Chapter 220 Alright, we surrender!

Su Ze halted his movements, the tip of his long spear still pointing distantly at the energy shield, a playful smile playing on his lips.

"What do you say? Thought it through?"

Behind the door, Shen Jie and Ye Qingqing exchanged a glance, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

They had felt the power of that spear strike very clearly.

A consumption of forty thousand copper coins!

If he did that a few more times, they wouldn't be able to hold out no matter how deep their pockets were!

Ye Qingqing took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down, and spoke through the amplification device.

"Excellency Su Ze, there is no fundamental conflict between us. We only want to survive in this apocalypse; we don't want to be your enemy, and even less do we want to waste precious resources and copper coins in such a meaningless confrontation."

Her voice sounded very sincere and well-reasoned.

"If there's anything, we can sit down and discuss it. There's nothing that can't be talked through."

As Su Ze listened, the smile on his face deepened.

"Discuss?"

He gave a light chuckle and then, in a matter-of-fact tone, spat out a few words.

"Sure. What can you give me?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Ye Qingqing and Shen Jie behind the door were both stunned.

What did that mean?

Before they could figure it out, Sister Qian's somewhat ethereal voice rang in Ye Qingqing's mind.

"Careful, he's testing our trump cards."

"This person's strength has improved too strangely. In the second round of the game, it's almost impossible for this kind of combat power to appear."

"So I'm almost certain this is a time-limited Burst ability, and it might even require paying some kind of price."

"Delay for as long as possible and figure out his background."

Ye Qingqing steadied her mind and, following Sister Qian's logic, continued to probe: "I wonder what Excellency wants? As long as it's something we can afford, everything is negotiable."

Hearing this, Su Ze smiled.

"I want this entire building."

In an instant, the scene fell into a dead silence.

Both Ye Qingqing's and Shen Jie's breathing hitched for a moment.

Although they knew Su Ze's ultimate goal was likely this...

...they had only just made contact. Normally, things would be nibbled away step by step.

Therefore, they thought Su Ze would make an outrageous demand for a large amount of supplies, copper coins, or even rare items.

But they never expected Su Ze would directly ask for everything they had upon their first meeting.

"Friend, your words... aren't they a bit too much?" A hint of coldness finally entered Ye Qingqing's voice.

Su Ze acted as if he had heard something funny.

"Too much?"

"With strength like this, isn't it only normal?"

"You!" Shen Jie's explosive temper could no longer be contained. He grabbed the microphone and roared outside: "Don't push people too far! If you really back us into a corner, we'll go down together! No one will have a good time!"

After listening, Su Ze simply shook his head.

"Go down together?"

"If you had that kind of strength, Lu Jiaming would have been dealt with by you long ago. Would you have waited until now?"

"The reason you didn't... isn't it just because your strength was insufficient?"

Every word Su Ze spoke was like a heavy hammer, ruthlessly smashing into Shen Jie's and Ye Qingqing's hearts.

It was true. If they were really that strong, why would they have been at a stalemate with Lu Jiaming for so long?

Su Ze no longer gave them a chance to argue, his tone turning indifferent.

"Now, I give you two choices."

"One, submit."

"Two, I do it myself."

"Since we've already dropped the pleasantries, let's not waste everyone's time."

Su Ze indeed didn't want to drag this out any longer.

That Shi Yetang was like a thorn, constantly stuck in his heart.

He had to integrate the World Financial Center as quickly as possible and obtain the annexation or merger rewards to have more confidence when facing that unfathomable woman.

Behind the door, Ye Qingqing's expression became incredibly ugly.

She urgently asked in her mind, "Sister Qian, what do we do now?"

Sister Qian's voice also carried a sense of gravity: "He seems to be in a hurry, which actually confirms my suspicion. His Burst state must have a strict time limit!"

"Ask him for time! Say you need to consider! Drag it out!"

Receiving her instructions, Ye Qingqing immediately spoke: "Excellency, this matter concerns the lives and fortunes of all of us. We need time to consider. Give us three days. In three days, we will definitely give you an answer!"

"Three days?" Su Ze laughed. "Are you telling me a joke?"

"No."

He refused flatly.

Gai Qian's voice rang out again: "Then three hours! Tell him we need three hours to appease our subordinates!"

"Generally speaking, the duration of this kind of Burst skill definitely won't exceed one hour! As long as we drag it out until his state disappears, we'll pretend to submit. When he comes in, I'll find an opportunity to possess him!"

"Once I can control him, everything he has will be ours!"

Shen Jie and Ye Qingqing were shaken.

"Sister Qian, can someone that strong really be successfully possessed?" Shen Jie was somewhat worried.

"Hard to say. It requires paying a huge price, and I'll fall into a long period of weakness afterward."

"But it's worth a gamble!" Sister Qian's voice carried a hint of ruthlessness.

"My possession success rate is only related to the target's intelligence and spirit."

"A player who has just passed the Novice Period, no matter how high their combat power, couldn't possibly waste too many precious attribute points on these two attributes that seem useless in the early stages! That's our chance of winning!"

"His strength is skyrocketing now, so there must be a price. Once his period of weakness arrives, it will be our opportunity!"

Hearing this, both Shen Jie and Ye Qingqing felt this plan was feasible.

They also began to cheer Sister Qian on in their hearts.

"Sister Qian, you're so experienced; you definitely won't lose to a newcomer like this!"

"Yeah, if Sister Qian regained the strength you had when you were alive, what would a guy like this even count for!"

Hearing this, Gai Qian also felt a wave of irritation.

She hadn't expected that after finally escaping to the novice area in the form of a Supernatural Entity, she would encounter a freak like Su Ze.

While they were discussing their countermeasure, Su Ze's patience was nearly exhausted.

"Haven't decided yet?"

Ye Qingqing hurriedly spoke: "Three hours! We only need three hours of consideration time!"

"Three hours?" Su Ze's tone was full of impatience. "I'm only giving you three minutes."

"Now, the countdown begins."

What?!

Three minutes?!

Ye Qingqing and Shen Jie were both dumbfounded.

This was completely different from the script they had imagined!

"Excellency, three minutes is too short, we..."

Su Ze ignored their pleas entirely, only starting the countdown on his own.

"Three minutes."

"Two minutes and fifty-nine seconds."

The cold numbers were clearly transmitted through the loudspeaker to everyone's ears, like a death knell.

Time ticked away second by second.

The atmosphere behind the door was suppressed to the extreme.

When only twelve seconds remained in the countdown, Su Ze once again raised the long spear in his hand.

"I've run out of patience."

His voice drifted in through the shield.

"To avoid complications from a long delay, I've decided to first dismantle these annoying turrets of yours and then slowly crack this turtle shell of yours."

Su Ze was certainly not sure if his Burst state could break this shield within the half-hour limit remaining.

But that didn't stop him from bluffing the other party.

He raised his long spear and began the final countdown.

"Ten."

"Nine."

...

"Three."

"Two."

...

Just at the moment Su Ze was about to say "one,"

Gai Qian hurriedly gritted her teeth and whispered an order to Ye Qingqing.

"Agree to it!"

In the next second, Ye Qingqing almost shrieked it out.

"Fine! We submit!!!"