Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

The two left the arena and found a quiet place to sit down on Workers' Street.

Yan Chen bought two bottles of water from the vending machine next to him and handed one to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi unscrewed the bottle cap and took a sip. The water was cold, and it brought a refreshing feeling as it slid down his throat.

Yan Chen sat next to him, tilted his head back and took a big gulp, then wiped his mouth with his sleeve.

Just as the two were chatting, Lin Yi suddenly noticed that someone had sent him an email.

Lin Yi swiped his fingers a few times and opened the email system.

There is an unread email in my inbox. The sender is Hill, and the email was sent three minutes ago.

He opened the email, his finger pausing on the screen for a moment.

The email was short, containing only a few lines: "The problem of rejection from the Kingdom of God has been resolved. The items have been sent through the mail system of the Paradise of Reincarnation. Please check your mail."

The signature was Hill's, without any unnecessary words.

Lin Yi exited the email system and switched to the storage space interface.

A new entry has appeared in the first column of the warehouse. The icon is a black palace with the outline of the palace faintly glowing and dark gold patterns flowing around the edges.

"It seems someone is looking for you. In that case, I'll head back now. I still have matters to attend to at Mingmen."

When Yan Chen said this, there was a hint of weariness in his voice, not physical weariness, but the kind of helplessness one feels when faced with a huge mess and has no choice but to grit one's teeth and persevere.

Although he was the leader of the Mingmen, he had a lot of things to handle, and being able to find time to spar with Lin Yi was already a rare treat.

Lin Yi nodded, and Yan Chen turned and walked towards the other end of the workers' street. After a few steps, he stopped, looked back at Lin Yi, said "Come again when you have time," and then continued walking forward.

Lin Yi withdrew his gaze, chose to teleport back to his personal space, and began to carefully examine the attributes of the transformed divine kingdom.

[Abyssal Divine Kingdom (Transformed)]

Origin: First Era, Kingdom of the Sun God
Quality: Special

Type: Divine Kingdom Building/Functional Item

Status: Fixed

Usage Requirements: Abyss-type classes / Divine-type classes (Abyss-oriented)

Effect 1: Eternal Twilight (Passive): The divine realm will maintain an eternal twilight state. The temperature will remain constant at 10-15℃, and the humidity will be maintained at 30%.

Effect 2: Fertile Soil (Passive): Increases vegetation growth rate by 80% and yield by 50%. Ordinary plants have a 30% chance of undergoing a benign mutation, transforming into a variant with Abyss characteristics. This effect also applies to extraordinary plants.

Effect 3: Dark Corrosion Hall (Passive): Increases the learning efficiency of Abyss skills by 20% and the speed of skill proficiency acquisition by 60%.

Effect 4: Abyss Barrier (Passive): Can withstand attacks from Tier 8 and below.

效果5：灵魂熔炉（被动）：神国可自动吸收范围内游荡的残魂、死气与深渊能量，每24小时凝聚生成1枚小型灵魂结晶碎片（100枚碎片可合成1枚完整灵魂结晶）。

Effect 6: Fear Aura (Active): The Divine Kingdom radiates a Fear Aura with a radius of 500 meters. Non-Abyssal creatures entering the range will have their Willpower check reduced by 30%. A Fear check is performed every 10 minutes. The Divine Kingdom Master can choose to save against specific targets.

Note: This divine kingdom is currently in its initial form. More features will be unlocked after upgrading. In the current form, the maximum divine rank is limited to rank six.

Note: The divine kingdom is bound to the soul of its holder and cannot be transferred, sold, or destroyed.

Current capacity of the gods: 0/100,000 (can accommodate abyssal creatures and transformed creatures)
Synopsis: It once belonged to the arrogant sun god of the First Age, perishing alongside its master in the wrath of the sun. The black outer walls absorbed the last vestiges of sunlight, and the silent reliefs no longer sang praises to the sun, but instead inscribed the abyss's original vow: "I do not seek to illuminate all things, but only to shelter those who fall into darkness."

Upgradeable: Yes

Upgrade Requirements: 100 Complete Soul Crystals, 5,000,000 Paradise Coins, 1 Abyss Core
[Notice: The contractor is binding a special item, "Abyssal Kingdom." This item is soul-bound; once bound, it cannot be transferred, sold, or destroyed. Please confirm whether to continue binding?]

【whether】

Lin Yi chose yes.

In that instant, he felt a surge of icy energy emanating from the warehouse, spreading upwards along his arm, lingering briefly at his heart, and then dissipating throughout his body.

The energy was low in temperature, but not in an uncomfortable, icy way. It was more like the coolness of autumn river water, seeping into the skin and invigorating the spirit.

Lin Yi could feel that he had established a connection with a certain space.

That connection isn't visual, but a more fundamental perception, like the feeling of being able to sense where your hands and feet are even with your eyes closed.

He closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking downwards along that connection.

Then, Lin Yi felt himself pass through a thin film of water, and then his feet touched solid ground.

The light of dusk enveloped the entire space, filtering down from the gray sky overhead, without direction or shadow, spreading evenly across every inch of land.

The temperature was neither too hot nor too cold, and there was an indescribable dampness in the air, like the humidity after a rain shower, but it wasn't sticky; it just gave the skin a thin layer of coolness.

He stood on a patch of black earth, the ground soft, leaving a shallow footprint with tiny black particles rolling around its edges, like pebbles on a dried-up riverbed.

The earth was a deep color, so deep that it absorbed almost all the surrounding light, but the surface of those black particles had a very faint sheen, which looked like countless tiny stars in the twilight.

Something was glowing on the distant horizon. It wasn't the sun or the moon, but a blurry halo, its color gradually changing from deep blue to light purple, like the aurora borealis, or like a dawn that would never come.

Looking into the distance, Lin Yi realized that the area of ​​the divine kingdom was much larger than he had expected.

As far as the eye could see, there was only that black land, stretching in all directions until it was swallowed up by a layer of grayish-white mist.

The fog rolled slowly in the distance, like the tides of the ocean, rising and falling rhythmically, but never crossing that invisible boundary.

He crouched down and dug his fingers into the soil beneath his feet.

The soil has a fine texture with moderate gaps between the particles, neither too tight to prevent root growth nor too loose to allow the plant to stand firmly.

He pulled his finger out, and there was a layer of black powder on the tip. He brought it to his nose and smelled it. There was a faint grassy scent, like the smell of freshly turned fields after a spring rain.

This is the source of the Fertile Soil effect. The rules of the divine kingdom directly changed the properties of this land, making the originally barren soil suitable for plant growth.

An 80% increase in growth rate and a 50% increase in yield are not small figures. Ordinary plants would grow like crazy in this environment, and extraordinary plants would also benefit from it.

He stood up, shifted his attention from the ground, and began to perceive the boundaries of the divine kingdom.

The shape of the divine kingdom is an irregular circle, with a diameter of about one hundred kilometers.

There is an invisible energy barrier at the border, separating the interior of the divine kingdom from the outside world.

The barrier was very strong; according to data from the Paradise of Reincarnation, it could withstand attacks from the eighth rank and below. This meant that in battles below the eighth rank, the Divine Kingdom itself was an impregnable fortress.

Even a ninth-tier attack can withstand the divine kingdom for a long time.

He stopped in the center of God's kingdom, where there was an open space with a flatter ground than the rest of the land.

Lin Yi stood in the center of the open space, closed his eyes, and his consciousness surged out of his body, spreading to every corner of the divine kingdom.

The Soul Forge slowly operates in the deepest part of the divine realm, crushing, fusing, and compressing the wandering remnant souls, death energy, and abyssal energy bit by bit, condensing them into tiny crystalline fragments.

The Fear Aura has not yet been activated; Lin Yi needs to actively activate this effect.

Lin Yi opened his eyes, withdrawing his consciousness from the divine realm.

He returned to his personal room and looked at the status bar below the Abyss Kingdom entry.

One hundred thousand positions from the gods were enough for him to transfer some of the students of Givotos in and begin to transform the divine kingdom.

He opened his contact list, found the name "Ruthless Brother," and sent a message: "Do you have access to the Abyss Core?"

The reply came very quickly.

"Yes. I once hunted down a rulebreaker when I was at the seventh rank. That guy was quite strong; I chased him for three worlds but couldn't kill him. When he reached the eighth rank, he started to keep a low profile, and I tried to catch him several times but failed. Later, I gave up, but he started causing trouble in the eighth rank."

"The strongest seventh-tier rulebreaker right now is a woman named Fei Shi, but compared to the guy I'm chasing, Fei Shi is nothing. If I hadn't been chasing him for so long and delayed his advancement, there wouldn't be anyone else among the eighth-tier rulebreakers."

"But he's recently resurfaced, switched to the Abyss faction, and started causing trouble again. I heard he just recently stole an Abyss Core. I was planning to kill him when I had some free time, and now that you need an Abyss Core, I'll kill him and the Abyss Core will be yours. Just give me the cost price."

Brother Ruthless was still very willing to help Lin Yi, after all, he already owed Lin Yi several favors, and this was nothing to him.

Lin Yi looked at the message sent by Brother Ruthless, remained silent for a moment, and then typed.

Are you confident?

"We have to fight even if we're not sure we can win. I can't sleep if that guy doesn't die. If we let him continue to improve, he'll be even harder to deal with at the ninth level."

It was clear that Brother Ruthless was also very wary of his opponent. Lin Yi was also aware of Brother Ruthless's fighting strength. The fact that this guy was so cautious could only mean that his opponent was no pushover.

"Just say so if you need help."

"No need. I'll settle my own score with him."

The ruthless guy's reply ended with a world coordinate, saying that was the last time he tracked that guy's location.

If he dies this time, Lin Yi can go find him himself if he wants; he will find a way to leave clues in that world.

Lin Yi saved the world coordinates and closed the chat window with Brother Ruthless.

At higher levels, people are more open-minded about life and death, and there are far fewer life-or-death situations compared to those at lower levels.

He opened his contact list and continued scrolling down.

The Undead Girl's name was near the end of the list. After thinking for a moment, he sent her a message asking if she had any access to the Abyss Core.

The Undead Girl replied much slower than the Ruthless Brother, taking several minutes to send a message.

"No. That thing is too advanced; I can't reach that level." This was followed by a sighing emoji.

Lin Yi asked a few more contractors at the eighth or ninth level, and most of them gave similar replies—they had heard of this thing, but had never seen one in person, let alone knew where to get it.

Two replies were somewhat valuable, saying that this thing is usually only produced in primordial worlds of the eighth rank or above, and the world must be invaded by the power of the abyss for it to be produced. Moreover, the production rate of this thing is extremely low; a world may only condense one every few thousand years.

Occasionally, someone will put them on the market for sale, but the price is ridiculously high, and they are usually snapped up as soon as they appear.

Seeing this, Lin Yi realized that the matter of the Abyss Core couldn't be rushed.

If things go smoothly with Brother Ruthless, it won't be long before we get our hands on him.

If things don't go smoothly, he'll have to find another way, but that's a matter for the future.

Since there was no way to upgrade in a short time, Lin Yi once again immersed his consciousness into the divine kingdom.

This time, he wasn't going to perceive the environment of the Kingdom of God, but to do something else.

He stood on the flat, open ground in the center of the divine kingdom, closed his eyes, and constructed a passage in his consciousness.

The other end of the passage connects to his spiritual world, where Kivotos's students slumber.

The first batch of students transferred numbered only thirty.

He chose students who held administrative positions in Kivotos, as they would need someone to organize and manage the subsequent transfer work after they regained consciousness.

The moment the passage opened, thirty pale blue points of light emerged from the void and drifted down onto the land of the divine kingdom.

The moment the light faded, thirty young figures appeared in the twilight glow.

They were wearing their respective college uniforms and were all leaders of their colleges.

The first person to stand up from the ground was a girl with long silver-white hair.

The other party was the chairperson of Gohena, Hina Sorasaki. Lin Yi had also dealt with her before. Both her combat strength and her ability to handle government affairs were top-notch in Kivotos.

She looked around, her gaze sweeping across the black earth, over the blurry halo in the distance, and over her companions who were still getting up from the ground.

Her expression changed from blankness to confusion, and from confusion to contemplation.

Upon seeing Lin Yi, the other person's pale purple eyes lit up.

She walked towards Lin Yi, her boots making a soft rustling sound as they stepped on the black soil.

"Teacher, where is this?"

"This is the Kingdom of God, and from now on it will be your home."

Hina didn't press the matter further, but simply nodded, stepped aside, and began helping the students who were still adjusting to their new environment to get up from the ground.

More and more points of light emerged from the void and descended upon the land of God's kingdom in droves.

The second batch consisted of 100 people, the third batch of 200 people, and the fourth batch of 500 people.

While moving the students, Lin Yi took out the divine materials he had previously purchased from his storage space and threw them into the divine kingdom.

The materials melted the moment they fell into the land of the divine kingdom, like ice cubes falling into hot water, leaving not even a trace.

But he could sense the changes in the divine kingdom. Those materials had transformed into the purest primordial power, seeping into the core of the divine kingdom and being absorbed, transformed, and distributed by the rules of the divine kingdom.

Part of the essence was used to expand the area of ​​the divine kingdom, another part was used to enhance the strength of the divine kingdom's functions, and yet another part was used to increase the upper limit of the divine kingdom's capacity.

The numbers on the panel kept changing. The denominator of the number that God could contain changed from 100,000 to 100,030, then to 100,080, and then to 100,015.

Every time a batch of materials is thrown in, the number jumps up.

After Lin Yi used up all the materials in his hand, the denominator of the number of materials that could be contained in the God's Receptacle was fixed at 105,000.

The number of positions has increased by 5,000 compared to the initial state. This increase is not large, but it is not small either.

Five thousand positions meant he could transfer five thousand more students into the Kingdom of God, allowing them to regain their sanity and start their lives anew under its protection.

More importantly, the area of ​​the divine kingdom is also expanding.

He stood in the center of the divine kingdom, his senses extending outwards, and discovered that the diameter of the divine kingdom had expanded by nearly three kilometers from one hundred kilometers.

The grayish-white fog at the border retreated a distance, revealing more of the black earth.

The divine kingdom's effect on his personal combat power also changed.

A new notification appeared on the panel: The holder of the Divine Kingdom has their combat power increased by 12% within the Divine Kingdom.

He recalled that the data before the data was linked showed that it was 10%, but now it has increased by two percentage points.

Although the increase is not large, it shows that the divine kingdom has great growth potential. As long as resources are continuously invested, its growth rate will continue to rise.

Lin Yi checked the time after exiting the divine kingdom and realized that he had been there for nearly two hours, most of which was spent transferring students and processing materials.

Those students have already begun their activities in God's Kingdom.

Lin Yi did not interfere with their actions. He merely observed them in his consciousness for a while, and after confirming that no one showed any abnormal reactions, he withdrew his attention from his divine kingdom. (End of Chapter)