Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 514 Abyss [8k words]

A wrong world, Orario.

"Ahh, no, I miss Bell-kun so much! I'm dying! Why doesn't Bell-kun come back yet?!"

In the empty family mansion, Hestia, with dark circles under her eyes, lay on the sofa, rolling around like a child.

"Lady Hestia, please calm down. Lord Bell and his men have only been gone for less than half a month. You should know that they are aiming for the deepest part of the dungeon. There is no way they can come back so quickly."

The dwarf girl sitting on the sofa nearby looked at her god, sighed helplessly, and comforted him.

"Woo woo, I know this, but I just can't help it..."

boom--! !

Before Hestia could finish her words, a huge earth-shaking roar suddenly sounded from deep within the earth. The ground beneath the two of them suddenly shook violently, and even bounced the dwarf girl sitting on the sofa into the air, causing her to fall to the ground in shock.

"What...what's going on?!"

"Li...Lili doesn't know either. Lady Hestia, could it be that some monster is attacking again?"

Faced with the sudden loud roar and earthquake, both of them shuddered, as if they recalled some bad memories.

"Hmm? Lady Hestia, please look up at the sky?!"

"In the sky? Hey, what is that? Is this a magic trick?"

Hearing the call of the little human girl, Hestia looked out the window at the distant sky with some curiosity, and then she was stunned:
I saw that the sky was blue just a second ago, but suddenly a golden chain appeared across the entire sky. Its sudden appearance gave people an extremely unreal feeling.

Then, the next second, a cold announcement sounded from mid-air. In an instant, everything in the world, including the two women who were looking out the window curiously, froze.

[Notice: It has been detected that this world has suffered serious damage, and the important space area and underground city area have been lost! In order to ensure the stable operation of this world, the time and space of this world has begun to freeze! ]

A cold announcement sounded from the sky. If someone could stand in the sky and look down, they would find that as the words fell, the scene of the entire world seemed to be frozen, and everything they saw at the entrance was solidified in place.

If someone could look beyond the Earth World and possess a certain ability to perceive the subspace, they would see an extremely spectacular scene:

As a derivative world created, the Dicuo world does not actually exist in a standard planetary model like the present world or the common world, but is more similar to a structure similar to the round sky and square earth.

Above it is the vast world above the ground, and below it is a cone-shaped underground city space. At first glance, it looks like a slender cone on top of a huge plane, giving people a very wonderful feeling.

——But at this moment, this impression was completely destroyed.

——No, to be more precise, it has completely ceased to exist.

Yes, the underground city space that was attached to the main body of the Dicuo world and had been tightly hanging at the bottom of the world since it was created, at this moment... disappeared directly.

At first glance, it looked as if it had been broken by something with an incredibly terrifying force, leaving only a dark space crack and the remains of an underground city about 10 stories long hanging there, proving what had happened to this world.

The storm is coming.

……

Native world layer, somewhere.

Crunch~!
The wooden door swayed gently, and in the ancient forest, a simple fragrance floated in the air. An old man was seen lying on a rocking chair, squinting his eyes, as if he was taking a rest.

After a while, the old man opened his wrinkled eyes, glanced at the young man in a suit standing at the door with his old eyes that seemed cloudy but actually had a sharp gleam in them, and sneered:
"Oh, I was wondering why I felt something was wrong when I woke up this morning. It turned out that there was a gust of wind blowing, and it blew my useless disciple to the front door?"

"I found the Biyi Gem."

A low voice full of calmness and relief came from the mouth of the young man in the suit. If Xin Lailai was standing here, he only needed to take a look at the other person's appearance to find that this was none other than the employee boss who had taken good care of him and ran a small shabby wooden house in the Sanctuary Paradise - Nuo Cheng.

"Oh? Haha, I finally found those two broken things. What? Did you find that their durability is gone and want me to help you fix them?"

When the old man heard the words of promise, his expression moved at first, then he sneered and said sarcastically.

"No, in fact, I've already given them away."

"Haha, I was just saying... huh? What did you say?!"

The old man spoke subconsciously, but as soon as he said it, he suddenly realized that something was wrong. Then he suddenly widened his eyes, sat up from the rocking chair, and said in disbelief:
"How dare you, a jerk like you, give those two gems away! They are my granddaughter's dowry! Who allowed you to give them away?!"

The old man… or rather the old gem master who had attracted countless people in the past, shouted excitedly, and also revealed a secret that the young man had never told Xin Lailai from beginning to end:
——Twenty years ago, the female pioneer who died was not only the apprentice of a pharmacist whom the gem master knew, but also the granddaughter of the gem master in front of him.

——This is also the reason why Chengnuo was afraid to face the old man. Back then, he failed to save not only his lover, the beloved disciple of his mentor and old friend, but also the only remaining relative of his mentor in this world.

"The Biyi Gem is very suitable for them, even more suitable than Xiaolian and me. Moreover, the child they adopted is now my apprentice. I am teaching him the knowledge of pharmacy."

Facing the emotional old man, Chengnuo did not show any disgust, but explained in a calm tone.

"So what? That was the dowry you prepared for my granddaughter. Who the hell is called... huh? Wait, you said apprentice?!"

When the old man heard the words of promise, he was about to get angry, but the next second he suddenly raised his head and looked at the young man in front of him in surprise.

"Yes, apprentice, but he is not a human, but a very sensible little fellow born from the world under Paradise. He is very talented in plant affinity and is now a formal pharmacist."

As he made the promise, a smile appeared on his face, and a hint of tenderness appeared on his face.

"you……"

The old man was about to say something when he saw the change in the other person's expression. He paused for a moment, then closed his eyes, sat back in his rocking chair, and sighed:
"Forget it... Tell me first, how have you been doing recently? And about the two youngsters who can use the Biyi Gem and your apprentice."

"Ah."

Upon hearing this, Chengnu nodded slightly, found a place to sit down, looked at the old man in front of him, and began to speak slowly.

The gentle voice of the narrator echoed from the wooden house, and the old man's expression gradually changed as he listened to the other party's story. A hint of recognition gradually appeared in his expression, and finally he laughed out loud:
"Haha! Interesting. They are so poor that they would wear an alchemy doll to do such a thing. These two youngsters are quite smart. Not bad, not bad. No wonder they can become the parents of my apprentice!"

A full-throated laugh rang out from the cabin, and the old man stroked his beard and laughed loudly for a long time before he looked back at the promise in front of him, lowered his eyes slightly, and said:

"Although I am very upset that you, an unfilial bastard, gave away Xiaolian's dowry without my knowledge, I will not mind it because you still know how to find an apprentice. So, what do you want to do with me this time?"

"I don't have any purpose, I just thought I should tell you something."

Chengnuo shook his head and said calmly. The old man heard it, closed his eyes, and after a long silence, he spoke:

"So, you have completely let go of the matter about Xiaolian?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Nuo did not answer, but lowered his eyes slightly.

"To be honest, I was really surprised when I saw you coming to see me. I thought that with your personality, you would never be able to get over that hurdle in your lifetime."

"Actually, I think so, but... I was lucky and met some nice guys."

Chengnuo said, looking up at the beams on the roof, narrowing his eyes and muttering:
"They showed me with their actions what a true pioneer is like; they proved to me with their deeds how cowardly and timid I was at the beginning; even the younger generations they led were proving to me my mistakes."

"To be honest, until now, I still can't completely forgive myself, but... maybe I have stayed in the same place for too long. Now I occasionally think, why not try to take a few steps forward?"

"Are you satisfied with this answer, teacher?"

After making the promise, he looked calmly at the old man in front of him, waiting for his next words.

"...So, now you no longer think about rushing into the abyss every day to find Xiaolian's body?"

"If I have the chance I will definitely go, but now I have to finish what I promised them."

"you……!"

Hearing that the promise still did not give up the plan to enter the abyss, the old man's eyes suddenly widened again, glaring at the young man in front of him. When he was about to explode, he seemed to remember something, and his momentum suddenly weakened. He sighed and said:
"Forget it, that's it. At least you won't be thinking about dying all the time."

The old man said, glancing at the badge of the Pharmacist Association pinned on the collar of the promise, lowered his eyes slightly, and said:

"Next time you come, you can bring your apprentice with you. Even though you didn't teach him gem making, he is still my apprentice after all. No matter what, I have to meet him first."

"Well, then I will first..."

Chengnuo nodded slightly, and when he was about to get up and leave, he seemed to see something at the edge of his vision. His pupils trembled violently, and his body froze in place in an instant, revealing a look of disbelief.

"How can it be?"

On the branding interface at the edge of his sight, a name that had long since faded... suddenly appeared with an extremely faint color.

……

The void, somewhere.

it has started……

Under the fragmented starry sky, the white-robed scholar slowly opened his eyes. A hint of grayness flowed in his eyes as deep as the starry sky. He looked at the cause and effect and fate that were intertwined in the sky without saying a word.

In the end, he was still one step behind.

The scholar in white robe lowered his head, and his gray and white pupils reflected two tightly entangled silk threads that gave people the feeling that they would break at any time, and his eyes were slightly fixed.

The battle between fate and causality has never been a spectacular showdown, but rather a mutual corrosion like a leech attached to one's bones.

In order to break this situation, he first guided the two people to choose the Dicuo world where Dao Ji was, and with the help of the cause and effect on them, he allowed Paradise to increase its judgment level of the danger of the Dicuo world, and then sent another two pioneers who were also entangled in huge cause and effect to the Dicuo world.

In this way, even if the opponent's calculations still cannot be stopped, with the triple cause and effect cover of the Master of Techniques + the Agent of Elements + the future Lord of the Underworld, even the guy next to the playwright can no longer easily interfere with the two people in the wrong world.

This was the first step he made, and the second step was for him to submit a notarization application to Paradise, using his personal identity and the vague reason of "suspected of plotting ill will" to ask Paradise to conduct a second test on the creatures on the Sin Blood Star. In this way, no matter whether the other party wanted to or not, the fact that a supreme life form was staying in the third-order world would inevitably attract Paradise's action, and the rank of the entire Sin Blood Star would be completely suppressed to the third-order category.

Finally, it was he who issued the commission to clear out the anomalies in the Abyss, using the safety of the young master with extreme skills as an inducement to lure the late-blooming True Dragon to take the initiative to join the game, and replace the two men to clear out the means deployed by the two guys on the Sin Blood Star in advance, and put an end to the opponent's calculations once and for all.

These were the three pieces he had deployed in this game. According to his deduction, in theory, as long as Yan Yi could successfully reach the Sin Blood Star, even if he could not destroy the opponent's plan, he could at least introduce a sufficiently large variable into this game.

only……

"In the end, was it actually the case that being too clever backfired? Or is this the gap in 'experience' that guy mentioned?"

The white-robed scholar raised his head, looked at the starry sky above his head, which gave people a sense of broken beauty, and murmured, with a deep look in his eyes.

In order to achieve the desired result, he has taken into account everything he could, and utilized everything that could be used around those two people, doing everything to the degree that he thinks is perfect.

But even so, when the other party's layout and purpose were truly exposed, he suddenly realized what he had missed.

Om-! !

Violent spatial fluctuations came from afar, slowing down and calming down as they passed by the white-robed scholar.

He just stretched out his hand, feeling the huge storm that affected most of the void, and remained silent.

In fact, he had already deduced the variables related to this space storm, and according to his deduction results at that time, neither the Dicuo World nor the Sin Blood Star should be affected by this space storm.

But he overlooked one thing:
——Rank suppression.

Normally speaking, as the original world of Sin Blood Star and the derived world of Earth Wrong World, due to the gap between the world layers, even if they suffer accidents at the same time, there can be no cause and effect entanglement.

But when the park was notarized, the situation was completely different.

The Earthly World was affected by the breath of the Abyss and its space-time latitude rose, while the Sin Blood Star was suppressed by Paradise and its space-time latitude fell, making the space-time latitude gap between the two worlds, which were originally separated by two different world layers, reach an extremely close level for the first time. But even so, there is still no possibility of the two interweaving, which is inevitable due to the difference in latitude, unless an opportunity is inserted into the Earthly World that can make it continue to rise in space-time latitude, or... a variable that can shake the ultimate carrying capacity of the entire world and make the space strength of the Sin Blood Star fall further, which is impossible under common sense.

In this way, even if it is only for a short moment, at that moment, from the perspective of time and space, the Dicuo World and the Sin Blood Star will successfully appear on the same "time and space plane", and this... is his biggest miscalculation.

After all, even someone as powerful as the strongest at the peak cannot accurately calculate all the possible consequences that may occur when the space-time dimensions of the two worlds change within a space storm.

Not to mention, this time, there are far more than just two worlds involved in this conspiracy.

"I never thought that the place would eventually see the light of day in this way. It's really..."

beyond imagination.

The white-robed scholar looked at the lines of cause and effect that were spreading into the depths of the void before his eyes, his eyes slightly lowered, and he fell silent.

He was sure that the guy next to the playwright would not bring any harm to the astral world in any way.

We can even put it in a more extreme way, that is, no matter what the other party wants to do, the final result will definitely be beneficial to the star realm and paradise.

But even he had never imagined the current situation, or rather... he had never expected that the other party would go to such an extent in order to give the two people the so-called "trial".

There are thousands of super-large derivative world communities that can be called execution grounds. Even the lost land that Paradise never thought of being able to recover was actually sent up by the other party in this way.

The scholar in white robe looked at the threads of cause and effect that were becoming increasingly clear before him, then looked at the results of his divination and fell silent.

According to his divination, although the impact of this incident is great, for the four younger generations who have been burdened with great karma, it is just a great opportunity without any danger, and it can even make their plans more perfect.

But because of this, he became even more silent.

Because he knew very well... what this divination result meant to the remaining two people.

"I hope...you can hold on until then."

He was very sure that this was not a disaster that the two men could survive.

But this does not mean that the two people have no chance of survival.

At this moment, the four youngsters with great karma were all nearby, and another huge karma was also converging in that direction. If the two could successfully hold on until that moment, perhaps they could escape danger.

That’s right, you don’t need to win, just being able to persevere... is enough to be called a feat.

……

Meanwhile, somewhere.

Tick, tick!

In a trance, I seemed to hear the sound of water drops falling.

sleepy……

The biting cold came from all directions and turned into an intense sleepiness that made him want to just fall asleep and curl up in the darkness.

'Wake up!'

Suddenly, an urgent cry that seemed to come from an extremely long distance sounded from the darkness, like a ray of fire in the darkness, causing his thoughts to tremble instinctively.

Who?
So familiar...

Whose voice is this?

Faintly, a strong sense of impulse began to germinate, and the darkness around began to tremble constantly.

'Wake up!'

Another shout was heard, and it seemed even closer than before. The pleasant sound echoed in the darkness, causing his consciousness to tremble violently, and then...

'Laila!'

Wow!
The cold darkness suddenly retreated, and the sense of touch of the body instantly returned along with the girl's anxious cry. Xin Lailai suddenly opened her eyes, her pupils contracted and expanded unnaturally, and she gasped heavily.

“Hoo! Hoo! Hoo…!”

A rapid breathing sound came from Xin Lailai's mouth, just like a drowning person who finally returned to the shore. His chest was heaving violently. He subconsciously wanted to sit up, but he realized something was wrong the next moment.

[Warning: Pioneer is detected to be suffering from low-concentration abyssal energy erosion! Physical attributes have been suppressed by 39.6%! ! ]

[Warning: It is detected that the Pioneer is being eroded by low-concentration abyssal energy, and the passive skill Light of Life has become invalid! ! ]

[Warning: It is detected that the Pioneer is being eroded by low-concentration abyssal energy. The passive skill Fam's Blessing has become invalid! ! ]

[Warning: Pioneer detected...]

Dozens of pitch-black and chilling warning sounds rang out frantically in Xin Lailai's mind. Xin Lailai looked at the warning sounds in front of him, his pupils trembling, and he moved his eyes with difficulty. Only then did he realize that he was lying in a small puddle, and his limbs and torso were covered with a touch of deathly gray, and his calves were beginning to show signs of woodiness.

What kind of love...

"Lai Lai! Hurry up and use Nirvana! !"

Before Xin Lailai could figure out the situation, Ling Yuzi's anxious voice exploded in his mind. Upon hearing the voice, Xin Lailai's pupils shrank slightly. Without any hesitation, he immediately closed his eyes, concentrated all his energy, and began to convert the mana in his body into demonic power.

[Warning: Pioneer is detected to be suffering from low-concentration abyssal energy erosion! Physical attributes have been suppressed by 45.6%! ! ]

Damn, why is my mana so low?
The shrill warning sounded frantically, and Xin Lailai, who was unable to move, felt that there was not even 1/10 of the mana left in his body. His expression changed slightly, and he noticed that the blue bar on his status bar had turned gray, and his mana limit had become a pitiful 1036 points.

No, there is no way to enter the complete state of nirvana this way!
A strong sense of crisis rose in Xin Lailai's mind. At this moment, Ling Yuzi's voice suddenly sounded in his mind:

"Lai Lai! Advanced Elf Assimilation State! ! "

In the soul space, Ling Yuzi, who had also just awakened, sensed Xin Lailai's physical condition and hurriedly shouted in his mind.

Upon hearing this, Xin Lailai instantly understood the girl's thoughts. Without any hesitation, he immediately entered the state of elf assimilation.

Om-! !

[Tip: The elves have entered the assimilation state]

A white shadow flashed by, and a large amount of mana instantly poured into Xin Lailai's body, and the mana bar on the status bar also suddenly soared.

Upon seeing this, Xin Lailai immediately activated the Demon Seal frantically, allowing the demonic power to spread throughout his body at the fastest speed, instantly ending the elf assimilation state.

'Odds! '

Ling Yuzi's soul emerged, and the moment he emerged, he immediately used all his strength to activate the Angel Seal in his body, just like what Xin Lailai had just done, allowing the angel power to spread throughout his body, and then -

[Hint: Has entered the "Nirvana Assimilation" state]

boom--! !

The black and white colors exploded instantly, blowing Xin Lailai's body, which was lying on the ground, away.

The devouring energy in his body began to collide with the dead gray energy that eroded into his body, causing devouring reactions again and again, madly destroying Xin Lailai's body, causing him to spit out a mouthful of dead gray blood.

[Tip: It is detected that the pioneer has released the "Abyss Suppression" state, and the physical attributes and skill effects have returned to normal! ]

boom!
After a few seconds, Xin Lailai, whose limbs were almost completely devoured and a huge hole was torn in his chest, fell to the ground, and the life force on his body began to dissipate rapidly.

Snapped!
Ling Yuzi's figure appeared, and he quickly took out a bottle of honor revival potion from the storage space. Without caring about anything else, he pried open Xin Lailai's dry lips and poured the potion into her.

[Hint: The "Honor Revival Potion" has been used! ]

"Cough! Cough!"

A cold reminder sounded, and Xin Lailai, who was dying the previous second, suddenly sat up from the ground, coughing violently, and it took him a long time to recover.

"Ling Yuzi, do you remember what happened over there?"

"Ah."

Xin Lailai, who had recovered from his shock, asked in his mind, while Ling Yuzi nodded slightly in the soul space and shared his memories of the past.

All of a sudden, a large amount of memories flooded into Xin Lailai's mind. He closed his eyes and quickly sorted out the information sent by Ling Yuzi. The expression on his face gradually changed from ugly.

"To think that such a thing happened..."

Finally, Xin Lailai looked at his [Legendary Warrior Suit +5] which had been completely scrapped and fell silent.

The only memory in his mind was that he controlled the Dark Steel Mech and walked into the door of the 91st floor with the Death Master and others, and when he woke up, he was here.

According to Ling Yuzi's memory, after they passed through the gate, they were suddenly attacked by a space storm, and he was blasted out of his Dark Steel Mech by a piece of space debris, and was instantly knocked out of the "secondary invincibility" state of the Transcendence Suit. If he had not changed into the [Legendary Warrior Suit] with strong life-saving ability in time, he would probably be a corpse now.

Fortunately, they survived in the end.

"From the perspective of the environment, we seem to be still within the dungeon? I just don't know how the Death Keepers are doing..."

Xin Lailai casually cast a holy light spell, looked around, and breathed a sigh of relief at the familiar gray-white rock walls. He immediately opened the communication interface as usual, and was about to check on the situation of the deceased and Yamu and others, when he was suddenly stunned:

——The communication list that was light blue before he was attacked now had all the names dimmed.

what's the situation? !

Aren't we still in the underground city? Could it be that the Death Keepers were swept to the depths of the 91st floor by the space storm?
No, that's not right. If the Death Prisoners had lost contact, only their names should have turned gray, but now...

Xin Lailai looked at the communication list that had turned completely gray. A piercing chill rose from behind him, making him shiver uncontrollably. An extremely strong ominous premonition arose in his mind.

If the one who lost contact was not the Death Executor and the others, but him, then where exactly is this place...

Tick!
The sound of dripping water was heard. In the dim cave, Xin Lailai looked at the small puddle under her feet. She subconsciously looked down and her breath was choked.

Because of the insufficient lighting, he did not notice it before and just thought it was a problem of too dim light.

And now, under the illumination of the Holy Light Healing Technique, he finally saw clearly that these dripping liquids were not water drops at all, but a dark liquid that was as viscous as thick ink and gave people a strong sense of foreboding!

Tick, tick, tick!!

Almost at the moment when Xin Lailai realized this, a large number of dripping sounds began to be heard from the cave. Little black spots began to seep out of the originally grayish-white rock wall, and finally turned into drops of black and sticky liquid, rolling down the wall and dripping on the ground.

Tick!
In an instant, a creepy feeling came from all over Xin Lailai's body, and suffocating malice surged from all directions like a tide, making him instantly understand where he was washed to by the space storm.

"Teacher Kagus, when you were dealing with sudden abyssal invasions in the past, how did you usually judge and respond?"

"Judgement? That's easy. When you stand in that kind of place, you will understand the abyss for us, who were born from order and civilization..."

Huge malice.

Pong!
A dark puddle of water suddenly exploded and splashed on the rock wall, forming a chilling smile, as if it was saying something like this to Xin Lailai in front of him:
Welcome to the abyss.

……

(End of this chapter)