The dark forest law!
This so-called darkest law of survival in the universe was something any Chinese person who wasn't completely cut off from the world had heard of to some degree.
And Chu Sheng's assessment of this law was that it made perfect sense.
You couldn't be certain I wouldn't harbor ill intentions toward you, and I couldn't be certain you wouldn't harbor ill intentions toward me.
Even if both sides meant well, they would still suspect each other. And once suspicion arose, mutual trust became impossible.
Before people discovered that sequences could be stolen, humanity's sequence transcendents could still band together for support. But after discovering that sequence adepts could plunder each other's sequences, a tragic barrier stood between every one of them.
"Phew..." Chu Sheng exhaled softly and looked at Captain Hui, then swept his gaze over everyone. Finally, he took a deep breath and said, "Honestly, it's only because we have the Contract. Otherwise, even we would start distrusting each other."
Captain Hui, Fang Hong, Zhuo Wu, and the others nodded at his words.
Just as Chu Sheng had said, all the sequence transcendents on the Floating Island had signed the Iron Hoop Contract. They couldn't attack each other or even deliberately scheme to harm one another.
Without this contract, they would have gone their separate ways the moment they discovered that sequences could be stolen.
At that thought, An Xi glanced at Chu Sheng without changing her expression.
Unlike Zhuo Wu and the others who had joined the Convoy later, or Captain Hui, whose opinion of Chu Sheng was gradually improving, An Xi knew exactly what sort of bastard Chu Sheng was. She was certain that without the Iron Hoop Contract, the instant Chu Sheng learned sequences could be stolen, he would have set his