Wait Until You're Level Five to Contract Me

"May I ask where you're headed?" Mu Rufeng inquired.

"Terror Hospital," the Charred Oddity replied.

"To treat your injuries?"

The Charred Oddity shook its head. "To fully heal my injuries, I need a lot of Soul Coins. I recently failed an investment and incurred some debt. I'm riding this train on credit and don't have any extra money."

The Charred Oddity was a firefighter in life. Even after death, it seemed a belief remained, miraculously preserving a portion of its sanity.

It had already been preparing to ask the attendant for credit, or perhaps borrow from other Oddities, or even make new players switch seats.

Mu Rufeng's actions had indeed solved a rather troublesome problem for it.

"Failed investment? How much is the debt and treatment cost combined?" Mu Rufeng asked.

The Charred Oddity didn't want to answer, as the amount was too large.

However, facing Mu Rufeng's question, the Charred Oddity eventually raised its hand and extended a charred finger.

"Ten million? Alright, what's your card number? I'll transfer it to you," Mu Rufeng said.

"Huh? Ah?" Several question marks appeared above the Charred Oddity's head.

One of its fingers represented one million.

It had failed an investment some time ago, or rather, it had been scammed by an Oddity.

It had lost its 200,000 savings and was also in debt to the Heaven and Earth Bank for 500,000 Soul Coins.

Later, it went to seek revenge on the Oddity that scammed it.

Unfortunately, that Oddity had many accomplices. Although it killed many Oddities, the main culprit did not die, and it itself was severely injured in the process.

It didn't recover the invested money, and treating its injuries would cost another 300,000.

All things considered, its deficit was one million.

One million was an incredibly terrifying sum.

Although, in its prime, earning one million would only take about two to three years.

However, earning one million and saving one million were worlds apart.

In its current injured state, saving one million was undoubtedly a pipe dream.

"Your card number, give me your card number."

Mu Rufeng's voice snapped the Charred Oddity out of its thoughts.

"You have that much money?" the Charred Oddity tilted its head, looking suspicious.

"Just tell me your card number," Mu Rufeng continued.

"Okay, my card number is 671××××××××××××1808," the Charred Oddity said.

Mu Rufeng immediately contacted the Black Gold Card, attempting to transfer funds to this card number.

The next second, a notification appeared in Mu Rufeng's mind.

[Please confirm: Transfer 10,000,000 Soul Coins to Heaven and Earth Bank card number 671××××××××××××1808 under the name Zhang Xiaojie?]

"Are you called Zhang Xiaojie?" Mu Rufeng asked the Charred Oddity.

"Yes, that's right," the Charred Oddity paused, then nodded.

"Alright, it should have arrived. Take a look," Mu Rufeng said.

"Huh?" Zhang Xiaojie thought Mu Rufeng was joking.

However, at that moment, it suddenly felt something happening to its body.

Soon, Zhang Xiaojie took out a card emitting a white glow from its person.

"My... my card turned into a platinum card?" Zhang Xiaojie was stunned.

Soon, it thought of something and immediately took out its phone, opening the messages.

Then, it saw a message that shocked it.

[Your card ending in 1808 received a transfer of 10,000,000.00 yuan on July 17th at 12:21. Balance: 9,500,000.00 yuan]

"You... you really transferred ten million Soul Coins to me?" Zhang Xiaojie was extremely shocked.

It couldn't believe it was real.

Ten million, a full ten million Soul Coins.

Since it still owed the Heaven and Earth Bank 500,000, the money would be immediately deducted upon arrival.

This was why only 9.5 million remained.

None of that mattered. What mattered was why this Contractor possessed so much wealth.

Ten million. With its strength, it could honestly say it would be difficult to earn that much in a lifetime, unless its strength advanced further.

Various emotions surfaced in Zhang Xiaojie's mind, emotions that hadn't appeared for a long time since its death.

"Is there something you need?" Zhang Xiaojie calmed itself down and slowly spoke.

"You seem pretty strong. Can you contract with me? I haven't contracted with an Oddity before," Mu Rufeng said.

Coincidentally, Mu Rufeng's Contract Slots were still empty, and he had just encountered a powerful Firefighter Ghost with a kind heart.

Mu Rufeng felt that contracting with him would be quite good.

"Wait, you said you haven't contracted with an Oddity before? Are you a Level 1 Contractor?" Zhang Xiaojie was shocked again.

Zhang Xiaojie was somewhat surprised that such a wealthy Contractor had not yet contracted with an Oddity.

"Yeah, that's right," Mu Rufeng nodded.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiaojie shook his head and said, "If you want to contract with me, come back when you're Level 5."

"Don't worry about these Soul Coins, I'll definitely pay you back. I promise!"

"Level 5?" Mu Rufeng was slightly taken aback.

From the information Zhao Dayong had given him, Mu Rufeng knew that not only players had levels, but Oddities did too.

Oddities had a total of nine levels, from lowest to highest: Wandering Soul, Red Ghost, Evil Ghost, Fierce Ghost, Vengeful Ghost, Red-Clothed Vicious Ghost, Ghost General, Ghost King, and Ghost Emperor.

These nine levels corresponded exactly to the players' levels.

It was important to know that a Contractor could not contract with an Oddity that was more than one level higher than themselves.

For example, Mu Rufeng could only contract with a Level 2 Red Ghost at most right now.

This meant that Zhang Xiaojie was actually a Level 6 Red-Clothed Vicious Ghost.

"You're a Level 6 Ghost?" Mu Rufeng felt his mouth go dry.

"This... I took this from an enemy. It's not of much use to me, so I'll give it to you. Consider it interest."

Zhang Xiaojie took out a card from his body and handed it to Mu Rufeng.

Mu Rufeng instinctively took it, and after checking its attributes, he was greatly shocked.

[Flame Vehicle Card]: Attach this card to any vehicle to release hellfire, activating the vehicle and granting it incredible abilities. The duration depends on the user's Ghost Power.

Note: Requires at least Level 2 Ghost Power to use.

"Although you need to be Level 2 to use it, I've already injected some Ghost Power into it. It can probably be used about ten times, with each use lasting for two hours," Zhang Xiaojie said.

"This card is great, I really like it." Mu Rufeng was overjoyed and immediately tucked the card into his bandages for safekeeping.

He then asked, "By the way, how many more stops until Terror Hospital?"

Zhang Xiaojie replied, "After Kunshan Chicken Farm, it's Terror Hospital."

"Okay, I still need to go to the dining car. I won't bother you any longer," Mu Rufeng nodded and said.

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