While I was already making plans in my mind, I was already adjusting the energy in my body.
Either he hands over the herb gatherer directly, or we take what's left.
Regardless of whether the blue armor can be purified, we can figure out a way later; at least we won't leave empty-handed.
At this moment, Fatty Zhou slowly spoke again.
"Don't be too happy yet. I don't know the contents of the contract, but the date and conditions can be changed."
The smile on my face immediately froze.
"Master, what's going on?"
Does that mean there's still a possibility of unforeseen circumstances?
I was quite puzzled, and somewhat out of control, I slapped the counter in front of me.
The fat man seemed shocked by my behavior. To be honest, he had been watching us with an air of ownership.
Except for a few times when he mentioned the Blue Armor, he seemed somewhat afraid.
At other times, he always looked down at us with the air of a victor.
That doesn't surprise me. He's probably seen too many people already. According to him, countless people come to the hotel to see him every day, and he's long been fed up with it.
"What's the meaning?"
"I don't know the contents of your contract, how would I know what it means?"
Fatty Zhou also spoke slowly.
I heard him clearly; he was trying to trick us into revealing information.
Blue Armor didn't tell him that he was trying to get information from us about the two parties to the contract and the specific details of the contract.
But how could I possibly tell him at this point?
If I told him that only one of us could survive, he would definitely attack us immediately.
I took a liking to the girl, but by then Yiyi's gaze was already somewhat evasive.
"Oh, it's nothing. His only request to us is to come here and take your sea marrow. It's that simple."
Listening to me, Fatty Zhou seemed to be deep in thought.
After a long while, he finally moved his mouth again.
"Yes, if the contract is finalized, have you forgotten why Blue Armor sent you to see me in the first place?"
As he spoke, Boss Zhou walked up to me, his eyes filled with a sense of helplessness.
"He doesn't really want you to use seawater to restore his energy or as a medicinal ingredient; he simply wants to use you to take my things."
"It's such a simple thing, but he's too afraid to come."
Hearing this, I was already quite shocked.
Is there anything Lan Jia wouldn't dare to do? He looked like he was doing charity work, how could he not dare to come?
Could it be that the blue-armored woman, like this boss and Sister Huang before her, is confined to her own little world?
But according to Lan Jia, he only helped travelers at the boundary between the deep and shallow layers simply to keep his promise and because of his obsession.
At this moment, Old Zhou paused for a moment, then spoke again.
"And you think those people in management are only targeting me? They're targeting the people I'm dealing with!"
Whether or not you obtained the sea marrow, as long as you met me, they have already taken notice of you.
If they had the opportunity, they would immediately try to snatch it away.
I've encountered this kind of thing more than once or twice; it's all too common.
"If they didn't, wouldn't dealing with you be as easy as killing chickens for them?"
My heart skipped a beat.
They had just dropped a stone a little, but then picked it up again.
"You mean...we've only completed the first step?"
The key is to actually get the seawater and escape from this shallow layer.
But why are those managers targeting us specifically? We're just newcomers at the lower levels.
At this moment, Lao Zhou's smile became somewhat stiff.
Then, as if he were a zombie, he slowly uttered a few words.
"It was easy for you to come in, wasn't it?"
And those strange energies, you should have seen them before.
Fatty Zhou's words were very serious.
Wow.
It was indeed very simple when we came in.
And nothing is stopping us.
Does that mean that security guard was also one of those managers?
Even after we passed through security, and the box displayed unauthorized information, they still didn't do anything about it.
Instead, it stared straight at us until we entered the shallow layers?
Thinking about this, I almost got chills down my spine.
If they really wanted to intercept us, then there must be someone specifically watching us from this shallow area.
It's that fake corpse!
Holy crap.
I felt a little uneasy.
And then he heard that chubby guy's somewhat irritated voice again.
"He calculated that if you were gone, the Sea Marrow wouldn't survive and would be finished, so he deliberately didn't tell you the specific details of the contract."
Once you realize you can't get this thing, you'll have no choice but to ask him for help!
If you have anything valuable on you, he might ask for an exorbitant price..."
The girl grasped my hand, her voice trembling slightly.
"The herb gatherers haven't returned, so what are we doing now..."
I was also very worried at that time.
yes.
What the boss said is absolutely correct.
If that's the case, then Blue Armor is the culprit behind all of this.
He first blurred the concept, leading us to this shallow layer, and then looked for another opportunity to have us transport the sea marrow back.
At that point, no matter what, we'll be at his mercy.
That's really sneaky.
"That kid is a real bastard."
The lightning sword immediately cursed in my mind.
Boss Zhou sighed, moved to the corner of the storage room, squatted down, and pulled back a piece of old cloth, revealing a small hidden compartment.
I stared at it, and it looked just like the suitcase we had seen at the beginning, covered in layers of dust.
"I still have some sea cucumber powder here, it's better than nothing..."
To be honest, while Lao Zhou's actions did increase my liking for him somewhat, these sea cucumber powders are definitely not enough to solve the immediate problem.
Even without him saying anything, just by looking at that tiny bit of powder, I could tell that this thing definitely didn't have much energy.
At most, it's just what's left after he's refined it.
At this point, I also noticed that Lao Zhou's knuckles were somewhat white.
Was this also caused by the extraction of sea cucumber?
If Old Zhou were to work with this unpurified seawater, he could probably get a finished product.
I'm really unhappy. We met with this old Zhou according to the contract, so why is he still going to die? Shouldn't it be done according to the terms of the contract?
At that time, I also tried to have a literary exchange with this Old Zhou.
I shared my doubts with him.
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