MMORPG: Martial Gamer

Chapter 1626 1626: The Rise and Fall

In just a few hours, players from the Dark Alliance had successfully negotiated the acquisition of most mining areas and began recruiting miners.

Mining has always been a lucrative skill since the advent of online games. Any player who has played games knows the saying "to get rich, first mine", and even novices like Wang Yu understand the importance of ore to players.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible for Evil Rampage to develop his guild into a massive entity with a million players in less than a year, despite the rampant chaos.

However, in the game <<Rebirth>>, all mining areas have been firmly occupied by the guild Peerless Heaven since the game launched. For anyone who is not a member of this guild, mining opportunities are scarce.

Because of this, most players have a strong desire to mine.

The difference in the Chinese servers is mostly in the number of players. With over a hundred million players, finding a three-legged frog is hard, but two-legged miners are plentiful.

Just as the internal strife within Peerless Heaven was heating up, suddenly, the Dark Alliance emerged to recruit miners, and any player with a bit of awareness knew what was happening.

Clearly, Peerless Heaven was about to become a thing of the past, and the major factions in the game would be reshuffled, with the strongest being the Dark Alliance, which holds the mining rights.

Thus, not only players eager to mine for profit, but even some big guild players, began to entertain speculative thoughts.

After all, the moral constraints of the real world have little effect in the gaming world. It's common to follow the bigger guilds for one's own benefit; there's nothing strange about that.

What's odd is that the most proactive players are actually those from Peerless Heaven...

These guys are quite cunning. When Heaven Dominion betrayed, this group stood by and watched. Now that they hear the mining areas under Evil Rampage have all been acquired by the Dark Alliance, they naturally understand what to do next.

It's actually quite logical.

Evil Rampage has stated that his brothers work to support their families; their purpose in playing the game is to make money. Their loyalty to the guild pales in comparison to actual benefits. What does sentiment matter if it doesn't help provide for one's family? A job is the real deal; if they focused on feelings, their families would starve. There's no need to morally bind others to absolute loyalty.

Since they can't make money with Evil Rampage anymore, of course, everyone will shift their focus to continue earning.

You should know that players vying to join the Dark Alliance are everywhere; if you hesitate, your job may be gone.

As the Dark Alliance announced its recruitment for miners, the system notifications around Evil Rampage didn't stop.

<Player XXX has left Peerless Heaven…>

<XXX City's guild number XX has severed ties with the Peerless Heaven alliance…>

Evil Rampage is generally an optimistic person with decent emotional resilience, but seeing this series of messages, he looked ashen, his eyes dull like stagnant water...

It's not hard to see how much of a blow this was to Evil Rampage.

No one from the Quan Zhen Sect mocked Evil Rampage for his pitiful state; instead, they expressed extreme sympathy for him.

Waking up in the morning as the leader of over a million players, and within a day losing everything to become a lone commander, experiencing such a drastic fall in a single day would have driven someone with a weaker emotional capacity to despair.

Most of the players from Peerless Heaven left without saying a word, though some more considerate ones might have informed Evil Rampage before leaving.

Evil Rampage is a person who values face; no matter how devastated he felt inside, he had to pretend everything was fine and say goodbye to those brothers who greeted him.

"Brothers, safe travels. There will always be a place for you in Peerless Heaven..."

Despite saying this, who would actually cherish that spot?

Due to contract violations, each departing player would provide Evil Rampage with a breach of contract payment, but looking at the fluctuating gold coins in his wallet, he couldn't feel happy at all.

This was probably the hardest money Evil Rampage had ever received.

Black Dragon King was also quite clever, fully aware of the principle of ebb and flow. Furthermore, since the players from Peerless Heaven were all seasoned miners familiar with the mining areas, the Dark Alliance made exceptions for these veterans, even waiving the membership fee.

In a sense, Peerless Heaven could be said to have been outright swallowed by the Dark Alliance, and it happened without any effort at all.

Black Dragon King, this old fox, was truly formidable; it's no wonder Evil Rampage fell to him. Given how young Evil Rampage is, it was surprising he wasn't eliminated in the first round.

...

City of Dark Moon.

In the office of the Dark Alliance headquarters, Black Dragon King sat back in his chair, lazily listening to his subordinate's report, his expression completely indifferent, showing no signs of joy or anger.

"Have all the miners from Peerless Heaven been arranged?" After listening to his subordinate's report, Black Dragon King nodded and asked lightly.

"Arranged!" the subordinate replied respectfully.

"Good!" Black Dragon King nodded in approval and then asked, "What about the mining areas?"

The subordinate responded, "There are still a few that seem to be holding out for a price increase; we haven't reached an agreement."

"Oh? A price increase? They're overestimating themselves!"

Black Dragon King replied calmly, "Tell everyone to continue negotiations. If they really can't come to an agreement, then don't bother. We have plenty of manpower; we can just take it by force since they acquired those mining areas by seizing them."

"Understood!" The subordinate bowed deeply and said, "I will convey this immediately."

...

"Are you there?"

In Twilight City, Sanguine Warflag received a message from Gloomy Abyss once again.

Before Sanguine Warflag could respond, Gloomy Abyss went straight to the point and said, "President Sanguine, have you considered the mining area situation?"

"Hmph! Seeking death and rushing in."

Sanguine Warflag coldly huffed after seeing the message and replied, "Are you in such a hurry? I haven't made up my mind yet..."

"Hehe!"

Gloomy Abyss said, "Haven't made up your mind? President Sanguine is waiting for a price increase, isn't he?"

"Haha!" Sanguine Warflag pretended to be awkward and laughed, "You noticed that, huh?"

"Hmph!" Gloomy Abyss snorted coldly, "Aren't all you Brave Continent people like this? A fixed price of 500,000, will you sell or not?"

"No negotiation on the price?" Sanguine Warflag asked again.

"Negotiate? You're overthinking it!"

Gloomy Abyss replied, "Please mind your wording; this time it's a warning, not negotiating with you."