Chapter 1915: Chapter 1908: Do You Want Cooperation or Annexation?
"How can such a thing be possible?" After listening to his confidant’s description, Vic’s heart was filled with immense doubt. His first reaction was that this was absolutely impossible.
The Endless Land is home to numerous Array Masters, some of whom are even famous in the original world. One Array Master has even been known to be able to slay level-nine Phantom Profound Beasts instantly using formations!
But even such an Array Master couldn’t accomplish the kind of formations described in Illusion City.
Being able to kill Phantom Profound Beasts without harming Humans, how could that be possible? In most people’s minds, a formation is an indiscriminate super weapon of mass destruction!
But now, with his confidant telling him this directly, he couldn’t help but believe it.
If there really was such a city, let alone those survival teams outside, even the people in his Fortress City of Luosai might want to migrate.
He asked himself, if he were an ordinary Martial Artist, upon hearing of such a place, what would he choose? He wouldn’t even need to think about it; he would desperately want to join this Illusion City.
At this moment, he suddenly felt a bit anxious.
Currently, Luosai Fortress City is in a state of disrepair, and many people have lost their fighting spirit, while Illusion City is thriving. Instead of building a new city that risks being attacked by Phantom Profound Beasts again, why not join a city with extremely high safety, complete facilities, and where you even have the money to eat meat?
He could already foresee what was going to happen next!
"Hurry and investigate this Illusion City, I want the fullest and most accurate information!"
Not only Vic, but anyone who heard of the fortress city of Illusion City at this moment became tense. This Illusion City had already seriously affected the significance of the existence of their fortress cities! At this rate, a new fortress-level city will soon emerge in the Endless Land, and it might even become the most well-developed one.
In an instant, the entire Endless Land was focusing on this fortress city.
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Three days later, Vic had almost gathered all the available information about Illusion City up to this point.
As previously known, the area of Illusion City is nearly three times that of Luosai Fortress City. The entire city is surrounded by a sophisticated formation, preventing Phantom Profound Beasts from approaching. Should a spatial displacement occur inside, the beasts wouldn’t even get out of the displaced area before being eliminated by formations. The safety index of the entire city is almost one hundred percent!
Even if the city got damaged, the affected areas seem to regenerate as if they are alive, and the speed is incredibly fast, surpassing artificial reconstruction by thousands of times!
In this city, the most popular place is a food street full of countless gourmet shops where you can eat things that even in other fortress cities people wouldn’t dare to imagine—meat, vegetables, milk tea—even many who have experienced the outside world are amazed by the food here.
It’s said that this food street alone has a daily income of over a hundred billion level-nine Crystal Cores!
Even the core revenue of Luosai Fortress City from selling Soul Shard Suppressors couldn’t easily exceed a daily hundred billion level of level-nine Crystal Cores.
As for the entrance fee to Illusion City, it is even higher than that of Luosai Fortress City, but this price doesn’t dampen their enthusiasm. In recent days, the number of outsiders entering is at a billion level each day, and this is only because the city has just recently opened and is not yet widely known.
It wouldn’t take too long for its prosperity to rival that of the fortress cities, perhaps within two months!
"This Illusion City is too terrifying," Vic already felt a strong sense of crisis. "Go to Illusion City; I want to meet Gu Xiao!"
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"Oh? The City Lord of Luosai Fortress City wants to see me?" Zhang Menglong, upon hearing the news, a fleeting image of the towering figure flashed across his mind.
This Vic City Lord is a Martial Artist at the Peak of Dao Realm. It’s said his Gift is incredibly strong, enough to rank as at least the second-in-command in those supersects, and the Martial Arts Techniques he mastered come from those long-gone superpowers.
The only difference from those Hall Masters and Valley Masters is that his Soul Invasion is already severe, preventing his Mindset from reaching their level, but with the city’s resources, his foundations are much deeper than other Divine Cultivators at the peak.
When a Martial Artist at the Peak of Dao Realm finds no higher path to pursue, they begin refining their Energy, an almost infinitely accumulating process. With the Energy from Phantom Profound Beasts, the amount Vic accumulated is even more abundant than figures like the Hall Master of Divine Profound Hall.
Zhang Menglong knew that someone like this coming to see him personally couldn’t simply be for tourism and a hello. If there wasn’t some motive, even a three-year-old wouldn’t believe it.
"Brother Gu Xiao, it seems our Illusion City’s booming status has already drawn the attention of those fortress cities."
"It’s more than just attention," Zhang Menglong smiled at Banak, "I imagine we’ve already become a thorn in the eyes of some. To those fortress cities, the existence of our Illusion City is far from a pleasant thing."
"Should we meet?"
"Do I have a choice?" Zhang Menglong retorted, "I know they definitely aren’t bringing good news, but I want to see what they have to say, whether it’s threats or enticement."
Even though he fully understood that the opponent was likely here to stir trouble, as the City Lord of Illusion City, Zhang Menglong needed to display some stature. He arranged to meet Vic at a hot pot restaurant, opening a private room, which was the highest courtesy Zhang Menglong could offer as the City Lord.
Regardless of whether the venue was solemn enough, eating a satisfying meal in the Endless Land was something that many envied.
"Come, City Lord Vic, let’s grill meat and chat," Zhang Menglong proactively placed a chunk of dragon brain in the spicy pot.
"Brother Gu Xiao, this Illusion City of yours truly opened my eyes. My Luosai Fortress City compared to this place is now just a ruin."
"That’s not true," Zhang Menglong ignored his flattery, "Luosai Fortress City has a long history, and the heritage within is something my Illusion City can’t compare to."
"Brother Gu Xiao, as you mentioned, your Illusion City is safe and resource-rich, while my Luosai’s heritage is deep, and we have the Soul Shard Suppressors. If we could develop together, wouldn’t it be a win-win?"
"Oh? I’m all ears," Zhang Menglong knew Vic was about to make his move.
"I could bring my entire team from Luosai Fortress City to settle in Illusion City. I could handle management while you take care of business, and we split all the profits equally. How about that?"
Zhang Menglong hadn’t expected Vic’s appetite to be so large. He even wanted to bring his people directly to settle in Illusion City, which was an operation eerily similar to the tactics of colonizers in history.
They would claim to be there to help you, but once they stabilize, they would start to take over, catching anyone off guard.
"City Lord Vic is a shrewd one," Zhang Menglong laughed. "Are you proposing a partnership, or are you trying to annex my Illusion City?"
