"Ten tenths of one-tenth of energy can supply hundreds of thousands of trees to grow?" Richard listened to Ximu's words, thought for a moment, and looked at Ximu for a moment, "I can agree to your cooperation, but the conditions need to be modified." ”

"How?"

"I'm satisfied with the total amount of energy you've provided, but I can't afford to wait for ten years, because I need a huge amount of energy right now. Richard said, "Otherwise, you will change ten years into one year, and during this time you will supply me with nine-tenths of your energy, and one-tenth of your energy will be used for your own life transformation."

When the one-year period is up, you will be free to leave me at any time. If at that time you feel that your life has not been completely transformed and lacks protection, I can also protect you until the transformation is successful and let you leave again. ”

Listening to Richard's revised conditions, Ximu showed a slightly surprised expression: "One year? In this case, you seem to be a little at a loss, the total amount of energy I provide you is a full tenth." ”

"I can accept that. Richard said.

"But what is the use of asking for so much energy in a short period of time? Under normal circumstances, you can't use it at all, it will only be wasted. Ximu was puzzled.

In fact, not only am I not afraid of waste, on the contrary, I feel that it is not enough...... Richard thought to himself, but he didn't explain to Ximu, just said, "I naturally have my reasons, now you just need to tell me whether to say yes or not." ”

“......”

Silence, silence, Ximu fell into a long silence, as if trying to discern whether this was a trap or not.

After a long time, he finally opened his mouth and said, "Okay, I promise you the conditions of cooperation." Now you give me a week to grow, and after a week I can give you energy. ”

"That'...... Happy to work with. Richard said.

"Happy cooperation?" Ximu shook his head and said, "Seriously, my cooperation with you is not pleasant at all, if it weren't for the current situation, I wouldn't have agreed to your request." Therefore, I do not pray for a happy cooperation, but only for you to cooperate and keep the promise. ”

"Okay. Richard said, "Then I'll wait for your performance in seven days, and I hope you won't cause me any trouble in these seven days." ”

"No, it won't. ”

"That's for the best. ”

Richard finished speaking and walked out.

The old lich Ah Fu took a deep look at Ximu and walked out with him.

Outside the door, the old man walked a few steps, caught up with Richard and asked, "Hey, boy, you can't just believe the tree in the room, do you? You must not trust the other party casually, and you must be vigilant. ”

Richard chuckled and said, "Of course I didn't really believe the other party. Don't look at it just now, the other party is sincere, but I'm sure the other party didn't tell the truth. ”

"Not telling the truth, are you sure?"

"Sure. Richard said, "Of the other party's words, nine and a half of the ten sentences are true, but the other half is false—this is a relatively advanced way of lying." ”

"That's it. The old man asked, "And what is it saying that is false?"

"The most critical place – the amount of energy it can provide. "According to some of my calculations, it can provide more energy than it says. ”

"So, on the surface, it cooperates with you, but secretly it has other plans? That is, one face on the surface, another face in the secret?"

"Almost. ”

"Then why didn't you debunk it before?"

"Why should I debunk it?" Richard asked rhetorically at the old lich.

"Shouldn't it?" puzzled the old lich.

Richard said slowly: "After all, it is the other party who provides energy, and if the other party wants to hide, it is very difficult to get evidence." And if there is no evidence, to debunk the other party will not have any effect, it will only make the other party more vigilant and hide more carefully. In this case, it is better to choose to imagine the other person on the surface and watch the other person's movements.

As long as the other party has other plans, then sooner or later it will be exposed, and then the other party can be caught on the spot, so that the other party has no way to deny it. Then, you can go with the flow, negotiate with the other party, and revise the terms of cooperation.

After all, the other party made a mistake first, and it is completely possible to modify the conditions of cooperation to be harsh, such as appropriately extending the time of cooperation - now it is only one year, which is really a bit short, and it is more reasonable to change it to 30 or 50 years when the time comes. ”

After listening to Richard's words, the old man of the lich widened his eyes a little, and when he saw Richard, he couldn't help but snort, shrunk his neck and said, "You are a little scary, that tree is not fake, but you seem to be worse than him." I don't even know whether to say that the tree deserves it or is pitiful. ”

"Whether he deserves it or is pitiful, as long as he is useful. "Of course, it could all be that I was thinking too much, and the tree didn't hide energy, and I miscalculated." But I've always preferred to think more than less, so as to be prepared and reduce the occurrence of unexpected events. ”

With that, Richard walked towards Lab 2.

The old man stood there and muttered Richard's words a few times, "Would you rather think more than think less, and be prepared?"

After thinking of something, his eyes widened a little bit, and he stopped Richard with some excitement: "Hey, boy, you wait!"

"What?" Richard stopped and looked at the old man the lich.

The old man of the lich asked with a suspicious look in his eyes: "Speaking of which, boy, when I occasionally found the corpse left by you in your space props, and then successfully resurrected, I always thought it was an accident. Isn't it possible that you designed it on purpose?"

"Guess. Richard said.

"It must have been an accident, I guess. The old man said.

"Guess again. Richard said.

Old Lich: The "I ......" expression suddenly became a little off.

"Hey, hey, kid, can't it be true, is it?, was my previous resurrection really deliberately designed by you, not an accident......?" It's a bit excessive, isn't it?"

"Is there one?"

"Didn't you?" said the old lich scowling, "I can do you a lot of help, and you do this to me?"

"But at that time, we didn't know each other, and you didn't do me much. Richard said, "All the favors you did were done after the resurrection." ”

"So, you really designed it on purpose?"

"It's not deliberate. Richard shook his head and said, "It's just that I thought of this possibility, although it's not very likely, but I've already thought about how to deal with it." Then, step by step, to the present. ”

"You're really scary. "Many people have said that I, as a lich, have a black heart and are evil. Now compared to you, I think it's far behind. ”

Richard listened to his expression indifferently: "Then you continue to work hard." ”

Do you think this is a compliment...... When the old man heard this, he almost spurted out a mouthful of blood.