"Very good, those who know the current affairs are heroes." Chen Yao took out a knife and held it in his hand, then gave the order to the Tianji Box.
"Tianji box, activate the slave contract, the contract target is Dajier."
【receive...】
After the order was given, the Tianji box in Chen Yao's hand returned to its original state...
Um? It's a little different from the previous symbiosis contract process...
While Chen Yao was deep in thought, a translucent chain stretched out from the suspended sky machine box and inserted directly into the rat leader's left chest!
A suffocating feeling came from Dajier's chest, and some fear began to arise in his heart...
"Ho, ho, sir! What...what is this?!"
"Don't worry Dajir, this is just a necessary process and it won't hurt you."
Chen Yao patted Dajier's shoulder with his palm and comforted him.
After a while, the chain connecting the Tianji box and Dajier suddenly shattered, and the Tianji box prompt also popped up.
[Contract target: Dajir, the slave contract has been signed! The current number of contracts remaining: 3...]
Um? How come there are so many? Chen Yao remembers that the previous maximum number of contracts was clearly 3?
never mind...
"Dajir, the signing of the contract is over, but don't worry, the purpose of this contract is only to prevent you from harming me."
"No, no, no! How could I harm you, my great master!"
Dajir's eyes became full of piety, which was obviously different from before.
"Listen carefully Dajir, from now on, you and your tribe will be free. I will never do anything to hurt you like your former master did. Whatever I want you to do, you can do it if you are willing." Do it, if you don’t want to do it then refuse, do you understand?”
Chen Yao untied the cloth from Dajier's hands and spoke casually.
"Really? You really won't enslave us?"
"Tianji, change!"
Chen Yao transformed the Tianji box into a long sword, and then hefted it onto his shoulder.
"Of course, as long as you tell me what you are doing here, why you want to harm people, and things about your former master, you will be free."
Chen Yao sat directly on the ground, placed the long sword flat on his knees, and then made a gesture of invitation.
"sit down."
"Thank you for your generosity... uh..." Dajir suddenly paused.
"You don't need to call me master, just call me Mr. Chenyao."
"Okay, Mr. Chenyao, it's actually a very long story about these issues..."
Dajir sat down facing Chen Yao and then recalled.
"We, the rat race, have actually been abandoned by Lord Binding God... Alas!"
"Oh? How do you say this?"
"Mr. Chen Yao, please take a look." Dajir stretched out his hands and wrists, and then Chen Yao discovered something strange.
Dajir doesn't have a binding ring? ? !
But it is obviously an orc! And they are also proficient in the ancient language, which at least proves that they are not as rude and savage as goblins, but...
"What is the reason?"
"We, the rat people, came to this planet more than three hundred star years ago. We should be considered the last batch of orcs to arrive on this planet."
"The living habits of the half-rat people tend to be dark, so for the first two hundred years, we lived in underground caves and only occasionally went to the surface to replenish food."
Speaking of this, Dajir's eyes flashed a little gray.
"Mr. Chen Yao, I assure you that in all these years since we came to this planet, we, the rat people, have never done anything harmful to nature!"
Dajir's eyes were filled with indignation, and Chen Yao somehow sympathized with his feelings.
"I believe you, just keep talking."
"Thank you, Mr. Chenyao."
"That was about a hundred stars ago from now. There was a turmoil near Shenmu Town and many other places."
"Oh? What kind of turmoil is it?" Chen Yao was a little curious.
"A rat plague, a horrific rat plague!!! Overwhelming rats swept through many human towns! It was a terrible disaster..."
"Then is the summoning ability of your rat leader useful?" Chen Yao asked out of the blue.
"Yes, Mr. Chen Yao, at that time, during the reign of the previous rat leader, he tried to summon the ubiquitous rats, but failed..."
"That's it..."
"During the period when the rat plague was raging, after careful consideration by the previous leader, he decided to lead the entire clan to support Shenmu Town, which was ravaged by the rat plague. However, this was the origin of the decline of the half-rat clan."
The gloom in Dajier's eyes became more and more obvious. Chen Yao could only pat his shoulder comfortingly, but other than that, he could do nothing else.
"The First Leader obviously wanted to protect the town, but no matter how the First Leader explained, those people didn't believe that we ratmen would help them. Some even said that we were the ones who brought the disaster!!!"
When Dajier mentioned his indignation, Chen Yao also sighed.
"Actually, at that time, the first leader heard the news that as long as you wear the binding ring, you can be protected by Lord Binding God. That's why he thought of supporting the town and integrating with other orcs."
"Since that incident, we, the rat people, have been migrating as a family and living far away from human settlements."
"So that's it."
"I lived like this for decades, until the last leader had a strange dream one night..."
"Dream?"
"Yes, the former leader dreamed of a...a terrifying existence! A being who was completely covered in darkness and couldn't see clearly, and had many tentacles waving around his body!!"
"Then what?"
"That existence told the former leader that he was a descendant of Lord Binding God. He learned about the suffering of our rat people and came specifically to save us..."
"He...he is a liar!!! In the past few decades, he has continued to enslave and exploit my people by controlling the leader, and he doesn't even care about our life or death! If he continues like this, within ten years, our clan will be afraid It’s about to become extinct…”
"Oh? What exactly does he want you to do when he enslaves you?" Chen Yao became more and more interested as he listened.
"He asked us to find a place, but his description was very vague..."
"oh?"
"The place he wants us to look for is: a dark stone ruin. In the ruins is a statue with several twisted tentacles extending upward."
"???!!!" Chen Yao suddenly showed a horrified expression.
"Mr. Chen Yao, what's wrong with you?" Chen Yao's change in expression also startled Dajier.
"it's okay no problem..."
While dealing with Dajir, Chen Yao grabbed Raya from the top of her head and conveyed the problem to her through the contract.
"Raya! Tell me, what is the smell you feel?"
"Well...it's just...it's just like my power! That's it!"
Raya was thinking in Chen Yao's hand. After answering his question, Raya continued to stick out her tongue and licked the clean jade bottle in her arms...
After hearing this answer, Chen Yao suddenly had some bad guesses in his heart...
"What happens after that?" Chen Yao continued to ask Dajir.
"After that, after decades of searching by the tribe, the ruins he mentioned were not found, and then he issued new instructions to the leader."
"What new order?"
"He gave the leader a structural diagram for constructing a one-way teleportation array, and asked us to collect a large amount of energy-containing matter to construct this teleportation array."
"So this is the space you dug out?"
"Yes, Mr. Chenyao, after our long exploration, we discovered that there is a huge energy vein beneath Shenmu Town."
"In this space?"
"That's right."
"Then let's go and take me to see it."
"Okay, Mr. Chenyao, please go this way." Dajier pointed to the direction where the rat people retreated before and said respectfully.
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Following Dajier's guidance and walking for about five minutes, Chen Yao discovered that some dark blue light gradually appeared in the darkness ahead.
"Mr. Chenyao, have you seen it? There is the energy vein we discovered."
After getting closer, Chen Yao could clearly see the entire mineral vein.
In front of him was an irregular blue rhombus-shaped crystal pillar that went straight to the top. Some hot breath came from it, but Chen Yao was not afraid of the high temperature and took a few steps forward to get close to the crystal pillar.
"Mr. Chen Yao! Don't get close, the mineral veins are very hot! You will be burned!!!"
Dajir wanted to step forward and pull Chen Yao back, but the temperature of the crystal pillar was too high, and he really couldn't get closer.
"Don't worry."
Chen Yao stretched out his hand and wanted to touch the crystal pillar in front of him, but he quickly retracted his hand the moment it touched the crystal pillar.
He actually... felt the heat, the kind of heat that was going to burn him.
So good, he is obviously not afraid of flames, could it be...
Is there an upper limit to the temperature to which I can be immune? ? Chen Yao could only think of this possibility.
Taking a few steps back, Chen Yao was thoughtful...
"The temperature of this vein is extremely high, so how do you collect it?"
"Use this." Dajir held a stone in his hand.
"Although the mineral veins are extremely hot, they are extremely fragile. Any tribesman can throw rocks with all his strength and break down some mineral vein fragments."
"Oh? Then you have already started collecting these debris?"
"Yes, Mr. Chen Yao, three stars and months ago, I led the tribe to start the collection work. Without your help, in about two stars and months, we will be able to gather the materials to construct the portal. ..”
"So...then where do you store the materials you collected?"
"In my resting place, Mr. Chenyao, go this way."
Following Dajier's guidance, Chen Yao came to the end of the underground space.
A simple cave passage was carved out of the stone wall at the end, and Chen Yao followed Dajier into it.
The passage was not long, and after turning a corner, Chen Yao followed Dajier into a space.
"Mr. Chenyao, look, all the things we have collected over the years are here."
Chen Yao didn't reply, because he was completely attracted by the large pile of irregular luminous objects in the center of the space...
"This... so much!"
The various stones in front of him are piled up to a height of more than half a meter. If all these things have energy value, Chen Yao cannot imagine their value...
【Fourth update today!
It’s time to update! 】
