggest target of the pirates.

Unfortunately, they had miscalculated as the sword-shield soldiers and archers of Shanhai City were not rookies.

Especially the navy soldiers of the voyage squadron, after the flames of the country war, they had quickly matured.

How could normal pirates be their opponents?

The voyage squadron became the toughest bone for the pirates. Corpses were piling up on the decks, and the pile was growing higher and wider.

This raised the morale of the entire squadron.

"Brothers, we can't lose to our friends, kill them!" the commander of the alliance warship shouted.

"Kill!"

All of a sudden, the alliance squadron slowly regained their footing.

Originally, the overall numbers of the alliance squadron were higher than that of the three pirate organisations. However, they were caught off guard, which affected their mental state.

The moment they adjusted, the winner and loser of this battle became uncertain.

Under Zheng He's leadership, the strength of the alliance squadron was shown; they knew when to advance and when to retreat.

Through their show of strength, the voyage squadron earned the recognition of the Somalia players. Even though the voyage squadron was suffering some losses, Ouyang Shuo felt that it was worth it.

However, the battlefield changes quickly and things often happened when you least expect it. Just as the alliance squadron's morale reached its highest point, the mole started to act.

To the mole, it would be best if they did not need to revealing their identity. However, the situation left the mole with no other choice; if they did not act, the pirates would definitely lose. If that happened, the pirates would expose them.

Furthermore, if they did not act, the mole would face the crazy revenge of the pirates.

The pirates of the Gulf of Aden were impossible to remove in one shot. They were like weeds, you remove one, after winter, they would grow back.

Hence, this mole already had no way out and could only be the bad guy all the way. The situation at hand only happened because he had underestimated the voyage squadron.

The voyage squadron had used bloody facts to inform the pirates what a true navy was.On the battlefield, a weird conch sound broke out.

Even among all the noise and chaos, one could still hear this sound clearly. Like they had received a signal, the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group suddenly turned around and attacked the Shanhai City Navy.

The mole was the leader of the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group, Farrah.

To prevent the mole from learning that they had discovered his plot, Ouyang Shuo had not told the Shanhai City Navy that they were surrounded by a bunch of moles. Hence, as they were unprepared, they were caught totally off guard.

Under the attacks of both the moles and the pirates, the Shanhai City Navy suffered heavy injuries.

Especially because the moles were extremely crafty, targeting the weak archers. As for the cannoneers, they were all the more the targets for assassination.

This was extremely vicious.

Besides Ouyang Shuo, Farrah pulled out his long sword and chopped at Ouyang Shuo. However, it was like Ouyang Shuo had eyes on his back, and he moved the Tianmo Spear, blocking the sword.

Farrah was shocked and instantly backed off.

"You finally couldn't hold it in." Ouyang Shuo turned around, extremely calm.

Farrah was astonished and could not help but say, "You knew?"

"The black clothed men were also planned by you, right?" Ouyang Shuo said.

"Seems like you knew." Farrah's eyes focused; he had already calmed down.

Such a strong mental state was not something that many people possessed.

"I'm really curious, how did you find out?" Farrah did not understand, "I thought everything was perfect; it shouldn't have been so obvious."

"Perfect? You're too arrogant. Someone told me that there was a mole in the alliance army. As for who it was, my informant couldn't confirm. I thought it was Di Da, but it later proved it wasn't him."

Naturally, no one told him about the mole, he just used these words to scare Farrah.

"Why wasn't it Di Da; didn't all the evidence point to him?" Farrah asked.

Ouyang Shuo shook his head, "Too perfect an evidence is itself a flaw. That night, only you knew my path, so only you could have revealed it. Originally, I only suspected it, thinking that it was just someone from within the mercenary group and not you."

"Then?" Farrah asked.

"You hurried to kill Di Da to push the blame onto him. It seemed smart, but it revealed that you were guilty. As an alliance commander, allowing outsiders to kill such an important member isn't something a normal person would do. The only explanation was that you were planning something."

Ouyang Shuo shook his head in amusement, "Hence, I basically knew that you were the mole. What made me 100% sure was that you arranged the members of the mercenary group to board the voyage squadron; this smelled too much like a scheme. From far away, one could already smell it."Farrah was totally speechless, and his face turned black. The performance he thought was perfect made him look like a clown to the enemy. Nobody could accept such a matter.

This was especially so for someone as arrogant as Farrah.

"Since that was the case, why didn't you try to expose me?" Farrah tried to make a last struggle.

"If I exposed you, would people believe me?"

The world was just so magical, people were only willing to believe the facts they saw for themselves. One could imagine what others would think if Ouyang Shuo tried to expose Farrah.

Before the war, the Somalia players had close to zero trust toward the voyage squadron.

One had to say that in dealing with Di Da, Zheng He had acted too rash. Killing him helped take revenge, but it also broke the relationship between Shanhai City and the Somalia players.

Of course, under those circumstances, he could not have made a rational decision. Even if he let Di Da go, Chen Dameng would not.

"So you purposely didn't do anything to wait for me to expose myself so that the others could see? You are acting as the fishermen to collect the spoils?" Farrah asked, his face ugly to the extreme.

"Since you put it like this, I won't disagree." Ouyang Shuo said calmly.

A light flashed across Farrah's eyes as he said, "You're too confident!"

"You aren't as confident as I thought you were!"

"Hen." Farrah did not want to talk anymore, "Your archers and cannoneers are basically all dead. Even if you hold on, you can't fight the pirates."

In truth, this was not all that Farrah had.

Apart from killing the archers and the cannoneers, he had tried to kill Ouyang Shuo and Zheng He. They were the core figures of the voyage squadron, if they died, the alliance army would be thrown into chaos.

Unfortunately, Ouyang Shuo was prepared. His 200 Divine Martial Guards were disguised as normal soldiers and protecting them. With that, the assassination attempt naturally failed.

As for Ouyang Shuo, do not even joke about it!

What could Farrah alone do to Ouyang Shuo?

Ouyang Shuo waved his Tianmo spear, smiling, "Care about your own fate first!"

He charged forward as he spoke these words.

Ouyang Shuo was the core of the alliance army, and Farrah was the core of the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group. If he took Farrah down, things would be halfway to success.

As for the archers and the cannoneers, Ouyang Shuo had naturally prepared some defensive measures when he learned that the mercenary group were moles. Long before they set off, more than half of the archers and cannoneers were hidden in the cabin, not to leave.

This also meant that even if they were sneak attacked, the firepower of the voyage squadron could still be used.

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Chapter 645-Letting You Live

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As the top expert of Somalia, Farrah naturally possessed some skills. Both sides fought neck and neck, exuding killing intent.

Both of them charged forward and backward; outsiders could only hear the sounds of the weapons clashing and did not know who was at an advantage.

Even if someone wanted to help out, they could not interfere. A fight between experts would bring with it a zone of aura. If one touched this, they might end up suffering injuries.

No one could approach within three meters of them.

With that, the members of the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group could only give up and focus on attacking the Shanhai City sailors.

A massacre occurred onboard the ships.

With the Divine Martial Guards in charge of Dragon Head, the enemies could not gain the upper hand. On the other warships, it was the navy soldiers up against the heavy attacks of many, so they could only try their best to hold on.

When the soldiers hidden in the cabins heard the shouts, they wanted to help out. However, without receiving the orders, they could only grit their teeth and hold on.

On the alliance army warships, the Somalia players similarly killed till their eyes turned red.

The betrayal of the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group had infuriated the players, and they wanted to chew them up and drink their blood. Their hate for them slowly became a regret and a feeling of sorriness toward the Shanhai City Squadron.

How righteous were they?

The Somalia players could only hope that they could kill off the enemies in front of them soon and help the Shanhai City warriors. The battlefield was just so magical. After fighting together, although they were unable to communicate, their fates were tied together.

The killing on the seas had reached its climax.

The blue ocean was slowly dyed red and corpses floated on the surface. The wreckage of ships were everywhere. Some of the lucky survivors that fell into the ocean were on top of these wreckages.

The cruelty of this naval battle was evident.On the deck of Dragon Head.

After exchanging only forty moves, Farrah was already facing defeat and wanted to leave. Under the relentless assault of the Tianmo Spear, if he was not careful, he would definitely die.

There was already some regret growing in his heart.

On the forums, some people had spread the rumors that Shanhai City Lord Qiyue Wuyi was not only proficient at strategy, he was also great at martial arts. The best expert in Singapore, Chen Guang, was defeated by him in less than forty moves.

This was something that Farrah did not believe, and he even looked at the people who spread such news with disdain.

The assassination attempt of the black clothed men verified his deductions.

"The Lianzhou Lord only has average skill, and he was only able to escape our attacks through luck." The leader of the black clothed men had reported as such.

How would Farrah know that even in an unfamiliar place, among the messy alleys, facing the sneak attack of archers and many secret weapons, Ouyang Shuo had still managed to display his strength.

300 of their most elite assassins were buried on that night.

If it was a head on battle, those assassins would not have even been able to make Ouyang Shuo activate the devil bloodline. How could they possibly heavily injure him and nearly kill him under normal circumstances?

The leader had reported as such to avoid the blame. He did not tell Farrah that when Ouyang Shuo activated the devil bloodline, he would not even dare to fight him.

Farrah did not know how true the report was, but the key was that his opinion had clouded his judgment. He bought into his own idea that since a person only had a limited amount of time, a Lord who needed to be busy with the territory would not have the time to cultivate.

If Farrah knew that Ouyang Shuo would take out two hours a day to train, be it in the hot summer or the cold winter, be it in the Lord's Manor or while traveling, he would not have made that conclusion.

Experts were obviously not trained in a day!

Even though Ouyang Shuo was talented and possessed vast resources, without hard work, he would not have reached his current level of attainment.

Numerous nights of lonely cultivation would hide behind the flashy skills of any expert.

The moment Farrah was distracted, Ouyang Shuo noticed it. How would he let go of such an opportunity?

After Ouyang Shuo's spear technique took shape, the Tianmo Spear became much easier and more comfortable to use. The Tianmo Spear Code and the Tianmo Spear were like brothers, unable to be separated from one another.

The spear technique lacked any fixed strokes; whatever came out depended on Ouyang Shuo, and it was extremely flexible.

The Tianmo Spear thrust upward, pushing away Farrah's longsword. At a lightning quick speed, it changed into a stab and directly pierced Farrah's heart.

As the strongest player in Somalia, Farrah had inhuman reactions. At the last moment, he tilted to the side, just barely dodging by a few inches.

The Tianmo Spear's assault did not stop as it stabbed through Farrah's shoulder and pierced his bones.

"Ah!"

Farrah could not help but cry out; his left shoulder had fractured, basically making him a handicapped person.

Ouyang Shuo did not stop there; he made use of the chance that Farrah was injured to continue his attacks. He suppressed Farrah and pushed him on the back foot. There were numerous times that Farrah was close to dying on the sport.

However, he was resilient and had a strong will to live, dissolving Ouyang Shuo's killing moves time after time. Although every time his body would be left with some scars and marks, he still survived miraculously.

When Ouyang Shuo saw this situation, his eyes turned cold; he did not want to drag this on for any longer. The longer this went out, the worse it was for Shanhai City. Ouyang Shuo went on an all out offence, totally giving up on defending.

Such a method definitely resulted in weaknesses being revealed.

Farrah's eyes focused when he noticed this change, and he retaliated. He recognized a breakthrough point, and his longsword pierced out like lighting, the sword tip actually glowing white. Obviously, this was also a killing move.

When Farrah struck out, the Tianmo Spear also similarly stabbed out at him.

Both players fighting like this meant that they were destined to be unable to dodge the attacks of each other. Now, it was just a battle to see who had the courage to get closest to dying.

In Farrah's eyes, A Lord like Ouyang Shuo would definitely cherish his life, so he would definitely hesitate at the last moment. On the contrary, he was giving it his all to retaliate. After all, if he failed, he would die anyways.

Furthermore, he also had a trump card in his hands.

Victory was in his grasps.

How would Farrah know that Ouyang Shuo was wearing a god armor. Close to a month had passed since Ouyang Shuo had killed Chen Guang. The ultimate move of the Twin Dragons Swallow the Heavens Armor could be used once more.

The so-called dying together was not going to happen.

Ding!

The Tianmo Spear and the longsword basically stabbed out at the same time.

Weirdly, both of them remained okay.

Ouyang Shuo had his armor, and Farrah also had a treasure armor. Although it could not grant a body protection light like Ouyang Shuo's god armor, it was also impenetrable. It could even block the god weapon Tianmo Spear.

The only difference was that the Twin Dragons Swallow the Heavens Armor had used its energy to protect Ouyang Shuo's body. Consequently, the longsword did not even touch his skin.

On the contrary, Farrah's armor relied on absolute hardness and toughness. Under the massiveimpact of the Tianmo Spear, along with the fact that it was a definite hit, Farrah fell to the ground.

No matter how slow Ouyang Shuo was, he would not give up such a chance. He did not even keep his Tianmo Spear, simply gliding forward. With a light raise of his spear, he placed the tip by Farrah's neck.

"If you move, you die!" Ouyang Shuo said coldly.

Farrah could feel the chill from the spear tip, so he placed down the longsword in his hands, "Why not directly kill me?" As expected from a capable person, even in such a situation, he could find a way to survive.

"Ask your men to stop, and I'll let you live."

Ouyang Shuo knew that if a pinnacle adventure gamemode player like Farrah was forced to revive, the losses would be immeasurable. Unless they had some great fortuitous encounter, rising up again was impossible.

Hence, these players feared for their lives a lot.

That in itself was a weakness.

As expected, when Farrah heard these words, a light lit up in his eyes, and he asked hopefully, "Are your words true?"

"I never say false words."

To Ouyang Shuo, what he cared about was the outcome of the entire battlefield. As for whether or not he liked Farrah, it did not matter. Personal grievances meant nothing in front of a war.

"Lianzhou Lord, you win!"

Farrah had admitted defeat, taking out the conch shell once more.

The unique conch sounded out once more, causing the noisy battlefield to freeze. When the members of the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group heard the signal, they quietly broke away from the battlefield and gathered together.

Zheng He also received the news and ordered the Shanhai City soldiers to focus on the pirates.

With the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group backing off, the voyage squadron soldiers finally obtained some breathing room.

The scales of victory once again tilted toward the alliance army. When the Somalia players saw that, they could not help but cheer out. After those cheers, an even intenser slaughter started.

"Lianzhou Lord, it's time for you to fulfil your promise." Farrah reminded.

Ouyang Shuo shook his head, "Stop struggling and trying. When the pirates back off, you will live."Facing such an opponent, Farrah felt helpless.Zheng He, who was commanding the army, observed the battlefield and decisively ordered, "Attack!"

The moment the military order was given, a special drum beat sounded.

All of a sudden, the tens of thousands of archers hidden in the cabins charged out with vengeance and killing intent, sneak attacking the pirates.

They used the cabins as covers to accurately shoot at the pirates on deck. Every time, they would be able to kill one pirate.

Efficient and merciless.

With that, the pirates were thrown into chaos. They wanted to charge into the cabins, but they were stopped by the sword-shield soldiers.

The balance of the battle was now totally skewed.

Pirates were never iron warriors who would fight till their deaths. When the battle went smoothly, they were as fierce as wolves and leopards; when things were not going smoothly, they would be like dogs, backing off decisively.

'Knowing the situation, knowing when to advance and when to retreat' was their motto.

"Retreat!"

Tens of thousands of pirates came like a flood and left like a flood.

"You want to leave? It will not be that easy." Ouyang Shuo muttered.

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Chapter 646-Plundering Sky Wolf Island

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The pirates retreated like a flood, what a majestic view.

Ouyang Shuo put away the Tianmo Spear held by Farrah's neck and emotionlessly said, "Scram!"

Farrah was evidently shocked. When he regained his senses, he escaped, battered and beaten. When they saw their leader leave, the members of the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Squad followed.

Ouyang Shuo kept his promise to Farrah.

As for the other members of the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group, they did not receive the same treatment. As they retreated, they were relentlessly slaughtered by the navy soldiers.

The soldiers had not forgotten that these traitors had caused them to suffer heavy causalities.

The sword-shield soldiers were in charge of intercepting them while the archers shot. They even used the cannons to shoot at the players that boarded the small boats, showing the level of hatred the soldiers felt toward them.

The exhausted pirates that were running for their lives definitely would not help. With someone taking the hits for them, they were delighted. Why would they seek out trouble for themselves?

In the end, less than two thousand members of the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group succeeded in escaping.Looking at the escaping figure of Farrah, Ouyang Shuo was silent.

Obviously, he could have sent Farrah to his death. He could have even done it more beautifully and let the Somalia players deal with him and just say, "I promised not to kill you; I didn't mean the other players wouldn't."

Unfortunately, no matter how he tried to cover it, he would have broken his promise.

A person without credibility was nothing.

Even against enemies, one could not lose their credibility. To Lords, even future kings, today, you might lose the faith and trust of someone; tomorrow, you might lose the world.

There were thousands of methods to deal with Farrah, so why would he rush matters?

It was the same as losing massive gains for short term rewards.

Letting Farrah go was like releasing a tiger back into the mountains. However, his survival was not gifted by Ouyang Shuo. Instead, it was exchanged for with the lives of the members of the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group.

Since it was an exchange, Ouyang Shuo needed to keep his promise.

As for how Farrah was going to come back, that was the problem of the Somalia players. Having a common enemy was certainly a good thing for the cooperation between Shanhai City and Somalia."Chase!"

Zheng He ordered the squadron to return fire at the pirates.

"Fire!" The cannoneers were back in position; their eyes filled with the fires of hatred.

Hong! Long! Long! The cannonballs exploded on the ocean surface, causing great splashes. The pirates onboard the small boats were instantly killed, blown into shreds.

In terms of cannon warfare on the oceans, the voyage squadron was the absolute king; just their name would terrify their enemies.

After suffering heavy casualties, the pirate ships did not wait for everyone to board, immediately leaving and scattering. Black pirate ships were scattered everywhere across the ocean, what a beautiful sight.

The pirates who were abandoned could only shout out helplessly; desperation filled their eyes.

Helping the Somalia players hunt the pirates could not be considered a country war. Hence, although Ouyang Shuo could earn some merit points from killing them, it was nothing compared to a country war.

Even so, how would Ouyang Shuo purely chase and kill the enemy? He instructed Zheng He to capture some pirates and turn them sailors to make up for the losses they took in this battle.

Zheng He understood the Lord's intentions, so he ordered the cannoneers to fire at the large pirate ships. After sinking them, they would not bother with the enemy anymore and continue aiming at the next one.

At the same time, they sent out many cima boats to capture pirates. As long as they could keep their lives, why wouldn't they surrender?

It was even to the point where the moment the Cima boats approached, there were pirates screaming their surrender.

The scene was truly amusing.

Such a chase meant that the number of prisoners increased exponentially. Even members of the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group were locked up on the warships.

This battle finally ended at 3 PM.

In the ocean region near Sky Wolf Island, numerous wreckages of warships floated about. The pirate ships that were destroyed had sunk to the bottom of the ocean.

To w would be really difficult.

During this battle, 20 thousand members of the three pirate organizations died, 20 thousand were captured, and only 10 thousand managed to escape.

The Gulf of Aden was going to be peaceful for quite some time.

Of course, just as Ouyang Shuo had expected, it would be extremely difficult to completely root them out. Soon, they would rise again.

As for whether the leaders would still be those three organizations, only time couldl tell.

After taking care of affairs such as treating the wounded, dealing with casualties, and handling the war prisoners, it was already 4 PM.

Ouyang Shuo passed all the captured members of the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group to the Somalia players. To kill, to release, Ouyang Shuo did not care.

It was obvious what kind of misfortune awaited them.

News spread about the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Guild colliding with the pirates and betraying their country on the forums, creating an uproar.

Their headquarters in the imperial city was surrounded by other guilds.

One could foresee that the biggest guild in Somalia was going to become a part of history, never to stand up tall again.

The innocent members of the guild, even if they quit, no one would accept them. Only the life of a lonely ghost awaited them, chased and killed by others.Ouyang Shuo had no intentions of bothering about the fates of the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group. He only cared about the loses to the voyage squadron.

During this battle, out of the 20 thousand, 7,500 sailors and soldiers were lost. The archers suffered the heaviest casualties, with close to 6,700 being buried in the ocean.

Their death had a huge relation to Ouyang Shuo's strategy. To put it bluntly, Ouyang Shuo had sent these valiant warriors to their deaths.

To matter how stone cold his heart was, seeing the rows and rows of corpses, his heart still could not take it. However, the wilderness was just so cruel. If he had to make the same choice again, he would do the exact same thing.

He wanted to obtain the trust and gratitude of the Somalia players for the smallest price. This was relatively simple decision to make if he wanted to open a key point for the Shanhai City sea route.

Blood needed to flow.

Ouyang Shuo could only raise the compensation amount to take care of their families.

"Send my orders, the Military Affairs Bureau will add an extra 10 gold in compensation." Ouyang Shuo said to Zheng He.

"Yes, my Lord!"

In his voice, there was an unpreventable shiver. He had known of the entire matter from start to finish, and the deep meaning within was something he did not dare to probe.

"Out of the 20 thousand prisoners, choose 10 thousand of the best fighters. Then choose a bunch of sailors. As for the remaining ones, let the alliance army execute them."

His words contained the tone of a bloody massacre.

If they did not kill a portion of the prisoners, he would not be able to gain the trust of the Somalia players.

"Understood!" Zheng He acknowledged.

After a short while, cheers broke out on the warships. Evidently, his stance had delighted the Somalia players.

On the other hand, despair appeared in the eyes of the prisoners.

The difference between the fates of the winner and the losers was incredibly obvious. It was the line between life and death.

Ouyang Shuo raised his head and looked at Sky Wolf Island, his eyes filled with sadness, "It's time we harvest. Order the troops to attack the island and plunder it of its riches."

"Yes!"

After a short while, the alliance army quickly entered Sky Wolf Island, possessing the mentality and spirit of a victor.As the base of the Sky Wolf Pirate Organization, apart from the mature pirates, there were many thousand elderly and children. The island was like a small town, filled with facilities.

When the Sky Wolf Pirate Organization fell, the island was thrown into chaos. The family members on the island panicked. The pirate flag on the peak that represented the pirate organization was removed and replaced with a white flag.

Surrounded by water, there was nowhere for them to go, so surrendering was their only choice.

4.30 PM, the alliance army slowly entered the port and prepared to disembark.

"Lord, the alliance army hopes that you will allow them to do as they wish with the island." Zheng He's expression was exceedingly ugly as he walked over and bowed to Ouyang Shuo.

After destroying the three pirate organizations, the prestige of the voyage squadron soared. Ouyang Shuo was recognized by the players as their new leading figure.

Hence, before acting, they automatically sought his permission.

The so-called doing as they wished was actually just pillaging and killing.

The Somalia Players hated the pirates to the core. In this battle, apart from the traitors, the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Guild, nearly half of them had died.

"Blood can only be repaid with blood." The players explained.

However, to Zheng He, this was only a war. Since it was a war, they should not drag in innocent people, especially not a bunch of old, sick, and young people.

Their two opposing views undeniably caused conflict.

Zheng He had quarreled with the players about this matter, but he was still unable to convince them. No matter what, the players were determined to take revenge on the island.

"General Zheng, the treasures on the island, we can split or not take. We can even give it to you. Our only wish is to wash the island with blood and take revenge for our comrades." The player representative stated.

"These are two different things." Zheng He tried to retort, "As for the treasures, we definitely won't swallow it. Our Lord will handle the matter fairly."

"It's the same matter."

They were unable to convince each other. In the end, they left the matter to Ouyang Shuo.

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Chapter 647-Group Revival Scroll

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Ouyang Shuo remained silent for a while, "Tell them that we will split the treasures on the island rationally. I'll allow them to destroy the port and the houses; they can even take the old, young, and wounded as slaves. But no killing, that is our bottom line."

Ouyang Shuo would not cross his own bottom line just to gain the trust of someone. If that was the case, even if he won, people would look down on him in the future.

On the contrary, taking such a hard approach would make others respect him more.

"Understood!"

Zheng He relaxed; he nodded his head solemnly and went down to arrange matters.

Ten minutes later, Zheng He and the player representatives finished their discussion. The Somalia players did not dare to go against his orders. Both sides backed off and arrived at a consensus.

Players numbering in the tens of thousands along with the Divine Martial Guards landed onto Sky Wolf Island.Ouyang Shuo did not rush to get off. He simply stood there on the deck and looked at the island quietly. In less than half an hour, smoke rose.

The victors roared and cheered while the losers cried.

Flames consumed house after house, engulfing the entire island in a sea of fire. The old, weak, young, and women were chased into an empty section of the port. All of them were shivering in fear, their eyes totally lost.

In a chaotic world, people were defenseless, there to be stepped on by others.

Anguish and pain appeared in their eyes when they saw their homes being destroyed just like that. Some of the children looked at the Somalia players with a tinge of hatred.

In their eyes, they were the true pirates.

The players ransacked every house, taking anything of value before burning it up, turning the buildings into ash.

Box after box of gold, silver, and gems were carried to the port and stacked up.

Unavoidably, the players would keep some of the treasures for themselves. As long as they did not take too much, Zheng He would overlook it.

Joining in was a blessing itself to the players.

The normal houses did not have anything much; the truly valuable items laid in the headquarters. They swept the treasury, the secret room, and the armory clean.

The Divine Martial Guards personally took care of these places, and no players were allowed. If not, and they were tempted by the riches, who knows what they would do.

After cleaning out these players, a massive fire followed.

These flames provoked the killing intent of the players. Some of the bold ones ignored Ouyang Shuo's orders and started killing people.

Suddenly, two elderly laid prone on the ground with blood flowing around them.

As the light from the flames shone onto this scene, it seemed extremely cruel.

When the Divine Martial Guards saw this situation, they acted to stop it. This nearly caused a conflict between both sides. Luckily, Zheng He stepped out in time to prevent escalation.

When Ouyang Shuo received the news, his face turned gloomy, and he ordered his men to drown those players in the ocean to wake them up.As they say, 'Things are easy to destroy but hard to build.'

In just less than two hours, the entire island was reduced to rubble.

Even the humid environment of the island could not extinguish these massive flames. Eventually, the fire continued to spread, burning all the agriculture on the island.

The entire pirate island was left utterly barren.

The pirate prisoners that Shanhai City allowed the Somalia players to execute were all killed on the island. Their heads were chopped off and pierced with bamboo, forming a circle around the island.

When Ouyang Shuo saw this scene, he did not say a word.

Facing such a dead island, Ouyang Shuo had no intentions of leaving just yet. He ordered the troops to just spend the night on the boat before leaving tomorrow.

On the other hand, excitement filled the Somalia players.

When night time arrived, they set up campfires on the island and held boisterous parties to celebrate their great victory, not caring about the sticks of pirate heads around them.

They also invited Ouyang Shuo to join their festive, but he rejected the offer. Thinking about the families of the pirates who were barbarically locked on the warships, Ouyang Shuo was unable to immerse himself in the atmosphere.

It was too cruel!

For the entire night, Zheng He collated the riches that they had plundered. As the base of the largest pirate organization in the Gulf of Aden, a sizeable amount of riches had been amassed after many years of robbery.

The final tabulation numbered the riches at around 520 thousand gold, six boxes of jewelry, and four thousand pieces equipment. As for basic resources, they were burned by the fire.

Apart from these riches, there would be three items that they had found in the secret room.

Ouyang Suuo took a look; it was a scroll, a pair of boots, and a telescope.

Name: Group Revival Scroll

Type: Special Item

Restriction: one-time use, restricted to Lord gamemode players

Function: can use up a certain amount of gold to revive dead soldiers, no upper limit. For 10 thousand soldiers and below, each soldier costs 10 gold; for every 10 thousand added, each one would cost 10 more gold.

Note: Cannot be used to revive advanced generals and above, including historical generals.

Undoubtedly, this was a scroll that was going to burn a lot of money. Normal people could not afford to use it. Based on the settings of the scroll, 40 thousand troops would cost 100 thousand gold. The more you revived, the less worth you received.

For a 50 thousand troop army, reviving 10 thousand would cost 500 thousand gold.

Even Shanhai City could not maintain such costs. Based on his estimations, reviving 50 thousand soldiers was basically the maximum for a Lord.

More importantly, it was a one-time use item. If it was not a crucial moment of life or death, one would not use it.

With this scroll in hand, he had obtained another trump card.

Putting it down, Ouyang Shuo picked up the boots and looked at their stats. The boots were exceedingly exquisite; they had dragon patterns and even emitted a golden shine.

Name: Cloud Dragon Nine Pattern War Boots (God Rank)

Type: Heavy Armor

Weight: 10 kilograms

Defence: 90

Toughness: 90

Specialty: Lightness (50% decrease in body weight).

Ultimate Move: Travelling Dragon Body (inject primordial energy to raise movement speed by 150% and swiftness by 100%. Lasts for half an hour. Cooldown Time: 1 month.)

Restricted Occupations: Generals, Chivalrious Experts, Bailiffs

Evaluation: Crafted from the skin of a true dragon, nourished by dragon blood, forged by the flames of heaven. Only overlords can use this item. Drop blood onto item to claim. Cannot be traded, cannot be dropped, can evolve.

Note: These war boots are part of the Dragon War set. If you gather up the set, you would activate the set specialty.

"What a surprise!" Ouyang Shuo smiled.

He totally did not expect to obtain a second piece of equipment in the Dragon War set so quickly. One could only say that his luck stat was turning for the better.

Lastly, the telescope.

It seemed rather old and looked like it was made of copper.

Name: Voyaging Telescope (Dark Gold)

Type: Support Item

Restriction: Restricted to voyagers

Stats: 50% increase in voyaging field of vision, 40% increase in visibility

Evaluation: A special telescope. If it is used well, it can cause wonders.

"Such an interesting thing." Ouyang Shuo said before passing it to Zheng He, "Here's your reward!"

"Thank you, Lord!"

Zheng He loved this telescope, directly accepting it.

Based on the words of the Somalia players, in their defeat of the pirates, the voyage squadron did the most and sacrificed the most. Hence, to repay them, they could give up on the rewards.

Naturally, Ouyang Shuo would not go all out. He was ready to just take the scroll and the boots, leaving the rest for the players.

A few hundred thousand gold was nothing to him.

One must know that he currently had four million gold in his storage bag. Apart from the two million from the Beihai Bay Rreasure, he still had the two million from selling the Xingzhou Prefecture Islands on him.

With the Four Seas Bank helping out, the territory finances would not need this sum of money.

Ouyang Shuo brought this money for two reasons. Firstly, he wanted to prepare for the 4th year auction. He wanted to prevent himself from coming up empty handed like the last time.

If history did not change, the 4th year auction would be vastly different from the 3rd. From the 4th year on, auctions would be combined instead of each country having their own. So, players from around the world would now compete against one another.

Without massive funds, it was impossible to win.

Gaia chose this method to prevent the depreciation of precious items.

With that, the weak would become weaker, and the strong would become stronger. Gaia had used the theory of survival of the fittest to the best of its meaning.

Secondly, if he successfully reached England, he would need to spend a great amount.The moment the plan for splitting the treasures came out, the Somalia Players were delighted.

Although the Group Revival Scroll and Cloud Dragon Nine Pattern War Boots were valuable, they were impractical. With their massive numbers, it would be difficult to split these items.

Those two items could not be compared to the 520 thousand gold, six boxes of jewelry, and four thousand pieces of equipment in their eyes. The 10 thousand remaining players all received huge rewards.

On the other hand, the Lord players split the pirate ships.

With that, everyone was naturally delighted.

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Chapter 648-Rise of the Pirate King

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Gulf of Aden, nameless ocean region.

While the alliance army was pillaging the island, the Sky Wolf Mercenary Organization underwent a huge change.

Before the battle, they had 25 thousand men and 150 ships. After the battle, they not only lost their base, but their squadron was basically destroyed.

What was worse was that their guild leader had unfortunately fallen in battle.

The entire pirate organization was leaderless.

At five in the afternoon, the remnant forces of the pirate organization finally gathered together. All in all, less than six thousand men survived and around 20 warships remained.

Along with them were the 600 members of the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group led by Farrah.

After they learned that their guild leader had died, five people within the alliance stepped out to fight for the spot of leader. They were not willing to give in and fights even broke out. It seemed like this matter was going to end up in a bloody dispute.

This was basically the icing on the cake for the pirate organization, which was on the verge of collapse.

As they say, a thin camel was still bigger than a horse.

Even though the Sky Wolf Pirate Organization had taken heavy loses, they were still a large force in the Gulf of Aden that could not be underestimated. One must not forget that the other two pirate organization had also suffered heavy losses in this battle.

The balance between the three organizations in the Gulf of Aden had not been broken.

Hence, the throne was extremely tempting.

At this moment, Farrah, who was seemingly destined to be someone who could never shine again in the Gulf of Aden, stood up. He would start his journey to becoming the most brightly shining pirate king.

The pirate organization had many complaints toward Farrah. The Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group had not taken action at the crucial moment, which resulted in the changes to the tide of the battle.

Before this, the five heads were busy fighting for the throne, so they did not bother about Farrah and his men. Now, he actually stood out, wasn't he courting death?

Actually no.

Farrah was a formidable character, and he especially loved to use schemes. Since he could work together with the three pirate organizations, especially the Sky Wolf Pirate Organization, he obviously had some trump cards of his own.

If not, the Sky Wolf Pirate Organization would have thrown him to feed the fishes when they were escaping.

Ouyang Shuo and the Somalia players did not understand the reason for Farrah's betrayal.

As the guild leader of the biggest guild in Somalia, and the strongest expert in the country, Farrah was already destined for greatness. Why would he take the risk to collude with the pirates to harm the players of his country?

He took this risk because the pirate organizations could bring him immense profits.

During the 2nd year of Gaia, Farrah had colluded with the Sky Wolf Pirate Organization, one in the light, one in the dark, working together.

Farrah used the widespread influence of Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group to gather relevant merchant ships routes. Then, he passed this information to the pirate organization to allow them to rob the ships.

The riches were split 30/70, which was naturally a win-win situation.

In just a year, Farrah had obtained 150 thousand gold from these collusions.

At the same time, he was an extremely ambitious person with a massive appetite.

A year had passed, and only earning 30% of profits from working with the pirates was far too little to sate Farrah. He wanted to fully control them and make them a branch of the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group, which would allow him to fully swallow all the riches.

Farrah personally decided on this unexpected decision in the end. With that, Farrah's power in the pirate organization grew so deep that it threatened the rule of Evsey.

Evsey realized this point and wanted to act against him. However, Farrah dangled a huge cake in front of them. He suggested that they worked together with the other two organizations to set a trap for the Somalia Navy.

The Somalia Navy was the biggest obstacle to the pirates robbing the merchant ships.

The three pirate organizations definitely could not reject the temptation of removing this eyesore all at once. Both sides naturally hit it up, which led to the events that happened in Ouyang Shuo's last life.

The only change was the untimely arrival of the voyage squadron. If not, the tragedy of Somalia would have repeated itself.

Hence, Farrah had set up his string of schemes at the port to remove this threat and return things to their proper path.

At the same time, the appearance of the voyage squadron made Farrah develop some other thoughts. One had to say, ambitious people were all unable to control themselves.

After Evsey grew suspicious of Farrah and started to plan against him, Farrah had been thinking about how to remove him and plant a puppet as the head of the organization.

The appearance of the voyage squadron was a fortuitous encounter for these plans.

He was planning to use the voyage squadron to harm the pirate organization. He would use this chance to take complete control, killing two birds with one stone.

Unfortunately, he had not heard of an old lesson, 'Do not play with fire unless you want to get burned.'

Farrah overestimated his ability to play with fire, underestimating the fire of the voyage squadron. Not only was he unable to make use of the fire but, he was burned instead.

The lesson was a truly grave one.

Fortunately for him, the heavens did not forsake him and granted him a chance. The death of Evsey sent the Sky Wolf Pirate Organization into chaos, which gave him a chance to rise once more.

His sharp senses told him that the chance to take control had arrived.

Although the various heads had qualms about him, he was the deputy leader and the second in command after all. After the death of the leader, his position was exceedingly important.

From the perspective of the pirates, he was a player, so he would definitely need to head ashore. He definitely could not complete with them for the position of leader.

However, they did not know that Farrah completely lacked a path to return.

The Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group had been uprooted from Somalia and even its headquarters were taken over by other players. If Farrah dared to step ashore, he would be beaten alive.

'Country Traitor Farrah' would be a nail that was forever implanted onto the pillar of Somalia's history.

It truly described the statement of, 'One moment of carelessness might cause one to lose the plot.'After Farrah stood out, the five heads stopped in their tracks, solving this internal conflict. That night, Farrah passionately invited the five to the boat to discuss the future of the pirate organization.

With different intentions and thoughts, at 7 PM, the five of them accepted the invitation.

As the second mysterious leader of the pirate organization, Farrah had his own pirate ship. Apart from sailors, there were the 600 remaining Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group members.

They had understood the tough situation and tragic treatment of their friends still in the country. Unavoidably, they still felt bitter toward their guild leader Farrah.

It was Farrah's plan that pushed them into the depths.

However, Farrah was their only hope now. Only by following him would they have a chance to live. Going back was just heading for a dead end.

With that, one could see how smart and well-planned his decision was.

'The weak have a reliance on others. As long as we do not push them too far and give them hope, they will listen.' This was Farrah's life motto.

On the battlefield, for the members of the Hunting Leopard Mercenary Group to all decisively follow him and betray their country, it was enough to show his incredibly high prestige.

Without mentioning other reasons, at least in the case of bribing and convincing others, he deserved praise.

Before dinner, the guild leader once again gave them some instructions and sent them some hope. After listening to his plan, the other small group leaders all had fires in their eyes; their determinations were ignited.

"Let's do this!"Within the cabin, Farrah was still discussing with the five heads. As they continued to drink, the cloud of the defeat seemed to disappear as the alcohol reached their heads.

It was the case of, 'We have wine today so let's get drunk, the problems of tomorrow, we will leave till tomorrow.'

However, they did not know that this was a total Hongmen Feast.

Farrah obviously did not know of the original Hongmen Feast, but as a born schemer, he understood the concept and came up with a similar plan.

After three rounds had passed, Farrah suddenly smashed a glass, creating an ear-piercing Huang Dang! sound.

"Eh?"

The five of them were already drunk; suddenly, they saw 20 assassins entering the cabin, charging right at them.

The cold blades shone, their killing intent obvious.

At this time, their drunkenness had completely disappeared, and they broke out in cold sweat. They wanted to pick up their weapons to retaliate, but it was already too late.

It took less than five minutes; in such a short time, all of them fell. They were chopped down by the players and died right on the spot.

With that, the pirate organization truly had no leader.

Since their heads were murdered, the pirates naturally caused a ruckus, grumbling about wanting to take revenge.

It seemed like chaos would ensue.

Just at this moment, the spies that Farrah had planted in the pirate organization showed themselves. They acted, subduing the few who were making the most noise while cheering for Farrah to take over.

"In crisis, only he can lead us out of this."

When the pirates saw this situation, they looked around, unable to find a glimmer of hope. Finally, they accepted reality. In truth, the pirates were a bunch that could not be trusted, and they did not pay much attention to righteousness.

With that, Farrah smoothly became the guild leader, giving way to his rise as a pirate king.

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Chapter 649-Honorary Knight

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The next morning, the alliance squadron set out to return to Somalia.

At Berbera Port, the returning warriors were warmly welcomed.

"Welcome back our heroes!"

The warriors walked on the wide streets as crazy cheers broke out from the sides of the streets.

Occasionally, there would be innocent children that rushed up with fresh flowers, beautiful girls that warmly hugged them, and brutish men giving them a thumbs up; the entire port was in a celebratory atmosphere.

"When our country is betrayed, valiant people will step out, they are the true heroes!" Facing betrayal, putting up heroes could quickly remove this pain from their hearts.

Under the light of the campfires, this night at Berbera Port was just as boisterous as during the day.

To welcome the heroes, the various inns and restaurants announced that the returning soldiers would all be given free meals. Once again, the mood was pushed to a whole new peak.

Of course, the ones who truly received the attention were the Somalia players. The voyage squadron led by Ouyang Shuo did not even disembark, leaving the honor to them.

6th month, 17th day, the alliance army base.

After getting drunk for the night, all the players started dealing with matters when they woke up. The pirate hunting mission had ended, so they all left, either returning to the imperial city or their territory.

Before this, they still had to do one thing, which was to seek rewards for the voyage squadron. "Lianzhou Lord, you are the true heroes. When we go back to the imperial city, we will seek reward from the regime."

"Thank you!" Ouyang Shuo cupped his fists in thanks.

This was the reward that Shanhai City deserved; naturally, Ouyang Shuo did not need to act courteous. Furthermore, the courtesy of the Chinese was something that the foreign players would not be used to; they preferred a straightforward interaction.

"Lianzhou Lord, you are our friend!"

Before leaving, they all gave Ouyang Shuo an embrace.

Ouyang Shuo smiled, accepting them one by one. If everything went smoothly, there would be many chances for Shanhai City to work with Somalia. Gaining their friendship was naturally the best thing.

A strong dragon would not be able to suppress a local snake.

As they left, Ouyang Shuo remained in the port, waiting for good news.

In ancient times, to receive rewards, apart from contributions, one needed to do their part and take some actions from their end. Ouyang Shuo naturally did not think that just waiting here would get him rewards.

Earlier, before the alliance army had set out to sea, the officers of the Honglu Temple had carried boxes of jewelry to the imperial city of Mogadishu. Their goal was to befriend the nobles in the imperial city to build relationships for Shanhai City.

In this aspect, the Honglu Temple were true experts.

In just a few days, along with a large amount of money opening a path, it was enough to let the heavyweights in the imperial city learn of a Lord known as Qiyue Wuyi.

As the say, take someone's money, help solve their problem.

The officials who had gained some benefits naturally would put in some good words during the meeting with the king about rewarding Ouyang Shuo.

Those who accepted the biggest rewards would even name what Shanhai City needed.

With that, Ouyang Shuo would be able to truly reach his goal.6th month, 18th day, the reward from the imperial city was announced.

"Imperial decree, Shanhai City Lord, the commander of the voyage squadron, forever friend of Somalia, player Lianzhou Lord Qiyue Wuyi, helped the navy of the country to crush the three pirate organizations in the Gulf of Aden. He foiled the schemes of Farrah and saved the navy from the brink of defeat.

Helping out righteously means that he has brotherhood. Seeing and breaking the scheme displays his intelligence. Fighting a strong opponent shows his courage. Pitying the old and weak reveals his humanity. Be it in all qualities, the Lianzhou Lord stands out.

Such a talent is a role model for the entire nation.

"I award the Lianzhou Lord with the title of Honorary Knight, awarding him the rank of 1st class baron. He will receive the same treatment as other barons of the land. He will be called the Courageous Baron. He will be granted a one hundred square kilometer piece of land north of Berbera Port."

The moment the rewards were given out, even the players of Somalia felt that it was weird.

Awarding him the title of Honorary Knight and giving him land, these rewards were simply too huge a reward.

"Thank you, your majesty!"

Ouyang Shuo smiled and bowed.

"Congratulations baron!" The secretary smiled; his eyes could not be seen.

Ouyang Shuo felt a little conflicted; the rest was good, only the title was a little weird. It seemed like the secretary had put in a lot of effort; they had found a copy of the Confucian Analects, finding the description regarding brotherhood and righteousness.

The title of Courageous Baron originated from there.

"Thank you for your work!"

Ouyang Shuo smiled, casually handing over a large agate stone.

When the secretary saw his actions, he took it and the smile on his face grew even wider; even his eyebrows smiled.After sending away the secretary, Ouyang Shuo immediately sent out a recruitment notice at Berbera Port.

"From today onwards, for three days, Shanhai City will be recruiting all kinds of artisans and city building personnel. The construction site will provide food and housing with a minimum of two gold per month. The rank of the artisan will decide the level of treatment."

The moment the news went out, the port was thrown into an uproar.

In Somalia, an intermediate artisan could only earn one gold at most in a month, and they would need to deal with their own meals and housing. In comparison, the treatment that Shanhai City gave was more than double.

In just one morning, 500 people signed up.

Apart from artisans, Ouyang Shuo also hired a bunch of coolies; similarly, they were given food and housing and a salary of one gold. The harbor had an abundance of coolies, so the notice naturally attracted a lot of people.

In just a day, Shanhai City had attracted two thousand coolies.

Apart from that would be the crazy acquisition. Grain, vegetables, meat, linen, and other items to do with living and housing, including building materials, were bought.

As the orders were simply too huge, Ouyang Shuo had pretty much wiped out all the resources in Berbera Port. Such a crazy act could not be described as simply rich.

When the merchants saw his actions, they directly agreed to ship the resources for free to the land.

With that, both sides were naturally delighted.

The next day, the recruitment notice had spread like a virus to the nearby territories. Ouyang Shuo accepted all the newcomers, giving the impression that he owned an abundance of gold.

Thousands of artisans, carriages filled with resources were like a stream, gathering in Berbera Port.

The image of the Lianzhou Lord in the country was one that the people trusted, and they were not worried that he would go back on his words. Many merchants did not even ask and just brought the resources on the list.

Such a huge act even astounded the imperial city.

When they received the news, the imperial city was naturally in an uproar. Advanced and even master artisans spent one gold and just teleported over to Berbera Port, willingly spending the money.

Even the leaders amongst the players could not help but visit and seek cooperation opportunities.

Ouyang Shuo naturally welcomed all of them. Be it work occupation players in the guilds or resources from the territories, they were all things that Shanhai City desperately needed.

Both sides instantly clicked and started the first close cooperation.

Buy! Buy! Buy!

No matter how huge the amount, the Lianzhou Lord did not hesitate and just ate it up.

The entire Somalia was shocked by the seemingly infinite richness of the Lianzhou Lord. Those who did not know might even have thought that he was trying to buy the entire Somalia.

Three days, just three days.

Ouyang Shuo splashed out a full 200 thousand, buying various building materials. At the same time, 10 thousand craftsmen and artisans, 15 work occupation players, including 4 thousand coolies, were recruited.

Such a huge team would cost 100 thousand in salary for just one month.

After being recruited, they sat on boats and were sent by batches to the land. At the same time, the resources were also sent over by merchant ships.

The ships coming to and fro from Berbera Port and the land were unceasing, continuing even at night.

The small land immediately became the hotspot of the entire country.

Funnily, the owner had not even stepped onto his land.

6th month, 21st day, the voyage squadron finally started their journey to the land.

Along with them were the three thousand old, weak, women, and children from Sky Wolf Island. The other players did not want to take these people in.

Apart from a few with unique tastes, who chose the pretty girls as slaves, the remaining were left to Shanhai City. Ouyang Shuo thought about it and decided to just bring them along.

With that, they could be considered the first batch of residents.

A few days of working together had let them realize that the mercy and humanity of the Lianzhou Lord had allowed them to climb out from the jaws of death.

As a result, they were extremely grateful to him.

This was also why Ouyang Shuo was willing to accept them. Furthermore, with both the black Snake Guards and the Shanhai Guards, even if people tried something funny, they would not be able to do anything.On the side of Berbera Port, Ouyang Shuo left a few officials and a navy unit to monitor the transportation of resources and materials; this also included the purchasing and recruitment matters.

Somalia had the longest shoreline in Africa. After the game map extended by 10 times, the north of Somalia, apart from Berbera Port, had other bays that were suitable for the construction of ports.

Ouyang Shuo's land was one of them.

Taking up 100 square kilometers, his territory was the size of a grade 3 village. It fit the land restriction given to a 1st class baron.

At the very least, in terms of land area, the country was not stingy at all.

The location was similarly great.

It was a plains valley surrounded by three mountains sides. North of the valley was a natural bay.

The specialty of the land was similar to Lianzhou Basin, only smaller by a few thousand times. That was because Lianzhou Basin took up 240 thousand square kilometers.

Such a basin was actually rather common in the game. Any small mountain valley, after being expanded 10 times, could become a narrow basin.

Based on normal territory building planning, such a land could at most become a grade 3 village and would not have any further development prospects.

The country rewarding him with this was both meaningful and practical.

The problem was that Ouyang Shuo's foresight and strategic planning were different from normal people. The voyage squadron had given up so much, so how would he just take such a small village?

To build an important point in his voyaging journey was an unshakable goal to him.

Hence, he could only break usual rules.

Normal territories, the city would only take up less than 1% or an even smaller amount. Most of the land would be used to farm crops, develop husbandry, and foster the five industries.

Such an arrangement was quite normal.

Firstly, the city could not be expanded limitlessly. Not to mention it would use up a lot of resources, city management would pose a huge problem. Even a titan like Shanhai City took up a small rice grain sized piece of land in Lianzhou Basin.

Secondly, the four basic necessities: clothing, food, housing, and transport; the first two needed the support of industries like farming, husbandry, and fishing. If not, if the people in the territory could only starve to death, what territory building would exist?

Ouyang Shuo's method was special. He designed the land into a huge city covering 100 square kilometers. Hence, a wall would be erected on the border of the territory.

Outside the city, there was not a single piece of land left for industries like fishing and farming.

Such a plan seemed crazy, but it seemed rather logical at the same time.

Firstly, the land was not big, so the first problem did not exist. As for the problem about food and clothing, Ouyang Shuo planned to purchase these items from the outside.

The entire land was a capital of trading.

Commerce and long-distance trading would be the soul of the territory. As long as they had money, other resources would be bought from Somalia. This meant that after long term trading started, they could purchase items from neighboring countries.

The prerequisite would be enough money, enough trading capital, or enough tax. If not, relying on Ouyang Shuo's funds was not a long-term solution.

Towards this matter, Ouyang Shuo was extremely confident.

The profits from long distance trading was enough to drive everyone crazy.

After reaching the land, the first thing that Ouyang Shuo did was to name the city under construction. In the end, Ouyang Shuo chose the name Friendship City.

Friendship City represented the friendship between Shanhai City and Somalia, pushing peace between European States and Shanhai City.

The port outside of the city would be named the Brave Port.

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Chapter 650-Capital of Trading

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Somalia, Courage Port.

The newly claimed and built Courage Port was just a natural bay at this moment.

The bay did not have any port facilities, and it only had rows of wooden platforms built for the convenience of the merchant ship. Overall, it looked rather lackluster.

Even so, an endless number of ships were entering and leaving the port.

Seeing the voyage squadron slowly close in, the various merchant ships automatically made way. They were not fearful; rather, they had a deep respect for the voyage squadron.

Under Zheng He's instructions, the voyage squadron slowly stopped at the west side of the port.

Ouyang Shuo planned to split Courage Port into two; the west side would be used as a military port, and it would house the navy. On the other hand, the east side would be a trading port for voyaging merchant ships to disembark and resupply.

Both sides had their own purposes and did not interfere with one another.

As for the middle region, Ouyang Shuo was prepared to build a large shipyard to produce merchant ship and warships locally. Shipyards would be built wherever his navy was based, these were Ouyang Shuo's requirements.

Not to mention other things, just through the sales of merchant ships, the profits earned would be enough to maintain the daily expenses of Friendship City. As the newly raised pillar industry of Shanhai City, the shipbuilding industry had matured. Based on the calculations of the Household Registration Division, no less than 30 to 40 people in the territory had jobs related to shipbuilding.

After one month at most, Shanhai City would be able to build up a large shipyard.

After Ouyang Shuo docked, when he saw the various resources piled up like mountains on the shore, he nodded his head in satisfaction.

The coolies coming and going were like ants, queuing up and carrying bag after bag down the ships. When they saw Ouyang Shuo and his men, they all stopped and only left after bowing.

Ouyang Shuo was the Lord of this land.

Based on the plan, the first mission of the land was not to build the city wall or the port but to build the relay and the city's Lord Manor.

The manor had an important meaning. Only after it was built would it signify that Ouyang Shuo had officially become the ruler of this land; it would indicate that he had started his rule.

As for the relay, it was for communications. Only after building the relays could he communicate with China.

Just relying on the voyage squadron and the locally hired artisans and smiths, he would not be able to build Friendship City well. Without mentioning other reasons, what he really needed now was an architectural design team.

The overall planning and design of the city needed to be practical and logical, so he must hire professionals to design it.

The number of things involved in city construction were numerous, involving many elements.

Even after the city was constructed, there would be problems with management; they would need various officials, following the structure of Shanhai City to quickly start work. Of course, they needed a city magistrate to control the overall picture.

After all, there were only a few officials who came along with the voyage squadron; their duties were to help Ouyang Shuo deal with some daily administrative matters. The ones who could truly helm the ship were left in the territory.

All of the above needed the support of the territory.

Everything was fine, the key was just time.

From Xingzhou Port to Courage Port, it would take at least 25 days. Along with the movement of men and the gathering time, it would take a month.

Making use of this time, Ouyang Shuo was ready to personally lead the project to build the port and the city wall.

Five military tents formed a circle at the center of the valley, becoming the temporary command center of the land. Ouyang Shuo personally took charge, moving the artisans and coolies to start construction.

The entire land instantly became a massive construction site, and everyone was extremely busy.

It was like Ouyang Shuo had returned to the 1st year of Gaia where he personally led people to construct Shanhai Village. Thinking back, it seemed like it had happened yesterday.

In truth, in just a short two years, the territory had undergone a huge change, a total upgrade in quality. Furthermore, the current Ouyang Shuo was not the Ouyang Shuo from before.

Even so, Ouyang Shuo was still as passionate as before, throwing himself into the works. In just two days, the Lord's Manor was completed, and the inn was similarly built at the same time.

The moment the inn was built, Ouyang Shuo immediately sent a letter to Xiao He, giving a simple description of the current situation and asking him to quickly prepare a bunch of officials to teleport to Lion City then travel to Friendship City.

"The construction of Friendship City affects the success or failure of the long distance trading of the territory, so the officials must be the elite and good at completing their tasks. Please remember." Ouyang Shuo instructed.

At the same time, he ordered Xiao He to move Beihai City City Magistrate Gu Xiuwen over to take the role of Friendship City City Magistrate.

When Shanhai City upgraded to Grade 2 Prefecture, and the canyon river passage was expanded, merchant ships going toward Shanhai City could just directly enter the dock and did not need to go toward Beihai City.

With that, Beihai City, which had always been the door to the seas of Shanhai City, saw its strategic position dropping.

As one of the earliest personnel in the territory, Gu Xiuwen was deeply trusted by Ouyang Shuo. He also had vast experience in running an ocean city, so he was extremely suitable for the role of City Magistrate.

Although it was a city, but the importance of this City Magistrate position was the same as a governor.

Apart from officials, Ouyang Shuo also asked for a bunch of talented individuals that Somalia lacked like architects, ship builders, and steel makers.

These were normally needed to build a new city. However, Ouyang Shuo broke normality by requesting at least 20 thousand migrants from the Household Registration Division to be shipped to Friendship City

For Friendship City, Ouyang Shuo was going all out.

in 2nd letter, Ouyang Shuo wrote to the three intel organizations and the Honglu Temple. He requested for the three organizations to send a bunch of elites to Friendship City to build intel stations.

"The intel station in the city would be the base to affect the entire Africa, even a key point for Europe. We must spend all our efforts in building it, and we can't take it lightly." Ouyang Shuo mentioned in the letter.

Intel was forever going to be one of the things that Ouyang Shuo expended the most.

The construction of Friendship City was undoubtedly the best chance to stretch territory intel influence toward Africa and Europe. For this, Ouyang Shu was ready to take out 400 thousand gold more to use for their expansion.

The Black Snake Guards were the priority, so they took up 200 thousand.

Although Ouyang Shuo did not hope to rule the whole world, knowing the movements of the others was crucial.

As for the Honglu Temple, its mission would be to continue attacking the Somalia Country. One must not look at it like Shanhai City and Somalia were in a honeymoon state; this only occurred because the ripples from the war had not ended.

When it totally cooled down, how the two sides would coexiste would pose a huge question mark.

Ouyang Shuo did not hope to have his prestige and influence rise sky high with just one victory; he did not think he could do as he wanted in Somalia. To tie the various powers of Somalia to Shanhai City was the best way.

After he sent the letter out, Ouyang Shuo finally had the time to visit the Lord's Manor. He went directly for the meeting hall.

Since Friendship city was a given land, it naturally had a territory stone steele. The moment the Lord's Manor was built, a snow-white stone steele appeared in the meeting hall.

However, it could not be upgraded and did not have any territory specialties. Even worse was that it could not spawn refugees.

Ouyang Shuo had an idea, before he came to the stone steele, he took out a black token from his storage bag; it was a black iron rank village creation token that had merged with a merger token.

"System Notification: Player Qiyue Wuyi has a fusible village creation token that can fuse with the territory stone steele, will you fuse it?"

"Fuse!"

With a Shua! the village creation token transformed into a black light and entered the white stone steele. The black light faded and the snow-white stone steele instantly became a cold black.

"System Notification: Village creation token fusion success, Friendship City has the ability to attract migrants and refugees. Please choose their race, Han Race or Somalia Natives?"

"Han Race!" Ouyang Shuo did not even hesitate.

"System Notification: Selection completed, spawning new migrants and refugees from today onward."

Although Ouyang Shuo had planned to build Friendship City into a mega city, its base was still only a grade 3 village; every day, there were only 12 new people.

"Better than nothing!" Ouyang Shuo sighed.

Using the merger token did not mean that he had an extra territory.

The Friendship City that had fused with the village creation token did not have any territory specialties. As for teleportation, it could not be opened, and it was basically a lone city.

For this, Ouyang Shuo took out a scroll.

Territory Title Scroll- Capital of Trading: After use, the territory will obtain the title of Capital of Trading and related territory specialties will be born.

This scroll was obtained from the Singapore treasury, and it could finally be used today.

"System Notification: Territory Title Scroll discovered on player Qiyue Wuyi, will you use it?"

"Use!"

Another white light shone.

"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi, Friendship City has obtained the title of Capital of Trading. For the specific stats, please take a look, congratulations player!"

Capital of Trading: raise 25% increase in trading reputation, 30% increase in trading prosperity.

It was a very simple specialty, but it was also rather practical, perfectly fitting the position of Friendship City.Just relying on the refugees that spawned to increase the population of the land was simply too inefficient. It was unable to let them swiftly develop. Apart from migration, Ouyang Shuo would attract people.

Apart from the three thousand families of the pirates, Courage Port would have a navy unit and a few sick sailors. With that, there would be around 10 thousand people.

Along with the future 20 thousand migrants from Shanhai City, that would bring their total to 30 thousand.

To a large sized city, 30 thousand people was still an exceedingly small amount. Ouyang Shuo had no choice but to turn his attention to the Somalia people.

The next day, the Lord's Manor sent out a notice, "Anyone that is willing to move into Friendship City will receive a 1 gold settling down fee. The first batch of migrants can obtain a 20% discount for house and shop purchases."

Next, they just had to see who would take the bait.

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Chapter 651-Hanwu Emperor vs. West Chu Overlord

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Ouyang Shuo's letter to Shanhai City caused some massive waves.

Just by reading the letter, Xiao He and the other officials felt rather emotional. Without a doubt, after leading the troops to crush Singapore, the voyage squadron had once again taken a key victory and obtained great rewards.

"When did our territory's influence start to radiate to the entire world?"

No one could give a correct answer to this question, but they could all feel that Shanhai City was slowly moving towards a state where they had a powerful influence on the world.

Before the voyage squadron had set out to sea, Xiao He and the others had viewed the world as just a small land with China as its core. But the moment the reports from the voyage squadron arrived, they were astonished that the world was truly so huge.

Their ambition once again burned.

"We can't be burdens any longer." Xiao He was filled with emotion.

Sitting opposite to Xiao He was Official Ruling Department Director Zhang Tingyu. For Xiao He to be able to talk to him so comfortably meant that this director had already completely merged into the Nanjiang Governor-General House circle.

After spending numerous months together, Xiao He genuinely respected Zhang Tingyu. This fellow who did not say much did not only have a vast ruling experience, he also possessed unique foresight. In regards to tough situations, he would often hit the spot with one statement.

What was rare was that Zhang Tingyu was a humble person and would not compete with others to see who was better. When he did not agree with your view, he would not step out to retort; instead, he would just smile.

It was this smile that often gave others a heavy pressure. Many times, he did not even need to retort and people would just give up.

'Director Zhang's smile' had become one of the major killing weapons of the Governor-General House.

After all, he had worked in the special age of the Qing Dynasty, where the imperial courts were a battle for power between officials. Zhang Tingyu was extremely calm when he took care of matters, and he was able to give in to the interests of many parties.

This point was one that Xiao He praised.

In contrast to Zhang Tingyu, Xiao He in history was a prime minister.

During the starting periods of Han, he was the most powerful official, and the power he held made the prime ministers after him all feel envious.

This also gave rise to a weakness; he liked to make decisions by himself. If it was the Han Dynasty, this would not be a problem, as no one then could compete with him.

However, now they were in Shanhai City. Not to mention how many talents they had, their own Lord was intelligent and possessed amazing foresight. He would not allow a minister to take matters completely into his own hands.

All the officials in the territory, especially the other three directors, which one was not a famous minister? The lineup of the Nanjiang Governor-General House was far brighter and star studded than that of the Han Dynasty.

Furthermore, the ministers in Shanhai City had basically all started on the same running line. No one had extra contributions, and all had merits of starting the country. So how could his reputation and prestige here compare to his during Han Dynasty?

It was unavoidable that Xiao He would have conflicts with Fan Li, Wei Yang, and the others because of mixed opinions. Especially when the lord was not in Shanhai City, these matters were more common.

At this moment, Zhang Tingyu was the best lubricant to solve the problems between the four bureaus.

The cooperation between the two of them were exceedingly close.After hearing his thoughts, Zhang Tingyu smiled, not replying. He took out a name list of officials and started to discuss with Xiao He about the officials that should go to Friendship City.

Since the Lord had instructed them, they naturally needed to treat the matter seriously.

The overall process of choosing officials to send started with the Ruling Official Department setting up a rough plan. Then the Four Bureaus would recommend some and the Ruling Official Department would make the selections.

The officials from County Office down were directly chosen by Xiao He. County Office and above needed Xiao He and the other three directors to discuss.

One could see that in terms of usage of officials, Xiao He and Zhang Tingyu had the most speaking rights. In normal circumstances, even Ouyang Shuo would respect the decisions of the Official Ruling Department. He would not interfere because he wanted to protect the prestige of the department.

Apart from the administration bureau, the three intel organizations, including the Honglu Temple, all had similar conversations.

The day they received the secret letter, Shanhai City swiftly moved to take action. In less than three days, the officials were completely moved, and the second voyage squadron set off.

Along with them were 200 merchant ships.

Without a doubt, they would be the first batch of rich people in the China region voyage trading. If everything went well, they would create legends of becoming rich overnight.

In the period of time that Ouyang Shuo went out to sea, the China region did not remain peaceful.

After the snow melted, Chun Shenjun, Wandering Magic, and Di Chen tried to expand to the Zhongyuan Province to take over the remaining land of the Zhangchu Regime.

They even wanted to attack Chen County to totally destroy the uprising army.

But at this moment, things changed.

Chensheng, who haf struggled for an entire winter, suddenly died. Xiang Yan, who was housed in Chen County, took control and combined it under the West Chu Regime rule.

West Chu, which had gone underground for half a year, finally bared its fangs.

The death of Chensheng, the decisiveness of Xiang Yan, everything was unusual.

At the same time, Xiang Yu personally led the troops north to destroy the Ludong City-State and take over Ludong Province to build an infallible base for West Chu.

With that, the Zhongyuan region once again ended up in smoke.

The most chaotic area was still Zhongyuan Province. After the addition of West Chu, Di Chen and the others were worried about what Xiang Yu thought about the other territories in the province.

At this very moment, the Hanwu Emperor suddenly acted.

He suddenly announced the prefecture around Luoyang City would belong to the imperial city and no player Lord was allowed to touch it. At the same time, Hanwu Emperor was unhappy with Xiang Yan taking over Chen County.

The battle between Chu and Han once again played out in the wilderness.

The Zhongyuan Province had become a battle between the two giants.

This made Di Chen and the others terrified; they did not know whether they should proceed forward or retreat. Feng Qiuhuang, on the other hand, was exceptionally decisive and just decided to back off.

Her strategic goal was to try to take over Taiyuan Province by the 3rd year of Gaia.

In truth, it was not Feng Qiuhuang alone that had such ambitions.

Di Chen and the others were all striking out, trying to expand their territory by attacking others. The smokes from war rose up again, and the peaceful situation had once again been broken.

The others were still okay, but the weirdest was the Guanxi Province.

That was because this province had both Sha Pojun and Wandering Magic. As they say, a mountain could not allow for two tigers, and their battle would reach a climax in the 3rd year of Gaia.

The end result would definitely be one of them getting eliminated.Apart from the middle and northern regions, the south was similarly chaotic.

After the Huangchao Uprising Army was destroyed by both Zhan Lang and Xiong Ba, Wannan Province had once again found itself in a state of chaos. Even with Zhan Lang and Xiong Ba, there were aristocratic families that were rising.

That's right, aristocratic families. Aristocratic families continued to appear in the wilderness and started to participate in the wilderness fights. Wannan Province, which was in an unclaimed state, was naturally the best choice.

All in all, it was a total mess.

Of course, the most eye catching one was the battle for Yizhou Island.

After Shanhai City took down Singapore, the Lords near the oceans realized the strategic use of navies. With that, Yazhou island, which was located alone in the ocean, entered their field of vision.

Such an important strategic location actually remained desolate.

The lords immediately realized this point, and their eyes blazed with fire. Amongst them, the strongest were Xiong Ba and Xunlong Dianxue.

One was in Jiangnan Provincec, the other in the Minnan Province.

Since there was a competition, war was unavoidable.

After all, they were not pacifists and would not just give up this piece of land.

Just a month ago, King City and Xunlong City had a naval battle. In the end, relying on the support of Shanhai City, Xunlong City won by a slight margin.

Just as everyone thought that the dust had finally settled, the skies changed.

After Xiong Ba lost, he did not give up, leading a navy and slowly changing course, disembarking on the east of Yizhiu island. Moroever, Xunlong Dianxue chose to disembark on the west shore that was closer to him.

With that, the two armies changed from naval warfare to army warfare. Till now, the situation was still in a stalemate.

For this battle, as they had not received any instructions from Ouyang Shuo, Shanhai City chose to remain silent.

The China Region, where the flames of war broke out all around. At this time, Shanhai City was unusually peaceful. The three legion corps were quietly training their troops. The only activity was the military martial arts competition.

The current goal of Shanhai City was to develop and build up.

Millions of funds were invested into pushing forth the territory construction of basic facilities with lightning speed. Basic education and basic medical care were slowly progressing under Su Zhe's organization.

The territory trade continued to make new records.

Shanhai City was resting up, training up internally, and forming a strong base and foundation; all of this was in order to create enough energy for the next outburst.

One had to say, Shanhai City was truly an independent party, a unique existence in China.

Of course, all of this did not take into account the voyage squadron.

The voyage squadron that set out a few months ago had caused huge news after news, reminding Di Chen and the others that their opponent was not truly silent.

If Ouyang Shuo knew that even when he went out on a voyage, he would affect the plans of the people within the country, who knows what he would think?

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Chapter 652-Empire Glory

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Ouyang Shuo had no time to pay attention to the events within the country.

After they completed the relay, the Black Snake Guards arranged reports about the occurrences in China, handing it over for Ouyang Shuo to read. After he read it, he did not make any instructions.

Even the Yizhou Island dispute was something that he did not intend to participate in. Since Shanhai City had decided to consolidate their power, they would remain quiet all the way

"The matters of our allies, it's a battle they have to deal with themselves!" Ouyang Shuo sighed.

On the contrary, Zhang Yi's letter had perked Ouyang Shuo's interest.

On the matter of alienating the four city states, apart from using monetary bribes, planting false evidence, and destroying relationships, they also made use of the Four Seas Bank.

The Four Seas Bank was already on the right path and the savings had broken the 50 million mark. Such a huge amount of funds naturally needed to be loaned out. Apart from internal usage by the alliance, the bank was officially opened to other Lords.

Even if guilds, Chambers of Commerce, or the like needed money, they could borrow from the Four Seas Bank if their reputation was good.

With input and output, the Four Seas Bank had obtained huge interests.

The main people borrowing were still Lords.

To any Lord with ambition, the territory funds were never enough. How would the lords of the four city-states be any different? They obviously needed to loan money too.

Zhang Yi made use of this point to display his skills.

As expected from the head of the school of diplomacy. His eyes and senses were sharp.

7th month 10th day, Somalia, Friendship City.

After half a month of construction, the desolate valley was now totally different. The stones bases of the city wall circled around the foot of the mountain.

The north side of Courage Port was brand new, with the east and west harbors both constructed. The merchant ships did not need to stop on the bay ocean surface and everything became really orderly.

Tent after tent stood in the valley.

Somalia in the 7th month was sweltering, and the coolies and artisans did not need houses. Using a few pieces of cloth to build a simple tent was enough for them.

At the center region of the tents were temporarily erected canteens. To ensure the quick progress of the construction, Ouyang Shuo specially instructed the officials in charge to give them the best food.

They did not just ensure that they were full but also that they were getting enough nutrition.

"Every meal has meat!" This was the greatest joy to the artisans.

With such great treatment, they would obvious out their hearts to it. The construction progress was a full five days faster than he had expected.

The construction on land was on the right path.

The officials sent to help from the territory as well as the talented individuals and migrants would arrive in around 10 days.

Ouyang Shuo was not prepared to wait for their arrival.

Seeing that more than half of the 3rd year of Gaia was over, Ouyang Shuo needed to complete his voyage as soon as possible.

Before leaving, Ouyang Shuo did three things.

First, he built a Friendship City city protection regiment. After the barracks were built, Ouyang Shuo chose some strong warriors from the coolies to change occupations to sword-shield soldiers.

Ouyang Shuo chose a bunch of officers from the navy sword-shield soldiers to act as majors of the regiment. As for the colonel, a lieutenant from the Divine Martial Guards would take the role.

With that, the defense of Friendship City could be said to be settled.

Even when including the recruited artisans and coolies, the merchants, and talented individuals who had rushed over, the population had not crossed 100 thousand.

At this point, a regiment was enough to instill law and order.

The second matter was to nail down on the exact planning of the city. Ouyang Shuo wrote down his thoughts toward Friendship City in a document and left it for the architectural team that was rushing over.

The position of Friendship City was rather obvious, it would be a pure Capital of Trading.

Courage Port was not the best port in Africa, not even in the Gulf of Aden. But it was the most open and best equipped in the region.

The Friendship City that Ouyang Shuo had planned only had east and west regions. In the middle, it would be separated by a massive street. The east would be the business district, where the docks, resource distribution center, coolie market, settlement center, and banks were located.

All in all, the business district was designed around ocean trading, and its goal was to make trading here efficient, fast, and safe.

The west was termed as the service district. Apart from a portion to be used to build houses, the rest were for buildings such as inns, hotels, brothels, gambling dens, restaurants, and auction houses.

The various entertainment places would be split into different tiers to fit the different needs of different groups of people. Without a doubt, this would be a paradise for merchants and sailors.

As long as you had money and were willing to spend, you would be a king in the west district.

Apart from that, the west district would also have many shops and warehouses, mainly selling resources like freshwater, meat, and grain.

Ouyang Shuo's words were for everything a squadron needed, the Friendship City could solve.

"Only things you never thought you could buy, never something you couldn't manage to buy!"

One could say that the entire city was designed around long-distance trading. If it was fully constructed, it would be a Capital of Trading.

With this, Ouyang Shuo left a total of 500 thousand gold to help the finances of Friendship City.

Rough estimations placed his investment into this place at around a million. Now, they just had to look forward to whether it could create a business miracle.

The third thing he did was to ask the voyage squadron to take out 100 cannons and leave them in the city. These 100 would be placed on the north city wall and aimed at the bay.

Friendship City was surrounded on three sides by mountains and the only way in was Courage Port. With a navy unit and the threat of 100 cannons, it was enough to scare away most enemies.

With that, he could finally leave at ease.

7th month, 11th day, the voyage squadron set off once more.

Before leaving, Ouyang Shuo did not inform anyone, just sneakily leaving. Who knows what challenges awaited this squadron that was destined to be recorded in history.

The squadron went past the Mendeb Straits and entered the Red Sea.

The Red Sea was located on the east of Africa, in the middle of Arab. The west and north sides were connected with the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea, and the east was linked with the Gulf of Aden through the Mendeb Straits.

At the same time, the Red Sea was also the saltiest sea in the world, the most important crude oil transportation pathway.

The Persian Gulf was known as the world oil warehouse in reality, making up for two-thirds of the world's oil reserves. Similarly, in the game, this region had a plentiful amount of crude oil.

This oil was known as alchemical fire oil in China and was only a support war resource.

Even England, where the industrial revolution started, was only at the sprouting phase of the first revolution. The steam engine, such a significant invention, was just born.

The first industrial revolution gave birth to the steelwork industry and the textile industry.

Crude oil really came into play during the second industry revolution. With the invention of the internal combustion engine, industrial mechanizing, cars, airplanes, and the like.

At that time, every country would have a massive need for resources.

Ouyang Shuo even doubted whether the game would even reach the second industrial revolution by the 10th year. In his last life, at the 5th year, the steam engine was not even common across the world.

Hence, the need for oil was minimal. To the Arab States, this was not a good thing.

Of course, they did not only have oil. They similarly had a long history, out of the four ancient civilizations, Babylon and Egypt were located around there.

Furthermore, Rome, Macedonia, the Persian Empire, and the Arabian Empire all had relations with the Arab States.

Egypt's Cairo City, Greece's Athens City, and Italy's Rome City were all imperial cities with long history; an ancient king lived in each of these places.

Alexander the Great, Augustus, all of them had massive empires comparable to Qin Shihuang and Emperor Hanwu.

In Earth Online, a long history meant a deep foundation. Making use of this, the Lords of the country would all try to replicate the glory of the empires.

They were all active people in the world stage.

Hence, towards these Arab States, Ouyang Shuo did not intend to go against them. He just wanted to engage in trade.

As a result, Ouyang Shuo had chosen to set down his roots in Somalia so early on.The Red Sea was not red, but it was sky blue.

The squadron went past the Red Sea and passed the Gulf of Suez before they reached the Suez Canal.

The Suez Canal river was already present in ancient times. Of course, the true construction was only done in 1869. It was a water passage that linked the Mediterranean Ocean to the Red Sea and provided the nearest route to get from Europe to the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. This was one of the busiest routes in real life.

At the same time, the Suez Canal was also the intersection between Africa and Asia, and it was an important passage that linked Asia to Europe. In the north was Port Said, and in the south was Suez City. The entire length of the canal was 190 thousand meters, from the north side of the port connecting to the Mediterranean to the south side of Suez City.

The construction of the Suez Canal made the Africa peninsula become the Africa Continent. It increased the trading between Asia and Africa, Southwest Asia, Northeast Africa, and South Europe.

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Chapter 653-Lost City of Atlantis

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7th month, 15th day, the voyage squadron crossed the Suez Canal and stopped at the Alexander Port in Egypt. After restocking, they set off once again to cross the Mediterranean Ocean.

The Mediterranean Ocean was the oldest ocean in the world, possessing a longer history than even the Atlantic Ocean. It was where Egypt, Babylon, and even European civilizations started.

When crossing the Mediterranean, the squadron had to stop for one or two days when they reached each important port.

First was to trade, trading the tea and porcelain that they had brought from China and selling off the spices and peppers from South East Asia.

Be it in ancient times or in the game, these items were loved by the west. The main group of people who bought them were not the players but the nobles of the natives.

The goods were highly rare, and even if the prices were 10 times their cost, they were still welcomed.

Along the way, the squadron would purchase some western specialties like clocks, watches, glass products, diamonds, and agate stones.

Once they transported these items back to the country, they would be able to sell them off for a high price.

Secondly, they needed to set up eyes and networks along the way.

The Black Snake Guards intelligence officers would set up intel stations in the various areas. Their strategy was to work with the local people, spending large amounts of gold to buy intel.

If not, yellow skinned people in a foreign country would be simply too obvious.

Of course, the end goal was to subdue the locals to make them serve Shanhai City loyally. The intel gathered would be sent to Friendship City then reported back to the headquarters.

For the specific trading, Ouyang Shuo naturally did not need to worry about that. This trip was a trading trip and also an excursion. Every place they went to, Ouyang Shuo would bring some Personal Guards to walk around and enjoy the sights and sounds of the Mediterranean.

In Athens, Ouyang Shuo took a look at the Parthenon that Gaia had restored, meeting Athena. In Rome, Ouyang Shuo visited the Pantheon, even watching beast battles in the colosseum, witnessing the strength of the Spartan soldiers.

The Mediterranean countries were mostly warm to the voyage squadron.

In truth, when the voyage squadron had attacked Singapore, their image had turned into that of an invasive force.

But in Somalia, the voyage squadron had redeemed themselves. They helped the players destroy the pirates, even obtaining land from the Somalia King, which changed their image for the better.

When they went to Spain, the voyage squadron bumped into the Spanish Squadron.

The current Spanish Squadron had started to show glimpses of their might. The entire Mediterranean was seen as the inner lake of Spain; it was a place where they could do as they wished.

In history, under the support of the Spanish royal family, Columbus found America. After that, the famous Spanish Squadron even ruled an entire era.

When the two squadrons met, the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Like the voyage squadron, the current Spanish Squadron was equipped with cannons. Moreover, these cannons were naturally far more advanced than the heavy cannons of the voyage squadron.

If they really were to fight, both sides would suffer heavy casualties.

Luckily, the worse-case scenario did not appear. After acknowledging one another, they went their separate ways. The Spanish Squadron had not completely controlled the Mediterranean, so they did not want to create extra problems.

One must not forget that their neighbor Portugal also possessed a strong naval country. Their battles in the Mediterranean were going to be interesting.

After going past the Spanish ocean region, they entered the Gibraltar Straits.

The Gibraltar Straits were located at the south side of Spain and the north west of Africa, an important door connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 90 thousand meters in length.

The narrowest point of the straits were 13 thousand meters, and the west side was the widest at 43 thousand meters. The shallowest was 301 meters deep, and the deepest was 1181 meters, with an average depth of 375 meters.

From the Atlantic to here, the currents flowing into the Mediterranean ran at four thousand meters per hour. In early years, it was used by Atlantic sailors to swiftly enter the Mediterranean.

When the squadron arrived at the Gibraltar Straits, Ouyang Shuo suddenly remembered the large-scale scenario quest-The Lost City of Atlantis.

Atlantis was a huge and rich empire; it was the first advanced civilization in the world. The earliest descriptions of it appeared in the works of Greek philosopher Plato.

Plato used a conversation method to describe Atlantis for the first time, "Around nine thousand years of Solon, opposite the Heracles Stone Pillar, was an island wrapped by the ocean. This was the island of Atlantis. Atlantis was about to start a war with Athens, but who knew that it would face an earthquake and a flood. In less than a day, it sunk to the bottom of the ocean, becoming an obstacle of the Greeks to ocean travel."

The Heracles Stone Pillar was in the Gibraltar Straits.

Legends had it that the descendants of the ocean God stayed in Atlantis and had great worship for the ocean. It and the Lemuria Civilizations existed on earth. Lemuria was located on an ancient continent northeast of Australia. These two civilizations had been sunk around 10 thousand years ago.

The indigenous Indians of America had described in their works, "The earth had four generations of humans. The first were giants; they didn't come from here but from the skies, dying from hunger. The second were killed by fire. The third were ape men, and they killed one another. The fourth was located between the sun and the waters, being destroyed by a huge flood."

Atlantis and Lemuria belonged to the fourth generation.

Modern day scientist found that before the huge flood, the earth was just one giant continent, and it had highly advanced civilizations. In one global catastrophe, they sunk to the bottom of the ocean.

The thing that caused the huge apocalypse was a large-scale earthquake that led to tsunamis and volcanic eruptions. The ash clouds affected even plants all the way in England.

The power of the earthquake was four thousand times that of the Hiroshima nuclear bombs.

In the recent century, archaeologists found traces of civilizations at the bottom of the ocean, seemingly proving the existence of Atlantis.

In the game, Gaia made this legend real.

Ouyang Shuo clearly remembered at the end of the 4th year, a Spanish traveler went out to sea alone and met a huge storm, capsizing and sinking into the ocean.

Luckily for him, this player known as Gerald Pick had a special item known as the underwater breathing device, similar to the water avoidance bead in Chinese legend. This item allowed players to spend an extended period of time underwater.

Completely due to luck, he found Atlantis, which was submerged at the bottom of the ocean. Hence, he activated a large-scale storyline quest, shocking the entirety of Europe.

Gerald Pick was only a spark. In the end, close to 100 thousand people joined in, and the countries around the Mediterranean basically all threw themselves in.

The end result was that Atlantis rose once more, laying it roots in the Mediterranean Ocean. The civilizations that had disappeared once again showed itself to the world.

The lucky Gerald Pick also became the best player amongst the Spanish players, and his fame grew greater than many Lords.

Thinking about this, a little hope shone in Ouyang Shuo's eyes.

He did not have the water avoidance bead, but he did have a mysterious buddy, the Nian Beast Little Green. In Friendship City, the Little Green, who had swallowed the inner pellet of the White Lion, had suddenly woken up, evolving into a God Beast subspecies.

This evolution totally changed it.

Name: Little Green (God Beast subspecies)

Home: Yashan City Protector Beast

Race: Ink Jade Qilin Beast (subspecies of Qilin)

Combat strength: High Gold Grade

Talent: Water Control (increases combat strength in water by 80%, no currents will stop it)

Skill: Slayer (raises fury stat by 85%), Charge (raises combat power by 85%)

Specialty: Deterrence (Raises territory safety by 35%, natural threat to all ocean beasts, raises safety of territory ocean regions by 40%), Protector (raise territory defense by 25%)

Cultivation Method: Black Qilin Seven Purgatory Technique

Cultivation Skill: Heaven Strike (Shoots out a bolt of lightning, bringing with it a numbing effect)

Evaluation: Fierce beast of olden legends, the descendant of the fierce dragon and the black Qilin. After swallowing the inner pellet of the God Beast White Lion, it successfully evolved once, and its bloodline upgraded to a subspecies of Qilin. As a protector beast, it can continue to bring out its Qilin bloodlinem and it can evolve again.

In truth, Little Green not upgrading to a god beast surprised Ouyang Shuo. One could only say that the Qilin god beast was far superior when compared to the White Lion. Moreover, the White Lion could only be considered a god beast subspecies.

After all, on that nameless island, the dead old Qilin was just a spirit, and it still had such powers. In comparison, the White Lion did not seem like a god beast.

Between god beasts, there could be differences like the gap between the heavens and earth.

Hence, although Little Green had swallowed its inner pellet, it had only evolved into a subspecies. Luckily, it was just one step away from becoming a god beast.

Apart from the identity of territory protector beast, the Black Qilin Seven Purgatory Method that it cultivated was the key to Little Green's growth.

The White Lion inner pellet just helped to speed up the process.

This evolution had caused a huge change to its stats. Not only did it awaken a talent, but it also strengthened the original specialties and skills.

The evolved Little Green was getting more and more worthy of its name of Overlord of the Oceans.

Hence, to the current Little Green, going deep into the ocean was an easy matter. The only difficulty was for Ouyang Shuo to pinpoint the exact location of Atlantis.

To find a sunken city at the bottom of the vast ocean, how easy could that be?

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Chapter 654-Spanish Invincible Squadron

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7th month, 24th day, Gibraltar Port.

Gibraltar Port was located on the north shore of the Straits of Gibraltar, and it was only a small sized port. The voyage squadron stopped for here for three days; however, there was still no progress in the search for Atlantis.

The voyage squadron's long stay had raised the suspicion of the Spanish squadron. Ouyang Shuo could clearly feel the number of Spanish warships patrolling the bay increasing by the day.

"Let's search for one more day; if we don't find it by then, we will just leave!" Ouyang Shuo sighed. Although he had given Little Green a specific region based on the information revealed on the forums in his last life, they would still need a lot of luck to find it.

The night before they left, Little Green finally returned with an item that resembled a gas mark in its mouth. Ouyang Shuo was delighted, he knew that they had finally found Atlantis.

This 'gas mask', along with the special item that Gerald Pick had obtained in the last life were all special items from Atlantis, and its real name was 'underwater breathing device'.

Players could freely move underwater with this item.

"Good job!"

Ouyang Shuo took the underwater breathing device from Little Green's mouth. At the same time, he gave it a thumbs up. Four days and four nights of continuous searching was extremely exhausting even for a god beast subspecies like Little Green.

This little fellow had really gone all out in their search for Atlantis.

Nian!

This arrogant little fellow raised its head by 45 degrees and looked toward the heavens with an undeniable satisfaction in its eyes. Amusingly, although it had evolved into a subspecies of the Qilin, it still roared out 'nian'.

One man and one beast, a perfect relationship.

Suddenly, Ouyang Shuo's eyes froze. He had finally noticed that Little Green's back was bleeding, and a large section of flesh had fallen off, revealing even the bones.

Despite such serious injuries, the little fellow did not even make a sound.

Ouyang Shuo's senses were extremely sharp, and he immediately recognized that this definitely wound was not from fighting beasts but from cannon fire.

"Who did this?" Ouyang Shuo's voice had an obvious tinge of rage.

Wu!!

Little Green turned its head and looked outside the port.

Ouyang Shuo raised his head and looked, only to see a Spanish boat swiftly sail over.

"Them?"

Ouyang Shuo had basically confirmed that the Spanish Squadron were at fault.

Nian!

Little Green nodded with hate filled eyes.

Ouyang Shuo's emotional state suddenly calmed down, and a gentle smile appeared on his face as he rubbed Little Green's head, "Little buddy don't worry; I'll take revenge for you. Go tend to your wounds."

Wuwu!!

Little Green followed the medical doctor and left.

After sending Little Green away, Ouyang Shuo's eyes suddenly turned cold. He did not even turn his head as he said, "Send my orders down; the squadron shall enter a level 1 state of alert."

"Yes, my Lord!"

Chen Dameng, who had followed Ouyang Shuo all the way, was similarly furious when he saw Little Green's injuries. During the Battle of Singapore, Little Green had slain the White Lion; these brutish warriors rarely saw such strength.

Now, some had actually shot their 'baby' with cannon fire, so how could they not be furious?

Chen Dameng bowed and swiftly left.

In less than 10 minutes, the entire voyage squadron had woken up.

After the squadron entered the Mediterranean, Ouyang Shuo had instructed them to maintain a low-profile. When they disembarked, they had used the identity of merchants.

However, now was the time to reveal their sword!

Archers, sword-shield soldiers, cannoneers, and the others swiftly got into position. The golden dragon flag flapped in the wind, and the war drums sounded out. Ouyang Shuo's motto was, 'I won't harm people if they don't harm me; if they harm me, I'll leave them with nothing!'

Just as the voyage squadron was preparing to set out, the Spanish Squadron hurried into the port and charged toward Dragon Head.

On the warship, there was a middle-aged man with a white cap and a long mustache; he arrogantly asked, "Oi, did any of you see a green beast?"

Good fellow, he totally did not put the voyage squadron in his eyes.

However, who could blame him for being so arrogant? After all, the Spanish treated the Mediterranean as their back garden. Gibraltar Port was in the Spanish territory, which made them even more arrogant.

Recovering their past glory as an ocean superpower was always a dream of the Spanish players. In their eyes, how could the backward China compare to their invincible squadron?

"You all shot Little Green?" Ouyang Shuo asked calmly.

"Little Green?" The middle-aged man's eyes lit up and excitedly said, "Yes, that green beast. Damn it, it managed to escape after we hit it. It seems rare; we can definitely sell it for a good price if we catch it. Where's that beast now?"When they heard these words, the 20 cannons on Dragon Head had already pointed toward the Spanish Warship. Ouyang Shuo looked toward the middle-aged man like he was looking at a dead person, "It is my contract beast."

"Oh!" The middle-aged man was astonished, but at least his head was not completely clouded, "Since that's the case, take care of it and don't let it run about."

"Turn back!" The middle-aged men turned back and ordered.

Ouyang Shuo shook his head, "Why? You hurt my contract beast and want to leave just like that?"

"What do you want? Don't forget that this is the Mediterranean; this is our territory!"

The middle-aged man still acted arrogant, but his tone had started to become stiff. It was not easy for them to meet such a beast, but in the end, they had to return with nothing. That itself had made the middle-aged man depressed.

In their eyes, not killing the green beast was giving the other person face. Who knew that the other person would want to find trouble with them.

"Leave your life!" Ouyang Shuo calmly proclaimed.

Haha! The middle-aged man broke out laughing like he had heard a huge joke, "Is your brain fried?"

Ouyang Shuo shook his head, not willing to waste any more words.

"Fire!"

Zheng He understood and immediately fired.

The cannon sounds masked the mocking laugh, shock, and curses of the middle-aged man. The sudden strike from Dragon Head had caught the Spanish Warship off guard. Before they could react, they had already sunk.

The 'invincible squadron' slowly sunk to the bottom of the ocean, along with the so called 'Honor of the Spanish'.

When the other Spanish warships heard the cannon shots, they immediately reacted, gathering and sailing for the port.

"Form up!" Zheng He ordered.

With a wave of the flag, the squadron that had originally lined up together suddenly changed into a battle formation. The 'swallow spread its wings' formation that shocked the world during the Ming Dynasty had once again appeared on the seas.

"Strike!"

The squadron swiftly left the port and charged toward the Spanish warships.

There were only around 20 warships patrolling outside of the port, in front of the voyage squadron, they were not enough. Since they dared to charge over, it seemed like they had the support of the Spanish Invincible Squadron.

In their eyes, Shanhai City would not dare to start and all-out war. They rushed over to seek some answers for the warship that was sunk.

But they were wrong!

Ouyang Shuo knew that after he sank the first Spanish warship, their conflict would become unresolvable. The peaceful trading wishes of the voyage squadron did not mean that they had to give in all the way.

True peace often needed to be obtained through the blood of war. Giving in would not allow for true peace.

If Shanhai City wanted to open the trade route, they had to go through the Spanish Squadron that took charge of the Mediterranean.

Originally, Ouyang Shuo was not ready to go all out against them so quickly. However, the development of the situation did not give Ouyang Shuo much time to think, and he had to strike back.

"Since we have already done it, let's go all out." Ouyang Shuo muttered, "It's time to let the arrogant Spanish realize that their glory days are long over!"

The Mediterranean did not belong to the Spanish.

To maintain a smooth long-distance trading route, the Shanhai City Navy had to have warships in the Mediterranean to show their strength and make their presence felt.

Before this, Ouyang Shuo had not been able to find a chance. This little incident was the best opportunity, so how could Ouyang Shuo let it slip by? From the start till now, taking revenge for Little Green had become a secondary element.One hour, just one hour.

The 20 odd Spanish warships that had charged over were all crushed, their warships floating on the surface of the water.

When they received the news, Gibraltar was thrown into an uproar. The Spanish Invincible Squadron main force would have gotten the news and were just rushing over.

"Lord, what should we do?" Zheng He asked.

During this encounter, although the voyage squadron had achieved victory, Zheng He's expression had not relaxed.

Strictly speaking, this was the first time they had faced an opponent of the same caliber. Moreover, the enemy cannons and handguns were a level higher in terms of both quantity and quality.

Although the voyage squadron had outnumbered them, they had paid the price of three Mengchong Warships and 10 cima boats.

This result was enough to wake Zheng He up. The road ahead of the voyage squadron was incredibly lengthy and to truly rule the seas was not a simple matter.

One must know that the strongest squadron in Europe was not the Spanish but the English.

"Take down Gibraltar Port and make preparations for a head on battle!" Ouyang Shuo ordered.

"Understood!" Zheng He nodded.

Gibraltar Port was only a small sized port. Although it was in a strategic location, it could not withstand the cannon barrage of the voyage squadron. That afternoon, the port had fallen under Shanhai City's rule.

At the same time, a system notification sounded out in the ears of all the Spanish players.

"System Notification: China Region Lord Qiyue Wuyi has attacked Gibraltar Port, starting a country war, Spain has entered country war mode. Imperial City Madrid has entered a level 2 state of alert!"

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Chapter 655-Ocean Ruins

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Spain, a country located on the southwest portion of Europe, a constitutional monarchy.

In recent history, Spain was an important cultural ground. During the Renaissance, it was the strongest country in Europe. During the 15th century mid to the end of the 16th century, Spain affected the globe and Spanish became the second most used language, only behind English.

Spain had over four million players, it also had land aplenty, being considered a strong country even in Europe. In comparison, the Singapore that Shanhai City destroyed seemed insignificant.

No matter how confident Ouyang Shuo felt, he was not crazy enough to think that he could take down Spain in one swoop.

He started the country war because he had no other choice.

Ouyang Shuo's goal was not to let the country war turn into a full-scale war but also to wake up and hurt the Spanish Invincible Squadron, making them respect Shanhai City.

In truth, this matter would be incredibly difficult.

The voyage squadron only had one division, and whether they could even defeat the Spanish Invincible Squadron was a question. Not to mention after the country war started, there would be the addition of a large number of players.

For the voyage squadron to survive would be considered highly fortunate.

Ouyang Shuo was not a rash person. When he destroyed the first ship, he actually did it on the fly and did not think too much. But when he decided to sink the other 20, Ouyang Shuo already had a plan.

His trump card was Atlantis.

The large-scale storyline quest Lost City of Atlantis had wrapped in more than 100 thousand players. However, Ouyang Shuo was confident about completing it all by himself.

Not to mention the quest rewards, just the reappearance of Atlantis would totally change the situation.

That night, Ouyang Shuo sat on a normal looking turreted boat, bringing little Green and the Divine Martial Guards to leave the Gibraltar Straits and head toward the ocean region where Atlantis was located.

Ouyang Shuo kept his calm, but the Spanish players exploded.

The Spanish players could not even imagine that the Shanhai City Squadron would have the courage to start a country war. When they heard that 20 warships were sunk, and Gibraltar Port was occupied, they were furious and demanded revenge.

At the end of the 16th century, the Spanish Invincible Squadron was crushed by the English Navy led by a pirate born Drake. From then on, Spain lost its position as the strongest naval country.

During the middle of the 17th century, in the battle for the king's succession, Spain gave Gibraltar to England. Even until the 21st century, Gibraltar was still under England's control.

Spain had tried to get back Gibraltar from England along but their efforts bore no fruit. So, one could say that Gibraltar was always a scar to the Spanish hearts.

Gaia had used geography to place Gibraltar under Spanish control, but now, Shanhai City had occupied it. All of a sudden, it triggered their sensitive emotions.

"Make the arrogant easterners pay!"

"Chase Shanhai City out of the Mediterranean!" The Spanish players hollered.

Spain had a long shoreline; more than half of the country border was a shoreline. Along with their naval history, the strong Spanish Lords all had territories next to the ocean.

The Spanish Invincible Squadron was just a title and did not point to a specific squadron. That was because there were no less than 30 squadrons under the Spanish Lords. Apart from that, even adventure gamemode players would build squadrons to go out to sea. The lucky Gerald Pick was the guild leader of a small mercenary guild.

The next morning, the various squadrons all gathered toward the Gibraltar Straits.

Shanhai City had occupied Gibraltar Port. The voyage squadron led by Zheng He naturally were not prepared to go start a head on battle with the Spanish Navy. Such action would be too stupid, and they would definitely stand no chance.

Zheng He's strategy was to make use of the superior mobility and flexibility of their ships to launch sneak attacks.

In a short time, both squadrons would be neck and neck.

Gibraltar Straits, nameless region.

Under the guidance of Little Green, the turreted boat finally reached its destination. Little Green was truly a god beast subspecies, after applying medicine, its wounds had stabilized overnight, and it could head into the water once more.

As he was not sure of the situation at the bottom of the ocean, Ouyang Shuo did not dare go alone. Hence, he needed to let Little Green dive down once more and search for more underwater breathing devices.

One must not simply look at its amazing function, as it was an incredibly common in Atlantis. Atlantis worshipped the sea god Poseidon. Hence, a lot of their technology pertained to the ocean.

The underwater breathing device was just one small item.

When Atlantis sank into the ocean, such devices were scattered in the rubble everywhere.

If players wanted to join the large-scale storyline quest, they needed to obtain one underwater breathing device, personally diving down and entering the ruins.

In his last life, some people got rich just by selling these underwater breathing devices.

Ouyang Shuo gave Little Green a huge net and tied it to its neck. In less than half an hour, Little Green returned with the net filled with underwater breathing devices.

Rough estimates put the number of devices at 300. As expected from the strong Little Green, it could pull such heavy things in the water even though it was not an easy matter.

After making four trips, every Divine Martial Guard had one device.

"Let's go!"

Ouyang Shuo put on the underwater breathing device and took the lead to dive in, causing a splash. The one thousand Divine Martial Guards and the Personal Guards followed, plopping into the water like dumplings and diving down toward the depth of the ocean.

The turreted boat that had brought them here immediately left to avoid attracting the attention of the Spanish forces.The waters of Gibraltar Straits were originally clear. Along with the changes by Gaia, no industrial waste remained, and it seemed like a paradise.

In the sky-blue waters, there were many colorful fish swimming around. When they saw them, they were not afraid and swam over.

On the other hand, the ocean beasts could feel Little Green's aura and fled.

When Ouyang Shuo saw this scene, he laughed.

This was the first time Ouyang Shuo had experienced diving. In reality, he had never gotten such good treatment. Not to mention that in real life they had to make use of heavy and cumbersome equipment.

After putting on the underwater breathing device, Ouyang Shuo could feel that he had transformed into a fish. He rode on Little Green, and they slowly proceeded toward the bottom. As they headed deeper, the water pressure increased.

The power of the device was shown. Not only could it provide oxygen, it could also reduce the pressure. Even as they dived to the deepest parts, Ouyang Shuo could only feel a negligible pressure.

At a depth of a thousand meters, they finally saw the underwater city. The bottom of the straits was still as clear as the sky, and the mysterious Atlantis City slowly appeared in their field of vision.

The legendary Atlantis City was designed in a concentric shape. As one headed deeper and closer toward the center, the restrictions grew stricter. The inner circle was for the important temple.

Toward Atlantis, three was an important number. Lines were repeated three times, three pyramids made up a group, three buildings made up a building group. The streets of the city were split into corners, connecting one corner to another. There were also many complicated underground paths.

The Capital of Atlantis represented the essence of the Atlantic continent; it displayed its culture, art, and the like; this was a memorial type city, the model of other countries.

However, only ruins appeared in front of him.

In the sky-blue water stood broken temples, toppled circular pillars, and statues in the mud. The statues still standing were flawed, with the spears in their hands all broken.

All of this basically described the fall of a civilization.

Desolate, tragic. Ouyang Shuo could even smell the scent of the passage of time.

Rotting, defeat, merciless.

Even so, Ouyang Shuo could still make out the glorious and bright civilization of Atlantis in the old days. A logically planned city system, exquisite statues, and majestic structures. Even the most basic rocks were carved with beautiful patterns.

Undoubtedly, this was once a great civilization.

Unfortunately, moss and vegetation had crept onto the walls, pillars, and structures and laid root. The aquatic animals lived in the cracked walls, including many ocean overlords like sharks. The entire city was totally different now.

The main people of the city - the Atlantis people - were nowhere to be seen.

The killing aura emitted by the Divine Martial Guards was something that even the sharks had to avoid. After they reached the bottom, Ouyang Shuo casually picked up an underwater breathing device and kept it in his storage bag.

Seeing the broken civilization, Ouyang Shuo was emotional and fell into deep thought, Don't tell me that even the greatest and most glorious empires cannot stand the corruption of time?

"Then what can my lofty goal even be compared to?" In Ouyang Shuo's eyes, a hint of confusion had appeared.

Ouyang Shuo stood alone in a trance amongst the city rubble. Meanwhile, the Divine Martial Guards all spread out around the Lord, ensuring that no one could hurt him.

At this very moment, voices spread out from the vast ruins.

"Welcome, destined person!"

The voice was coarse but contained some intellect.

"Who?"

Ouyang Shuo was astonished, and his eyes sharpened once more.

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Chapter 656-Mysterious Crystal

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A man in a long robe walked out from among the fallen stone pillars; he had a long spear in hand and wore a weird mask.

Upon closer inspection, the long spear was similar to the one that the temple guardian statue held in his hand. The patterns on the mask were the same as the ones carved into the rocks of the city.

According to Ouyang Shuo's knowledge, the style of the patterns seemed similar to the Mayan civilization of legends. The person in front of him was obviously a person from Atlantis.

Uniquely, a thumb-sized purple crystal was hung around his neck. The crystal was an octagonal in shape. Under the shine of the sea water, it looked extremely mysterious.

The only regret laid in the fact that the crystal itself was dull and not shining.

When Ouyang Shuo saw this man, his eyes narrowed, "Who are you? Why aren't you willing to show your real face?"

"Fated man, please follow me."

The fellow in the mask did not reply; he simply turned around and walked deep into the ruins.

"Follow!" Ouyang Shuo decisively ordered.

Atlantis had become the only hope of the voyage squadron, so Ouyang Shuo had no choice.

As he followed the man into the ruins, he felt an extreme shock. He had only seen the tip of the iceberg previously.

A grander temple, more exquisite statues, and bigger stone pillars were everywhere. Even just the head of the statue in the mud was five meters high.

Ouyang Shuo could not help but think back to the circular shape of the city. Obviously, they were walking deeper into the center of the circle. Even though only ruins remained, one could still see how strict and restricted the inner layers were.

They walked for a full hour before reaching a majestic temple. The temple was located in the center of the entire city, showing that this place held the highest position in their hearts.

"Fated person, please ask your guards to wait outside. Only you can enter," said the masked fellow.

Ouyang Shuo slightly hesitated. In the end, he stopped Chen Dameng and the others from trying to persuade him and said, "Wait outside. If you have time, search for some underwater breathing devices and other items in the ruins."

The underwater breathing device was a great item. When they were rushing here, Ouyang Shuo was too embarrassed to pick them up. Now that they had the chance, he naturally did not want to miss it. Apart from that, there might be other treasures too.

"Yes, my Lord!" Chen Dameng nodded.

After following by the Lord's side for so long, Chen Dameng roughly understood Ouyang Shuo's way of doing things. Although his actions seemed casual, he was in truth exceedingly careful. Since he asked them to stay outside, there should not be any danger.

Ouyang Shuo brought Little Green and followed the masked man into the temple.

In the main hall stood an incredible statue of a handsome man. He had a full beard; his left hand grasped a trident, and his right hand held a massive conch.

"Sea God Poseidon?" Ouyang Shuo exclaimed.

Wuu!

When Little Green saw the god statue, it let out an unhappy roar.

"It is the sea god!" The fellow in the mask could not help but look at Little Green as he walked toward the left of the hall. There was a wooden staircase that led downward.

Both sides of the stairs were gloomy and there was ocean seaweed aplenty. If one was not careful, they would definitely slip. Weirdly, the deeper they headed, the brighter and brighter it grew; it was like the light source was coming from below.

Ouyang Shuo was still contemplating when a pale blue glow appeared after they walked five meters; it was a truly mysterious light.

The mysterious barrier blocked the sea water on the outside from entering. Through the light, Ouyang Shuo could roughly see a city.

"This is?" Ouyang Shuo was astounded.

"This is our land of fortune," the masked man said, unable to hide his sadness.Being buried deep in the ocean, unable to see the light of day, and spending numerous years underwater. Such a life definitely was not lucky for any civilization.

He passed through the light barrier without any resistance, and the sight before his eyes left his mouth agape. They were standing on a cliff; when he looked down, he saw waterfalls and streams, birds and plants; a picturesque scene.

Many blue lakes were spread all around. Many small boats floated across these lakes; some people were fishing on the boats, looking happy and carefree.

By the lake, there were beauties washing their clothes, children playing around, forming a truly merry sight.

Many exquisite buildings were hidden in the lush greenery like a paradise cut off from the world. Such a scene was completely different from the desolate and sad environment that Ouyang Shuo had imagined.

With that, one could see the greatness of Atlantis's ruler.

He bore all the pain and loneliness alone. To normal people, such a life was a great thing.

Thinking about this point, Ouyang Shuo glanced at the man beside him.

Ouyang Shuo recognized the purple crystal on his neck. The owner of this crystal was definitely a core member of the Atlantis race and amongst the most core ones.

Maybe he noticed Ouyang Shuo looking at him, or maybe it was because he had reached home, but the person took off the mask.

Under the mask was actually a young woman. Fiery red long hair, deep blue eyes, long eye lashes, exquisite features, and thick lips; overall, she looked beautiful to the extreme.

When Ouyang Shuo saw her appearance, his mouth gaped open.

"Hello, my name is Kalia, welcome to Atlantis City." Her voice was crisp; her previous hoarse voice was just a disguise.

Ouyang Shuo slightly shook her tender white hand before quickly releasing his hold, "Hello, I am player Qiyue Wuyi."

Kalia was undoubtedly a beauty. Although her robe covered her body, she obviously had a tempting figure. Moreover, she had an aura unique to the Atlantis people, truly stunning.

Ouyang Shuo was not a normal person. He knew that beauty was just an outer layer; he would admire it but would not dive into. His heart was already as solid as stone.

When Kalia saw that Ouyang Shuo's eyes remained sharp and clear, she felt weird. After all, she was the most beautiful of her race and many had fallen for her before.

Since a young age, she had grown up under the praises of everyone. This was the first time she saw someone unaffected by her beauty. Hence, she naturally felt curious.

"The fishes in the lake are decreasing, and the lives of the people is growing harder. If this continues, in less than 10 years, this place will be finished." Kalia looked at the city below the cliff despondently.

"Don't worry, you don't need to wait for 10 years, you can live on land right now." Ouyang Shuo console herd.

When she heard his words, her eyes lit up, and she clapped her hands together as she said, "That's right, the heavens have let us meet a fated person."

Cough. Under her hot gaze, Ouyang Shuo felt a little uncomfortable, "What should we do now?"

"Let's go' I'll bring you down!"

"How do we go down?"

Ouyang Shuo was shocked. After all, they stood on a thousand-foot cliff.

Kalia smiled, passing through a small door and arriving at the right side of the cliff. The whole place was empty and was built into a massive hall. In the middle was a skeletal structure of a creature resembling a shark.

However, it was not a shark. Ouyang Shuo could clearly see that it was emitting a golden shine. Obviously, this was a man-made golden skeletal structure.

Witnessing such an exquisite item, Ouyang Shuo's impression of their technology changed. With the current standards of Shanhai City, they could not even make pictured paper.

Upon closer inspection, he found that it was actually a flying device with wings on the side. There was a cabin in the middle for people to sit on. However, there was not an electronic system.

The skeletal structure was carved with complicated engravings that were similar to those on the buildings.

It seems like this engraving technique was one of their core techniques; it was used on buildings, decorations, machines and more.

Kalia sat in the pilot seat and stabbed the purple crystal into one of the holes, turning left. With a Kacha! the shark actually came alive and started to let out rumbling sounds.

The patterns on the shark shone with a blue glow. The sharp Ouyang Shuo noticed that when Kalia took out the purple crystal, it had dimmed further.

"So magical!"

Ouyang Shuo was filled with many thoughts. It seemed like the crystal provided the energy used to move the shark.

"Come in!" Kalia waved at the dazed Ouyang Shuo.

"Oh!" Ouyang Shuo got up and sat in the left side of the cabin.

The shark flying device was not big, similar to a World War II fighter jet. It only had enough space for two. Sitting beside Kalia, Ouyang Shuo could roughly smell the special scent from her body, the scent of a young woman.

This was probably the first time Kalia had been so close to a guy as her face had flushed red. She controlled the device to fly away from the cliff and head toward the city below.

Looking down on Atlantis, although it was exquisite, it was much smaller compared to the ruins, probably the size of a town.

They were like birds trapped in a cage!

Ouyang Shuo understood her worries; freedom was something that everyone wished for. After all, no one wanted to be trapped in such an isolated place and grow old.

In less than 10 minutes, the flying device stopped in the castle square in the middle of the city.

"This is our imperial palace." Kalia introduced.

Seeing Kalia enter the imperial palace, Ouyang Shuo's eyes lit up.

Her identity was truly not simple. After all, no matter how bad Atlantis's situation was, it was still a massive empire. It was also under heavy security, so how could anyone just walk in and out of the palace?

The only explanation was that she was a member of the imperial family, probably a princess.

Princess? Ouyang Shuo thought to himself.

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Chapter 657-Not Princess but Queen

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The imperial palace seemed extremely cold. Apart from a few guards at crucial locations, there was no one else.

When they passed one of the palaces, Ouyang Shuo could not help but ask, "Kalia, are you the princess?"

Kalia stopped; she turned around and said,"I was."

"Was?" Ouyang Shuo did not understand.

"Half a year ago, my sick father passed away, so I took over the position." Kalia answered emotionlessly.So Kalia was not a princess but the queen of Atlantis.

"My condolences!" Ouyang Shuo was apologetic.

Kalia smiled, "My father went really peacefully; it could be said to be a form of release!"

Ouyang Shuo finally understood everything; she had the burden of the entire race on her shoulders. No wonder would possess such a demeanor despite her young age.

The two proceeded on in silence; soon, they entered a massive hall in the deep parts of the imperial palace. Who knows what button she pressed as the hall suddenly descended, and they entered a cave.

The cave was humongous; one could not see the ends of it, and the roof was around 20 meters high. The entire cave was extremely dark and humid; only the middle portion had a bright golden glow.

A golden lake sat at the center of the cave; its golden liquid seemed like it was about to run out. Above the lake floated a dust sized golden crystal, its shape the same as the purple crystal hung on her neck.

Like the purple crystal, the golden crystal was dim with no light; it seemed like it was about to fall into the water at any moment. The residual light shone on the water, golden and shiny.

Around the golden crystal were wooden shields, and each shield had a different face. They were like guards, loyally guarding this golden crystal.

Ouyang Shuo roughly estimated that the shields numbered at around 12.

"That is the magnetic ohlite; it is also the source of Atlantis' energy. Ten thousand years ago, when the calamity stuck us, this magnetic ohlite's energy barrier protected this small piece of land and buried us alone with the ruins." Kalia explained, "This is the lifeline of Atlantis."

"Then what about the one around your neck?" Ouyang Shuo asked.

"It is too." Kalia nodded, "The magnetic ohlite can absorb light and turn it into energy. From low to high, it can be split into white, green, blue, purple, and gold; there are five levels. The lower grade magnetic ohlites are born from the higher-grade ones."

"From the looks of it, the golden magnetic ohlite seems to be facing a situation?" Ouyang Shuo moved the conversational topic to the quest.

At the current moment, the voyage squadron was fighting for their lives. Every moment he wasted, they would face a bit more danger.

"That's right. The barrier it formed used up a lot of energy. After sustaining the barrier for so long, no matter how strong the golden ohlite is, it can't hold on anymore."

"Is there anything I can do?" Ouyang Shuo asked.

"Yes." Kalia nodded.

At this moment, a system notification sounded out in his ear.

"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi for officially activating S Grade storyline quest, Lost City of Atlantis. Background: 10 thousand years ago, a titanic tsunami and earthquake destroyed Atlantis and sent it to the bottom of the ocean. However, a group of people actually survived under the protection of the golden magnetic ohlite.

"Quest requirements: fill up the golden liquid of the pool and charge up the golden magnetic ohlite, allowing Atlantis to rise back to the ocean surface and reappear.

Mission Reward: Unknown. Friendly Reminder: Choosing different branch quests will grant different rewards. If the quest fails, there may be punishments, so please carefully select your branch quest."

"Branch quest 1: Solo complete the storyline quest. After completion, awarded 1 top class Atlantis technology, 1 purple crystal, 50 thousand merit points, 150 thousand reputation, points and other rewards."

"Branch quest 2: Share the quest, invite other players to complete it tomorrow. After completion, awarded 1 intermediate class Atlantis technology, 1 blue crystal, 10 thousand merit points, and 30 thousand reputation points."

"Friendly Reminder: If player choses branch quest 1 and fails, 200 thousand gold, 100 thousand merit points, and 300 thousand reputation points will be deducted. If not enough, achievement value will be deducted; if still not enough, turn to negative points until it is paid up."

"If player chose branch quest 2, no punishment if fail to complete quest."

The two branch quests were basically the difference between heaven and earth in terms of both rewards and punishment.

High risk high rewards; low risks, still sizable rewards.

If one was not a crazy gambler, they definitely would not choose the first choice. Just thinking about the difficulty of completing an S rank storyline quest, soloing it was pretty much impossible.

In the last life, Pick had struggled and gave up on the temptation in the end.

If Ouyang Shuo did not have the advantage of his past life, he definitely would not have chosen such the 1st option. However, now was different, and he had the ability to complete this branch quest.

"Choose branch quest 1."

"System Notification: Branch quest chosen, cannot be changed."

The moment the system notification sounded it was like Gaia had received certain instructions as she continued, "The golden pool liquid is actually composed of gold, and one gold coin can form five drops of this liquid."

"Wow…"

Even though Ouyang Shuo had mentally prepared himself, he still sucked in a deep breath.

Based on his calculations, a liter of gold liquid had around 10 thousand drops, which would require two thousand gold. The pool was one meter deep and could fit one thousand liters of the golden liquid.

This also meant that around two million gold was needed to fill up this pool. At this stage of the game, it was likely that only Ouyang Shuo could directly take out two million.

One had to say that in the last life, Pick had made the right decision. No wonder this quest had wrapped in 100 thousand plus players. Depending on one person to fill this up pool was nearly impossible.

However, Ouyang Shuo was going to turn the impossible into a possibility. He believed that Gaia would not push out a quest where players would lose money from. With such strict settings, the rewards after completion would similarly be great.

"Understood!"

Ouyang Shuo nodded; he took his storage bag and aimed it at the pool. Suddenly, gold coins flowed out like a flood, gathering into a gold stream.

The golden stream of coins transformed into the gold liquid when they entered the pool under a mysterious power. Then, the gold liquid started to flow at the bottom of the pool. The golden light was alluring and incredibly tempting.

When Kaila saw this scene, her eyes lit up.

In truth, Atlantis was extremely rich, so its treasury definitely contained more than two million gold. Even if they did not currently possess such an amount, with the passage of 10 thousand years, they definitely could gather such a sum.

Who knows how many shipwrecks there were, and how many riches were buried along with these sunken ships.

With the underwater breathing device, as long as the Atlantis people were patient, 10 thousand years were enough for them to comb the entire Mediterranean and even the entire Red Sea.

Unfortunately, coins from natives were useless.

Gaia created such a setting to create problems for players.

If they chose the 2nd branch quest, they must do more than just obtain an underwater breathing device, and they must go through many tests to enter this land of fortune.

When they arrived here, they had to complete daily quests to increase the good impression the Atlantis people had toward them before obtaining the rights to enter the imperial palace. With that, they would finally have the right to throw gold coins into the pool.

Gaia created such settings to increase the player participation rate in the storyline quest. Secondly, it wanted to use this chance to advertise the lost Atlantis and warn them.

After all, human civilization on earth was totally lost.

Perhaps their generation could be considered the 5th generation of humans. After a few thousand years or even tens of thousands of years, the magma flow would have stopped and cooled down, allowing life to appear once more.

At that time, maybe humans would reappear and become the rulers of Earth once more.

At that time, what they left on Earth would become ancient texts for the new generation of humans and seen as acts of gods.The golden stream continued and did not stop.

Ouyang Shuo looked at his gold amount in his stat page; it was jumping at an indiscernible rate. Despite this, his heart remained tranquil.

No matter what, he needed to spend this two million gold.

In Friendship City, Ouyang Shuo had spent one million. In Atlantis, he would spend two million. With that, he would only be left with one million in his storage bag.

It fit the saying, 'Money comes fast and goes fast.'

Under the massive injection of gold, the golden liquid was filling up the pool at an observable rate, and it continued to rise and create a golden steam.

The golden magnetic ohlite started to activate its vacuum mode, and it sucked up all the golden streams.

The dim stone started to slowly emit an eye-catching glow, becoming more and more bright.

It was like the shields around it had felt some sort of mysterious power leading them, and the patterns started to light up and spin around the magnetic ohlite.

The longer this went on, the faster they spun.

At the later stages, Ouyang Shuo could only see afterimages and the middle of the shields emanating an eye-catching golden light, charging straight for the skies.

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Chapter 658-Unbreakable King's Mentality

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Just as Ouyang Shuo was spending money like water, the voyage squadron led by Zheng He was facing some problems.

7th month, 26th day, Gibraltar Straits.

Malaga City, the Spanish territory closest to the port, had rushed over in just a night. However, the huge squadron did not find anything at the port.

When they found the empty port, the soldiers looked at one another.

"Cowards!"

The speaker was a fellow with a black beard known as Juan. He was one of the strongest Lords in the south of Spain. Juan had led his troops over because he wanted to snatch the glory of being the first to start the fight.

However, he had not expected for such a situation to occur.

"Are they toying with us? They started a country war then ran away? Shameless!"

"Sire, what should we do now?" His subordinate Dafu carefully asked.

Juan looked at the empty port and a cunning look shone in his eyes, "The enemy ran away, so this glory is ours for sure. Rush into the port; let's occupy Gibraltar Port."

"Understood!" Dafu laughed.

Just like that, Juan 'went through so much trouble', 'courageously fought', and finally destroyed the Shanhai City Squadron, recovering Gibraltar Port. When the news spread to the forums, the country was naturally delighted.

"The world's best Lord? Haha, what a joke!"

"The Invincible Squadron is invincible!"

On the forums, some people were mocking Shanhai City, and some were blindly worshipping the Spanish Invincible Squadron. Some people even spread the news to China, raising the attention of the other country's players.

"Shanhai City occupied Gibraltar Port? Surely not!" Greece, Italy, and other countries that had traded with the voyage squadron did not believe this news.

"Haha, those stupid easterners have lost so much face!"

"Arrogant Spanish!" However, some were displeased by the Spanish.

The Spanish Squadron regarded itself as the owner of the Mediterranean, so how would the other countries feel happy about this matter?

"Looking at all the battle records of Shanhai City, there is none where they surrendered easily. They have surely set a trap and are waiting for the Spanish people to fall in. Then they will give the Spanish a slap to their faces." There were still people who believed in Shanhai City.

"I agree!'The celebrations of the Spanish people were too early and too short lived.

At 9 AM, the voyage squadron struck.

Zheng He made use of guerrilla tactics to strike all around; they would either perform sneak attacks or ambushes, causing a lot of problems for the Spanish Squadron. Ship after ship were sunk by the voyage squadron, infuriating the Spanish.

The Spanish people felt that they had lost face, and their embarrassment turned into anger. Amongst which, the most furious one was naturally Juan, who swore he would crush the voyage squadron.

The Spanish people were not fools. After tasting defeat, they immediately changed tactics and stopped traveling alone. The unified Spanish Squadron patrolled the Gibraltar Straits, continuing to shrink their search area.

With that, the voyage squadron were forced into a tough situation.

Helplessly, Zheng He could only gather the four split up units to avoid the Spanish Squadron from hitting them one by one. In the end, they could only rely on their speed to avoid the enemy.

Atlantis, land of survivors.

The golden light in the cave grew more and more vibrant, and the golden liquid in the pool was about to be filled up.

Just as the pool filled up, the 12 shields protecting the golden magnetic ohlite suddenly spread out, revealing the stone itself. The stone looked like a gigantic golden sun, extremely eye-catching.

When Kalia saw this scene, she stepped up, and the purple crystal around her neck floated up. Then, she clapped her hands together and shut her eyes tightly as she communicated with the golden stone.

"Don't tell me that this stone is actually sentient?" Ouyang Shuo was astonished.

After a short while, the light burst apart, filling the entire cave with warmth and a blinding golden light, seemingly possessing a sort of mysterious energy that one could not help but worship.

Even Kalia knelt to the ground.

Ouyang Shuo's eyes focused as he rotated the Yellow Emperor Cultivation Technique to resist this pressure. He was a Lord, a king, so how would he yield to a rock?

The golden light probably felt the resistance from Ouyang Shuo as it covered him with a stronger pressure, wanting to make him yield.

Ouyang Shuo could only feel a massive strength bearing down on him from all sides. The pressure on his head was especially strong, becoming stronger like a mountain pressing down on him.

Beads of sweat seeped out from his forehead.

Ouyang Shuo gritted his teeth, trying his best to use his mental strength to resist. However, he felt helpless; the harder he tried, the stronger the golden light grew, increasing the pressure and causing his bones to crackle.

"Ah!"

Ouyang Shuo gritted his teeth, unable to hold on any longer as he sat on the ground. The primordial energy in his body rotated crazily, breaking the limit of his daily cultivation.

The insides of his meridians were similarly shining golden.

Before this, on the unknown island, the washing of the spirit energy from the dragon vein had strengthened his meridians. Under such pressure, they gave out an incredible toughness and vitality.

Limitless potential was transforming into actual strength.

Under such pressure, the golden primordial energy in his body grew denser and denser, thicker and thicker. The cultivation speed of the Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique was increasing at a discernible rate.

However, in Ouyang Shuo's heart, there wasn't any joy.

The pressure from the golden light continued to increase. All his bones emitted cracking sounds like the sound of frying beans, a scary sight.

If this continued, Ouyang Shuo was definitely going to be crushed into a pile of meat paste.

"Yield! Yield to me!"

Maybe it was an illusion, but such words floated into his ear.

"Never!"

Ouyang Shuo's eyes were blood red and his face looked savage, "The dignity of a king won't be stepped on!"

After activating the golden primordial energy, the devil bloodline in his body was also activated. A black aura rose up from Ouyang Shuo's body to fight against the other aura.

The black bloodline and the golden primordial energy mixed together in his body, shining brightly.

This was the first time Ouyang Shuo had used these two totally different powers at the same time. This was also the first time they had fought together against a common enemy.

Black and gold, incredibly harmonious.

One could even say that these two were growing closer and closer, merging with one another.

If he could merge these two powers together, it would be an amazing fortuitous encounter. Helplessly, this process was unusually difficult; the two powers sometimes merged but sometimes split up.

If this went on, it would probably require more than a day.

The golden gold was obviously not going to give Ouyang Shuo that time. Seeing that it was unable to make him yield, the golden magnetic ohlite was a little 'furious.' Hence, it increased the pressure by three times.

The sky and the oceans were boundless with no end. The skies were filled with golden clouds, but the earth was dark and gloomy like it was made all out of steel and iron.

On this earth, there was only Ouyang Shuo alone.

The golden cloud layer continued to press down on him.

Ouyang Shuo planted his feet into the ground, his hands pushing against the heavens as he let out a furious holler.

The golden sky continued to press down, causing Ouyang Shuo's spine to curb under the pressure. The earth under his feet did not move, making him bear the pressure of the heavens alone.

Ouyang Shuo raised his head and looked around, but he only saw golden clouds around him. The short but thick and heavy cloud layer made it hard for one to breathe, making one feel despair; it was like there was no hopes of escaping.

Cough!

Instantly, Ouyang Shuo suffered internal injuries and coughed out a mouthful of blood; his face turned ashen white.

"Damn it!"

Ouyang Shuo wiped the blood off the side of his mouth; his facial expression looked extremely gloomy.

He totally did not expect such a change to occur when everything was right about to succeed. "Is Gaia unhappy that I completed it so easily, so it wanted to increase the test difficulty for me?"

Ouyang Shuo's brows were locked tight, making him yield in defeat was impossible. Even if he went all out and failed and had to accept the punishment for failure, he definitely would not allow himself to yield to a rock.

Similarly, as the queen, Kalia could bow to it as it was a symbol of the Atlantis people. However, to Ouyang Shuo, it was just a rock that provided energy.

"I have no choice; I only have one last shot!"

Ouyang Shuo calmed himself down and focused, sinking into his subconscious state, trying to connect with the fate dragon. The only thing that could help him go against this pressure was the mysterious fate dragon.

In the skies above the oceans, hiding in the clouds, was a half-red, half-purple dragon that stretched for 10 miles. It slowly opened its sleepy eyes, looking down at the depths of the ocean.

Aang! The roar of a dragon broke out.

Instantly, a strong dragon's might past through tens of thousands of miles and descended onto Ouyang Shuo. Under the dragon's might, the golden light around Ouyang Shuo exploded.

"Hu!" Ouyang Shuo let out a deep breath, sweat dropping like rain.

The golden light lost but tried to gather itself once more.

At this very moment, Kalia was woken up by the dragon's roar. When she regained her bearings, she saw the ashen, white-faced Ouyang Shuo, and she instantly understood the situation. Kalia was astonished, clapping her hands together and once again starting to communicate with the golden magnetic ohlite.

Who knows what she said, but the golden light covered Ouyang Shuo once more. Weirdly, Ouyang Shuo could not feel any suppression. Instead, the golden light slowly seeped into Ouyang Shuo's body.

All of a sudden, his internal injuries healed.

One could even say that his used up primordial energy was replenished.

When Ouyang Shuo saw this situation, he stopped using his Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique and the devil bloodline, waking up from his trancelike state. He looked at the floating golden ohlite with a complicated expression.

This time, he had gained a fortuitous encounter because of a calamity.

However, Ouyang Shuo would never want to face such a test a second time.After the short interruption, the changes continued.

The golden light passed through the dome and headed for the 'clouds'. Instantly, the entire survivor land was covered in a golden light. Under this cover, it seemed like a heavenly place.

At the same time, the magnetic ohlite on the neck of every Atlantis person emitted a glow. Some green, some blue, and even some purple, truly eye catching and colorful.

"A sign from the gods!"

Similar to Kalia, all the Atlantis people knelt on the ground, their faces filled with sincerity and joy. They could feel that the opportunity for them to rise once more had arrived.

The golden light did not stop and actually broke through the sky, passing the energy barrier of the survivor land and spreading out. In less than 10 minutes, the entire Atlantis ruins were covered in the golden light.

Under the nourishment of the golden light, the mysterious carvings on the buildings suddenly came 'alive', and the blue glow formed many mysterious patterns.

Instantly, the corals and seaweed on the structures turned to dust. Even dust, mud, and such things were all removed from the ruins and no longer existed.

The ruins of the city were suddenly renewed. The sea god temple in the middle of the city gave out an eye-catching blue light, dark blue with a lot of depth. Now, the sea god statue became lifelike.

Only the broken pillars and statues with missing arms and legs told the tragic tale of the city.

The Divine Martial Guards outside of the sea god temple were astonished when they saw this. Luckily, Kalia had told them that the golden light was not nefarious.

Deep under the ocean, the eye-catching golden light turned the deep blue ocean into a golden ocean.

Suddenly, rumbling noises broke out from the depths of the oceans like that of mountains shaking and the earth moving. The entire ruins shook, the shaking increasing in intensity.

All the golden light around the ruins suddenly charged toward the center of the city. It gathered together and burst forth, forming a massive golden ball that encapsulated the entire ruins.

At the same time, every Atlantis person, and even the Divine Martial Guards, were hidden in this golden bubble that protected them.

The tremors from deep down became more and more intense. The surrounding regions of the ruins started to crack and form terrifying trenches.

The trenches were becoming wider and deeper.

Cracks more than 10 meters in size formed, a shocking sight.

Honglong!

A titanic explosion sounded out from the depths of the ocean like the rumbling of thunder.

Kachi!

A weird noise like a twig being broken followed; this was the sound of the land region cracking.

With that, Atlantis finally separated itself from the ocean floor. 10 thousand years of change had made the ruins and the bottom of the ocean closely linked together, so these cracks instantly generated a massive tsunami.

If ships passed by, they would face a terrible fate.

The bigger the tsunami at the depths of the ocean, the wider the range of effect. For this tsunami, the entire Gibraltar Straits was affected. Within the ocean, be it the Spanish Squadron or the voyage squadron, they were like babies in front of the tsunami.

Honglong!

Another deafening sound.

Atlantis, which had sunk 10 thousand years ago, was finally going to appear in front of the world again.

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Chapter 659-Combat Puppet

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Under the cover of the golden light, the ruins slowly started to rise from the bottom of the ocean. The first to connect Atlantis to the bottom of the ocean was a thirty odd meter thick pillar; it seemed impossible.

The huge pillar was similarly covered in the golden glow; it utilized a mysterious strength to raise Atlantis City. If Ouyang Shuo saw this situation, he would have suspected that this pillar was the ocean calming god needle that Sun Wukong wielded in the legends.

When Atlantis completely appeared on the surface, it once again caused a titanic tsunami. The entire Mediterranean ocean region could feel the strength of the wave.

Huge waves crashed into the cities near the ocean. Many merchant ships and fishing boats, who were late to return, struggled under this tough weather.

The nearby Gibraltar ocean region suffered the most; each wave was higher than the last, the highest reaching several meters. Even with the buffs of both the Mazu Temple and the Silver Prayer House, the voyage squadron still had two Mengchong warships that toppled.

As for the cima boats, they were already stored within the turreted ships during the first wave of tsunami.

On Dragon Head, Zheng He looked out at the huge waves outside of the boat and laughed in amusement. He knew what the Lord went to do, so it seems the Lord had caused this.

Truly a case of team kill! Zheng He thought as he organized the rescue mission.

Even with the blessing of the Mazu Temple, the voyage squadron suffered, much less the Spanish Squadron. Based on incomplete intel, at least fifty Spanish Invincible Squadron warships capsized in the Atlantic.

Those smaller ships even directly snapped into two.

Atlantis used such a brutal and overbearing method to announce its return.The ruins covered in the golden light did not simply rise from the ocean floor. A mysterious power started to reassemble and fix it, forming a complete Atlantis-style island.

The new island still followed the orthodox three-layer concentric circle dragon. In the center was the Sea God Temple, which shone once more. It glistened with a blue light, the only building in the area.

The Sea God was a key element of Atlantis civilization, and his position was even higher than that of the imperial family. Even the Atlantis technology crystal like warships and flying devices were modeled after beasts of the ocean.

The inner circle island was the survivor land, the core circle of Atlantis civilization. The imperial palace, temples, technology centers, art centers, altars, and other core buildings were all built here.

Based on the rules, only those with blue and above magnetic ohlite stones could step into the inner circle. For others, the inner circle was a prohibited zone.

The Atlantis people that were able to survive till now were undoubtedly fortunate.

The middle circle was formed up from the city ruins on the deeper parts of the ocean. This was also the core area of Atlantis civilization. Flying devices and other technology factories, normal temples, houses, parks and such facilities were all built in the middle circle.

All the unique technology of Atlantis was basically designed in the middle circle. One could say that the middle circle was a super factory.

Although the ruins were broken and a total mess, their building materials were still precious. Each stone was carved by the Atlantis people with much effort, and it could be restored.

One could foresee that repairing the buildings in the middle circle would be a long-term mission for the Atlantis people.

However, 10 thousand years of loneliness had shrunk their population and talent pool. To fix and repair the middle circle alone would be an unusually long process.

On the other hand. this would be a great chance for the players.

Ouyang Shuo remembered that in the last life, Atlantis crazily gave out missions to attract players to help them fix the buildings.

A massive wave of players swarmed over. In less than half a year, the restoration was completed, a minor miracle.

The outer circle island was a brand-new ocean island, taking up the greatest surface area. This was also a gift from the golden magnetic ohlite that awaited the Atlantis people to explore.

10 thousand years ago, Atlantis was a mega empire. They had more than 10 of these concentric islands, even crossing 100 at their peak.

Today, they were only left with one, so even if they could rise up, their glory would never be the same. What had risen was just a piece of the past.

Twenty-four 100-meter-tall giants stood along the outer island. The giants stood straight with their arms opened, forming a circle and guarding Atlantis.

They were a unique item of Atlantis Civilization; they were termed as the magnetic ohlite machine puppet or the magic puppet for short. They could also be separated into combat puppets and construction puppets.

They had carved patterns on both their surface and on the inside; they had complete machine circuits that relied on magnetic ohlites to move.

The giants guarding outside the island were all combat puppets. They were the core force that defended Atlantis. Unless it was life or death situation, the Atlantis people would not mobilize them.

Every combat puppet had exceptional combat strength, with the power to split oceans. If one wanted to compare, the octopus boss that Ouyang Shuo fought was nothing compared to these behemoths.

Even if cannons struck them, the combat puppets would not budge.

Their only weakness was the level of energy expenditure. One blue magnetic ohlite could only sustain a combat puppet for an hour. After which, they would enter hibernation.

Only after the magnetic ohlite was recharged could the puppet fight once more.

As such, these puppets were a killing hand, similar to the modern day strategic nuclear device.

The combat puppets were strong, but the construction puppet was not simple either. Each one was four to five meters high, some even 10 meters high. Although they looked like a little brother before the combat puppet, they were still giants compared to the average construction worker.

When building walls, if 10 construction puppets worked together, they could easily accomplish the task. Stone pieces that were problematic for numerous workers were nothing to them, and they could carry it as if they were carrying toys.

Apart from repairing city walls, temples, memorials, and other big buildings, they could also carry and transport goods on the dock, carrying ores in the mines and carrying stone pieces at the quarry.

They could even bring their own drills and open up roads.

In Atlantis, the construction puppets were basically used in every construction area. At least half of the credit had to go to them in the construction of the buildings of Atlantis.

Most importantly, the construction puppets had a long lifespan.

One day of energy recharging could last it for three days.

Be it combat puppets or construction puppets, they were both extraordinary existences. Their puppet making technology was also one of their pinnacle technologies, far ahead of any technology tree in the game.In between the three circular islands were three rivers of different breadths. The river water was all freshwater, with many fish, which was the reason why Atlantis could survive in the Mediterranean.

In the rivers, numerous ships designed like ocean beasts traveled along. At first glance, they were sharks, whales, and other eye-catching creatures. They were known as mimicry ships; some were basic fishing and merchant ships, and some were warships. Amongst which, the warships relied on the magnetic ohlite.

One could say that Atlantis technology basically revolved around the magnetic ohlite and their carving technique; they were truly a unique civilization.

Even if other countries learned the relevant techniques, it was useless without the magnetic ohlite.

Between the circular islands, apart from water wards, there were great bridges that connected the islands. From east to west and north to south there were bridges, joining the three islands together, forming a cross shape.

At the ends of the bridges were the four ports of Atlantis. For the Atlantis civilization to form four elite ports in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea was insane luck.

Looking down from the sky, the entire Atlantis Island looked majestic, and their technological field was exceptional.

At this very moment, a regional notification sounded out to all the Mediterranean countries.

"Mediterranean Regional Notification: Congratulations China Region Lord Qiyue Wuyi for soloing the large-scale storyline quest, Lost City of Atlantis. Atlantis has reappeared in the Mediterranean region. Please note that relevant exploration quests and missions are not officially open to players yet."The moment the notification sounded, the Mediterranean region fell into silence.

At this moment, the titanic tsunami in the Mediterranean region finally received a logical explanation.

"Ha? Atlantis?"

To the Mediterranean countries, Atlantis was not an unfamiliar word. However, they had not expected for the civilization of legends to actually appear.

Their first reaction was, "Where is Atlantis?"

In the vast oceans, finding a single island was incredibly difficult. However, some smart players though back to the Gibraltar Port conflict that Ouyang Shuo had started, and they immediately turned their sights to the Gibraltar Straits.

All the squadrons in the Mediterranean were astonished, and they directly charged toward the Gibraltar Straits.

The most awkward group was the Spanish Squadron. They were still hot-blooded about the country war, and even spoke big words about wanting to teach Shanhai City a lesson. Now, such a matter suddenly popped out.

Thinking back to the numerous warships that capsized in the tsunami, none of them felt good.

What a jerk! Juan's thoughts basically represented what most of the Spanish players thought.

On the global forums, this matter totally exploded.

After all, the number of people who could set out to try and find Atlantis were in the minority, and those who could not could only go online and spread rumors.

All of a sudden, all kinds of rumors regarding Atlantis in real life were dragged out by players.

Those who understood the most were naturally the most impatient ones. Some even chose to rent boats and charge toward the Gibraltar Straits.

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Chapter 660-Aerial Scouting Squad

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On the forums, the Spanish people were rent completely mute.

Juan, who was greedy for fame and fortune, had become a total joke.

What a disappointment! the Spanish players all had this same thought.

Who knows how this random country war would end.

Atlantis Island, inner circle, imperial palace.

Ouyang Shuo had already left the cave and returned with Kalia to the surface of the palace.

As for the Divine Martial Guards, they were still at the middle circle island.

Shortly after the regional notification ended, a system notification sounded out by Ouyang Shuo's ear.

"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi for completing S-rank large-scale storyline quest, Lost City of Atlantis. Player rewarded 1 piece of top grade Atlantis technology, 1 purple crystal, 50 thousand merit points, and 150 thousand reputation points."

Merit points and reputation points were given directly, with these points, his two stats had reached the brink of upgrading.

Considering the merit points that he had obtained from fighting the Spanish Squadron, he now had 945,000 merit points, just 55,000 away from reaching the duke rank.

Even his reputation had reached 820 thousand, lacking only180 thousand from the highest level of Well Known in the World.

After the system notification ended, Kalia started to speak, "Qiyue Wuyi, you are the savior of the Atlantis people." As she spoke, she took off the purple crystal that hung around her neck and passed it to Ouyang Shuo, "This is for you."

"This..."

Ouyang Shuo was a little hesitant. Although the rewards stated that he would receive one purple crystal, he did not expect it to come directly from Kalia's neck

It was obvious that to Kalia or to the Atlantis Race, this purple crystal must have a deep meaning, and it was not something a normal purple crystal could compare to.

"Please accept this; it's our kind intentions." Kalia insisted.

Ouyang Shuo sighed in his heart, reaching out and accepting the crystal.

The freedom level of Earth Online was extremely high and even quest rewards could change. Based on the NPC interaction and progression, they would flexibly give out rewards.

Kalia's current actions were exactly that. She had good feelings toward Ouyang Shuo, so she gave her own purple crystal to him as the quest reward.

Although they had not met for long, Ouyang Shuo had left a deep impression on her.

To Ouyang Shuo, Kalia was mysterious. But to her, Ouyang Shuo was even more so. This fated person that suddenly appeared possessed a high status. Moreover, he was exceedingly calm and rich.

All of this was not much to Kalia as a queen. However, the infallible will he displayed under the pressure of the golden magnetic ohlite shocked her.

Kalia knew that Ouyang Shuo was the first person who had not knelt to the golden magnetic ohlite. Just this was enough for him to enter their history books.

His determined eyes and his resilient expression had totally touched her heart. As the 1st queen of Atlantis, what she worshipped and admired was such a spirit.

Kalia hoped that by obtaining his personal friendship, the two of them could have some other types of interactions.

Ouyang Shuo took over the purple crystal and looked at its stats.

Name: Magnetic Ohlite (Imperial Family Special)

Rank: Purple

Production Place: Atlantis Civilization

Basic Function: Energy Stone (provides energy for special items, can be recharged)

High Grade Function: Birth (purple magnetic ohlite can give birth to a blue magnetic ohlite every month, 2 green and 4 white) (Note: only purple and golden magnetic ohlite have this skill.)

High Grade Function: Aid in Cultivation (purple magnetic ohlite possesses a mysterious power that helps the wearer to focus, raising their cultivation speed and increasing the formation speed of primordial energy.)

Unique Function: Luck (Imperial family special purple magnetic ohlite, increases basic luck by 4. At the same time, it increases the chance of having fortuitous encounters.)

Evaluation: the golden magnetic ohlite arrived from the heavens, giving birth to the glorious Atlantis Civilization. If used logically, it has many functions, a rare treasure.

Just looking at the stats, Ouyang Shuo could not help but feel shocked.

The strength of the purple magnetic ohlite left him utterly dumbfounded. Without mentioning the basic function, it seemed unassuming, but it could power things like the puppets and the flying devices.

The high-grade function was overpowered.

"Don't tell me this is the legendary stone giving birth to stone?"

Calculating everything, in a year, a purple magnetic ohlite could give birth to 12 blue, 24 green and 48 white crystals.

Based on Kalia's introduction, although the white magnetic ohlite was not that useful, it was basically a single use item for cultivation, like the spirit stones in Chinese cultivation.

Of course, they were not as strong as spirit stones. A white magnetic ohlite would probably be equivalent to one hour of cultivation.

The green magnetic ohlite were the mainstream, and they were used on the high-end technology products. Apart from the combat puppet, the green magnetic ohlite could power everything else.

The blue crystals were rare items, and only the higher ups would own these. As for purple crystal, apart from the imperial family, only the elders had the qualifications.

The purple magnetic ohlite was born from the golden one and only one formed every 10 years.

"If that's the case, wouldn't you all have amassed countless magnetic ohlite in 10 thousand years?" Ouyang Shuo asked.

When she heard this question, she replied, "The survivor land didn't have light, so our purple magnetic ohlite couldn't be recharged. Even of the various levels of magnetic ohlite we had, more than 99% were destroyed due to long periods of lack of energy. The golden magnetic ohlite had to power the barrier and was unable to give birth to more purple ohlite."No wonder Kalia was so despondent. Without the players helping to complete the storyline quest, the base of the Atlantic Civilization would basically collapse.

"Fortunately, we managed to survive, right?" Kalia was rather optimistic, "So Wuyi, you are our great savior, no matter what we repay you with, it'll be not too much."

Ouyang Shuo felt a little ashamed.

Apart from the birth skill, the aid in cultivation skill was also amazing. It helped to raise the cultivation speed and raised the rate of forming primordial energy, a rare cultivation treasure.

It meant an increase in both quantity and quality. Ouyang Shuo had tried to search for this kind of treasure, but he had no luck finding one. Who knew he would find it as a skill of the purple magnetic ohlite?

The last unique function was a massive surprise. Ouyang Shuo felt that he was getting closer and closer to breaking away from his unlucky destiny.

Without saying anything more, Ouyang Shuo wore the magnetic ohlite around his neck.

When Kalia saw that, she broke out into a smile, "Come with me!"

"Where to?" Ouyang Shuo asked.

"To repay your saving grace, we have decided to pass to you one of our top-grade techniques. Apart from that, there are also some small gifts." Kalia explained.

When Ouyang Shuo heard these words, his heartbeat quickened. When he spent two million gold, wasn't it just for this?

The two walked and finally reached one of the buildings in the research center. The building had a list of the various technological advancements of the Atlantis people.

Apart from the puppets, warships, and flying devices, they had also designed the perfect lighting system, transportation system, and city system.

Everything had to do with the carvings and the magnetic ohlite.

Since there were limited stones, without the golden magnetic ohlite as the energy core, any lighting system was just a dream to Ouyang Shuo.

However, Ouyang Shuo could choose one out of the puppets, flying devices, and warships.

He excluded the mimicry warships first. In his eyes, apart from moving using energy, in terms of structure and design, they were not anything special.

To rule the oceans, the Shanhai City Navy had to rely on iron warships and stronger cannon systems, only then could they be invincible.

Such a small number of mimicry warships was useless.

Between the puppets and flying devices, Ouyang Shuo chose the flying devices in the end.

Naturally, he desired the combat puppets and construction puppets. However, he excluded them because they were not irreplaceable to Shanhai City.

Although they were strong, they could not beat thousands of soldiers and cannons. Although they would be extremely shocking if thrown into battle, they were not enough to change the direction of a war.

Their cumbersome bodies and weak cabins were easy targets for enemies.

Although the construction puppets were strong, manpower could be used to counter that. Shanhai City was huge, so a small number of them would not change much.

What was truly irreplaceable were the flying devices.

In ancient times, having an air force, even just for scouting, was a dream.

In his last life, some Lords tried to train large flying beasts to form scouting forces and succeeded.

However, such beasts were hard to find, and they were not in large quantities. Whether or not one would succeed was based on luck.

The mimicry flying devices of Atlantis were different. As long as one had magnetic ohlites, they could form a small scouting force without any technological barrier.

The purple magnetic ohlite could make all this possible.

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Chapter 661-Frogmen Squadron

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After he made his selection, Kalia passed Ouyang Shuo an incredibly thick book.

He accepted the book; it was the Atlantis Mimicry Flying Device Making Technical Manual. After use, one would automatically learn the related crafting technique.

The minimum requirement of magnetic ohlite was green, and one green crystal could sustain six hours of flight; one blue could last for 12 hours.

As a flying device, its speed could not be compared to modern day airplanes. Based on the introduction from the manual, its speed was 200 kilometers per hour at maximum.

One green magnetic ohlite could only sustain one flying device to go past one prefecture. If one needed to perform long distance scouting, they needed airports at each prefecture to allow for landing and re-supplying.

Apart from creating scouting squads, the presence of the technical manual could help to raise the industrial ability of Shanhai.

One must not look at these devices as simple flying devices that relied heavily on the magnetic ohlite and patterns. Its technical standards and exquisite parts were all worth the No.7 Research Institute looking into.

In modern day society, the crafting standards of airplanes represented the industrial level of a country. The design, the materials, and similar factors concerned nearly all departments and could cause a raise in skill level for a series of related industries.

This manual could definitely help Shanhai City break past the constraints of their technology tree. This manual was an all-round boost for their just developing industries.

When she saw that Ouyang Shuo had browsed through the book, Kalia passed another small book, "This is also for you."

Atlantis Seafaring Technical Manual: After use, automatically obtain the accumulated seafaring techniques gathered by the Atlantis people.

10 thousand years ago, before they sunk, Atlantis was an ocean superpower. Its seafaring techniques could be compared to 18th century Europe.

Hence, this manual was a massive boon for the seafaring industry of Shanhai City. In the future, when they competed with the westerners, they would not lose out in terms of techniques at the very least.

Another extra reward, it seems that Kalia was truly interested in Ouyang Shuo.After leaving the research center, it was time for Ouyang Shuo to leave Atlantis.

Under Kalia's accompaniment, Ouyang Shuo passed the bridge and met up with the Divine Martial Guards in the center circle. Looking at them from far, one could see the mountains of underwater breathing devices at their feet.

Apart from that, there were also a great assortment of random items. Needless to say, these were the items that they had gathered from the ruins.

There was such a saying, 'With such a master, there would be such a servant.' Although it was not truly apt to describe the Divine Martial Guards, in terms of scouring, they took the same approach as him.

If it was other times, Ouyang Shuo would have praised them. Now, however, he glanced at Kalia's face in embarrassment.

Atlantis rose up to the surface, so these items could not be considered ownerless objects. Strictly speaking, they were not picking items but were stealing.

After his men committed an act, how could Ouyang Shuo face the warm and passionate Kalia?

When Kalia saw his expression, she smiled in a manner that did not really look like a smile and said, "Brother Wuyi, I had wanted to give you some local specialties. Now, I don't need to search for them."

In a short time, the way that Kalia addressed Ouyang Shuo had changed several times.

The greed of Ouyang Shuo's men had given her a new understanding of him, making her excited. It was like this mysterious man was actually human.

Such an interesting find, how would she not be delighted?

He smiled; his skin was still as thick as ever, and he causally placed all those items into his storage bag.

Without mentioning the other items, just the underwater breathing devices were treasures.

He would not use them to search for treasures; such luck-based ventures were not his style. However, using these devices to form a frogmen unit was totally possible.

In reality, frogmen were in charge of scouting, infiltrating, and other special missions. Since their equipment included flippers that made them look like frogs, they were named as frogmen.

Their missions were top secret and extremely dangerous, often in enemy region.

Their equipment included masks, flippers, oxygen tanks, and rubber suits.

In comparison, this underwater breathing device was a bug level existence. No matter how advanced modern-day society was, they could not build such strong frogmen equipment.

With that, Shanhai City possessed one more trump card.Atlantis outer circle island, North Port.

It was finally time to say goodbye. To make it convenient for them to meet up with the voyage squadron, Kalia especially gifted him two shark mimicry warships. Apart from that, she also gave him a dolphin mimicry flying device.

As expected from the Queen of Atlantis, so generous.

Ouyang Shuo made the Divine Martial Guards board the warships while he drove the flying device. Under the instructions of Little Green, they rushed toward the voyage squadron's location.

It was time to deal with the Spanish.7th month, 27th day morning, Gibraltar Ocean region.

When Ouyang Shuo landed on Dragon Head with the mimicry flying device, it was obvious how much shock Zheng He and the other sailors felt.

Without Little Green leading the way, Zheng He would have probably ordered them to fire.

When Ouyang Shuo walked out of the cabin, the soldiers cheered passionately. If it was not for military discipline and laws, they would have probably rushed up to look at the flying device.

Even in their wildest dreams, the soldiers would not think that there would be something that could fly like a bird.

"Are we dreaming?" A blur looking soldier pinched his own thigh.

"Guys, is this iron thing from the heavens?"

"The Lord is really valiant; he has enough courage to ride a beast like this."

The appearance of the mimicry flying divine had sunk their knowledge of this world. Even Zheng He was in a state of shock and disbelief.

Ouyang Shuo smiled, not bothering the excited soldiers and directly calling Zheng He to the war room. The moment he sat down, he asked Zheng He for a report, "So what's the current situation?"

Zheng He did not dare be slow and described everything in detail.

"So, we lack the strength to face the Spanish squadron?" Ouyang Shuo frowned.

Zheng He felt ashamed, "I'm sorry; I haven't thought of a method to crush them."

Ouyang Shuo waved his hand. After all, he knew that the voyage squadron lacked manpower; he could not blame Zheng He. However, if he did not teach them a lesson, Ouyang Shuo could not accept it.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little depressed, Zheng He tried to avoid the topic; he cupped his fists and said, "The Lord's might has shocked everyone in the Mediterranean. I'm in awe."

Ouyang Shuo nodded, describing the whole Atlantis journey simply to him. Zheng He listened like he was in a trance; the mysterious Atlantic Civilization was even more amazing than he had imagined.

"I hope you don't mind me asking, but how many underwater breathing devices did the Lord o

Ouyang Shuo had not counted them, so he just looked into his storage bag and took a sweeping glance, "No less than 10 thousand." He paused for a while, "Why? Do you have a new plan?"

Zheng He was always a careful person. Without a certain amount of confidence, he would not have even asked.

"I was thinking about whether we could use it to send sailors to infiltrate their ships to sink them. At that time, won't they be at our mercy?" Zheng He spoke out his plan.

Ouyang Shuo's eyes lit up, "That's possible, but we need to plan the specifics. Such a sneak attack can only happen once. Once they are prepared for it, it will be difficult for it to succeed."

"Understood!"

The two of them spent more than two hours in the war room. During which, he also called one the navy strategist and other generals to discuss matters to ensure that there were no gaps in the plan.

That afternoon, the battle plan was put into play.

The voyage squadron sent out a large number of cima boats to scout and locate the specific position of the Spanish Squadron ships. At the key moment, Ouyang Shuo personally flew out on the mimicry flying device to scout.

Even Little Green was sent out by Ouyang Shuo.

When they were totally clear on the position of the Spanish Squadron, it was time for the 'frogmen' to display their worth. They sailed out on the cima boats, reaching the ocean regions near the Spanish Squadron and diving deep down before sneaking under the ships.

Only when night fell did they start to chisel the boats.

The frogmen force that Ouyang Shuo had planned appeared in the early stages of history. The current frogmen were just a bunch of sailors carrying simple tools; they were a far cry from what he had imagined.

The true frogmen army did not simply chisel boats. Instead, they could infiltrate the ships to kill the enemy leader. They could even enter the enemy port to sabotage it.

Such a frogmen force was enough to handle the current Spanish Squadron. After all, no one would expect that people could travel around underwater so easily at this a stage.

Such ghosts could definitely deal a fatal blow to the Spanish Squadron.

At sunset, the voyage squadron once again split into four and sailed toward the four biggest Spanish Squadrons, ready to reap the fruits of their labour and send the Spanish Squadron to hell.

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Chapter 662-Marquis of Santa Cruz

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Under the night sky, the Gibraltar Straits seemed unusually quiet.

Only the ripples on the ocean surface created some noise. The whales or the sharks that jumped out of the water occasionally spat out massive water flowers.

On the ocean surface, the Spanish Galleons floated up and down along with the waves, a majestic sight.

The Spanish Galleons were the most legendary galleons in history. As the symbol of Spanish ocean dominance from the 16th to the 17th century, people would often think of them as treasures, conquerors, and an invincible squadron.

The galleons were typical high skip boards, high tail, the front deck was slightly lower, the tail portion was flat, and the front of the ship had a sudden protrusion like a battering horn. In the protrusion was a cannon positioned.

The body of the ship was isosceles slope that continued until the tail.

The Spanish Galleon was beautiful, its trail truly exquisite. Its length and breadth were in the ratio 4:1, making it faster than the Carrack.

The galleon was around 300 tonnes; its weight gave the cannons a stable firing platform and provided the soldiers with a castle like cover, letting them gain advantages in close combat. Below the cannon deck was the storage room, and the soldiers and passengers lived in the boat houses.

At the current stage, only the large turreted ships built by Shanhai City could compare.

After the tsunami, they different parties that made up the Spanish Squadron had some disagreements about whether they needed to continue searching for the Shanhai City squadron. Some people felt that since Gibraltar Port was recovered, they should just stop. The most important thing was to find Atlantis first before the other countries.

Some felt that whether or not they could destroy the voyage squadron affected the face of the entire Spanish country. If they allowed the voyage squadron to go past Gibraltar Straits so easily, it would be a huge challenge to the rule of the Spanish Invincible Squadron in the Mediterranean Seas.

"The glory we lost can only be regained through fresh blood!" The ones who supported fighting voiced such thoughts.

"The ruling rights of the ocean must be something we defend with our lives; we can't back down!" they clamored.

One had to say that such clamoring gave a truly Spanish feel.

In the entirety Europe, there probably was not another race that loved liveliness, extravagance, and face more than the Spanish people. It was like their entire personality was made up of intense red and black.

One could say that a large half of the extravagant and overexaggerated items in European culture was because of the Spanish. This included the rapier, the hard collar, the short trousers, and laces.

All these items had something to do with the Spanish Matadors.

The greatest author in Spanish culture, Cervantes, once mocked this kind of matador in his novel Don Quixote through the titular main character.

This kind of spirit continued to the modern day. The famous Spanish bullfighting was the best display of this kind of spirit.

In Spain and even the entire western world, bullfighting matadors were seen as fearless men; they were respected and worshipped by the people and society.

The extravagant dresses, the adrenaline rush; they were basically the modern-day version of the middle century knights.

Hence, the Spanish who loved face could not accept players from the other countries humiliating Spain on the forums. Without much debate, the voices that supported fighting gained the upper hand.

The Spanish decided to go all in and crush the voyage squadron in one blow.

The Spanish Squadron that set out this time pretty much covered the main forces of all the Lords near the sea. Just the Spanish Galleons alone numbered more than 600.

Apart from that, there were many Carrack ships that acted as protector vessels. There were even adventure gamemode players sailing their random ships to join the alliance squadron.

The Spanish people had truly gone all out.

The alliance squadron was split into five main fighting groups: front, back, left, and right under the command of the main commander in the middle, slowly approaching the voyage squadron.

If Ouyang Shuo had not rushed back in time, the voyage squadron would have been in deep trouble.

All this changed during a seemingly peaceful night.

Using the night sky and the sound of the waves striking the warships, four thousand 'frogmen' wearing the underwater breathing devices split into four groups, going to the bottom of the various warships and starting to chisel.

Since they were afraid of alerting the people on the ship, they chiseled extremely slowly. They needed to accurately follow the beat and tempo of the waves to hammer down one after another.

The current Spanish warships made use of the advanced watertight bulkhead technology. Hence, the frogmen needed to at least chisel through two cabins to ensure that the warships would sink.

This factor greatly increased their workload.

Of course, Ouyang Shuo had thought about sending out 10 thousand of them, but such a matter was difficult. First, the transportation capacity of the Cima boats was limited. Moreover, if they all got close, it would be easy for the enemy to spot them.

Secondly, although more people would make the work faster, it would increase the chances of them making mistakes and exposing themselves. The moment the Spanish Squadron noticed their actions, the effectiveness would be reduced.

Hence, after discussing with Zheng He, Ouyang Shuo decided to send four thousand elite.

When the sun rose up from the horizon once again, the soul-stirring night had finally passed.

The four thousand frogmen had completed their mission and sneakily left through the bottom of the ocean. Twenty miles from the Spanish Squadron, the Shanhai City voyage squadron slowly approached like a messenger of death.

The rising sun looked especially red.

The devilish red made one's heart feel uneasy.

The first light of the sun dyed the entire ocean a blood red.

A night had passed, and a large volume of water had entered the bottom cabins of the Spanish Warships. The ships had started to slowly sink. When the sailors entered the cabin to perform checks, the large quantity of water left them with their mouths agape.

"Oh my god!" The sailors were at a loss .

At basically the same time, every squadron sounded the alarm.

On the first combat ship of the Spanish Alliance Squadron, on the middle Spanish Galleon, a bald, small-headed, white-bearded general walked out of a cabin.

He was dressed in clothing typical of the Spanish noble style; he wore a hard collar, a saber, and short trousers; none of these factors were lacking. Even the few remaining hair strands on his head or his thick beard, a lot of attention was paid to their grooming.

Obviously, this was a typical Spanish noble.

This old general was known as Alvaro De Bazan, the first Marquis of Santa Cruz. He was termed by the Spanish military as the father of soldiers, the strongest navy general in Spanish history.

When one mentioned the Marquis of Santa Cruz, one had to mention a glorious time in Spanish history and their strongest King, Phillip the Second.

Philip the Second was the fifth son of the Holy Roman Emperor Charlie. After Emperor Charlie left the throne, he took over the Holy Roman Empire. Apart from Austria and Germany, all other nearby countries fell under their rule.

Charlie the Fifth's Brother, Ferdinand the First, took over the title of emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and the highest position in Germany. As for the military might of the Holy Roman Empire and the economic sources of Spain and Holland, they belonged to Phillip the Second.

This also created a solid foundation for the rise of Phillip the Second. During his rule, the Spanish welcomed their most prosperous era.

During this era, they forcefully merged with the neighboring Portugal.

At this time, Spain's position as a naval superpower was set.

Under Phillip the Second's rule, the power of Spain reached its peak. Historians terms this period as the Holy Roman Empire, where the Spanish ruled over Europe.

Phillip the Second had many navy generals under him, including the Spanish military god, the one known as the Blood Slayer, Duke Fernando Alvarez, the Brother of Phillip's step mother, Don Juan, Marquis of Santa Cruz, and Alexander Farnese, the Duke of Parma.

The one that appeared on the deck was the old General Alvaro, the Marquis of Santa Cruz under Phillip the Second. In history, he had led his troops to occupy Portugal.

1583, during the St. Michael naval war, Alvaro led his troops to defeat the French Squadron, executing all prisoners.

After the war, Alvaro became the Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish Squadron.

1585, the Marquis of Santa Cruz suggested that they send an expedition squadron to invade England. Regretfully, when they were finally well prepared, the Marquis of Santa Cruz passed away on February the 9th, 1588.

His death became the turning point in the prosperity and success of the Spanish Invincible Squadron.The Marquis of Santa Cruz was the only historical general that appeared in the Spanish wilderness.

Either the other navy generals were not born yet, or they followed Phillip the Second to stay in Madrid.

Hence, without any questions, Alvaro was named as the Commander-in-Chief of the alliance squadron.

"What happened?" His eyes were sharp, emitting an aura even without him being angry.

"Our warship is leaking and is slowly sinking," the chief officer replied in a panic.

"Why? Can we block it up? How many warships are leaking? What's the situation with the other squadrons?"

Alvaro felt astonished, and he asked a series of question. Looking out at the red sun in the horizon, his eyes locked tight, as his heart grew more and more uneasy.

"After our investigations, the leak was because someone chiseled the bottom. Too much water has entered, and the hole is too big. Hence, it's difficult to block it up. We haven't received reports on the situation of the other squadrons." The chief officer's face was ashen white.

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Chapter 663-Fall of the Invincible Squadron

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Even the heart of the calm and collected Alvaro could not help but jump after he listened to this report. He could not imagine how the enemy managed to chisel all the warships in just one night without them noticing.

"There's no time to wait. Send down my orders, abandon the warships and board the small boats to leave." As expected from an old general, decisive and quick to make decisions.

"Yes!" The chief officer bowed and turned around.

Alvaro stood on the deck; he stood straight, and his tightened brows had not relaxed yet.

"Since the enemy designed such a scheme, they definitely have further plans." He ordered the troops to escape on the small boats solely because he was depending on luck.

Alvaro, who had fought wars for his whole life, knew that the battlefield was often as such; what you hoped would not happen would often happen. Considering the worst circumstances was a skill of great generals.

However, there was no second way out in this vast ocean. Alvaro could pretty much see the war scene of floating bodies and blood.

10 minutes later, thousands of small boats were lowered from the Galleons. The sailors busily transported some essentials onto the small boats.

The NPC army was restricted by military law and discipline, so they were able to maintain their calm. Under the orders of their officer, they lined up to orderly board the small ships.

The adventure gamemode players were far different. Since there were too many of them, it was unavoidable that some people would try to squeeze past others and cut the queue. Anyone with common sense would know that the emergency boats prepared could not fit them all.

Furthermore, the boats also needed to carry some resources.

Hence, even though they squeezed, some still would not make it in the end. Boarding the small ships meant a glimmer hope while not boarding meant certain death.

In the front of the threat of death, very few could maintain their calm. Compared to the NPC army, the adventure gamemode players cherished their own lives far more.

The longer this dragged on, the more chaotic the situation grew.

Seeing small boat after small boat being filled up, those on the decks could not maintain their calm any longer. They pushed, squeezed, scolded, and even fought.

Apart from adventure gamemode players, even the sailors on board panicked. They did not have the mind to work anymore and threw themselves into the fight.

It was total chaos.

"Scram you scum!"

Amidst it all, this shout was truly ear piercing.

On the left, on one of the Galleons, stood a cold looking teen with a saber in hand. He stabbed though the body of a middle-aged sailor, killing him on the spot.

Fresh blood dripped onto the deck, extremely glaring.

The teen pulled out his saber, casually cleaning it on the corpse of the sailor before sheathing it. When the nearby sailors saw this scene, fury filled their eyes, but their eyes also contained a hint of fear.

The crowd was in an uproar.

When he saw the other sailors looking over, the teen did not feel that he did anything wrong. He even scolded out, "What are you looking at? What rights do you scum have to be in front of us?"

One had to say, since the start of the game till now, there were still many players that did not treat NPCs as people. In their eyes, these NPCs were just a cluster of data. Even if they died, it was nothing major.

In front of the NPC sailors, many of the players naturally felt superior.

Hence, not only did the other players not intervene, some even followed him. Some pushed away the sailors in front of them while some even used weapons.

Even if some players did not agree with them, they would keep to themselves and not stand out to stop their actions.

How could these sailors be the opponents of the adventure gamemode players? Without mentioning them, even the combat strength of the NPC soldiers could not be compared to the players.

In just a short 10 minutes, 20 sailors collapsed into pools of blood. With numerous people injured, the squeezy place suddenly seemed roomier.

Their actions finally caused people to explode.

The sailors were humans too. At a moment of life or death, an unusual power broke out.

"Brothers let's go all out!" a male raised the polearm in his hand.

"Fight them! Since they don't want to let us live, we won't let them live either. At most, we die together!" They would die if they could not board the boats, so why should the sailors fear fighting the players?

The chaos on the deck increased just like that.

The players and sailors fought one another. Although the sailors suffered heavy causalities, it was unavoidable that some players were killed. These deaths in turn infuriated the players.

Earlier in the morning, the huge sense of failure made it hard for them to breathe. Now, even these scums dared to rebel, so how could the players not be angry?

Some players who were hesitating started to join in.

With that, both sides suffered heavy casualties. A small region of mess slowly spread into an all-out brawl. Even players and sailors who had boarded the ships started to fight one another.

Both groups started to split apart.

Even the NPC soldiers felt furious when they saw their brothers slain. If the officer did not suppress them, the mess would escalate even further.

When Alvaro heard the news, he was so enraged that his beard trembled. At this time, it was just unbelievable for the players to be so uncontrolled.

"Ask those scums to stop. If not, do not blame me." Alvaro's face sunk.

"Understood!"

The Commander-in-Chief had practically zero power over the adventure gamemode players as these players had volunteered to come out. The only thing that could control them were Lords and guild leaders.

The Lord players were similarly unhappy about the current chaos. After all, these sailors were their people and not some cabbages. How would they not feel unhappy when they saw the players harvest them like that?

At this very moment, a player with a huge beard stepped out and hollered, "Stop now, do not go too far!"

The loud voice spread across the entire ocean region.

Weirdly, after hearing that shout, a large portion of the players stopped and backed out from the battle. The sailors did not have the courage to continue, so they also backed down quietly to tend to their wounds.

This man was the guild leader of the Madrid Mercenary Guild, and the strongest player in Spain - Pepe.

Amongst the Spanish adventure gamemode players, he held an immensely high prestige. Most of the players gave Pepe face and stopped.

Because he stood out, the entire situation mostly settled just like that.

As time went on, the amount of water that entered the cabin increased, and the water flowed in faster and faster. Galleon after Galleon continued to sink down an increasing rate, forming whirlpools in the water.

"Quick, immediately retreat; let's not care about the resources!"

Alvaro jumped onto a small boat and ordered.

"Retreat, a whirlpool is about to form!"

"Quick, row quickly, quickly!"

Without needing Alvaro to remind them, the 1500 small boats of the 1st combat group had escaped in a panic. Even a normal sailor would know that the moment a whirlpool formed, it was a catastrophe for small boats.

On the vast ocean surface, such a magnificent scene occurred.

Galleon after Galleon were like giant beasts diving into the marsh as they quickly sank to the bottom. First was the body and then the deck; lastly, even the poles and sails disappeared.

Along with them was the glory and honor of the Spanish Invincible Squadron.

Whirlpools started to form on the ocean surface, combining together. Like how rainwater fell into a pool, a huge whirlpool soon formed. This unusually large whirlpool was extremely dangerous.

The little boats squeezed at the surroundings of the whirlpool, fearful and helpless. The players on the boats were filled with despair. Last night, they were still thinking about defeating the voyage squadron and winning glory for their country.

After waking up, they lost everything.

The massive difference resulted in a huge blow that made the Spanish numb. Even a famous general like Alvaro could not raise their morale.

Half an hour later, the news from the other battle groups were passed to the Commander-in-Chief.

The Spanish used white seagulls for ocean communications. Hence, even though such a change had occurred, communication could still occur without problem.

Just looking at the report, his heart sank.

It was not only them; the other three were also affected. Only the 5th battle group, the reserves, remained safe.

The 5th were only a reserve force, so they had less than 20 Spanish Galleons. As for their other ships, they only had Carracks and random sailing ships.

Before the battle, Alvaro did not even think about throwing in the 5th battle group. Now, however, they had become their only fighting chance.

The four battle groups on the 1500 small boats gathered toward the 5th battle group under Alvaro's command.

Such small boats, a slighty greater wave would capsize them.

Let's hope that we can send this group safely back, Alvaro hoped.

Although he knew that it was weird that the 5th battle group had escaped unscathed, he had no other route to choose.

It was like the enemy had laid a trap, you knew it was a trap, but you had no choice. After all, in this trap, there was a bait that gave one hope.

This was the brilliant strategy of the voyage squadron. According to the words of Zheng He, "The 5th battle group is bait. When they all gather together, we will sweep them all up."

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10 AM, the navy units in charge of monitoring the four battle groups each sent back the news that no small boats had broken away.

Most of the small boats followed the 'script' and gathered toward the 5th battle group.

When Zheng He received the news, he let out a long sigh of relief. Obviously, he could not hope that the enemy would 100% rush to gather with the 5th battle group. To prevent accidents, he arranged the navy unit to monitor the enemy.

If some smart soldiers tried to escape, the navy unit would stopped them. The entire plan was watertight.

"Send down my orders; prepare to reel in the net."

"Yes!"

In terms of ocean communication, the Feng Birds from the Military Intelligence Division were not safe. One storm would blow these little fellows away. Hence, the voyage squadron similarly used tamed seagulls.

After rturning from Atlantis, Ouyang Shuo also brought back a new mysterious communication tool; it was a communication conch. The Atlantis people carved mystical patterns on the inside of the conch, placing a green magnetic ohlite inside, and turning it into a short distance communication tool.

Within one thousand nautical miles, they could clearly send and receive information.

Regretfully, it could only be used at sea. If useable on land, it could reach a radius of 10 kilometers.

If not, in a wilderness where all communication channels were blocked, the communication conch would be a killer weapon.

Amongst the treasures that the Divine Martial Guards had gathered, there were hundreds of these. Ouyang Shuo kept two and was ready to give them to Bing'er. She would definitely like this item.

As for the remaining ones, Ouyang Shuo handed them all over to Zheng He.After the order was given, the four navy units swiftly pushed forward.

Meanwhile, the current Spanish Squadron was nervously sailing toward land under the protection of the 5th battle group. 20 odd Spanish galleons gathered six thousand boats around them.

Just at this moment, a roar sounded from above the squadron.

Looking up, they could only see a dolphin looking flying device.

"What's that, is that a dolphin or a plane?" The mouths of the players gaped open.

"Oh my god!"

"Is that the enemy's scouting drone?" someone asked uncertainly.

"Scouting drone? What a joke, with how backward they are?" Some people did not believe it, "The backward easterners are still using such cumbersome cannons, how could they build planes?"

Cough. Someone reminded them, "Do not forget, Qiyue Wuyi completed the Lost City of Atlantis Storyline Quest. Just because easterners cannot make it does not mean that the Atlantis people could not."The players instantly fell mute.

"Who cares? He definitely has nefarious intentions; shoot it down!" Pepe said.

"That's right blow his mother; let's see if he still dares to be so arrogant." someone agreed.

The Lord players at the side looked at these two players like they were looking at idiots.

"Why?" Pepe felt annoyed and rushed, "Quickly order them to fire!"

An older Lord simply could not watch on, face palming, "Brother, do you think this is real life? Which cannon has the ability to shoot a plane hundreds of meters up int the air?"

One must know that the modern-day world only developed the first anti-aircraft in the 20th century. Trying to use a 16th century cannon to attack something in the air? It would not even hit a balloon.

"How would we know if we do not try?" Pepe was a stubborn and inflexible person.

"Then I'll try and let you give up."

"Fire!"

As he ordered, the cannons fired in unison.

The results were obvious; it was useless. After all, the 16th century cannons used solid cannonballs. They flew out of the barrel, flying less than 200 meters, forming an arc, before starting to fall.

From its direction, it was about to fall onto the surrounding boats.

"Dodge!" someone exclaimed.

"*!" some people scolded out.

It was too late; the cannonball fell toward the boats at a shocking speed. Then, it blew open a gaping hole. Instantly, three boats were destroyed, and hundreds of people died.

The Spanish people wanted to cry but no tears would come out. Meanwhile, Pepe felt a little embarrassed.

"Whose mother ordered to fire? I'll kill you!" The players who survived scolded, their hearts had nearly jumped out from fear.

"Forget it!" The Spanish players gave up hope.Above the squadron, Ouyang Shuo was sitting within the cabin of the mimicry flying device. When he saw the enemy cannonballs fall into their own formation, he could not help but laugh.

"The Spanish truly are innovative!" As he spoke, he took out the communication conch and ordered, "Go to your respective stations. The target is in place."11 AM, under Ouyang Shuo's commands, the voyage squadron finally caught up and formed an airtight encirclement.

On the vast horizon appeared the golden dragon flag, eye-catching under the sun.

"It's the voyage squadron!" The Spanish players were in an uproar.

Everything was revealed, and the soldiers were filled with despair.

The sun hung high overhead, its rays shining down.

The hearts of the Spanish turned cold.

"The Invincible Squadron is finished!"

Alvaro closed his eyes, unable to watch the calamity that was going to strike them.

"What are you afraid of? We still have 20 galleons; we can fight." Pepe was a true warmonger; he did not know what fear was.

"How do we fight? Just one round of cannon fire can flip all the boats around us."

"But we cannot wait and do nothing! Killing one of them is killing one!"

"That's right. We are not cowards; we will fight to the end!" During this desperate time, the Spanish did not humiliate the glory of their ancestors, and they still had some spine.

Just as they decided to go all out, Ouyang Shuo's voice sounded out from above them.

"Players below listen up, you have all been surrounded. There's no need for useless struggles. Otherwise, do not blame me for killing all of you. We have no intentions of fighting with your country to the end. As for how this country war started, you all know. We had no intentions of starting a conflict, but we cannot allow others to step on our dignity. From this moment onward, as long as you all surrender, we will allow you to use gold to redeem your lives."

"This..."

The Spanish players all looked at one another.

Humans were just like that; if they had no way out, they would risk their lives and go all out. But if they heard that there was a chance available, this determination would immediately fade.

Even Pepe fell silent. He had a substitute doll on him. Naturally, he was not afraid of death. However, as a guild leader, he had to consider the lives of his men.

Pepe decided to try his luck and loudly spoke, "You are the Lianzhou Lord, right? How do we redeem ourselves?"

"Each player, regardless of level, identity, or status, 200 gold." Ouyang Shuo did not want to put in the effort to distinguish the normal players from Lords or guild leaders.

If this was before the achievement value exchange event, players would not be able to afford such a sum. However, now was different, they just needed to grit their teeth and pay the gold.

In comparison, 200 gold was far better than facing death and being forced to revive.

"What are your thoughts?" Pepe asked the other elders.

"I think it's okay. China has an olden phrase, 'If we leave the forest, we do not need to be afraid of lacking enough timber to burn.' Shanhai City burned us today, but one day, we will give them twice back."

"Well said!"

"What about the natives? Can we redeem them with money?" some of the Lords asked.

Pepe nodded, raising his head and asking, "How much gold for one native person?"

"In my eyes, you are all the same, 200 gold per person." Ouyang Shuo proclaimed slowly and confidently.

"You're pretty much ripping us off!"

Many of the Lords were unhappy. Players reviving had huge penalties, so 200 gold for one was still okay. But NPCs? Training one soldier would cost no more than 50 gold.

When Ouyang Shuo saw their reactions, he smiled. In truth, he did not plan on letting the Spanish NPCs go back intact. If he allowed that, they would be releasing the tiger back into the mountains.

He loved money, but he obviously knew what was more important.

Moreover, him letting the Spanish go was not purely because of greed for money. If Shanhai City wanted to open long-distance trade, they could not completely destroy this relationship.

If he truly killed this entire batch of players, both sides would end up in an irreparable state.

This was without mentioning whether Shanhai City could take down Spain or not. Even if they could, they could not take action. The moment they tried, not only the countries in the Mediterranean, even the entirety of Europe would act.

On this point, Europe was incredibly united; they would not allow outsiders to invade them.

Hence, in dealing with the Spanish problem, Ouyang Shuo needed to think carefully. Everything they did had to be logical so that the other countries could not find fault with them.

"Lianzhou Lord, there's no room for discussion?"

"No room." Ouyang Shuo's attitude remained resolute, "Those willing to pay, sail your small boats to the north to deal. If not, stay here. If you're willing to join Shanhai City, I'll welcome you!"Black lines appeared on the foreheads of the Spanish players. They had never seen such despicable people, poaching people in front of them. When the native soldiers and sailors heard these words, their eyes gleamed and their expressions turned weird.

Pepe laughed awkwardly, "Brothers, since the situation is like this, let's decide for ourselves!"

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