133: Chapter 133 Zhou Huai's Difficult Situation

"Commander, please do not be angry, and forgive me for not being able to reveal my identity. The fact that you are willing to contact me through this channel shows that you are interested in my proposal, right? Since that is the case, why don't we get straight to the point?"

"Interesting. I didn't expect the alien races to start using their brains. Haven't you always emphasized personal martial strength? Or perhaps... are you a human traitor?"

"Why must you be so fixated on my identity, Commander? I can guarantee that I am absolutely not some alien or human traitor. I am bringing the utmost sincerity in wanting to establish a good connection with you. Besides... your injuries, Commander, should not be dragged out any longer, right?"

This last sentence was, naturally, just a wild guess by Lin Xiao.

In the endless Void Realm, inside a magnificent divine temple, over a dozen different powers of Law swirled and intertwined. Massive amounts of Divine Power, like a river, constantly washed over the burly man on the divine throne.

On the man's right abdomen, an arrow shining with bright silver light was firmly embedded. Wisps of pale golden divine blood were leaking out from the wound.

Commander Zhou Huai's face was slightly pale at this moment, and his black hair was occasionally interspersed with a few glaring white hairs.

Looking at the reply on the special chat channel in front of him from the mysterious entity of unknown origin, a look of gloom appeared on his pale face.

"How does the other party know I am severely injured? Could it really be a spy planted by an alien race? What is their goal? Since they already know I am severely injured, they should know that I have lost my authority. What value does a severely injured Intermediate God have in their eyes? Could it be that they want to learn some important intelligence through me? But even when I held my position, I was not part of the Domain Lord's faction. How could I have access to any important intelligence?"

Lin Xiao naturally did not know that his casual guess had caused Commander Zhou Huai to generate countless associations regarding his identity and purpose. And the more he associated, the more he felt he couldn't grasp the thread of it. He truly couldn't understand what value he, a severely injured Intermediate God, could possibly have.

Commander Zhou Huai was very clear about his current situation; his divine body had suffered heavy damage. That damned arrow was consuming the divine blood in his body every moment. Even using the divine temple to suppress himself only temporarily slowed down the injury.

If he couldn't get that damned arrow out as soon as possible, he would only continue to grow weaker. Previously, he could exert seventy percent of his strength, but now he could exert less than forty percent. If this continued, by the time his resources were exhausted, he wouldn't even need an external enemy to come looking for him; he would die under the might of heaven!

Furthermore, this arrow had been shot by a Tier 5 god. To extract it and completely clear the remaining power of Law on the arrow, he needed to find a Tier 5 healing-type god to intervene. Even if it were a healing-type god registered within the Xuanxu Star Region, and because he was injured in the line of duty, the treatment fee would be reduced to a certain extent, he would still need to pay nearly 2 billion divine power points!

This exorbitant treatment fee was something Commander Zhou Huai, as a Intermediate God, could naturally afford. But it would be enough to hurt his vitality, because since this injury, the resources offered by the Family forces below had become less and less. The most recent time, it was not even thirty percent of what it used to be!

Yet those envoys from the Family forces had an incredibly troubled appearance, claiming that the families had recently encountered some problems with their businesses. If he could intervene to solve them, they could immediately produce the full amount of resources for tribute. They would even find a way to make up for the previous shortfalls. If it wasn't convenient for him, they would only be able to spend a great price to find other gods to help them outside. In order to worship a new god, the Family could no longer spare more resources to worship him. This meant that next time, they wouldn't even give him this thirty percent.

Without his position, and without the large amount of tribute from the lower levels, his original ten-thousand-strong god legion began to show signs of resignation one after another. It could be said that this was the most difficult moment in Commander Zhou Huai's life.

It was precisely because of this that he did not immediately slap the Divine Being who delivered the letter to death on the spot. Instead, he silently finished reading the letter and contacted Lin Xiao through the method left on it.

"I will let your identity issue slide for now. What do you want to get from me, Commander? Intelligence, resources, or something else?"

At this point, it could be said that Commander Zhou Huai had nothing of value left to offer in exchange. However, he did not state this clearly; the other party's behavior of hiding their head and showing their tail was clearly not that of a good person. Since that was the case, swindling some resources to temporarily alleviate the current situation was also a decent choice. Therefore, he had made up his mind. No matter what the other party needed, he would agree for the time being. But he had one condition: he needed to see the other party's sincerity first!

Lin Xiao naturally did not know that in just this short while, the Intermediate God on the other side had turned his thoughts a few hundred times. Seeing this reply from the other party, a smile could not help but appear on his face. As long as they were willing to continue talking, that was fine; he had previously been worried that the other party would just quit the group without a word.

"Since the other party is willing to continue talking even like this, it seems the injury is indeed quite serious. Perhaps, I might actually have a chance this time..."

In fact, regarding this interaction, Lin Xiao had prepared for failure from the beginning. Even more than this once, he had prepared to fail a hundred times. After all, his target was a Intermediate God. Wanting to get the other party to willingly sign a Death Contract was not an easy thing. Let alone the fact that he appeared to be of unknown identity.

"Commander, you have misunderstood; I am not an alien spy. Naturally, I would not ask you, Commander, to do anything that would harm the Xuanxu Star Region. I already stated very clearly in the letter I gave you before that I just want to make friends with you, Commander. For this, I can give you a sum of divine power points every day as a small gift to maintain our relationship. Of course, if our relationship could advance further, that would be even better. As for the trouble you are in right now, Commander, it is not impossible for me to help you resolve it completely."

After carefully reading the mysterious entity's reply, a thoughtful look appeared on Commander Zhou Huai's face.

"Is this an attempt to cast a long line to catch a big fish? I just don't know how many divine power points they can give me, Commander, every day. The key should be that phrase 'advance further'; my current trouble is my injury. To resolve it, I would need to spend 2 billion divine power points. With such a huge expense, could this 'advance further' in our relationship mean making me their subordinate? Hmph! What a good scheme they have!"

Commander Zhou Huai was extremely angry at Lin Xiao's behavior of taking advantage of his misfortune. If the other party were right in front of him now, he might even drag his injured body to forcibly take action and teach them a lesson. However, at this moment, he could only endure it for the time being, pretending not to know, and asked the other party what this so-called 'advancing further in our relationship' meant.

Lin Xiao naturally did not know that his purpose had already been guessed by the other party, and even if he did, it wouldn't matter. Anyway, this matter was destined to be impossible to hide.

"Since you have asked, Commander, I will no longer beat around the bush. As long as you are willing to become my subordinate, not only can I provide the resources to help you recover from your injuries, but I can also help you take a step further! Tier 5, Tier 6, or even a High-rank God will no longer be out of reach. And all of this can be achieved with just a nod from you, Commander."

Looking at the other party's reply, Commander Zhou Huai's face was full of sarcasm.