Monsters Are Coming

Ah Lan showed no concern for Ye Ming's furious departure.

If you choose to retreat on a matter of principle, the Mingwu Clan will surely take advantage.

In this world, there are no moral constraints, and it's always fists that do the talking.

In the eyes of outsiders, your retreat essentially means that after weighing the pros and cons, you consider yourself the weaker side, thus choosing to step back and compromise.

This behavior will not only fail to make the outsiders restrain themselves, but it will make them feel they have the upper hand.

Under the law of the jungle where the weak are prey to the strong, compromise is like the scent of blood from a wound, attracting more greedy bites.

Only by facing forward with indomitability can more space for cooperation be gained.

A fearless performance is far more substantial than previous verbal alliances.

As for Ye Ming's anger, Ah Lan did not think he was truly enraged.

From the two encounters before, he felt that Ye Ming was an excellent leader, and all his seemingly angry behavior was ultimately for gaining benefits.

Including his earlier extreme pressure tactics—anger itself was a bargaining chip in his calculations.

Even his angry rise just now and sweeping gaze over the crowd was merely a performance to gain benefits.

This battle-hardened veteran, who single-handedly turned the tide for the Mingwu Clan that should have exited the historical stage, could not possibly be a reckless man swayed easily by emotions.

As for inviting the General to the auction without prior notice of Rule Fragments,

it was also a setup to glean more benefits from the Mingwu Clan.

Informing them in advance would certainly allow the General to prepare resources early, and the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce could make more profit from this auction.

But what he wanted was for the Mingwu Clan to take the initiative to participate in every future auction.

And also to store large amounts of resources in advance with the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce.

Not publicly revealing the items in each auction means that outsiders can't know whether Rule Fragments will appear in the next round.

To seize the opportunity in advance, they must prepare resources and store them here at the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce.

This would closely bind the interests of the various tribes with the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce.

Moreover, storing resources incurs a handling fee, which is also a continuous resource income source.

After this incident, Ye Ming is sure to make arrangements for each future bidding event, and every time an auction is held, clan members will undoubtedly participate.

…

On the other side.

Ye Ming's figure darted like a black lightning, speeding along the sea.

His body skimmed over the surging waves, where he passed, the sea silently parted, rising into a mist.

Suddenly, with a forward grip of his five fingers, the space tore like a fragile brocade, revealing a twisted void rift.

The next second, he had passed through the space rift, appearing over Mingwu Island.

Faced with the sudden cross-space jump, the Mingwu Clan army below looked up and, upon recognizing the arrival of the Great General, their tense expressions dissipated.

"Prepare three Heavenly Soul Stones, three thousand Blood Crystal Ores, two hundred Ghost Soul Grass for me."

His voice was as cold and hard as iron, making the Mingwu Clan warriors below kneel in submission.

Three elders rose hurriedly from below the island, yet before they could speak, Ye Ming's icy cold gaze pinned them in mid-air:

"I told you to prepare resources, not to come and ask me what happened."

Hearing this, the three elders decisively flew towards the resource storage area, collecting resources as Ye Ming intended.

The auction at Dream Island gave Ye Ming a new understanding of the strength of the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce.

He realized he couldn't fathom the depths of the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce.

It was clear that the Gold Coin Chamber must have a scouting organization stationed in various parts of the sea, gathering information on each region like ghosts.

This is also why the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce's intelligence was so detailed, even knowing Mingwu's past.

Furthermore, the fact that the Gold Coin Chamber could present a "Rule Fragment" as a treasure proved that the forces behind them do not care about the potential value of Rule Fragments.

These forces behind them may be far stronger than he previously imagined.

Even the behavior of trading with various tribes might be supported by "Rule Logic."

Otherwise, given their strength far surpassing the Mingwu Clan, mutual cooperation and benefit itself would seem a foolish act.

Even taking weak tribes as slave tribes would fit the survival law of this world better than mutually beneficial trade.

Without pondering these issues further, he now cared more about that piece of Rule Fragment.

Even if it cannot be repaired, turning it into a pseudo-rule artifact could bring the Mingwu Clan a strategic level advantage.

This is a trump card on the Monster World gambling table, which will certainly work in the future no matter how times change.

Perhaps the technology will be eliminated, but rules always occupy the supreme position in the power system.

Ordinary resources can be obtained through mining, breeding, plundering, and a series of other means.

But rules are different; they are the absolute power above resources, the supreme power that formulates the war chapter.

The value cannot be measured by ordinary resources; they are not on the same dimension.

This is also why he thinks the Gold Coin Chamber's behavior of exchanging Rule Fragments for resources is very foolish.

Like exchanging a blade capable of cutting through destiny for a few bundles of firewood, it's simply absurd.

At this moment, the departing elders returned, handing over a bracelet containing stored resources.

Taking the bracelet, Ye Ming turned and tore open space.

After passing through the space tunnel, he appeared above Dream Island, then flew straight to the dock of Dream Island.

Prepared to hand over resources for registration and obtain the common currency on Dream Island: Gold Coin.

From these interactions, he knew that Ah Lan, the person in charge of the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce, had a prominent trait.