Chapter 102
Give it to the paper man?
Hearing this, Ye Bai's thoughts turned, and he immediately understood what he meant. He looked down at the magic scroll in his hand that contained the paper man.
What is important about the Devil's Contract is not the form, but the powerful binding force generated by the devil's real name in the contract itself. When the contract is signed, a connection is established with the devil. Unless the content of the contract is completed, it is equivalent to a permanent buff that will not disappear even if the player dies and is reborn.
When the devil is deceiving creatures on the surface, he often disguises the contract in various forms. As long as the content is correct, it will not have any effect even if the contract appears on a leaf.
Ever since the Paper Man was upgraded through the Code of Death last time, he has gained the ability to tamper with information. If he can still disguise this magic scroll as a soul contract without being discovered... then this Paper Man is really a talent!
Seeing Ye Bai turn around, the devil breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly, "I can tell you the secret about the Deep Sea Clan first, but you need to sign a soul contract and you must rescue me!"
"It depends on what your secret is and whether it's worth me signing a contract." Ye Bai bargained.
The devil also knew that Ye Bai would not agree if he didn't reveal any information, so he lowered his voice and said, "Listen carefully, this secret is absolutely valuable - the deep sea is hidden in the cracks of the purgatory space, and you can enter it through some special gaps."
The deep sea...hidden in the cracks of the purgatory space?!
When hearing the secret told by the devil, even though Ye Bai was mentally prepared, he still maintained a calm and composed expression on his face, but in fact, his heart was instantly filled with turbulent waves.
Ye Bai even felt that she knew every word combined together, but it was very difficult for her to understand the sentences they formed.
Was the 'deep sea' the devil was referring to in the sense she understood it? The deep sea that surrounded the entire Divine Continent and formed the border of this world map?
The setting of the divine world map is similar to an enlarged version of a real map. Various ethnic groups live on land, and the deep sea is at the edge of the flat map. It is a space maze where random teleportation occurs. If you continue to force your way into the deep sea in the marginal sea area, you will randomly appear at any edge position of the map.
Of course, the premise of all this is that you are not attacked by the marine environment and creatures, or that you are able to survive after encountering them.
But no matter what, the deep sea is part of the surface territory, and it contains the Deep Sea Clan, one of the six major races in the divine world. It would be fine if there were space cracks in Purgatory leading to the deep sea, but how could the deep sea be "hidden" in Purgatory?
In response to this, Ye Bai, who had no idea what was happening on the edge of the continent, could only vaguely say, "How is this possible..."
It can be understood as questioning whether the deep sea is hidden in the purgatory space, or it can be understood as questioning whether there are cracks in it.
The devil seemed to have anticipated this and said with some pride, "I just discovered this secret. It turns out the deep sea didn't disappear, but instead shifted to a crack in the space of Purgatory. I know of a crack, and on the other side is a safe island..."
Ye Bai listened and analyzed the information revealed in the devil's words. It seemed that the original deep sea had disappeared in the eyes of the people in the divine world. The devil only recently discovered that the disappeared deep sea appeared in the purgatory space. Judging from the seafood that appeared before, the purgatory lord Iris of this layer should also know about and be able to use the cracks.
After the devil finished speaking, he said to Ye Bai: "My trading object is the coordinates of that space crack."
Ye Bai raised his eyebrows: "Is there someone guarding that crack?"
"No, not even Iris knew about that crack..." The devil paused and added, "At least she definitely didn't know about it before I was locked up. We can write this into the contract, how about it?"
Ye Bai hesitated for a moment, as if after careful consideration, and then nodded: "Then let's sign the soul contract."
After saying that, she lowered her head and slowly picked up the magic scroll in her hand.
After so much time fighting with the devil, it should be enough for the paper man to complete the "forgery".
"certainly."
Under the devil's expectant gaze, Ye Bai nervously unrolled the magic scroll slowly.
A normal magic scroll will trigger the magic contained inside it when it is pulled open. At this time, with Ye Bai's actions, this magic scroll, which was originally a high-level counter-attack, did not activate. Instead, a mysterious and special text emerged in the unfolded scroll.
Seeing these infernal words, Ye Bai's historian secondary profession was activated, and at the same time, a system prompt came to his ears:
[You discovered the 'Demon Language Book', gaining 5 historical experience points and 10,000 experience points.]
[You gain 1 point of proficiency in 'Demon Language']
She forged it so well that the system authenticated it, and she even unexpectedly gained some experience points and proficiency. This paper man is really good at it!
Ye Bai praised in his heart and immediately felt a lot more confident.
Sure enough, when the devil saw the 'Soul Contract' in Ye Bai's hand, he didn't notice anything unusual and even praised it: "Is this a Soul Contract disguised as a magic scroll? Nice idea."
"Haha." Ye Bai laughed dryly.
——It’s the other way around. It’s actually a magic scroll disguised as a soul contract.
Not knowing what the terms of the contract concocted by the paper man were, the devil looked at it through the prison door and nodded. Then he stretched out a finger and wrote in the air on the signature position of the magic contract, leaving his own name.
"Then the contract is concluded."
When the devil wrote the name on the magic scroll, Ye Bai looked at the strange words on the scroll. Although she did not understand the devil language, she automatically obtained a kind of translation in her mind, and also memorized the writing and pronunciation of the name completely.
"Alicio Bar Croni..."
Immediately afterwards, a series of prompt sounds rang in Ye Bai's ears:
[You learned the true name of a devil]
[You gain 10 points of proficiency in 'Demon Language']
At the same time, the coordinates that the devil had promised before naturally appeared in Ye Bai's backpack. As long as she clicked to use them, she would get location guidance.
Seeing the inevitable outcome, the devil dropped his humble attitude and laughed arrogantly, "Newborn devil, it won't do if the terms aren't clear and detailed. I've already fulfilled my promise, hehe... But I forgot to tell you, safety is relative to me, not necessarily for you."
The devil is a vicious and evil race that takes pleasure in the suffering of others being deceived, even though Ye Bai is a "fellow race" in their eyes at this time.
Unfortunately, Ye Bai’s purpose from the beginning to the end was not the bait offered by the devil.
"Get me out now, if you just use your power to attack this cage...you? What are you doing?"
Before he could finish his words, Ye Bai turned and left.
"You dare to break the contract?! Ottophis, I even know your real name! Aren't you afraid of the constraints of the soul contract?!"
Hearing the devil's cry, Ye Bai, who was leaving, paused and almost collapsed - my goodness, the paper man is really "making the best use of it".
Without paying any more attention to the devil, Ye Bai quickly left the fortress area just as he had come.
Then, she came to a deserted place, stopped, and began to call the real name of the imprisoned devil.
"Alicio Bar Croni..."
The next moment, the space in front of Ye Bai twisted and a black mist floated out of it. After the black mist dissipated, the unsuspecting devil Asilio suddenly appeared here.
The difference from before was that this time Asilio had a red translucent soul chain around his neck.
【Devil Arisio】(Summoned)
Level: 55
Health: ??? / ???
Features: Incorporeal
Skill:? ? ? ?
Weakness: Devil's True Name
Just as written in the weakness, the devil is a special incorporeal creature whose only weakness is its real name. By unilaterally mastering the real name, Ye Bai can temporarily summon and imprison the devil, and can drive the opponent to a certain extent through threats and other means.
True name summoning is a special state and has higher priority than others. If Ye Bai cancels the summoning, Arisio will return to the previous cage.
"What did you do?! Why do you know my real name and soul contract?! The contract..." The devil finally realized the problem halfway through his words: "The contract is fake?! Impossible! How did you do it?!"
"You have to ask him." Ye Bai picked up the magic scroll.
The great hero's paper figure revealed its image on the scroll and greeted the devil: "First of all, I admit that you are indeed treacherous, but if the contract you provided is fake, how will you deal with it?"
The devil looked at the paper man in disbelief: "You? What the hell is this?!"
"It's impolite for you to speak like that." The paper man shook his head.
"How did you do it? Where's the contract? Why is it gone? You clearly left your real name!"
The paper man said, "It's fake, all fake."
Ottophis on the side also shook his head at it with a sympathetic look.
"I... I was actually deceived?!" The devil then noticed that there was a strange donkey next to Ye Bai, which he had never noticed before.
At the same time, three system prompts rang out in succession beside Ye Bai's ears:
You actually succeeded in deceiving the devil! You get the achievement 'A Remarkable Fraud'.
[You gain 100 points of 'Fraud' proficiency]
[You have mastered the skill 'Deception I']
Because Ye Bai successfully deceived the devil who was known as an 'expert in lying', his fraud proficiency skyrocketed, directly filling up the fraud skill bar and obtaining the active skill Fraud I.
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"Retire from the circle and inherit the underworld mall, earning billions a day"
Lu Yao was reborn as the control group of the female protagonist in a sweet romance novel in the entertainment industry.
The heroine of the original book took her identity, debuted as a rich family's daughter, and was loved by everyone.
According to the plot, she is about to reveal the identity of the heroine of the original book in a variety show, but she is considered to be trying to curry favor with a wealthy family and is blacklisted by the entire network, and is eventually killed by an evil spirit.
Lu Yao looked at the countless savings her mother left her and a haunted shopping mall, and fell into silent contemplation.
Why would she need to pay for the rich family? She is a rich family herself!
Killed by a ghost?
The mall suffered huge losses due to haunting and was unable to continue operating. It was about to become a haunted building?
Lu Yao walked into the mall carrying the ghost incense she made herself, and all the evil spirits rushed out, crying and shouting that they wanted to work 996 for her, just begging her to use the ghost incense to settle their wages.
"What are your specialties?"
As the interviewer, Lu Yao initially thought it was just an ordinary interview, until she discovered that the identities of the shop owners she was interviewing were not ordinary.
"Able to replicate every dish mentioned in Dream of the Red Chamber, founder of a national restaurant chain?"
"Wait, I remember there was a picture of you in the textbook. Is it true that the boss was willing to exchange a city for your calligraphy?"
"Are you the master of modern double-sided embroidery with outstanding skills?"
"Okay, congratulations, you have been officially accepted by Zhongheng Plaza."
On the first day that Lu Yao announced her retirement, the entire internet was waiting to see her make a fool of herself, thinking she was just hyping herself up.
The day after Lu Yao announced her retirement, topics like #X Zhongheng Plaza Opens#, #Lu Yao Inherits Zhongheng Plaza#, and #Zhongheng Plaza Is Haunted# became trending searches, and the entire internet was waiting to see her go bankrupt and in debt.
It’s been n days since Lu Yao announced her retirement:
The president of the Gourmet Association burst into tears: "This is my favorite lychee sweet soup. It's been so many years since I last tasted something so authentic."
The Chinese studies professor held up a piece of calligraphy and muttered to himself, "This is definitely Mr. Gu's authentic work! I may be fake, but it's definitely real!"
The documentary director held the newly completed double-sided embroidery and said excitedly: "This is the material I want to shoot. This is art!"
The film's director raved about it: "The underworld theme on the fourth floor below ground level of Lu Yao's shopping mall is so lifelike, it's like a true recreation of the underworld! Even the extras playing the ghosts were so dedicated. The way they turned around was so realistic. It's definitely a movie star-level performance."
Netizens all over the Internet cried and begged Lu Yao to open branches across the country and not to be stingy with their savings.
The Lu family who were waiting for Lu Yao to go bankrupt and return home only saw the business making a fortune. Lu Yao was even treated as a guest of honor by wealthy families and became someone they could not afford.
Lu Yao: Actually, at the beginning, I just wanted to make a few hundred million ghost money~
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