As Su Bai wrote the first stroke of his name on the "confidentiality agreement," he realized that, just as Yao had said, even though he was not signing his real name, a force from the contract under the Red Moon was still probing its way into his body.
As Su Bai put down the pen, the contract's power swiftly slipped into his body like an invisible snake.
What should have been the simple act of signing his name seemed to have opened some deeply hidden, forbidden door. Su Bai could distinctly feel the power pouring in. It was stronger than he had expected, like an icy tide seeking to swallow him whole.
It was merely a "low-grade contract," something Strange Creatures and even Players spoke of with disdain, yet it possessed a power humans had no hope of resisting.
It brought the same sense of helplessness humans felt upon learning that their enemy was the entire Nightmare World.
The low-grade contracts Jiang Hong and the others used were already enough to control the lives and deaths of ordinary Players. The fate of those forced to sign was sealed the moment they wrote their names. They became slaves to the contracts, utterly powerless to resist.
Su Bai could not help furrowing his brow as he felt that power roaming unchecked through his body.
Just as he was about to try using his own power to resist it, an even more mysterious and powerful force suddenly surged from deep within him. It seemed to have lain dormant all this time like a silent guardian, only to awaken now, disturbed by the low-grade contract's power.
At the same time, a red contract he had not seen in a long time surfaced in Su Bai's mind. At its bottom were his own name and