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Chapter 527 - 363: The Rise in Prices, The Beginning of the Frenzy_2

Chapter 527: Chapter 363: The Rise in Prices, The Beginning of the Frenzy_2

Who exactly is handling this information?

The information gathered at Oasis No. 3 has already been preliminarily processed—there’s no junk information, and all types of messages and materials are sorted and stored in their respective categories.

While the Ghastly Realm has no computers, it still possesses Crystal Stones and Strange Implements for storing information.

They are kept in newly constructed underground archives located beneath the magnificent towers. With An Jianyou’s clearance, she naturally could come and go in any place as she wished. After saying goodbye to Liu Ying and a few others, she entered the archive, picked up a Crystal Stone storing information, scanned it with her divine sense, and quickly returned it to its original place, then picked up the second Crystal Stone and repeated the process.

Her brow began to furrow.

"No, this doesn’t seem like Grand Havoc City is about to erupt into all-out war."

If something major was about to happen in the Shattered Sea, superpowers like the Hidden Assassination Pavilion would surely know well in advance.

But the mission guild was not the Hidden Assassination Pavilion after all, having only been in operation for two and a half months, lacking the complex relationships cultivated over hundreds of years by the families behind the pavilion.

The guild had a wide coverage, but it was not yet deep enough—currently, they only managed ’grassroots mercenaries.’ Those strong individuals who came from grand nobility and top-level families would not condescend to mingle in the low circles of mercenaries and assassins.

Therefore, the guild had almost no contact with the upper echelons of the Shattered Sea.

It also couldn’t know the secrets that were discreetly circulating among the upper class.

However,

After reviewing the intelligence from all over the Shattered Sea, An Jianyou was surprised to find, "The Seven Stars Alliance, the Scarlet Lotus Empire, the Ancient Moon Dynasty... The prices of war-related materials in these places are also rising! The increases are almost the same as in Grand Havoc City."

"But it’s highly unlikely that the four major human dominions are going to war against each other; it’s also improbable they’re going to fight the alien races."

In Grand Havoc City, those shops backed by the Sea Demon Palace and Wind Spirit Island were still operating normally.

There was no sign of tension.

So, what was the real reason behind the price hikes?

An Jianyou’s brows knitted together as she thought intensely, resting her chin on one hand while her other hand waved invisible fingers, drawing in those pieces of intelligence and reviewing them without a break.

Suddenly, like a fish breaking free from its constraints and leaping out of the sea, her eyes lit up, reflecting a beautiful full moon.

She came to a room storing a large amount of old information and found the vaguely remembered secret.

—The historic roots of the Shattered Sea and the intermittently erupting disaster surges!

Such disaster surges were recorded by the Hidden Assassination Pavilion, originating from the ancient Evil God wars. At that time, the battle of the gods shattered numerous, perhaps dozens of Great Domains, and some of the fragments evolved into today’s Shattered Sea, with traces of the terrifying powers of the Evil Gods remaining to this day.

It might be an intermittent outbreak of the residual powers of the Evil Gods, or perhaps as the surface sees fewer Mysterious Evils, the accumulation deep below grows... The real reason is unknown, only that approximately every few hundred years, the Shattered Sea would face a wave of disaster surges affecting the entire Great Domain.

At that time, countless Mysterious Evils would surge from below the sea, with an intensity tens to hundreds of times greater than the usual Mysterious Evil sieges.

"So, the soaring prices of war materials could be due to the major powers making large-scale purchases?"

"It must be that the dominant powers foresee the impending Mysterious Evil surge!"

"I don’t know how much time is left, but if the Mysterious Evil surge comes, how should our organization deal with it?"

An Jianyou’s pretty face grew serious as she continued to sift through the related records, then suddenly stopped at a relatively recent file.

The last Mysterious Evil surge... 113 years ago.

Hmm, just over a century?

...

...

"The Shattered Sea is about to face a terrible Mysterious Evil surge that will affect the entire domain?"

On the display—Angel Envoy list, An Jianyou’s avatar was blipping urgently.

Seeing the message she had urgently sent back, Fang You also took it seriously. He immediately had Xiaohuan pull up related intelligence materials and, after comparing them, he was 99% sure that the Mysterious Evil surge was indeed imminent!

Once there is a speculation, finding the clues according to that speculation means verification is not far off.

The only doubt was...

"In the past, these Mysterious Evil surges happened every two to three hundred years, why is it happening so much sooner this time, after only 113 years? Isn’t that a bit too soon?"

"Xiaohuan doesn’t know either~"

She was continuously searching in the database, but what you don’t have, you don’t have, and she couldn’t conjure information from thin air.

While Fang You found it strange, he wasn’t overly worried.

Sure, the damage from such a surge would be substantial, but it was the local dominant forces of the Shattered Sea who would be ’the tall ones’ at the forefront. Even though he didn’t particularly like the passive strategies of those dominant powers, at times like this, defense was the only option.

Fortunately, his own business and properties were small scale; the only place he really needed to defend was Oasis No. 3.

The various agency strongholds were actually located within large cities, so their safety was generally assured. When the time came, the guild would just issue more missions, calling on mercenaries to resist the surge.

Beyond that, even if he wanted to do something, he was powerless to act.

His first priority was to ensure the safety of his own people. After that, he would do as much as he could, depending on the strength available to him—that was his principle.

"However, the remnant influences from the battle of the Evil Gods that took place so very long ago can still cause such a stir today, just how strong were these indescribable Evil Gods?"

He had already witnessed one such war of the Evil Gods.

Only, this so-called ’witnessing’ happened in two ways: one, through fragments of Citina’s memories, and two, the battle of the Evil Gods that Citina saw was also a reflection formed by the aftershocks across countless Great Domains.