According to Liu Yongzhi, when he first entered the game and said he was from Qingliu City, he had not simply made it up on the spot. Although he was not from Qingliu City and had not paid attention to its problems in the Real World, it had been the first city that came to mind when he fabricated his identity.
That was because Liu Yongzhi knew that every player who had signed a Low-Grade Contract had been sent to Qingliu City.
"Qingliu City? Things there are already that bad, so why are they still sending people there?" Tan Ying did not know exactly what had happened in Qingliu City either, but she could already tell that the situation there was dire.
"Honestly, that's not something I could possibly know." Liu Yongzhi paused. "But I do know those newcomers probably aren't dead yet... At least, they shouldn't be dead right now."
"I remember players started disappearing two or three months ago. There's a detailed list of the missing players on the Player Forum, too. But even though we're pulled into a nightmare game at least once a month, no one has seen any of those missing players in the Nightmare World. The authorities are already looking into it, but given the circumstances, we can only assume those players either ran into trouble in the Real World or were wiped out in a game in the Nightmare World. However you look at it, there's no way they could still be alive, is there?" Chi Yan found it strange that Liu Yongzhi sounded so certain the missing players were still alive.
"Because signing a contract does more than make those players obedient." Liu Yongzhi's next words startled the others. "Those players signed the lowest-tier contracts. Anyone ranked above them can order them