Journey to the West: After the Great Sage listened to the advice, the three realms were all confused

Chapter 1310 Life and Death Contract

After confirming that there was nothing urgent at the Third Guild, Sun Wukong quickly returned to his residence.

To his surprise, Lou Yishen did not leave at this moment, but instead sat by the window looking dejected.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you so listless?"

Upon hearing Sun Wukong's question, Lou Yishen rubbed his throbbing temples and turned to look at him.

Lou Yi took a deep breath before expressing his feelings: "You're back... I sensed something unpleasant just now. I feel like my memory is distorted."

"Oh, you felt it too?" Sun Wukong's eyes lit up slightly upon hearing this.

It seems Lou Yishen is quite astute! He even noticed this.

"No... to be precise, I've realized that I can't remember why I'm here with you, or why I stepped down as the guild leader of the Snowdrift Guild."

Lou Yishen shook his head and expressed his confusion with some helplessness.

It's as if something forcibly altered my perception.

After hearing these words, Sun Wukong raised an eyebrow and had a guess in his mind.

It seems that Gu Xing's prop can not only destroy the "evidence" in Sun Wukong's hands, but also directly alter the victim's memory.

Naturally, that includes myself, the bystander!

No wonder, he had felt his memories being attacked earlier.

If I hadn't taken precautions to protect my head at the very moment the attack occurred...

Perhaps, the one sitting there feeling utterly confused right now is someone like me.

Thinking this, Sun Wukong narrowed his eyes and said decisively:

"Your memories have indeed been altered, and the person who altered your memories is Gu Xing, the current guild leader of the Snowdrift Guild."

Lou Yishen frowned deeply upon hearing this.

He vaguely remembered having a grudge against this person, but he couldn't recall the specifics.

"Why? Tell me!" Lou Yishen stared intently at Sun Wukong, hoping that Sun Wukong could tell him everything.

Sun Wukong briefly recounted what had happened and handed Lou Yishen a capsule:

"So, this is why he wants to alter your memories. Simply put... that's it."

After listening to everything Sun Wukong had said, Lou Yishen looked at the capsule in his hand and couldn't help but hesitate a little.

This was because he had absolutely no recollection of what Sun Wukong had said, and naturally, he felt nothing about it.

Sun Wukong noticed Lou Yishen's hesitation and said nonchalantly, "You can take it as me lying to you, but brother, I probably have no reason to lie to you, right?"

After saying these words, he didn't care about Lou Yishen's reaction.

He went straight to his desk and began working on the tasks he hadn't finished earlier.

By identifying the commonalities among the people on the roster, we can uncover the secret behind why they are being targeted.

Given the sheer volume of work, it would be somewhat difficult for Sun Wukong to do it all by himself.

But he couldn't count on Lou Yishen, who was now lost and confused because of the alteration of his memories.

Therefore, the only thing they could do was ask their own system for help.

Although, this does indeed have a bit of the connotation of "when things go wrong, Zhong Wuyan is there; when things go well, Xia Yingchun is there."

Fortunately, Sun Wukong's system brother was loyal enough not to protest his behavior.

But even so.

Without alerting law enforcement.

It took Sun Wukong and the system a whole day to find all the commonalities among the people on the roster.

……

The moment the system displays "All done".

Sun Wukong rubbed his sore eyes, almost bursting into tears of joy.

It wasn't easy! It was really, really difficult.

They finally connected all these people together.

However, looking at the final results of the investigation, Sun Wukong was somewhat bewildered.

"A life-or-death contract? What is that?"

It sounds like some kind of contractual item. Could it be related to the fact that the people on this roster are being targeted?

Lou Yishen paused for a moment upon hearing the name of the prop.

"A life-and-death contract? How could this thing..." Lou Yishen looked at the final result Sun Wukong retrieved with disbelief.

He hadn't expected that the people on the roster were all users of this thing.

So, is Gu Xing dealing with users who use the life-and-death contract?

"President Lou, do you know what this is?" Sun Wukong immediately looked over, his curiosity piqued.

In order not to appear so ignorant.

In fact, this name appeared immediately upon being searched.

He had already searched for related terms on the forum.

Unfortunately, there is no related entry on the Tiandao Alliance forum.

Sun Wukong could only understand what it was by the literal meaning of the name.

"Hmm... how should I put it, this thing is very mysterious..." Lou Yishen nodded.

Even he doesn't know much about it.

So he was somewhat surprised when Sun Wukong uttered the name.

Sun Wukong nodded in agreement: "Very mysterious? I do believe that."

"There is no related entry on the Heavenly Dao Alliance forum, and it is not even in the forum's official store."

Lou Yishen nodded and further explained, "Of course, the life-and-death contract is a kind of resurrection item, which is similar to the regular life-substitute items..."

However, this is also very different.

After all, conventional life-saving items only give the user a second life.

They typically take the place of the user and bear the death the instant it strikes.

But a life-or-death contract is different.

The basic function of this item is to substitute for someone else's life.

What's even more exaggerated is that this contract supposedly allows the user to regain higher-level strength without pain upon resurrection.

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong couldn't help but exclaim, "This sounds like a really good treasure!"

"No wonder there aren't any entries about it; any smart person would choose to keep it hidden!"

However, does resurrection truly grant one painless access to higher-level power? Is there really no cost involved?

Sun Wukong was skeptical of this.

Lou Yishen continued to share what he knew: "Although the name of this thing is rampant in the black market, its trading process is extremely mysterious."

"I've only heard that you need an elderly person to introduce you as a guarantor, and only those who meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to purchase a product."

Moreover, anyone who leaks even a tiny bit of the details of the "life-or-death contract" will be disqualified from purchasing it.

Therefore, that's all Lou Yishen knows.

In other words, although there are many rumors about this thing.

However, since no actual users have come forward to verify it, most people treat it as just entertainment.

Lou Yishen, however, always believed that the way this thing was sold must have something special about it.