I Don't Agree to the Terms

Chapter 996 524: Monster Completion Project! (Part 2)

Pick the soft persimmons.

"I wonder if these auras are enough to serve as a method for breaking the deadlock." At this moment, Gu Shanhai was contemplating this possibility.

Theoretically speaking, these five pillars are the foundation for the promotion of the All Ghosts Survival Platform. But since Gu Shanhai got ahold of them so easily, it's a bit suspicious.

"The All Ghosts Survival Platform should be divided into four areas."

"Pillars, Completing Ghost Candidates, Bai Gui Sect, and Ghost Survivors."

"The first three should be the focus, while the Ghost Survivors are likely used as a cover-up cannon fodder and some sort of offering for Completing Ghost Candidates."

"As for humans, they're meant to be a means for the human world to prevent the promotion of the All Ghosts Survival Platform, which explains the high mortality rate of ghosts."

"Bai Gui Sect is probably almost wiped out, and Ghost Survivors are meaningless."

"With Completing Ghost Candidates, I probably won't encounter them at this stage. The All Ghosts Survival Platform must know someone is intentionally sabotaging their plans, so before the fifth level, they'll just send cannon fodder like Ghost Survivors to die and not let the candidates come over."

"So what I can access now are only the aura-formed pillars."

"But will the ghosts beat me to it?"

Gu Shanhai thought of one thing: whether the aura of the fourth level might already have a Completing Ghost Candidate sent to fulfill the task, thus preventing the fourth aura from falling into Gu Shanhai's hands.

Or to be blunt, the aura of the third level might also have been taken away, leaving only a powerful boss as a bomb for Gu Shanhai and others to enjoy.

"The possibility isn't small, but Ghost Survivors shouldn't progress that quickly, right?"

Despite Gu Shanhai having gone through these two Ghost Survival areas without anyone, it was actually specially arranged by the human world.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, some humans would mistakenly enter the Old Mountain Village and then pursue the Ghost Survivors.

Moreover, for this kind of difficult instance, generally speaking, it's not open to cannon fodder like Ghost Survivors but to Completing Ghost Candidates, except for this occasion, due to the intervention of Gu Shanhai and others, resulting in cannon fodder ghosts being deliberately sent to die.

Even then, the mortality rate is extremely high, and not many Completing Ghost Candidates manage to pass.

Actually, there are quite a lot of Completing Ghost Candidates; instead, there are many. The main focus is on both quality and quantity to achieve the highest success rate.

"Forget it, don't think about these things, success or failure doesn't matter."

Mostly, Gu Shanhai still has high hopes for the human world. Between both sides being relentless, if the human world can merely watch the All Ghosts Survival Platform arrange for ghosts to take away these auras, what can Gu Shanhai say? He himself doesn't care, so why should he, an outsider, care?

"***, where are you?"

The voice of the Heaven Rank came through.

Gu Shanhai, who was in a civilian house, replied: "Here."

"Okay, you're pretty hidden, almost couldn't find you." The Heaven Rank came over upon hearing, unable to find Gu Shanhai because Gu Shanhai had laid out concealment methods.

"It's support, I wouldn't be wandering around aimlessly; finding a safe place to squat is the right thing to do." Gu Shanhai said, then asked: "Weren't you investigating with Shura in the village? Why did you suddenly come looking for me?"

"Investigation is Shura's thing; I'm looking for equipment." The Heaven Rank said confidently and then mysteriously took out a big machete, which looked somewhat damaged.

Gu Shanhai recognized it; the blade was imbued with rules, giving it not only special abilities but also suppressing the Heaven Rank's power.

"This item can be taken away; it's equipment." The Heaven Rank said.

"And then?" Gu Shanhai was a bit puzzled.

"After leaving this world, every attack can add 1% real damage of your maximum health."

"The only downside is that the durability can't be repaired."

"Besides that, clothing, accessories, everything can add special effects based on maximum health."

The Heaven Rank was very excited when saying this.

The attributes added are not much, but the effects are extremely overpowering.

"Oh, I see." Gu Shanhai was indifferent; it didn't have an effect on him, and if he wanted such an effect, he could make it.

"Eh, why aren't you excited at all?" The Heaven Rank was curious because this set of equipment could become a trump card after returning to the "First Era" by investing a lot of resources.

"I can make it as well; do you want some? But the price is pretty high." Gu Shanhai said calmly.

"Wow!" The Heaven Rank was truly shocked: "Real damage?"

"Yeah, real damage; I can even make the damage ratio reach 100% of your max health. Also, if you're not satisfied with health, you can use other attributes to substitute."

Gu Shanhai commented that he was inexperienced.

"Didn't Shura tell you? The set of equipment he's wearing was made by me a long time ago, and he's been using it until now. He probably feels it still has use, so he hasn't asked me for customization or upgrades."

Hearing this, the Heaven Rank's eyes flashed with contemplation, considering purchasing.

The main issue was he had already bought an intelligent machine for production; purchasing again wouldn't mean just one set, but at least two sets.

One for himself and another for Cui Yingying.

Buying them would be affordable, albeit extremely costly.

He could see the value of such equipment, and Gu Shanhai certainly more so. For a lifestyle player, if they couldn't discern the value of equipment and items, they'd be bankrupt long ago due to other players exploiting them.

"Sigh, give me a price, I'll take two sets." Ultimately, the Heaven Rank agreed.

"I'm not naming a price; you write a plan and requirements for me."

"Set the price yourself. You won't let me suffer a loss, right?"

Gu Shanhai didn't care about the particularities; since his hands were idle, he could earn some resources easily. Even if he didn't necessarily need them, at least they could be used for something else.

"This is the first time I've met a contractor like you, letting the client write a plan." The Heaven Rank couldn't help but joke, feeling relieved as Gu Shanhai wasn't planning to swindle him but rather let him set the price—a comfort in itself.

The only issue was how to reason the amount to provide; giving more would hurt him, while giving too little would clearly be inappropriate, especially since ongoing collaboration isn't a one-time deal.

"Get your role straight; I'm the client, you're the contractor." Gu Shanhai looked at the Heaven Rank like he was crazy and continued: "Among all players, except for me making this equipment, where else can you get equipment fully fitting your system at this stage?"

Go through an instance? That surely can yield some.

Regrettably, you have to consider the cycle and instance difficulty, and to obtain this kind of equipment, you need a good amount of luck.

Trade? That's fine too.

Only the price, well, that won't be cheap and might not be more favorable than trading with Gu Shanhai.

Gu Shanhai wants only resources, and these resources are nothing but high-value skills and items they don't use.

When trading, the other party is likely after game currency and skill points, both of which they already lack, so it's unlikely for them to trade them; often, it's bartering.

Bartering also has pitfalls—namely, you might fancy their item, but they don't necessarily fancy yours.

So finding a good opportunity isn't always easy.

"Oh come on, I'm still your customer after all." The Heaven Rank was a bit speechless; having the skill means being bold.

"Hey, I'm not; take it or leave it." Gu Shanhai showed off boldly, saying, if you dare, don't want it.

"Well, I won't mess around with you, I gotta write a plan." The Heaven Rank chuckled, not taking it seriously, thinking that if he had the skills, he'd be bold too, and besides, Gu Shanhai was just joking, not being genuinely bold.