"Since you are a new Awakener, and the strongest [Near God] level Awakener, I now invite you to join our ranks." Li Long's expression was serious. "Those who work for the demons are a bunch of lunatics. They may be able to use the demons' power to gain temporary wealth and glory, but when the demons descend, the world will be destroyed. What will they still have to enjoy then?"
"They're just a bunch of idiots!"
"You must all pay close attention to a red seal!" Li Long continued, "This seal is the key to breaking the demon's seal! As long as there are enough seals, the demon apostles can use them to break the demon's seal!"
"To prevent all the seals from being stolen if a stronghold is breached, we scattered them throughout the residential building, treating each seal as a unit. Only by obtaining 90% of the seals can we break the demon's seal!"
"Anyone who inquires about the whereabouts of the seal will be killed on the spot if our people overhear them! Because anyone who wants to collect the seal must be a lackey of the devil!"
A red seal? The group was stunned. Wasn't this what the referee had asked them to collect? No wonder the old man said it was a fragment of a demon when they first looked for the seal, and no wonder they always ended up falling into traps when they asked around on the street!
To obtain information about key characters in the plot, one must find the seal. But will handing the seal over to the judge ultimately lead to the appearance of a demon?
As expected of an SSS-class world, it has unknowingly turned all the ghost storytellers into henchmen of the demons. However, they only need 12 seals to know the information of all the characters in the story, while the demons need 90% of the seals to reappear in the world.
"Mr. Li Long, how many seals are there in total?"
It is essential to figure this out.
"I don't know about that either."
"I don't believe you!" Jiang Ran knew that Li Long probably didn't fully trust them. As a near-god level being and the sworn brother of Yang Zong, one of the three committee members, they were practically the core of the core. How could someone of that level not even know this little bit of information?
It's obvious that Li Long deliberately concealed this point. This also shows the level of information. Anyone on the Demon side would know that the people on their side are collecting seals, but the exact number of seals is obviously more important information.
Above Li Long's head was written [Li Long (Near God Level), Hostility: 61%]. Although he was not yet considered an enemy, this number was still quite high.
Even if they asked now, Li Long would absolutely not answer.
The two sides chatted about some trivial matters again. Of course, none of them fully agreed to join Li Long's camp. They only said they would try their best to assist. Jiang Ran would never easily and completely side with any one side.
"If you see anyone else searching for the seal, please let us know. This is my number."
"must."
Yu Cheng immediately used his abilities to create a working mobile phone and saved Li Long's phone number.
Then, the two said their goodbyes.
"It seems that what the second character, Yang Sanqiang, said wasn't a lie. He truly has a clear conscience and has been hiding until now. Everything he's done is to prevent the demon from breaking the seal."
So at least this trip wasn't completely fruitless. The second character in the story is still not very likely to lie. It should be the same for the first few characters. The probability increases as you go on!
Ye Ye had already notified Rusger via the connection that there was no need for him to come. They had been acting separately before, so they could just resume their previous routine.
"You'd better be more careful this time!"
Yu Cheng gave Ye Ye some instructions.
"Don't worry, you'll learn from your mistakes!"
After Ye Ye left, only Jiang Ran, Gwen, and Yu Cheng remained.
"Brother Jiang Ran, what do we do? Should we go find the seal again?"
Without finding the seal, there's no way to get information about important characters in the story, but if you do find the seal, those people will think you're a lackey of the devil. It seems like no matter what you do, it won't work!
"Perhaps I can make a listening device and place it next to the referee!" Yu Cheng suddenly thought of this method. "As long as the referee reveals information about important characters in the plot, we can also receive the information simultaneously!"
In any case, besides their alliance, there are probably more than a dozen ghost story masters still alive, including five SSS-level ghost story masters from other countries. So they don't need to find the seals themselves. They can just let others do the work for them.
Speaking of the other five SSS-level ghost story tellers, Alex and Boulder are considered to be among the more active ones, while Jiang Ran's two old rivals, Alansta and Yamagami, are not very active. Bates also did not follow his two teammates from his country and was the type that was never seen.
The most mysterious one is probably Yamagami. Since he left after entering the world and hearing the rules, it seems that no one has seen him.
"I'm thinking about a problem. If we want to get information about all 12 characters in the story, we need to find 12 seals for the judge. But what if these 12 seals are enough to break the seal on the demon?"
Jiang Ran was still somewhat worried: "After all, whether we make enemies or befriend Yang Zong and his group, whether it's other people or us collecting all 12 seals, the most important question we need to consider is—will the resurgence of the demons directly determine our failure to pass the test?"
"Anyway, let's leave the listening device there for now. I should have thought of this method from the beginning, but it's not too late to remember it now!"
"Okay, let's go then."
The two hurried back to where the referee was, and happened to run into Aransta walking ahead of them.
"It seems that without truly delving into the plot, there's no way to find the traces of those gods?"
"Brother, why didn't you say so sooner? Otherwise, I could have found the seals by now. Jiang Ran probably already has ten or eight by now!"
"That's an exaggeration! Do you think a seal is a cabbage?"
Aransta handed the seal to the referee in exchange for information about the third important character in the story, who was, of course, the first for him.
"Teleport!"
Seeing that there wasn't enough time, Yu Cheng immediately attached a space teleporter to the listening device and sent it behind the referee!
"call--"
After using his talent all at once, Yu Cheng was clearly a bit weak, as the cost of creating items that could be used for spatial teleportation was not low.
"Then let's hear about the information on the third important character in the story!"
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