I Don't Agree to the Terms-Chapter 1025 - 539: Execution, Strategy, and Scheming

"That's it?" Shura's expression was a bit odd and even a little embarrassed.

This morning marked the tenth day, and last night, Grand Heaven finally managed to collect all the zombie samples needed by Gu Shanhai through the Tai Sui Gu. After an all-nighter, they finally succeeded.

"Who would have thought that the Corpse King summoned all the zombies to protect him out of fear of death..." Grand Heaven also complained.

Previously, it scared both him and Shura badly. They kept reinforcing the defenses around the whole base, only to find out now that while he was worried the Corpse King would come knocking, the Corpse King was also worried they would attack him.

In the end, both sides bizarrely reached a consensus, fearing the other would make a move, leading to these big actions.

"By the way, without the octopus, you seem less lively." Shura also shifted the topic.

Since Grand Heaven no longer needed to operate the Tai Sui Gu, the octopus on his forehead was returned to Gu Shanhai.

"So what you're saying is, when I'm not mentally ill, I'm not lively, right?" Grand Heaven's face turned dark, thinking that if you're going to change the subject, how come it always veers into something weird. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Because I can't afford it, now that you've bought the knock-offs at a tenth of the price, you're probably even poorer than I am."

Grand Heaven, sticking to the principle of mutually injuring each other, slyly called Shura a poor bastard. How could he not return the favor after Shura just called him mentally ill?

Shura felt a bit exasperated; his previous statement was a slip of the tongue, and he didn't expect Grand Heaven to remember it so well.

"Yeah, not much left, completely broke, why don't you help me out a bit?" Shura switched to a teasing tone, admitting he indeed was poor and acknowledged his mistake from earlier.

"Forget it, I'm also broke because of this Tai Sui Gu thing." Grand Heaven didn't dwell on it and complained, "Running an instance with a top-tier crafting player, not only does the instance earn and spend, but it also emptied my savings."

Compared to Shura, Grand Heaven was also quite miserable.

The things he bought, like the nanofactory or the Tai Sui Gu, needed time for development. Only two sets of equipment could directly provide combat power.

What Shura bought were magic items, which didn't need digestion and could transform into combat strength immediately, giving him confidence to face the grey fog.

Those magic items, though deemed knock-offs, had real attributes and effects. If a fight broke out, they were far more powerful than what Grand Heaven purchased.

Of course, the costs were much higher.

When Grand Heaven claimed to be broke, it was self-mockery, as he still had savings, while Shura's poverty was quite real. Even though Gu Shanhai agreed to sell to him at a tenth of the price, it was still not cheap.

"Rare indeed, saving up resources is just to turn them into strength." Shura said this but also silently noted that running instances with Gu Shanhai couldn't happen too often; otherwise, he'd have to wait three to five hundred years for the next one, or he wouldn't have the money to buy anything, just watching in vain.

As for whether equipment is external or inner strength, players don't bother themselves with such distinctions. Whatever works, they use, and it doesn't matter if it's external strength or not, as long as they complete missions and get rewards, it's all the same.

As long as the enemy is dead, and they complete the mission and get the reward, nothing else matters.

"True enough, if you don't spend it, it's just money lying idle." Grand Heaven agreed with Shura's thinking. The resources they had at this stage among players were of high-end quality, but it was wasteful if they used them themselves, and forcing them into their system wouldn't yield Transcendent results.

For selling, the average player couldn't afford it, and the first-tier players didn't have enough Game Coins, so they could only exchange goods.

Exchanging goods was even harder, as there were only a few first-tier players. If they could have exchanged, they would have long ago, but ultimately, it was because they didn't have something suitable. Even if they exchanged, it would be useless.

Luckily, they encountered Gu Shanhai, who took in everything like a rag-and-bone man.

They could still exchange for gear and attributes that matched themselves, which was quite rare in the "First Epoch."

"The nodes are almost set up, and now there are only two particularly difficult places left."

"What do you think?" Shura brought the topic back to the main issue.

These two nodes, one was under the Corpse King's throne, also one of the cores of the reverse array.

The other was the birthplace of the grey fog, which was not easy to enter, as the fog was too dense. Getting in wasn't easy and would inflict a lot of negative statuses due to the fog. But with Gu Shanhai's aura, they wouldn't die regardless of the number of statuses.

The real concern was that the installation process might disturb the grey fog.

The grey fog boss was only asleep, not dead. Their actions were akin to placing a bomb at the heart of a sleeping person, and no matter how carefully they did it, the other was bound to notice.

"Indeed difficult, the Corpse King is easier to handle. You can use the zombies you control to create chaos, temporarily luring the Corpse King away from the throne, three minutes should be manageable."

"But the grey fog is not so simple; if we go in, we can't come out." Grand Heaven saw it clearly.

"How about letting the Tai Sui Gu try?" Shura had already thought of this. The Corpse King was just a decoy; the real plan was to have the Tai Sui Gu, being a ghost-like entity, place the node in the grey fog's core.