Hearing Jessica's question, Feng Xue did not play any dramatic tricks, but nodded:
"It is undeniable that there are always some guys in the world who are talented in language. In this team, there happens to be such a genius. During his labor career, he has mastered the language used by most workers, and has mastered the language used by most workers.
Through storytelling, I have established a good relationship with them - you should be able to imagine how valuable a person who can communicate and tell stories is in an environment where you work hard every day."
Jessica nodded when she heard this. Having played wilderness survival games, she knew very well how important a person who can chat is in extreme environments.
"So, what's the use of that metal plate?" Jessica was very interested in such a legendary story, so she naturally became a supporter. Feng Xue did not become a riddler, and directly gave the answer:
"This language genius was born in a Yanguo merchant family. However, due to the times, his family fell into decline and he became a laborer. However, this does not change the fact that he was educated.
"Relying on blind guesses, he understood the ancient flame language on the metal plate. Although he was dubious, he, who had become a laborer, still took the risk and hid the metal plate with his teammates. And this hidden piece
The metal plate is actually a contract."
"Contract?!" When Jessica heard this word, she almost instantly thought of the legendary devil's contract. Then she looked at Mr. "Trade" in front of her who didn't admit that he was a devil. He had a look on his face that said, "I gradually understand everything."
expression.
"Well, the specific era of the contract cannot be determined. We can only confirm that it is a contract of the 'Executioner'. According to the contract, this contract is an accessory to a certain code. In order to maintain morality and law
The balance exists to make up for possible loopholes in the law. The person who signs the contract will gain great power, but he must also abide by the terms of the contract and strive to maintain the balance between law and morality."
"That is to say, what is placed on the other side of the heart is not gold bars, but law? Or in other words, legal documents?" Jessica's focus was obviously a bit skewed, but Feng Xue shook her head:
"On the box that originally held the contract, the scales were indeed the heart and the instrument, representing conscience and law, but this is not the case with this coin, because there are certain differences between the team's philosophy and the contract."
Feng Xue tapped her index finger on the table. Jessica realized that she had interrupted "The Bard's Epic" and immediately fell silent. Feng Xue also continued to tell the story——
"After the young man hid the metal plate, he began to work hard on translation and research. Fortunately, the civilization of Yan State has not been cut off. There are still many similarities between the ancient characters and the traditional Chinese characters of that period. When he deciphered the above
After reading the content, he learned that the core of this contract is only "maintaining balance", "maintaining justice", and "based on morality". On the basis of not violating these three points, the contractor can write on the contract
The power you want, and the contract will generate new terms based on the power.
"He told his teammates the contents of the contract, but everyone only regarded it as a story similar to the magic lamp that makes a wish. But even so, in an environment where nothing but work is work, they can't help but imagine that if this contract is true
, what kind of power should the executioner have?
"At the beginning, everyone was still discussing topics such as 'A certain hero in the history of their country, the knight might be the executioner', but later, everyone couldn't help but start to fantasize about what they would want if they were the executioner.
Such power.
"Some people say that he should be like the legendary knight, who kills one person in ten steps and leaves no trace for thousands of miles; some people say that he should be like being favored by the gods, with infinite strength and invulnerability; some people say that he should have endless money.
Only in this way can we act chivalrously and righteously every day without having to consider our own life problems...
"Later, the young man summarized everyone's thoughts and wrote them on the back of the metal plate with carbon strips. When he saw the guards holding guns, he added the last one - the ability to not be afraid of guns.
gun.
"But as the writing continued, the language genius discovered a problem. Although the metal plate was small and the carbon strips were thick, he had no difficulty in writing. In fact, it seemed that the metal plate could never be finished.
No matter how many entries he writes, he still leaves a lot to spare..."
"It sounds like handwriting input on a smartphone..." Jessica couldn't help but muttered, and then said:
"So he found out that the contract was true and became the executioner?"
"To be precise, they became executioners." Feng Xue corrected Jessica's guess, "When all the expectations were written, the dark words composed of carbon strips began to slowly disappear, and then transformed into the words used by the language genius.
The 'Traditional Yanwen', except for the first three, has a total of seven contracts."
"Seven..." Jessica heard the words and immediately picked up the pen. Although she had a recording pen, she still wanted to record everything in her own hand.
“First, the executioner must hide his identity in exchange for a means of collecting interest.
“Second, the executioner must not harm innocent people in exchange for the skill of killing.
"Third, the executioner must kill on a commission, in exchange for endless wealth.
“Fourth, the commission accepted by the executioner must be fair (homomorphic revenge) in exchange for the support of mortals (not reported by uninterested witnesses).
"Fifth, the executioner must carefully investigate before taking action to confirm the authenticity of the commission, in exchange for the ability to distinguish right from wrong.
"Sixth, the executioner must act alone in exchange for the physical strength of one against a thousand.
"Seventh, executioners are not allowed to use firearms as weapons in exchange for the protection of being fearless from flying arrows.
"The above seven articles, plus the three articles that must maintain the balance between law and morality, must uphold justice, and must comply with moral standards, total ten articles, which were later called the 'Ten Covenant' by the Libra organization."
…
Jessica put the ten contracts on the paper, and a strong sense of déjà vu emerged in her mind. She couldn't help but cast her eyes on Feng Xue, but thinking of the "identity must be hidden" clause in the contract, she still suppressed the issue.
He stopped and just said:
"Then what?"
"Then? Then this team realized that the contract was a real supernatural power, and then signed the contract according to the translation method of the language genius. Relying on the magical power given by the contract, they escaped from the ruins, and then relied on endless wealth and powerful power
The Libra organization was established, and they pursue the concept of 'tit for tooth, blood for blood' and bring justice to those who cannot obtain justice through the law."
“Don’t just skip over the best part!”
Coins are quite important, but I can’t write a detailed explanation in this chapter, so I simply opened a single chapter at the back to introduce this thing. Don’t worry, it’s free.