Chapter 439 Safe House

The boxes of gold were indeed sent by the Pantheon.

After Xu Zhiyan agreed, the meeting place was quickly finalized. Probably because he wanted to ask a favor of others, the other party did not choose to meet inside the shell. To show his sincerity, he gave the choice to Krypton Gold Change Destiny. After Jiang Huaique asked, the meeting place was set in the city where Xu Zhiyan was.

The specific location is near Yunshan...a mobile barbecue stall.

Winter is not the peak season for barbecues, let alone eating outside in the cold wind.

Jiang Huaiqie sat at the table, reached out and touched the battle-damaged folding table that still had a little oil stain, looked at Xu Zhiyan who was holding a menu and ordering skewers, and said with a complicated expression: "Or I'll treat you to this meal, let's go to another place."

Help, how could someone be so stingy!

The gold sent by the Pantheon is worth tens of millions, so why would they invite people to a dinner in such a place?

Xu Zhiyan chuckled.

"I specifically asked the boss to come early yesterday. How can I just leave like that? But since you strongly requested, I will reluctantly give you the right to settle the bill today."

"You are such a miser that you would lick the blood even if you kill a mosquito!" Jiang Huaique listened, and the veins on his forehead throbbed.

But for some reason, he didn't seem surprised that Xu Zhiyan chose this place.

Whatever Xu Zhiyan thinks is necessary, even if it is a priceless prop, this guy will give it away without blinking an eye; but on the other hand, the other person's material desires are ridiculously low, and he will save as much as possible when it is not important, and will not spend a penny.

“Squeak—”

While he was thinking, a flashy red convertible sports car stopped by the roadside.

The car door opened, and a well-dressed man with broad shoulders and narrow waist got out of the car. He looked quite mature and steady, but when his eyes swept across the roadside, his expression became more solemn. He held the car door for a long time without moving, as if he had not yet figured out the situation.

Ma Qiao, President of the Pantheon.

The strength is neither strong nor weak.

In just a few months, players at the top of the leaderboard died frequently, and he managed to climb to the 10th place on the list by surviving.

However, the deserted scene of the stall in front of him was too bizarre. Ma Qiao's first reaction was that he had entered a phantom space arranged by krypton gold to change his fate, but the fragrance coming from his nose was too real and did not seem like a fake scene!

"Here! Here!"

Xu Zhiyan waved enthusiastically, helping the other party to face the reality.

After saying that, he turned around and said to the shocked barbecue stall owner, "Boss, this is the friend I told you about yesterday. You can start serving the food now."

A few minutes later, Ma Qiao huddled on a second-hand folding chair. The steaming skewers on the table formed a sharp contrast with the high-end menswear worth hundreds of thousands of dollars on him. He moved his long legs that had nowhere to put and cast a look at Jiang Huaique for help.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Huaique just took a look and immediately looked away.

There was no way out; the only oversized folding chair in the barbecue stall was sitting under his butt, and he could do nothing to help Macho in his curled-up sitting position.

Compared to the two tall and strong guys who looked out of place at the roadside stall, Xu Zhiyan felt much more at ease.

"What does Boss Ma drink?"

He held a skewer of grilled ribs in his left hand, and pointed at the soda and beer on the table with his right hand.

Ma Qiao didn't care about the uncomfortable sitting posture and nodded immediately, with a hint of flattery in his voice, "It's all right, it's all right, just do the same as you guys."

The atmosphere was perfect.

One of them was smiling and the other was flattering. Others could not tell that it was the first time they met and would most likely think it was a dinner gathering among old friends.

Seeing this, Xu Zhiyan didn't keep the secret any longer and asked while eating: "Boss Ma is a straightforward person, so let's get straight to the point. I'm just a little curious, why did Boss Ma give me money this time?"

The name of the Pantheon Guild sounds impressive, and it ranks quite high. Ma Qiao is as famous in the real world as he is in the game, and his reputation is much better. In the real world, he is known as a genius investor, and his assets are inestimable. Almost all the projects he invests in make huge profits.

Hearing the question, Ma Qiao's hand holding the iron skewer paused.

The pork belly was roasted to perfection and was shiny with oil. The aroma of the meat was accompanied by cumin and spicy flavors. Such a clever combination made people's mouths water, but he was preoccupied with something and had no appetite. He put down the skewer and answered.

"Okay, I'll just say it straight then."

"I want to cooperate with Boss Xu and join the Krypton Gold Change Destiny."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Huai Que sneered: "Is your brain frozen? Do you need to put it on the stove to warm it up?"

Now that the incident of the Mimic has been exposed, human players are extremely excited and are eager to unite to defeat the Mimic. Although there are some people who try to take advantage of the situation, most players have a simple idea and choose to unite against the outside world.

Almost all guilds publicly expressed their opposition to the Republic, and the Pantheon was no exception.

So far, Kryptonian Change Destiny is the only guild that has not openly opposed the Utopia. Of course, it's not that it doesn't oppose it, but the main reason is that Xu Zhiyan has been busy with memory issues recently and has no time to deal with it.

But this does not prevent the reputation of spending money to change your destiny from being damaged, and after the forum was opened, a small group of extremists started to curse.

Fortunately, Yu Xiu, the only young member of the guild who was easily controlled by public opinion, was busy making up for his lessons and had no time to watch it, so the others were not greatly affected.

Xu Zhiyan looked up at Ma Qiao with a standard smile on his face.

"Do you know what the consequences of doing this are?"

As the president of the Pantheon, if Macho quits the guild at this critical juncture and joins the krypton gold to change his fate, it will not only implicate himself, but also a large group of people.

"Know."

Ma Qiao smiled helplessly.

"So the content of my cooperation is that it's not just me who will change guilds, but also other players of Pantheon. I will directly handle the guild merger in the background, and Pantheon will become a subsidiary guild that pays to change fate."

Now, even Xu Zhiyan couldn't keep his indifferent expression anymore.

Not everyone started from scratch like Xu Zhiyan, because the game had already released news about the guild system, and veteran players had already started to form guilds, but only after the version iteration did they transfer the prepared people and money to the guild system.

If Pantheon becomes a subsidiary guild of Krypton Gold Change Destiny, then this huge guild, including all the money and props inside, will be transferred to the name of Krypton Gold Change Destiny.

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Zhiyan kept turning the ring on his left hand, and his expression gradually became serious.

"I need a good reason."

There is no such thing as pie in the sky in this world.

No matter how much he liked money, he couldn't agree directly. After all, the total value of the entire Pantheon was not comparable to just a few boxes of gold.

Knowing that this was outrageous, Ma Qiao didn't expect the other party to agree as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Boss Xu should have heard of my characteristics."

His characteristic is communication, which is a rather niche auxiliary characteristic. He is extremely bad in the early stage and has to rely on hiding to fight. If he has no teammates to protect him, he is a weakling. Fortunately, after he became rich in the later stage, he arranged for advanced items and bought several attack skills, so his combat power is still acceptable.

Jiang Huai Que frowned and spoke.

"I remember you gave up the nickname of the Blessed One before."

Compared with the characteristics, the title of the Blessed One is more appropriate for Macho.

Lucky, absolutely lucky!

When Ma Qiao is in the team, no matter how difficult the situation is, he can always lead everyone to find the right way out.

So Ma Qiao was once nicknamed the Blessed One, which means luck and protection.

"What a blessing, what a fortune."

Ma Qiao took a sip of the Coke and revealed all his secrets.

"It's all because I awakened a skill, Ask God."

Asking God, as the name suggests, means asking God.

This skill, full of religious flavor and mystery, is Macho's killer weapon.

"Asking the gods is not really accurate. The core of the skill is danger avoidance."

"Every time before entering a dungeon, I would ask the gods how to resolve a major crisis after entering the dungeon."

He had no way of knowing the detailed process, nor did he know what would happen. He could only see a few sporadic blurry images. However, it was through these implicit clues that he successfully fought back from a weakling to the tenth place on the list.

It was this skill that enabled him to leap from an unknown ordinary person to a god-like figure in the investment circle.

"Boss Xu, do you still remember those small fry we encountered in the dungeon before?" Ma Qiao laughed.

Yu Jiantong and Geng Yu from Strange Nest Island, and Qi Shanren from Rusty City.

These people took the money and voluntarily entered the dungeon to die.

Xu Zhiyan was a little surprised.

The knitting duo was extremely obedient, and Qi Shanren even gave him money right away. Could it be that...

"Yes, it's just what you think."

Macho nodded.

"Before the two special dungeons started, I used the God-asking skill."

Choose people with good temper, weak and obedient to participate in the dungeon, and casualties will be minimized.

"If I was still a little confused when we were at Monster Nest Island, then when we arrived at Rusty City, I was certain that giving you money was the way to allow them to leave the dungeon smoothly."

Although it sounds outrageous, the results are effective.

So he even gave extra instructions, asking those who participated in Rusty City to send money to Xu Zhiyan when they saw him, and he would reimburse them.

Compared with the previous decision, Jiang Huaique cares more about the future cooperation.

"So, what did you see this time?"

What kind of future would make Ma Qiao willing to give up everything he had worked hard for many years at any cost?

In an instant, the atmosphere at the small table became tense.

"die."

Macho said.

"Countless deaths and hopeless darkness." He felt that his poor language was unable to describe what he saw.

Although he was already an Infinite Game player who had witnessed many life and death separations, Macho was still terrified by the result of this time's inquiry into the gods. Since the end of the inquiry into the gods, he was often awakened by nightmares.

"I saw everyone die... I'm afraid of death." His smile was very forced.

Different from other players who are struggling to survive in the game, Ma Qiao, who possesses incredible skills, has already left the ranks of ordinary players. He can basically ensure that he will not die as long as he does not commit suicide.

"I don't want to die. I'm only 24 years old and my daughter was born last month..."

Ma Qiao's words were heartfelt, and the atmosphere at the dinner table gradually became sad. Even Jiang Huaiqie couldn't help but turn his face away. He couldn't stand this atmosphere of separation of life and death the most.

Only Xu Zhiyan looked shocked after hearing this.

"Twenty-four? Judging from your face, I thought you were at least thirty-four. You already have a child, so you got married pretty early."

“…”

Ma Qiao was choked and the tears that had just welled up in his eyes were forced back.

"I just entered the game early and survived for a long time. I look old but I'm not really old! My wife and I knew each other in junior high school! We dated for four years in college and got married after graduation! Do you have any problem?!"

This wealthy player, who never uttered a word while sitting on a narrow folding bench, spoke in an urgent tone when talking about marriage. It turned out that beneath his showy appearance he was a man who loved his wife madly.

"No problem, no problem."

Xu Zhiyan waved his hands quickly, fearing that he would be fed dog food if he was too late.

Jiang Huai Que was silent for a while, then uttered a '6' as a compliment.

Joking aside, the atmosphere among the three people became much more lively after this interruption. The barbecue stall owner reheated the cold skewers. After the meal, Xu Zhiyan had a preliminary understanding of the current situation.

Ma Qiao used the skill of asking God several times, but the result was death every time.

Only once, a payment code for changing one's life by paying with gold flashed on the screen...

As a patient with severe dependence on psychic skills, Ma Qiao climbed out of bed in the middle of the night and took out all the gold in the safe. Fearing that it was not enough, he went to the gold shop the next day and bought some spot gold, which he sent out as if he was in a hurry, just to meet him.

His interpretation was very simple. Since what flashed by was related to money and spending gold to change one's fate, the final result would definitely be Xu Zhiyan.

"...Does that mean we are the only hope?"

Xu Zhiyan sighed and sent a message to Xiao Cui Gu, asking him to draft a contract.

The guild merger procedure was very complicated and could not be completed in a day or two. Although he was skeptical about the God-asking skill, this did not prevent him from getting all the money from the Pantheon first. Moreover, if the contract came into effect, no matter what happened next, the Pantheon would become a subsidiary guild that paid for its services...

In a sense, Ma Qiao is really lucky.

The next second after he stood at the door of Yunshan Old House and signed the contract, the three people's mobile phones vibrated and a new game announcement appeared.

【#announcement#】

[It has been detected that all the special dungeons have ended. Only two guilds have obtained the rules for entering the final dungeon. In order to make the majority of players feel more involved, a new group quota is hereby given. 】

Xu Zhiyan held the contract in his hand, feeling something was wrong, while Ma Qiao beside him was already sweating coldly.

[Next, you will enter a single instance as a guild.]

【Only one person from each guild can survive. 】

[The surviving players will form a new group by default and participate in the End of the World dungeon. ]

[Note: Guilds that have obtained the key will not participate in this round of dungeons]

…

No wonder the only answer I got when I asked God was death.

No one expected that the new announcement would cause members of the same guild to kill each other...