Published: February 8, 2025
The heavenly phenomenon war department was the first to leave. Although they didn't manage to deceive Ye Zhongming or seize the Sea King Crown, they still maintained a courteous demeanor for a good parting. As for what would happen in the future, whether to fight or negotiate, that was another matter.
Guangyao quickly adjusted his mindset. Before leaving, he engaged in a friendly exchange with Ye Zhongming.
As for the other survivors, their strength was simply not comparable to that of the heavenly phenomenon war department or Cloud Summit Villa. If they didn't leave now, were they just waiting to be robbed?
Inner City was now full of money. Those survivors who hadn't entered the roulette space through the golden bridge weren't faring any better, as there were more sea beasts outside the roulette space, most of which had already perished here.
The remaining sea beasts gradually retreated after rampaging for a few days, and those still lurking nearby posed no threat to the survivors.
However, there were still some who chose to stay. They expressed to Cloud Summit that they didn't want the spoils scattered all around but that this was their home. Leaving without knowing where to go made them consider joining Cloud Summit. At the very least, they could return to Ying City and develop from there.
Ye Zhongming didn’t drive these people away; he just marked out a small area for them to rest, and the spoils there belonged to them.
Before returning, he had completed a transaction with the eighth-level upper dragon. The rewards from the grade 6 roulette were decent, but there was basically nothing from the grade 7 roulette, so he didn't acquire as many treasures as he had hoped.
However, relatively speaking, no matter how clever the upper dragon was, it didn’t really understand the concept of wealth among humans. To it, some items were just 'trash' found everywhere in the sea. It was very happy to trade this trash for things it needed, and the quantity of this trash didn't matter much to it.
This naturally benefited Ye Zhongming. Without even mentioning the magic crystals and rare marine specialties, just the materials from marine creatures above level four shocked the people of Cloud Summit Villa, who were used to good things.
And these were merely the results of the upper dragon's subordinates scavenging the nearby sea area for two hours since the space opened.
Since sea beasts were mutated lifeforms, the activity range for two hours couldn't be measured by the standards of marine life during peacetime, but it was still quite alarming.
However, Ye Zhongming was very curious to know from which sea area the upper dragon and that powerful mental sea beast originated, but he received no answers.
After sending a group of people to guard against the sea beasts still lingering nearby, Cloud Summit Villa and others from Ying City began to clean up the battlefield.
With the various forces from Ying City always following him, Ye Zhongming didn’t keep everything for himself. On the contrary, he allocated three-fifths of the battlefield's area to them, using both kindness and authority to let them taste the benefits of following him, ensuring a long-term coexistence.
Moreover, during the roulette challenge, these people indeed stood firmly by Cloud Summit's side, and many of them died for it. This time, Ye Zhongming made corresponding considerations based on the number of people lost.
When the Ying City Alliance members spread out, laughter filled the old grounds of Inner City. There was simply no stopping it; it was almost like picking up money!
After the sea beasts rampaged and left, what remained here? The ground was strewn with sea beast corpses and corpses with magic crystals! The flesh was excellent food, and the body parts were superb materials! Furthermore, the humans left behind weapons and equipment even after death! If you were lucky enough to open up some sea beasts' stomachs, you might even find the savings of some humans that were consumed inside.