Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

Chapter 566: Zhulan and Altria's Great Adventure in the Black Abyss (5K chapter, please subscribe and vote)

In the shallow layer of the black abyss in the void, a black desert with strange rocks stretches out, like a desolate and dead foreign land.

A gust of evil wind swept past, picking up large pieces of black sand that danced wildly in the air.

A bone-eating rat that had just poked its head out of a burrow happened to encounter this raging evil wind.

It didn't even have time to react before it was swept away by the strong wind.

The evil wind instantly broke through the bone-eating rat's hair and skin like a sharp blade, ruthlessly stripping off its flesh and blood, leaving only a skeleton covered in red blood.

With a loud crash, the bones of the bone-eating rat shattered in the evil wind, turned into dust, and drifted away with the wind.

Boom, boom, boom...

A giant beast with bone spurs all over its back, looking like a rhinoceros, walked on the black wall.

It is at least ten meters tall and over thirty meters long. Its four hooves are covered with black lines and its body is covered with black bone armor.

"Woo~"

The giant beast raised its head and roared, as if calling its own kind.

Not far away, a lonely black rock stood quietly in the Gobi Desert.

There is an imperceptible black bulge on the ground next to the rock, which blends in with the surrounding Gobi Desert and is difficult to distinguish.

If you look closely, you will find that this bulge is actually an animal skin spread on the ground, covered with dense black scales.

The thing hidden in the scales moved, and soon, a white arm emerged from the scales. On this white arm, dried blood could be clearly seen.

"Okay, don't sleep anymore, it's been more than three hours." A voice broke the silence around, a rock began to loosen, and the sound of gravel rolling down echoed in the empty Gobi Desert.

A figure emerged from a hole dug in the rock. It was Zhulan.

He shook off the dust on his body, looked around, and a solemn look appeared on his face.

At first, Zhu Lan thought that he could easily cope with the challenges here with his own strength, but he soon found out that he was wrong.

The creatures in the Black Abyss are extremely cunning, and if you are not careful you will end up in an irretrievable situation.

Zhulan once paid a heavy price for underestimating the creatures here.

That time, his heart was nearly dug out by someone, and the feeling of being on the verge of death still scares him to this day.

Fortunately, Altria risked her life to save him at the critical moment, allowing him to escape.

From then on, Zhu Lan never dared to underestimate the creatures of the Black Abyss again.

At the same time, he also remembered Altria's life-saving grace.

As the root demon, Zhulan has always adhered to the principle of clearly distinguishing between gratitude and resentment.

"It's been three hours so soon? I haven't had such a good sleep in a long time." A crisp female voice came from the scales, with a hint of laziness and satisfaction in the voice.

A female voice came from the scales. After a moment, the owner of the voice sat up, her fluffy golden hair fluttering with a tuft of hair standing up mischievously.

In a harsh environment like the Black Abyss, three hours of sleep is indeed extremely precious.

The creatures here are constantly facing various crises, so most of them cannot even rest, let alone sleep with their eyes open.

Being able to sleep peacefully for three hours is a luxury for the creatures here.

After a moment, the girl's emerald eyes regained their luster. She grabbed the hilt of the sword beside her and jumped up from the ground.

The girl held the sword in both hands and subconsciously lowered her center of gravity.

This was very different from her previous fighting style, where she always placed her weight on her waist.

After experiencing countless hellish combat baptisms, her fighting style has quietly changed, becoming more stable and practical.

"Don't worry, it's that guy." Zhu Lan put his hands together in the shape of a lotus and pointed calmly at the giant beast standing quietly beside him.

The blonde girl looked in the direction of Zhulan's finger. When she saw the giant beast staring at her, her tense nerves instantly relaxed and she breathed a sigh of relief. "It turned out to be you."

"Woo~"

The giant beast raised its head and let out a long roar, as if greeting the blonde girl.

"You got separated from your kind again?"

"Woo!"

Although this giant beast looks ferocious, it is actually an omnivorous creature.

Given the option of eating a vegetarian diet, it usually does not choose to eat meat.

"Three days ago, I saw your tribe in the Valley of the Dead." The blonde girl continued, "Come with me, I will take you to find them."

At this moment, the blonde girl suddenly closed her eyes.

After a moment, her eyes suddenly opened and her vision changed drastically.

The world around him turned gray, and footprints of various colors appeared on the ground.

Red footprints represent traces left by very dangerous creatures, white footprints are left by creatures that can be hunted and used as food, and black footprints mean that a powerful creature that cannot be resisted has passed by.

Zhu Lan also made a hand seal and cast a spell that enveloped the two people and the beast.

This spell can effectively isolate their breath from leaking and avoid attracting the attention of other predators.

Just after Zhulan and Altria left, the space suddenly fluctuated.

A green toad wearing a crown crawled out from the crack in space.

It squatted on the ground with a plop, holding a delicate feather pen in its right hand and a thick notebook in its left hand.

The green toad flipped through the notes, observing the surrounding environment, and muttered: "It seems that the progress is good. As long as she continues the trial for 107 days, she will be qualified to become a judge.

As for Zhulan, he has become the Judge, but he expressed his wish to continue following Altria.

There are still some issues with Altria's character. Compared with Zhulan, she is still too young. The judge needs absolute justice, which conflicts with her chivalry.

Almost all the people who participated in the trial with me died, and now only Zhulan and she are left. This personality problem is really a headache, and it really makes me angry."

As he spoke, the green toad scratched his head with his feather pen, looking quite troubled.

It is responsible for ensuring that a sufficient number of reserve adjudicators are successfully transferred to become official adjudicators.

If the number of people is too small, it will definitely not end well.

The Samsara Paradise has strict assessments on them, which is why it has to keep an eye on this Judge Trial.

"Toad"

The heavy notebook in his hand suddenly spoke to the toad.

"What's the matter? I'm very busy now." The toad responded impatiently, its attention still focused on how to solve Altria's personality problem.

A rough male voice came from the notebook, and there were faint shouts of killing.

"Which race are you slaughtering again?" When Toad heard the voice, he knew that No. 1045 had started his "entertainment activities" again.

This No. 1045 is simply a butcher.

"How many times have I told you not to randomly massacre the races on those remote planets?"

"Killing... is my only pleasure. Only when killing can I feel that I am still alive..." The voice of No. 1045 was very fanatical, as if he was intoxicated in some bloodthirsty pleasure.

"Stop, stop, stop. As expected, you were sealed because of your own fault." Toad interrupted No. 1045 impatiently, "Let's get down to business. What do you want from me?"

"The Samsara Paradise has just assigned a mission and needs a low-level judge." No. 1045 said quickly, "I remember that you have one who has been promoted to a regular employee. It's just right to send him to me."

"Oh? What happened?" Toad's voice revealed a hint of interest.

"An ancient god has invaded a notarized world, and now it needs to be notarized again." No. 1045 explained.

"Ancient god? Which ancient god is so brave? Does he want to die?" The toad seemed to be quite interested in this matter.

"Don't mention it. There's not even a trace of the ancient god left now. Hurry up. Samsara Paradise is in a hurry." No. 1045 urged.

"Okay, got it." The toad replied.

The toad stood in the howling wind and yawned with his mouth wide open.

This evil wind that terrifies some creatures in the shallow layer of the Abyss is only slightly cool to it.

It looked down at the notebook in its hand, which recorded in detail the arrangements for the next trial.

"Well, it looks like we have to change our plans."

It then began to modify the content of the trial prepared for Altria. It could not let her carry out a dangerous mission alone. After all, Zhulan would be leaving soon.

Toad must ensure Altria's safety while also allowing her to get enough training and growth.

This is its duty as a supervisor.

……

[The transmission is completed, the hunter returns to the exclusive room,]

[The exclusive room is absolutely safe...]

[Hunter has returned to Samsara Paradise and has begun to settle rewards from the derived world. 】

Derivative World: Dynasty Warriors

World Difficulty: LV.23~LV.29. (Semi-collapse world, regional difficulty is greatly increased)
Gain the Source of the World: 38.9%.

Number of completed tasks: 3. (Mainline tasks × 3.)
Comprehensive evaluation: A-. (Note: The rating ranges from E- to S+. The comprehensive evaluation is calculated based on the total amount of World Origin obtained and the number of tasks completed.)
Start collecting the source of the world...

The collection of the source of the world is completed, and the counting of rewards begins.

Rewards: 9 real attribute points (including those obtained in the derivative world), 30000 Paradise Coins.

The comprehensive evaluation is A-, the current hunter level is LV.20, the hunter level +2 (derived world rank × number of tasks completed + comprehensive evaluation - task completion time), the hunter level has been increased to LV.22.

The settlement is completed and the rewards have been automatically deposited into the Hunter Brand.

...After Lin Yi returned to his private room, he sat down on the ground exhausted. His soul was severely damaged, and it even affected his sense of direction, making it extremely difficult for him to even stand.

He took a deep breath, trying to calm his disordered breathing.

"Soul resurrection."

"Advanced healing technique."

"Soul resurrection."

Lin Yi just sat on the ground, using healing skills on himself over and over again.

Every time he performed it, he could feel the wound deep in his soul gradually healing.

[Detected that the hunter's vital signs are unstable, whether to restore. 】

"No way, what's the problem?"

Lin Yi stood up and stretched his muscles, and found that except for feeling a little dizzy, he was fine.

[Beep, detecting hunter status..., detection completed. 】

[Recovery begins. 】

Lin Yi suddenly felt a sharp pain, as if countless sharp blades were scraping his bones bit by bit.

His legs went weak and he fell to the ground.

In this severe pain, Lin Yi felt that a mark hidden deep in his bones was slowly being peeled off.

A shrill roar was heard as the mark was peeled off, but it was quickly dissipated into the air.

As the mark disappeared, Lin Yi felt a sense of relief welling up in his heart.

After a long time, the strong light faded and Lin Yi slowly stood up from the ground.

When he saw the bill for Samsara Paradise, the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

Samsara Paradise is really expensive. Lin Yi has already solved the major problems, but he didn't expect that solving this mark would cost him an extra 20,000 Paradise coins.

In fact, this was a misunderstanding on Lin Yi's part. This mark was not a simple mark, but was similar to the curse seal of Orochimaru in Naruto, but more complex and powerful than the curse seal.

The mark of Aiolos was imprinted directly on the soul, which was why Lin Yi always felt dizzy before.

The mark will gradually erode and assimilate Lin Yi's soul over time, transforming it.

If the erosion and assimilation reaches a certain limit, Aiolos will be resurrected with the help of Lin Yi's body.

After all, as an ancient god of the soul system, Aiolos does have some tricks up his sleeve.

But unfortunately, the detection system of the Samsara Paradise is not vegetarian. The mark of Aiolos was detected as soon as it entered the Samsara Paradise.

When Lin Yi was about to take a break, an email notification suddenly flashed before his eyes.

Pi Pang: "The share of progress for this world has arrived, please remember to check it. (Attachment)"

Lin Yi clicked on the attachment in Pi Pang’s email and received 7 Paradise Coins.

"It's so rich."

You should know that Lin Yi only gets 5% of Pi Pang’s profit share. In other words, Pi Pang’s share income each time is more than one million Paradise Coins.

This kind of income is much easier than taking risks in the derivative world.

But Lin Yi no longer had time to think so much, he just wanted to have a good sleep.

In the derivative world, the long journey and the fierce battle with Aiolos made Lin Yi feel exhausted.

When he came to the bed, Lin Yi fell straight onto the bed without even taking off his clothes and quickly fell asleep.

The next second, snoring sounds were heard.

He slept for a full fifteen hours.

When he woke up from his sleep, his head was still a little groggy.

He held his head and staggered to the bathroom, turned on the shower, and let the cool water wash over his body.

After taking a shower, Lin Yi felt as if he was alive again.

The feeling of recovering from fatigue made him feel extremely comfortable and refreshed.

“Much better.”

Sitting shirtless on the bed, Lin Yi began to summarize his gains in the Dynasty Warriors world.

The light golden treasure chest that exploded from Sun Shangxiang.

The golden treasure chest that Zuo Ci exploded.

The [Legendary Treasure Chest Soul (67%)] dropped by Aiolos.

The [Longhu Mountain·Tianshidao Magical Encyclopedia] obtained from Mr. Zhou and the legendary weapon [Soul Sorrow (Imitation)] finally exchanged with soul coins.

Lin Yi’s gains this time were not much, because Lin Yi was basically on the way to complete the main task and had no time to complete the side tasks.

Although the harvest was small, there were a lot of good things, especially the spear [Soul of Death (Imitation)].

Lin Yi first took out Sun Shangxiang's treasure chest as a backup, since the light gold treasure chest wouldn't yield anything good anyway.

The moment Sun Shangxiang's treasure chest was opened, an exquisite longbow gently fell on Lin Yi's bed.

【Open the pale gold treasure chest.】

[Obtain Soul Crystal (Medium) x 3. 】

[Obtain the String of Dawn. ]

【Dawn Strings】

Origin: Dynasty Warriors

Quality: light gold
Category: Longbow

Durability: 120/120
Equipment requirements: Bow and arrow expertise LV.20 or above.

Equipment Effect 1: Dawn Arrow (Passive): Arrows shot with this bow will deal damage equal to 1% of the user's current mana. The higher the mana, the more powerful the arrow.

Equipment Effect 2: Dawn (Passive): When attacking, there is an 8% chance of shooting an armor-piercing arrow, which can ignore the opponent's defense and cause armor-piercing damage.

Rating: 308
Introduction: This is the masterpiece made by the blacksmith master Kongbei.

Price: 86000 paradise coins.

……

Although it is a light gold weapon, in Lin Yi's eyes, this longbow is comparable to most gold weapons.

Especially the equipment effect 1: Dawn Arrow, which can exert extremely strong combat effectiveness for some specific professions. The power of one arrow should never be underestimated.

If sold, this bow would probably be priced comparable to regular gold equipment.

Greater expectations are yet to come. Lin Yi turned his gaze to Zuo Ci's golden treasure chest.

[Open the golden treasure chest]

[Obtain Soul Crystal (Medium) x 10. 】

[Obtain Five Thunder Talisman x 10. 】

【Five Thunder Talisman】

Origin: Dynasty Warriors

Quality: gold

Type: Consumables
Effect: Causes lightning damage to the enemy within a certain range (20 meters radius). The lightning will cause additional damage equal to the user's current soul strength. The higher the soul strength, the more powerful the lightning. At the same time, there is a 5% chance that the lightning will trigger the "thunderstorm" effect, causing the target to fall into a short paralyzed state, unable to move, for 2 seconds.

Rating: 400+
Introduction: The Five Thunder Talisman contains the power of the Thunder God. After use, it can summon heavenly thunder to cause devastating damage to the enemy.

Price: 86000 paradise coins.

……

[Five Thunder Talisman] This thing is a powerful weapon for clearing the field, so Lin Yi is not going to sell it. It will definitely be useful for clearing the field in the war world in the future.

The next step is the highlight. Lin Yi took the [Legendary Treasure Chest Soul (67%)] that Aiolos dropped in front of him. Any treasure chest with a suffix has a very high probability of getting good things.

A dazzling white light burst out from the treasure chest.

Lin Yi had to close his eyes. After a few seconds when the brightness dimmed, Lin Yi opened his eyes.

[Open the legendary treasure chest Soul (67%). ]

【Obtain soul paralysis (legendary level).】

[Obtained 5 Legendary Merits. 】

[Soul Paralysis]

Quality: legendary
Type: Passive skill

Skill Effect 1: After attacking the enemy, there is a 2% chance of causing soul paralysis to the enemy.

Under the effect of Soul Paralysis, the enemy will be in a vulnerable state. In this vulnerable state, the damage received is increased by 50%.

Prerequisite: Gun Master LV.30 or above is required.

Rating: 507
Summary: The feeling of soul paralysis is really addictive.

Seeing the scroll in his hand, Lin Yi suddenly felt like laughing.

At first glance, this thing is a companion to [Soul's Death (Imitation)]. When [Soul's Death (Imitation)] is used in conjunction with the [Soul Paralysis] scroll, their effects will far exceed the sum of their individual effects.

This time Lin Yi had to think carefully. If there was only [Soul Death (Imitation)], then a fourth-level contractor might be able to buy it, but with [Soul Paralysis] added in, the combined value of these two items far exceeded the purchasing power of a fourth-level contractor, and it would be a considerable expense even for a fifth-level contractor.

(End of this chapter)