pertwk Chapter 339 Loan Sharking Techniques
Chapter 339 Loan Sharking Techniques
"Indiscriminate absorption?"
Understanding the meaning behind the withered tree, Lin Fan frowned slightly.
That sounds... like "huge sum" sounds familiar.
It's like I've heard it somewhere before.
Suddenly, he thought of something.
Isn't this the same sales pitch used by loan sharks?
Those who lend money at exorbitant interest rates will first try to talk to you politely, but if they can't reach an agreement, they'll start using underhanded tactics.
Of course, there are differences between the two. The difference is that at least loan sharks are human.
And now...
You're just a tree, why are you trying to pull this on me?
Should we think he's stupid? Or should we think he's stupid?
Thinking of this, Lin Fan remained outwardly calm, but his guard was even higher.
At the same time, he began to judge whether the other person's words were true or false.
Soon, he had an answer in his mind.
He immediately pretended to think for a moment, and then said:
"Alright then!"
As he spoke, he looked up at the floating seed sphere and said in a very calm tone,
I promise you.
Almost immediately after he finished speaking, the withered tree's voice rang out, carrying a certain...
A feeling of pleasant satisfaction.
Congratulations, you made the right choice.
"Yes, the right choice."
Upon hearing this answer, a strange light flashed in Lin Fan's eyes. He then nodded and took two steps towards the sphere.
"Then I can just go and get it?"
No, you don't need to take it.
You just need to stand in front, and I will guide the power into your body...
"I see. I understand now."
As Lin Fan spoke, he walked to the sphere. At the same time, the veins on the surface of the sphere, like wriggling worms, slowly opened a huge opening.
The seed inside was now completely exposed to him.
He looked at the flowing golden veins on the amber seed and suddenly said:
"However, I have a problem."
【? 】
The dead tree conveyed a sense of bewilderment.
Before it could speak, Lin Fan's voice rang out again.
"I don't like being forced to do things."
As he spoke, his gaze changed in that instant.
All the gentleness, all the hesitation, all the cooperation vanished.
Instead, there was indifference and a chilling aura...
"I'm usually the one who uses force on others."
As soon as he finished speaking, his right hand suddenly plunged into the sphere!
Faced with this sudden change, the withered tree seemed to be caught off guard.
By the time they realized what was happening, Lin Fan's hand had already reached inside the sphere.
Upon seeing this, the golden threads wrapped around the outer layer of the sphere tightened instantly, as if to stop his movements.
At the same time, the black scales on Lin Fan's arm had spread out, and he tore through the threads with his five fingers, grabbing the amber seed inside.
【you--!!】
As the seed was caught, the voice of the withered tree exploded in Lin Fan's mind, filled with unbelievable terror.
"What? You didn't expect that?"
Lin Fan clenched his fist, feeling the seed in his palm trembling violently.
"Trying to outsmart me?"
[Let go! Let go now! Do you know what you're doing?!]
"I know."
As he spoke, he clenched his five fingers.
"Besides, I'm the kind of person who never believes in free lunches."
Having said that…
Click.
Accompanied by a crisp cracking sound.
The seed he was clutching in his hand cracked open.
Golden liquid flowed from between his fingers and dripped down his arm.
At the same time, the tragic howls of the withered tree echoed in his mind.
【No----!!!】
Lin Fan ignored him completely and immediately released his grip.
He let the shattered seed fragments fall from his fingers, but before they even hit the ground, they turned into golden specks and vanished.
"No? If you want to lie to people in your next life, you'd better buy more online courses."
However, just as he was talking to himself, the ground beneath his feet suddenly trembled.
"Um?"
Li Yuanchao looked down at the ground in surprise, and was immediately startled by the change in front of him.
As he crushed the seed, changes occurred inside the giant tree he was in.
Those warm, springy golden floors are fading.
The dome overhead, made of points of light, began to crack, as if the lights on the ceiling were going out one by one.
The translucent golden walls around them are becoming cloudy and cracked.
The entire space was visibly collapsing.
"Damn, I forgot about that."
Seeing the collapsing space, Lin Fan turned around and rushed out without hesitation.
He ran as fast as he could in the direction he had come from, the space behind him collapsing piece by piece.
With each step you take, that spot vanishes into nothingness in the next second.
He took a few steps to the edge and saw the translucent, membranous bark. It was no longer the calm golden color he had seen when he arrived; instead, it had turned grayish-white and was covered in cracks.
But he couldn't care less about that at the moment and immediately rammed into it.
puff--
Just as they had come, they slipped out without any hindrance.
The sudden change in terrain caught him off guard, causing him to stumble and nearly fall.
Once he regained his footing, a muffled sound came from behind him.
Lin Fan turned around to look.
Then I saw the giant tree behind me... disappearing.
It didn't collapse, it didn't wither, but rather it gradually turned into golden powder and scattered from top to bottom.
The giant tree, with a diameter of over twenty meters and a height of tens of meters, which blocked out the sky, slowly drifted down like snowflakes and gradually disappeared from his sight.
Furthermore, as the giant tree disappeared, the white mycelium on the surrounding ground was visibly withering and breaking off.
Even the purple ground cover plants connecting the giant trees are turning black and curling up.
The vine-like parasitic plants beneath the tree canopy fell off and crumbled one by one.
In just a moment, the enormous tree completely disappeared before his eyes.
With the disappearance of the giant tree, it's unclear whether the entire valley will return to its original state or be affected.
The once lush and green valley has now become lifeless.
Beneath his feet, there was no longer green grass, but instead cracked yellow earth, and all around him were exposed gray rocks.
The distant hillsides also became bare.
Is this what the valley originally looked like? Or was it affected by the death of the giant tree?
Looking at the starkly contrasting environments, Lin Fan couldn't help but speak:
"It's really like... two completely different people before and after makeup."
He looked around and couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.
"Tsk."
But before he could express his feelings further...
"roar----!!"
A furious roar came from afar.
Lin Fan turned his head.
At a glance, a three-meter-tall crystal giant deer came into view not far away.
The giant deer, which had been calmly predicting the inevitable, was now staring at him with blood-red eyes as the surrounding greenery faded.
Its original soft luster has disappeared, and its crystalline antlers are oozing blood.
Julu stared at Lin Fan with bloodshot eyes as if blaming him for being the culprit who shattered his beautiful dream.
It's not just that.
The wolves in the distance also stood up one by one.
Each eye turned blood red.
Deep, guttural roars echoed from all directions.
Lin Fan glanced at it briefly.
At the bottom of the valley, on the hillside, on the rock walls on both sides...
A dense swarm of mutated beasts.
There are at least several hundred.
At this very moment, all those mutated beasts with blood-red eyes were staring at him…