There is One New Rule Every Month Globally

"President of Skywake, Zhou Ziqiang?"

Chen Yi's eyebrows furrowed slightly but he did not speak. Jiaye could be considered a friend he acknowledged; not to mention, under the rules of June, three meals a day were delivered on time.

With Jiaye in trouble right now, he couldn't just sit by and do nothing.

But handling this prop in the hands of the President of Skywake was indeed tricky.

Not to mention, they had just inadvertently slapped Skywake in the face. Skywake was probably thinking at this time not only about how to deal with them but also about how to regain face. Approaching them for help at this point was basically out of the question.

"We should be able to beat them, right?"

Sitting on the edge of the sled, Tuberculosis Rabbit propped his chin with one hand and pondered before speaking, "With our strength, we should have some deeper calculations against Skywake too, right?"

"It depends on the situation."

Sword Without End shook his head helplessly, "If Skywake sends someone to kill us, not to mention anything else, with Yi's sled vehicle, we can basically stand our ground."

"Employing guerrilla tactics, there's actually a good chance we can take down Skywake."

"But if we go to the Skywake headquarters, our hopes are slim. Not to mention anything else, there is a B-grade area defense prop inside the headquarters, and once activated, it's very difficult to penetrate."

"As for the specific prop effect, since I was new to Skywake back then and wasn't eligible to access those, I only know it was said to be from a mysterious treasure chest, and that prop could not be moved or put into a backpack."

"It could only be used at the drop location, and afterwards, Skywake established their headquarters there."

"If we want to break in... honestly, it's going to be tough."

"Hmm-hmm."

Tuberculosis Rabbit hummed noncommittally and turned to look at Chen Yi, "Yi, what do you think?"

Although Sword Without End was introduced to everyone's skills and props before he joined the team, it was just a brief introduction. Sword Without End was unclear about Yi's true strength.

He only knew roughly.

In Sword Without End's eyes, rushing into Skywake headquarters was impossible.

In his eyes, it wasn't something not worth trying.

He just wasn't sure if it was worth it.

He was also unclear about Jiaye's place in Chen Yi's heart.

He held a reasonably friendly attitude toward Jiaye, but this friendliness came from Jiaye being interested in Yi and Yi not rejecting this friend. However, if it meant risking their lives to rescue Jiaye...

He could only smile and stay silent.

As for Jiaye's own life and death, he wasn't particularly concerned; alive or dead, either was fine.

Chen Yi looked down in silence without speaking, then turned to look at Tuberculosis Rabbit. Meeting Tuberculosis Rabbit's inquiring gaze, he paused for a moment before looking at Sword Without End.

"We might need your help this time. You were once part of Skywake, so you should have the President's contact information," he said.

"Talk to him."

"Whatever the price, you can put it forth."

"If he wants the fast-clear password for 'Silent Deserted Island,' we can give it to him."

What Skywake most likely wanted now was a quick way to recover their face, and the best way to do so was to get back up where they fell down.

With this 392766 passcode, although it's not enough for Skywake to achieve a 100% map evaluation score, a score of over 90% should be no problem.

This was a transaction beneficial to both parties.

At least that's how he saw it.

The only unforeseeable aspect was if the President of Skywake was the vengeful type, he would definitely refuse the trade or demand an outrageous price.

Jiaye was his friend, and if she was in trouble, he would definitely have to save her.

But he did not want this situation to endanger Tuberculosis Rabbit.

"Alright."

Sword Without End felt some trepidation as he opened the chat panel with the President of Skywake, saying awkwardly, "I'll give it a try, mainly because when I left Skywake, I spoke too assertively..."

...

"Hm?"

At his desk, Zhou Ziqiang, who was working, heard the message alert in his ear and casually opened the chat window on his personal panel. A flash of surprise crossed his eyes when he saw the message was from Sword Without End.

This person was one of the earlier members of Skywake.

He was the one who had recruited him into Skywake.

He attracted Sword Without End with a character action effect exclusive to the Sword Immortal to join them.

After some minor conflicts between Yan Niang and Chen Yi, Sword Without End left the guild and later joined Chen Yi's 'Rabbits Do Not Kill' team.

This event had always been a regret for him.

But he hadn't gone back to Sword Without End to talk about it since the situation was somewhat complicated, so he just left it unaddressed, never expecting Sword Without End to reach out to him proactively.

"Borrow a prop?"

Zhou Ziqiang read Sword Without End's message, did not speak, and sat back in his chair, indifferently massaging his temples.

The light in the room was dim.

The desk was covered in detailed descriptions of each prop from the guild's warehouse, including their enhancement effects. He had just been considering whether any props could be combined to exert greater power when used together.

Some props only exhibit their maximum potential when combined with other props.

He would never underestimate any prop, even an E-grade one, since no one could know whether an E-grade prop would prove critical in a special situation or coordinate well with other props.

E-grade props, although often underwhelming and nearly useless...

For instance, the Air Food series of props had no effect other than giving a sense of fullness.

But... E-grade props have one important feature.

That is, E-grade prop features, no matter how trivial, are unique and not something C-grade or even B-grade props possess.

At least that's what his findings indicated so far.

And studying the combination uses of these props was one of his duties as Guild President.

Zhou Ziqiang leaned back in his chair and remained silent for a long time, almost as if he were asleep, before finally sending a reply to Sword Without End.

...

"Agreed...?"

Sword Without End looked at Zhou Ziqiang's reply with a somewhat strange expression, momentarily bewildered, "Zhou Ziqiang agreed, willing to lend us the prop, but he will not hand it over to us."

"Instead, he wants us to send over the relevant information of the player who will be using it, and then he'll pass the specific details to us."

"But... there's a condition."

"It's not the clearance password for 'Destiny's Adversary'."

"What is it then?"

Tuberculosis Rabbit's eyebrows furrowed slightly, "A few B-grade props, or a hundred thousand points? Don't be too greedy, it will cost lives."

"That's not it."

Sword Without End hesitated for a moment before he cautiously said, "It's about signing a contract with Yi. The content of the contract stipulates that Chen Yi must not make any move, directly or indirectly, against any player who joins 'Skywake Squadron'."

"I've shared the specific content of the contract, take a look."

"All players of 'Skywake Squadron' will also not make any direct or indirect moves against the players from 'Rabbits Do Not Kill Squadron'."

"Unless they're on the same map and in an adversarial faction relationship, they are not allowed to attack each other in any other situation."

"The contract will last for 3 months."

"If either side breaches these rules, each player from that faction will be fined a hundred thousand points. If the points are insufficient, they will die suddenly."

"Signatory: Zhou Ziqiang (representing Skywake Squadron)"

"Signatory: (blank)."

"This contract is a C-grade prop, and its contents will take effect under the witness of the game upon signing. Should one party violate the agreement, the game will enforce the stipulations."

"A peace treaty, huh."

After giving Zhou Ziqiang's intent a cursory glance, Tuberculosis Rabbit understood and said nonchalantly, "Zhou Ziqiang is scared, he plans to sign a peace treaty with us to prevent us from going after Skywake in the future?"

"The breach of contract penalty is too high."

"And it has drawbacks."

"What if we accidentally kill someone from Skywake during an area attack? Aren't we just inviting death, or at the very least losing several hundred thousand points?"

"We're not even clear about who all the specific members of Skywake Squadron are."

"This is clearly a contract trap."

After mulling over it for a moment, Chen Yi looked up at Sword Without End, "Convey what Tuberculosis Rabbit just said, let him send over the names and photos of all the current members of Skywake's teams."

"And base the contract on these individuals, any new members added to the teams after the contract is signed will not be included in the agreement."

"Alright."

Sword Without End nodded, then quickly looked up at Chen Yi again, "I've communicated it, Zhou Ziqiang has agreed and sent over the basic information of all nine squads currently at Skywake."

"So, do we sign the contract now?"

"Let's sign it."

Chen Yi nodded without saying much more.

Actually, even without the contract, he had no intention of going after Skywake; this President was truly overthinking it. Why would he, a man with no grudges, bother to seek out Skywake for no reason?

Just because that Vice President Yan Niang cursed at him?

Wait, he just remembered that this woman had cursed him in the World Event Space last time.

How could he forget that incident.

He missed killing one person.

But the contract had already been signed and there was no chance for regret now; after all, the agreement would only last three months, so he could always kill her later.

Soon enough.

He also received the relevant information of Jiaye at this time.

'Player Name': Jiaye.

'Player Location': B-grade map Death Domain, 781.231.78.

'Player Status': On the brink of death.

"Alright then."

Seeing Jiaye's information, Tuberculosis Rabbit lit a cigarette with a resigned shrug and did not put it in his mouth, instead offering it to Sword Without End, "Bro, want one? Looks like we're going to trouble you to head down and pick someone up again."

"We'll reimburse your round-trip travel expenses."

"Make it an official invoice."

"Just put 'Rabbits Do Not Kill Squadron' as the invoice title."

"You're familiar with the way by now, aren't you?"

"I doubt it."

Sword Without End shook his head, his expression slightly troubled, "It's not that I don't want to go to hell—I mean, I also really don't want to die—but what I mean is that even if I go to hell, I can't bring Jiaye back."

"Didn't I say last time that in order to return to Blue Star from hell, you need to get through a map?"

"The difficulty of that map is not low, and even my return was quite a struggle, taking almost a week of time inside the map."

"If I bring Jiaye along, let alone Jiaye, even I can't guarantee a safe return." Find adventures on empire

"However..."