With a respectful expression, Cheng Qing quickly pulled out two copies of a contract from his bag.
Zuo Lin'an merely glanced over them briefly. Without bothering to read the fine print, he signed his name.
The reasoning remained the same.
Since these ordinary people chose to do business with dungeon bosses, they wouldn't dare offend them.
Therefore, whether it was the quote or the contract, there was a very low chance of any underhanded tricks.
Unless they truly had a death wish.
Cheng Qing let out a very subtle sigh of relief when he saw him sign.
Afterward, Zuo Lin'an handed over the thirty percent deposit, which amounted to four Contribution points.
Upon receiving the deposit, Cheng Qing put away one copy of the contract and left the other with Zuo Lin'an. Then, he took out his phone and tapped it a few times.
“Gentlemen, my job here is done. Other members of the construction team will contact you for the follow-up. I hope you will be satisfied with this cooperation.”
Zuo Lin'an nodded. “Safe travels.”
A short while later, the helicopter that had flown away earlier returned, picked him up, and departed once more.
Over the next few days, Zuo Lin'an's side became incredibly busy.
The first to arrive were several middle-aged men who looked highly educated.
Led by Zuo Lin'an, they stepped into the area shrouded by the white mist in the inner ring of the dungeon to conduct a meticulous geological survey.
Ultimately, they selected the mountain in the very center, which was also the tallest.
They confirmed that the mountain's structural integrity was stable and wouldn't be compromised by building a few houses.
Next, Zuo Lin'an was faced with blueprint after blueprint.
To be honest, he couldn't make heads or tails of the dense lines and numbers, so he simply dumped them all onto the professionals to figure out.
He was only responsible for the basic appearance of the old manor and how well it fit the dungeon's storyline.
“So, you are saying... you need a spot where a severely ill NPC can easily jump off a cliff? And you also need a secret passage built in one of the rooms that leads to an underground secret room?”
Zuo Lin'an nodded. “Yes, these are all required for the storyline.”
“Also, right below the cliff-jumping spot, you must create a crevice where a corpse can be hidden, and it shouldn't be easily discovered.”
His brother's corpse had to be hidden; it couldn't be easily found by players.
“Understood. Are there any other requirements besides that?”
Zuo Lin'an thought it over carefully.
His second main quest was 【Find the Path of Survival】.
Since the path of survival was set near the edge of the white mist, he needed a path starting from the old manor at the mountaintop all the way down to the white mist.
After he explained this in detail, the other party said it was no problem and even offered a suggestion.
“We can build stairs from the mountaintop to the foot of the mountain.”
“But from the foot of the mountain to the distant edge of the white mist, there's no need to go to so much trouble. We just need people to walk back and forth to pack down a faint trail.”
“Furthermore, we can place the end of this path further away from the mountain. That way, even if players find out where the path of survival is, they will have to run a longer distance.”
“And the extra time will make it easier for you to hunt down the players.”
Zuo Lin'an immediately understood the man's meaning.
He had set up the storyline, and he had the gold hairpin, but he couldn't guarantee that players entering the dungeon wouldn't find the path of survival every single time.
If he could buy a bit more time, he might have a chance to wipe out all the players.
After all, the paths between the mountains were truly difficult to traverse.
Even if a walkable path was trodden out, it was barely passable at best.
Zuo Lin'an immediately expanded the white mist of the inner ring in a certain direction.
As a result, to get from the mountain where the old manor was located to the path of survival, players would have to go down the mountain first, and then follow the trodden path from the foot of the mountain.
To find the path of survival, they would have to wind through five different mountains!
Zuo Lin'an stood at the mountaintop, gazing into the distance.
“How is this distance?”
The other party took a general look.
“Not bad. This is excellent. Unless they are martial artists from the Wuxia World, walking from here to there would take at least half a day.”
Zuo Lin'an was very pleased with this. Half a day was more than enough time for him to kill several people.
However, with this expansion, the number of mountains in the dungeon increased from the original seven or eight to fifteen.
It looked much larger now.
“Do you have anything else to add, Mr. Zuo?”
Zuo Lin'an shook his head.
“Nothing missed for now. You guys carry on. After all, you're the professionals in this field. I'll only come by occasionally to check on things.”
“If I find anything wrong, I'll let you know in time. But since we've already discussed everything we need to, there shouldn't be any issues in the meantime.”
“Understood.”
Zuo Lin'an added, “By the way, how long will it take to build everything according to the blueprints?”
“Well... if no accidents occur along the way, it should take about seventy to eighty days.”
Seventy to eighty days?
That was less than three months, a timeframe he could accept.
But... accidents?
What kind of accidents could there be?
He hesitated, suddenly thinking of a possibility.
Could this 'accident' refer to himself?
For instance, if he suddenly demanded changes here and there midway through construction, that would indeed delay things.
“...”
While it would be rather poor form to constantly micromanage and make demands during construction, he would definitely have to speak up if something didn't fit the storyline's requirements.
“Let's leave it at that for now. You may begin construction.”
“Alright.”
On the day construction began.
Zuo Lin'an and the others finally witnessed the sheer extravagance of the construction team.
Xu Youyou looked up at the sky.
“Brother An, is that an excavator?”
An air-dropped excavator?
Zuo Lin'an looked further into the distance.
“Not just that.”
All kinds of machinery, some recognizable and some not, were basically being airlifted in, forming a long chain in the sky.
“And those building materials.”
Xu Youyou watched for a while, only pulling his gaze back when he got a bit tired of looking.
“That's truly an eye-opener.”
Zuo Lin'an leaned back casually in his chair, holding his phone as he browsed the system's mall to pick out items he would need later.
For example, the "brother's" corpse.
He directly input his own physical measurements, such as height and weight.
He clicked search, and soon found a corpse that met his specifications.
“Fifty thousand?”
Xu Youyou leaned in.
“You're buying it now? Won't the corpse rot away completely by the time you actually need to use it?”
Zuo Lin'an pointed at the product description on the screen.
“Look at this description.”
“We can use specter aura to preserve the corpse. In other words, as long as I don't withdraw the specter aura, this corpse can be used indefinitely.”
With that, he selected the corpse that looked most suitable and placed the order, immediately deducting fifty thousand from his balance.
After that, he began ordering other necessary items.
For instance, various items that the two brothers and the butler would bring along when returning to the old manor.
Clothes, daily necessities, suitcases, as well as some essential furniture and electrical appliances.
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