Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

When Lin Yi returned to reality from the mission world, he found that Su Xiao was already sitting in the jewelry store, with several pieces of white paper covered with handwriting scattered on the table in front of her.

"It was resolved so quickly?" Lin Yi asked with some surprise.

"It's just a small bug. It won't take much effort." Su Xiao said calmly, his eyes still on the papers.

Lin Yi walked closer and found several key words densely written on the paper: "Violator", "Abnormal", "Suppressing Riots", "Coincidence", "World Invasion"... These scattered information seemed to imply some unusual signs.

"Do you think this incident was a coincidence, or was it done deliberately?"

Su Xiao raised his head, his eyes calm and deep. This incident seemed simple, but he always felt that there were more complicated factors hidden behind it.

"Hard to say."

After reaching the fifth level, the existence of the hunter is no longer a secret.

Most of the contractors have had contact with hunters to some extent, and some have even dealt with them.

Perhaps, obtaining information from other channels can help them see the truth of this incident.

Su Xiao took out a satellite phone from his bosom, his fingers paused on the keys for a short while, and then dialed a familiar number. After a short waiting tone, a low and slightly teasing male voice came from the receiver: "Bai Ye? What's wrong with you today? You actually dared to contact me."

On the other end of the phone, the sun was shining on the blue sea. Yixue was lying leisurely on a beach chair, enjoying a quiet vacation on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean.

As a fourth-level hunter, he rarely gave himself a few days off.

What was surprising was that around his recliner, there were dozens of ferocious beasts of various shapes lying around - these predators that should have been ferocious were now as docile as house cats, and even their breathing was deliberately light, for fear of disturbing this seemingly lazy but dangerous man.

"Have you received any notification of the world invasion?"

Su Xiao's words made Yixue instantly put away her lazy posture, and she stood up from the recliner like a spring.

The wild beasts that were crouching around seemed to sense the change in the atmosphere and pricked up their ears nervously.

"You encountered it too?" Xue's voice suddenly rose, and even the sea breeze could not cover up the surprise in his tone.

"Yes, I handled two cases. I just came back after solving them. What's the situation over there?"

Yixue grabbed the iced juice beside her and took a gulp. The sound of ice cubes colliding was clearly audible. "It's exactly the same! I just came back from a first-order derivative world and encountered a group of void bandits. The weirdest thing is that they don't even know how they got in."

He quickly recounted the encounter, his voice tinged with annoyance as he spoke of the bandits' bewildered behavior.

The call fell into a brief silence, and both of them knew that there must be a deeper conspiracy behind this coincidence.

"I'll contact the half-human crocodile later to ask about the situation." Yixue pulled the coat draped over the back of the chair. When the busy tone of the phone hung up sounded, Yixue had already called up the address book.

In the distance, a cheetah quietly buried its head in its front paws. It had never seen its owner with such a solemn expression.

An hour later, the satellite phone vibrated again.

"The situation is more serious than I thought." Yixue's voice was obviously solemn, "Three of the four contractors I contacted were urgently recruited to deal with the world invasion incident."

"Okay, got it."

After Su Xiao hung up the phone, he looked at Lin Yi, obviously ready to see if this guy had any naughty ideas.

"Don't look at me. I suggest that you directly report this kind of force that can challenge the Samsara Paradise. Let the professional system handle professional matters. Why should we be the first to take action?" Lin Yi was very open-minded about this matter. Those who could challenge the Samsara Paradise must not be ordinary forces. It is better for him not to get involved in this situation.

【Warning: Abnormal intrusion signal detected】

[We are verifying the content reported by the hunter.]

[Tip: The report from the hunter has been received and the vulnerability is being fixed]

[Vulnerability repair completed, hunter consultation authority +5. ]

"Did the park react so quickly?"

Su Xiao's report had just been submitted when, far away on the golden beach of Banagher, a void resort, a man wearing fancy beach pants suddenly chuckled.

He bent down, picked up the colorful ball that had rolled to his feet, and gently threw it towards the children playing in the distance, with his movements as casual as those of an ordinary tourist.

"What's wrong? What went wrong with your plan?"

Ten meters away from the man, a red-haired woman took off the sunglasses on her face. No one would have thought that this red-haired woman was known as Fei Shi, the most dangerous violator of the seventh level.

"It's just a small problem. The park's reaction was a little faster than expected." The man in beach pants shrugged, grabbed a glass of iced juice from the void, and inserted the straw into the cup lid with a "click". "But the seeds have been planted."

The red-haired woman narrowed her eyes and said, "Are you sure the hunters won't follow the clues and find us?"

"Oh, they don't even know who their opponent is right now." The man lazily lay back on the beach chair, his pupils under his sunglasses tinged with a hint of dark purple. "The paradise can repair the leaks, but it can't cure the rotten fruits. By the time they find out, the whole branch will fall off by itself."

Life in the real world was peaceful and almost comfortable. During the several consecutive days of sunny weather, Lin Yi and Su Xiao, under the enthusiastic leadership of Fatty Ma, spent almost every day fishing by the river on the outskirts of the city.

The river water shimmers with fine silver light in the sun, and the reeds on the shore sway in the wind. If it weren't for the occasional plastic bottles floating on the water, it would really feel like a paradise.

"Lao Lin! Look at my rod! Wow, the power - at least ten pounds!" Fatty Ma suddenly shouted excitedly, his beer belly trembling as he exaggeratedly reeled in the rod. The fishing line drew a messy arc on the water surface, and the splashing water wet his flowered shirt.

Su Xiao was sitting on a reef a little further away, and his lips curled up slightly when he heard this.

The fishing rod in his hand did not move at all, but in the bucket beside him there were already several lively crucian carps lying.

Three days ago, those two blind second-level contractors had fought in this area of ​​water, but were frightened by his gaze and fell to their knees begging for mercy - compared to dealing with those troublesome things, a leisurely afternoon like this is indeed rare.

[Hint: The hunter is about to return to the reincarnation paradise. ]

[The new world will open in 10 minutes, hunters please be prepared. ]

"Remember to send me a message after confirming which world you are going to."

After Lin Yi finished saying this, the two of them disappeared in the store.

An hour later, Lin Yi received Lidya Su’s message.

Lin Yi glanced at the message and took out a key with a faint blue light from the storage space - that was the master key obtained in the previous world.

The key floated in his palm, slowly rotating, and then as if pulled by some force, it pierced straight into the void in front of him.

【Om—】

The space trembled slightly, and the text on the panel in front of Lin Yi quickly refreshed:
[Detected that the hunter used the 'Universal World Key', the world coordinates are being reset.]

[Original world: Dragon Ball Z → Forced change to: Black Throne Continent]

[Warning: This world is far away, and there may be fluctuations in space jumps. Hunters, please be prepared for protection. ]

ten, nine, eight
Seeing the countdown to the Samsara Paradise, Lin Yi covered the back of his head without saying a word.

Three, two, one!

"boom--!"

In an instant, Lin Yi felt as if the top of his head was hit head-on by a high-speed maglev train.

The violent impact caused his retina to lose signal instantly, and a sharp buzzing sound exploded in his ear canal, as if someone had poked an electric drill directly into his eardrum.

He felt like he was stuffed into a high-speed centrifuge, his bones and internal organs groaning under the heavy load in the violent turbulence of space.

“Ahem… Paradise, your uncle…” Before falling into coma, Lin Yi cursed Paradise and then fell into a deep sleep.

"Crack!"

I don't know how long it was before the crisp sound of wood breaking pierced my eardrums.

Lin Yi struggled to open his eyelids and found that his wrists were covered with dark purple bruises from the rough hemp rope.

The firewood piled beneath him gave off a pungent smell of pine resin, and what was even more disturbing was that the firewood had obviously been doused with some kind of combustion accelerant.

"Clap!"

On another stone platform not far from the stone platform, Su Xiao and Bubu Wang were also tied to the stone platform.

"Awake?" Su Xiao's voice came from the other side. The calm tone was as if they were discussing tonight's menu, which was in sharp contrast to the current dangerous situation.

Lin Yi twisted his wrist, and the rough rope immediately cut into his flesh: "You were arrested too? This doesn't fit your personality, Bai Ye."

"After being teleported, he appeared directly on the altar." Su Xiao said lightly, "Bubu tried to bite the rope, but he couldn't bite it through." As if to confirm his words, Bubu Wang let out a wronged "wool", with half of the rope still in his mouth.

Although the rope was soaked with saliva, it was still intact, without even a single fiber being bitten off.

The dog's black eyes were filled with frustration, and its ears drooped listlessly.

"Today, we will witness the purification of sins." An old man in a white clergy robe held a torch, with a compassionate smile on his kind face. "May the holy fire cleanse the filth of the world. People, let us be grateful."

The old man walked slowly towards the stone platform, the torch in his hand swaying in the twilight.

He pretended to ignite the dry wood piled around them, and his movements were so graceful that it seemed like he was performing some sacred ritual.

The people below the stone platform sighed devoutly. They were dressed differently - some wore slightly rough modern clothes, but the styles were exaggerated and weird; more people wore simple gray cloth with only a hole in the middle to put on their heads, like walking cloth bags.

The peculiar composition of this group is eye-catching: yellow-skinned and white-skinned people stand side by side with blue-gray-skinned foreigners, but all have the same fanatical eyes.

The old man symbolically touched the firewood pile with a torch, and the dead leaves instantly burst into flames, but he calmly extinguished them with one foot - this was obviously just a rehearsal for the ceremony.

Lin Yi took a look at the situation around him and saw that the level of technological development in this world might be before the development of hot weapons. The guards near the stone platform were all wearing cold weapons, but judging from the buildings on both sides of the street, this world was not too backward. Su Xiao even saw a round metal machine that was suspected to be a wind power generation machine, but its construction was a bit crude.

"Don't panic, stranger. You are now a citizen of Andorha."

The old clergyman came to Su Xiao and helped him untie the rope on his arm.

"In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, you need to register at the church first. The current situation is not peaceful. The lords of the north have sent troops again, and those barbarians always try to overthrow us. But this is the territory of the Black King, and they are just some humble traitors."

After the rope was loosened, the old man motioned for the two to follow.

Lin Yi flexed his wrists and frowned slightly - he thought he would be faced with a show of force and had even secretly tensed his muscles to prepare for action, but he didn't expect things to end so anticlimactically.

"What's this old man up to?" He lowered his voice and glanced at the priest's hunched back. "Kidnapped people for performance art?"

Su Xiao did not answer immediately. His eyes swept across the edge of the square - those guards who seemed to be standing randomly were actually cleverly blocking all possible escape routes.

Their hands are always on their weapons, their postures relaxed yet ready to attack at any time.

"You two, please hurry up and catch up." The old priest stood on the mottled stone steps of the church, looking back and smiling. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on his wrinkled face. Deep in the shadows of those wrinkles, a pair of grayish-white pupils were faintly visible.

[Enter the World; Black Throne Continent]

Location: Holy City of Andoha

World difficulty: Lv.27～Lv.50 (native world)
Origin of the World: 0% (It is extremely difficult to obtain the Origin of the World in this world, which is more than fifteen times more difficult than the derived world of the same level).

Source of Darkness: 0% (If you do not enter a specific area, you cannot obtain the Source of Darkness)
Introduction to the world:
[In the year 1350 of the Dark Era, the Black King, Ardgesh, became the only king on the continent and renamed the continent the Black Throne Continent. Even the sea tribes (mermaids, scaly-finned tribes, etc.) far from the land had to visit the Black King regularly on land and offer the most beautiful mermaid in the tribe to express their obedience to the king.]

On the endless coast, hundreds of thousands of sea creatures came ashore. They traveled barefoot and long distances to the holy city of Andoha. They knelt in front of a palace and presented their most beautiful people and countless treasures from the sea.

The man on the throne was wearing black armor, and one of his hands, wrapped in a black arm guard, was pressing on the armrest of the pitch-black throne. The arm guard was the [Black King's Fall Festival]. His other hand, his elbow was against the other armrest, and his chin was supported by his clenched fist. He just sat there. No one in the palace dared to look up at him. The artificial fountain in the center of the palace was splashing water, and the sea people were not even qualified to enter the palace.

[In the year 1675 of the Dark Era, the Black King died at the age of 369 in a certain place. In the same year, civil unrest broke out on the continent. Since then, the Sea Tribe has been hiding in the sea and rarely appears on land.]

[In the year 1690 of the Dark Era, the holy city of Andoha became independent and established the Andoha Empire, the only legitimate empire on the continent, ruled by the descendants of the Black King. The lords of various places were indignant about this, and the civil war became more intense. The Andoha Empire lost part of its border territory.]

[Hint: The hunter entered this world in the year 1691 of the Dark Era, and the location is Andoha City.]

……

As the world introduction finished scrolling, Lin Yi and Su Xiao had a general understanding of this world.

This is a country that was once ruled by absolute power - the Black King swept across the continent with an iron fist, swallowed up all the ethnic groups and established a nearly immortal empire.

However, this tyrant who lived for more than three hundred years died twenty years ago.

Ironically, his long life has become a hidden danger to the empire: the first generation of heirs had long since perished in the power struggle, and the bloodline of the Black King ten generations later is now ruling the Andoha Empire.

No true king has ever been born among these descendants, which has led to the division of various factions and no one is willing to submit to the other.

The Black King's ruling power is so strong that it can be seen from the reaction of the sea people.

Even though the monarch has passed away, the lords who were once crushed still dare not act rashly for a hundred years.

The fear of the Black King has long been deeply rooted in the bones, like a genetic disease passed down from generation to generation - those who are now clamoring to overthrow the empire are nothing more than the young and energetic descendants of those lords.

Therefore, the real crisis of the Andoha Empire is not external enemies, but the increasingly fierce power struggle within.

The royal families circled around the corpse of the empire like vultures, each wanting to tear the fattest piece of the carrion.

In this era without a new king, the glory of the past is slowly decaying along with the corpse of the Black King.

[The main mission has been activated, and the hunting mission has been activated. ]

[Main Quest: Struggle for Kingship (First Ring)]

Difficulty level: Lv.46
Mission information: Join any force in the royal family and gain the right to speak.

Task period: 20 days

Mission Reward: Soul Crystal (complete) x 2.

Mission penalty: -12 for all attributes.
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[Hunting mission: Clean up violator No. 9744. ]

Mission brief: Use any means to eliminate offender No. 9744.

Mission information: Abnormal violators are extremely dangerous and good at disguise, and can forcibly replace key figures in the world.

Mission deadline: before leaving this derivative world.

Mission reward: Gold Medal of Honor x 25.

……

[Tip: Due to the special nature of the offender's abilities, an identity has been successfully drawn up for the hunter. The current identity is: Royal Family (this identity has not been made public for the time being, with the legendary equipment 'Black King's Falling Sacrifice' as proof).]

[Tip: The main mission is closely related to the hunting mission. When the hunter performs the main mission, he can find the trace of the violator. ]

[Special reminder: Judge Altria Pendragon has arrived in this world 72 hours in advance]

Lin Yi also received a reminder from the Samsara Paradise that the violator who could cause so many hunters to fail was probably not an ordinary character.

The streets of the holy city still maintain their superficial prosperity, with neat square stone pavements extending into the distance, but upon closer inspection, these high-quality stones that were once laid at great expense now show signs of age.

The recent rain has seeped into the cracks in the rocks. Pedestrians can clearly feel the loose base underneath when they step on it. If they are not careful, a puddle of mud and water will splash up - just like this crumbling empire, the shiny appearance is already riddled with holes.

The water clock tower in the city center was covered with moss, and the copper hands had become dull due to lack of maintenance; the exquisite reliefs on the street buildings were blurred by wind and rain; although the clothes of the civilians were neat, they had obviously been patched many times, and even the casual conversations in the tavern revealed a decadent atmosphere of the end of the world.

All the details silently tell the same fact: this once glorious empire is slowly decaying.

Just like those water clocks that were eaten away by moss, unless an iron-fisted ruler like the next Black King emerges, they will eventually come to an end.

And now, the hunters are about to start a hunting game of life and death on this decaying land.

The information provided by the Samsara Paradise gradually unfolded in the minds of the two people. At present, the world seems to maintain a fragile peace. At least there is no full-scale war between the major races for the time being.

As for the power struggle within the empire, it will not affect the Holy City in the short term - those lords who are eyeing the situation covetously are all worried about the same question: Is the Black King really dead?
The death of this legendary monarch is shrouded in mystery. The Black King did not die of old age in the Holy City, nor did he take any followers with him.

He left the royal city alone riding a war beast, and even the old servant who had served him for decades was left behind.

Half a month later, the news of his death came, but no one witnessed his death.

This strange way of leaving has cast the entire continent under the shadow of the possible return of the Black King.

However, Su Xiao was sure that the Black King had indeed fallen - when he first touched the [Black King's Fall] arm armor, this legendary equipment conveyed a clear message to him.

The reason why this set became legendary is because it carries the power of the fall of the king.

Following the footsteps of the old clergyman, the two turned from the bustling main street into a secluded fork in the road.

In the narrow alley, the damp air was mixed with the smell of mold and incense.

After passing through several winding alleys, a simple church made of limestone appeared in front of us. (End of this chapter)