I Don't Agree to the Terms

"The power of the players is greater than I had imagined."

Gu Shanhai arrived at an island ruled by a player power, which had been turned into a commercial center with many players coming and going.

He didn't have to worry about being recognized; it had been a hundred years since the adventure in the Azure Sea World, and his fame had long since faded so no one could recognize him now.

He strolled around, buying many things, all through bartering.

Moreover, there were many natives who became subordinates to the players; from them, Gu Shanhai learned a lot of information.

For example, players appeared in the Azure Sea World eighty years ago, initially causing a lot of turmoil for many local powers. Later, the immortal and invincible players proved too tough a nut to crack—this wasn't just any tough nut; this nut could bite back.

Compared to other islands, natives living on Player Island had the best lives. The royalties on other islands were harsh, squeezing the locals hard and occasionally suffering from attacks by sea people or other powers.

There had been some powers that tried to establish a foothold on Player Island, thinking to occasionally swoop in or deliberately irritate the players, which initially had some effect.

As expected, all were eventually wiped out by the players. When players took over this world to create a commercial zone, it involved large player powers cooperating to divide the spoils; how dare you engage in such tricks.

If it were local powers, they might need to consider evidence and human relations; but for players, it was different—a list was made, and they killed, one by one, dealing with everyone.

Especially during that period, players had just harvested a huge amount of resources from the adventure world to strengthen themselves; daring to provoke them was simply a death wish.

After killing that batch, other powers strictly condemned them, and then there was no follow-up—because these condemning powers were busy taking over the inheritance left by those who had been wiped out.

Later, many local powers envied the income of Player Island. After all, the daily throughput of such a commercial center was astronomical. Moreover, this commercial center was not just built in one world but was interconnected across multiple worlds. Even Gu Shanhai was envious when he saw it.

But Gu Shanhai was sensible; he knew envy was pointless. Such a huge commercial platform was not something he could swallow. Not only could he not swallow it, it would also bring a whole lot of trouble, because these large commercial platforms had the backing of "The First Epoch" to some extent.

It was simple; it strengthened players without them having to worry about it; how perfect.

As for limiting players, that was impossible. Players were the means for "The First Epoch" to invade the world, not gu raised for exploitation. The stronger the players, the stronger "The First Epoch" became. Why limit your own tactics?

And the worlds afflicted by this curse were only there to be exploited to the bone.

Thus, the native powers that thought of meddling with the commercial center generally didn't end well.

Therefore, while Player Island might not be the most powerful force in the Azure Sea World, it was undoubtedly the most detached.

Powers generally didn't dare to offend players because players couldn't die. Perhaps fighting one could bring a whole group back for revenge. Even if they didn't bring reinforcements, being targeted by an immortal player who could constantly become stronger in special ways was definitely not a good thing.

On Player Island, the hottest and best-selling business was shipbuilding. Many major powers had their ships built here, and most of the vocational players stationed here were involved in ship-related jobs.

They used materials from various worlds to build ships with different properties and effects, which they then sold to the natives or local powers of the Azure Sea World, further using these transactions to acquire various equipment and items.

Robbery indeed had no costs, but it made for a one-off deal which was not a sustainable solution; after all, robbing a bank was less profitable than being a capitalist.

The attitude of the native powers was indifferent as long as normal commercial transactions were involved, and the players didn't care too much about it.

After shopping around, Gu Shanhai also bought many shipbuilding-related skills and occupations. Most players who came here either came to buy items or to build ships, so these skills and occupations were naturally quite common.

Monopolizing was unrealistic because, as a large commercial area, there would definitely be shops from big forces as well as medium and small-sized companies, businesses, and even individual vendors. Otherwise, if the monopolistic practices looked this ugly, they would face sanctions.

"The First Epoch" wanted to elevate the overall level, not just the peak of the pyramid.

Gu Shanhai didn't necessarily want to actually build a ship, but since he happened to come across the relevant knowledge, he bought a copy to learn, considering it as filling up his knowledge store.

In addition, he bought quite a bit of knowledge and information related to the Divine, which on other islands was monopolized by the Royal Family. The locals and sea people had no systematic knowledge, only some orally passed down information, primarily because they feared correctly Tribute the Divine and gaining power to overthrow the Royal Family.

But here among the players, it became a guide, available for posting on forums or selling offline, and if you only wanted to buy the corresponding Tribute items, these players would even throw in a complete set of Divine knowledge for free, because it really was worthless.