Chapter 798, Heavenly Dragon Gang

Translator: Silavin

 

Lu Fan considered for a moment, feeling this was indeed the only option.

 

After all, regarding the tenth Secret Realm, being anxious would not solve anything. No matter what, they would have to wait for the Secret Realm to refresh, wouldn’t they?

 

Thus, Lu Fan followed Cui Ziyi and the others back to Southern Black Port.

 

As for the Abyssal Rift, it was left to members of the Heavenly Dragon Gang to guard.

 

On the journey back, Lu Fan rode in Cui Ziyi’s off-road vehicle.

 

In truth, in this world, genuine experts typically rode Sky Mounts. After all, Sky Mounts had Attributes and combat power. Whether in terms of speed or safety, they provided better assurance.

 

However, while Cui Ziyi had many subordinates and obtaining Sky Mounts wasn’t difficult, according to her words, those things lacked ‘soul’.

 

Only vehicles like cars possessed the Wilderness’s most unique ‘romance’. Driving across the Wilderness was far superior to riding any Sky Mount.

 

Lu Fan thought about it and decided not to summon his Pet Dragon, nor use his Bone Wings. Instead, he rode in Cui Ziyi’s vehicle, travelling back to Southern Black Port while chatting with Cui Ziyi to pass the time.

 

However, after boarding Cui Ziyi’s vehicle, Lu Fan regretted it.

 

Even someone like him, who regularly rode Dragons, found riding in Cui Ziyi’s car somewhat overwhelming.

 

Had it not been for his years of Dragon Riding, Lu Fan would certainly have been sick.

 

Cui Ziyi’s driving was utterly wild. The Wilderness roads were extremely complex, with no concept of smooth terrain.

 

So, her vehicle, throughout the journey, resembled a roller coaster, spending more time airborne than on the ground.

 

Cui Ziyi thoroughly enjoyed this process. When she noticed that although Lu Fan’s complexion changed, not vomit uncontrollably like the others, her opinion of him improved further.

 

Along the way, Cui Ziyi also shared with Lu Fan some details about the situation in Southern Black Port.

 

Actually, these details were similar to what Lu Fan already understood, only that Cui Ziyi could go into it with more details.

 

Currently, Southern Black Port was divided into six major gangs, including their Heavenly Dragon Gang.

 

The Heavenly Dragon Gang was the only gang composed solely of people from Dragon Country, while the other five gangs originally consisted of two Dragon Country gangs and three South Country gangs.

 

Later, Southern Black Port underwent several years of intrigue and overt and covert struggles. Dragon Country and South Country camps were not as distinctly divided as at the beginning.

 

For instance, the originally Dragon Country-only Southern Underworld Gang and Fire Flame Gang initially had no members from South Country.

 

Subsequently, they recruited numerous South Country people into their gangs, thus becoming what they were now: gangs composed mostly of Dragon Country people with a small portion of South Country members.

 

Similarly, the other three South Country gangs were the same. Although their leaders were all people from South Country, they had several people from Dragon Country serving as generals.

 

If this trend continued, national identity in Southern Black Port would likely become even more chaotic.

 

After all, this place was originally at the border between the two countries, so such a situation was to be expected.

 

When Lu Fan asked why Cui Ziyi did not follow their example by also recruiting foreigners into her gang. However, Cui Ziyi just scoffed. “Why should we? We are here to represent Dragon Country. Even without them, we are still doing well. Besides, I can’t really trust them. I don’t even capture prisoners; I just kill them directly! The bad blood between us is irreconcilable! If it were up to me, better wipe them all out!”

 

Cui Ziyi’s intense hatred for those form South Country surprised Lu Fan.

 

Later, through conversation, Lu Fan learned that Cui Ziyi’s hatred for them actually stemmed from her Father having been a Dragon Country soldier.

 

Her Father had once been responsible for guarding South Country prisoners. Later, someone among the South Country prisoners had concealed their strength, used an item to break free, and killed her Father.

 

Since then, Cui Ziyi’s hatred for South Country has been extraordinary.

 

She remained in Southern Black Port because she had once heard that the person who killed her Father was in Southern Black Port.

 

However, after all these years, she still had not found this person.

 

It was precisely because of Cui Ziyi’s hard repulsion towards South Country that her Heavenly Dragon Gang was particularly unique in Southern Black Port.

 

Southern Black Port was currently divided into seven major areas. The six major gangs each controlled one area, with an additional neutral area where the six gangs had tacitly agreed not to engage in violence.

 

Among all the areas, the one controlled by the Heavenly Dragon Gang gathered the most people from Dragon Country.

 

Cui Ziyi provided these people with quite decent living conditions, enabling them to survive well in a chaotic place like Southern Black Port.

 

In other areas, people from the two countries were mixed together, not as homogenous as her territory.

 

It must be said that being able to control a major gang while managing such a territory in an orderly fashion showed Cui Ziyi’s capabilities.

 

Soon, Lu Fan followed Cui Ziyi back to the Heavenly Dragon District, the area controlled by the Heavenly Dragon Gang.

 

At this point, Lu Fan saw Southern Black Port up close for the first time.

 

This place was indeed as Lu Fan had imagined, looking like a backward shanty town.

 

It was said that people who came to live here were basically forced by circumstances, mostly having offended some formidable existence in Dragon Country, or having suffered natural or human disasters and wandered here.

 

The resources around Southern Black Port were actually quite good, completely sufficient for everyone in Southern Black Port to live well.

 

Building this place into a reasonably sized city in the future would be entirely feasible.

 

However, unfortunately positioned at the border between two countries, and with several major gangs all wanting to claim all resources for themselves, after so many years, this place could only barely sustain the refugees.

 

Cui Ziyi had the intention to unify this place, but unfortunately, the other five major gangs were not pushovers. They all had Fourth Profession Players as their pillars of support. If they truly fought, her Heavenly Dragon Gang might not necessarily win.

 

Cui Ziyi’s residence was similarly very ordinary, looking like some frontline camp. As far as the eye could see, there were tents and such, with only one hastily constructed simple building for her to hold meetings with her gang members.

 

These tents should have been bought by Heavenly Dragon Gang members from some city in Dragon Country. Acceptable in quality, they were at least capable of providing the gang’s Players with decent enough accommodation.