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Chapter 245: The Cost of Negative People

Lu Yue chased, and the corpse chaser fled...

Lu Yue swung his axe, and the corpse chaser was terrified...

During this process, Lu Yue figured out some things.

In this relic fragment, a lifespan turning into a negative number does not mean death, but it will lead to a situation more terrible than death.

There were extraordinary people like the corpse driver who were chosen in advance. Because the fragments of the ruins were not connected to the real world at that time, no one could escape.

In addition, the natural resources and treasures in the periphery are scarce, there are more people than food, and under the cruel rule that one hour is equal to one year, more than 90% of the extraordinary people will exhaust their lifespans within just one week and become negative numbers.

Once the lifespan becomes negative, a contract will be signed with the God of Longevity.

There are two types of contracts: a living contract and a dead contract.

A living indenture means that you can regain your freedom after paying off your life span.

As for the death contract, it means selling everything to the God of Longevity.

The corpse driver signs a living contract and will not die after signing it, but he will absorb the spiritual energy in the ruins fragments at a snail's pace. The more debt he has, the lower his efficiency will be, until his path to cultivation is completely cut off.

This is one of the most severe punishments.

In addition, people with negative numbers cannot enjoy the benefits of increased lifespan during the day, but have to pay the price of reduced lifespan when night falls.

This is like waking up one day and doing nothing but being saddled with sixteen years of debt.

Seriously terrified! ! !
At the beginning, those who signed the living contract were working hard for it, but before the ruins were opened, there were few extraordinary people inside, and they were all old birds, and it was difficult for them to gain longevity. Gradually, these dark days caused many people to suffer mental breakdowns.

So some people chose to sign a death contract, while others chose to commit suicide.

The corpse-drivers who had been wandering around the periphery were gradually expanding the bronze-armored corpse team by collecting the bodies of these suicides.

The opening of the ruins fragments is undoubtedly good news for the corpse drivers, as it means that a large number of extraordinary people will flock in, and these are fresh lifespans.

The dream of the corpse driver is simple and plain. He only hopes to pay off the debt to the God of Longevity and gain a new life. Then he can escape from this horrible relic fragment.

"Let me go, and I'll take you to find the longevity statue."

"I found the location during the day..."

The corpse driver fled in a panic while offering tempting conditions.

"Deal!" Lu Yue said.

Just as the corpse driver was secretly relieved, he suddenly noticed a gust of wind and clouds behind him. Turning around, he saw Lu Yue suddenly leaping into the air, and an extremely fierce killing move took shape in an instant.

The ghostly fire energy instantly broke through the silent night sky.

He hacked the corpse driver to death directly.

They were all adults and knew each other well. The location of the longevity statue was the biggest bargaining chip for both parties in the negotiations. After he learned the location, there was no way he would show mercy. The corpse driver also knew that he would not escape death even if he told the truth.

People’s hearts are unpredictable!

Who knows if the other party might harbor malicious intent and lead him to other dangerous places.

So just cut the weeds and eradicate them completely.

Lu Yue had just put away the bronze axe when he was suddenly stunned.

The amount of source energy in the mind increased by ten strands.

The corpse chaser is a living person, and as a person chosen in advance by the ruins fragments, it is not surprising that he can provide source energy, but isn’t it usually just a wisp? ! ! !
Lu Yue had never encountered such a situation before. Thinking carefully about the other party's previous words and combining them with his speculations over the past two days, he could only think of one possibility.

Natural treasures containing source energy!
In order to repay their life debt, one of the sources they used was to look for these rare treasures before the influx of extraordinary people.

This source energy cannot be digested and thus transferred into the body of the extraordinary person?
Lu Yue's eyes were solemn, and the doubts in his heart became stronger.

He always felt that this source energy was not a good thing.

After carefully examining the corpse of the corpse driver to make sure that he had not missed any clues, he turned around and hurried towards the gathering place. This trip back and forth also cost him two years of life, which was really painful.

Although the body bag can isolate the influence of rules, you can't always lie in it and run around. Sometimes you have to get out when you encounter a battle or go out to explore.

Along the way, Lu Yue was thinking about the longevity statue.

Is it really as magical as the corpse chaser says?

Lu Yue still had doubts in his mind and he had to see it with his own eyes to be sure.

Thinking back to the tree-chopping man I met in the Blackwater Swamp during the day, since he was trained by the corpse driver to become a bronze-armored corpse, there must be a reason for his appearance there.

After getting the clue in mind, Lu Yue quickly returned to the gathering place.

Seeing a group of survivors gathered together, he reached out and said hello: "Staying up late for a long time will lead to endocrine disorders and easily cause male infertility. Everyone should go to bed early."

After saying this, without waiting for everyone's reaction, Lu Yue returned to the wooden house to rest.

Zhang Yaling’s “nest” is still the most comfortable.

Outside survivors: “???????”

Male infertility? ! ! ! !
What the hell is going on!!!

Everyone gathered outside and talked among themselves. The transcendent who was at the fifth level of the Divine Hidden Realm took the lead in discussing something, and from time to time he looked at the wooden house where Lu Yue lived.

In the end, everyone gritted their teeth and nodded in agreement.

.........

The next day, daylight fell and everything was reborn.

Lu Yue got up early and greeted the new day with great anticipation.

Every hour spent during the day can add one year to your life. It would be a waste not to take advantage of this "wool".

After washing up, when Lu Yue opened the door, the scene in front of him made him stunned. Dozens of pairs of eyes were staring at him.

At this time, the extraordinary person of the fifth level of the Divine Hidden Heaven came out, his face full of respect: "Senior, we discussed it last night, and in order to thank you for saving our lives, we decided that each of us will donate one year of our life to you."

"Donate a year of your life to me?"

Lu Yue pointed at himself and was a little surprised: "Do you have a long life span?"

Upon hearing this, all the extraordinary people lowered their heads and remained silent.

Lu Yue's eyes swept over the crowd. He could see the hesitation and struggle in their hearts. On the one hand, the life-saving debt was as heavy as a mountain, on the other hand, deducting a year of life was indeed painful.

After all, every time they open their eyes, they have to pay back eight years of their life.

"You can keep your life span. If you really want to repay me, you can give me rare treasures instead." After thinking for a moment, Lu Yue gave such a compromise.

Natural resources and treasures can also provide longevity.

It can also harvest source energy, which is very cost-effective.

Lu Yue felt that his luck was not very good. He only found one in eight hours yesterday, so it would be better to mobilize the masses to help find it.

Afterwards, in the astonished gaze of everyone, Lu Yue left the gathering place.

He decided to make good use of the day to look for the longevity statue.

The first place was the Black Water Swamp. Since he had already figured out the location, Lu Yue ran at full speed this time.

Today is the third day of entering the ruins fragments.

Along the way, Lu Yue saw many extraordinary people falling from the sky, but at the same time, many people walked towards the beach. Two nights were enough for these extraordinary people to face the reality, and some of the older extraordinary people began to withdraw.

As the authorities said, there is no need to waste lives.

And after quitting, you can also stay in the mass grave in the real world.

He practiced with the spiritual energy leaked from the ruins. Not long after, Lu Yue returned to the black water swamp.

Looking at the turbid and bottomless black water swamp and the faint fishy smell, Lu Yue finally decided to give up swimming across. Instead, he prepared to use local materials to make a simple wooden canoe and paddle across.

Just when Lu Yue had this thought, he suddenly found a shadow gradually emerging in the fog in the distance. It turned out to be a small boat.

There is also a boatman on top.

The other party also seemed to see Lu Yue on the shore.

At this moment, the small boat was sliding towards Lu Yue.

When the boat got closer, Lu Yue frowned. The boatman had his face covered, his body was wet, and he looked lifeless and lifeless.

This is obviously a dead body.
They were quite similar to the corpses controlled by the corpse-drivers who were killed previously.

This dead boatman was also controlled by someone?
After the simple wooden boat docked, the boatman raised his head, water dripping from his body like a water ghost. He glanced at Lu Yue coldly with the only exposed eye and said, "Are you the new extraordinary person?"

Lu Yue remained silent.

The masked boatman continued, "If you are a new transcendent, you might as well take a look at your wrist. It shows your remaining lifespan. Here, one hour is equivalent to one year. The outer area has eight hours during the day and sixteen hours at night..."

Lu Yue had imagined many possible outcomes, but he never expected that this corpse boatman would take the initiative to explain the rules here, and that everything he said was the truth, just like the NPC in the game.

Is the person behind the scenes controlling this corpse a good person?
"I know a way to circumvent the night rules of the ruins. It's hidden in the deepest part. I can take you there. If you give me one year of your life."

Lu Yue: “…”

As expected, there is no such thing as help for no reason.

Everything is business.

One year of life is neither too much nor too little; it is impossible to give it.

Lu Yue looked around and found that there was no shortage of wood nearby.

He thought about building a simple wooden boat and rowing over there to take a look.

At this time, the dead boatman said again: "There is miasma there. Only by taking my boat can we get through safely. Other boats are not strong and are easy to capsize..."

Lu Yue narrowed his eyes and looked at the hazy fog in the distance.

That must be miasma.

Then Lu Yue looked at the corpse boatman's rough wooden boat. Water began to seep through some of the cracks. How could this boat be called sturdy? ! ! ! !

Other people's boats will capsize when they reach the miasma area, but yours will not.

Isn't it obvious that it was you... To be more precise, it was the extraordinary person behind the Corpse Boatman who did it. The purpose is very simple, to monopolize the business.

Lu Yue was hesitating at this time.

One year of life is nothing to him now.

At this time, the dead boatman said again: "Of course, you can buy it on credit first."

Lu Yue was a little surprised. Could the boat fare be paid on credit?
Is there something fishy going on here?
Lu Yue was puzzled for a moment, but since he was already here, and the corpse boatman was so confident in what he said, perhaps the longevity statue that the corpse driver mentioned was here.

"Okay, I'll buy it on credit first."

Upon hearing this, the corpse boatman motioned Lu Yue to get on board.

Lu Yue no longer hesitated and strode onto the deck.

The dead boatman gently rowed the boat, and the boat slowly moved towards the miasma.

Lu Yue was on full alert, but unexpectedly, when the wooden boat sailed into the miasma area, the miasma seemed to be controlled by humans and automatically dispersed to make way.

The entire journey was unusually peaceful, without any disturbances.

As the dead boatman had said before, it was safe to ride on its boat.

Finally the wooden boat arrived at a shore.

Before getting off the boat, the dead boatman asked Lu Yue to write an IOU. Lu Yue was worried that there was something fishy going on, so he lied that his family was poor when he was a child, and that he liked to herd cattle when he was in school and could not write.

"What's your name? I'll write it for you."

Lu Yue said: "Lu yeah yeah."

The corpse boatman then wrote an IOU to Zhang Luyeye.

During this process, Lu Yue also discovered that there was another wooden boat sailing towards the shore in the miasma area in the distance, and it was also led by a masked corpse boatman.

There is more than one dead boatman?
At this time, the dead boatman had already written the IOU and rowed away.

Lu Yue looked at the IOU in his hand and tore it into pieces without hesitation.

Soon, several extraordinary people on the wooden boat in the distance also arrived on shore.

As expected, several people, like Lu Yue, tore up and threw away the IOU.

Obviously, no one in their right mind would repay this debt.

How can I pay back what I borrowed with my own ability!!!
A few people in front came over friendly and greeted Lu Yue.

Lu Yue also responded with a smile.

Afterwards, the few of them traveled together. On the way, Lu Yue learned about the situation of these people. There was more than one gathering place similar to Lu Yue, and those were all built by the extraordinary people who had entered before.

Their gathering place was also attacked by negative people in the past two nights.

Fortunately, they worked together to capture the negative people and forced them to extract some information.

So the group explored outside during the day and eventually found this place.

The few of them continued to go deeper into the forest on the other side of the shore.

After a few minutes, the scene became clear.

"Oh my god, the spiritual energy here is so rich!"

“It’s twice as big as where we gather.”

The people traveling with us were extremely excited, as if they had discovered a new continent.

Practicing here will definitely be twice as effective with half the effort. If you can also avoid the rule that shortens your lifespan at night, it would be a double blessing. Even if you cannot seize the ownership of the ruins fragments later, this trip will be worth it.

At this time, Lu Yue noticed that there was a stone on the ground in front of him.

To be precise, it is a stone statue's head.

This head is slightly larger than a normal human head.

Big head, broad forehead, white beard...

The corners of the stone statue's mouth are slightly raised, and although its eyes have turned into two deep grooves, one can still seem to feel the kind gaze. The overall look has an otherworldly and indifferent temperament.

Two words instantly emerged in Lu Yue’s mind—God of Longevity.

The God of Longevity, also known as the South Pole Immortal, the South Pole Old Man, and the Great Emperor of Eternal Life, is one of the three stars of happiness, wealth, and longevity, and symbolizes longevity and auspiciousness.

It is no coincidence that the rules of the relics here are closely related to lifespan.

Lu Yue was already 99% sure that this was the remains of the God of Longevity.

However, Lu Yue felt something was wrong at this moment, because the head of this stone statue was too normal. He would think it was natural if it revealed a hint of evil.

Recall the image of Bigan in the Bigan ruins.

Which of those so-called gods is not full of evil?
Is it because I am not strong enough to see through the truth of this stone statue?

(End of this chapter)