Zhou Wen landed on the edge of the stone artifact and glanced at the four apes. They didn't move at all, as though they didn't mind Zhou Wen's actions at all.
Do you really want me to contract a Guardian? Zhou Wen looked at the stone cocoon in the stone artifact with a gloomy expression.
It wasn't difficult to contract a Guardian. As long as he met the physique requirements of a Guardian, he only needed a drop of blood to complete the contract.
Even if he couldn't meet the Guardian's requirements, as long as the Guardian was willing, he could still contract it.
However, Zhou Wen wasn't interested in contracting a Guardian. He even felt some rejection. At the end of the day, Guardians were tools that the dimension used to colonize Earth.
It was somewhat similar to the cyborgs that humans had once fantasized about creating. Having a contract with such a creature meant that he could be betrayed at any moment. That feeling wasn't good.
The main reason was that Zhou Wen had too many secrets. If the Guardian learned of such a secret and secretly informed the dimension, who knew how the dimension would deal with him.
If there were any other way, Zhou Wen wouldn't contract a Guardian. Even if he wanted to contract one, it would be a master-slave contract like Demonic Neonate and Grim Demon.
However, now that Zhou Wen thought about it, it seemed like there was no other way. This dimensional zone was really strange. If he didn't contract it now, it looked like he couldn't leave.
Zhou Wen thought for a moment and felt that if he could leave, he could contract it first. After all, the Guardian contract was an equality contract. He could escape first and then think of a way to terminate the contract.
This was the good thing about an equality contract. It wasn't particularly difficult to terminate it, so he could still think of a way.
Survival is more important. With this in mind, Zhou Wen skillfully condensed a finger beam and stabbed a needle hole on the finger of his other hand. He squeezed out a drop of blood and prepared to drip it onto the stone cocoon.
Before dripping it, Zhou Wen specially glanced at the four apes below. Seeing that they had no intention of stopping him, he steeled his heart and dripped the drop of blood onto the stone cocoon.
Sigh, I was forced into a corner. I didn't really want to contract a Guardian. Ancestors, don't blame me. If you want to blame something, blame your genes for being too outstanding, Zhou Wen thought sadly.
The blood had already dripped onto the stone cocoon, but it was too late for regret.
However, in the next second, Zhou Wen awkwardly realized that when his blood landed on the stone cocoon, it was like water falling into a pot of oil. It slid down with a whoosh, failing to stick to the stone cocoon at all.
"…" Zhou Wen's mouth was agape, and he didn't come to his senses for a long time.
"What's going on? Didn't you want me to contract it? When Zhou Wen gradually calmed down, he felt even more puzzled.
If he wasn't supposed to be the one to make the contract, then what was the point of letting him up? The four apes had clearly agreed to let him come. For them to have such a reaction, it meant that they thought highly of Zhou Wen.
However, his blood could not trigger a reaction from the Cocoon of the Guardian at all. This meant that he had not obtained the recognition of the Cocoon of the Guardian, or that his bloodline and attributes did not meet the requirements of the Guardian.
"Could it be that the four apes were mistaken?" Zhou Wen muttered inwardly, but when he looked at the four apes, he felt that his thoughts weren't right.
If Zhou Wen were one of the apes, they would have swallowed it when they realized that they had made a mistake to avoid the awkwardness. However, the apes had no such plans. They were still waiting for something.
"What's going on?" Zhou Wen sized up the stone cocoon again. Upon careful inspection, he realized that there was indeed something different about the stone cocoon.
Previously, Zhou Wen had discovered that there were some faint gray patterns on the surface of the stone cocoon. They didn't look eye-catching and couldn't be seen without careful inspection. Previously, Zhou Wen felt that the gray patterns were natural patterns on the stone cocoon.
Now that he had taken a closer look, he realized that it wasn't the case. He realized that the gray patterns seemed to have been drawn by someone.
Zhou Wen didn't know what kind of paint it was. It was grayish like burnt paper ash. It was very tightly integrated with the stone cocoon, and the color was similar. Therefore, Zhou Wen had previously imagined that the gray patterns were a part of the stone cocoon.
However, upon careful observation, he realized that there were many places where the gray patterns were drawn with a brush. It was the kind of brush used in the ancient times of the East District. The painting also looked like an ink painting, but it was much fainter. It was as though it had experienced the baptism of time and was almost blurry.
Drawing on the Cocoon of the Guardian? Zhou Wen felt that this wasn't the work of someone who had nothing better to do. The painting on it likely had some purpose.
He circled the edge of the stone artifact and seriously studied the gray patterns on the Cocoon of the Guardian. Although they were very faint, he could still roughly see them.
However, Zhou Wen didn't understand them. He realized that the gray patterns were a strange symbol. It was like a string of numbers that covered the surface of the Cocoon of the Guardian.
The symbols were very unfamiliar. In any case, they weren't words or symbols that Zhou Wen knew of.
However, Zhou Wen had a vague feeling that the string of symbols were like chains that wrapped around the stone cocoon as though they were locking it.
Zhou Wen guessed inwardly, Could it be that these gray patterns have sealed the stone cocoon, preventing my blood from being absorbed by the stone cocoon?
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was right. Zhou Wen planned on giving it a try to wipe away the gray patterns before trying to contract it.
"Brothers Ape, do you want me to wipe away those gray patterns before contracting the Cocoon of the Guardian?" Zhou Wen was afraid that touching the stone cocoon would infuriate the apes, so he asked first.
However, they still didn't say anything, as though they hadn't heard Zhou Wen at all.
These four fellows are too despicable. They clearly want me to do something, but they don't say anything or express anything. Zhou Wen wished he could slay them all. It would be best if four Companion Eggs dropped.
In the future, he would buy a car without wheels and get the four of them to carry him around every day.
Despite his thoughts, Zhou Wen felt that he could give it a try when he saw that they didn't have any intention of stopping him. Therefore, he carefully flew into the stone artifact and slowly approached the stone cocoon.
As he flew, he paid attention to their reactions. Seeing that they had no intention of stopping him, Zhou Wen finally landed on the stone cocoon.
The stone cocoon was about four to five meters in diameter. It wasn't small, so he didn't know what kind of Guardian was inside. Since there were four apes guarding it, it was likely that there was a stone monkey inside.
The legendary Monkey King seems to have popped out of a rock. Could this Guardian be the Monkey King? Zhou Wen was somewhat filled with anticipation.
As a resident of the East District, it seemed like no one disliked the Monkey King. Among the Four Chaos Monkeys, it was much more famous than the other three.
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