Summoning Players into My Game Chapter 762 - 386: The Formidable Grey-Clad Men

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Previously on Summoning Players into My Game...
Lin Qi agrees to join the Starry Sky Commerce Guild under favorable terms and accepts a guarding mission on the first-class resource planet Myriad Dragon Star. He delegates the task to Tang Yilong and recruits a hundred players, primarily Celestial Human Realm experts, to travel there aboard a cosmic battleship. At the Myriad Dragon Star base, resentful Evil Demon Race elders decry the assignment to an outsider and conspire to withhold cooperation, ensuring the newcomers struggle to harvest Dragon Crystals.

Starry Sky Commerce Base, Myriad Dragon Star.

The two Evil Demon Race elders stared at the fresh intelligence regarding Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and plunged into heavy silence.

"Damn that Red Demon! He’s lost his mind! He actually permitted a faction that provoked the Empire to set foot on Myriad Dragon Star. Does he suppose our Evil Demon Clan is living too comfortably here?" The middle-aged man with graying temples smashed the table, unable to hold back his curses as his middle-tier Divine Fusion Realm qi and blood roiled violently, nearly wrecking the entire chamber.

At that instant, the Evil Demon Race elder next to him creased his brows profoundly, his countenance exceedingly grim.

Before, they merely assumed Red Demon was enlisting new blood from Starry Sky Commerce and assigning them a defense role on Myriad Dragon Star. However, upon delving into Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s circumstances, they grasped that the issue was far graver than first imagined.

The Empire, one of the top ten supreme powers, was infamous for its domineering nature. Whoever dared to plunder the Empire’s breeding worlds faced no mercy, regardless of whether the deed occurred in the distant Divine Woman Star System from Myriad Dragon Star. The Empire’s forces stationed on Myriad Dragon Star would strike without delay.

Dozens of major factions and even multiple peak powers occupy Myriad Dragon Star, yet none proves more vexing than the Empire.

While no high-tier Divine Fusion Realm expert resides on Myriad Dragon Star, among the Empire’s trio of base commanders sits a middle-tier Divine Fusion Realm four-star Divine General whose prowess matches a bona fide high-tier Divine Fusion Realm master. Throughout Myriad Dragon Star, just one overseer from the Celestial God Race of the two clans can contend with this four-star Divine General.

Beyond their formidable commanders on Myriad Dragon Star, the Empire’s Heavenly Human Realm prodigies dispatched there possess even greater ferocity, serving as the primary force harvesting Dragon Crystals.

As a premier planet, this world harbors exceptional beasts—not just vast swarms of Tier Four monsters on par with Heavenly Human Realm grandmasters, but also plentiful Tier Five monsters rivaling Divine Fusion Realm powerhouses. The outposts various factions have raised on Myriad Dragon Star all overlie Dragon Crystal deposits, each with dedicated extractors.

Still, Dragon Crystals hold immense appeal for beasts, Tier Five ones included without fail. That’s precisely why every faction deploys Divine Fusion Realm guardians to protect their bases against the relentless Tier Five monster onslaughts.

Tier Five monster raids strike with alarming regularity, affording base commanders scant chances to venture into open zones for Dragon Crystal mining. For this reason, Dragon Crystal yields on Myriad Dragon Star depend utterly on the Heavenly Human Realm elites imported by the factions.

Hence, the Heavenly Human Realm talents granted access to Myriad Dragon Star by the factions stand out remarkably, the feeblest reaching half-step Divine Fusion Realm, alongside abundant elite half-step Divine Fusion Realm figures.

Among the Heavenly Human Realm prodigies from Myriad Dragon Star’s myriad major factions and peak powers, the Empire’s rank at the pinnacle. They dominate nearly one-third of the top hundred mightiest geniuses, with every such top-hundred Heavenly Human Realm genius on Myriad Dragon Star rivaling an entry-level Divine Fusion Realm expert.

Indeed, if the Empire set its sights on Myriad Dragon Star, Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall would crumble, and even their Evil Demon Race couldn’t secure a lone Dragon Crystal—potentially perishing entirely in the wild zones...

Divine Woman Star System, Canglan Star, Red Moon City.

Once a colossal Steel Building finished erecting, heaps of merchandise ferried from Red Demon Star crammed inside it—this being the Starry Sky Commerce Association’s pioneering Cosmic Store on Canglan Star.

Following Lin Qi’s formal declaration of the launch, the throng amassed outside the Steel Building surged inward wildly, terrified of missing the Starry Sky Commerce goods.

"Heavens! Tier Four Energy Potions for Heavenly Human Realm grandmasters are actually here—is this the might of off-planet civilizations?"

"D-level alloy! There’s actually D-level alloy up for grabs!"

"Tier Three Weapons and Tier Three Battle Armor are both on offer, as expected from a grand cosmic commerce group."

"But what’s the deal with this Alliance Coin needed to buy?"

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Both city residents and players stepping into Starry Sky Commerce brimmed with shock at the displayed goods. Indeed, the wares offered by Starry Sky Commerce stood as utterly priceless rarities across Canglan Star, with even a single acquisition promising tremendous advantages.

Yet, every item in Starry Sky Commerce demands payment in Alliance Coins, leaving everyone stumped for the time being.

Though Starry Sky Commerce's products shine with excellence, Alliance Coins remain tough to acquire. As the universe's premier trading syndicate, Starry Sky Commerce dismisses nearly all goods from Canglan Star. To exchange for Alliance Coins at Starry Sky Commerce, offerings must consist of Canglan Star monster meat—nothing short of Catastrophe Level monsters' flesh and blood. Inferior monster meats get rejected outright.

In the former Four Domains, Catastrophe Level monsters loomed like apocalyptic calamities, huntable only by Heavenly Human Realm grandmasters, while Blood Coagulation Realm martial artists lacked any shot. Consequently, Blood Coagulation Realm cultivators possess zero means to gather Alliance Coins, condemned to stare helplessly at Starry Sky Commerce's treasures in futile yearning.

"Hall Master Lin, the Star Gate should be constructed in about two or three days, but are you really sure about establishing the headquarters of Starry Sky Commerce here?" Huang Yi couldn’t help but ask Lin Qi as they watched the residents flood into Starry Sky Commerce.

Earlier, Lin Qi had delegated the guarding duty for the first-class planet to his subordinates, and not a single one of the hundred entry slots to Myriad Dragon Star for Heavenly Human Realm individuals sold, forfeiting a prime chance to amass vast Alliance Coins—a decision that continued to puzzle him.