novelraw Chapter 1026 - 728: 3 x 3 x 3 = ?
Chapter 1026 - 728: 3 x 3 x 3 = ?
After the contract was completely depicted, Mudala knelt in Li Zheng’s mind, sincerely performing the highest ceremony of the Destruction Race: "Subordinate Mudala, greetings to the master!"
"...?" Li Zheng looked at the complete contract pattern in his hand and then at Mudala’s current state, instantly sensing something amiss.
The plan for the terminal to gather Wilderness people into the Outer City with this contract is going to fail; such a contract cannot deceive anyone!
"You should go back first." Li Zheng waved his hand, letting Mudala leave his mind.
Perhaps because Mudala’s spiritual power was tainted with Li Zheng’s aura due to the contract just now, she easily retracted her spiritual power this time.
At this moment, the pattern on her waist and abdomen was fading, eventually disappearing completely, leaving only smooth skin.
Just as she said before, the contracts of the Destruction Race are unique and can only be used once, whether forward or reverse.
She picked up the clothes on the ground, dressed neatly again, and then respectfully stood by with her head lowered, completely treating herself as Li Zheng’s servant, even more respectful than Mirel when she first followed Li Zheng.
Li Zheng separated a strand of spirit and said to her: "Just be as you were before, don’t treat yourself as a slave or a servant. What I said earlier still counts, once you enter the Outer City and wish to leave, I’ll let you go immediately."
Mudala suddenly knelt down, fearfully: "Subordinate absolutely has no second thoughts, please take back your order, master!"
Li Zheng frowned deeply, the contract’s effect was a bit overwhelming, to the extent that it managed to brainwash Mudala into completely loyal to him in such a short time.
He opened his mouth, but in the end just said: "Forget it, get up first, let me study this properly, perhaps I can unlock part of the contract’s power."
Li Zheng had no interest in collecting slaves, if he kept Mudala merely because she was beautiful, it would be too unethical.
If he wanted a loyal and attractive female companion, he’d rather release Fukada Yuuki.
The battle mannequin is obedient and pleasing to the eye, completely aligning with Li Zheng’s aesthetics, there’s no need to go against his conscience to find these external races.
"It’s all the terminal’s creation, and now I have to clean up the mess." Li Zheng muttered annoyingly: "Damn it!"
He refocused his attention into his mind, slightly shifting his spiritual body, sending the position where the contract pattern was seated into the Dark Realm.
At the moment the contract pattern entered the Dark Realm, Mudala’s expression slightly shifted, her eyes regained brilliance.
She secretly glanced at Li Zheng, maintaining her composure, but internally her emotions were tumultuous: "I can’t believe the contract of my race is so overpowering, I was caught off guard and got brainwashed!"
Li Zheng’s attention was fully in the Dark Realm at this time, unaware of everything happening outside and did not notice Mudala’s change.
"Even though I don’t know why I suddenly got rid of that entranced state, this is an opportunity!"
"As long as I kill him now, the contract will automatically dissolve!"
Mudala clenched her fist, but relaxed it the next second: "But... why can’t I conjure any hostility towards him?"
Inexplicably, she felt there’s something about Li Zheng drawing her in, making her mesmerized.
"Damn it, even though I’ve broken free from the entranced state, things still don’t look great!"
Looking at Li Zheng’s side profile, Mirel felt her heart pounding erratically, every time she forcibly conjured hostility towards him wanting to make a move to kill Li Zheng, she’d be overwhelmed by inexplicable emotions in her heart.
Li Zheng sat beneath the Bodhi Tree, carefully examining the pattern in his hand, infusing his spiritual power into it, experiencing the strange fluctuations emitted by the pattern.
This fluctuation was connected to Mudala’s spiritual body; once the contract pattern was damaged, causing an imbalance in the fluctuation, it would immediately implicate Mudala herself, damaging her.
He researched for a while without any further discoveries, retreating from the Dark Realm afterward, and inquired internally if Old Pu had more information to offer.
Old Pu did not disappoint, having gathered some more information during this time and presented it to Li Zheng.
[Slave Contract, also known as Loyalty Contract, was originally used by the Destruction Race for their loved ones to ensure the sincerity and purity of both parties’ emotions.
The stronger the spiritual force of the dominant side, the more loyal the contracted party becomes, and the less resistant they are.
It was later used by unscrupulous Destruction people to control others, eventually turning the Loyalty Contract into a Slave Contract.
As each Destruction Race members are belligerent, in order to use it to control others, they often have to undergo fierce battles, thus it was renamed as ’Defeat Contract.’]
"Defeat Contract..." Li Zheng retracted his spiritual power, sighed: "It’s nothing but an excuse for beautifying the cruel act of enslaving others."
After reading the information provided by Old Pu, Li Zheng said: "Temporarily no discoveries yet, let me... huh?"
He turned and noticed Mudala had become a bit different again, not as rigid as before but now with a touch of liveliness.
"Are you alright now?" he asked.
Mudala initially wanted to feign back to the entranced state, but seeing Li Zheng had noticed, she nodded: "Hmm, the power of the contract has been suppressed considerably, enough for me to maintain self-awareness."
It seems to be the effect of the Dark Realm.
Li Zheng immediately realized the reason, the Dark Realm and the Outer World are entirely different worlds, originally should be disconnected, so when Li Zheng transferred the contract to the Dark Realm, its effect naturally became isolated.
But because the Lamp Carrier’s Mark opened a portal connecting to the Dark Realm in his mind, the contract’s power didn’t completely lose effect, Mudala still has to be restricted.
Old Pu’s prompt immediately validated this point.
[Congratulations, you’ve stumbled upon a method to limit the contract’s effect, now you’ll have a little fangirl instead of a single-minded Death Warrior wanting to die for you.
Friendly Reminder: You can take advantage of this opportunity to ask her some rather excessive requests, for example... making her solve a math problem like 3x3x3=?!]
Li Zheng, as usual, ignored Old Pu’s latter part, focusing only on the first half, feeling much lighter at heart.
He recently indeed had a lot of things to concern him, didn’t wish to add another urgent problem.
The Dark Realm’s help in weakening the contract’s effect was truly a great help.
Though it hasn’t completely solved the issue, it at least provided Li Zheng with some breathing space.
"Since everything’s fine now, let’s go." Li Zheng took out an Inscription Card to contact the terminal, notifying Mudala’s offering of the contract.
The terminal replied: "Great, now I’ll trouble you to deliver Buddha to the West, straightforwardly break the contract. Whether the Outer City can establish friendship with the Wilderness rests on you!"
Then he sent the Teleportation Disc to Li Zheng: "Oh right, to facilitate your research, I’ve adjusted the destination of this Teleportation Disc, you’ll return together to the 375 block."
Call Mirel and the others at the door, and they simultaneously activated the Teleportation Disc. After a brief recharging, the four disappeared from the wooden house.
Before leaving, they didn’t forget to end the life of the Fire Ape, lest he dies of thirst lying here.
They’d just left for less than half an hour when three mushroom clouds emerged in the area, destroying the orderly arranged plants and leaving them devastated.
Three Fire Ape Race members walked out of the mushroom clouds, arriving at the fellow tribe, who had become a living dead person... oh no, completely deceased, with furious expressions, baring their teeth and letting out sad yet angry roars.