Chapter 90 The Dead City
Chapter 90 The Dead City
Well, the offer is low, so is it. Tu Yu is about to seal off Yunmengze, and a few coins for life are not worth Ning Zhe's going back on his word.
Lan Shiwen took out five copper coins from his pocket and handed them to Ning Zhe, saying, "Pay half first. After you finish explaining your reasoning process for the Five-way Rule, you can take the remaining five coins."
"Okay." Ning Zhe nodded and took the copper coin from Lan Shiwen's hand.
Ning Zhe currently holds 9 copper coins
"The rule of the God of Wealth is not simply to spend money to buy life, but to 'buy and sell'."
Ning Zhe put the five coins that Lan Shiwen handed him on the red string and said:
"When a person meets the God of Wealth, the rules of Wutong will force a transaction between the person and the God. This transaction cannot be avoided, cannot be reversed, and cannot be credited... From the moment you meet the God of Wealth, you only have two choices."
"Buy or sell."
What are you buying and selling? Of course, it’s your life.
"The initial price of the transaction is 1. The price of one life is one copper coin."
You can use one copper coin to buy one life from the God of Wealth, or you can sell one life to the God of Wealth in exchange for one copper coin.
You can choose any one, but you can't choose none. The God of Wealth is a forceful salesman.
"The price for the second transaction is 2. The price of one life is 1 copper coins."
Shi Yurou and Ji Yunying met the God of Wealth for the second time. Each of them paid 2 copper coins to buy a life from the God of Wealth. Together with the life they bought with 1 copper coin when they first met him, and the life that people are born with, they each have 1 lives.
Of course, Ji Yunying had just been killed by Ning Zhe once, and he only had two lives left.
As Ning Zhe spoke, he silently cast his gaze towards the direction of Yunmengze in the distance. He could feel that the God of Wealth was moving towards this side.
He came to complete the deal that was not yet completed.
"I have met the God of Wealth before, and he took away two of my lives at once. Don't ask me where these two lives came from. I have no answer."
"At that time, I was not very clear about the rules of the God of Wealth. After selling my two lives, I ran away without taking the money from the God of Wealth. So he kept chasing me, probably to give me the money he owed me."
That was my first meeting with the God of Wealth and my first transaction with Him.
Next I will meet the God of Wealth. If I get 2 copper coins, it means the initial price of selling my life is 1, 1 life for 1 copper coin.
If I only get 1 copper coin, it means the initial price of selling my life is 0.5, 2 lives for 1 copper coin. "
After saying that, Ning Zhe looked at Lan Shiwen and said, "Pay the balance. I'll go meet the God of Wealth right away."
"Good luck to you." Lan Shiwen nodded and took out the remaining five copper coins from his pocket. Ning Zhe was going to face Wutong directly, so he naturally had nothing to say.
The sky in the distance has darkened, the sun is setting, the gorgeous sunset has lost its bright colors, and the 'door' is about to close.
Ning Zhe was just about to take the remaining 5 copper coins from Lan Shiwen and set off to meet the God of Wealth. However, at this moment, Lan Shiwen's face changed. His originally calm expression instantly became extremely bad, as if he had just been extremely frightened. His mouth was slightly open, and he almost let out a shrill scream.
"What's wrong with you?" Ning Zhe asked with a frown. The fear on Lan Shiwen's face only appeared for a moment before it disappeared. The ability of the upgraded people to manage their emotions is very strong, otherwise they would not be able to break the rules and complete their own upgrade.
Even someone as calm as Lan Shiwen had obviously lost control of his facial expression just now. One can imagine how much of a shock he felt.
"Nothing, I just remembered some bad things." Lan Shiwen's face returned to calm, and he said with some embarrassment: "I'm really sorry, Ye Yao, I can't give you the copper coins. I don't mean to default on the debt. I'm really... really sorry.
But I beg you, I ask you, Yeyao, give me all the copper coins you have, and I promise that I will return them double in the future... Please. I guarantee it with my reputation."
The other upgraders all use the code name of ghost, and only Lan Shiwen goes online with his real name. His credit and reputation in the upgrader circle are extremely good. If Yu Ziqian himself were here, he would most likely agree.
But Ning Zhe didn't know Lan Shiwen's reputation. He wanted to take the precious money for nothing by using his illusory reputation as a guarantee? He only wanted to ask one question:
——Who are you?
"Give me a reason to believe you." Ning Zhe shook his head and said, "Also, settle the balance first and then talk about other things. This is the most basic spirit of the contract."
Lan Shiwen closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "Okay."
He also gave the remaining five copper coins to Ning Zhe.
Ning Zhe currently holds 14 copper coins
"The God of Wealth is coming. Let's talk somewhere else." Lan Shiwen said as he walked downstairs. As he walked, he said to the three people on the balcony, "Follow me. My car is parked downstairs."
Lan Shiwen's car is a purple 'Caiwei GS', commonly known as a grocery shopping car or a woman's car. The small and cute body, bright and beautiful color matching, and soft interior lines are very popular with girls. In fact, this car is indeed his girlfriend's.
Ning Zhe sat in the passenger seat, Shi Yurou and Ji Yunying sat in the back seat together, Lan Shiwen held the steering wheel and fastened his seat belt, saying loudly: "Hold on tight, I'll take you into the city."
As he said that, he stepped on the accelerator to the bottom. Although the design language of Caiwei's car is feminine, the hardware quality is not bad at all, and the starting speed is very fast. Lan Shiwen stepped on the accelerator and directly smashed the gate fence of Chuyun Villa, rushed out of the forest area and sped along the lakeside road.
"What do you think? You've never seen a woman racing a car, have you?" Lan Shiwen said half-jokingly.
However, Ning Zhe felt that Lan Shiwen was not a person who liked to joke, and he probably hoped to use this method to alleviate the fear he had felt at that moment.
Ning Zhe thought for a moment and said casually, "Well... I've driven a Wuling Hongguang on the national highway."
"Then you are awesome." Lan Shiwen gave him a thumbs up and then said:
"Generally speaking, those who have ascended to higher levels will never easily reveal the rules they know to others. But the situation is special now, and I can only resort to this last resort. If I let the God of Wealth continue to wander, something irreversible will happen. Cloud City's nearly ten million people may not even survive one-third... So I want to tell you now that the rules I know can, in a sense, predict the future."
"Hmm..." Ning Zhe turned his head to look at the brother and sister sitting in the back seat, frowned slightly, and wondered if this kind of thing could be said in front of mortals?
Never mind. These aren’t my rules anyway.
Ning Zhe raised his hand, motioning him to continue: "So what is the future you foresaw?"
Lan Shiwen bit his lip lightly, his expression solemn: "I saw the God of Wealth wandering in Yundu City. His wealth continued to snowball with each transaction until it expanded to a certain extent, enough to buy the lives of tens of millions of people in the entire Yundu City."
Yundu City has become a dead city.
(End of this chapter)