After Chen Yu settled the accounts for them, he smiled faintly and said, “Of course, I’m not giving you the opportunity to act as agents for my Dungeon so you can share my profits in Tidal Town. At that time, I will give you a sum of soul crystal to allow your territories to leap to other areas. As for where you’ll end up and what you’ll encounter, that will be entirely up to your luck.”
After saying this, he quietly waited for their response.
The five people exchanged glances, all seated properly in their chairs, calculating their own plans.
Ostensibly, Chen Yu had given them a choice: whether or not to act as agents for his Dungeon.
But in reality, there weren’t that many choices…
They all knew in their hearts that if they didn't become agents, they would lose their value, and the Great Xia Alliance would most likely no longer protect them.
At that point, the problem wouldn't be how to calculate this account.
At this stage, the reason why Adventurers in Tidal Town were still willing to go to their Dungeons was entirely for emotional value, while also providing poverty relief.
No one could say how long this situation would last.
What if one day an Adventurer felt uncomfortable and decided not to come? What would they do then?
Leaping away from this area was the only way for all Dungeon Lords to make a name for themselves.
But…
Leaping away from here also meant they would have to compete with higher-tier Dungeon Lords, some of whom had existed for decades.
After all, no one knew where they would appear after the leap.
If their Dungeon quality couldn't compare to others, they would surely die. This was also a problem with leaping.
In a situation where the future was already uncertain, and after leaping, they would still face an absurd 9:1 split ratio, none of them were optimistic about this situation.
They didn't know much about Chen Yu's Dungeon, and they were somewhat skeptical of his claim of being fully booked every day.
In their opinion, there was no such thing as a Dungeon that was fully booked all day long; if there were, it would be too outrageous.
If it were in XinXing Town, using those popular IPs might work, but in areas that already had stable industries, competition was already fierce, so how could it possibly be fully booked and have queues all day long?
Each person had their own thoughts, but in the end, they all chose to sign the contract.
The contract's contents included:
Chen Yu would provide them with 1,100 soul crystals as the cost for the leap.
At the same time, he would grant them the agency rights for Three Kingdoms Unrivaled, Resident Evil, and Dungeon and Eight Million Warriors.
Ninety percent of the soul crystals earned by these three Dungeons would be temporarily stored in the system warehouse and settled with Chen Yu at the end of the Dark Tide, with the remaining ten percent belonging to the agent.
These three Dungeons each had their unique operational methods; agents did not need to manage them and could not participate in any Dungeon processes.
The Dungeons would be updated synchronously.
Agents were prohibited from prying into any content of the agency IP in any way.
The Dungeons were allowed to provide ‘ordinary pheromone’ cards to Adventurers during the Dark Tide to deal with the Dark Tide, such as Tank Zombie, Minotaur Behemoth, and so on…
This was roughly the content of the revenue-sharing contract.
Actually, Chen Yu couldn't guarantee whether they could defeat other established Dungeon Lords; he could only say there was a probability, and it was certainly better than staying here and waiting to die.
Because Great Xia Nevernight City had a complete happy coins core system, plus Chen Yu himself had high-quality food.
These two advantages were something these Dungeon Lords did not possess.
However…
Even without these, the three Dungeons Chen Yu provided were very powerful.
As long as they weren't unlucky enough to be assigned to those 'special areas,' they could at least get by, even if they couldn't make a name for themselves.
Of course, the premise was that these guys worked diligently for him.
Since the contract was signed and everything was arranged, Chen Yu just had to wait for the results.
Then, he would continue to look for other Dungeon Lords and send more people out.
The reason he chose these three Dungeons was also to strengthen the ‘pheromones’ of these Dungeons; the wider the Dungeon content spread and the more people played, the stronger the ‘pheromones’ they possessed.
In future battles, the more unique ‘pheromone’ existences they could summon.
After signing the contract, Chen Yu left without lingering.
The whole process took less than 10 minutes.
Compared to Li Siya and the other three War Lords, the relationship established with these Dungeon Lords from the beginning was that of ‘collaborators,’ not ‘subordinates,’ so there was no need to foster emotional connections.
If they proved capable, he could consider cultivating them carefully in the future.
For now, it was just a mass selection.
Leaving the room.
Before he had walked two steps, someone approached him.
It was Awei.
“Chen Gongzi, are you finished with your business?” Awei asked with a fawning smile, “Our Second Miss has been waiting for a long time. Would you mind moving?”
“Where is she?”
“Second Miss is in the office!” Awei immediately replied.
Chen Yu stopped in his tracks, “Tell her to come see me.”
“Ah?” Awei was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood, “Right, right, right, Chen Gongzi’s consideration is truly thorough. The office has too many eyes and ears, it’s indeed not suitable…”
Chen Yu was taken aback by this remark.
Not suitable?
What's not suitable? I just don't want to hand over the initiative to the other party.
Did this Awei misunderstand something?
But it didn't matter. Let him misunderstand; Chen Yu was too lazy to explain anything.
“Then, Chen Gongzi, shall I arrange a private room for you?”
Chen Yu nodded, then followed the person Awei arranged.
Awei, on the other hand, hurried to report to Lin Qingqiu.
Tian Zhi Tavern.
Inside the office.
Lin Qingqiu still felt her face flush with embarrassment recalling the moment she called him ‘Daddy’ and ‘Master.’ She hadn't expected him to come looking for her so soon.
However…
Although self-preservation was a major factor at the time, Lin Qingqiu also wanted to use that opportunity to get closer to Chen Yu and learn more about him.
After all, there had never been such a feat in history as effortlessly annihilating 30,000 Harpies with 101 people.
Even the always-proud Angel Clan wouldn't dare to fight such a disproportionate battle.
That combat power truly shocked her at the time.
Although Lin Qingqiu later realized that Chen Yu might have used the Dungeon Lord's exclusive ‘Illustration Cards’ to achieve this feat by consuming a large number of ‘Illustration Cards.’
But even ‘Illustration Cards’ were quite extraordinary.