Otherworldly Affairs Office-Chapter 748 Xila’s Proposal Part 1 (Seeking Subscription)

Seeing Pei Yan's expression, Xila knew she had hit his sore spot. She said with a bitter smile and helplessness, "I don't know if you are confident, but at least as participants forced into the race, we understand that this competition will be very difficult to achieve results."

"Why? This isn't like you when I first met you, at that time you were eager to compete with me." Reviving, Pei Yan listened to the discouraging words from Xila and replied puzzledly.

"We are different from other dimensions; the delegation sent now is already the limit for the Demon Race. You should know that even though our two dimensions joined forces to lift the siege of the Disaster Legion, known as Bloodshard, against the Holy City, the war is far from over. Just two days ago, the Disaster Legion launched another attack on the Holy City attempting to cut off its communication with the outside world. Despite our forces bravely thwarting the conspiracy, this proves the situation isn't relaxed enough for us to squander our strength in participating in a race we fundamentally don't want to attend. At least my brother, another Child of Origin from the Demon Race, doesn't want to nor can participate, as he must guard the Holy City and is unable to manage other engagements."

Upon hearing Xila's account, Pei Yan nodded, he roughly understood the current situation of the Demon Race, and then he asked confusedly, "Then what do you mean by cooperation? Is it cheating in the race? Is this allowed?"

"There's no such thing as allowed or not, excluding the individual race where we have no need to cooperate. I'm referring to cooperation in the team race. I'm here today not only representing myself but also other two dimensions." Xila said, her lips curling into a crafty smile.

Pei Yan's eyes brightened upon hearing this and leaned forward with keen interest and asked, "How does the cooperation work?"

"It's very simple, you'll understand once the competition day arrives. The team race will be a grand melee, everyone will strive for their own interests and honor in this melee. As usual, the dimensions might have differences in strength, but in truth, no one submits to others, they rely on their strength and don't align in alliances. However, this time is different, besides the abundant prizes that cannot be lost, we all have a common enemy, Bloodshard, wanting to join! The plan of other dimensions is no matter how we internally battle, first joint forces to eliminate Bloodshard, then compete amongst ourselves. We cannot let Bloodshard gain a ranking and increase their strength, right?"

Pei Yan, upon hearing this suggestion, nodded repeatedly saying delightfully, "I fully support this suggestion. See, this is the advantage of the host, even if you can't blatantly snatch it, you can still do some small tricks in the competition. I just don't understand why Bloodshard doesn't realize this point? Why do they still want to compete? Could it be they have a countermeasure? Or perhaps they plan to abandon the team race and aim only for the first place prize in the individual race, the Divine Artifact?"

No matter what countermeasures they have, facing the siege from the five dimension players, their only fate will be leaving in disgrace." Xila confidently said.

Pei Yan, however, had a different view from hers, in his encounters with Divine Desire, the opponent's cunning and deceptive style made Pei Yan suffer quite a bit. Even when he temporarily gains an upper hand by force, he would be one move short in the following battle and lose his advantage to the opponent. Since Bai Ze dared to openly come and propose this suggestion, he must have a fully prepared plan, though Pei Yan couldn't decipher it now. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Although thinking like this in his heart, Pei Yan still made a very agreeable stance outwardly, smiling as he asked, "Then after eliminating Bloodshard, is it our cooperation next? Ms. Xila, you don't need to beat around the bush, what do you have to say, just speak directly."

"Alright, since Mr. Pei said so, I'll be candid. Indeed, our Hell Plane was forced to compete this time, but the main entities of other dimensions still have some conscience, and promised that whether we win or lose in the competition, they would each additionally gift our dimension two Origin Seeds and fragments. This means whether we achieve ranking or not, we won't be too disadvantaged. However, we want more than just this."

Saying this, Xila looked at Pei Yan enticingly, "If we can achieve a good name in the team race, that would be best, otherwise, my race will spare no effort to help the Foundation Dimension secure a place within the top three of the team race."

"Oh, won't this provoke a backlash from the other dimensions, forcing them to ally against us?" Pei Yan asked after some hesitation, interest further piqued after hearing her.

"Of course, there's this possibility; at this moment it depends on whether Mr. Pei has the strength and bravery to stand out. Actually, if the Investigation Hall performs too prominently in the race, they would also face joint attacks from the opponents. At that time, besides us, could you find better allies, Mr. Pei? Isn't it better to settle matters beforehand than be in a fluster during the race?" Xila smiled and said.

Thinking about it, Pei Yan felt what she said made sense. Having already offended Saraf of the Spirit Monster World, Moira from the Magic Realm secretly attacked him as an unclear foe. However, Lin Daozi from the Daoist Realm frequently extends olive branches to him, yet since this is his home ground seeking glory, it's hard to imagine that they would hand over the first place to him. All considered, cooperating with the Demon Race seems most fitting.

Thinking of this, Pei Yan scratched his head, laughing awkwardly, "Makes sense. But I also understand there's no such thing as a free lunch; Ms. Xila, what kind of returns do you expect from us in making such sacrifices?"

"Very simple, we don't want the team race rewards, those still belong to your Investigation Hall. In the individual race, if Mr. Pei can secure first place, we want the three Origin Seeds and fragments awarded to the first place, plus the Divine Artifact belonging to our dimension."

"Hiss!" Hearing this condition, Pei Yan took a deep breath and whispered to himself, "This means if I truly win first place in the individual race, the prize I'll get would just be the Divine Artifacts from the other three dimensions?"

"Exactly, Mr. Pei, three dimension's Divine Artifacts is already a considerable gain, plus the seeds and fragments obtained in the team race, enough to advance the Investigation Hall's strength further."

Saying this, Xila saw exchanges of uncertain gazes between Pei Yan and Gu Shenghui, feeling anxious, and impatiently added, "If you're unsatisfied, we can take a step back. Should you achieve first place, my race's Divine Artifact can also be handed over to you, but just loaned out to the Investigation Hall after our race repels the Disaster Legion, and is willing to be loaned for three millennia, with no regrets!"

"Three millennia in our world?" Pei Yan said thoughtfully upon hearing this.

Hearing these words infuriated Xila, rolling her eyes; three millennia in the Foundation Dimension would be several tens of thousands of years in the Hell Plane, what difference does it make then? She hurriedly added, "It's three thousand years in our dimension's time!"