Chapter 910: Contract Scroll

Outside the hall it was chaotic and noisy; inside the hall all was quiet.

After Lin An casually used his psychic power to knock out the remaining ordinary people, in the huge switchboard hall only Yuan Feng's ragged breathing remained.

Looking at Yuan Feng's ashen face, Lin An spoke lightly:

"Three seconds to consider."

"Either you bet you can survive a lifetime in Heiyu, or you cooperate. You have no other choice."

His words were overbearing, leaving no room for negotiation.

Even though Lin An himself was in danger, it didn't hinder him from intimidating the clueless Yuan Feng.

In Yuan Feng's eyes, Lin An was a bully who suddenly barged into his 'home', ran rampant, seized his territory, and still threatened him.

Lin An also clearly saw that someone like Yuan Feng, who could survive multiple times in Heiyu and had the guts to flee and then plot against him, was an Awakened One who, once sensing trouble, would inevitably develop greedy thoughts.

Being both timid and greedy, these two contradictory traits do not conflict in such a person.

Two seconds later, Yuan Feng's face turned ashen as he stared fixedly at Lin An's profile.

"What do you want me to cooperate on?"

"Moreover, you know what I want!"

Although he didn't explicitly agree, his words showed he had clearly softened.

Smiling, Lin An casually spoke to the constantly weighing Yuan Feng:

"Nothing."

"I'm just curious what arrangements you made at the old residence that gave you confidence to kill me."

"If it's really useful, I need you to honestly tell me your thoughts and conduct a small experiment."

"As for what you want..."

As Lin An spoke, he lightly tapped the Apocalypse Ring on his hand:

"It's nothing but space equipment."

"The scenery inside Heiyu can be refreshed, and you can take things out."

"With space equipment, this place is like an inexhaustible treasury—who wouldn't be tempted?"

Glancing at the silent Yuan Feng, Lin An continued:

"If you perform well, what's wrong with me giving you a space ring?"

"Just because you can't get this doesn't mean I can't."

"If I'm not mistaken, did you find some special area in Heiyu?"

"There, there are repeatedly refreshed consumables similar to spirit-energy fruits."

"But it's relatively dangerous there; places where you can absorb spirit-energy cannot be lingered in for long."

"Moreover, it's not easy to carry things out; maybe carrying them on your person when leaving Heiyu would attract monster attacks along the way? So the only way is to rely on a space ring to bring these 'things' out to the outside world for easy absorption."

Yuan Feng, who had been somewhat calm, heard Lin An's words, his expression startled, he subconsciously widened his eyes and looked at Lin An.

"How does he know?!"

He considered it one of his most important secrets, swearing to heaven that he had never told anyone!

He didn't care.

Lin An glanced at the shocked and dismayed Yuan Feng, feeling no surprise.

Indeed, that was the case.

In the records of the Yingshan Safe Zone, Yuan Feng was formerly an insignificant minor character with ordinary strength.

After emerging from Heiyu his strength surged, and it wasn't due to strange objects or equipment.

Then he obviously had found an area rich in spirit-energy.

Under normal circumstances, ordinary supplies that can be brought out of Heiyu are, frankly, useful for building forces, but for an individual they're not that significant.

After all, many things cannot be obtained just with food.

Combined with the fact that this guy, upon seeing him, immediately abandoned the Safe Zone and fled, Lin An could figure it out with his toes.

Yuan Feng's desire for a space ring was absolutely not to transport large amounts of food supplies, but to enhance his strength; otherwise he had no reason to flee directly.

After a moment, Yuan Feng, whose thoughts had been seen through, hesitated and then spoke slowly:

"That's right, I indeed discovered a special area, and I also need space equipment."

"But cooperating with you is too dangerous; what can you use to guarantee my safety?"

"Or rather, why should I trust you?"

When asked directly, Yuan Feng hesitated a moment, then could not resist the temptation of space equipment.

That special area he happened upon is indeed pretty much what Lin An said.

It is a place guarded by a group of special beings; at the center of the encirclement is condensed spirit-energy in solid form. But staying there to absorb is almost like seeking death, and carrying it on your person would also invite pursuit.

The only way is to rely on space equipment to carry away a large amount, then simply flee.

He secretly sighed.

No matter how reluctant he was to cooperate with Lin An in his heart, at this moment the temptation of spirit-energy still made him waver.

He hadn't never thought of looking for space equipment; it's just that such equipment, while unable to enhance strength, is extremely rare to obtain.

Don't think that as a Safe Zone Leader with many Awakened Ones under him, he could actually obtain a ring no matter what terms he offered.

Awakened Ones possessing space equipment— the strong look down on his supplies, while the weak dare not reveal theirs.

"It's simple."

Noticing Yuan Feng's hesitation, Lin An spoke coldly, directly opened the Reputation Shop and quickly exchanged for a Contract Scroll.

A flash of white light, and an ancient-looking, off-white sheepskin scroll instantly appeared in his hand:

"This is a Contract Scroll exchanged for 200 reputation points."

「You should also have some prestige, you've seen this thing, right? 」

「If you sign the scroll, I can guarantee I won't take the initiative to attack you. 」

「Violators will have 10 times their prestige deducted. To be frank, your life isn't worth that much prestige in my eyes. 」

Yuan Feng heard the voice and froze for a moment, his gaze suddenly fixing on the scroll.

That's right, he's seen this thing in the prestige shop before and knows roughly what it does.

The contract scroll provided by the system cannot be violated by anyone.

He just didn't expect Lin An to be so willing.

A scroll worth 200 prestige points, just trade it like that? You should know, he's only managed to save up 38 prestige points so far...

Damn it, big spender.

After hearing Lin An's last somewhat unpleasant remark, he couldn't help but curse quietly in his heart.

200 prestige points—enough to exchange for a high-quality blue weapon... The scroll before him might very well be the first one ever redeemed worldwide.

Who in their right mind would be willing to sign a contract just to exchange for a scroll?

Violators lose 2000 prestige points; if insufficient, they're outright erased...

He licked his lips, Yuan Feng's gaze kept shifting back and forth between Lin An and the scroll, leaving him feeling a bit dazed.

Although Lin An's words were harsh, they were true.

His life really isn't worth 2000 prestige points... It's not that it's not worth it, but prestige is too hard to come by; most Awakened Ones don't even know how to obtain it.

But thinking from another angle, Lin An daring to set such a contract must mean he possesses at least over 2000 prestige points!

Fuck...

Just how rich is this guy!?

Could this pervert possibly be the system's own son!?

After a moment, the somewhat struck Yuan Feng took a deep breath and gave a bitter laugh:

「Fine! I'll sign! 」