224: Chapter 205: Written Evidence 224: Chapter 205: Written Evidence The path of a professional is the process of turning chaotic, primitive pollution into order.
And the end point of this process of ordering is a “Land of Order” that has no pollution, only rules.
That is the Divine Kingdom, an isolated paradise on Earth.
Guan Xinxian knew this, as it wasn’t much of a secret…countless churches were promoting it every day.
“…when the unstoppable end of the world comes, only the Ark Divine Kingdom in the hands of a deity can lead the believers to the next dawn…”
Obviously, this kind of argument itself is an unstable factor in society and often leads to more loyalty from church members to their church and deities than to their own race.
But the thing is, it’s true…
It’s not just propaganda, as there are examples in both theory and reality.
Because pollution and outsiders continue to increase, the world will one day be unable to bear the load, and at that moment, only a pure world of rules that’s independent of the world could achieve transcendence.
“Rules completely binding pollution, no matter how long you stay, you won’t feel polluted; it feels like being on Earth.
The legend is actually true…”
Although massive Secret Realms like the steam factory or the not-so-distant Exotic Realm still have extreme, subtle pollution, like the smell of smoke in the air which doesn’t pose a fatal threat, it still exists.
But only an independent world like “Earth” can have this kind of untouched taste in its Secret Realms.
Real Earthly Divine Kingdoms are extremely rare and precious, and basically can only be controlled by a Deity, with outsiders having no chance of access.
Even within the church, only a select few could even come into contact with it, and thus it became a legend.
When the legend turns into reality, and the so-called “Ark tickets” are right in front of him, even if Guan Xinxian knows he might not live to use them, his feelings are still very complicated.
He’s not foolish, so he naturally knows what this “Divine Kingdom” means- Lu Ping’an or the person behind Lu Ping’an must have reached certain levels.
But he also knows that it shouldn’t be the “Mother Goddess cult Pope,” the “Balancing Disaster Beast” Kerdalais, or even the original Kerdalais.
He has also investigated the Mother Goddess cult, and much can’t be hidden, with its cruel internal struggle mechanism and the terrifying core spirit of nurturing and evolving through parasites.
“The rules of this Divine Kingdom…
Secret Realm, are ‘life’ and ‘trading’?”
Guan Xinxian asked directly, just to confirm his own thoughts.
“Yes, there’s no fighting or competition here.
Trading is the only rule, and life is just the target of trading, a common equivalent.” Lu Ping’an casually responded, confirming the local rules and concepts.
“…Completely opposite of the Mother Goddess cult, huh.”
Both pursue evolution, but one follows the law of the jungle with mutual competition and devouring, where the final winner takes all, while the other has mutual trading, mutual benefit, and every individual has the opportunity for evolution.
Although both treat life as expendable, one is exclusivist while the other is mutualistic; they can’t be called identical, only opposites.
Previously, Meow and Lu Ping’an were not senior professionals and failed to recognize the treasures before them, but this time Guan Xinxian had the experience of a decade-long career as a Walker, his knowledge already broad enough.
In his eyes, there must be a “God of Life Trading” behind Lu Ping’an, as the essence of “Life Bank” can’t be hidden.
Guan Xinxian’s feelings, as well as Chris’s resentment, were not wrong – Kerdalais’ heritage had been completely absorbed by Lu Ping’an and became the foundation of his “courtyard.”
In the world of professionals, some things can’t be hidden.
The rules of the Divine Kingdom represent the essence of the deity, and their concepts also represent their style.
Once it’s confirmed that this is the “Land of Trading,” Guan Xinxian can put his mind at ease…
“Looks like you’re still a big leg to cling to.” He said jokingly, but with a touch of seriousness.
“Heh, of course, if you join now, you’ll get the highest return rate on original shares.
Don’t you want a share?” Lu Ping’an responded half-jokingly.
“Alright, fill me in,” Guan Xinxian laughed and gave his final answer.
With their hands outstretched and clasped together, the contract was thus made.
“By the way, since we signed a long-term cooperation contract, if we later act as a group, what will our organization’s name be?”
“How about…’Reborn’?”
For Lu Ping’an, time was very valuable.
Now, no matter who harvested the “Dragon Yuhe,” extracting top-secret information from it was only a matter of time…
The moment the exact location of the ritual is discovered would be the end.
Lu Ping’an still had four people written in his notebook: Dragon Yuhe (half), Fang Wen (semi-disabled), the Sophist, and the last of the Dragon Family siblings.
Among them, clearly, the most important was the latter, but even Dragon Yuhe didn’t know his exact location…
They suspected that he must have entered the critical moment of the ritual, otherwise, he wouldn’t have left Dragon Yuhe to be captured.
As everyone’s attention focused on the key point of Dragon Yuhe, Lu Ping’an didn’t stop either.
The traitorous Meow kept providing him with intelligence, and the “interrogation” of Dragon Yuhe was not going smoothly.
She seemed to have some sort of “confidentiality agreement” and “automatic memory deletion mechanism” which made the forceful breakthrough extremely difficult.
But everyone knew it would still be just a matter of time before it got broken.
Taboo items, special professions, special abilities that crossed the line – as long as they weren’t dead…
and even if they were dead, everything in their heads could be completely extracted.
Everyone was patiently waiting for that moment when the mystery would be revealed.
Only Lu Ping’an himself didn’t care much about it.
He had more important things to do…
“That’s the agreement.
Facing the Mechanical Bird, Lu Ping’an fulfilled his promise.
“What is ‘Life Bank’?” She hesitated a bit, because she didn’t recognize the “guarantor” on the document.
“My Abnormal Ability, which allows me to store, consume life energy is my Responsibility.
This term will later become the designation for me as a Contractor.”
As a Contractor, Lu Ping’an didn’t lie, and couldn’t lie, so Fang Wen believed him.
Many contractors wouldn’t use their real names when creating contracts (as it would be asking for trouble).
As long as there’s a “unique alias,” it works.
This is also a common practice in the business.
This was a limited cooperation contract, in which both parties agreed not to attack each other until the remaining Sophists and Dragon Brothers of the Mother Goddess cult were removed (or captured).
But after half a year, the contract automatically becomes invalid, no matter the conditions are met or not.
Wider cooperation content?
Lu Ping’an knew that if he had written more, she wouldn’t sign.
Even so, when Fang Wen looked at Lu Ping’an, there was pity in her eyes, probably thinking, “Poor fool, he doesn’t even know the common sense of high-level professionals, and low-level contracts are extremely limited in their constraints on high-level professionals.”
In her eyes, contracts were never omnipotent, especially when written by a 2-tier “noob.” Only noobs would treat low-level contracts as a cure-all.
“Judging from the agreement that only requires mutual non-aggression for self-preservation, he knows his place…
Heh, let him have a bit more peace of mind and do my bidding more honestly.”
In her eyes, the other party’s vision was too narrow and just wanted a half-year of ease.
Heh, pathetic weakling.
The Mechanical Bird took another look at the contract, and the very last penalty clause was very subtle.
“The violator will lose their inherent rights as a living being?
What does that mean?”
“Another way of saying losing one’s life.”
The Mechanical Bird nodded, and these newly-minted scholars always liked to nitpick and come up with a bunch of new terms, wasting other people’s energy.
She quickly skimmed through the contract and, in the next moment, the flames slowly rose, and a strange uneasiness flashed by.
“Ahem, I don’t know if you’re interested in making another deal.”
At this moment, Lu Ping’an interrupted her thoughts by offering her what she most desired.
“…If I can give you the ultimate knowledge that you’ve been dreaming of, what price are you willing to pay?”
From Big Cat, Lu Ping’an learned her ultimate goal – the ultimate dream that every Mechanic Spiritualist longed for, to give their mechanical creatures real life.
This step was the huge chasm between a sixth-tier Mechanic Spiritualist and a seventh-tier Mechanical Spirit Sage, requiring the answer to the ultimate question, “What is life?”
Even Kerdalais back then might not be able to answer.”
Fang Wen’s ridicule wasn’t wrong, as Lu Ping’an couldn’t answer it or achieve it.
So, he said with a smile,
“Then, when it’s all over, I’ll take you to your god and meet Kerdalais, shall I?
Of course, you need to pay a sufficient price and have written documents as proof.”