Early the next morning.

The sky had just begun to brighten.

It was another day of light rain.

The dampness had just seeped from outside the vehicle into the interior, the slightly cool temperature making the hairs on Chen Ye’s arms stand on end.

The persistent light rain had never truly stopped.

The convoy assistant, Xiao Fu, came over and asked Chen Ye to come with him.

Arriving at the tent, Chen Ye saw that Chu Che had, surprisingly, set up a tea table.

It looked like he intended to invite Chen Ye for morning tea.

Not only was Chu Che there, but the pink-haired girl and Ding Dong were also present.

Clearly, the two of them were also very curious about that old man, Zhu Zizai.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries.

Captain Chu had already poured tea for everyone.

Chu Che began to talk about the results from yesterday.

“The Contract Sequence has an ability where, as long as he can obtain your signature, he can formulate contract terms based on that signature.”

“So, when he wanted your signature, he wanted the machete and the gun on you.”

When speaking about this issue, Chu Che’s gaze involuntarily slid to the lower left corner for a moment, but it quickly became firm again.

As if that was indeed the truth.

Hearing Chu Che give this answer so quickly, Chen Ye was also taken aback.

That ability was simply heaven-defying.

Good thing he had been vigilant enough.

The pink-haired girl, on the other hand, gasped sharply.

She was secretly feeling fortunate in her heart;
if that old man had approached her, she would have almost certainly fallen for it.

After all, that old man’s story would have resonated deeply with her.

The pink-haired girl could even imagine that after hearing that story, her eyes would probably have been slightly red.

Ding Dong also felt a lingering fear.

She thought that if she had fallen for it, she probably wouldn’t have ended up any better off either.

“That ability is too terrifying!”

The pink-haired girl couldn’t help but feel a bit alarmed.

“It’s not as mysterious as you think. This ability also has limitations. First, it requires a blank contract paper, not just any paper. It must be a blank contract.”

“Moreover, the blank contract cannot have any other writing on it, no creases, no stains, no damage. A normal person wouldn’t just sign their name on a piece of paper someone else gives them.”

“To put it simply, Chen Ye, that piece of blank paper you found earlier wasn’t ordinary blank paper. It was a blank contract.”

“That’s why the old man disguised it as a ‘classmate book’.”

The pink-haired girl finally let out a slight sigh of relief.

“There’s another very important factor. This kind of contract isn’t effective against everyone either. Zhu Zizai is Sequence 2. If he targeted Xixi, the effect would be much weaker.”

“Especially against a powerful sequence like the Sword Immortal Sequence! It would be even harder for him to use contract power to make Xixi do something.”

“Contract power from a lower sequence against a higher sequence isn’t as strong as one might imagine.”

Sun Xixi was already Sequence 3, and the old man was Sequence 2.

No wonder the old man didn’t go after Sun Xixi, but instead went after the more easily fooled version of himself.

“Why didn’t that old man go find Ding Dong and instead came to me? Am I that easy to bully?”

Ding Dong spoke up, “He did look for me, but I was busy at the time and didn’t have time to deal with him.”

Ding Dong had been tending to her seed stock at the time.

You have to understand, that seed stock was Ding Dong’s treasure. With so many consecutive days of rain, Ding Dong wished she could check on it several times a day, afraid something might go wrong.

“Did he look for you too?”

Chen Ye looked at Chu Che.

Chu Che gave an awkward smile, “He looked for me, but I was busy at the time!”

At that time, Captain Chu Che was hiding in his tent, savoring his tea.

If he had received the old man, he probably would have had to offer him tea.

You have to understand, tea leaves were becoming scarcer and scarcer. Captain Chu was too stingy to part with them, so he simply had Xiao Fu refuse.

Who would have thought Captain Chu avoided some trouble because of his stinginess.

Chen Ye then nodded in understanding, “No wonder!…”

He didn’t finish the sentence, but the other team members already understood what Chen Ye meant.

After all, Chen Ye’s appearance made him look like the least approachable person in the entire convoy, and his reputation in the convoy was also the worst.

No matter how stupid that old man was, he should have tried the more approachable people first.

This way, it all made sense.

He was the old man’s last choice.

If Zhu Zizai were here, he would definitely complain: Do you think I wanted to find you? It’s just that others didn’t have time for me, so I tried my luck with you.

“That old thing is very cunning. When we went to Divine Elephant Village before, he used that blank contract to trick Chen Yonggu.”

“Fortunately, although Chen Yonggu isn’t of the Sword Immortal Sequence, he is Sequence 3, so he didn’t suffer much loss!”

“Who would have thought that old thing Chen Yonggu didn’t mention it at all. Probably wanted to see me take a fall.”

“That old thing is truly cunning!”

Chen Yonggu had only mentioned the Contract Sequence superhuman matter to Chu Che at the time, but didn’t mention the pitfall of the blank contract at all.

He probably thought that since he had suffered a loss, he wanted Chu Che to suffer one too.

“These old things are indeed, one more cunning than the other!”

“Dammit, next time, don’t let me see him!”

Chu Che was very unhappy with Chen Yonggu’s little scheme.

Far away, Village Chief Chen Yonggu, having just returned from the construction site, sneezed several times in a row.

He muttered to himself, “I really wonder if that dog Chu Che fell for it or not. Given that little fox’s level of cunning, it’s probably difficult. But Zhu Zizai isn’t a simple character either. If these two meet, it would probably be interesting. Too bad I can’t see it.”

Chen Ye looked around the tent, feeling somewhat puzzled for a moment.

“Where’s that old undying bastard?”

A look of difficulty appeared on Chu Che’s face, and he said somewhat awkwardly, “Yezi, I’m sorry, I… he ran away!”

Chen Ye shot to his feet, “Ran away? That old man had so many good things on him, Squad Leader Chu, you let him run away?”

Chu Che spread his hands, his expression growing even more awkward, “I… I didn’t know either. That old man still had a Wonder on him, an inconspicuous hair on his head!”

“Who would have thought a single hair could become a Wonder? It was that hair that helped him escape.”

“This time… it’s my fault. I was careless.”

“The Wonders? Gone too?”

Chen Ye had been busy upgrading the monster pickup truck yesterday and didn’t have time to loot the old man’s things.

Also, out of a tiny bit of trust in Chu Che, he figured the old man probably had more than just those things on him, so he let Chu Che do the looting first.

Who would have thought Squad Leader Chu couldn’t even withstand a tiny bit of trust.

Another reason was that compared to the Wonders on the old man, the monster pickup truck was the top priority at the moment.

Later, after Chen Ye finished dealing with the apocalyptic pickup truck upgrade, he wanted to go check out those Wonders.

But Captain Chu was in the middle of a critical interrogation at the time, so Chen Ye didn’t disturb him.

Then it got too late.

Thinking it was just a matter of sooner or later, he wasn’t in a hurry at the time.

Who would have thought the duck that was already in hand would fly away.

Chu Che said with a somewhat guilty conscience, “Gone!”

When Chu Che said this, he couldn’t even look Chen Ye in the eye.

You have to understand, just from what Chen Ye knew, there were four Wonders on that old man.

And now they were all gone.

Chu Che could even imagine Chen Ye’s fury.

The pink-haired girl and Ding Dong also felt a bit tense.

After all, those were four Wonders, at least four Wonders.

Even they would probably feel heartbroken.

Who knew Chen Ye didn’t fly into a rage, but just looked at Chu Che very calmly.

“Squad Leader Chu, you intentionally let him go, didn’t you!”

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