I Don't Agree to the Terms-Chapter 589 - 320: Tremors of Heaven and Earth Before the Arrival of the Great Ruins_2

If it were really possible to go with the flow, a mere thirteen days wouldn’t have caused such a great shock; it would take at least about nine months to reach such a sensation before one could follow the current.

As expected, a brilliance flew past, and the Holy Saint notified Gu Shanhai to attend a meeting again.

The Saints wanted to execute the Reduction Plan, and they surely wouldn’t just talk the talk without data to back it up; otherwise, if they really relied on mere conjecture, they would have perished long ago.

"It seems I have to make a trip. It looks like this Reduction Plan should be canceled," Gu Shanhai stood up, collecting Little White, and prepared to depart.

His guess wasn’t without reason; after realizing they had vastly underestimated Shanhai, the Saints would certainly have to alter their original plan.

In an instant, he teleported to the council room. He wasn’t the first to arrive; several Saints had already gotten there.

A Saint is roughly equal to the Peeping Dao Stage, so they certainly have strength.

After Gu Shanhai took his seat, the Saints had all arrived.

"The Reduction Plan is canceled, any objections?" the Holy Saint asked straightforwardly.

To object meant you had to present a solution; the Saints wouldn’t entertain mere opposition without proposing an alternative.

Three seconds passed without a response, signifying unanimous consent. Had there been objections, they would have been raised in the first second the Holy Saint asked.

"Then, I propose we increase the emphasis on the Player Savior Plan, suggesting the weight be all-inclusive," the Holy Saint was prepared to go all-in.

As the Reduction Plan failed, they witnessed the players’ capabilities.

The players had successfully blocked the influence of the great void on the world, bringing some initial success, and the Saints had also recognized the unique nature of the players: as long as rewards were offered, the players were truly willing to take risks.

Thus, the Holy Saint gambled all the chips.

Gu Shanhai didn’t speak, and neither did the others, implying that everyone tacitly agreed.

"Then, we need further adjustments in resource mobilization," the Holy Saint continued.

This still had nothing to do with Gu Shanhai; he had no assets in the world of adventurers, and whatever the resource adjustments were, they wouldn’t affect him.

"Additionally, I’ve discovered a new resource point," the Holy Saint spoke as he began recording data on the blackboard: "Skills and equipment."

"We can bestow Divine Favored Skills and gear with specific enchantments to players with notable achievements as an incentive!"

Hearing this, Gu Shanhai had a bad premonition, hoping this wouldn’t mean he’d be assigned the task...

Sure enough, he saw a throng of Saints turning their gaze toward him. Among all the Saints, Gu Shanhai was the only rogue; if not him, then who else could go.

’Damn intuition, actually coming true!’ Gu Shanhai cursed inwardly.

"I won’t take the initiative, and I’m only responsible for equipment; I monitor the great void daily," Gu Shanhai accepted the task but not fully.

Equipment management was more feasible since it would certainly involve native gear, over which he indeed had influence. However, skills were a different story; he could meddle with adventurers’ skill libraries because they inherently possessed the Divine Power system, which is how Gu Shanhai could have any influence.

The players’ skills originated from the "First Epoch", and he, not being an NPC native, couldn’t grant corresponding abilities. At most, he could offer some negative skills, but any other skills would require modification.

"As for skills, I’ll take it," the Silver Saint spoke up, accepting a part of the task.

Gu Shanhai’s reason was sound, and all the Saints felt reassured letting him observe the great void, especially since he was the first to spot the issue.

With someone continuing the conversation, the rest of the discussion went smoothly.

’With this incentive, the players will go absolutely mad...’ Gu Shanhai thought to himself.

Without mentioning the customized equipment attributes, the sheer uniqueness of this world’s Divine Favored Skills was enough to excite the players. First of all, the Divine Favored Level skills in this world had no levels; they depended on the player’s own attributes. This saved a significant amount of expense and the skills wouldn’t become obsolete. The higher the attributes, the more powerful the skills became.

Secondly, there was no need to spend a lengthy time doing quests in circles. Normally, if players wanted to obtain skills of this caliber, it would take at least several years.

A skill that wouldn’t become obsolete, how could it be obtained easily?

Unless the players gave up their original systems and transitioned to becoming adventurers, they might have a chance to obtain such skills.

Now it was different; they were handed out directly as rewards. Who wouldn’t be tempted?

The Saints would definitely not issue them just once or in one batch. Even the players in the first tier would have to work their hardest.

As long as this event and the world’s main quest line were completed, according to Gu Shanhai’s estimates, the players who stood out with exceptional achievements would all receive at least ten or more Divine Favored Skills and customized equipment attributes.

It was already extremely terrifying. In the past, how could they have received this much within a year?

You could only say that the Saints were spending a fortune.

’It’s just that in this way, the Adventurers’ World will inevitably become a part of "the First Epoch."’ Gu Shanhai knew that to survive, one must pay a price. It was either die standing or live kneeling.

After all, time waits for no one.

Gu Shanhai even doubted whether the Great Ruin was a means used by "the First Epoch" to force the Adventurers’ World’s hand.

Otherwise, it was too coincidental that the Adventurers’ World had just opened and had encountered this sort of world-destroying catastrophe, one that could only be solved by the players.

In his previous life, Gu Shanhai speculated that there must have been players who helped Rein solve the problem of the Great Ruin. Otherwise, with such intensity, not to speak of one Rein, even ten thousand Reins couldn’t solve it.

His protagonist’s aura worked well within the world. After all, he was the Child of Destiny, the son of the heavens. Once he left the world or traveled to other worlds, no one would care about him, and his destined aura would essentially be as good as void. Unless someone like Shen Heng, a formal transmigrator, went over to assist, only then would they recognize the protagonist’s aura on the other person. This process was called adoption.

This meant that no matter how great Rein’s aura was, it couldn’t affect the Great Ruin. Not even the father figure of the Adventurers’ World itself had that ability, let alone his child.

Then the Holy Saint proposed some relevant measures, and the other Saints supplemented, revealing the outline of an entirely new plan.

Once the plan was in place, naturally everyone went their separate ways.

Gu Shanhai needn’t worry about the customized attribute equipment. When the time came and the players made their choice, other Saints would arrange for adventurers to bring it to him. Afterwards, Gu Shanhai only needed to alter the equipment attributes as requested and the adventurers would send it back. He didn’t need to move himself throughout the entire process.

Mainly because the role of players had increased, resulting in a decline in the importance of adventurers.

To the Saints, preserving the world was their goal. Adventurers were just a part of their earlier plans, still useful now, so they were utilized. Once they were no longer needed, the Saints wouldn’t pay them any more attention.

Adventurers were just a part of the world, not all of it.

"Ah, what a situation, I should have never gone there... Damn, but not going would have been even more unfortunate." Initially, Gu Shanhai regretted his actions but then realized that had he not gone, the Holy Saint would have directly assigned him skills and equipment. Indeed, a Saint never uses the words ’be polite’ when dealing with another Saint.

It was because he went that he halved the workload.

"It seems I can’t miss any meetings; otherwise, who knows what tasks they will asign to me."

Refusing was not an issue; one could still refuse with ample reasons beforehand. But after the fact, you could refuse once or twice, but if you always refused, that wouldn’t be right.

"But at the current stage, the frequent meetings are unlikely to happen." Gu Shanhai also knew that all the Saints would be preoccupied next, and only he had a bit more free time, so there wouldn’t be frequent meetings.

"Alright, I’ll continue to practice Martial Arts and observe the Great Ruin." Gu Shanhai quickly tossed this matter to the back of his mind. He needn’t worry about the customized attribute equipment—having the Four Sacred Beasts System plus one hundred thousand Heart Demon Dao Soldiers, even a million pieces would only take an hour.