Chapter 1591: 406: The End of Ascension, Civilization’s Finale

The border between the Bright Star Sea Area and the Ascension Sea. An originally desolate island inhabited only by sea birds is now bustling with activity.

Numerous players gather here, and various vehicles anchored on the shallow beach make the already small island packed tight.

The air is filled with excitement and greed.

In the area channel, messages flood the screen like a waterfall:

"Professional Stealing Blade Team, looking for three assassin stream players with a Combined Soul Level of 85+, no slackers, follow the leader’s moves throughout, no fools allowed."

"Tomb Raider Captain team four looking for one more, seeking an assassin stream brother with Dusk Shadow Attribute, professional at stealing the last strike on the battlefield, guaranteeing fair distribution."

"Buffing Team, providing various boosts throughout, doubling your combat power and joy in your stealing blade journey, reasonable prices, squads and teams in need, contact quickly to head to the battlefield in the strongest stance..."

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Without exception, those who came here were vulture-type players attracted by the three-way sea domain war.

The scale of their teams or even their individual strength is insufficient to directly participate in the three-way war.

Yet, they have researched numerous "stealing blade" techniques, repeatedly gaining a share from the cracks of the three major forces’ clashes.

Their Star Vein configuration has four core Life Souls.

Namely, Dusk Shadow for accelerating stealth.

Extreme Speed for enhanced mobility.

Star Shifting Life Soul to swiftly teleport and approach blood-deficient targets at critical times.

And, the core tactic known as the cage-the-dog strategy: Oath Space.

These four Life Souls allow assassin players to stealthily navigate and target in the chaotic three-way sea domain war, completing the harvest effortlessly when the opportunity comes.

This has become one of the more popular gameplay methods recently.

The other two gameplay methods with similar levels of combat power are the adventurer dungeon and the recently hot Civilization Space Dungeon.

Each of the three gameplay methods has its own characteristics.

The Civilization Space Dungeon provides a supremely exhilarating brush, crushing the field with overwhelming combat power akin to a dimensional reduction strike.

The stealing blade style, in contrast, is tense and exhilarating throughout, causing players’ hearts to race.

Every successful stealing blade act brings the ultimate thrill of stealing treasures from the Death Reaper Scythe.

The final adventurer dungeon offers stable gameplay modes with a relatively moderate emotional experience, occasionally yielding unexpected surprises.

Those who choose the stealing blade style are generally lone wolf or small team players.

As the scale of players participating in stealing blades grows, a new industry has emerged: Buffing Teams.

The members of these teams are all support stream players.

They found that those walking the stealing blade route are typically lone wolf types within the player community, lacking boost guarantees from support teams.

This allowed many support stream players to see a business opportunity.

By providing buffs here, they obtain sacrificial power from stealing blade players, creating an assembly line of buffing operations.

Income rises along with the growing number of players engaging in such gameplay.

This desolate island near the Ascension Sea has become a spontaneously formed marketplace for stealing blade practitioners.

Recently, the intensity of the three-way war between the Mingwu Clan, the Ascension Clan, and Shuyan has suddenly escalated.

The frequency and scale of battles have expanded dramatically, ushering in an unprecedented golden period for the profit-driven "stealing blade industry," with all participants’ earnings skyrocketing.

As for the reason, the research party players on the forum have provided an answer.

A lengthy analysis post on the forum details General Ye Ming’s shift in mindset.

It believes that the abrupt war progression expansion results from the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce’s recent business expansion strategy.

Initially, the Mingwu Clan adopted the lowest-cost, parasitic warfare strategy.

The core reason lies in the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce’s support with war resources.

Particularly, the powerful Recovery Potions, ensuring rapid recovery even when on the brink of death.

This guaranteed the Mingwu Clan’s high-end combat power’s sustained operational ability and survival rate.

Allowing Ye Ming to calmly "boil the frog in warm water," slowly wearing down and wiping out the Ascension Clan without seriously impairing their own war potential.

However, when the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce also opened procurement channels to the Ascension Clan and Shuyan at the same time, the fundamental logic of this war was completely altered.

The Mingwu Clan’s advantage in logistical superiority was significantly weakened.

Although the Mingwu Clan still holds an advantage in resource procurement, because the Mingwu Clan’s resource foundation is stronger than that of the Ascension Clan and Shuyan.

The more resources, the more wars resources can be exchanged from the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce.

But the connection with the Ascension Clan and Shuyan also implies that the Ascension Clan’s "civilization health bar" has thickened.

They too can purchase various potions for rapid combat power recovery.

The resistance time has therefore extended, greatly diminishing the efficiency of the Mingwu Clan’s parasitic warfare, while dramatically increasing war costs.

Secondly, Shuyan’s development speed has accelerated.

It too can, with the help of the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce, obtain various spiritual materials to accelerate the construction of the "Story Army."

The meaning of parasitic warfare thus evaporated.

The original goal was to win at minimal cost.

But now, both sides have nearly unlimited refill qualifications, turning the ongoing war into a pure contest of resource expenditure in a "pay-to-win war."

This is the outcome the Mingwu Clan least wanted to see.

The Mingwu Clan harbors great ambition, for the Three Major Seas are, in their eyes, inherently their dominion.

It was just occupied by other forces during their years of slumber.

Only by reclaiming the territories of the Three Major Seas can they be considered to have restored the glory of the past.

Truly achieving a restart, to once again battle the Monster World.