Chapter 240: Stone‑Throwing to Attract Jade

A talent like an enhanced sixth sense may lack practical significance, but when used as an auxiliary means it is extremely rare.

But now is not the time to focus on that; Lin Yifan immediately spoke up in the chat channel.

【Lin Yifan-Original District】: "Everyone, I just received an important message——the 'Resource Contention War' appears to be a free choice on the surface, but in fact, survivors who refuse to participate will be 'cleared' by the system within three days. This is not an ordinary task, but a compulsory battlefield mission; not participating means only a dead end!"

As soon as this message was posted, the entire chat channel exploded.

【Watermelon, Shaved Ice-Original District】: "What?! How is that possible?! The system clearly said it's 'free choice'!"

【Meat Bun-Original District】: "Lin Yifan big shot, where did you get this news? This is too scary!"

【White Angel-Original District】: "Indeed……my sixth sense wasn't wrong! Thanks, Lin Yifan big shot, for the confirmation; I'll prepare properly now, hoping to survive this battlefield."

【Sexy Little Fox-Original District】: "Good heavens! Does that mean we have no choice at all? We must participate in this ghost mission!"

【Covered Rice-Original District】: "This simply gives us no way to live! They said we could freely choose, but the truth turns out like this—truly a damned ghost world of a dynasty!"

……

The entire chat channel instantly exploded, with most people wailing!

Obviously, many people had already prepared not to participate in this Resource Contention War.

But what Li Yifan didn't expect was that nobody stood up to question his words, which actually gave him some comfort.

After thinking it over, he then posted two more messages: "I can confirm the source is reliable, and according to the reliable information I received, although the battlefield mission is dangerous, as long as one makes it out alive, even if ranking at the bottom, one's Life Tier can rise by one level."

"I know you all don't want to take risks, but this ghost world is perilous day by day; even without adventure, there's today but no tomorrow. Rather than that, it's better to take a gamble! The mission starts in about an hour, so please immediately check your gear, replenish your status, and prepare for battle!"

However, as soon as he sent those two messages, two rebuttal messages appeared in the chat channel.

【Liu Tianming-Original District】: "Hmph, who knows if you're just alarmist? Maybe you're trying to trick us into going to our deaths! Don't listen to him—we have so many people; if such information were true, it couldn't be known only by him, so he must be lying!"

【Song Ruoyan-Original District】: "Tianming Brother is right; Lin Yifan has no relation to us, so why would he tell us this? Besides, my elder brother Zhao Tianba is the first we contacted to undertake this, and he already got the news earlier; this Resource Contention War is extremely dangerous, with an 80% mortality rate—it's basically an elimination round."

【Hong Meiyun-Original District】: "I also received the news; this Resource Contention War is just an elimination round, because there are too many of us here, so we must weed some out. Everyone definitely shouldn't trust Lin Yifan—those with strength can take a gamble, but those without must absolutely not go looking for death."

……

Li Yifan looked at these few messages, and his expression instantly turned somewhat cold.

Even before the district merger, he had anticipated that after the merger new troubles would arise, though previously there had been no sign of it in the chat channel.

Of course, it might also be because Lin Yifan rarely speaks in the chat channel and usually doesn't pay attention.

But what he didn't expect was that these guys were actually Zhao Tianba's people.

He turned his head to look at Zhao Tianba, who was still unconscious, walked over and gave him a hard kick.

"Ah!"

Zhao Tianba cried out in pain and instantly woke from his coma.

He lifted his head to see Lin Yifan standing before him, his face instantly changed, his eyes rolled, and he immediately dropped to his knees, nervously saying:

"Lin Brother, I know I was wrong! I really know I was wrong! Life isn't easy for any of us; please, seeing that we are all compatriots, spare my life!"

Lin Yifan squatted in front of him, half-smiling, and said:

"Turns out you're the district's number one; I didn't expect you to be so ambitious—less than a day after the district merger, you actually want to replace me."

"Too bad your luck is really poor; now that you're in my hands, you surely know yourself, and there won't be a good outcome for you."

"But I'm not a killer, as you said—no matter how we speak, we're still fellow countrymen from Huaxia on Earth Star; out of this sentiment, I'll at least give you some leniency."

"Lin Brother, saying that means you're willing to let me go?" Zhao Tianba's eyes instantly lit up, and he asked excitedly.

Lin Yifan chuckled: "If you obediently answer my questions, I can also let you go."

"Ask away! Ask anything!" Zhao Tianba hurriedly said: "As long as I know it, I'll tell everything without reservation."

Lin Yifan nodded: "Okay, then tell me how you knew my coordinates? Moreover, after the district merger, our region covers a full 100,000 square kilometers, each person's territory is far apart—how did you find me in such a short time?"

"Then it was the Dark Night Elves who brought you here; the Dark Night Elves are remarkable, but if they truly had such capability, they would have appeared when they were seizing the World Stone earlier."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Tianba's face instantly showed hesitation.

But when he raised his head and saw Lin Yifan staring straight at him, he ultimately dared not act rashly and obediently replied:

"I indeed have an item that can pinpoint others' coordinates, called 【Stone‑Throwing to Attract Jade】. This item was found by someone in our guild; as long as you place an object that a person has touched into it, you can locate that person's coordinates and teleport there, but it can only be used once every three days."

"After the district merger, I immediately heard that you were the number one of your district; I'm somewhat vain and didn't want to lose my title as number one, so after learning the news I right away used 【Stone‑Throwing to Attract Jade】 to come find you."

"But at first I didn't mean to harm you; I actually wanted to trade with you. Someone like you, a master, surely has precious items, and I happen to have two precious items I don't use, so I wanted to come trade with you and also make a friend."

"But I never expected that before 【Stone‑Throwing to Attract Jade】 could even be activated, the Dark Night Elves showed up, saying you offended them and they want justice; however they themselves can't come alone to find you, they need someone from the Initial Domain to guide them."

"So they selected me, threatening my life to force me to bring them to find you; I had no choice but to agree, but I truly didn't mean to harm you!"

As he spoke, he flipped his hand, and a palm‑sized prototype jade disc appeared in his hand, its surface engraved with exquisite patterns.