CHAPTER 369: CHAPTER 249: DISCOVERED_2

So he hurriedly put the remaining storage pouches back in.

Sure enough, after a while, the storage pouch reappeared.

He didn’t know that all of this was being watched by the Master of the World.

After checking the drops, the invaders were completely wiped out, and there was no need to pay attention to those areas, so all the Masters of the World focused their thoughts on their own worlds.

While patrolling the territory, they wanted to find that hidden Master of the World.

After seeing so much, he finally noticed something was wrong.

In his world, besides the massive goblin tribes, there were also a few hidden defeated races, and the Giant Dragon Race and their followers trapped in the extreme points, with endless forests covering other areas.

This was nothing unusual, but now it felt increasingly off.

Although he hadn’t discovered anything, he soon started to pay attention.

Finally, he realized where he had been feeling uneasy all along.

In large areas, although covered by plants, they were all some kind of rapid-growth weeds. The original vast forests were gone? Disappeared?

How is that possible?

The whole world is covered with forests, and the least scarce are the woods? How could they be lacking?

Upon checking, he was dumbfounded to find that large expanses of forest near the tribes had been cut down.

Unknowingly, more than half of the world’s trees were gone?

This was too unbelievable for him.

Because even if there were ten times more goblins, they couldn’t consume so much?

He hadn’t originally cared about the wood and such since there was plenty of that in this world.

But now that more than half was gone, the Master of the World realized, with a little thought, that this wood was the foundation of the world.

In the past, he focused too much on bloodlines; it wasn’t that wood wasn’t important, just that there wasn’t a shortage.

Golden Goblins required weapons made from ten-thousand-year-old wood, and now upon checking, except for the hidden hard-to-find parts, all the commonly seen areas had been completely logged.

This shocked him greatly.

Upon paying attention, he found that large numbers of tribes, with less combat, actually organized large numbers of people for logging?

Some tribes went all-out? Logging everywhere?

What do they need so much wood for?

Once it caught his attention, as the Master of the World, no secret could remain hidden.

Soon, he discovered the clue.

This Tribe Chief was unlucky because his warehouse was filled with wood, and even the tribe’s open spaces were piled with it.

There were several hundred places like this under the insight of the Master of the Goblin World, but he was more unlucky.

Because he was the first to be discovered in this secret transaction while waiting for a rabbit beside a stump.

The manifestation of the Master of the Goblin World directly descended upon this tribe, his domain covering most of the tribe’s area yet unable to discover the details.

Originally not wanting to alert the enemy, but seeing the transaction completed, he had no choice but to intervene.

"Your Majesty?" Upon seeing the appearing goblin, the face of the Goblin Chief changed dramatically, and he immediately prostrated himself.

Ignoring him, the goblin directly stepped forward to check those storage pouches.

The most common contents were wooden sticks of the Second Realm, all made from First Realm wood with special sacrificial patterns, and there were also some bottles and jars.

No need to check, using the system, he knew they were items to enhance goblin levels.

These were similar to the medicinal liquid brewed from Spirit Grass and Spirit Fruit by the Goblin Priests, but as the Master of the World, upon paying attention, he found out.

They only looked similar on the surface, with slightly different evaluations, but actually, the materials used were completely different.

The technique was extremely clever, achieving similar effects with raw materials that were probably only one-tenth of the original.

This was definitely not a technique of this world.

Sensing the magnitude of the problem.

Subconsciously pondering, he checked.

Except for the World Core and the secret realms of extreme points, the world upper limit was still Level 300, the peak of the Second Realm, mainly relying on the Celestial Net’s support to barely reach the Third Realm, which was the limit.

However, the remaining Experience, which could originally raise the world upper limit to Level 400 at any time, was shockingly found to be reduced by more than half after checking now.

Even with full consumption, it could only raise the world upper limit to about Level 340.

This shocked him; this was the world’s origin, the world’s depth.

When did his world unknowingly weaken to this extent?

He went mad, hurriedly inquiring and checking.

Soon, he discovered that large numbers of tribes were logging wood and collecting herbs, all through this mysterious trading method.

But a few years ago, it started from trades with Elite Professional Goblins, step by step to now.

Undoubtedly, it was by this method that they obtained the specialties of this world and then, through some unknown means, took them away from this world.

Even as the Master of this World, he hadn’t discovered it, nor did he receive any system alerts.

The Master of the Goblin World went crazy, investigating everywhere.

But ultimately, all he found was teleportation arrays, arrays used for trading.

With his knowledge reserve, he couldn’t understand the structure of these devices, nor did he know where they teleported to.

But he knew it was undermining the foundation of his world.

Unknowingly, more than half of the world’s depth had disappeared.

He could no longer quietly search for the mastermind behind the scenes; his world couldn’t withstand such losses, so he had to extensively destroy these damned teleportation arrays.

The Celestial Net issued quests, and the goblin players went crazy, searching for the so-called mysterious merchants.

Many players used teleportation arrays, but now that the Master of the World had issued limits, a large number of players had to destroy the teleportation arrays.

But Small Knife knew this was just on the surface; in reality, many players, especially more natives, still retained teleportation arrays.

They were all major clients, trading step by step from the earliest small tribes.

Some players achieved their current success relying on this trade.

Indeed, some goblin players had already become Chief Big Deal, having participated in combat trials, dying from the peak Elite Goblin Professionals, having their bloodlines extracted.

They had no choice but to re-enter the game and start all over again.

This filled them with rage at the Majesty, the Master of the World, daring not to voice it but holding grievances in their hearts.

They realized early on that this mysterious merchant was problematic, but thought it wasn’t their concern; strengthening themselves was the most important thing.

Unfortunately, when their strength reached a certain level, they had no choice but to participate in combat trials.

Becoming a Golden Goblin was the last bit of hope in their hearts, but in reality, they all understood it was too elusive.

So later, many old players limited their strength, stopped improving, and instead, stored a large amount of resources, waiting for opportunities.

And these self-serving clients didn’t need to go to fixed places to use teleportation arrays for trading.

Because they had movable teleportation arrays.

But due to various technical limitations, these mobile teleportation arrays could only be used in certain areas, ineffective in most areas.

Even so, it became one of the deepest secrets for those players.

The Master of the World issued quests and warnings.

They knew that large-scale trading was no longer possible, so they hid even deeper, but in the future, as long as they secretly kept some, small transactions wouldn’t be discovered.

Another reason they dared to hide was that Small Knife’s traded goods included some special items.

All good things, but they also understood that these were not from this world; exposing them would bring enormous trouble.

The Master of the Goblin World frantically searched and probed throughout the world.

Thousands of teleportations were destroyed, but it instead exposed a lot of teleportation arrays for the Master of the Goblins.

But Small Knife had long prepared; these teleportation arrays had defects, usage period limits, and were driven by Spirit Stones.

So the Master of the Goblin World exposed many, but they could only be used for a while and couldn’t be used long-term.

But even so, Small Knife’s gains greatly decreased, suffering heavy losses.

However, all of this had been anticipated.

He hid in a safe place, which was a hideout he had researched over the years.

Then he focused his attention on the Water Blue Star Mini World side.

The development over here was rapid, with the entire mini world’s population booming.

Currently, all the people from Water Blue Star, including some seniors, have entered the game.

This led to the Water Blue Star Mini World’s land becoming insufficient, gradually resulting in the construction of many skyscrapers.