Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

Chapter 576: The Mourning Channel Meeting (5K chapter, please subscribe and vote)

Lin Yi left the city along the street and found that the outside was even more desolate and bleak than inside the city.

Outside the city, the desolate scene unfolds slowly like a doomsday scroll.

The countryside that was once lush and full of vitality is now withered and yellow. The plants seem to have been ruthlessly drained of their vitality. Their leaves are curled like wrinkles and their branches are dry like firewood. They stand quietly, but without a trace of life.

The shadows of the trees are stretched long and thin on the ground, like the scale lines of time, making people feel endless loneliness and desolation.

Along the road, Lin Yi's eyes were attracted by the groups of animal corpses. Those once vibrant lives were now just cold and hard shells.

The scattered feathers of the birds have lost their former brilliant glory and are scattered dully on this barren land.

These lost lives, together with the withered plants around them, create a heartbreaking and desolate picture.

The occasional breeze does not bring a fresh and pleasant breath, but a heavy, depressing and dull atmosphere, like the wail of the earth, lingering over this land shrouded in the heavy weight of death.

Every gust of wind seems to be singing a sad elegy for this lifeless land and whispering mourning for the lives lost.

Lin Yi walked slowly forward following the signs on the road, and in the process he truly saw the true face of this world.

Ruin, decline, wailing, death.
Almost every word imaginable can be used to describe the miserable state of the world.

Compared with the outside world, the town he had passed through before could simply be called a paradise on earth.

As he passed through villages, he saw large numbers of patients leaning weakly in the shade, wailing in pain.

There are no doctors in these villages anymore because the doctors were not spared from the plague and died early.

The only ones left were the poor people who were hoping for a miracle, their eyes filled with helplessness and despair.

Even when they are seriously ill, these people whose faith is distorted towards their Holy Father still persist in torturing themselves.

sickle, hammer, cross
These rusted objects, like their beliefs, are twisted and broken.

Every time they commit self-harm, their already weak bodies become even more shaky.

They seemed to have become accustomed to this kind of pain and just endured it silently, hoping for a miracle that would never come.

At the moment when Lin Yi was about to leave the village, the group purification technique was suddenly released from Lin Yi's hands.

[Successfully treated Susannah Dash, talent 'Redeemer activated', permanently increased 28 health points, 14 Abyssal Power, soul strength increased by 1, current health points 8511 points, Abyssal Power 6199 points, soul strength 50 points.]

[Successfully treated Spencer Shandy, talent 'Redeemer Activation', permanently increased 25 health points, 15 Abyssal Power, soul strength increased by 1, current health points 8536 points, Abyssal Power 6214 points, soul strength 51 points. ]

[Successfully treated Betsy Hazel, talent 'Redeemer activated', permanently increased 18 health points, 13 Abyssal Power, current health points 8783 points, Abyssal Power 6245 points, Soul Strength 54 points. ]

"Oh my God! A miracle! A miracle has happened!"

When the people in the village saw their injuries miraculously healed, they couldn't help but burst into deafening cheers.

They were so excited that they began to sing loudly hymns praising the Twisted Father.

Under Lin Yi's shocked gaze, this group of patients who had just recovered once again embarked on a pilgrimage of self-torture.

You know, the items used to torture yourself are still stained with plague-filled blood.

Although Lin Yi's purification technique cured the diseases in their bodies, the virus still lurked around them.

These people are so desperate to continue their pilgrimage that they may be reinfected with the plague before long.

"Forget it, just consider it as accumulating talent progress."

Lin Yi looked back at the villagers behind him who were in a frenzy, feeling helpless, and he shook his head gently.

It's their own fault. He can help them once, but driven by such blind faith and self-harming behavior, he can't lend a helping hand every time.

He continued along the road and found that the villages ahead all presented a similar scene: poor, dilapidated, and the air was filled with the smell of death.

The most important thing is that the residents of these villages have fallen into an inexplicable state of fanaticism. Even when their lives are in danger, they do not forget to torture themselves with all kinds of objects, as if only in this way can they prove their belief in the so-called "Twisted Father".

At this time, Lin Yi thought of a sentence in "Heart of Miracle".

“People beg for miracles, but they don’t know that miracles are the greatest tribulation.”

If there were no temptation and interference from miracles, these villagers might cherish life more and try harder to survive.

Even if the plague still takes some lives, at least it will not make them lose the meaning of life in blind pursuit and fanaticism like it does now.

After two hours of travel, Lin Yi finally approached the location of the silent memorial meeting mentioned by Hetty.

From afar, a strong smell of blood wafted into the air, completely different from the disease-filled and rotten smell of the village we had passed before.

Coming here, it seemed as if even the air was infected by the flowing blood, tainted with a strong smell of blood.

Lin Yi walked along the road and found bloodstains on the road. Due to the weather, the bloodstains had dried and adhered firmly to the ground.

Looking around, the whole earth seemed to be dyed red with blood. The scene was shocking.

Looking from a distance, it looked as if the entire earth was stained with blood.

The black and white rose in Lin Yi's hand slowly transformed into the shape of a sharp sword.

When he entered the village just now, he saw a series of huge human footprints on the road. The footprints were about 5 centimeters in size, which means that the guy wandering here before must be at least meters tall.

Lin Yi did not dare to be careless at all and began to carefully investigate the situation in the village.

When he pushed open a door, he found blood all over the room. It was obvious that a fierce battle or massacre had taken place here.

All valuable items in the room seemed to have been hastily packed away, and the only thing left was a broken shrine.

Lin Yi walked over and found that the shrine seemed to have a slight reaction to Lin Yi.

[Hint: The hunter has approached the holy shrine of Allah. You can offer sacrifices to the shrine to restore your status. ]

"Save point?"

This was Lin Yi’s first reaction when he saw the prompt about Samsara Paradise.

Lin Yi took out an incense burner and three incense sticks from his pocket. These were originally ritual items used to worship the goddess of luck. He didn't expect that they could be used in this strange place.

As the smoke of incense rose, Lin Yi could clearly sense that the dilapidated shrine in front of him seemed to have undergone a very subtle change.

The statue previously gave people the cold and emotionless feeling of a sculpture, but at this moment, it exuded a solemn and sacred atmosphere.

The next moment, Lin Yi felt a strange force appearing in his body.

Under the influence of this force, Lin Yi's body instantly recovered to its peak state.

Even the power of the abyss that was consumed in healing the villagers was restored.

"It really is a save point. That's good. This way I should be able to use less consumables."

Lin Yi clapped his hands, then left the room and continued to explore forward.

Lin Yi continued to move forward, and after a few steps, a stone forest suddenly came into view.

The stone pillars are arranged in an orderly manner and in various shapes. The sunlight has difficulty passing through the stone pillars, but it is difficult to reach every corner, and mottled shadows are cast on the ground.

There was deathly silence in the stone forest. Densely packed corpses covered every inch of the stone forest. They were piled up like a mountain, yet silent, like a grand party without sound.

These corpses were dressed in various kinds of clothes, some were gorgeous and rich, with shining gold embroidery, showing their once prominent status; others were dressed in coarse cloth, tattered, recording their ordinary and difficult lives.

Now they are all cold and lifeless, and have become indistinguishable from each other.

What is surprising is that there are no signs of pain on the faces of these corpses. Their expressions are very calm, as if they are sleeping in sweet dreams.

In the distance, a group of vultures perched on dead branches. They were spying on everything in the stone forest, their eyes fixed on Lin Yi who walked into the stone forest, as if they were waiting for something.

Lin Yi squatted down and carefully examined the corpses on the ground. What surprised Lin Yi was that there were no corpse spots on their bodies.

Normally, some time after death, dark red patches will form on the body surface due to the cessation of blood circulation, which is called livor mortis.

What confused Lin Yi even more was that the blood of these corpses had been drained, which meant that they had been dead for far more than 24 hours.

But the strange thing is that apart from their slightly pale skin color, these corpses look like normal people and do not have any other typical characteristics that a corpse should have.

Lin Yi used the power of the abyss to explore the internal conditions of a corpse.

He discovered that the corpse contained a familiar power, the same power he had felt when he had previously offered sacrifices to the shrine of the Holy Father of Truth.

Lin Yi tried to wipe out the divine power in this body. Almost in the next second, the corpse in front of him quickly decayed in Lin Yi's hands, then turned into a pile of dry bones, and then shattered in the strong wind.

"The power of miracles?"

Looking at the bone powder in his palm, Lin Yi stood up. In front of him, several piles of corpses blocked his sight. In his ears, Lin Yi faintly heard the sound of chains being dragged, and the next second, the sound of the chains being dragged stopped.

Suddenly, Lin Yi could feel someone locking onto his aura.

Lin Yi did not dare to be careless and retreated quickly.

At the moment Lin Yi stepped back, the mountain of corpses in front of him was instantly smashed apart by a huge figure.

Under the violent impact of the figure, the surrounding corpses fell from the sky like flowers scattered by fairies.

But because of the miracle of Holy Father of Truth, the bodies did not suffer any damage.

The figure stood tall like an iron tower, more than five meters tall. The heavy helmet covered his face tightly, making it impossible to see his true appearance.

Lin Yi could clearly feel an extremely sharp gaze, locking him tightly like an iron chain.

The giant held an enormous candlestick in his hand, on which three thick and sturdy candles were burning.

The candlesticks were already burning red hot, but the giant seemed to be completely oblivious to the pain caused by the burning.

He only had a thick and wide scarf tied around his chest, which fluttered gently in the wind.

Lin Yi noticed that the giant's body was covered with criss-crossing scars, most of which would undoubtedly be fatal to ordinary people.

"Sinners, it is not the sun that rises here, but your sins."

After the giant in front of him saw Lin Yi, he finally spoke slowly.

His identity is the guardian. Because this world is extremely special, painful miracles may appear randomly on any corpse.

In order to ensure that the corpses of these mourning companions would not trigger uncontrollable miracles, the Vatican specially dispatched elite members of the Templar Army to transform them through powerful divine arts, turning them into cold killing machines to guard these corpses.

This guardian is the line of defense set up by the Holy See here.

His existence is not only to prevent painful miracles from happening, but also to maintain the authority and order of the Holy See.

[Comparing the intelligence attributes of both parties..., comparison completed, our intelligence is 2.3 times that of the opponent, and we have obtained 100% of the opponent's information. ]

Name: Guardian

Type: Divine transformation of creatures

Health: 100%
Mana: 3600/3600
Power: 78
Agility: 62
Physical strength: 85 (real attribute)
Intelligence: 30
Charisma: 2
Skill 1: Divine Transformation (Passive LV.28): Health +8000 points, Mana +3000 points, spell damage and physical damage reduced by 20%, pain reduced by 100%, and intermediate immortality.

Tip: There are 5 magic marks in the guardian's body. You need to completely eliminate all 5 magic marks before you can kill the guardian.

Tip: Every time a divine mark is destroyed, the guardian's attack power increases by 30% and the movement speed increases by 20%. The effects can be stacked.

技能2：跳跃践踏（主动LV.21）：守护者跃起并用力践踏地面，对周围3×3米范围内的敌人造成600点物理伤害。

Tip: This skill can cause impact effect on the enemy the moment it falls.

Tip: This skill has a cooldown of 10 minutes and consumes 100 mana points.

Skill 3: Candlestick Slam (Active LV.22): The guardian swings the huge candlestick in his hand and smashes it at the enemy three times in a row, causing 400 physical damage to it each time.

Tip: Due to the special shape of the candlestick, there is an 80% chance of causing bleeding damage after being damaged by the candlestick.

Skill 4: Holy Light Charge (Active LV.18): Guided by the holy light, the guardian charges towards the enemy, hitting the enemies in the path and causing 400 points of physical damage.

During the charge, the holy light emanating from the Guardian can cause a temporary blinding effect on the enemy.

Tip: This skill has a cooldown of 5 minutes and consumes 160 mana points.

技能5：战吼（主动.18）：守护者大吼一声，对周围10米内所有敌人造成300点伤害，并有30%概率造成眩晕效果。

Skill 6: Angel's Descend (Ultimate Skill Lv.5): The guardian prays devoutly and summons the power of angels to descend.

Under the protection of the angel, temporary strength +10 points, temporary health +2000 points.

In this state, all the basic skills of the guardian will be strengthened. At the same time, the guardian himself will gain a high damage reduction effect and cause continuous holy damage to surrounding enemies.

Tip: The angel's arrival lasts for 10 minutes.

Tip: This skill has a cooldown of 24 hours and consumes 10% of your maximum health.

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"Repent, sinner." the guardian roared.

The soil under his feet began to cave in violently, followed by a loud bang, and the guardian crushed towards Lin Yi like a tank.

Although the guardian's charge speed was extremely fast, in Lin Yi's eyes, such speed was far from enough to pose a threat.

When he was about to get close to Lin Yi, the guardian raised the candlestick in his hand and smashed it down hard at Lin Yi.

boom!
Lin Yi took two steps back, and the candlestick narrowly missed his head and fell down.

This was extremely dangerous. The candlestick almost brushed past Lin Yi's bangs, just a hair's breadth away.

The ground within ten meters around was lifted up, plant roots splashed everywhere, and the fresh smell of earth instantly filled the air.

However, Lin Yi's skill level has reached the master level LV40, and his control over distance is not comparable to that of the Guardian.

Lin Yi jumped lightly and easily avoided the shock wave, then stepped firmly on the guardian's wrist holding the candlestick.

The guardian had never expected that his attack would be dodged so easily by Lin Yi.

Just as he tried to raise the candlestick again, the blade suddenly pierced his right wrist.

As the sword blade pierced through, the guardian's aura suddenly became violent, as if a long-suppressed force was suddenly released.

"Sinner, you deserve to die!"

For the guardian, the mark of divine magic on his body is not only a symbol of power, but also a sign of the favor of the gods.

Lin Yi's behavior at this moment was undoubtedly challenging the supreme authority of the gods and blaspheming the supreme dignity of the gods.

This kind of offense is absolutely intolerable to the extremely devout guardian.

"Roar!"

The guardian let out an earth-shaking roar, and the sound waves spread out layer by layer, causing Lin Yi's eardrums to feel a sharp pain.

At this moment, Lin Yi keenly noticed that the strength of the arm he was stepping on had increased significantly.

The guardian suddenly grabbed the candlestick on the ground and swept it towards Lin Yi's chest.

Lin Yi quickly raised his wrist and used his sword to steadily block the heavy blow.

With a swish sound, the candlestick and the sword blade rubbed against each other violently, making a harsh sound, and sparks flew like fireworks.

Under Lin Yi's guidance, the candlestick slid down the sword blade to the ground.

The candlestick slid sideways, and Lin Yi quickly turned his body to avoid the attack.

The candlestick fell heavily to the ground with a loud bang, and a crack in the ground spread towards his back with devastating force.

Seizing this fleeting opportunity, Lin Yi aimed at the connection between the candlestick handle and the candlestick in front, and hit the target accurately with a precise thrust.

With a slight cracking sound, Lin Yi's sword tip successfully pierced into the connection of the candlestick.

When the guardian saw this scene, his pupils suddenly shrank.

The candlestick in his hand was carefully made of special metal and had been specially blessed by the Inquisition. It had never been damaged in the fierce battles against the pagans.

Seeing that there was a problem with the candlestick, the guardian immediately let go, then jumped into the sky and fell straight towards Lin Yi.

Lin Yi raised his right hand, and then a pitch-black halo appeared in front of him. After this halo appeared, the guardian's falling body stopped instantly, and then was knocked away.

Lin Yi would not miss this opportunity. With a sound of breaking air, Lin Yi's figure instantly disappeared from the spot.

Almost in an instant, Lin Yi appeared beside the guardian who was about to fall to the ground.

In Lin Yi's eyes, the guardian's left wrist, right ankle, left ankle and a huge white spot on a certain position on the chest were clearly visible.

Before, the guardian also had such a white spot on his right wrist, but it had been pierced by Lin Yi.

Now, the remaining four divine magic marks were also completely exposed to Lin Yi's field of vision, providing a clear target for his next move.

(End of this chapter)