Monsters Are Coming-Chapter 1169 - 312: The Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce’s Terms

Bright Star Sea Area.

The resurgent Mingwu Clan was like a fierce beast awakening from hibernation, ravenously eager to devour everything to replenish its own nutrients.

At this moment, thick, ink-like mist erupted from the center of Mist Conceal Island, like thousands of giant pythons spiraling upwards to the heavens.

Where it passed, clouds dissolved into gray-white wisps, falling lightly down.

After days of silence, the Mingwu Clan officially launched a probing war of plunder against the entire Bright Star Sea Area, wanting to detail the current power structure of the region.

For the inhabitants of the Bright Star Sea Area, this was undoubtedly a sudden catastrophe.

A sinister wind howled between the islands, sounding as if a thousand vengeful souls were wailing simultaneously. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Along the coasts of many islands, the Mingwu Clan's vanguard was landing, wielding their slaughter blades against everything in sight.

A small coral reef near Mist Conceal Island rapidly collapsed under the shroud of mist.

The green plants covering the coral reef withered and shrank at a visible pace, the peeling bark revealing gray-white bone-like textures.

Under the sea, slaughter was also underway.

Schools of fish, upon contacting the mist, were devoured by the emerging slaughter army within it.

Thirty nautical miles away, the Sea Anemone Islands bore the brunt, becoming the first island to be consumed.

The mist had yet to arrive, but the ocean currents around the archipelago were already chaotic.

The once clear blue waters turned murky, and massive shadows could be vaguely seen swimming below.

When the Mingwu mist touched the outermost reefs, countless figures wielding sharp blades emerged from the mist.

They donned semi-transparent scale armor, with hollow eye sockets flickering with ghostly blue flames.

Though they had lost their former bodies, after long years of silence, these Mingwu Clan warriors possessed even stronger corpses of the dead.

The flocks of seabirds on the island emitted piercing cries, frantically flapping their wings in an attempt to escape, but their feathers quickly became covered in gray-white frost.

Seen from above, the entire island, from the Mingwu Clan's landing point, was rapidly losing color.

Green plants, monsters, and beasts... wherever gray passed, everything withered.

And at the sea and sky's meeting point, the mist had already formed a giant wall a thousand meters high.

The sea water in its path became deathly silent, even the waves' undulations grew sluggish.

The Mingwu Clan's expansion advanced from three directions: sea, land, and air.

At this moment, on Dream Island near the Colorful Mist Coast.

Ah Lan stood on the watchtower, gazing at Dock Number 2 in the distance.

The normally bustling dock seemed as if its soul had been extracted.

Seventy-two hours ago, the berths were packed with merchant ships; now, only a few ships that hadn't had time to evacuate floated forlornly.

The most conspicuous was the Spirit Shield Clan's merchant ship draped in colorful flags, with gangways left uncollected, busying themselves with loading stored goods for an urgent departure.

The Mingwu Clan's emergence had been so alarming that the news had already reached Dream Island.

Merchants of various races decided to flee one after another.

Some entrusted their brought goods temporarily to the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce, gambling on the Chamber's integrity to reclaim the resources in the future.

In Ah Lan's view, this was a crisis, yet an opportunity for the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce.

Handled well, the Chamber's reputation could soar among all races, offering more room for future cooperation.

But the current issue was figuring out how to ensure the Chamber's survival.

It wouldn't be long before the Mingwu Clan's army approached, potentially destroying all facilities on Dream Island.

Players could resurrect, but rebuilding facilities took time, as did regrouping the Alien Merchant convoys.

The most dangerous situation wasn't Dream Island itself now, but that the Chamber's trade clients were continuously being slaughtered by the Mingwu Clan.

Feeding off the Alien inheritances was satisfying, but in the long run, it was like fishing with dynamite, risking future sustainability.

Once the Mingwu Clan completely controlled the Bright Star Sea Area, the number of remaining clients was unknown, with many possibly fleeing to safer seas to survive.

The Chamber's first crisis was more severe than anticipated.

His imagined initial crisis was from other seas or airborne plundering forces.

Failing to loot resources from Dream Island, they would depart.

Currently, the situation was that the Mingwu Clan had entrenched in the Bright Star Sea Area, and any future trade had to contend with this formidable clan.

Defeating the Mingwu Clan with the current strength of the Player Clan was utterly impossible.

He inquired of Guidance, finding that the Mingwu Clan now had nine Demigod Realm powerhouses.

One of them even existed in the Half-step Divine Realm.

The Gold Coin Chamber already had influence on the forum, but any powerhouse from the Mingwu Clan could easily crush the forces gathered by the Player Faction.

As players, issues resolvable with violence weren't issues at all.

However, the current crisis clearly couldn't be settled by brute force, at least not now.

For the Chamber's continued development, he decided to try finding the Mingwu Clan's weaknesses.

Upon forming the idea, Ah Lan chose to dissolve on the spot.

Returning to the little black room by the fastest method.

One hour later.

Ah Lan appeared in the library.

Utilizing the search function, he located relevant historical materials on the Bright Star Sea Area and began to peruse.

The library's greatest advantages were its vast repository of information and real-time updates of historical data.

Soon, Ah Lan found historical data related to the Mingwu Clan.

This information was archived in the "Bright Sea Fog Sea Star Record".

Among the tribes players encountered, the Mingwu Clan stood as one of the older races in the Monster World.

This race rose approximately after the Reverse Tide Army epoch, beyond the eras of the Four Gods' civil war, the Catastrophe Battle, and the Old Gods' rise.