I Have Already Grasped the Future!

【You have signed an Equality Contract】

【The Continental Hotel has marked the contract】

【Please be sure to abide by the contract's contents】

Once Wu Wang and Zhuge Yue confirmed the contract's terms were acceptable, they both pressed their handprints onto it.

The document reminded him of the temporary worker contract Baili Dao had once shown him, but this one had more clauses and seemed far more binding.

According to Zhuge Yue's explanation, if the contract was violated, the system would automatically reduce the offender's level to 1 and destroy all their items and equipment.

It was a direct account wipe.

On top of that, the Continental Hotel had also added its own mark of fairness.

If the hotel detected a violation and a subsequent account wipe, it would launch a real-world manhunt against the level 1 player. It was a classic case of kicking a man while he was down.

Even top-tier players wouldn't dare claim they could survive a hotel manhunt, let alone after having their account wiped.

That was why the Continental Hotel's impartiality was recognized by so many players.

Wu Wang took a look.

The contract's contents only restricted the trading process after obtaining a 【Relic】. It didn't limit one's actions within the Instance itself.

That made sense. When dealing with a psycho like Zhuge Yue, it was one thing to ask her to prioritize a trade after finding a 【Relic】. But trying to restrict her freedom inside the Instance?

She would definitely flip out.

"You two, we'll see you in ten days."

The Heng and Ha Generals stored the signed contract in their backpacks. Then, as if fleeing a cursed place, they quickly logged off.

They really didn't want to stay in the same room with these two psychos anymore.

The bloody smell from the intestines arranged on the plate earlier seemed to still be drilling into their nostrils.

Even though the people from the Calamity Cult were no saints, they couldn't handle this level of spontaneous insanity!

What kind of decent person pulls out their own intestines upon meeting someone!

"Alright, let's log out too, handsome. Remember you promised to tell me a secret."

With a grin, Zhuge Yue vanished on the spot.

Wu Wang, however, didn't log out right away. After leaving the Continental Hotel, he went to the conference room menu and created one of his own.

Compared to Zhuge Yue's luxurious Chinese courtyard, the initial conference room was like an unfurnished apartment. It was so bare and pitiful it was heartbreaking.

It was just a simple, empty room plus a back storage room.

Not even a single chair besides the conference table? That was too fucking much!

"Is the Spirit Calamity Game this poor? They even want to squeeze our hard-earned money for a chair!"

Wu Wang tearfully bought a chair from the shop.

It cost 20 Calamity Coins.

Only then did he discover that just items or equipment could be placed in the 【Back Storage Room】. Even inside the 【Conference Room】 itself, he couldn't take normal real-world objects out of his backpack.

In other words, the bag of chips Zhuge Yue had tossed him earlier was actually some kind of item.

He found the chips in the shop, too.

The price was 5 Calamity Coins.

It had no special effects, just the same taste and texture as real chips.

Fuck! What normal person would buy this stuff? If you want to eat chips, can't you just go back to the real world and eat them?

"In a sense, this damn shop really doesn't scam the poor," Wu Wang remarked.

After studying the conference room for a bit, Wu Wang logged off and returned to the real world.

The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Zhuge Yue leaning over the sofa with a curious look on her face. She blinked.

"You were so slow. Were you hitting on some girl in the Spirit Calamity Plaza?"

"Wait? Slow?"

Wu Wang was taken aback. He latched onto the key part of her sentence.

He immediately pulled his phone out of his pocket to check the time.

It was now 3:30 AM.

After subtracting the walk back from the seaside, the half-hour or so they had spent in the Spirit Calamity Plaza matched the real-world time that had passed almost perfectly.

"Time in the Spirit Calamity Plaza is synchronized with the real world?"

Wu Wang narrowed his eyes, looking at Zhuge Yue.

He had thought the Spirit Calamity Plaza, like the Instance worlds, would have a different time flow from reality. He hadn't expected it to be identical!

She nodded with a smile.

"Yes. Your physical body disappears from the real world and reappears in the same spot when you return. So be careful not to be discovered by ordinary people, or get doxxed by someone with ill intentions."

"Otherwise, this will happen."

Shua!

The words had barely left her mouth when a rope trap Wu Wang had set up earlier suddenly tightened.

In the blink of an eye, it was looped around his ankle.

His vision immediately flipped upside down.

Just as he was about to be hoisted up and become a joker hanging from the ceiling, his entire body instantly dissolved into a pool of shadow and vanished.

When he reappeared, he was already two steps away.

【Shadow Mutual Combat Art】!

He hadn't been tricked, but his expression remained solemn and serious.

This time, Zhuge Yue was just reminding him in a joking manner. If he really encountered an enemy who had doxxed him, the trap waiting for him wouldn't be such a simple rope loop.

So this was another reason players were so afraid of being doxxed!

That was indeed terrifying.

"Not bad reaction time. Your skill is really convenient," Zhuge Yue said with a laugh. "Now, spill. What's the secret you were going to tell me?"

Wu Wang pondered for a moment. He walked up to her with a mysterious smile.

"Before that, let's make a bet."

"This secret of mine involves a matter of winning and losing. After I tell you, you can choose to doubt it."

"But if you can't beat me, then you can't follow me around 24/7. At least give me some private space, right? Everyone has their own business to attend to."

Zhuge Yue stared into Wu Wang's eyes.

He seemed very confident.

But he was only level 10. Where did this confidence come from?

A Rule-type Item or equipment?

No, at his level, there was no way he could get something like that.

If he really had one, however… that would indeed count as a secret. A very big one.

Because anything involving Rule-type items required at least level 20 to equip.

Equipping it in violation of the system's rules?

Interesting…

"OK, no problem."

Zhuge Yue shrugged.

"It's not like I can watch you all the time anyway. I still have to go find Li Guoqiang."

Only then did Wu Wang nod in satisfaction.

"I have never lost at Rock Paper Scissors! You can try if you don't believe me."

"?"

The statement nearly made Zhuge Yue fall to the floor. A trace of disbelief appeared in her eyes.

You're calling THAT a secret?

In a sense, Rock Paper Scissors is just a simple psychological game!

And that kind of game was meaningless in front of her. She could perfectly judge what he was going to throw based on the tension in his hand muscles!

"Come on! What kind of crappy secret is that!"

She gritted her teeth.

"If you lose, you'd better tell me the real one!"

She thought Wu Wang was joking with her.

Their eyes met.

They shouted in unison.

"Rock Paper Scissors!"

Wu Wang threw rock.

Zhuge Yue threw scissors!

"Impossible! You were clearly opening your hand!" she exclaimed, frowning in confusion.

She had seen his hand muscles tense to an almost fully open state. He was clearly throwing "paper."

But at the last second, he had forcibly clenched it back into a fist, as if he knew she was going to throw scissors!

It was indeed a bit strange.

"I'm not convinced! Best two out of three!"

Zhuge Yue placed her hand behind her back again, her expression growing even more solemn.

If other players discovered that someone as powerful as Zhuge Yue was taking Rock Paper Scissors this seriously, they would probably be too shocked to know what to do.

"Rock Paper Scissors!"

"Impossible! Best three out of five!"

"Rock Paper Scissors!"

"Fuck! Best four out of seven!"

"..."

Half an hour later, Zhuge Yue was fuming.

Her clenched fists bulged with veins. Facing Wu Wang's impassively extended "paper," she wanted nothing more than to smash his head in with a punch.

She withdrew her trembling fist.

Zhuge Yue's face was flushed red.

"Again! Best 51 out of 100!"

Wu Wang said helplessly, "Come on. Best 51 out of 100? Can you even win 51 times in a row? More importantly, have you even won once yet?"

The question made her face flush an even deeper shade of red.

She had to admit it.

She really hadn't.

She hadn't won a single time!

What the hell is going on! Even by guessing randomly, I should have won at least once!

"Could it really be some kind of Rule-type equipment?"

Zhuge Yue was about to go crazy.

"But what the hell is the use of a rule like this!"

The other personalities in her mind were already clamoring to come out and pry the kid's skull open.

Wu Wang watched her seethe.

A flicker of red light, imperceptible to the naked eye, flashed in his eyes as something constantly operated.

I have already begun to grasp the future!

So this is how you use this thing.