Demon Lord 3

Chapter 1949 Bait

As soon as the incident of robbing spiritual energy occurred, I felt that those people were not good people. On one hand, they wanted our protection, but on the other hand, they wanted to share some of the good stuff with us. It seemed like they could get 50% of the treasure, but the protection they received was far more valuable than the money. I had heard before that many expeditions had been killed because after they found treasures or useful spiritual energy, many people would seize the opportunity to attack from behind, leaving them almost defenseless. After all, in such situations, no one can predict danger in advance; danger is always unknown. Many people don't sense any danger before it arrives, especially when they are overjoyed to have just obtained a treasure, making it difficult to perceive danger. After that man left, Lin Zhenfei's expression immediately changed: "That man didn't seem like a good person. I don't know how Master Zhou could be associated with such a person." Zhou Chuxing had a different opinion: "I know this person. He has a close relationship with our family. Although we don't dare to claim any real relationship, we do have some business dealings. This man is also a rising star who has experienced a lot." "He only got to where he is today because he started from scratch by dealing in antiques. He had a very low status in his family before and shouldn't have inherited the family fortune. But with his own abilities, he started a new company, and the family gradually recognized his capabilities before giving him the company." Lin Zhenfei shook his head: "There are many people who start from scratch, and many who are capable. That man doesn't look like a good person. His family is probably just so-so. You can't judge a book by its cover. Many people are bad on the surface, just trying to get some benefits from us. They want our protection, our recognition, and a share of the profits. But what they want is more than that. The spiritual energy may seem useless to them, but if they could absorb a little, it could prolong their lives." Suddenly, someone installed a loudspeaker, and we learned about the spiritual energy situation in the construction department. They told us that there was still 99.9% of the spiritual energy left. Under normal circumstances, the spiritual energy is more than enough, unless we try to steal it now. Someone has already stolen 0.01%. Who is it? Later I learned that no one had actually found the true location of the leaking spiritual energy. If the leaked spiritual energy wasn't found, it would belong to nature or the animals. These animals weren't the wild cats and rabbits, but the Five Immortals. Hearing this, I sighed helplessly. Those people weren't actually after the spiritual energy; they were after these immortal animals. No one made a move because the spiritual energy hadn't yet reached the animals; it was all within them. After that, things changed. We could complete different tasks to exchange for maps, which we could use to continue searching for spiritual energy. Through a lottery, our team drew a small task: to go to the mountaintop to pick flowers. If we stepped on flowers with dew before dawn, we had to put them in a vase at sunrise to complete the challenge. The system would automatically issue a map. I was wondering how the system would notify us, but I later learned that we were given VR glasses upon arrival. Wearing the glasses, our actions could be seen. Those old guys were actually using this as bait; if we took even one step forward… After completing the task and obtaining the map information, even if we found spiritual energy later, those old guys could just steal it. Actually, the ones stealing spiritual energy weren't other teams, but the organizers. They wanted free labor to find spiritual energy so they could reap the benefits. Since it was bait to lure us into a big fish, we decided to take the bait and try. After receiving the task, we started picking flowers in this desolate mountain wilderness. Later, we discovered that this mountain was actually barren, with almost no flowers or grass besides spiritual energy. It was impossible to pick so many flowers. Other teams were also heading up the mountain. We didn't know what everyone's tasks were, as we didn't communicate because our goals were different and there was a possibility of conflict. Wu Luansen carefully examined the task, scanning it with his glasses. The result was that we had to step on at least 50 different types of flowers, and at sunrise, we had to find 10 of them correctly. After hearing this, I was completely stunned. There must be more than 50 types of flowers on the mountain. What if the 10 they wanted weren't among our 50?