Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

Looking at the ruthless man's helpless face, and then at Xi'er sitting quietly in the corner drinking something, Lin Yi could only say that he was a true master who didn't show off.

Ruthless Brother stood up from his chair and sat down opposite Lin Yi. It was clear that the lack of resources had been tormenting him for far too long.

"Doctor, I've thought about this for a long time, and only you can help me with this. You know the situation here; the competition in the higher-level worlds of the Samsara Paradise is too fierce, and I've been stuck at this stage for a long time."

Brother Ruthless was very sincere when he said this. He was so poor that he didn't even have the money to repair his weapons. He was forced to seek help from Lin Yi because he had no other choice.

Lin Yi looked at him, remained silent for a moment, and then spoke.

"It's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that I don't have any other ways to contact you outside of this world right now."

Lin Yi picked up the water glass on the table, took a sip, and then continued speaking.

"Currently, of the three transcendent worlds in the void, the Wind Sea Continent is still in a state of chaos. They don't even bother sending anyone to participate in the Strongest Tournament. That place is now a giant meat grinder, with all forces fighting fiercely inside. Going in would be pure suicide. It's not that you're not strong enough, but that level of chaos is beyond the control of an individual. Besides, they might not give me face, and you might not even get along if you go."

"Don't even mention Meteorite. That world is entirely the territory of the ancient gods, and all kinds of resources have long been divided up by them. Going there would just be like offering yourself up as food to the ancient gods. Although you are very powerful, you are still a bit lacking compared to that bunch of ancient gods. There are not just one or two ancient gods there, but a group of ancient monsters who have lived for countless years. Going there to compete with them for resources is no different from sending yourself to your death."

"As for the witch world, the only witch I had any connection with was killed by Bai Ye, which means I don't have any channels to contact the witch world for the time being."

"So it's not that I don't want to help, it's that I really can't help."

"However, if you really lack resources here, I do have other channels of communication. I still have the authority to contact the Feathered Clan, the Demon Clan, and the Elemental Factions. You can go there and do tasks for them in exchange for resources, which is similar to working for the Paradise of Reincarnation."

"What do you mean?" Upon hearing this, Brother Ruthless's eyes lit up instantly.

"It means you can take on missions from major powers as a freelance mercenary. They have many difficult missions to handle. Sending their own people is too costly and the returns are too low, or their identities are too sensitive to send their own people directly. So they need outsiders to help them handle these things. You do the work for them, and they give you resources. It's that simple."

The ruthless man's hands were trembling slightly, not from fear, but from excitement.

He pressed his hands on the table and pressed hard, trying to stop the trembling, but to little avail.

"How difficult are these tasks you mentioned?"

"The difficulty is not low, but the rewards are worth the difficulty. There are a number of regular missions from the Demon Clan, as well as some from the Feathered Clan, and occasionally from the Elemental Faction. Most of these missions involve hunting down traitors or doing some dirty work. Enemies that you can't handle at the same level should not be a problem for you."

Brother Ruthless took a deep breath, frantically considering whether what Lin Yi had said was appropriate.

How long does a mission take?

"It's up to you. If you do it quickly, it'll be short; if you do it slowly, it'll be long. There's no time limit for those tasks. You take one, do it, get paid, and leave. This isn't a contract of servitude; it's just a normal employment relationship. If you don't like a task after you finish it, you don't have to take on the next one. Every faction in the void operates this way."

The ruthless man leaned back in his chair, crossed his arms behind his head, and stared at the ceiling for a long time.

Lin Yi didn't know what he was thinking, but judging from the changes in his facial expression, he was probably assessing the costs and benefits of carrying out these tasks.

Finally, he chuckled.

"Okay, it's better than just slowly enduring this here."

The undead girl leaned over from the side, her eyes under the brim of her hat fixed on Lin Yi.

"Doctor, do you have any suitable assignments for me?"

Lin Yi glanced at her.

"We'll talk about that later. I'll contact him first."

Lin Yi's current authority is already considered very high in the Samsara Paradise. Although he is still a sixth-tier contractor, due to the special mission, his authority level has long exceeded more than ten levels, so he has no more money to communicate with the void.

For an ordinary Tier 6 contractor, simply activating communication permissions would consume a considerable amount of Paradise Coins, not to mention cross-void communication.

Those low-level contractors who want to contact people in the void usually have to go to the staff street to find a special communication node and pay to use it. The fee is calculated by the number of words and is ridiculously expensive.

Lin Yi's finger slid across the contact list, and the names of those he had interacted with flashed by quickly.

On the demon side, he found Lilim's name and sent her a message that was very simple: "I have someone who wants to take on a mission from your side. Do you have anyone suitable?"

The reply came very quickly, so quickly that Lin Yi thought Lilim might be holding the terminal and waiting for a message.

Lilim said that they did have a problem; a guy had stolen something from the demon race and ran away to hide in an eighth-order primordial world.

If the demon race wanted to send someone, they might not be able to defeat the opponent in the eighth-tier native world, because the eighth-tier native world has a combat power suppression, and the things the opponent has in their hands have an absurd amplification of combat power. Sending ordinary demons there would be nothing more than sending them to their deaths.

The demon race was worried, and it would be perfect if someone from Lin Yi's side could go there. The demon race still believed in the combat power of the contractors of the Samsara Paradise. If Lin Yi was willing to take on this mission, the world coordinates would be sent to Lin Yi later.

Lin Yi looked up at the message and then looked at the ruthless man.

"I've received a suitable offer for you: an eighth-tier primordial world. That guy stole something from the demon race and hid in that world. Are you interested?"

The ruthless man's eyes lit up. He sprang up from his chair and braced his hands on the edge of the table.

"An eighth-order primordial world? Give me the world coordinates."

Lin Yi glanced at him and shook his head.

"Don't rush, I haven't finished yet. The item that guy has greatly enhances his personal combat power. If you go in alone, you might not be able to beat him."

Upon hearing this, Brother Ruthless immediately turned his head and looked at the figure on the table who was still quietly eating.

Xi'er, who was standing to the side, was startled by the ruthless brother's actions and almost choked on what she was eating.

Her throat moved, her neck stiffened, she wiped the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand, then raised her head and stared at the ruthless man with her calm eyes, a hint of dissatisfaction in her gaze.

Ignoring her dissatisfaction, the ruthless man quickly swiped his finger across the surface of the communication interface, carefully examining the world coordinates that Lin Yi had forwarded.

After confirming that everything was correct, the ruthless man grabbed Seele by the back of her collar from her seat.

Seele chewed her food like a kitten, watching the ruthless man, her cheeks bulging as she finished the last bite of food.

"Go buy the World Key first."

The ruthless man dragged Xi'er toward the restaurant entrance, walking very quickly.

She was pulled so hard that she staggered a few steps, finally swallowed the food in her mouth, and then reached out and slapped away the ruthless man's hand that was grabbing the back of her collar.

"I can walk by myself."

The ruthless man glanced back at her to make sure she hadn't fallen behind, then continued walking towards the door.

The two walked down the corridor one after the other, their footsteps fading into the distance until finally, there was complete silence.

The undead girl sat in the chair and elegantly wiped her lips.

She used a napkin to wipe the grease from the corners of her mouth, then folded the napkin and placed it next to the plate.

Her movements were slow, as if she was stalling for time, waiting for Lin Yi to speak first.

Seeing that Lin Yi didn't intend to respond, the undead girl immediately slid off the chair and hugged Lin Yi's leg tightly. This left Lin Yi speechless.

He looked down at the undead girl, who looked up at him. Her eyes, hidden under the brim of her hat, were bright and sparkling, like two little light bulbs.

"Doctor, you can't be biased." The undead girl's voice carried an indescribable urgency, like a child who saw others receive candy while she didn't.

"Brother Ruthless, even that bastard managed to get work, so you can't forget about me. Look at our friendship, it's been much longer than that poor bastard's, right? We're old friends, you can't forget your old friends just because you have new ones."

Lin Yi tried several times but failed to break free from the undead girl's restraints.

His legs were held tightly by the undead girl's hands, with astonishing strength.

Don't let the fact that the undead girl is a mage fool you; her strength attribute is definitely a true attribute, and it's even higher than Lin Yi's.

After all, the undead girl is an eighth-tier contractor, so it's normal that her attributes are higher than Lin Yi's.

Lin Yi remembered that the undead girl once told him that in order to survive on the battlefield in the early days, she put a lot of attribute points into strength.

At that time, her summoned creatures were not strong enough, and she was often caught in close combat by enemies, so she had to rely on her own melee attacks.

Later, when the summoned creatures became powerful and their strength attribute was already maxed out, I became too lazy to remove it.

Lin Yi struggled for a few moments, but when he realized he couldn't break free, he gave up.

He looked down at the face of the undead girl hidden under the brim of her hat and sighed.

"Let go first."

The undead girl shook her head, and her hat swayed a few times as she did so.

"You have to promise me first."

"How can I help you find a mission if you don't let go?"

The undead girl hesitated for a moment, then slowly released her grip.

She got up from the ground, dusted off her robe, straightened her hat brim, and then sat back down in her chair, placing her hands neatly on her knees, her posture as dignified as a recent graduate waiting for a job interview.

Lin Yi glanced at her and started searching through the list again.

There are a few missions for the Feathered Clan, but most of them require going to the front lines to provide support, which is not suitable for necromancers.

The pace of the battle on the front lines is too fast. The necromancer's summons need time to spread out, and by the time her skeleton army is complete, the battle may already be over.

There are a few extermination missions on the demon side, but those missions target high-level creatures. The necromancer's summons are just lambs to the slaughter in front of those creatures.

Those high-level creatures could burn down thousands of skeletons with a single skill, and the undead girl's summon replenishment speed simply couldn't keep up with the consumption.

The elemental faction has a quest that involves going to a world corrupted by elements to retrieve the source of the pollution, but the environment of that world has a continuous damaging effect on the necromancer's summons.

Those elemental forces will erode the energy circuits within the summoned object, causing them to disintegrate from the inside, leaving no chance for repair.

Lin Yi searched for a while before finally finding a quest suitable for the undead girl.

Coincidentally, this task was issued by the Winged Clan.

Hattie reported that one of her small factions had been robbed by a group of void pirates, who then fled to a world similar to a planet of exile.

That world is full of rule-breakers and villains; the original inhabitants were all wiped out by these guys long ago.

Lin Yi looked at the mission description and his lips twitched slightly.

This kind of world is absolutely teeming with corpses. The nature of the exile planet dictates that there will be no order there. There is killing every day, death every day, and fresh corpses being produced every day.

Once the undead girl enters and develops her forces a little, transforming the corpses into her summoned creatures, her army will snowball and grow larger and larger.

With her abilities, sweeping through this world would be no problem at all.

Lin Yi looked up at the undead girl.

"The Feather Clan's mission is to go to an exile planet and hunt down a group of Void Pirates. That world is full of fugitives and villains; the native inhabitants have all been killed. Your summoned creatures will not be subject to any restrictions in that world."

Upon hearing this, the undead girl's eyes immediately lit up.

"This is it. Give me the world coordinates, I'll go buy the world key now."

Lin Yi forwarded the full mission briefing sent by Hattie, which included the number of Void Pirates, their equipment, a map of the Exile Star, and the Feathered Clan's specific requirements for mission completion.

Then he added a sentence.

"As for the reward, we'll talk about it when you get back. They didn't say exactly how much, only that it would be settled based on the completion of the task. But the Feather Clan is a major clan in the void, they wouldn't be stingy with the reward for such a small task. As long as you do a good job, they won't treat you unfairly."

The undead girl nodded, stood up from her chair, took a few steps toward the door, then stopped and looked back at Lin Yi.

"Doctor."

"Ah."

"Thanks, I owe you a favor. Remember to let me know who you're going to kill next."

After saying those two words, the undead girl turned around and quickly walked out of the restaurant.

Lin Yi sat alone at the dining table. The plates on the table were empty, and the water in the teapot was gone.

Xia came out of the kitchen, holding a hot towel, and handed it to him.

Lin Yi took the towel, wiped his hands, and then placed the towel on the table.

"Have all your friends left?" Xia asked.

"gone."

"That necromancer lady is quite interesting. Last time she came to my place for dinner, she ordered enough food for eight people by herself. I thought she had a companion, but she ate it all by herself."

Lin Yi didn't reply. He picked up the teapot and shook it, then put it down and asked Xia to add some water.

Xia understood his meaning, took the teapot from his hand, and turned to walk into the kitchen.

Not long after, she came out carrying a pot of freshly brewed tea and poured a cup for Lin Yi.

What are your plans next?

Lin Yi picked up his teacup and took a sip.

"I'm slacking off. I can't even lift a weapon in my current state. I need to rest for a couple of days first." (End of Chapter)