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Nightmare looked at the contract parchment that Mephisto handed over as if he had seen a ghost. He wasn't sure what kind of power the parchment contained, but the massive discomfort it caused, encompassing mental, spiritual, and all other forms of corruption, made him not want to take it at all.

In short, it was definitely not a good thing.

Something that could pose a threat to him and wasn't a good thing made him even more resistant.

"What is this?" Nightmare desperately leaned back in his seat, his back pressed firmly against the chair. His body, mind, and expression all showed strong resistance and disgust.

"A contract," Mephisto said calmly.

"You call this thing a contract? It's simply..." Nightmare wanted to find a descriptive word but suddenly faltered because he realized that no description seemed accurate for the energy it contained.

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"Only such a contract can bind us," Mephisto said plausibly. "Sign it quickly. Other fellows may not even be qualified to sign this contract."

"I refuse!" Nightmare shook his head firmly. He would rather his clone die here than come into contact with such dangerous energy!

"Actually, there's no need to be so resistant. This contract is a double constraint. Only by violating the agreement on the contract will you face these energies. If neither party violates the contract, then this energy and contract are harmless. You can use all your methods to verify what I said. I believe you have a way," Luke explained from the side.

"Yes, if you don't violate the contract, what are you afraid of?" Mephisto added sarcastically. It would be even better if Nightmare exploded on the spot. First, kill his clone, then find his home and capture his main body. Although, as Luke said, the efficiency would be greatly reduced, at least he wouldn't have to share his shares! Of course, everyone present was an old fox. Although he revealed his malice, he didn't go too far.

"Only by signing this contract can we regard you as one of our own and share all secrets and benefits with you. Don't you want to know why we are working together and approached you?" Odin added.

Nightmare looked at everyone present, especially after seeing Luke take out a row of [Black Nightmare Seeds]. After a fierce internal battle, he finally took the parchment contract floating in mid-air with a dark face and full of resistance.

Of course, he was also very cautious, learning from Mephisto to wrap the parchment with energy and not directly touch it himself. He first opened the rolled-up parchment and read the contents of the contract.

At first glance, there seemed to be nothing wrong. The content was quite normal. To recruit him, Luke and the others had indeed offered many tempting conditions, and what he needed to do and contribute was acceptable compared to the gains he would get from Luke and the others.

Thus, from being full of resistance, he surprisingly felt it was worth considering after reading it. The change of mind was instantaneous. Of course, demon gods with aspirations like him always wanted more. So, even though the conditions on the contract were already very generous, Nightmare still proposed a bunch of even more excessive conditions.

Unsurprisingly, Nightmare's exorbitant demands were unanimously opposed by everyone present. Especially Mephisto, who almost mocked him face-to-face. Later, it almost became a show of insults between Mephisto and Nightmare. Luke and the others all shut up and watched the demon gods' scolding war with great interest.

In the later stage, for efficiency, the two directly used energy frequency-converted consciousness language to communicate. After an hour, the content of the exchange between the two was converted into text, which could fill several TB hard drives.

Nick felt his brain was a bit overloaded. The ring he wore had translation technology specially customized for him by Luke, so he could of course understand what Mephisto and the others were saying. But compared to Luke and the others' composure, he was much more uncomfortable. The two people's energy consciousness language was simply a kind of pollution and torture for him, which not only put great pressure on his spirit, but also made his brain, due to high-speed operation to understand and analyze the other party's words, show signs of burning. This forced him to actively turn off the ring's translation function within ten minutes after the scolding war started.

Nick rubbed his aching head and was somewhat grateful that Luke had left him a choice. Otherwise, if he couldn't turn off the translation function, he would have to leave.

"How long are you going to argue?" Luke didn't mind listening more, but the problem was that from the demon gods' perspective of time, they could really argue here for several years without getting bored or thirsty. Anyway, the passage of time was not a big loss for them.

But Luke and Strange couldn't accept sitting here for a few years just to listen to two demon gods mentally polluting each other. So Luke had to stop them.

"I don't think he has any sincerity in cooperating. Why don't we change people?" Mephisto restored his normal energy frequency language and said, "He's not absolutely irreplaceable."

"I am very sincere," Nightmare said quickly. He also felt something ominous from between Mephisto and Luke and the others, so he hurried to express his position. If he couldn't get more, then so be it. What was written on the contract was also very good.

After all, if what was said on the contract could really be done, how much energy could he share! And how much trouble could he save!

"However, you have to let me see the results first!" Although Nightmare's resistance had subsided a lot, and he had verified the contract and what Luke and the others said in various ways, he still showed the cunning and caution of a demon god. He had to let Luke and the others prove the plan they promised him first and let him see the effect.

"Of course. But you need to give some access to the Nightmare Dimension first," Luke said.

Nightmare cautiously glanced at the Ancient One. To say who here could have certain energy authority over the Nightmare Dimension, it must be the Ancient One. He thought about it, it seemed that whether he gave it or not, the other party had the ability to do this. At most, one was genuine, with his official support and supply, stable! One was pirated, which would attract his severe crackdown at any time.

According to the plan, petty theft in the early stage might be okay, but as the consumed energy increased with the scale, it was inevitable that it would not be able to hide from him for a long time. Could this be why Luke and the others took the initiative to approach and win him over?

Luke connected the Nightmare Dimension to his data dimension and made a soul connection between the virtual cabins of Osborne and other enterprises and the data dimension. After adjusting the parameters and settings, he nodded to Nick on the side.

Nick immediately got up from his seat and, with the help of the portal opened by Strange, hurried back to preside over the overall situation.

The meeting place suddenly fell into silence.

Nightmare and Mephisto stopped arguing, Odin and the Ancient One gathered together to drink tea, and the remaining Luke and Strange closed their eyes and separated a part of their spirits to immerse themselves in the data dimension to handle affairs and information.

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The achievements that Osborne and other enterprises have frantically increased prices and added codes for during this period are also very rich. At least, they have exhausted all their resources, plus the official support and assistance, and in just one month, they have manufactured more than 100 million virtual cabins.

Then, as soon as these virtual cabins left the factory, they were divided up by SHIELD and the countries behind the council, and the remaining scraps were thrown to other collaborators who also contributed.

After receiving Nick's notification, Osborne and other giant enterprises and the official immediately couldn't wait to announce the countdown to the official launch of the game. A few hours later, the world of the data dimension suddenly ushered in a large number of access signals for the first time in units of tens of millions.

They were all hypnotized by the virtual cabin's sleep-entry system and uploaded their mental consciousness to the dimensional partition specially opened for Nightmare in the data dimension using the open interface.

The various plot scripts and task processes prepared by Nick and the others gave these accessors a clear goal, so they wouldn't be idle.

Of course, although they were accessors to the data dimension, their permissions were much lower than those of Nick and Stark. Stark and the others had the permission to modify and develop, while those who accessed the data dimension through the virtual cabin only had the usage permission opened to them in the access area.

Just as these people were immersed in the incredibly realistic world experience, Nightmare, who had been waiting for several Earth times in Asgard's Immortal Palace, suddenly raised his head in surprise.

He had just keenly sensed that the dimension authority he had opened to Luke had just had a large amount of energy extracted, and then, not long after, waves of mental fluctuations appeared in his dream world.

Of course, it might be a bit inaccurate to say that, because strictly speaking, the mental fluctuations he sensed appeared in the Nightmare Dimension of the data dimension. Figuratively speaking, the Nightmare partition of the data dimension was similar to a virtual mirror image of the Nightmare Dimension, like putting a shell on the original system.

Then, soon, without him having to do anything actively, those mental fluctuations began to provide him with abundant nightmare and fear energy. Some of the supplies were even of extremely high quality, high enough to be worth his attention and even consider giving them the status of believers.

However, this was just the beginning!

In the next few Earth times, Nightmare's face fluctuated with the information fluctuations provided by the data dimension. He had completely immersed himself in the wonderful feeling of a continuous supply of a large number of nightmare and fear sources every moment. He had never thought that the acquisition of energy could become so simple and lasting? He didn't even need to worry too much, and he didn't even need to develop believers!

Even though Luke's plan had already explained this situation, Nightmare was skeptical without factual proof. Because what Luke said was too beautiful and conflicted with his past experience.

After all, dimensional demon gods are generally too old and don't communicate much.

"Wait!" Nightmare's expression suddenly changed. He found that the mental fluctuations he sensed were disconnecting at a large scale. He subconsciously used means to plunder and retain them, but his energy seemed to hit some kind of invisible barrier, triggering the defense mechanism set by Luke. The invested energy sank into the sea and was swallowed up, and his forehead was dizzy from some annoying energy bouncing back.

"What happened?" Nightmare asked Luke loudly, ignoring his dizzy head. How long had he been enjoying himself just now, how did it suddenly disappear?

"It seems you are very satisfied with the effect," Luke smiled kindly.

Seeing his smile, Odin and the others looked at each other and silently sighed for Nightmare. Or gloated.

"This, it's okay. It doesn't provide much energy," Nightmare coughed twice and recovered. These did provide him with not much energy, but it was worry-free! He didn't need to take risks or spend effort to do anything, and someone would actively feed the energy into his mouth. What could be more comfortable than this? What's more, if he let his other nightmare believers and dimensional life join in, when the number completely increased, wouldn't he be able to take off? So he was eager in his heart at the moment.

As for the previous caution, it was natural to have it. But the defensiveness was reduced to almost zero. After all, the effect and potential really made his heart move.

"Don't worry, this is just a large-scale test, and it will take some time to officially launch and improve. I believe that the next time it is opened, the number of people accessing it will be greater, and the energy obtained will be greater.

In the future, there will also be special people constantly updating stories and versions, and expanding rich nightmare worlds. Of course, if you have any opinions, you can also mention them to this Mr. Nick Fury. He can let you have close communication with those designers to better understand your needs."

Luke comforted Nightmare warmly and pointed to Nick Fury, who was brought back by Strange, and introduced him to Nightmare.

"Can I leave a dimensional imprint on him?" Nightmare's eyes lit up.

"Yes, but it needs to pass the security certification of the Sorcerer Supreme lineage! We have jointly formulated a series of security measures and standards with Hyberion," Strange replied like reading a manuscript.

"Can we sign the contract now? Mr. Nightmare?" Luke tapped the table with his fingers, pointed to the floating parchment, and reminded him with a kind and friendly smile.

"Of course," Nightmare hesitated for a moment, but looked at Luke and the others with burning eyes, and thought about the beautiful scene of continuous energy supply just now. He also thought about the fact that he had not detected any loopholes or traps in the contract. Although the energy on it still made him feel uncomfortable and resistant, if he did not violate the contract, it would not cause the energy to riot, so it seemed that it was not impossible to sign?

Even if there were any differences and disputes in the future, as long as he accumulated enough energy, even if he violated it, he violated it. Although this energy was dangerous, it was not enough to kill him.

After thinking carefully in his mind, he finally couldn't resist the temptation of the future. Nightmare left his unique dimensional power imprint on the parchment.

PS: Thanks to classmate Silent Peak for the reward.