The tavern was still the same. It had two floors and a simple wooden structure. It was very eye-catching in the castle building.
Just like the defense building, the subsequent changes in the tavern needed to be paid for.
The range of summoning, the strength of the followers, the number of contracts… were probably these three aspects.
“The quota for the contract needs to be expanded by willpower. Let’s not talk about this for now. I’m still poor… Anyway, the remaining twelve spots are enough.”
“The key is the strength of the summoner…”
From grade-4 tavern to grade-6 tavern, the upper limit of the summoning was the great circle of the awakened level, and at most an A -level aptitude. It was uncertain… Nancy was just an accident that time.
After obtaining the authority, Tang Yu already understood the rules of summoning.
Simply put, everything was the choice of fate.
In other words, the summoned followers would definitely choose to agree when they saw the golden contract – this was the result of filtering through countless uncertain candidates and time.
When Tang Yu first summoned, if he was a few minutes faster or a few minutes slower, it was likely that he would not summon Elaine, but other followers with B or A aptitudes.
From the same time, countless people selected randomly.
This is also why, no matter how many times the summons are merged, there is no way to get an A, and the summoning rules cannot be guaranteed. At this second, there are A-level qualified followers who must choose to sign.
[B] class talent was different. Their numbers were tens to hundreds of times greater. With such a large base, they could find followers who would definitely sign a contract.
Most of the followers were in a desperate state before they were summoned because in that state, they could only form a contract.
It was inevitable.
However, the quality of the followers was barely satisfactory in this way of summoning.
“Moreover, I don’t want to waste a large amount of time and resources to nurture another batch of experts.”
Tang Yu opened the summoning interface.
There were two new functions.
Advanced Filter: Based on the amount of Origin Crystals invested, directly select the target.
Restrictions lifted: You can search for more people in this mode.
However, without the power of fate, there is no guarantee that the summoning will be successful.
Tang Yu directly selected those above A Grade and above with extraordinary strength.
Estimated consumption of Origin Crystals 1W1 units per second.
He did not frown as he made his choice.
Soon, he entered the search interface.
One second, two seconds… Ten seconds passed, and there was no sign of life.
He was already mentally prepared and chose to “remove the limit”.
The next second,
Ding!
The summoning array shone brightly, and a figure stood in the middle of the array.
[Character]: Carl
Qualification: A +
Rank: Transcendent Rank 1(1 Origin Energy Core)
Class: Fierce Tiger Warrior
Description: Two hundred words
[Skill]: Level 30
He raised his eyebrows.
Choosing to summon.
[Ding! Adventurer refuses to sign a contract with you. ]
Tang Yu was expressionless.
“Cough cough… I expected it.”
However, he was too decisive in rejecting them in seconds!
He tried a few more times.
Without exception, all of them were rejected. The longest time was the third second after choosing to summon them. Only then did he receive the news of rejection.
… It was probably due to the sudden appearance of the contract information that scared them.
“Just the usual stuff, nothing to worry about. Although the contract stated many benefits, it was essentially still recruiting employees and subordinates. These Transcendents are all big shots, so how could they sign a contract…”
He shook his head and fumbled around. Gradually, he came up with an idea.
It seemed that while summoning, it could transmit some simple information to the summoner.
Choosing someone who was in a bad situation could also increase the probability.
…
In a certain world.
A human holding a spear was covered in blood. He tore through the encirclement of monsters and disappeared into the horizon in a few flashes.
The ruins of the city a few miles away were covered in green vines.
Zhong Ping leaned against a corner of the broken room and circulated his Origin Energy to recover from his injuries.
In the second year after he broke through to become a Transcendent, he still hadn’t found any survivors.
The sky was yellow.
The mood was gray.
“I might be the last survivor in the world,”
he murmured.
Suddenly, he stood up and placed the spear in front of him. “Who is it?”
“A monster? Or a human”
The lingering sound echoed.
A monster’s roar sounded in the distance.
Zhong Ping did not care about the outside world. He frowned, and the voice in his mind sounded again.
“Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you want to… live?”
“Only by signing a contract can you see the real future.”
A golden contract appeared in the void and hung in front of him.
A stream of information flooded his mind.
“Tree Shade? Infinite Future? Followers?”
His expression changed again and again.
As soon as he became a follower, he would become a follower for the rest of his life… This was very harsh for him. Even though the contract had stated that followers also had their own autonomy and had many benefits. Other than protecting the territory and helping the lord to deal with the enemy, there were no other requirements.
Zhong Ping still did not dare to be careless.
Before humanity had gone extinct, he had heard some stories. The contract between demons and the power in the contract could not be faked, but the information might not be true.
Once it was signed, he might not have the power to resist.
However, it had been two years. This was the first time he had heard news about humans.
There were humans outside the world as well.
Perhaps there were survivors living in this world or some place, but what could they do after finding them? The monsters were getting stronger, and the world was becoming more and more deathly silent.
What was in front of him was perhaps his only chance.
As if seeing that he had not agreed, the color of the golden book dimmed, gradually becoming illusory, and could disappear at any time.
Zhong Ping gritted his teeth and made up his mind, “I’ll sign it!”
His fingers touched the golden book, and the next moment, the sky and earth spun.
…
…
Looking up, he saw the gray sky.
In the distance, the high wall known as the Eternal Wall separated the world.
Outside the wall, it was barren and filled with monsters.
Inside the wall, there were dances and palaces, known as the only pure land in the world.
“But it is just an illusion.”
Zaber looked at the inner city, the real capital city, and couldn’t help but shake his head.
Indeed,
Ever since the completion of the Eternal Wall, it had never been broken through.
This city wall that was one hundred and thirty-five meters tall and had consumed countless rare materials and was engraved with countless rune arrays was the masterpiece of two grandmasters and dozens of masters.
The two grandmasters of rune and array techniques.
The grandmaster of creation.
A miracle that was deemed impossible to appear.
The black tide was fierce, but it could only be stopped outside the high wall.
It was precisely because they had stood tall for thirty years that the nobles in the city had already adapted to their current peaceful lives.
There was no sense of crisis.
However, Zaber, who was in charge of investigating the outside world, understood that the scythe of death had always been suspended above the capital.
Over the years, he had seen too many terrifying black beasts.
They had seen cities that were drowned by the black tide.
There was less and less foothold for humans and less food.
“Even if the imperial capital is safe, how big is the entire imperial capital?”
The singing and dancing were peaceful, which also referred to the nobles in the inner city. The people in the outer city were yellow and thin. Every day, countless people starved to death.
Even the teams that were fighting at the front line and responsible for the investigation of the outside world were reduced in scale time and time again due to funding.
The resources for cultivation were even fewer.
Zaber was worried.
The monsters in the outside world were getting stronger and stronger, while humans… had been gone for twelve years, and no new Extraordinary was born.
It was impossible for the capital to be peaceful all the time.
“Sigh —“
A long sigh rang out in his mind.
“You want to become stronger? Do you want the world to see the light of day again?”
He was stunned.
He quickly calmed down and soon noticed that a message had appeared in his mind.
After pondering it carefully, he sneered and ignored it.
“You are very powerless. You clearly know that the danger is approaching, but you can only watch helplessly.”
“The miserable state of the lower layer, the actions of the upper layer, and the danger of the outside world, what can you use to change all of this?”
“Even if the team members die, you are powerless to redeem it. Do you not want to change all of this?”
“If you really do not care, why do you not decisively refuse, but shelve it? Just look at your heart!”
Bang!
The table in front of him shattered into pieces.
Zaber clenched fists trembled.
He knew very well that there was not much time left. In another twenty to thirty years, the capital would most likely be like the city outside, with only broken walls and ruins left.
After some hesitation, Zaber chose to sign the slave contract, but he did not choose to leave immediately. Instead, he temporarily gathered his assistants and several trusted aides. A few minutes later, he disappeared from the room.
…
King’s City, another place.
The parmacist master, Andrew, walked out of the laboratory with a pale face.
“The 34th failure…”
And he did not have any extra materials.
Even the face of a Master Pharmacist could not be exchanged for the support of a noble.
Which great noble in the city did not have a Master Pharmacist? Even if it was small noble who needed medicine, the first choice was a pharmacist cultivated by the great nobles – after all, in terms of formulas, he might not have as much as a Master Pharmacist.
It could only be used to produce some commonly seen and barely profitable potions and sell them to ordinary Hunters.
They could barely maintain their research.
However, they could not see any progress.
[Ding! Tree Shade City of Myriad Worlds is recruiting online. As long as you have the heart to love medicine, we can give you the best platform. ]
Master Andrew, who often stayed in the laboratory, was stunned.
Then, the voice in his mind recalled the formula of countless potions.
The most infuriating thing was that every critical moment, the formula would stop and change to another formula.
Good luck!
It was even more hateful than the author who broke the story!
Andrew reached out with his slightly wrinkled hand and tapped on the golden contract book, trembling.
…
Tree Shade, tavern.
Tang Yu summoned ten new followers in one breath and gathered them together.
Two Transcendents, one Master Pharmacist, one Master Planter, and the remaining six were all at the Great Circle of the Awakening level. They were only one step away from becoming Transcendents. There was no need to spend much resources to cultivate them.
After finishing all of this, he chose to delay the summoning and then walked out of the tavern.
Now, Tree Shade was already a mature territory. He was also a lord with a cool demeanor. Naturally, he did not need to personally come out to welcome new followers.
A few minutes later,
In the tavern, ten streaks of light appeared at the same time.
“A tavern? It looks very ordinary. We also have one… Wait, the concentration of Genesis Qi here is so high!”
He exclaimed.
Then, he suddenly felt two oppressive auras beside him. He turned around and said, “Chao, Chao, Transcendent”
His voice could not help but carry a tone of awe.
They were only one step away from the door, but the difference between their status and that of a Transcendent was the difference between heaven and earth.
Without fate, lacking in luck, it was very likely that they would always be stuck at a bottleneck, until their hair turned white, until they became a pile of loess.
The contract allowed them to see the possibility of breaking through to become a Transcendent.
Just the concentration of Genesis Qi here was enough to increase their chances of breaking through to become a Transcendent by 20%.
After a round of examination, they began to communicate.
Among the ten people, Zaber quickly recognized Great Master Pharmacist Andrew. Both of them had some fame in the capital.
“King’s City? Eternal Wall? I can’t even see a living person in my world!” Zhong Ping muttered.
“Not a single one?” Zaber was surprised.
“Perhaps. At least, like you guys, the cities, the fixed gathering places. I searched for two years, but I couldn’t find a single one.”
This time, Zaber was sure that these people were indeed from different worlds.
They were summoned by a mysterious force across thousands of mountains and rivers.
Through the window of the tavern, he could see the sky outside. It was very blue and only existed in his memory, the scene from decades ago.
What kind of world was Tree Shade?
…
“At present, there are millions of survivors living in Tree Shade City. More than half of them are Hunters.”
“This is the Castle District, that is the Plantation District, and the industrial park at the foot of the mountain… Oh, you ask the light above your head? One word is ‘Sun’, and the other two words are ‘Artificial’.”
“That is called ‘Moonlight Waterfall’. It can refine Origin Energy. Spectacular? Just average.”
“We are stepping on a teleportation array. We can reach a distant corner in an instant.”
Hui Ren, who was planning to resign from his position as the intelligence minister, happened to be on leave and was captured.
He was in charge of introducing Tree Shade’s situation, history, world situation, and so on to the newcomers.
Ten new followers followed Hui Ren to tour the territory. Some of the stubborn pricks were also very obedient.
Joked,
Not to mention signing a contract, the person in front of them was also a follower senior. Just the fact that the Lord had the ability to cross the world to summon them here made them understand that they should work diligently.
I heard that Tree Shade has developed dozens of dimensional worlds.
I heard that this world also has similar disasters called the Demonic Tide, and Tree Shade has already fought with the controller behind the Demonic Tide. Several of those strange looking races have been destroyed.
I heard that a few days ago, Tree Shade killed dozens of Transcendents.
Dozens!
I heard that the foreign races no longer dare to show themselves around Tree Shade!
Among the ten people, even the most knowledgeable and strongest Zaber could not say for sure if there were thirty extraordinary humans in the entire King’s City.
However, Tree Shade was like a pig being slaughtered. They had become the target of many Demonic Tide, yet they persisted, creating such a powerful territory.
This kind of power undoubtedly gave them the confidence.
The contract stated that there was nothing wrong with it.
It was not impossible to completely solve the problem of the Demonic Tide from reoccuring, but with Tree Shade, they might have a chance.
After walking around, Hui Ren, who could not wait to loot the fish, finally said,
“Zaber and Zhong Ping, you two can take up important positions in the corps. The two masters can also continue your research, but you need to nurture enough talents for the lord. As for the few of you, your current task is to break through to Transcendence.”
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