Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

"Yuanying. Cut the Sun!"

Countless sword energies condensed in mid-air, and a huge black and white rose appeared above the insect hive.

The next second, the giant sword of sword energy crashed down with the force of thunder!
Almost in the blink of an eye, the giant sword had ruthlessly pierced through the entire insect hive.

The moment the sword tip touched the ground, the power of Abyss Shadow - Sunbreaker was fully released.

Countless tiny sword energies surged out from inside the giant sword, instantly covering the area where the insect hive was located.

From the outside, it looked like a torrential downpour of black swords.

The ground was littered with splattered flesh and blood, a scene of utter devastation.

Countless fine sword energies burst forth wildly from the wound pierced by the giant sword!

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!!!"

The dense, chilling sound of cutting instantly drowned out all other sounds on the battlefield.

Countless mutated flesh and blood tissues disintegrated under the onslaught of this black rain of swords, and filthy fluids mixed with broken carapaces were splashed out like a torrential downpour.

These nauseating mixtures rapidly accumulated on the ground, quickly turning the area within dozens of meters of the insect nest into a green swamp with an eerie glow.

As the sword energy gradually dissipated, a twisted body crawled out of the shattered insect nest.

Although the other person's appearance was extremely distorted, Lin Yi and Su Xiao still recognized Mag from the other person's mental fluctuations.

Seemingly sensing Lin Yi's gaze, Mag raised its head, which barely maintained the outline of the Insect King.

She opened her mouth, which was filled with serrated, sharp teeth, as if she wanted to make a final stand.

But Lin Yi didn't give Mag a chance; the black and white rose pierced through Mag's twisted chest.

Marg let out a scream that was not human, and her mutilated limbs twitched violently, spasming like an insect being electrocuted.

She eventually slumped helplessly into the filth, like a marionette with its strings cut.

On the battlefield, as the abyssal force field dissipated, the infected mutated monsters immediately fell into chaos.

The sounds of fighting quickly subsided, leaving only sporadic battles and the dying cries of monsters.

[Hint: The Hunter has killed the Tier 4 Insect King Mag (Aberration State).]

You have obtained an Epic Chest (45%).

You have obtained an Abyss Treasure Chest.

A completely black treasure chest silently materialized where Mag had vanished, unlike any treasure chest Lin Yi had ever seen before.

The surface of the Abyss Chest is exceptionally smooth, without any intricate patterns or decorations, as if it were sculpted from the purest black shadows.

The Hunter has obtained a total of 8 titles, including 'Abyss Seeker' and 'Alien Slayer'. Please click to view the details.

The Egui Butterfly possessed by the Red Calamity slowly landed on a relatively clean rock not far from Lin Yi and Su Xiao.

Through her spies scattered across the battlefield, she could clearly see Thornra's massive army besieging the city and approaching the heart of her Zerg hive.

During this war, Red Calamity clearly witnessed the terrifying combat power of the Abyssal Demon Beast, which, combined with the ranged destructive strikes of the Titan's Son, was a true war machine.

On the other hand, although there were still hundreds of thousands of fighting Zerg deep in the hive, which sounded like a huge number, Red Ere knew very well that in the face of an absolute quality gap, this huge number was nothing more than a sandcastle about to be swept away by the flood.

The numerical advantage is laughably fragile in the face of the enemy's devastating firepower.

Once Lin Yi and Su Xiao have completely resolved the aftermath of the Mag battlefield and are free to go to the front lines... that image instantly took shape in Hong E's mind: a torrent surged in, and her painstakingly built insect hive crumbled and turned to dust like rotten wood in a roar!
She could no longer hesitate; the instinct for survival overwhelmed all calculation and pride.

"Let's call a truce." Hong E controlled the Egui Butterfly clone and took a few steps closer to Lin Yi and Su Xiao, sending out a mental wave filled with urgency and even pleading.

Such a stance is an almost unimaginable humiliation in the cold, hierarchical Zerg society.

"Oh? You didn't strike first? Why do you want a truce now?"

She wasn't there to lend a hand this time, but to perform her most skillful and proudest act: balancing.

As the oldest insect king on this continent, Hong E has long since shed the reckless and passionate spirit of relying on brute force to expand its territory.

She is well-versed in the ways of survival, and what she loves and excels at most is to remain behind the scenes, using invisible threads to instigate various forces to fight and kill each other, while she herself sits calmly on the sidelines, playing the role of the "balancer" who controls the whole situation.

When those behemoths are exhausted and both sides are weakened, she will gracefully extend her seemingly timely "helping hand" to seize the richest harvest at the lowest cost, and even slowly devour and digest those she "aided".

Over the past few hundred years, she has used this invincible method to successfully trap and devour two other fourth-tier insect hives.

Marg was merely her next carefully chosen prey.

She had assumed that the script would be performed perfectly as usual.

She had calculated that the newly formed Thorn army was still weak, that Lin Yi and Su Xiao were eager to get rid of Mag, a thorn in their side, and that Mag would inevitably accept her as reinforcements when faced with a powerful enemy.

Her plans were meticulously executed. While the Abyssal Demon Beast was indeed ferocious, the Magg's Nest had been established for many years and possessed a deep foundation. Furthermore, with Red Calamity's "just-right" intervention and disruption, the war would inevitably be dragged into a long and brutal quagmire of attrition.

At that time, regardless of whether Thora or Mag ultimately wins, both will inevitably be severely weakened and exhausted.

Meanwhile, Hong E can leisurely clean up the mess, reap the benefits, and even have the opportunity to wipe out these two old and new rivals in one fell swoop!
Balance... weaken... harvest... this is the winning formula she has followed for centuries and which has never failed her.

Despite all her calculations, she hadn't anticipated the terrifying strength of Lin Yi and Su Xiao's Abyss Legion. They were able to withstand the flanking attacks of her 200,000 elite troops while simultaneously confronting the Magg Insect Nest head-on, without their lines collapsing.

She never expected that Marg, this madman, would take a desperate gamble and force himself to advance, causing him to lose control.

The most fatal blow was that she severely underestimated Thornra's suffocating rate of troop production.

While she was still engrossed in the game of balance, Thornra's army had already besieged her lair.

A ship capsizing in a ditch? No! This is like piloting the most robust aircraft carrier, but on the most familiar route, crashing headlong into an iceberg at full speed! And it's the kind where the ship and its crew sink into the sea together, with no chance of recovery!

Mag couldn't be saved; his most elite troops were wiped out in the battle, and he had completely offended Thornra.

This is no longer a case of "trying to steal a chicken but losing the rice instead"; this is a case of losing the entire grain depot and the breeding chickens completely!

Her wisdom and cunning, which had sustained her for thousands of years, appeared so pale and powerless in the face of overwhelming violence.

“I…” Hong E tried to organize her thoughts, but found that any explanation was pale and powerless in the face of the cold fact that “you started it first.”

Su Xiao remained silent, but Hong E could sense that the almost tangible gaze was fixed on the Egui Butterfly she was possessing.

This deadly feeling of being locked on by a predator at the top of the food chain sent shivers down her spine; it was the most instinctive fear when life faces an absolute threat of death.

Lin Yi's emotionless words, like a cold gavel falling, shattered Hong E's last shred of illusion.

She realized that any attempt to feign compliance was futile and a path to certain death.

Her only chance of survival now is to offer something the other party can't refuse in exchange for that slim chance of life.

The Egui Butterfly controlled by Hong'e lowered its head, its mental fluctuations filled with unprecedented humility and urgency: "It was...it was my miscalculation that offended you! I...I, Hong'e, am willing to pay any price for my mistake!"

She completely abandoned the attempt to "ceasefire" and lowered her demands to the bare minimum of "survival".

"I know you two are not beings from this world. As the price for your survival, I am willing to offer you my most precious treasure. As long as... as long as you are willing to sign a non-aggression pact with me." Knowing that any trick at this moment would be tantamount to suicide, Hong E revealed his last trump card. "Oh? You have been in contact with the 'outside world'? And you know about 'contracts'?" Hearing Hong E's words, Lin Yi and Su Xiao felt less pressure from him, but they still did not let their guard down.

“A thousand years ago, an otherworldly being crashed onto this continent. He was severely injured, yet possessed unimaginable knowledge and power. He was the one who helped me break through my limits. He claimed to come from a place called ‘The Void.’ Unfortunately, his injuries were too severe, and he perished not long after.”

"On his deathbed, he told me many secrets about the 'Void' and also taught me what the 'Contract' was. After his death, he left behind some personal belongings. If you two gentlemen are willing to be so kind, I am willing to offer up all of his belongings."

After hearing Hong E's suggestion about the Void Relics, Lin Yi was indeed weighing the pros and cons in his mind.

Letting Hong E go? It's not unacceptable, the key is whether the "price" she offers is enough to buy her life.

The two were exchanging information rapidly in the temporary team channel.

Doctor: "What do you mean?"

Bai Ye: "We can give it a try. As long as she signs, she might try some tricks? The park will teach her what the rules are."

Doctor: "That's feasible. It'll be more useful for her to be a 'materials supplier' than for her to die. It'll also save us the trouble of running around afterwards."

Hong E may know of the existence of "contracts," but she is unaware that there is an insurmountable chasm between contracts.

Lin Yi and Su Xiao are preparing to sign a contract with Hong E belonging to the Paradise of Reincarnation. If Hong E tries any tricks, the two of them will teach him a lesson.

“Okay, we agree to your request.” Su Xiao nodded and then stretched out his hand into the void.

A contract appeared before Hong'e. Hong'e took the contract and found that she had never seen the words on it before, but she was able to understand them in a very magical way.

After Hong E fulfills his obligations, Lin Yi shall immediately lift the siege of Hong E's hive and withdraw; during the validity period of the contract, he shall not launch an attack on Hong E's territory.

After signing the contract, Hong'e will need to hand over the items she mentioned, relinquish the core territories she currently occupies that are the most resource-rich, retreat to the designated area, and regularly hand over the prescribed amount of bioenergy to Lin Yi.

The terms were clear, direct, and even "generous" to the point that Red Ere was somewhat incredulous.

In her experience, conflicts between Zerg are either peaceful or, once war breaks out, inevitably end with one side being completely devoured; there is no middle ground.

This contract was the most merciful solution she could imagine, given her defeat.

On the other side of the contract, a "mirror contract" covers it.

Lin Yi can, at any time, without any reason or notification, unilaterally and immediately terminate all contractual terms previously signed with Hong E!
This means that the contract was nothing more than a piece of waste paper that Lin Yi could tear up at any time.

Fearing the other party might renege, Hong E mobilized a wisp of his spiritual essence and imprinted it on the designated location on the contract scroll.

Om-!
The contract scroll instantly burst forth with dazzling golden light!

'Damn it! Once I recover my strength, I will definitely…' A venomous and murderous thought, like a poisonous snake, had just emerged in her consciousness!
boom! ! !
The moment Hong E had this thought, an indescribable sense of oppression descended upon him.

The true form of Red Calamity, deep within a distant insect hive, and the Egui Butterfly clone before them, simultaneously felt the despair of their souls being completely frozen.

It felt as if the very core of her being was being seized by an invisible giant hand and forcefully pressed against the edge of a black hole's event horizon, a place capable of swallowing all light and existence.

Obliterate!

This concept is no longer an abstract description; it is an ultimate judgment that transcends death and represents utter nothingness.

Hong E had no doubt that if she dared to put that idea into any real action, even if it was just to mobilize the lowest-ranking worker insect, she would be completely erased, leaving no trace of her existence.

At that moment, she finally understood why, when she proposed signing the contract, the other party showed no concern whatsoever that she might back out.

"You felt the binding force of the contract?" Lin Yi and Su Xiao naturally felt that Hong E had just activated the power of the contract, but they didn't care about it.

With this contractual bond backed by the Paradise of Reincarnation, the fangs of the old viper Hong E have been completely removed.

No matter how much effort she put in, it was all in vain in the face of the absolute will of the contract. The two of them no longer needed to worry about what kind of trouble she might cause.

"I...I..." The Egui Butterfly clone possessed by the Crimson Calamity trembled violently, unable to utter a complete sentence.

All the previous calculations and the relief of surviving the ordeal had vanished, leaving only absolute fear of that terrifying being.

"Alright, as long as you don't violate the terms of the contract, we won't bother with you."

"Baha, go with Hong'er and bring the things back."

"Alright, boss! Mission accomplished!" Baha chuckled, flapped its wings, and landed swiftly and unceremoniously on its colorful butterfly wings, making the wings sag.

"Let's go get the stuff, don't keep my boss waiting."

Bahamut licked his feathers as he spoke. When he saw Bahamut sitting on his lap, Red Eresh trembled but dared not say anything. He could only control the Ereshkigal to lead the remaining forces back to the hive.

Watching the remnants of the Red Calamity disappear into the scorched horizon, Lin Yi turned his gaze back to the ravaged battlefield beneath his feet.

With the complete destruction of the Magg's nest, Thornra immediately dispatched engineers to begin "cleaning up" the area.

The territories of the five major factions entrenched around the Thorn Rathalos hive have been completely overturned in a short period of time.

The Sun Tribe was wiped out, Mag died and his nest was destroyed, Red Ere was broken in the back, his family's wealth was emptied, and he was forced to sign a contract of servitude and go to the edge of the world... leaving only Hasaro and the Afrog.

Lin Yi informed the contractors who had joined the Hasaro Tribe and the Awa Tribe in the war channel to hurry up and act, as he would choose one of the factions to start the war in ten hours.

Shortly after the message was sent, a private chat request was sent to Lin Yi's channel, with the source showing as [Symbiotic Alliance · Twilight].

Twilight from the Symbiotic Alliance sent Lin Yi a private message, telling him to go and start a war with the Frog Tribe first.

They have already climbed to the top of the Hasaro tribe and are about to obtain the core skill of absorbing and fusing the characteristics of other creatures from them. If war breaks out now, then Twilight's efforts will be in vain.

Seeing this, Lin Yi naturally did not object. After all, attacking the Hasaro tribe and the Ya Frog tribe was the same, and the Ya Frog tribe had previously attacked the ruins under the instigation of the Death Paradise.

In comparison, the Hasaro tribe's "priority" is naturally lower.

Ten hours is as short as a breath on the scale of war.

Soon, the army, having replenished its strength, advanced towards the Frog Tribe under Su Xiao's leadership.

At this moment, Su Xiao's title of [War Lord] has been fully activated.

An invisible force enveloped the entire legion, and the Zerg moved with an unprecedented sense of coordination and power, significantly boosting their overall strength.

Meanwhile, in the war channel, contractors who had previously joined the Frog Tribe were marking Lin Yi's weaknesses.

[Shared map marker updated: Awa Frog Tribe - Northwest Corner Underground Venom Storage Pool.]

[Shared map marker updated: Awa Tribe - Weak point in the southwest support structure.]

Sisi (a casual player): "Doctor, there's a Corrosive Crystal in the Awfrog Tribe's warehouse that can increase poison damage. After absorbing it, it can permanently increase resistance to poison damage and also provide a slight poison damage bonus. When you get your hands on it, could you consider selling it to me? The price is negotiable, just don't make it too expensive."

Sauna (Harmonious Coexistence): "Yes! Doctor, I finally managed to accumulate enough contribution points, and I was just one step away from exchanging for that 'Poison Gland Symbiote' skill scroll! That thing can make the user secrete a specific type of biological toxin, it's absolutely amazing... cough cough, it's the ultimate tactical support. It's a pity that after that bastard Alec came to power, none of us have been able to get a piece of it! If you get your hands on it, please give me a chance!"

The channel was filled with contractors' covetousness for the Azalea tribe's "legacy".

The first thing Alec did after taking power was to purge "unstable elements." All the contractors of the Reincarnation Paradise were suppressed by him on various fabricated charges. Some unlucky ones were even directly arrested on charges of "treason," and their fates are unknown.

Under such intense pressure, the survivors naturally assessed the situation and chose to protect themselves, evacuating this dangerous place as soon as possible.

Now that they see Lin Yi is about to take action against the Frog Tribe, they are naturally happy to jump in and "help out," hoping to get some benefits for themselves in the process. (End of Chapter)