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Chapter 250: Negative People Who Signed Death Contracts
into the night.

The central area among the ruins.

Deep in an unknown forest filled with the smell of decay, a dilapidated wooden house stood alone. A burst of strange rustling sounds came one after another nearby, like the whimpering of the wind, or the rustling of reptiles, wandering freely in the night.

Swish…whoosh…

Soon after, several gasps were heard along with hurried footsteps.

Zhao Wentao, who had just graduated from college, and his three teammates were nervously moving through the forest. They chose the middle location as their starting point, thinking that there must be a reason why so many people jumped to "P" city.

And to be honest, they don't care about the "thin" spiritual energy on the periphery. Contemporary young people are full of adventurous spirit. They must dare to fight and struggle. If they are timid, can they still be called young people with vigor and vitality?
Who doesn’t want to become stronger?
Who doesn’t want to be at the top of the mountain and overlook all the other mountains? ! ! !
Who doesn't want to rule the world forever and suppress an era? ! ! !

So they went directly to the central part, with a yearning for the future in their hearts. As soon as they landed, the four of them shouted, "I've been here, I've seen it, I've conquered it."

However, the reality is far more cruel than they imagined.

The day-night ratio in the central area is very terrifying, with six hours during the day and eighteen hours at night, resulting in a loss of twelve years of life every day.

Zhao Wentao and the other three were all gifted young men. Even though they were ordinary extraordinary beings, their strength had reached the fourth level of the Divine Hidden Realm. When they landed, their remaining lifespan was generally around eighty or ninety years.

In this week or so, life expectancy has been greatly shortened, but fortunately there are more natural treasures in the central area, some of which are of good quality and can extend life expectancy by two to three years.

Therefore, during this week or so, they formed a team to continuously search for rare treasures. However, as time passed, rare treasures became increasingly difficult to find, resulting in Zhao Wentao, the longest-lived member of the team, living to only thirty-six years.

"Captain, Zhou Wen is injured and can't run anymore, and he only has ten years to live."

"There are still nine hours until dawn."

"I should have known I shouldn't have ventured out of the village at night to look for treasures. Now I've been targeted by negative people and I've lost my way. I'm doomed now."

At this moment, the teammates were extremely anxious, because just now, they were ambushed by a group of negative people, who demanded thirty years of their lifespan as soon as they opened their mouths.

Who can bear this?!
The old man shook his head when he saw it!
After a fierce battle, four people fled in panic, one was injured, and then they mistakenly entered a forest they had never been to before, and then accidentally got lost.

At this moment, Zhao Wentao looked at his companions and said through gritted teeth, "I still have a spiritual fruit left here that can increase your lifespan by two years. You take it first and recover from your injuries. You must survive tonight. When we get out of the forest, we will go to other villages."

"I heard that a descendant of a bloodline family in a village has a longevity statue. With the protection of the longevity statue, one can avoid the influence of the ruins rules at night."

After experiencing so many hardships in the ruins, Zhao Wentao has grown a lot. His originally childish face has become strong, and he has become the team leader.

"Those Zhou Paopi charge too much. What's the difference between them and negative people?"

In the team, someone was pouting and mumbling.

At this moment, one of the team members suddenly seemed to have discovered something pointing forward.

"Look, there is a wooden house over there."

The four of them perked up instantly, thinking that the presence of a wooden house proved that someone had lived there before, and that there might be a chance to leave. However, when they approached cautiously, they discovered that it was actually an abandoned wooden house.

"Hiss... Why is there no one in this wooden house? It's so eerie and scary. Could something have happened to the people living here?"

"Don't talk nonsense at this time. It will easily affect morale."

All the team members looked embarrassed and were afraid to step forward.

Zhao Wentao glanced at the dark forest and turned back to say in a deep voice: "We have been lost for several hours. It is not a good idea to keep running like this. If we run into a negative number of people, it will be very dangerous. Now Zhou Wen is injured, we must find a place to recover. Let's hide first and adapt to the situation."

The current situation did not allow them to consider, and the four of them eventually entered the abandoned cabin.

Not long after entering, footsteps were heard outside the wooden house.

The four people hiding in the wooden house looked out of the window cautiously and found that the negative person who was chasing them had caught up with them. Their breathing suddenly stagnated. They would definitely not be able to win if they went out to fight now, so they could only find ways to hide separately.

Almost as soon as they hid themselves, a cold wind suddenly blew up from outside, causing the doors and windows to flap wildly. Countless cold winds whistled in, accompanied by whimpering sounds, as if evil spirits were crying, and the whole scene became extremely gloomy.

The four people in hiding were extremely terrified, but they did not dare to reveal their whereabouts, or even make a sound. They could only pray silently in their hearts that they would not be discovered.

Fortunately, it seemed that there was a god who heard their prayers. Soon the cold wind at the scene gradually dissipated and the footsteps faded away.

Ten seconds... Thirty seconds... Ten minutes...

The footsteps never appeared and everything seemed to be back to normal.

To be cautious, the four of them remained silent.

A long while passed like this, and the four of them gradually relaxed, feeling lucky that they had escaped. However, Zhou Wen, who was hiding under the bed at this time, repeatedly checked the lifespan on his wrist. After taking the rare treasures given by the captain, his injuries had mostly recovered, and his lifespan had increased by two years.

However, this amount of life is still a drop in the bucket for him. Zhou Wen looked bitter. The only thing that can save him now is to find the village mentioned by the captain and buy a ticket that allows him to stay next to the longevity statue to avoid being affected by the rules.

However, I heard that the ticket price is extremely expensive...

At this moment, Zhou Wen felt a pain in his neck, so he subconsciously slapped it.

A crisp "pop" sound echoed all around, scaring the other three people so much that they dared not breathe, for fear that something terrible would happen.

"Zhou Wen, why are you making such a loud noise?!"

"I'm sorry, I couldn't help it just now, it was a bug."

Zhou Wen looked at the sticky insect corpse in his hand, and a foul smell hit his nose. He immediately felt nauseous and rubbed his hands on the ground twice.

"How could there be bugs in the ruins? Zhou Wen, take a look at the bug you killed. Is it different from the ones you usually see?"

"It does seem different. The bug seems to be dead."

One team member asked, "Which bug wouldn't die if you hit it like that?"

"No, I mean the bug looked like it was already dead before I swatted it to death. Its internal organs and everything were all rotten."

Zhao Wentao suddenly said with a serious expression, "I once read in a ghost magazine that in ancient times there was a kind of extraordinary person whose profession was Gu Master. Their most notable feature was that they could control various poisonous insects, such as snakes, scorpions, centipedes, etc."

"These Gu Masters use special methods and rituals to cultivate these poisonous insects. These Gu insects are even more terrifying than some evil corpses..."

When they heard that it was the kind of bloodline extraordinary person who did evil things, their faces turned pale instantly. They were all new-age extraordinary people and had never heard of this profession before.

Zhou Wen asked anxiously, "I slapped the bug to death, should it be okay?"

Zhao Wentao replied uncertainly: "It should be fine."

After all, he had only heard of them and had never actually seen such a transcendent being.

The wooden house fell into deathly silence again, and a layer of gloom enveloped the hearts of the four people at the same time. The unknown fear spread like ice.

"Captain, there is something I have been thinking about for a long time. There is no one here, so how could there be bugs? The more I look at this place, the scarier it gets. Now that the negative person is gone, let's leave here as soon as possible."

"I think so."

"Row."

Zhao Wentao also nodded in agreement. Zhou Wen had just recovered from his injuries, so the four of them tiptoed out of the house carefully in the darkness, as if they were afraid of alarming some terrifying existence. They prepared to return along the same route.

However, just a few steps out of the cabin, they suddenly froze.

One of them pointed forward.

He shouted in horror: "Captain, isn't that the negative person who has been chasing us?!"

A few people approached cautiously and saw a familiar figure collapsed on the ground. It was the negative person who had been chasing them before, and there was no sign of life.

The four of them felt a chill in their hearts.

The powerful negative man who had been chasing their team all night was unexpectedly killed in front of the door of this abandoned wooden house. This undoubtedly implies that there is an unknown existence hidden here that is more terrifying than the negative man.

Then a scene that made people feel uncomfortable took place at the scene.

Countless insects gushed out of the nose, ears, and mouth of the negative man like a spring, and then submerged his body. Along with terrifying rustling sounds, the body of the negative man was melting at an alarming speed.

The four people's minds went blank and their lips trembled. "Run!!!"

Zhao Wentao was the first to come to his senses, and he let out a loud roar like a thunderous explosion.

As soon as the team set off, a soul-stirring sound was heard in the distance.

A surge of "tides" suddenly emerged.

No...that's not a tide, that's a dense swarm of insects.

The team members' faces were as pale as paper, their eyes were wide open in horror, as if they had witnessed the most horrifying scene in the world, and their bodies were shaking uncontrollably. They wanted to flee the scene, but their legs felt as if they were filled with lead and they could hardly take a step.

"Senior, we accidentally got in here. Can you let us go? We can pay with our lives." Zhao Wentao made a quick decision and shouted loudly to the people around him.

At this moment, life span has become their only bargaining chip.

In this relic, life span is hard currency.

Because killing cannot take away another person's life, only trading can transfer it.

And faced with such a deal, almost no one would refuse.

In the distance, a hoarse sound like the friction of dry tree bark could be heard faintly.

"Lifespan... is useless to me."

After hearing these words, the four people's hearts sank to the bottom.

"He is a negative person who signed a death contract!!!"

Zhao Wentao's face was full of disbelief, he didn't expect to meet such a person, because any normal person who lost his life due to various reasons would sign a living contract. Although it was hopeless to pay off the debt, there was still hope after all.

Only perverts would choose a death contract!

They dedicated everything to the God of Longevity and could not use their lifespan to repay their debt.

The appearance of such people in these fragments of relics often foreshadows death.

"If you meet a Death Contract person, you can only fight to the death."

Just as they were preparing to fight to the death, a scream suddenly came from the side.

"Zhou Wen, are you crazy? Why did you sneak attack me?!"

"Wait, that's not Zhou Wen, he looks weird!"

"He's been controlled!"

At this moment, Zhou Wen at the back of the team had a strange purple glow on his face and ferocious eyes, staring viciously at his former teammate.

Everyone instantly remembered that the other party had been bitten by an insect before.

The four of them were completely desperate. In this situation, what else could they do to fight?

When it seemed that they were doomed, a flashlight beam suddenly shone from the forest outside, accompanied by a man's voice.

"It's quite lively here late at night."

"Hey, there are so many centipedes on the ground. They are excellent medicinal materials. I heard that they can detoxify and reduce swelling, relieve pain, fight bacteria and reduce inflammation. They can also treat hemorrhoids, regulate immunity, promote recovery, improve sleep, and are also effective for sexual dysfunction."

"I'm going to get rich now..."

In the distance, a young man carrying a medical kit was walking slowly in. It was Lu Yue who was heading to the central region. At this moment, he bent down to pick up a centipede, but was stopped loudly by Zhao Wentao.

"Be careful, this is a poisonous insect made by the Gu Master!"

Lu Yue ignored it, picked it up, took a look at it, and then put it down.

Stompling the centipede to death.

"What a pity for these good centipedes and scorpions."

Lu Yue sighed. He had originally planned to pack up these herbs and send them back to Doctor Zhang, but he didn't expect that these poisonous insects were already dead. Perhaps it would be better to call them corpse worms.

"Gu Master, right? Can you come out and talk?"

"Do you have any healthy bugs? I want them all..."

Lu Yue's voice was like a huge bell, echoing all around.

The poisonous insects that were originally besieging Zhao Wentao and others suddenly became quiet.

A voice came from the darkness.

"You want to buy my treasure, but I'm afraid you can't afford the price."

Lu Yue raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Are these insects more valuable than human lives?"

"Human life is far less important than the life of a bug like me."

"Oh? So expensive, then if I kill your bug, will you bite me?"

After he finished speaking, Lu Yue moved.

In response to the overwhelming number of poisonous insects, he directly used the thunder and lightning method.

Crackling!

The night was illuminated by brilliant lightning. In a flash, a giant fist of thunder and lightning slammed into the ground. The earth trembled. Lightning flashed like dancing silver snakes, swooping down on the swarm of poisonous insects with the power to destroy the world.

Wherever lightning passed, it formed a giant lightning net. Poisonous insects were hit one after another and turned into charcoal in an instant. A pungent burnt smell spread.

In just one round, most of the poisonous insects around were killed.

"Who are you?!"

The Gu Master who had been hiding in the darkness in the distance froze up and finally came out. Everyone could see his appearance clearly. The Gu Master had a foul odor all over his body, his face was covered with pustules, and there were poisonous insects crawling on it, which was disgusting.

Lu Yue pointed to the medical box behind him and said seriously, "As you can see, I am a peace-loving barefoot doctor who saves lives and heals the wounded."

"I've read stories about Gu Masters online. I heard that some crazy people would use their own blood and essence to raise Gu, and then raise a King Gu. This King Gu would live inside the body all the time, and the Gu Master would have the ability to control other poisonous snakes, insects and ants. Anyone bitten by these poisonous snakes and ants would be poisoned and die..."

"But this evil way will hurt yourself before hurting others. The Gu Master himself will be gradually devoured by the Gu King. I see that you have sores all over your body, I'm afraid you are already terminally ill."

"You are lucky today. I will treat you for free."

"The first step in treatment is disinfection."

Lu Yue tapped the medicine box lightly, and a bronze axe more than one meter long appeared in his hand.

The next second, the bronze axe was surrounded by ghostly blue fire.

"Alcohol turns blue when it's ignited, and my energy is also blue."

"It makes sense to use it for disinfection."

Lu Yue swung the axe violently, and the ghost fire energy rushed towards the Gu Master like a raging wave, directly blowing several nearby tree trunks into pieces. At the same time, bits of ghost fire splashed and touched the Gu Master's face, causing the abscesses on it to burst instantly, and pus splashed everywhere.

"We were in a hurry to enter the ruins this time, and I didn't bring a scalpel with me, so I used an axe instead of a scalpel. It's almost the same anyway, is that ok with you?"

"And I usually don't give people anesthesia for minor surgeries."

"Just bear with it and it will pass."

(End of this chapter)