Urban Peerless Expert -
Chapter 2408 - 2428: Want to give it a try? You might die, yo!
Chapter 2408: Chapter 2428: Want to give it a try? You might die, yo!
"Senior, do you mean to say that you discovered a New World using your Space Supernatural Powers, and then you had these people work as your subordinates to explore the New World for you and collect all sorts of treasures?"
The woman in red clothes laughed softly, "That’s roughly the idea. This Roulette Secret Realm is just a tool I use to attract manpower. Whenever I’m short on people, I’ll capture a bunch, and then switch to another world to continue luring the next group."
Lin Chen’s eyes widened; he finally understood completely.
Why were the refresh times of the Roulette Secret Realm as short as a dozen years or, at most, over a hundred years?
It turned out that the refresh time wasn’t a setting of the Secret Realm, but depended on when the Master of the Secret Realm needed more people!
She set up a bamboo cage, sprinkled some rice grains, and let the birds come and eat the grains, coming and going. But when she gets hungry, she would pull on the rope, the bamboo cage would close, and trap a bunch of unlucky birds inside.
After "eating" this batch of unlucky birds, she would set up the cage again, sprinkle more rice, and wait for the next group of birds to arrive, waiting for the next time she got hungry.
As long as the rice never ends, there will always be birds!
With each refresh of the Secret Realm, she could harvest tens of thousands of cultivators, and if luck was on her side, even powerful Daluo Initial Immortals, like this time—at least as far as Lin Chen knew—there were at least four top-grade Daluo Initial Immortals, and who knows how many Daluo Immortals.
Every few decades, she could capture such a large group of cultivators to serve as free labor for herself. How nice is that?
She only needed to use a world she found as bait to continually harvest an endless supply of labor.
This business was too profitable!
Qi asked in a deep voice, "Can’t you let us all go? We will repay this favor to you in the future."
The woman in red clothes smiled slightly, "I have not chosen to forcibly subdue you. First, I share some connection with your Master, and second, I know your character. You’d rather be a shattered jade than a whole tile. If I force it, I will end up with nothing."
"Knowing there’s no gain to be had, I can give up on subduing you. But you can’t stop me from capturing labor, right? Recently, I discovered a world with a very special treasure that’s very effective for cultivation, only it’s a bit of a waste on someone incompetent."
"The last batch of labor I threw in here is almost all dead. I’m considering whether I should capture another wave. You were fighting over there, almost collapsing my Secret Realm, so I could only go ahead and harvest this wave."
"This time, the labor force is quite strong. With them, I’m sure I can collect even more treasures. Why would I let them go?"
Hearing this, Lin Chen asked, "Are all the people you capture destined to die?"
The woman in red clothes laughed lightly, "Although I capture them and make them work for me, even a watchdog gets a bone thrown its way. Besides, it’s not like I fancy everything. Apart from the things I want, whatever treasures they find are theirs to keep."
"Truly, following me, they do face many dangers, especially in some dangerous small worlds; their mortality rate is quite high. But with high risk comes high reward, and the strength of many has soared."
"Qi, you don’t need to plead for him. Since you chose him, I also want to see if he’s truly the one worth your trust. If he isn’t, no worries, I’ll eliminate him for you. If he really is worthwhile, then in the end, I’ll give you face, and let him leave. In fact, if things go well, I can even release the others," the woman said.
Her gaze fell upon Lin Chen as she continued with a light laugh, "Since you know the story of Qi and her Master, you should understand that not just anyone is qualified to be Qi’s Master, or even her friend..."
Lin Chen nodded calmly, "I can give it a try."
The woman in red clothes smiled, "Really want to give it a try? It might lead to death, yo. And since I mentioned it’ll be a test for you, Qi can’t follow and protect you. You’ll have to rely on your own abilities to prove yourself..."
Lin Chen nodded decisively, "Alright!"
The woman in red clothes seemed quite satisfied with Lin Chen’s response, "You do have some sense of responsibility. Qi, you don’t object, do you?"
Qi said coldly, "I object, does it matter?"
The woman in red clothes laughed heartily, "It doesn’t, I was just being polite."
Qi remained silent.
How could there be anything more to say when one doesn’t even know the true identity of this woman in red clothes?
The woman in red clothes tapped on the Linglong Tower, "Alright, I’ve made a promise, release those few people."
Qi was silent for a few seconds, Golden Light flashed on the Linglong Tower, and Master Floating Cloud, Liuyun, Xuanhe, and Lin Chen appeared in midair.
The woman in red clothes pursed her lips and chuckled, "There are two more, they have both been into the Holy Spring Hall; you can’t hide them from me."
The Golden Light flashed again, Ghost True Man and Lou Zihan appeared in midair, and Qi said calmly, "He’s almost dead."
The woman in red clothes snorted coldly, "After all, he’s a top-grade Daluo Initial Immortal. If he’s going to die, he should at least die with some value. If he just dies like this, wouldn’t it be a waste?"
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