Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 460: Kagus's Tips
One hour later, exclusive room.

"Ahem, Mr. Kagus, I've been hanging for almost an hour. Why don't you put me down first?"

Inside the room, Xin Lailai, who was tied up like a dumpling and hung upside down on the ceiling, shook his body like a maggot and made a suggestion to Kagus below.

"Haha, considering that Xiao Ling Yuzi has a happy event today, I will let you, the traitor, go today. Xiao Ling Yuzi, put him down!"

Upon hearing this, Kagus sneered twice, then looked at Ling Yuzi standing beside him.

Ling Yuzi nodded slightly, and with a movement of her soul, she immediately released the seal that she had personally cast on Xin Lailai, and let her fall to the ground with a thud.

"Huh... I'm finally here. By the way, Mr. Kagus, did Boss 83203 really tell you to tell us what you said before?"

"What else? If you don't believe me, you can send her a message and ask her yourself."

"Uh, let's forget about it... Mainly because I feel like those words don't sound like something someone like Boss 83203 would say."

Xin Lailai muttered, thinking back to the words that Kagus had brought back to him:
"By the way, Master 83203 asked me to tell you two to take a good rest during this return, and do whatever you want to do."

These were the exact words that Kagus had said to them an hour ago. Xin Lailai was stunned for a moment when he heard it, and then... Kagus ordered Ling Yuzi to hang him up from the ceiling.

"So, Mr. Kagus, have you and Boss 83203 already guessed what we will face in the next world?"

Xin Lailai looked at Kagus, was silent for a while, and then asked.

"There's no need to ask me this kind of question again. With your two clever minds, you must have figured out the answer the last time you were in Nirvana, right?"

Kagus glanced at Xin Lailai, snorted slightly, and said in a deep voice:
"Now that it's been made clear, I won't say any more. In fact, the reason I came here this time, in addition to seeing how little Ling Yuzi's talent is awakening, is mainly to tell you something else."

"Something else? Mr. Kagus, what exactly do you mean..."

"Don't worry. I'm not asking you two to try out any new abilities. I just want to tell you something about the creatures of the Abyss. After all, you've already encountered life formed by the power of the Abyss twice. There may be a third time. Do you understand?"

Kagus said with a serious expression. Upon hearing this, Xin Lailai's eyes moved slightly. Looking at Kagus's old and deep vertical pupils, which were unique to the demon race, she understood what he meant and nodded silently.

"Teacher Kagus, please speak."

"Well, first of all, let's talk about the classification of abyssal creatures. You two should be familiar with this part..."

Kagus nodded slightly and said no more nonsense. Instead, he sat on the chair brought by Ling Yuzi, looked at the two people sitting upright in front of him, and began to talk seriously.

Time passed silently, and by the time Kagus stopped talking, the clock hanging on the wall had already turned three hour marks.

"That's about all you two can learn right now. Now you should understand how dangerous the creatures in the abyss are."

Kagus said calmly as he looked at the two people in front of him who were still thinking about what he had said.

Upon hearing this, Xin Lailai and Ling Yuzi raised their heads to look at Kagus, then looked at the notes at the edge of their sight and nodded silently.

In the past, Kagus had mentioned the abyss creatures to them, but in the past, he had simply introduced the general classification of abyss creatures and had not gone any further.

But in today's lesson, Kagus, contrary to his usual practice, gave them a detailed introduction to specific species... and even individual abyss creatures. This made them feel that their eyes were opened and they also became more aware of how dangerous abyss creatures are.

In Kagus's words, the abyss creatures they have encountered so far actually basically all belong to the category of abyss derivatives. Simply put, they are creatures that have mutated from some normal creatures after being affected by the power of the abyss.

This type of abyss creature is the most common and widespread. Its ability characteristics can basically be inferred from the original abilities of the affected creatures, and it is also the easiest to deal with.

Apart from this type of abyss creature, the remaining types of abyss creatures can be said to be more troublesome than the other.

The most classic of them are naturally the true abyss-spawned creatures. These are abyss creatures with various characteristics that are bred on the mutated energy of the abyss. Each of them is synonymous with power and terror, and is much more difficult to deal with than ordinary abyss derivatives.

For example, the strange abyss remnants and dark light alien bodies they had encountered in the past all belong to the category of abyss creatures. For this kind of abyss creatures, the logic of their abilities cannot be judged by common sense at all, and can only be inferred based on their characteristics. Once the inference is wrong, it is very likely that they will have to pay the price of their lives.

In addition to the abyss-spawned creatures, there is also a strange life form called abyss-born creatures. This kind of life is basically not seen in the world that is simply eroded by the power of the abyss but not completely fallen. Only when an area is completely fallen by the power of the abyss can it be observed on a large scale.

Different from abyss derivatives and abyss-bred creatures, abyss-born creatures are thorough abyss life forms. Most of them cannot even survive in a normal environment and can only live in areas filled with abyss energy. For these lives, places where abyss energy exists are the 'normal' environment. In their eyes, those treasure lands rich in elements are, on the contrary, deadly 'poisons'.

At the same time, unlike the first two types of life, the ability tendencies of abyss-born creatures do not have any truly reliable basis. Abyss derivatives can infer their characteristics from their prototypes, and abyss-bred creatures can judge their abilities from their characteristics, but abyss-born creatures have none of these things at all.

In other words, the biggest characteristic of creatures born from the abyss... is the unknown.

Even if an abyss creature is born in a world without any magic power, its ability may be to release various kinds of magic. Even if an abyss creature appears in a world full of idealistic power, its body may be a mechanical life form that jumps out of a science fiction movie.

Disorder, chaos, unknown.

According to Kagus, although people from all camps have been constantly recording the abyss-born creatures they have encountered since the astral realm was invaded by the abyss, to this day, the number of abyss-born creatures that increase each year has not decreased at all, and there is even a subtle trend of increasing.

Up to now, the types of known abyss-born creatures in the star realm are more than the total number of species on a normal life planet, and this is only the data that people have observed and successfully transmitted.

In Kagus's words, if one day they need to explore worlds that have completely fallen into the abyss, those unknown creatures born from the abyss will definitely be the biggest obstacle.

"You two have reached a pretty good level of authority, so if you want to know more about the creatures born in the abyss, you can search the database that your paradise prepared for the pioneers. The information in it should be much more detailed than what an old man like me can tell you."

"All I can tell you two is my experience in dealing with abyssal creatures and some folk methods that have no theoretical basis. The rest is up to you."

As Kagus spoke, a few more wrinkles seemed to appear on his grayish-white skin. He stared at the two of them for a while with his vicissitudes of life eyes, and said in a deep voice:

"If there's nothing else, I'll go back first. You guys can take care of yourself in the remaining days."

"Also, although this isn't really advice, there's something I think I should tell you two..."

Kagus paused as he spoke, his eyes unconsciously lowered, and he said in a low and hoarse voice:

"To the abyss, any sacrifice will only serve to increase its power."

"Therefore, if there is nothing behind you that you must block, then in front of the abyss... running away and surviving is not shameful. Do you understand?"

"..."

Kagus's hoarse voice echoed in the ears of the two. Xin Lailai fell silent after hearing it, and finally nodded.

"I see, Mr. Kagus, thank you for your advice."

"Well, you can figure it out yourself."

After Kagus finished speaking, he didn't say anything more, but turned and walked into Xiaobai's private room, heading towards the door that connected to 83203's laboratory.

Because he had already untied the connection with the Book of the World, if he wanted to enter their exclusive room now, he could only go around from the laboratory to Xiaobai's room, and then come over from Xiaobai's room.

After Kagus's figure completely disappeared from their sight, Xin Lailai sighed softly, rubbed his temples, looked at the ceiling, and murmured:

"In the end, you still didn't say that sentence?"

In fact, he originally planned to persuade Kagus to break the contract with the two of them and find a new apprentice.

After all, the other party is now semi-settled in the paradise, so it can be said that it is an easy task to find a successor who is more talented than them.

But considering how Kagus would react if he said this, he finally didn't say it. "Tsk, Ling Yuzi, what do you think... who should we give the suicide note to?"

"How about... sending an email directly to Sister 83203, or the Master of Eyebrows?"

"Hmm...I'll try?"

[Tip: The current communication unit is located in the ? ? ? area. If you need to send an email, you need to pay 1000 soul coins as the communication fee]

"..."

Forget it, just pretend he didn't say it.

Xin Lailai looked at the prompt that popped up in front of her and silently closed her mailbox.

Isn't the charge for physical mail from Paradise a bit too much? It's just a piece of low-quality letter paper, but it's twice as expensive as what he gets in the Hellsing world!

"Forget it, I'll figure out who to give it to when the time comes."

Finally, Xin Lailai sighed helplessly and temporarily gave up the idea of ​​sending the suicide note. He turned to look at Xiaobai and Xiaopu who were sitting on the desk and looking at them with four curious little eyes. He smiled and waved:
"Xiaobai and Xiaopu! Come here quickly, mom and dad have gifts for you!"

"Eh?" "Ah?"

Upon hearing this, the two little guys showed a look of curiosity, and immediately folded together excitedly. The little guy brought the little crab and flew in front of the two of them, and fell into Ling Yuzi's arms with a plop.

"Well, first of all, Xiaobai, this is a warp engine that dad and mom got. Do you like it?"

"And for Xiao Pu, Mom and Dad have prepared a seed of the World Tree for you. When the time comes, ask Uncle Chengnuo how to grow it. From now on, Xiao Pu can eat snacks made from the World Tree every day!"

“Aaaaah!” “Ahhhhh!”

The sound of a huge engine hitting the ground was heard, and a faint breath with rich world power diffused from the charcoal box. When the two little guys saw their respective gifts, they both shouted excitedly and rubbed each other's cheeks affectionately.

At this moment, a series of unusually clear and pleasant prompt sounds suddenly came from:

[Ding~ Paradise points*20000000 have been received! ]

[Reminder: You have a new message, yes/no to check it immediately, message sender: Yamu]

Is this... a share of the Paradise Express?

Wasn't that guy Yamu supposed to enter the world? How could it be dealt with so quickly?

Xin Lailai looked at the prompt that suddenly popped up in front of him, with a hint of joy and confusion in his eyes, so he opened the communication interface and looked at the message sent by Yamu:
……

Yamu: "Fuck, what the hell did you do to fish out the remnants of the Arcane Eternal and the remnants of the Scarlet Lord?!"

Black Sword: "Don't ask me. I still want to know why all these things were brought out. So what was the result on your side?"

Yamu: "What else can I do? When my old editors saw the videos you edited, they were so excited that they almost went crazy. After all, this is a chance to get some serious attention from the strongest people, especially from a historical figure like the Scarlet Lord. You can imagine how much attention this will get."

……

As expected, the topic of the appearance of the bright red remnant directly attracted the attention of the Paradise Express.

Xin Lailai looked at Yamu's answer without showing any surprise in his eyes. Just as Yamu said, a figure like the Scarlet Lord, even if there is only a trace of regret, will inevitably cause a huge response and bring astonishing popularity.

……

Yamu: "By the way, your handling of the final battle seemed a bit sloppy. Didn't you agree to have more magic and laser bombardment scenes?"

Black Sword: "The instigator was present at the time, and he also brought the Devil of Delight and the Nine Evil Cats. It was not convenient for me to use too many methods. In addition, the mechanical army of the 'Performer' was forced to use it in advance by the Scarlet Remnant. It would be too easy to cause visual fatigue if I continued to perform later."

……

Xin Lailai glanced at the question sent by Yamuxin and quickly sent a message back.

Of course, he also knew that the final battle between the Performer and the Black Sword in the Hellsing world was handled a little hastily. According to the original plot, the Black Sword and the Performer should have had more lines and scenes together, instead of just a conventional fight with a rather dull outcome like now.

But just as he said, with the instigator watching them, he and Ling Yuzi couldn't put on too many big scenes as planned, so as not to expose their own cards.

Not only that, because the previous Scarlet Remnant is already enough to be used as the climax, and because of the reputation of Scarlet Remnant, no matter how the battle between the Performer and the Black Sword is performed later, the emotional impact is destined to be weaker than that of Scarlet Remnant. Therefore, instead of continuing to force the audience's emotions, it is better to have a smoother ending, allowing the audience to breathe a sigh of relief and sort out their brains that are overwhelmed with information due to the appearance of Scarlet Remnant.

……

Yamu: "Hmm... what you said makes sense. There is really no need to force the drama of the Black Sword and the Performer to compete with the Scarlet Regret for attention. It would be better to let the drama stand out as a whole."

Black Sword: "At least the goal this time has been achieved. Come to think of it, why are you returning to Paradise so soon this time?"

Yamu: "Hey, don't mention it. Something bad happened. I was supposed to enter the next world yesterday, but I was suddenly called up by Paradise. They directly extended my stay for a long time and issued a new cleaning task. I'm waiting here now!"

Yamu: "So how are you doing now? If I remember correctly, you will have to take the third-level assessment in the next world, right?"

Black Sword: "Oh, you mentioned this and it suddenly occurred to me. Here is a script I just thought of. If we don't come back to the next world, you can just wrap it up according to this plot (attachment.txt)."

Yamu: “???”

[Tip: Yamu has received the attachment.txt]

A string of question marks popped up on the communication channel, and a few minutes later, new news came:

Yamu: "Are you kidding me? Black Sword was actually killed by the Performer, Xin Lai'er died in tears, and the Performer disappeared. You can come up with such a bullshit plot? Aren't you afraid that I will be scolded to death?"

Black Sword: "(helpless.JPG) There is no other way. Who told me that a big shot predicted that we would die in the next world? I have even written a suicide note and was just about to find someone to collect it. How about I leave it with you?"

Black Sword: "(Spreading his hands and laughing.JPG) As for the ending, there is a result that is better than being a eunuch anyway. Besides, isn't this ending also a paradise, isn't it?"

Yamu: "I don't know whether it's a paradise or not, but I think people will block the door. There are several people in our Paradise Express who have become Miss Xin Lai'er's fans without knowing it."

Black Sword: "(Puff.JPG) Really? If that's the case, then you can only wish me the best to survive in the next world, Mr. Xin Lai'er's agent?"

Yamu: “…”

Yamu: "Forget it, I wish you good luck and don't die."

Black Sword: "Same, I hope to see Brother Yamu still alive when I come back next time."

Yamu: "Bah, Jian, stop cursing me. I don't want to be like you and have disasters happen to me every day!"

Black Sword: “Hahahaha!”

……

(End of this chapter)