Watch closely, and learn well!

A few minutes later, Qin Feng emerged from the classroom where the Scaredy Shack was located.

In that short time, he had already negotiated a deal with the Scaredy Shack.

Calling it a deal because…

This matter was also beneficial to the Scaredy Shack. At the very least, Qin Feng wouldn't kill it. During the transaction process, it could obtain some resources, giving it the possibility to advance!

As for the content of the deal, specifically…

It was to make this Scaredy Shack become Qin Feng's subordinate!

Qin Feng would help it establish connections, link up with the official authorities in North America's Los Angeles, and establish a social Order for future coexistence!

Want the clown to stop killing people?

Very simple.

Pay up!

Pay up by guild!

Ahem, to be precise, pay with 'life'—tradable lifespan.

For Qin Feng, rather than eliminating an Epic BOSS, it was better to exploit its value to the extreme!

Harvesting players' lifespan was only a temporary gain.

But if he could exploit the players, that would be the truly massive profit.

So…

Qin Feng's plan was to make this Epic BOSS his subordinate, to replace him in exploiting all the players in this Los Angeles!

Of course, this exploitation couldn't be too ruthless.

"The total number of active players above level 10 in Los Angeles is at least three to four million."

"Even if only half of those players are willing to pay the protection fee, it's still a huge income."

"If each person pays 1 day of lifespan per day, the Trembling Clown could receive six to seven thousand years of lifespan!"

Thus, Qin Feng made an agreement with the BOSS: he would come to collect five thousand years of lifespan every day.

Anything extra would belong to the BOSS itself.

This agreement made the BOSS weep with gratitude!

However, this thing didn't know.

Qin Feng also had plans. When this guy absorbed enough lifespan and advanced to Legendary…

Unless it could bring Qin Feng even more value, Qin Feng would be ready to sharpen his blade!

As for the amount of 'protection fee' for North American players to pay, 1 day of lifespan per person per day was relatively reasonable and acceptable to everyone.

If pushed too hard, many people would 'evade taxes'.

Then the profits would actually decrease…

It must be understood that the Scaredy Shack's control range was limited. If players were forced to farm monsters outside every day without returning home, or simply stopped logging in, Qin Feng himself would be the one losing out.

Therefore, setting this protection fee rate was reasonable as long as it didn't affect the normal development of Los Angeles players.

Of course…

To expand the Scaredy Shack's control range, Qin Feng also gave it a gift.

That was…

Directly reducing its 300 million HP by 200 million.

Thus forcing it into its third phase!

Initially, the Trembling Clown's activity range was only within 30 kilometers around the Scaredy Shack.

But in the second phase, it reached 100 kilometers.

In the third phase, it reached 300 kilometers!

Moreover, with each subsequent phase, the Scaredy Shack could create one more Trembling Clown.

In other words…

Now the Scaredy Shack could create three Trembling Clowns!

This way, it would be easier to control the entire Los Angeles Ruins!

"You, the Scaredy Shack itself, go directly to the teleportation array room and stay there. Leave one clown to guard the door."

"Don't let anyone use the city teleportation array to go elsewhere… Of course, if players from other places come over, be sure to give them a warm welcome. Don't let them escape."

Qin Feng was cutting off all escape routes!

There was no other way. If he didn't do this, those seasoned veterans in North America would never agree to such 'business' with him.

There's an Epic BOSS in this place, can't I just go develop somewhere else?

After all, teleporting to a neighboring City Ruins only costs a few hundred days of lifespan.

At this moment…

After finalizing the deal with the 'Scaredy Shack', Qin Feng left the classroom Hideout, intending to go 'have a chat' with the managing players in North America.

When Qin Feng came out, a strange mass of blackness quickly followed behind him. It somewhat resembled the shape of a Western dragon but was very small. Its wings were composed of twisted black sinews.

Osirio, who was waiting outside, took a glance and froze on the spot: "Human Assassin, what the hell is this thing?"

Qin Feng: "I asked them to specially craft a female dragon clown for you. Do you like it? It's a bit weird, but they tried their best."

???

Osirio was covered in question marks.

"Dragon brother…"

The black, twisted 'female dragon' clown immediately began crawling towards Osirio.

Osirio's green pupils were filled with terror as he frantically retreated: "Ah! Don't come any closer! Get away! Get away! Help!"

…

A few minutes later.

Qin Feng rode Osirio, flying through the sky of the Los Angeles Ruins.

At that moment, Wan Ye Wei Yu sent him a private message, explaining the situation in the Los Angeles Ruins.

"…The players from the fourteen Great Xia guilds in Los Angeles who weren't in Hideouts have already logged off."

"Although the notification was relatively timely, many were still killed by North American guild members. Fortunately, they only lost some lifespan; no one died completely."

"By the way, great one, news came from over there. This matter happened because someone from the Heaven Serpent Guild leaked some information to us. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to notify everyone so quickly."

"Who would have thought that BOSS was so despicable, superficially agreeing not to touch our people, but secretly colluding with North Americans to surround and kill us!"

Hearing this, Qin Feng narrowed his eyes.

An insider in the Heaven Serpent Guild?

But this insider clearly wasn't truly defecting. They only reminded the Great Xia guilds to have their members outside log off quickly…

"Leaving themselves a way out?"

Qin Feng realized this point.

If it were a genuine defection on the battlefield, the information they revealed wouldn't just be to have Great Xia players log off; they would have told the whole truth.

The truth was…

This targeted encirclement and killing of Great Xia players had nothing to do with the BOSS. It was North America trying to frame the BOSS!

But the other party didn't state the truth.

They only reminded the Great Xia side to have people log off quickly.

"A person's stance isn't so easily changed."

"But being able to notify us shows they know which way the wind blows."

Qin Feng thought to himself.

If this person held a relatively high position, then cooperating with them would be perfect. Although having the BOSS as a deterrent was useful, relying solely on deterrence wasn't enough to implement this 'protection fee' scheme.

Someone still needed to coordinate and operate from within.

So, Qin Feng asked Wan Ye Wei Yu for the other party's God Forsaken Game code name.

Unfortunately, Wan Ye Wei Yu shook her head and said: "Our person didn't say. They only mentioned that the other party had been taking care of our Great Xia guilds recently. Without that person, they would have faced more targeting."

"They didn't reveal the other party's identity, probably fearing they would be persecuted by North Americans. However, if you go over there, you can find an international student with the code name 'Dawn'. She'll tell you the other party's identity."

Qin Feng understood the situation.

If this matter spread and North America found out, that person wouldn't be able to stay in North America.

So…

That person quietly gave Great Xia a favor.

Moreover, they said if Qin Feng went, they could reveal their identity.

"Trying to curry favor with me?"

The corner of Qin Feng's mouth lifted slightly.

Regardless, to push forward the 'protection fee' plan, he first needed to plunge North America into despair.

If there were no other paths to take, then they could only walk the path he had arranged!

And so…

Qin Feng said to a shadowy humanoid clown on Osirio's back: "You kill people too slowly. Watch closely, and learn well."

As the words fell…

Qin Feng, maintaining his stealth state, leaped down from Osirio, killing towards a twenty-four-member North American guild team at speeds exceeding the speed of sound!