Bai Ye was stunned. What was going on?
Jin Sha patted Nian Mei Long's head and said, "This child is very gentle, a bit fragile and sensitive. Your words made it think you were going to abandon it, so it's very sad right now."
Bai Ye was speechless. "Is raising spirit beasts this troublesome?"
"You'll get used to it," Jin Sha said with a touch of emotion, sighing. "You said before that there couldn't be companions in the world battlefield? Perhaps you were right. This is a bloody world where people scheme against each other, are mad and cruel. But spirit beasts are different. No matter where you are, no matter what the situation, as long as you don't abandon them, they are your best companions." xxs壹贰
Bai Ye said, "Can you get it to get up before you start reminiscing?"
Jin Sha smiled and shrugged. "I'm not its owner anymore. You are!"
Bai Ye bared his teeth, then reached out and stroked Nian Mei Long's head. "I was just joking. I didn't intend to abandon you. It's just that my injuries haven't healed yet, so I asked you not to hug me."
Although Nian Mei Long couldn't speak human language, it seemed to understand. It immediately stopped crying and smiled, its eyes turning into narrow, smiling eyes. It obediently crawled off Bai Ye and sat beside him.
Bai Ye got up from the ground, looking at the sticky fluid all over himself. He sighed helplessly. "What should I do about this?"
Jin Sha said helplessly, "So, I wanted to tell you that you need to be prepared before releasing this child. You released it without letting me finish speaking. Now, we just have to figure out how to bathe."
Bai Ye was speechless. "Where am I supposed to get water?"
Jin Sha smiled. "Actually, it's fine if you don't wash. Nian Mei Long's mucus is very clean. Once it dries, it's equivalent to taking a bath."
Bai Ye wanted to say he felt uncomfortable, but looking at Nian Mei Long beside him, he knew that saying it might hurt its fragile and sensitive heart again. After thinking about it, he decided not to say anything and just treat it as a mucus spa.
Jin Sha said, "The transaction is complete. Are you interested in discussing anything else?"
Bai Ye looked confused. "Hmm?"
Jin Sha said, "I know of a large restricted area..."
"A large restricted area?" Bai Ye interrupted with a laugh. "Impossible."
A large restricted area, as the name suggests, was huge and crowded, with some other details, but those were not important.
What was important was that no one could open a large restricted area at the moment. The appearance of a large restricted area signified that the world battlefield had passed its initial stage and officially entered its mid-term. Everyone's current strength was far from enough. To complete a large restricted area, individual strength alone was usually not enough; it required many people to reach a certain level of strength.
Bai Ye clearly remembered that the first large restricted area opened in his previous life was about two years after the world battlefield opened. Coincidentally, that large restricted area was called Jing Ling Ting.
Jin Sha said, "It's very large in scale, and it's different from ordinary restricted areas."
Bai Ye still shook his head, but he still said, "You can tell me about it."
Jin Sha said, "The background of the restricted area is a modern civilized world. The police arrested a major drug lord. Before going to prison, that major drug lord..."
"Wait a minute!" Bai Ye couldn't help but interrupt. "That major drug lord declared to the media that whoever could rescue him would be paid one hundred million. As a result, the entire city was in chaos, and all the villains wanted to rescue him. On the side of the chosen ones, a total of one hundred chosen ones accepted the mission to open the restricted area. The mission was simple: rescue the major drug lord, and the reward would be that one hundred million. This one hundred million was not currency for the chosen ones, but after the mission, reward redemption would be opened. Different rewards required different amounts of money."
Jin Sha was surprised. "You know about this restricted area too?"
Bai Ye said, "This is indeed different from ordinary restricted areas, but it's not a large restricted area. It's a hidden restricted area."
How could a large restricted area only have a mere hundred people?
Jin Sha said, "A hidden restricted area?"
Bai Ye said, "Yes. Ordinary restricted areas are usually about finding them or meeting the conditions to enter. Once you enter the restricted area, it means the restricted area has been opened, and then others within the area are forcibly teleported over. Hidden restricted areas require items and do not forcibly teleport chosen ones into the restricted area. If those one hundred people don't gather enough, the restricted area can never be opened. In comparison, the difficulty of hidden restricted areas is higher. No, to be precise, the battles in hidden restricted areas are more intense, the death rate is higher, and sometimes, no matter how many people enter the restricted area, only one can survive in the end. Of course, the rewards are also better."
This was a coincidence. Bai Ye had participated in the hidden restricted area that Jin Sha mentioned in his previous life. Therefore, Bai Ye not only knew the background story of the restricted area but also knew that the fragments of the God Stone could be exchanged for three million each. If he spent all one hundred million, he could exchange for thirty fragments with some left over.
However, in his previous life, Bai Ye obtained the item for participating in the hidden restricted area through a chance transaction, so Bai Ye didn't know where to get the item and didn't have the hidden restricted area in mind.
"Since you know, it's easier to handle," Jin Sha took out two banknotes and said, "These are the items for participating in the hidden restricted area. I have two of them. Are you interested in cooperating? I'll give you the items for free, fifty million each."
Bai Ye chuckled wickedly. "If I kill you, I get one hundred million."
Jin Sha said, "Although you said there are no companions in the world battlefield, there are still interest-based collaborations. I think we can establish this kind of relationship long-term. I have the ability to provide you with some things and information, and there's a very important point: I'm not as strong as you."
Jin Sha's last sentence was a bit inexplicable, but Bai Ye understood.
Bai Ye was stronger, so Bai Ye could choose not to share information and things with Jin Sha, but Jin Sha needed to share information and things with Bai Ye to help herself gain benefits. In return, she had to share the benefits with Bai Ye.
Therefore, the implicit meaning was to establish a mutually beneficial cooperative relationship. Bai Ye would suffer almost no loss, but Bai Ye would have the opportunity to gain benefits from Jin Sha, while Jin Sha would gain the ability to borrow Bai Ye's strength.
Jin Sha said, "Are you planning to let fifty million gather dust in a safe? Or deposit it in the bank and earn interest every month?"
Bai Ye couldn't help but smile.
Jin Sha still had kindness in her heart, but that didn't mean she was a fool.
These two words were not equivalent.
Bai Ye said, "You were willing to weaken your strength and trade Nian Mei Long to me for this reason, weren't you? If we cooperate, it's equivalent to your strength not being weakened. Afterward, you can use this fifty million to restore your strength and then proceed with the resurrection of Aerodactyl."
Jin Sha said, "Do you think that's the reason?"
"Whether it is or not is not important to me. The fifty million is important to me," Bai Ye said, extending his hand. "Happy cooperation?"
Jin Sha couldn't help but smile and high-fived Bai Ye. "Happy cooperation!"
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