I Don't Agree to the Terms

Chapter 1013 533: Returns Are Impossible—You Just Have to Make Do

"Do you think there's any chance the Shura could investigate the Ghost Survivors' gathering place?" the Great Heaven asked Gu Shanhai out of curiosity.

"Let's just say, if I knew, would I still be sitting here?" Gu Shanhai responded sarcastically. If he weren't so busy, he might know, but with how swamped he is, he doesn't have the leisure to think about these things.

With this time, it'd be better to extract some things he needs from this city.

He originally thought the Ghost Survivors would be placed at the core area of the All Ghosts Survival Platform, but to his surprise, they were just thrown into a transit station.

As for the main body of the All Ghosts Survival Platform, it's probably in the next level.

Of course, this place shouldn't be considered the core area, at most just the peripheral area.

From this perspective, the All Ghosts Survival Platform doesn't care about this group of Ghost Survivors.

It makes sense; the All Ghosts Survival Platform lacks everything except ghosts. As long as the Ghost World isn't extinct, they can always get as many ghosts as they want.

Plus, with the appropriate civilization guidance, the current All Ghosts Survival Platform is probably enjoying the ghostly benefits while complaining about the excess number of ghosts.

So, using ghosts as cannon fodder is no skin off their back. It's not even that there's someone else to do it if you don't; it's that if you don't want to die, there's always another ghost who can step up.

Using minimal materials to exert the maximum value.

This group of Ghost Survivors is truly miserable. Perhaps only the ghost candidates in the Completion Plan might get slightly better treatment. However, this better treatment isn't due to the All Ghosts Survival Platform's preferential treatment but rather due to their own ability to fight for it.

Becoming a candidate isn't because the platform chose them; it's because they themselves have standout abilities to earn this treatment. Essentially, it was their own effort, but most of the results were confiscated by the All Ghosts Survival Platform.

To be honest, if the ghosts didn't lack the ability to resist the All Ghosts Survival Platform, how could it still exist today?

Gu Shanhai also speculated part of this situation; the main reason is that the All Ghosts Survival Platform possesses formidable military power, able to pull people from the Ghost World at will and control the death of Ghost Survivors.

Even more specifically, if a Ghost Survivor dies, a punishment will befall the ghosts of the Ghost World, thereby showcasing its own strength.

"By the way, why did you ask me to release the Tai Sui Gu to deal with the zombies earlier? The strength gap is so obvious that it's virtually a suicide mission," the Great Heaven inquired.

The Tai Sui Gu's strength is involved, and the Great Heaven was naturally too embarrassed to ask straight when Shura was around.

So, he had to wait until the Shura left before asking.

Refusing before was a past matter, but if what Gu Shanhai says makes sense, he doesn't mind letting the Tai Sui Gu out.

"Well, you're looking for after-sales service, aren't you?" Gu Shanhai retorted.

The Great Heaven nodded, "Yeah, you at least have to explain it to me."

This was his rightful due.

"Zombies are essentially also ghosts, just different from normal ghosts, more akin to immature experiments."

"Aside from having excellent nutrition, they're an exceptional supplement for the Tai Sui Gu, as both are artificial creatures."

"Consuming zombies not only allows for rapid growth, but if enough are consumed, the Tai Sui Gu can acquire special skills, talents, etc., through absorbing zombies."

"The odds are much higher with the living than with dead corpses."

Gu Shanhai explained for a bit, wondering what's the point in hiding it from the client, who already made the purchase; it's not bad to throw in an explanation.

"That's all well and good, but haven't you considered the possibility that the Tai Sui Gu might not be able to beat the zombies?" The Great Heaven was indeed tempted, but so what? He's also tempted by the rewards of the fifth level, but isn't that hope just as ethereal?

What you want and what you can achieve are two different things.

"No worries, the Tai Sui Gu is specialized, and being a ghost, it can quietly drag off a zombie for a meal."

"With this snowball effect, as long as it doesn't face off directly, the Tai Sui Gu stands a good chance." Gu Shanhai naturally had considered it and wasn't really sending the Tai Sui Gu to its death.

Hearing this, the Great Heaven was tempted, but still pondered.

Gu Shanhai made it sound easy, but the problem is the Tai Sui Gu doesn't have a brain. How could it possibly act precisely as described?

This issue is also normal because Gu Shanhai initially didn't install a brain for the Tai Sui Gu; the original plan was for the Four Saints Beasts System to control it.

Unexpectedly, the Great Heaven took a liking to it, so Gu Shanhai had to sell it to him.

So, in theory, the Tai Sui Gu is just an unemotional eating machine, existing only with instinct.

Luckily, Gu Shanhai later supplemented it with a contract as a control system; otherwise, even the Great Heaven would find it hard to control.

The Great Heaven didn't suspect the Tai Sui Gu had problems, simply assuming it was brainless and needed to be controlled.

For the Great Heaven, the Tai Sui Gu isn't meant to be used as a normal summon, but he plans to, after returning to the "First Era," through certain skills, make it a special type of summon, like making the Tai Sui Gu his prosthesis or armor.

Capable of morphing, possessing mighty attacking power, rapid regeneration, and even splitting and growing, it is undoubtedly a piece of powerful, growable equipment.