Their commission was suspicious.

In a sense, this shadow did indeed protect Isamara well.

Isamara does have a certain level of fame. There aren't many old-timers among the talented ones; the majority are from the new generation. And if you want to get along well in the Abyss Passage, it's essential to know more about the game.

Once you know a little about Terra, there's no reason not to know Skadi.

Isamara was very lucky to have met those three college students.

Even luckier was that before they met, they had already been cursed by the magic mirror, and their identities were not discovered by the other party.

Otherwise, Chen Luo could hardly imagine what the situation would have become.

***: What? Skadi's been spotted in that weird town?! Raze that town to the ground!

Whether it's out of love for the character Skadi or a desire to explore more secrets about the Abyss Passage, a large number of people will definitely do this.

But it's probably mainly the latter.

People have always been extremely curious about questions such as traveling through the world, traveling through time, and traveling through space.

Chen Luo had just arrived at the basement below the church when he had to think of a way to give Isamara a few more seconds because Isamara was about to disappear, so he didn't have time to properly look around the basement.

This basement does indeed have a somewhat eerie atmosphere, quite like the basements of evil churches in horror movies.

The entire basement was covered in tomato sauce, and there was a dried-up, skin-and-bones severed arm...

There were obvious signs of a struggle in the basement.

Before being swept into the abyss, the church and the surrounding town shook violently, an unknown force causing chaos within the church. For high-ranking church officials, the town's basement, housing numerous "holy relics," was undoubtedly the best refuge, but ultimately became their tomb.

A monster specimen, activated during a migration, wreaked havoc here before being killed by church members using items from the basement. The only pity was that the church member, on the verge of death, found absolutely nothing in the church's basement that could be used for healing. He ultimately died in despair…

Chen Luo surveyed the vast basement, using his investigative skills to trace the clues left and right at the scene, uncovering the truth behind the place.

Chen Luo paced back and forth in the basement, looking at the mummified corpses lying on the floor.

These corpses contained absolutely no flesh or blood, because all the blood and energy had been converted into nutrients, nourishing the remaining strange creatures in the basement.

So much so that a corpse that would normally take a long time to decompose can now crumble into dust with the slightest step.

It's really normal that the last cultist died, because the basement is full of artifacts that were used to exchange lives for power, not healing items.

It wasn't that there weren't any tools to sacrifice reason for life, but those tools had long been used up, so much so that the cult leader who finally killed the monster died from excessive blood loss...

Chen Luo walked up to the cult leader, who was wearing a strange robe, and then used his hand, formed from silk threads, to search his body and find a pair of glasses.

[Lost Prophet's Lens]: Your attacks have a 0.5% chance to instantly kill a non-boss enemy.

It's a pretty good one-hit kill item; it would be even better if it didn't have those last few words.

I don't know where it was sewn from, but as long as it works, that's fine.

This thing might also be suitable for Liu Huaixi. Liu Huaixi may not be good at other things, but she is quite skilled at odds.

For things like this that depend on chance, Liu Huaixi's talent always allows her to trigger the effect at the right time.

This is the power of combining Fate-based talents with probability-based items.

Perhaps this is why the cult leader was able to kill that animated monster specimen.

Originally, it was said that Liu Huaixi would be given two life-saving items, but now it seems that in addition to those two life-saving items, an offensive item can also be given.

Although this item only works in the Abyss Passage and only on non-boss monsters, it's still pretty good.

Isamara did indeed explore the basement, because when people are bored enough, they can really turn a place upside down.

Because of the great battle between these cultists and that monster, after the basement was moved into the abyss passage, there were still 5 usable items left, all of which were similar to those glasses with a somewhat distorted appearance.

The difficulty of the task is directly proportional to the reward; this is a rule that applies in the Abyss Passage. The five items here are all very effective and can be considered gold items, which are high-level equipment.

Especially the "safer space," which can be used outside the Abyss Passage, because this item itself is a product of another dimension, and the Abyss Passage is just a modification that allows it to be used within the Abyss Passage.

It can be used after you go outside, but the duration has been increased from blocking damage once every 15 seconds to 60 seconds.

However, after Chen Luo found these basement items, his game tester satisfaction level almost dropped to 60%...

As an open-world game, it should behave like an open-world game. It doesn't mean you have to kill all the monsters to get the treasure chest. However, for the Abyss Passage, Chen Luo's behavior is no different from cheating.

The purpose of the Abyss Passage is probably to eliminate these monsters as much as possible, but now some people are just collecting wages without doing any work...

"Is this the magic mirror?" Chen Luo didn't immediately grab the teddy bear that could block damage, but instead walked to the mirror, one of the five items.

“Yes, but it’s broken.” Isamara nodded.

As Isamara said, the magic mirror, which originally looked like the size of a dressing mirror, had been broken into pieces and looked unusable.

This leaves only 4 usable items in the basement.

These rewards were originally intended for the hero who cleared out all the monsters in the town, but Isamara beat her to it and used the magic mirror to predict where her items were.

This magic mirror is amazing. It can not only find out where the blue kettle is, but also accurately predict when and where the newbie gift pack will appear.

"What a pity. If we could keep the magic mirror and throw it into the river... I wonder what the golden magic mirror could do."

To be a proper river god, you have to think about throwing anything into the river and see what happens.

"Did I do something wrong?" Isamara seemed a little flustered after hearing Chen Luo's words.

"Of course not. You're right, things are meant to be used. Just like money, they're meant to be spent."

Just like Chen Luo, although he likes raw stones very much, he rarely hoards them. He just likes to save up raw stones until he has a guaranteed minimum amount before he spends them.

Chen Luo wasn't very confident in his luck.

If Chen Luo is lucky enough, he guarantees that, apart from the raw stones he uses as an emergency measure, he will use every remaining raw stone to draw once.

There's no point in hoarding raw stones, because they're just raw stones.

Similarly, there's no point in keeping the magic mirror, because it's just a magic mirror.

Is the Book of Akasha better than the Magic Mirror?

Although it takes some time, nothing takes time.

“But next time you encounter something like a magic mirror, you should ask about things you really want and need. Like how to get home. What’s the use of this blue kettle over there?” Chen Luo said, stroking Isamara’s silver hair.

“But that was the first thing you ever gave me, and you told me to take good care of it.” Isamara felt that she had done the right thing.

"Ahem, protecting what I give you is important, but you have to understand that most of the time I entrust things to others so that those things can better protect them. Just like your spirit doll, you should protect it well normally, because it will protect you when it matters most. Don't put the cart before the horse," Chen Luo explained patiently.

However, Isamara inadvertently led Chen Luo here through the blue kettle, which was ultimately a good thing.

"Speaking of the blue kettle, how did you lose it? Did you just steal it from the Abyss Passage?" Chen Luo asked.

“I’m not sure. When I was swept away by the waves and woke up, the kettle was gone.” Isamara shook her head.

Chen Luo knew that the items in the newbie gift pack would be replenished, but he didn't expect it to be replenished in this way.

How is this any different from outright robbery?

The blue kettle eventually returned to Chen Luo's hands, because Isamara already had a new pet and wouldn't hold onto the blue kettle anymore.

Chen Luo could only put the blue kettle away again.

Chen Luo looked at the "Safer Space" displayed in a showcase, hesitated for a moment, then smashed it with a punch before touching the somewhat twisted teddy bear.

Chen Luo ultimately decided to accept the title of "Strange Merchant," after all, he was the only merchant in the faction.

Chen Luo just asked the Book of Akasha about the benefits of becoming a mysterious merchant.

The Book of Akasha gave Chen Luo an answer he couldn't refuse in 0.01 seconds.

First, when acting as the faction's sole merchant, this merchant is automatically designated as the faction's highest-level merchant and can rent the highest-level merchant cloak at a very low cost.

Secondly, the refresh count for all merchants in the backend is actually shared by the faction. When the number of merchants in a faction does not exceed 100, the 100 refresh counts are shared equally among the merchants in that faction. However, when the number of merchants in a faction exceeds 100, each person gets one refresh.

This means that when Chen Luo becomes the only merchant in the faction, he will have 100 chances to refresh the background.

Overall, becoming a mysterious merchant has many advantages, the only downside being that the title of merchant can make people care too much.

The succubus has completed 100 successful transactions, advancing from a temporary traveling merchant to a full-fledged merchant. She has earned the merchant title – The Mysterious Merchant.

"Succubus my foot! I told you not to call me a succubus!" Chen Luo was getting impatient.

[This title can be changed or erased by spending a wisp of special substance. Would you like to use it?]

Before Chen Luo's anger had subsided, another voice that infuriated him rang out.

The abyss passage didn't care about Chen Luo's feelings at all; it only cared about Chen Luo's origin aura.

It has been trying to entice Chen Luo to spend money on in-game purchases!

Shameless!

After completing his last business deal, Chen Luo successfully became a charlatan merchant, but he wasn't very happy about it.

After all, this name doesn't seem like the kind that would make it easy to sell something.

What decent person would do business with a shady merchant?

Unless... this merchant's goods are so irresistible that no one can refuse them.

After obtaining the official item inventory, Chen Luo first placed a Healing Cocoon in his inventory.

At level one, a formal merchant's inventory has only 20 slots, and each slot can hold a maximum of 99 identical items.

The faction's sole merchant, being the highest-ranking merchant in that faction, has 99 inventory slots, each capable of holding up to 99 identical items.

Moreover, due to the uniqueness of the faction, Chen Luo can even use the faction's shared warehouse as his own personal warehouse.

Although it's not very useful for Chen Luo, who has an unlimited number of slots in his backpack, it's still a privilege nonetheless.

The first thing Chen Luo did after becoming a mysterious merchant was to open the back-end store of the mysterious merchant.

Due to the characteristics of Chen Luo's faction, the probability of Chen Luo getting strange items from the back-end shop has greatly increased.

So when Chen Luo opened the backend of the bizarre merchant, he found some truly shocking things.

Things like tentacles, eyeballs, a rather eerie tentacle statue, fish scales, a tangled mess of long black hair, a love letter, a comb, a music box...

In other words, Chen Luo's multiple passive abilities, such as "barefoot and not afraid of those wearing shoes," make him immune to such strange items. Otherwise, ordinary people would have nightmares for two minutes longer just from opening this interface.

Chen Luo rubbed his temples, feeling a bit of a headache, then bought everything edible inside and clicked refresh.

Chen Luo had been opening treasure chests, so he had quite a few gold coins. The reason he bought edible items was to feed Xiao A.

Although it looks like it might not taste very good, it's good for your health, so it's fine.

Anyway, it's not like Chen Luo is eating it.

When Chen Luo reached the 10th refresh, he suddenly stopped.

Isamara's Love Quotes

Upon seeing this, Chen Luo looked up at the basement ceiling.

Chen Luo suspected that the photo was taken secretly.

And you're asking me for 350 gold coins for a confession quote, even with a 3.5% discount? Why don't you just rob me?

Whoever buys it...

Chapter 1117 Isamara and the "Pet" Contract Item

"Lolo, Lolo, Lolo, Lolo..."

"I am ■■!" Chen Luo cried out in pain, clutching his head and squatting on the basement floor.

"Cunning merchants! Cunning merchants! Damn it!" Deng Chenluo denounced the injustice of the world!

In the end, Chen Luo couldn't resist the temptation and bought the item that sounded like something only a brainless person would buy: "Isamara's Confession Quotes".

And as it turns out, those who can afford to buy this thing are indeed brain-dead.

Chen Luo was blinded by greed and impulsively bought the product before his investigative abilities could even be put to use.

If Chen Luo had just calmed down for a couple more seconds, he wouldn't have fallen for it.

That ridiculous confession quote is all about Isamara calling Lolo's name!

All of them!

You're telling me this is a love confession quote?

Me @％☆*■? $!

My 350 gold coins!