Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 148 The Battle of Promotion
83203’s words echoed in Xin Lailai’s mind.

After a long time, Xin Lailai gradually came back to his senses, but the shocking look in his eyes never dissipated.

What the other party said was too much information for him, Ling Yuzi, and even Kargus.

The third abyss explosion was an explosion from the secondary real world.

All secondary realities have been destroyed.

The current world and derivative worlds of the five major paradises are actually copied from the current world and derivative worlds of Samsara Paradise.

The seal on the derivative world has begun to loosen.

8.6% of the derivative world controlled by Sanctuary Paradise has fallen into the abyss.

For top echelon contractors above level three, the abyss is something they have to face all the time.

"As for the reasons, you should understand now. This is not to scare you, but to let you know what you will face in the future."

"The influence of the abyss on the star realm is far more than what I have described. It is just like the derivative world. Because of the disturbance caused by the abyss, even those normal derivative worlds are actually far less stable than they seem."

"Is it because they may fall into the abyss at any time..."

"Not really."

83203 denied it calmly. With a flick of his finger, a pale golden vertical line appeared in the sight of Xin Lailai and Ling Yuzi.

"Although the invasion of the abyss is terrifying, it is far from reaching that level. What really changes these derivative worlds is the macroscopic disturbance effect caused by the penetration of the power of the abyss into the derivative world layer."

"To put it in a relatively simple and understandable way, the unknown characteristics of the abyss itself have brought 'variables' to these derived worlds whose fate should be fixed."

As he spoke, the vertical line in front of 83203 began to branch out, and then the branches began to spread out. In just a few seconds, the vertical line in front of him changed from a long straight line to countless branches. tree diagram.

"Of course, from an objective point of view, this is a benefit brought by the penetration of the power of the abyss."

"Just like the original world that successfully resisted the erosion of the abyss can usher in the opportunity of 'transcendence', the derived world also ushered in the opportunity of 'ascension'."

"Promote...change?"

Xin Lailai repeated this word and his pupils shrank slightly, as if he understood something.

"Yes, transformation. Just like the strong men in the native world will achieve 'transcendence' in the process of resisting the abyss and finally achieve the 'peak', the characters in the derived world will also gain success under the variables brought by the abyss." Come to 'upgrade' and move towards 'infinite' possibilities."

"Take the Black Clover world you have experienced as an example. The character named Julius has completed his 'awakening'. If he had not died under the abyss, it can be said that he will definitely complete his "Awakening" in the future. Ascension'."

"Once successful, such a character, whether in terms of character or means, will definitely be far beyond the reach of ordinary sixth-level contractors, and the part of him that lacks the most potential will also improve. complemented in the process.”

"For the park, this is actually a very good harvest."

Hearing this, Xin Lailai did not speak, seemingly acquiescing to 83203's statement.

After all, he couldn't imagine how many sixth-level contractors would be able to compete with Julius if he really broke away from the restrictions of the derivative world and appeared in the paradise.

"Wait a minute, Boss 83203, are you saying that among the high-level contractors in the park, there are actually many characters who were once part of the derivative world?!"

Xin Lailai looked at 83203 and suddenly realized something.

"In terms of quantity, the term 'a lot' is not appropriate. The correct term should be 'extremely rare'."

"Take Ling Yuzi as an example. In a sense, she completed her own 'awakening' due to various unpredictable interventions, and finally completed the possibility through the notarization of the paradise and the signing of a symbiosis contract with you. 'Upgrade' completed."

83203 said, looking at Ling Yuzi aside.

"However, because her situation is quite special, she should have gone through a lot of trials to obtain the true 'uniqueness'. Because of that contract, she is integrated with your destiny, so she used this method to avoid a lot of steps. , directly obtained the notarized identity of the contractor, and obtained its own 'uniqueness'."

"From that moment on, under the notarization of the paradise, all Demon Slayer worlds controlled by the six paradises will no longer have the character of Rei Yuko, but will evolve new characters to take his place. .”

In all Demon Slayer worlds, there won’t be any leftovers in the future?
"Anything else?"

Xin Lailai was slightly startled when she heard this answer.

"Do you think that getting the brand of Paradise is really just a matter of changing from an NPC in a derivative world to a contractor?"

"For most characters who have escaped from the original derived world, it will take a lot of time to complete this step. Before that, they can only exist as 'temporary contractors' and cannot obtain A true brand of paradise.”

83203 glanced at the light golden mark on Ling Yuzi's arm and said indifferently:
"Paradise's brand itself represents 'uniqueness'. Even if it is not in this era, in the past, a character who can be selected by Paradise from the derived world will be selected from the derived world to which he belongs at the moment he gets the brand. It disappears from the plot and becomes an existence with an independent destiny.”

"In the past era, there were also characters from derivative worlds who became contractors?"

"Of course there is, but that is just being selected by the paradise. It is not a concept at all in this era of completing the 'upgrade' through one's own 'awakening'. There is no such thing as the entire derivative world launching a war for transformation against the paradise. Condition."

"Wait, the entire derivative world launches a war of transformation against the paradise?!"

Xin Lailai keenly captured the key words in 83203’s words.

"Yes, challenging the paradise, or in other words, accepting the trial given by the paradise, is a necessary step for the derivative world to transform into an ascension and derivative world."

"This……"

"Just like the original world must go through the trial of the abyss if it wants to become transcendent, the original world, the derivative world must also go through the baptism of trials if it wants to become an ascended, derivative world."

"But the level of the derived world dictates that this trial cannot be provided by the abyss, otherwise the entire derived world will fall instantly. Therefore, this step of the trial can only be completed by Paradise."

"Winning the war with the top-tier contractor team is the most critical step for the derivative world to become an ascension and derivative world."

"Of course, this is not the point. The point is that launching a war of transformation means that people in the entire derivative world have 'awakened'."

"Generally speaking, this is impossible. There is only one possibility for such a result: that it is not the characters in the derivative world who are truly awakened, but the derivative world itself."

What is really awakening is the derived world itself?
Xin Lailai's pupils suddenly expanded and contracted, and he instantly realized the cruelty behind these words.

"Unlike the awakening of an individual, even if a single character in the derivative world awakens and completes his promotion, it is nothing more than obtaining a brand under the notarization of the paradise and continuing to serve the paradise in another way."

"The derivative world itself is different. These worlds themselves, which have been reset, created, and destroyed by the paradise, can only lead to one result once they are 'awakened'..."

"-Resistance in pursuit of freedom."

"I don't want to be a puppet that can be manipulated at will, I don't want to let everything born in my world be easily reset, I don't want to be a false world that doesn't even have a past or a future."

"But unfortunately, there is a huge gap between the world and the individual in the notarized rules of the paradise."

"The ultimate result of this gap is that individuals only need to complete trials to improve themselves, and they can even get help from Paradise in the process."

And the upgrading of the entire world only means one thing..."

When 83203 said this, he paused for a while, then stared at Xin Lailai's pupils with indifferent eyes, and uttered two words:
"war."

A chill suddenly rose from Xin Lailai's back and quickly spread throughout his body, making him shiver uncontrollably.

"Boss 83203, could it be..."

"Yes, your next world will be a war of transformation initiated by a certain world."

83203 calmly replied in the affirmative.

"In fact, since the middle of the Golden Age, war worlds in which paradises fight against each other have rarely occurred. War worlds of level three and above are almost all united to regain the world that has been eroded by the abyss. war."

"Unless it's to compete for extremely important resource stars, a battle between the parks will break out."

"Other than that, there is only the kind of war world you are about to face, which is the war of transformation initiated by the world itself."

"..."

Xin Lailai fell silent.

"If I'm not mistaken, 04296 should have deceived you with the talk of the war world in the old era. He just briefly mentioned how cruel it was, but did not explain the specific situation to you."

"Of course, there is actually no difference. I'm just considering that what I plan to ask you to do may cause the park to send you some tasks beyond the war level, so I told you about this in advance."

What he was asked to do might lead to Paradise sending him on a mission beyond the level of war?
When Xin Lailai heard this, a look of confusion flashed in his eyes.

"Um, boss 83203, the difficulty of tasks in World of War is usually fixed, right?"

"Generally speaking, yes, but that doesn't mean there aren't exceptions."

83203 said calmly, looking at Xin Lailai and Ling Yuzi, their attribute panels reflected in their eyes, and said:

"You said before that you got a total of 60 attribute points in the Black Clover World, right?"

Xin Lailai and Ling Yuzi nodded.

"According to my original plan, you only need to perform well in the next war world normally, but after confirming your comprehensive actual combat capabilities, I found that this is a bit too much of a waste of your strength."

Wasting their strength too much?
After hearing 83203's words, Xin Lailai and Ling Yuzi looked at each other, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in their hearts.

Then, listen to 83203 say:

"Xin Lailai, Ling Yuzi, I will use my authority to apply to the paradise to arrange you to the second-level battlefield in the next war world. At the same time, you also need to apply to the paradise to directly conduct your promotion assessment in the next world. .”

"?!"

Arrange them on higher-level battlefields and conduct promotion assessments at the same time? !
"Wait a minute, boss 83203, are you overestimating both of us..."

"If you do this, the final reward you will receive should be more than twice as high as participating in a first-order war world plus an ordinary assessment."

The voice of 83203 sounded, and Xin Lailai's words suddenly stopped.

"Of course, in terms of difficulty, this approach will increase the difficulty of your next world to more than twice the original level. Even if you fail, you will completely stay in that world. Therefore, it is up to you to decide."

"Should we risk a near-death life to pursue the ultimate goal, or should we develop steadily and make progress while maintaining stability?"

After saying this, 83203 said no more, but looked at the two people in front of him quietly.

Hearing this, Xin Lailai fell silent. He looked at Ling Yuzi beside him and looked at the girl's blood-red pupils. Their thoughts were exchanged instantly, and then, a smile emerged from the corners of their mouths at the same time.

This way, there is nothing to hesitate about.So, the two people intertwined their fingers, turned around, looked at 83203, bent their bodies together, lowered their heads, and said in unison:

"83203 boss/sister in charge, we choose the first option."

That's right.

Nothing to hesitate.

After experiencing what happened in the Black Clover world, witnessing the shock of the collapse of the world, and knowing the truth of the era and the world, they had only one idea left.

"We want to become stronger."

Do your best to become stronger.

Only in this way can we see the higher scenery together.

Only by becoming stronger can you never be as powerless as before when you encounter the same situation next time.

Listening to the two people's answers, 83203's iceberg-like face showed a smile for the first time, and the two figures were reflected in the jade-like pupils. He didn't say much, just calmly wrote on the notebook in his hand, Recording quietly:

……

Experimental subject: Xin Lailai/Ling Yuzi (original symbiotic relationship)

Comprehensive qualification: D level/C- level

Swordsmanship Qualification: B-level/C-level

Soul qualification: D level/B+ level

Spell qualification: C+ level/C level

Comprehensive actual combat ability: S+ level/S+ level

……

……

Evaluation: Judging from their qualifications, they are not the most suitable experimental subjects, but based on their specific performance, their ability to resist various desperate situations is much higher than that of contractors of the same level.

When the two are separated separately, their training value is not outstanding, but when they are put together, their comprehensive training value will be greatly improved.

Conclusion: The experimental subjects Xin Lailai and Ling Yuzi are the perfect execution targets of the "Individual Limit Breaking Plan", and it is recommended to focus on their training.

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……

Two 10 minutes later.

"These are the specific strengthening and upgrading plans and precautions for the time being."

"As for the weapon, you just need to follow 04296's advice. I am only responsible for adjusting your physical attributes and career and development direction. Issues regarding equipment and resources are yours to handle."

"Also, this book "Fundamentals of Runes" must be completed within three worlds, and I will conduct an assessment afterwards."

"As for the specific standards of the support plan for new projects, I will send them to you after they are sorted out."

In the laboratory, 83203 sat at the experimental table, glanced at the book thicker than a brick in Xin Lailai's hand, and said.

Xin Lailai held the book in his hand and nodded his head repeatedly, not daring to make any rebuttal.

"The rest is to deal with the thing you brought in."

83203 said, glancing at the white stone lying motionless on the floor of the laboratory.

"First move it to the experimental platform over there. I plan to do a test. Generally speaking, the young bodies of the hermit crab group will be strictly protected. And I just checked and found that there have been no traces in the past month. Any colony of hermit crabs has ever come near the area near the world of Black Clover."

"Um, could it be that he ran away from home..."

Xin Lailai said something casually while picking up the hermit crab stone as big as a basin, but before she could finish her words, she closed her mouth under 83203's cold gaze.

"The hermit crab group is extremely united. There is almost no possibility of juvenile individuals running away from home. Even if it happens, a large-scale search operation will be carried out immediately."

83203 said in an indifferent tone, came to the hermit crab placed on the instrument, and began to control the instrument.

A few seconds later, a cold mechanical sound sounded:

[Start the mimicry removal induction process...]

I saw a milky white light curtain falling, and after a while, the 'white stones' placed on the instrument began to shake. I saw two small pliers and a pair of eyes suddenly protruding from the 'stones', looking flat. Crystal clear light spots like the starry sky also began to appear on the strange white shell.

Then, when the pair of curious eyes looked at 83203 standing in front, wearing a white coat, the hermit crab's body suddenly trembled, and when it wanted to shrink back, a light yellow stone suddenly fell in front of it.

The star crab's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly grabbed the light yellow stone with two small pincers, stuffed it into his mouth in two bites, and started chewing it.

"That was just..."

"It's just ordinary ores. Hermit crabs like to devour minerals from various planets. But generally speaking, young hermit crabs are usually raised with rare ores. There are very few hermit crabs that like to devour ordinary ores. crab."

83203 said, looking at the hermit crab in front of him, his eyes moved slightly, as if he saw something, and continued to operate the instrument.

[Selected inspection template: Hermit Crab]

[Start deviation detection...]

【checking……】

Xin Lailai once saw an hour-long blue light fall down, enveloping a juvenile hermit crab that was busy chewing minerals in its mouth.

Time passed little by little, and a few minutes later, with a clear ding, the mechanical sound sounded again:
[After the test is completed, start generating the test report...]

Immediately afterwards, with the sound of machine operation, sheets of paper reports began to be spit out quickly from the printing port on the left side of the instrument.

"really…"

83203 picked up the report and quickly flipped through it. Then he frowned slightly and looked at the hermit crab in front of him, with a flash of regret in his eyes.

"The hermit crab you saw was not accidentally lost, but a young individual that was actively abandoned by the hermit crab group."

"It will appear near the Black Clover world. It should not be smuggled from the void by its own power, but directly thrown to the derived world layer by other adult hermit crabs to prevent it from dying directly in the void and The environment in the native world is too harsh.”

A young individual that was voluntarily abandoned by a hermit crab near a derivative world?

Hearing this, Xin Lailai and Ling Yuzi looked curiously at the young hermit crab in front of them, which was swallowing the minerals that popped out of the instrument as if it hadn't had a full meal.

"Well...sister in charge, can you ask why it was abandoned?"

Ling Yuzi gently poked the energy protective layer on the snow-white shell of the hermit crab with his finger and asked curiously.

"Because this hermit crab has serious congenital defects, it cannot successfully reach adulthood and cannot follow the tribe to migrate in the void."

83203 looked at the hermit crab larvae who seemed completely unaware of what was happening to him, and said:

"The souls of the hermit crabs are very special. Their souls are asexual when they are young, and then gradually differentiate into male and female souls as they grow, and their bodies will develop male and female characteristics at the same time."

"After this step is completed, the hermit crabs will officially enter the adult stage. They can achieve ultra-high-speed reproduction through self-mating, rapidly expand the population, and finally evolve into a scale that can devour the world."

"This is also the reason why hermit crabs are included in the list of world-destroying groups. Their reproduction and growth rate, even in the void, is second only to the Zerg and Scourge Ants. Once they are really angered , can directly swallow up the entire world in a very short period of time.”

"But the one you picked up may be due to some accident before it was born, or it may just be a simple mutation problem, or it may be due to other reasons."

"No matter what caused it, the final result is that its soul directly loses the ability to differentiate, and it can only stay in a sexless state, and its body also stays in the juvenile stage."

“For the hermit crab group, this is an extremely serious congenital defect. The inability to differentiate directly causes the hermit crab to lose its core reproductive ability. The inability to reach adulthood means that it cannot adapt to the harsh environment smoothly. "

"I originally wanted to use it to study the self-reproductive structure of the hermit crab's soul, but now it seems that this goal cannot be achieved."

83203 said, turned off the instrument, glanced at Xin Lailai beside him, and said:

"You brought this thing back by yourselves. You decide what to do with it. If it is a normal hermit crab larvae, I would suggest that you contract it into a follower and cultivate it into a powerful trump card. But defective individuals cannot It’s necessary to waste your position as a servant.”

"Whether you throw it back to the derivative world layer and let it fend for itself, or keep it and steam it, or use it to deceive others and sell it for a high price, you decide for yourself."

Hearing this, Xin Lailai looked at the hermit crab larvae that were trembling with confusion because the feeding port on the instrument was suddenly closed. Thinking about what 83203 had said, he put his palm on the opponent's shell. .

"An individual who was abandoned because of his flaws..."

Hearing this, Xin Lailai lowered his eyelids slightly and whispered.

Kaka.

The juvenile hermit crab on the instrument looked at Xin Lailai, as if he felt something. He shook his small pliers and handed Xin Lailai a small piece of ore that he had not yet finished eating. His two oval eyes He shook it, as if he was asking Xin Lailai if he wanted to eat.

"Pfft, Lailai, this little guy feels so cute?"

When Ling Yuzi saw this scene, he was immediately amused. He touched the shell of the hermit crab with a smile and asked:
"How about we keep it in a dedicated room?"

Raised in a dedicated room?
When Xin Lailai heard this, he was slightly startled. He looked at Ling Yuzi and met the girl's blood-red eyes that seemed to see through all his thoughts.

"Um, boss 83203, can I ask..."

So, Xin Lailai turned around and looked at 83203 aside. Just when he was about to speak, 83203 spoke as if he had foreseen his question:

"This kind of hermit crab that cannot reach adulthood costs basically nothing to raise, and it can indeed be used as a pet."

83203 directly answered Xin Lailai's question. Xin Lailai was slightly startled, nodded, looked at the hermit crab on the instrument, touched its shell, and smiled:
"In this case, let's take care of it for the time being and just relax."

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(End of this chapter)