The Great Merchant in the Cataclysm

p>Zhang Mu signaled him to continue.
The leader stared into Zhang Mu’s eyes and asked, “you mentioned that the Era Merchant shop would automatically choose the nearest evolver as the substitute for a dead Era Merchant.
Doesn’t that mean that I can just stay around the Era Merchant shop or kill all the evolvers within the area and I will become an Era Merchant?”

Zhang Mu gave a silent laugh, “I am not sure if the Era Merchant you ate was too low in ranking and all you could see was a string of codes, but it would be too naive of you to think that the Era Merchant shop doesn’t know how to make any judgements right? If you do that, you would be discriminated by the Era Merchant shop and your chances of becoming the Era Merchant will be stripped permanently.
Most of the Era Merchant was chosen personally but some were chosen by chance.
Three days after the Cataclysm, the Era Merchant will be chosen randomly, no on a first-come-first-serve basis.”

The silver-haired leader tried to find hints of emotions in Zhang Mu’s eyes but was unable to detect any.
Besides that, Zhang Mu’s answer was logical and there were no loopholes to be found.
His speed of talking was also very fast and didn’t look like he was lying.

Zhang Mu saw the leader deep in thought and decided to push him further, “if you don’t believe me, you can follow me to the Era Merchant shop and see it for yourself.
You might have followed the memory and visited the area already so why did you not go into the shop and become an Era Merchant like what you said just now? I can tell you confidently that if the Era Merchant shop didn’t choose you personally and you don’t have someone like me to recommend you, you will never be an Era Merchant even if you squat outside the shop your whole life.”

Zhang Mu’s words moved the leader.
It was not that he was scared of Zhang Mu.
He knew the full abilities of Zhang Mu and knew that he was no match for him.
What he found scary was how calm Zhang Mu was.
Even when he changed his tone to provoke him, the leader could still feel how composed Zhang Mu was.
The only thing that moved was the leader’s own emotions.

He couldn’t see through the calmness.
What’s more, he could detect a sense of danger from it.
He didn’t even feel any sense of danger when he was facing a huge mutated animal.

However, there was no choice.
What Zhang Mu said seemed to be the truth.
Every second he dragged would decrease his chance from achieving his target.
He had been to the Era Merchant shop but he was unable to enter the place.
When he tried to use his spiritual power, the shop would swallow all the power and it was as though nothing had happened.

After much analysis, his cautious nature finally believed everything Zhang Mu said.

He could just go and give it a try first.
If what Zhang Mu said was fake, he could just kill him later.
He had planned to kill him after becoming an Era Merchant to see if he could become the first Era Merchant.
He had a feeling that the brain of someone so clever would definitely be very delicious.

“Let’s go.
You will walk in front.
If I find anything wrong with what you said, I will have you as my supper today.
I have not had any evolvers for quite some time.
Although I am worried that my ability is improving too fast, eating you shouldn’t be a problem.”

“Sure, let’s go.
If you want to drag the time, there is nothing I can do too.”

Zhang Mu finished his sentence and immediately turned around and walked away, not caring about what the leader was thinking.

“Stay here,” the leader ordered the people behind him.

Zhang Mu heard the footsteps chasing after him.
His heart leaped in joy but there was no change in his expression.

Was he finally fooled?