Chapter 335: Monster Nest Island

Cen Jinyue is much stronger than expected.

According to Xu Zhiyan's calculations, if he took on Jiang Huaique's powerful attack, the protective shell made of Broken Moon Crystals would take at least some time to repair.

But not long after, Dou Hongshan saw the prop prompt and found that the other party was moving at a speed that was not inferior to Jiang Huaique and others. The destination was obviously the church behind them...

"Cen Jinyue will be here soon!"

Her voice was relatively steady, but her fingers were trembling as she repeatedly tapped the panel, revealing her inner uneasiness.

Xu Zhiyan was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head to send a message to Jiang Huaique.

Damn, the Joker is seriously injured, and I don’t know if he can discover Cen Jinyue’s movements in time. If the two sides encounter each other, I’m afraid there will be another round of fighting.

Fortunately, the reminder was timely.

Jiang Huaique decisively changed direction with the seriously injured.

Before Dou Hongshan had time to rejoice, Xu Zhiyan had arranged everything for him.

"Xiao Cai, go wake up the ones knitting scarves, take the supplies and temporarily leave the church with them. Be careful of their hunger."

"Little Brittlebone, go and collect the scarves you have knitted. Don't leave any behind. Pack up all the extra yarn and take it away."

Little Keibous ran away with the Duckling backpack without hesitation.

Dou Hongshan was speechless.

She really wanted to argue that even if she had a nickname, she shouldn't be called Xiaocai, but time was running out, and it seemed that Xu Zhiyan was planning to stay here and face Cen Jinyue.

In the end, she just nodded and agreed to the arrangement.

"……good."

The more I see how powerful Cen Jinyue is, the deeper my fear becomes.

As one of the survivors, Dou Hongshan knows better than anyone how difficult it is to kill a mimic with unlimited resurrection power.

Even with Shiva's strong offensive, as long as the moon is there, all efforts will be in vain.

Besides, it was not even midnight yet, and the moon would be even brighter next time. They couldn't deal with the full moon above their heads, nor could they wait until morning to launch their offensive.

There is no alternative but to negotiate...

But what bargaining chips does Xu Zhiyan have?

With doubts, Dou Hongshan notified the remaining players and briefly explained the problem. Then everyone took supplies that could last at least three days and left the church monster nest.

Before leaving, Zhou Deyi gave him a complicated look.

"Thank you, Boss Xu."

Faced with such a situation, Xu Zhiyan was still thinking about them. No matter whether the other party could succeed in the end, he would remember this favor. If it were him, he couldn't even handle himself, so how could he care about the life and death of others.

Xu Zhiyan waved his hand to signal them to leave quickly and said nothing more.

After exchanging a glance with Dou Hongshan, the last person to leave, he bent his fingers and tapped on Shiva's silver panel, then began to give orders.

"Send him a message, don't let him go astray."

Cen Jinyue has the coordinates of everyone in the copy, but he has no way of knowing their specific names. Now that a group of people are escaping, he has to make sure that Cen Jinyue knows he is here and can find him smoothly.

"receive."

Shiva agreed.

A small bullet as thick as a finger flew out from the side of the ammunition box, and even the budget for sending the message was taken into consideration.

In the live broadcast room, the audience shouted "conscience".

【Ahhhh, I declare that Xiao Baiwan is the most conscientious businessman in the world! 】

[Indeed, who the hell would dare to do this? ]

[Xiao Baiwan is expensive, but he really works hard when you pay him. ]

[So does anyone know how much Xiao Baiwan just spent? I feel like my brain is going to shut down just by counting on my fingers.]

【Ah——money power! 】

[I am different from you. I want to know how much it costs to get Shiva...]

[Hahahaha, I've already gone to the safe house to reserve arrows and the thundering longbow. They're expensive, but they can actually beat the Moon Goddess like this. If it was during the day, I would have won for sure.]

[I am really worried about how Xiao Baiwan will deal with the Moon God. Will he pay Shiva as negotiation materials? 】

Complete all preparations.

Xu Zhiyan returned to the church hall, opened the door wide, and waited for Cen Jinyue to arrive.

The other party arrived a few minutes later than originally expected.

…

When Cen Jinyue rushed to the church, she saw the young man sitting leisurely with his legs crossed on the rabbit skin chair.

He opened his hand, and in his palm lay a crudely made leaflet.

The poor flyer with advertising slogans was punctured with several holes, and only the words on it could be vaguely seen: Pay gold to change your fate, accept orders online...

Cen Jinyue frowned deeply.

God knows how complicated his mood was when he saw the magazine burst open and the flyer popped out.

Facing the young man slumped in the chair, his eyes were dark and his gaze moved up and down, looking at the other person from head to toe.

The church was not very bright, and the flickering candlelight outlined Xu Zhiyan's contours. The warm light shining on his delicate face made him look even thinner and more harmless, like a fish on a chopping board, ready to be slaughtered.

It’s a pity that this thought only flashed through my mind for a moment.

After being attacked by hot weapons just now, Cen Jinyue no longer underestimated the enemy.

Whether it's the heavy weapon platforms on both sides, the ammunition boxes behind the opponent, or the defensive props hanging all over the body.

This seemingly harmless young man holds several cards in his hand.

"Moon God, don't you have anything to say?"

Xu Zhiyan stood up and broke the silent atmosphere with a smile.

Damn, he finally understood why Cen Jinyue could run so fast. It seemed that she had completely escaped the constraints of gravity and was floating directly off the ground.

All his previous attacks failed to hit their target, in large part because his opponent was a skill-reliant player whose body movement speed was not very fast and it was difficult for him to avoid attacks from thermal weapons. If they were to fight again now, he would have to use higher-level weapons to accurately capture the opponent's movements.

"It's not a fight to the death yet, there's still room for negotiation, right?"

Xu Zhiyan took the lead in sending goodwill signals.

It’s too expensive to do it yourself.

"For businessmen, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. There is no need for us to make things so tense."

He emphasized his original intention, as if he was not the one who transferred more than 80 million points from the Utopia and used hot weapons to madly attack the opponent.

Cen Jinyue was hanging outside the church, curling the corners of her mouth and laughing softly.

"You surprised me."

He thought Xu Zhiyan would hide in the center of the monster's nest in the church to seek shelter, or he would ambush in advance and launch a new round of attacks when he just came over.

"I didn't expect that we would have a chance to have a good talk."

"One can't think of everything in the world." Xu Zhiyan responded generously, showing an attitude of intending to negotiate.

Cen Jinyue raised her eyebrows and spoke.

"Why do you want to stay here alone to face me? Aren't you afraid that I will kill you? But it doesn't matter if you don't answer this question. I don't have much patience left." His tone gradually became cold.

Xu Zhiyan did not hide anything and stated his thoughts directly.

"There are many reasons. With Shiva here, I can always fight you for a few rounds, and you won't kill me. Even if I don't have these defensive items, you won't kill me."

The confident voice made Cen Jinyue a little confused, but he soon understood where the other party's confidence came from.

"You've put a bounty on me, and you want to get anonymous information from me." Xu Zhiyan explained quickly. Although he didn't understand why Utopia was so afraid of anonymity, as long as the other party asked something of him, he would have the bargaining chip.

"I can trade you some information about anonymity," he said.

Unexpectedly, Cen Jinyue suddenly laughed out loud after hearing this.

“I have little interest in anonymity.”

"You are the only butterfly being hunted from beginning to end."

Now it was Xu Zhiyan's turn to be surprised.

Even though he had heard this adjective before, when someone really said it to his face, he couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling and got goose bumps.

The other party went to great lengths to find anonymous information, and even spent a large sum of money to buy his guild. Wasn't it to find anonymous information? Or maybe finding anonymous information was not the main condition, but just a side effect...

In an instant, a lot of information flashed through Xu Zhiyan's mind.

Zhou Deyi originally mentioned that many people in the Ghost Alliance had contracts tailor-made for him, and some were even too extreme, writing slave contracts on the other half regardless of the risks, unlike him who only intended to get money.

Slave...contract?

Recalling this detail now, Xu Zhiyan pursed his lips and his brain started working rapidly.

Does the ideal state want him personally?

The news about anonymity is just a byproduct of himself?

The confident answer was refuted, and Xu Zhiyan showed a slightly confused expression, which greatly pleased Cen Jinyue.

He slowly descended to the ground, his tone more patient.

"You can't kill me at night, even if you have many means of attack. Continuing to resist will only consume all your defensive items."

As long as the moon is there, he has infinite power and can be resurrected from the dead.

Seeing Xu Zhiyan's solemn expression and nervously rubbing and turning the ring on his left middle finger, Cen Jinyue smiled.

"I advise you not to even think of using weapons."

"By the way, I have a gift for you."

He raised his palm, and two black shadows suddenly fell from the sky to the ground with a "bang bang" sound.

Dou Hongshan and Zhou Deyi, who had just left, were thrown to the ground from a high place.

“Puff—cough cough…”

Both men were bleeding from all their orifices, with the most blood coming out of their mouths. It was obvious at a glance that they were seriously injured.

Xu Zhiyan's pupils shrank slightly, probably because he had not expected the situation in front of him.

This expression made him lose his original confident state. Cen Jinyue was very satisfied, so he raised his hand again and continued to drop trophies from the sky.

“Bang—bang—bang—”

Lin Ju, Yu Jiantong, Geng Yu, Lu Yaoling... and even Xu Xiaohua in an alienated state.

The huge black monster without eyes fell to the ground, suddenly opened its mouth and vomited out two humans mixed with saliva - they were Tang Run and Mu Feng.

The hands and feet of the two men were all cut off, leaving only their limbs and torsos. They had already fainted. The monster, wearing a hard black armor, was much stronger than humans. After raising its head, it was still able to speak.

"Dad... I'm so hungry..."

Except for Jiang Huai Que and the Clown who got the news and changed their route to escape, all the remaining players on the island fell into Cen Jinyue's hands.

Seeing that Xu Zhiyan was so shocked that he couldn't speak, he was extremely satisfied with the current situation.

"This little monster is very interesting. It could have run away on its own, but when I was killing Mu Feng and Tang Run, it rushed back to save them... To be honest, if it hadn't vomited the person out now, I would have thought it had eaten him."

"From now on, every time you attack, I will kill one person." Cen Jinyue said the cruelest words with a smile.

"Let's start with this little monster...or this woman."

Sharp crystal fragments hung on Lu Yaoling's body, as if they were going to kill the unconscious human in the next second.

In fact, he originally planned to catch Jiang Huai Partridge and Clown.

But when he found out that Xu Zhiyan let all the other players go and chose to face him alone, he changed his plan.

"Honestly, I didn't expect you to actually care about the lives of other players."

"I thought all businessmen were the same, heartless fellows."

On the other side, Xu Zhiyan, who was completely passive, had a cold face and did not say anything. His expression at this moment was completely different from when he was waiting for Cen Jinyue before. There was no trace of leisure at all.

After Cen Jinyue finished speaking, no one spoke anymore, leaving only the painful screams of the semi-conscious player.

The air grew colder and more depressing, carrying with it a lingering sense of despair.

Seeing the crystal about to fall, Xu Zhiyan closed his eyes expressionlessly and spoke as if he had made a big decision.

"Shiva, put away the attack module."

"The opponent's judgment is extremely strong. Shiva does not recommend you to do this." A mechanical voice responded, and the advanced intelligent AI tried to dissuade its master from doing stupid things.

"Mr. Xu, victory always comes with sacrifice."

If it ignores the players struggling in pain around Cen Jinyue, it believes that it still has the strength to fight.

Even if it has to fight from night to morning, even if it has to use up its last magazine of bullets, it believes in its own super computing power and its chance of winning is at least 50%.

However, Xu Zhiyan just repeated the instructions in a cold voice.

"Put away all modules."

"receive."

This time Shiva did not argue, and the heavy weapon platform and ammunition depot were quickly put away, turned into angular props again, and hung back on their owner's wrist.

After putting away the props, Xu Zhiyan took off his defensive props one by one and put back his backpack under Cen Jinyue's satisfied gaze.

A few minutes passed, and even the human-skin Buddha was put away before he raised his head and looked at Cen Jinyue again.

"I am sincere."

"I know you are very strong and cannot be killed, but if you let them go, including Jiang Huai Que, and promise not to kill him in the dungeon in the future, then I can sign another contract with you."

He took out a blank contract paper, lowered his head and wrote his name on the position of Party B, and then filled in the content at the top, requiring Party A to guarantee the safety of the remaining players and not to kill Jiang Huai Que no matter what the situation in the future.

After writing down his conditions, Xu Zhiyan stared at Cen Jinyue.

"You can set the other conditions."

If the ideal country wants him personally, then the other party will not refuse.

It was exactly the same as Xu Zhiyan’s judgment.

Cen Jinyue looked at the half-written contract with an amusement expression, and waved her hand to stop the attack.

"Any conditions?"

His tone was somewhat bad.

Xu Zhiyan seemed to have not adjusted his mentality yet. He closed his eyes and muttered his answer, his face turning a little pale.

"Of course, but I hope that what you wrote will take effect after you leave the copy... At least, don't do anything excessive while the live broadcast is still on, and don't take my money."

He seemed resigned to his fate.

But there are some things that I will never compromise on even if I accept my fate.

"If you want to take my money... No, forget it, let's not sign the contract."

After saying that, he seemed to realize something, and tore the contract in his hand into several pieces, crumpled it up and stuffed it into his pocket.

"I won't return the money." This was Xu Zhiyan's final insistence. It was impossible for him to spit out the money that was already in his pocket. The consequences would be more serious than killing him.

Seeing the other party so conflicted, Cen Jinyue's doubts were dispelled.

"Draft another one and include everything you said." His voice slowed down a lot.

Although the membership fee that was taken away was not small, it was not completely unaffordable. The greedy guy in front of him would not spit it out. It was harder to ask for money than to ask for life.

"I have no interest in you either."

Cen Jinyue walked slowly forward to the center of the church, looked at the young man who was rewriting the contract, and glanced at the other's exposed fragile neck with a cold expression.

"As long as you listen, you'll be fine."

He did hate humans, but after the Pope's death, the number of Mimics dropped drastically, and the possibility of fresh blood injection was completely lost.

During the previous meeting, he noticed that both the boss and Gan Mi showed unusual attention to the young man in front of them. Whether it was messy friendship and ambiguous feelings, or the deep emotions that came with the annexation of power, these things were not very stable.

As a pillar who puts the overall situation first, Cen Jinyue does not want to see the future ideal country cause internal strife because of a small butterfly in front of her.

Instead of killing it, it is better to keep it by your side.

Mimics are different from humans. Cen Jinyue doesn't think other people would be stingy about "sharing". After signing the contract, Xu Zhiyan has no way to refuse to be "shared".

As for anonymity... He didn't understand why Xu Yan would add a bounty for anonymity, but as long as he could get Xu Zhiyan, he could always get more information, so when he offered a bounty to the Ghost Alliance, he also added the content.

It's a good deal to exchange a few cheap human lives for the elimination of the hidden danger of civil unrest.

Soon, the new contract was written.

Cen Jinyue took the pen and planned to sign after confirming that the content was correct.

Unexpectedly, Xu Zhiyan suddenly added another content: "By the way, in this case, you have to help me go to the basement of the monster nest in the church and kill the owner of the monster nest."

Cen Jinyue stared at this message, worried that Xu Zhiyan was doing something weird behind the scenes.

...Sure enough, no matter how confident he was, he still couldn't completely trust this cunning businessman.

Humans are truly disgusting creatures.

[If Party A dies, Party B will also die.]

Before signing, he added a new piece of content.

Xu Zhiyan looked at the message above, frowned at first, and then asked: "If you are killed in the next copy, won't I die too?"

There was a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone, but it sounded like he wasn't worried about dying in the current copy.

Now, Cen Jinyue was completely relieved.

"Where is the owner of the church's strange nest?"

He put away the contract and asked in a gentle tone, as if he had completely listed Xu Zhiyan as a shared pet. He even reached out and touched the other's hair after asking.

"there."

Xu Zhiyan pointed to the small door at the back of the church.

Cen Jinyue did not hesitate and walked straight to the back of the church. The demon sculptures sitting in the hall witnessed everything. After Cen Jinyue touched Xu Zhiyan's hair, their bodies became noticeably stiffer.

Xu Zhiyan stood there, watching Cen Jinyue leave.

The cold wind outside the door made the hostages lying on the ground sober up a lot. Their wailing became louder and sounded particularly miserable.

Zhou Deyi felt pain in all his internal organs.

He lay on his back on the ground and suddenly met Xu Zhiyan's eyes.

He looked at the other person who suddenly raised a finger in front of his lips, his eyes full of indifference, as if warning him to shut up.

...Ah? Why did Xu Zhiyan ask him to shut up?

Zhou Deyi, who was knocked unconscious just now, was unable to see the cause and effect of the signing of the contract. Now he was suddenly warned. He racked his brains but could not think of any reason why he should keep silent.

He even searched through all the blank Yin-Yang contract papers, and there was really nothing left to take out!

When Cen Jinyue's figure completely disappeared, Xu Zhiyan slumped back into his chair, without any trace of the tension he had when he was held hostage.

Glancing at the scattered players lying on the ground, he touched his chin with some emotion.

"It turns out that we are not going to catch Jianghuai Partridge..."

He thought Cen Jinyue would capture Jiang Huaique to threaten him, but in the end, she captured the group of unlucky guys he let go, which made him almost unable to act. Fortunately, everything went well in the end. Cen Jinyue was different from businessmen like him who often dealt with contract papers. If it was Gan Mi, he would never choose this option even if he was beaten to death.