Just like its name suggests, Chaotic Lands was a place where reasoning was useless. The fist was the most important thing here. There was no government so the order of the place was messy. Acts of violence could happen anytime. Yet, this place was the most prosperous and free market in the entire Federation. Many merchants and wealthy people filled the roads of the city. Thus, as long as you have money, you could buy anything here.

Crimes happened in the Chaotic Lands all the time. If people who didn"t have the ability to protect themselves came to this place accidentally, they would be killed almost instantly.

The Chaotic Lands and the Lawless Lands were the two places where evil congregated. However, they were very different even though their principles seemed similar.

The Lawless Lands was really messy. It was filled with criminals from various nations, merciless killers, and brutal murderers. Every day, innumerable people died. Huge fights occurred all the time. Compared to the Lawless Lands, the Chaotic Lands was much more orderly. Besides the fact that average people were not suitable to live here, everything else was fine.

The reason no one dared to create a huge mess here was because the Chaotic Lands was actually controlled by three underground kings. They were Frost Monarch, Hades, and Ninja. It was rumored that all three of them were imperial level domain experts. However, that was just a rumor. There was no evidence to prove it.

Out of the three uncrowned kings, Ling Lan was most interested in Frost Monarch. From his name, she could tell that he was an ice element domain realm masters. Fighting with a formidable warrior who had the same element as her would be of great help.

Ling Lan was a half step into the imperial level. She had tried her best to extend the various techniques in her domain and practiced using them with the various states, but she still couldn"t manage to find her breakthrough opportunity. She was stuck at the entrance of imperial level.

Of course, this was just Ling Lan"s thoughts. She wouldn"t offend Frost Monarch purposely so that she could have a battle with him. If she came here alone, she might do it. But, her comrades were with her. Ling Lan wouldn"t put her comrades at risk, especially when they were in someone else"s territory.

The six mercenary teams split into two groups. One group would stay with the fleet and protect the ships while the other was in charge of protecting the person-in-charge of the merchant team when he went to discuss business deals with other merchants. Three days later, the two teams would swap. To ensure that the results were fair, the leader of Grey Bat, Dibi Luya, suggested that they draw lots.

Yuan Mulin agreed with the suggestion. Jiang Bizhi and Ma Yizhe thought for a while and decided to go with it. Since the majority agreed, Ling Lan and Yuan Mulin"s opinion didn"t matter.

This drawing lots were not the low-level kind where everyone would close their eyes and choose a piece of paper. First, they would appoint someone to throw the b.a.l.l.s of paper in the air. Everyone would use their ability to get the order they wanted.

Ling Lan didn"t really care at the start but when she saw Dibi Luya and Ye Shao choosing to stay with the fleet first, she had a change of mind. She s.n.a.t.c.hed the last piece of paper with the same sequence as Dibi Luya and Ye Shao before Jiang Bizhi caught it.

In the end, Little Four, Grey Bat, and Red Maple were in one team. They would stay with the fleet first and then go out. Jiang Bizhi and Ma Yizhe sighed when they realized the results of the lots. It seemed like they wanted to be the second batch that would leave the fleet too.

"Why do they want to stay on the fleet first?" Ling Lan was puzzled. It was a coincidence that she chose to come to the Chaotic Lands, so she was unfamiliar with this area. Little Four tried to find more information but there was not a single mainframe in this place. Even the communicators here were deactivated so Little Four"s progress of obtaining information was slow.

For the first three days, everything was peaceful. The two groups swapped their positions. It was time for Ling Lan"s team to go out. For the first two days of her shift, she protected the person-in-charge of the merchant team as he ran around the market to buy or exchange goods. On the third day, when Ling Lan arrived at the destination with the person-in-charge, she finally understood why the leaders wanted to be in the second batch that would come out.

It was because there was a secret event on the third day. It was known as the black market. The Chaotic Lands was already a place where people could trade freely but a black market still existed, so there must be some interesting things inside.

There was a special way to enter the black market, which only the president of the merchant team, President Tu, knew.

Every year, the method of entering the black market would change. Hence, President Tu wasn"t afraid that this secret would be leaked out.

The black market was also an extremely dangerous place. Some people didn"t mind to kill to gain whatever they want so President Tu brought the three mercenary teams with him to boost his confidence and security.

Plus, if the people he brought to the black market was able to gain the liking of the person-in-charge of the black market and get an invitation the following year, he would be able to get heavy commissions too. He had nothing to lose from this so President Tu allowed them to follow him without any worry.

The moment they entered the black market, they saw all the representatives from all the various huge merchant clans as well as the wealthy and powerful people from the various nations. Those that got the invitation but couldn"t come personally would send their confidants over to take part in this distinguished gathering.

The black market was split into three districts. The outer ring was the normal district. Of course, the normal district was filled with weapons banned from moving out of the various nations. There were also precious minerals and mines, savage beast forbidden to be sold, rare artifacts and national treasures, as well as books teaching special techniques. There were even some secret scriptures. However, these were only the lowest tier of goods. Even mechas from the various countries could be found here. The highest level of mecha available in the normal district was actually the special-cla.s.s mecha. Everyone knew that mechas from a country were banned from being sold outside the country.

The inner ring was the special district. Ace mechas from different nations could be found here. Of course, they were not the latest model. If the latest model of ace mechas were available, the various nations would have made noises by now. They would organize their troops and collaborate with one another to destroy the Chaotic Lands. Besides mechas, there were other interesting items too. For instance, new supplies, ores, plants. Some products that could only be found on Planet Juhao were seen here too.

The center of the ring was the private collection district. Military starships were sold here. Ling Lan even saw the Divine Dragon starship in the list of items sold. This starship was just retired from the military and was considered the highest grade starship of the Federation. Ling Lan was astounded. In order to get this starship here without alerting anyone, someone from the higher authorities must be part of this. However, this was not the only thing that shocked Ling Lan. After the starship, humans started appearing on the list.

There were men, women, children, as well as the elderly. They were locked up in cages. The virtual screen beside the cage contained information about the innate talents of these people. It also showed their current level and their potential.

Most of them were children like Liu Aihua. These children had amazing potentials and were prodigies that managed to awaken their innate talent at a young age. They should have grown to become elites, but they were now being sold as goods. They would become their buyer"s tools or slaves.

Ling Lan frowned. She could accept the other items found here. Even if they were adults being sold, she wouldn"t be so bothered about it. Yet, this bunch of children who had fear and hope in their eyes made her feel uncomfortable.