305: Each with their own ulterior motives

"What, are you not going to sign?" Chairman Wang put away the contract and prepared to leave, controlling the star source tower.

Undead Clan Old Yang quickly said, "Sign, I'll sign!"

Clearly, this Undead Clan Ancestor either tampered with the World Source Stone or intended to break his promise, but with the contract now in place, he had to fulfill what he said.

Old Yang stared at the contents of the contract and nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood. Fortunately, he was already a thousand-year-old corpse, so he had no blood to spit.

The contract required Old Yang to not only sign for himself but also include the other two ancestors. If they violated it, their forms and spirits would be utterly destroyed.

Old Yang looked at the contents of the contract and snorted coldly in his heart, "For these things, I'm just afraid you'll get them but won't live to enjoy them."

The contract only mentioned delivering treasures, Mystical Arts, revealing the secrets of Jiangcheng, and jointly fighting the Infected Mother Queen, but it didn't say anything about jointly controlling this place afterward.

Meanwhile, on the Star Council's side:

Wang Haitao asked, "Chairman Wang, since this contract is so powerful, why didn't you write more, like conditions that the two races shouldn't attack each other, or that Jiangcheng should be divided equally?"

Chairman Wang sighed, "I wanted to add those, but this contract isn't something you can just write anything into. The more complex the contract, and the wider its implications, the more 'luck' it consumes. Although I haven't encountered 'luck' yet, I know that if too much of it is lost, the Star Council will likely face continuous disasters in the future.

Currently, the price is only the utter destruction of the forms and spirits of the three Undead Clan Ancestors, which is the least costly. If it involved the two races, this consumption could even overdraft the future! A mortgage is only thirty years, but this thing could be three hundred, three thousand years!

Our future development would also become more difficult. For example, if we wrote 'the two races shall not attack each other' into it, as long as our Star Council exists, the contract would continuously harvest our luck. I naturally couldn't sign that. But only restricting the three ancestors to complete the transaction is temporary, and the consumption is also temporary, not overdrafting the future."

Wang Haitao was surprised, "This Star Realm contract actually has so many intricacies. However, being able to restrain those three old monsters is enough. They surely wouldn't risk utter destruction of their forms and spirits just to withhold these things."

The contract was quickly signed.

The Star Council side didn't incur much cost, as the contract only stated that they would assist the Undead Race in resolving the threat of the Infected Mother Queen, with items to be delivered after the threat was resolved.

Chairman Wang originally wanted to write 'eradicate,' but having worked in a large company for decades, she quickly realized that if the Undead Race exploited a loophole and kept the Infected Mother Queen barely alive, wouldn't they not be able to get the promised items?

Therefore, it was changed to 'resolve the threat posed by the Infected Mother Queen.' As long as the threat faced by the Undead Race disappeared, the other party had to execute this contract, or the three ancestors would be utterly destroyed.

As for the Star Council, there was no cost, as they held the initiative; the other party was asking for their assistance. If they couldn't complete it, the other party wouldn't need to pay the subsequent cost.

As for the advance payment, under the contract's restrictions, they definitely had to act.

"The contract is done. In three days, our Undead Race will come to find you to jointly resolve the Infected Mother Queen. We hope you will give your full assistance then."

With that, the Undead Clan Ancestor shattered his projection, and the Star Council could no longer observe the matters within the Secret Realm.

As for the selection of treasures, the Undead Clan Ancestor did not continue to promise, only giving four World Source Stones.

However, the secrets of Jiangcheng were now known to all four of them.

"For these three days, we will prepare in the command post, making sure to adjust our status to the best. We'll see how the Undead Race plans to deal with the Infected Mother Queen later." Chairman Wang's eyes flickered. The others understood, but what they discussed privately, no one knew, though it was certainly related to guarding against the Undead Race.

Tang Ping brought the World Source Stones to the top floor of the temporary command post, which was the highest level of the star source tower.

There was a private cultivation room here.

"It seems this star source tower was originally an auxiliary exotic treasure." Tang Ping sensed the active star source power. Although the current star source tower was far inferior to the one in later generations, it was still not to be underestimated. It was just that everyone currently lacked sufficient strength to unleash its full power.

Two stones appeared in his hand: a milky-white World Source Stone and the Undead Soul Crystal obtained from refining the Undead Clan Great Elder.

An absolute spiritual treasure.

Tang Ping intended to give this item to the Great Emperor Moth. The Great Emperor Moth was currently Level Four, possessed the Scarlet Phoenix Moth bloodline, and her Talent also carried spiritual attributes, making it undoubtedly the most suitable for her.

After giving the Undead Soul Crystal to the Great Emperor Moth to consume, Tang Ping also prepared to absorb the World Source Stone. His SS-Rank Talent could advance to Level Five. He hadn't expected to find other Fire Talent Users yet, but he had this unexpected gain.

The core area of Jiangcheng fell into an eerie silence. Due to the cooperation between the Undead Race and the Star Council Alliance, the Corpse Tide naturally could not continue to expand. However, with the appearance of the Infected Mother Queen, it was unknown how effective the Undead Race's methods of driving the Infected would still be.

The blood vessels of the Infected Mother Queen spread throughout the core area of Jiangcheng. Those thick, tunnel-like blood vessels continuously absorbed various energies from unknown sources.

At the edge of Jiangcheng, the Star Council maintained strict vigilance, and any movement would be reported immediately.

Meanwhile, the situation in the Undead Clan Secret Realm was even more grim. The three Undead Clan Ancestors used their heritage to awaken a top-tier realm artifact, barely stabilizing the blood vessels in the sky.

But despite this, the terrifying contamination was still pervasive, and the Secret Realm was slowly declining. Many races living within it were already being contaminated.

"We must resolve this thing as soon as possible, otherwise our Secret Realm won't even last a year before it collapses and disintegrates, and all our heritage will turn to dust. It will be even harder to rise again." Old Jiao was almost a dried toad now; clearly, it was extremely difficult for him to activate a top-tier realm artifact in his current state.

"Those things are ready, aren't they?" Old Yang said in a deep voice.

"All sorts of things are prepared. The nine clan elders who are going have also undergone the Undead Spring's baptism, greatly increasing their strength. Coupled with numerous treasures, they will surely eradicate that Infected Mother Queen!" Old Jiao said.

Old Yang's gaze was solemn, "We must also guard against that group of people outside, but everything must wait until after the deed is done. The most urgent task now is to slay that beast!"

Old Jiao's eyes flickered, "Don't worry, I've already instructed them. Old Yang, do you think that thing is really an ancestral artifact of the heavens?" When he mentioned this, Old Jiao's eyes couldn't hide his greed.

In its peak period, his Undead Race once possessed a powerful ancestral artifact of the heavens, but at the end of the era, various races erupted into a great war that shattered the heavens and earth. His clan's ancestral artifact of the heavens was also severely damaged in that war and has not recovered to this day.

"Don't worry, you know this eye of mine." Old Yang's gaze fell into the distance, seemingly looking through the Secret Realm at the Star Council. With his clan's heritage, how could they not solve the Infected Mother Queen themselves? It was merely a matter of how great the loss would be. But why did he strongly urge cooperation with the other party?

Wasn't it because of that tower?

"Hurry, hurry."