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Chapter 223 New Feature - [Devil Contract] ([-] more)

When Chen Ye returned to Xijiang Wharf, it was already midnight.

At this time, the crimson moonlight was shining quietly, and the entire pedestrian street seemed to be shrouded in a thick blood mist.

In the sky……

Occasionally, you can see floating gray mist air masses, wandering here, wandering between the two worlds.

"Sure enough, this paradise is not as simple as imagined, and the spirituality is very active."

Chen Ye had just returned to the pedestrian street, and his eyes moved slightly when he sensed the active atmosphere of the spirit world nearby.

When passing by the old city, his vision continued to look in, and he found a dark blood light, condensed in the depths, surging silently.

At the same time, Chen Ye also found a noteworthy sign.

Although the pollution is over and the park has returned to normal, most of the activities are players.

Logically speaking, there should be a lot of aborigines here...

Chen Ye did not forget that on that night of nightless night, the pedestrian street was full of weirdness.

But since that night, the traffic seems to have receded from the peak to the trough, and most of the people who come out for activities are players or penniless homeless.

As for those middle-class aborigines, they are rarely encountered.

Along the road shrouded in white mist, Chen Ye passed under the bridge of Longhua Avenue, passed through the familiar alleys of Xining, followed the old street all the way, and arrived at the gate of Yong'an Market.

However, Chen Ye was stunned by the scene in front of him.

Under the crimson moonlight, what was originally the entrance of Yong'an Market turned into a stone wall!
That's right!

Wing On Market is gone!
"What's going on?" Chen Ye frowned slightly, and looked around with the pupil of luck.

In this white mist that symbolizes ordinary numbers, there are occasional gray awns dotted.

But it doesn't mean anything...

Next to the stone wall, it looked like a dead end in a sealed alley, and even the original notice board had disappeared.

Could it be that Yongan Market has really been closed?
"Young man, are you going to buy something in the market?"

All of a sudden, a hoarse and low voice sounded from behind Chen Ye.

Chen Ye suddenly turned around.

I saw a thin old man sitting cross-legged on the ground no more than ten meters away from him.He was blindfolded, with his head down, like a blind man, but his eyes fell on the pavement in front of him.

There are all kinds of strange and ancient objects on it, some are pipes, some are rubber bands, and some are skeletons...

The crimson moonlight shone faintly on his side face, as if suddenly appearing from the blood mist.

During the whole process, there was no movement.

Chen Ye frowned slightly. He remembered that he was on the way here, but he didn't see this place with such a pavement and such an old man sitting there.

Without anyone noticing, he just appeared behind him without making a sound.

at the same time……

On the old man's head, a line of simple bloody text appeared——

【Wandering Merchant】

Four simple words introduced the old man's identity.

"Wandering businessman? Is this also the job of a homeless person?" Chen Ye couldn't help being stunned.

At this moment, his expression became more focused.

It's not the same as ordinary homeless people.

[Wandering Merchant] is a second-rank job that combines one-rank [Wanderer] and one-rank [Businessman].

I am also a [Wanderer], although I have already reached the third rank, but at the first rank, the characteristics of mutual help and mutual assistance with fellow vagabonds will still be retained.

Looking at it with the pupil of luck, the merchant's head was covered with a faint purple aura, surrounded by black and yellow, and a star-like glass star appeared from his head.

"Could it be that... can you buy any special items from this merchant?"

Seeing the halo of no danger appearing, Chen Ye stopped for a moment, then walked forward and asked:

"Old man, do you know why Yong'an Market is closed?"

The old man sat on the booth, sighed, shook his head and said:
"What else could be going on? The business can't go on!"

"Why can't you go on?"

"Hey, the food problem is too serious these days. Most of the people in the market who make money quickly have to sell ingredients, right? But now all the meat is in trouble, and everyone's income is not good. Except for food, who will buy those crap?"

"So the business can't go on?"

"Yes."

"Then the market will not be open anymore?"

"do not know……"

"do not know the meaning?"

"Don't know means don't know."

"..." Chen Ye was at a loss for words for a moment, do you think that all your aborigines talk like this?
At this time, Chen Ye felt that the old Erhu man had become cute. At least what he spoke was human language. The first few sentences of these aborigines might be human language, but they would start talking nonsense after a few sentences.

He changed his mind and asked, "I mean, is there still a chance to open the door in the future?"

"When the business is good, we can do it if we can pay back."

"When will it wait?"

"Hey, my old man is just a small businessman. How can I figure out what those big bosses think?" The old man sneered, "If you have to say a time point, maybe when the food recovers, the economy recovers, and everyone is willing to spend money to buy things, then the market will open. Otherwise, will you keep losing money?"

"It makes sense..." Chen Ye nodded, "So what are you doing here?"

"Set up a stall to make money!"

The old man stared at Chen Ye, as if he was looking at a fool, and pointed to all kinds of small objects on the pavement:
"Didn't you see that these are the products I sell, old man?"

"Why did you choose to sell here?"

"I originally sold it at the market, but now the market is closed, so I have to sell it at the door."

"Why are you the only one here, and other shops don't set up stalls here?"

"Heh!" The old head let out a sneer when he heard something funny, "There are so many people who are as miserable as the old man and me. Those who can run have already run away, and those who can't run have been sent to the hospital. Only those who are not afraid of death come back here to set up a stall!"

"You are not afraid of death?"

"Who says you're not afraid?"

"you!"

"I?"

"You choose to set up a stall here because you said you are not afraid of death." Chen Ye suddenly felt that the old man was a little funny. The first sentence said that he was not afraid of death to set up a stall here, and the second sentence said that he was afraid of death. Is this Schrödinger's fear of death?

The old man sighed, and said: "I am afraid of death, but if I don't do business and have no rice to support myself, then I am really going to die."

Chen Ye was lost in thought.

According to what the old man said, he should have been a stall merchant in Yong'an Market.

But there has been an accident in Wing On Market recently!
The market is closed!
The reason is also very simple. There have been double pollution incidents of food and water before.

Therefore, the structure of the entire City of Destiny was severely impacted.

Including the Lin family, the old lady who sells chestnuts... as long as they are capable, they almost all choose to run away.

But what about those who have no strength?
At present, it can be seen that a large part of them have become believers of the Lieyang Church and live by begging.

There is still a part of the middle class, where did they go?
I've been wandering the streets for the past few days, but I haven't seen them.

At this moment, after hearing the information of this [Wandering Merchant], all those who haven't run away have entered the hospital?

Because they are polluted?
Almost all the aborigines in the city disappeared. Could it be that except for the one who ran away, all the others were admitted to the hospital?

Can the hospital...can accommodate so many patients?

Chen Ye asked questions one after another about Yong'an Market and where the pavements in it went.

The old man waved his hands again and again, expressing that he didn't know. In the end, he got a little impatient when asked, and stared at Chen Ye and said:
"Are you here to make trouble? I'm just a common man with a flat head. How can I know so many complicated things?"

"It's really bad luck. I thought I could attract a client, but I didn't expect to attract a big grievance!"

"I knew I wouldn't have talked to you..."

Chen Ye was amused for a while, and thought to himself that it seems that you pretended to be mysterious and spoke suddenly, right?
Immediately after...

He moved his eyes down and landed on the pavement.

Suddenly, a bright glazed radiance appeared in the field of vision, and among the many objects, it bloomed a dazzling brilliance.

Chen Ye's mind moved, and his eyes followed Liuli's guidance, and looked at one of the items...

It turned out to be a contract?

However, the pages of the book were pitch black, and the surface seemed to be alive. Looking directly at it, one felt as if one's mind was being sucked into it by the vortex.

"Old man, how do you sell this thing?" Chen Ye pointed to the contract and asked.

"Hey, I didn't expect you, a young man, to be quite discerning!"

The old man swept away the unlucky look on his face, and laughed cheerfully:
"This is a contract, but it's not a simple contract!"

"It's a contract to make a deal with the devil!"

"Of course, if it was an ordinary customer, then I wouldn't sell such a precious thing. But for you... I can consider selling it to you at a higher price."

For a moment, Chen Ye didn't know what to say. He almost thought that the other party would say to sell at a discount, but ended up selling at a higher price. What does this mean?
At this moment, the contract split into a ray of glazed light, which was actually connected to Chen Ye's mouthparts.

With a thought, he realized that this contract book with a devilish aura was likely to be the promotion material that [Devil Chef] needed in the future.

Moreover, fusion can be performed directly!
If you're lucky, maybe you'll unlock new features directly!

Chen Ye nodded and said, "I can buy it, but I hope you can give me a reasonable price."

"One gold coin, two hundred silver coins, one hundred thousand copper coins." The old man said, "This is the most reasonable price, nothing more reasonable than this."

Since this contract book contains the characteristics of [contract], it is related to some kind of transaction.

And gold coins, as the best special currency for transactions, can even form some kind of contract with the existence of the other world, so it is most appropriate to use it as the price for exchanging [contracts].

Two hundred silver coins, the devilish characteristics contained in the transaction contract itself.

The remaining [-] copper coins depend on the material of the contract and the value of the item itself.

and so.

To trade this contract, you need to use three different currencies, at least one gold coin.

Currently, Chen Ye has 38 gold coins on him. Since the Yong'an market is not yet open, the other [-] gold coins cannot be used, and the amount of remaining gold coins that can be moved suddenly becomes rich.

The key is that there are too many silver coins!

A full two hundred silver coins are needed!

But Chen Ye only has 160 six silver coins now, but the number of silver coins is not enough.

Chen Ye paused for a moment, considering that [Wandering Merchant] has a very distinctive feature, that is, wandering.

Maybe if you set up a stall here today, you don't know where you will go tomorrow.

If you miss today, you may not have this store tomorrow!

You can't wait until you really have enough two hundred silver coins before you come to trade, right?
Chen Ye asked, "What if I pay two gold coins?"

The old man's eyes lit up immediately, and his attitude became much better, he said quickly:
"Two gold coins, fifty silver coins, and 15 copper coins."

"Of course, you can also pay one hundred silver coins and one hundred thousand copper coins, but that is not the most reasonable price."

"If you can give three gold coins, then you can directly take this contract book!"

Three gold coins... Yes, there are indeed... But if this is really the deal, then it is purely taken advantage of!
Chen Ye smiled and said, "Then let's sell it at the price of two gold coins, fifty silver coins, and 15 copper coins."

"Okay."

The old man finally showed the attitude that a businessman should have, and quickly packed the contract, showing a flattering smile, and handed the contract to Chen Ye with both hands.

After the payment, Chen Ye's personal assets became "36 gold coins, 116 silver coins, 1019015 copper coins".

at this time.

A series of bloody words appeared in front of Chen Ye——

[Detection: You have new features that can be merged! 】

[Fusion! 】

[You have unlocked a new feature - Devil's Contract! 】

【Devil Contract: When the soul of the other party is sincerely sold to you, you can sign this contract. (As the initiator of the devil's contract, no matter what the terms are, they will be recognized, and those who violate the contract will be roasted by the soul!)]

…………

At this time, the fifth feature appeared in Chen Ye's [Devil Chef] interface!
however……

This feature doesn't seem to have anything to do with cooking, and it seems a bit abrupt to become the fifth feature...

"[Devil Contract], this should be a sequence that develops towards the moon. Under normal circumstances, [Devil Cooker] should not be able to fuse..."

Chen Ye frowned, and noticed something unusual based on the previous strategies.

After all, the promotion paths of demons are also different.

As a [Devil Chef], with a distinctive mouthpart structure, it is most reasonable to evolve and develop in the direction of a 'monster'.

However, [Devil Contract] belongs to the characteristics of the Moon Sequence, and most of the characteristics are biased towards deceit, betrayal, illusion, chaos...

If you want to sign a contract, you need to use the [Moon] passage, which is related to the characteristics of psychedelic spiritual power, to unlock the [Devil Contract].

Generally, only jobs related to 'contracts' such as [Demon Deceiver], [Demon Arbiter] at the third turn can unlock this feature.

But it's weird...

Chen Ye is currently still a second-rank [Devil Chef], and the sequence he is walking is basically far away from the promotion path of the [Moon] sequence.

Then why did you directly unlock the fifth characteristic of [Devil's Contract]?
After thinking carefully, Chen Ye suddenly realized the reason!
"That's right!"

"The medium required by the devil's contract is actually spiritual power!"

"If the contractor violates the above terms, he will be roasted by the soul!"

"Usually..."

"If it is a normal second-rank [Devil Chef], there is no way to unlock the ability of the spiritual department."

"Because the spiritual system is generally related to [Fire Sun] and [Moon], if you absorb [Moon], there is a high probability that the demon will develop towards the Moon sequence and will not evolve into a chef."

"According to the principle that [Devil] and [Fire Sun] conflict with each other, the two generally do not coexist, so under normal circumstances, it is difficult for [Devil] to directly absorb this contract."

"But my spiritual power does not come from any of [Scorching Sun] and [Moon], but from spiritual spiritual power!"

"This also makes my [Devil Chef] fully able to absorb this [Devil Contract] before it touches the characteristics of the [Moon]..."

"It's unknown what sequence will develop in the future..."

Chen Ye couldn't help but froze in place. After trying to understand the reason, his expression suddenly became weird.

At this moment, my [Devil Chef] has only absorbed five-point characteristic items.

If you want to advance to the third turn, there are still three directions of characteristic items to choose from!

In this way, does he have the opportunity to absorb the [Moon] and at the same time absorb the [Monster]?
Couldn't it be that when I first advanced to the third rank, I had the characteristics of at least four sequences, and became a half-step fourth rank?
Then what kind of thing will be raised?
Chen Ye suddenly felt that this game became more interesting...

Before touching the [Moon], he passed the spiritual power of the [Soul Transmigrator] sequence in advance and successfully integrated the characteristics of the [Devil Contract]...

This means that my [Demon] sequence may be able to change jobs and break through in an unprecedented direction!

It is very possible to raise a "demon" that has never appeared in the Weird Era game!
Specifically, what kind of occupation will be unlocked...

Then.

Only when you gather enough of the next two or three materials to be promoted to rank three【Devil】, can you know the result!

The businessman has left.

According to him, only by constantly wandering can we find better customers.

It is often necessary to go from one place to another in the form of mobile paving to get good luck.

Therefore, after completing the transaction with Chen Ye, the old man had already rushed to the future before his buttocks were warmed up.

of course……

There is only this contract book on the pavement, which is useful to Chen Ye. The other items are not only expensive, but also need to pay gold coins, so they are temporarily useless to buy.

Therefore, Chen Ye did not waste the money in his hand.

Since this month's ranking is related to the increase in assets, there may be some troubles that need to be settled with money in the future.

Even if the assets on my body are already quite a lot compared to ordinary players, they can't be used indiscriminately.

Reasonable use of every resource can snowball!

Chen Ye soon returned to the "Integrity Restaurant".

at this time……

He suddenly discovered that there was a hazy blood-colored outline inside the restaurant!
It's like there is some figure moving inside!
at the same time……

A bloody text suddenly appeared above the head of the silhouette——

[Stealing Cat Demon! 】

(End of this chapter)