Since he had decided to bring every player in the entire zone into the wager, he had to select the participants in advance.

Only by harvesting every single player in Zone 1 could this be considered a perfect wager.

Since he was going to gamble, he might as well gamble big!

With that thought, John immediately issued an announcement in advance.

At the same time, he had Alan and the others notify all members of the zone to stand by in the wilderness at once.

...

When the other members of Zone 5 received the notice, they thought some special plot event was about to be triggered, and for a moment, everyone became extremely nervous.

This was especially true for the Zone 4 members who had not yet joined the Overlord Guild.

Some of them even thought John was preparing to make an example out of someone.

But when they learned that John was about to initiate a Wager Pact between zones, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then, their relief quickly turned into excitement.

They could actually wager against an entire zone. What could possibly ignite their sense of unity more than that?

Very soon, all players in Zone 5 followed the order and began standing by in the wilderness.

They all waited eagerly, anticipating John’s next command.

...

Inside Overlord City.

John took out the Wager Pact.

[Do you wish to use the Wager Pact?]

[Warning: This item is a consumable item. Once used, it cannot be restored.]

[Please select the zone for this wager.]

...

Following the prompt, John immediately locked onto Zone 1.

[Zone 1 has been locked. Please set the wager terms.]

[This wager is a compulsory wager. All players in Zone 1 are unable to refuse.]

As the two system prompts sounded, a detailed settings interface for the Wager Pact appeared before John.

Inside were all kinds of blank clauses waiting for him to fill in.

For example, the number of selected participants, the composition of the selected players, and so on.

The framework and clauses had already been prepared by the Wager Pact. John only needed to fill in the corresponding numbers or other relevant data.

...

At the same time, the moment John selected Zone 1, every player in Zone 5 heard a system prompt ring beside their ears.

[A player of this zone, John, has used the special item Wager Pact.]

[As a stake in the contract, do you wish to add all benefits currently in your possession to the contract?]

[Warning: Once you choose to join the contract, everything you own will be placed on the gambling table. However, if you win the wager, you will have the chance to obtain even greater benefits!]

After hearing these prompts, the players of Zone 5 were first stunned. Then, joy appeared on their faces.

After all, John had already warned them in advance. Now that the prompt had appeared, it was not particularly surprising.

Moreover, this prompt allowed them to freely choose whether to join the wager. It did not force every single one of them to participate.

Even the Zone 4 players who had just joined did not hesitate at all when they saw this. They immediately chose to place everything they possessed into the wager.

After all, John’s previous performance had already been witnessed by all of them.

No one understood better than them just how much profit trusting John could bring.

"Confirm participation!"

"Do we even need to think about this? Just go all in without using our brains. Trust Boss John."

"Exactly. Only by trusting Boss John can we obtain the greatest benefits."

Almost every player in Zone 5 chose to place everything they owned into the wager.

[Warning: You are converting everything you currently possess into a stake and handing it over to the contract initiator, John, for management!]

[Congratulations, player. You have joined this Wager Pact!]

[The target of this wager is Zone 1!]

...

The entire player base of Zone 5 converted everything they possessed into stakes and handed them over to John’s control.

Very soon, John gained control over the benefit authorization of every player in Zone 5.

...

[Warning: You have obtained the benefit authorization of all players in Zone 5!]

[Warning: The current number of Zone 5 participants in this Wager Pact is 135.67 million!]

When John heard the system prompts beside his ears, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"Over a hundred million people. That should be enough to properly plunder Zone 1."

He decisively raised both the number of participants and the wagered stakes to the maximum limit.

From this moment on, the benefits of every player in Zone 5 were bound to John alone.

Whether they could win this wager would depend entirely on his performance this time!

Very soon, the entire contract was drafted by John.

Next, he had to add in the stakes converted from the players’ benefits one by one.

"This wager is a gamble between two great zones.

No matter who wins, the losing side will completely lose their stakes!"

John understood the rules very thoroughly.

According to the contents of the contract, the more stakes he provided, the more corresponding stakes Zone 1 would also have to provide.

Even if the players of Zone 1 did not want to participate, they would still have to submit corresponding stakes.

Unless the opposing side provided stakes of higher value than those of Zone 5’s players, even if the total value of all the stakes provided by Zone 1’s players only amounted to half, they would still have to keep making up the remaining value.

This contract was incomparably domineering.

Only the initiator could barely be considered to have some advantage.

As the initiator, John naturally did not hesitate at all. He directly placed all of his equipment, skills, and even talents into the wager!

...

[You have wagered one SSSS-grade bloodline talent: Authority of the True Self!]

[You have wagered 9 SSS-grade talents!]

[You have wagered 20 SS-grade talents!]

[You have wagered 100 S-grade talents!]

[You have wagered 290.1 billion EXP!]

[You have wagered 388.1 billion Fame!]

[You have wagered 829 billion gold coins!]

[You have wagered 5 sets of S-grade equipment, 6 pieces of SSS-grade equipment, 28 pieces of SS-grade equipment...]

[You have wagered the S-grade pet Crimsonflame Dragon, the S-grade pet Frost Phoenix, the S-grade true spirit White Tiger, an S-grade Pet Egg...]

...

"This should be enough."

John had placed everything he owned into the wager.

The value of the stakes he alone provided was already extremely terrifying.

Correspondingly, the vast majority of Zone 1 players’ S-grade talents, as well as their SSS-grade talents, would have to be added in to make up the value.

In fact, John’s single SSSS-grade talent alone could equal the SSS-grade talents of over a hundred Zone 1 players.

Not to mention, the talents, equipment, and other possessions of Zone 5’s players had not even been used yet.

"Since we’re going to gamble, we might as well gamble to the end."

A smile appeared on John’s face.

He immediately continued using all the benefits that the players of Zone 5 had authorized him to control.

...

[You have wagered the talents of all Zone 5 players!]

[You have wagered the EXP, gold coins, and Fame of all Zone 5 players!]

[You have wagered the pets, equipment, and skills of all Zone 5 players!]

[You have wagered everything belonging to all Zone 5 players...]

...

John continuously added more stakes.

He did not stop until he had placed everything owned by the players of Zone 5 into the wager.

At this moment, the value of the stakes written into the contract had reached an extremely terrifying amount.

Only when the contract displayed that the upper limit had been reached did he finally stop.

However, this was not the upper limit of all benefits owned by Zone 5’s players.

Rather, it was the upper limit of the value that Zone 1’s players could provide.

According to the contract display, this was already the total value of everything Zone 1’s players could possibly offer.

"Good. Next comes the wagering phase!"