Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 517 "Encounter" [6k words]

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[Hint: Abyss derivative Goliath (mutated species) has been killed, Orario camp reputation +3597]

[Tip: Obtained Legendary Treasure Box (5%)*2]

Boom——! !

On the gray-white earth, the headless corpse of a tall giant fell heavily to the ground. Dark blood gushed out from the wound that exuded a strong smell of death, and quickly turned into deathly gray debris in mid-air and floated down.

Finally got this thing done...

Inside the maze, Xin Lailai looked at the body of the Goliath's deformed form, which was gradually rotting and turning into a mummy due to the effect of the "Death Explosion". After confirming that the other party would not jump up again, the vigilance in his eyes gradually faded.

It was something that he could kill instantly with just a single sword strike before it was contaminated by the energy of the abyss. However, after transforming into a deformed form, it not only broke through the upper limit and became a third-order unit, but was also tough enough to withstand his double-digit Domination Slash, forcing him to unleash two rounds of Death Qi Burst effects before completely killing it.

Fortunately, after getting rid of this thing, the road ahead should be much easier.

Xin Lailai looked at the body of the deformed Goliath in front of him, and controlled two giant blades of magic chips with demonic power to smash it to pieces, making sure that it would not perform any undead monster's exclusive script when he turned his head. Then he looked towards the direction of the maze exit, and a hot look flashed in his eyes.

It’s finally here…

The top floor of the dungeon...

Judging from the fact that the concentration of the abyss in the eighteenth layer was low enough to even support him in using certain spells, it was obvious that he and Ling Yuzi had made the right bet.

——Although the underground city was washed into the abyss erosion zone by the space storm, it just happened to fall on the surface of the erosion zone.

——According to the current rate at which the energy in the abyss is decaying, as long as they can keep climbing upwards, there is a great chance that they will have a chance to escape from the shallow area of ​​the abyss!
[Hint: The effect of "Night Stalker Suit +5 (3/3)" has been activated]

A cold prompt sounded, and the equipment switch was completed instantly. Xin Lailai took a step forward, and his figure immediately blended into the shadows cast by the rock wall and crystal mine. Like a ghost, he left a trail of afterimages on the ground and came to the entrance of the 18th floor.

One meter... ten meters... twenty meters...

Xin Lailai's figure quickly passed through the upward extending passage, like a nimble black panther, and was not hindered by the terrain at all.

But when he rushed to the 16th exit and was about to set up the Star-Breaking Cannon to steal all the monsters on the 16th level using the old method, he suddenly froze.

"This is... the 16th floor?"

Xin Lailai looked at the scene in front of him with an extremely surprised look in his eyes, as if he had seen something incredible.

At this moment, if you look forward from where Xin Lailai is, you can see that the maze that was supposed to be full of rugged rock paths is gone. Instead, there is a red land as if stained with blood, as well as dark space cracks and black fog walls hanging down from the sky.

The maze...disappeared.

No, to be precise, it should not have disappeared, but the entire 16th floor was occupied by this "different space" in front of us.

Xin Lailai looked at the strange space in front of him, at the intersection of the space that looked like two paintings of completely different styles cut apart and forcibly pieced together, and quickly realized what was happening in front of him:
——A space fragment from another world was embedded in the underground city space of the Dicuo world.

"Laila, this is..."

"There is an unexpected situation. Although it is not clear whether only the 16th floor has become like this, or all the floors above it have been occupied by this space debris, but at present, if we want to continue to move forward, we have to pass through this space debris."

Xin Lailai quickly explained in her mind to Ling Yuzi, who had just been awakened by her. At the same time, she looked at the vast blood-red plain in front of her, narrowed her eyes slightly, and changed the suit on the equipment bar to the Transcendence suit.

Judging from the lighting levels, the Night Stealth Suit would definitely not be triggered in this alien space. Although he could create a lightless environment by himself, that would be too troublesome and not suitable for long-distance exploration.

and……

boom!
A dull roar sounded from the maze, and a pure white female-style mecha fell heavily to the ground.

Before entering the Dicuo world, Xiaobai specially built a dark steel mecha for him and Ling Yuzi respectively. His mecha was lost in the space storm due to the space storm, but Ling Yuzi's mecha has been in the team storage space and has never been used.

In fact, it's not that they don't want to use it, but the areas above the 40th floor in the dungeon are basically caves and corridors. There is simply not enough space for the Dark Steel Mecha to move. If they force it to use, it will only slow down their progress.

But the current situation is different. Although it is still unclear how big this alien space is, at least from the environment point of view, this alien space is most likely an extremely vast plain area, which means that they have enough space to exert the power of the Dark Steel Mecha without being restricted like before.

Om-! !

The pure white cockpit quickly opened with the sound of mechanical operation. Xin Lailai jumped in, sat on the cockpit skillfully, and activated the operating system:
[Ding~! Welcome to Xiaopu No. 1 Intelligent Life Plan. I am Xiaopu No. 1. I am very happy to serve you. Awoo~! ]

A childish electronic voice that seemed much more lively than Xiaobai No. 1 sounded from the cockpit. At the end, a clip of Xiaopu's cry was specially recorded, which made Xin Lailai's eyes subconsciously reveal a touch of tenderness. Then he opened his mouth and said:

"Deploy the energy wall and test the spatial stability index of the area ahead."

[Command confirmed, space detection module activated, detection in progress...]

[Detection completed. There are serious deviations in the space in the area ahead. The preliminary calculation result shows that the space areas at different spatial latitudes are intertwined. The current space stability index is: 53.9, which is within the stable range. You can safely pass through the space barrier area.]

A childish electronic sound rang out from the cockpit. Upon hearing it, Xin Lailai glanced at the data on the screen, nodded slightly, and without hesitation, he controlled the Dark Steel Mech and walked slowly towards the alien space in front of him.

[Tip: It has been detected that the pioneer has entered the native world, Sin Blood Star. This is an extremely high-risk area. Pioneers please explore with caution! ]

And when Xin Lailai, who was sitting in the cockpit, passed through the space barrier area between the alien space and the dungeon, a cold prompt sound suddenly sounded, causing Xin Lailai's pupils to shrink slightly.

Sinful Blood Star?
Paradise just said that this piece of space debris is a certain area of ​​the Sin Blood Planet?!
Almost in an instant, a large number of thoughts flooded out of Xin Lailai's mind, but the next second his eyes returned to calm.

"Lai Lai, this space storm is indeed..."

"Well, it seems that this is the 'death calamity' that Master Meimu mentioned. "

Xin Lailai narrowed her eyes slightly, looked at the endless blood-red plain in front of her, and affirmed in her mind.

If he had only some doubts when he just woke up from the shallow area of ​​the abyss, now he was basically 100% sure that everything he was experiencing now was the "death catastrophe" that Meimu had told them.

Sinful Blood Star, Wrong World...

"If I'm not mistaken, a fragment of the Black Contract World might be stuck there, right?"

Xin Lailai said in his mind, with an extremely calm look in his eyes.

Now he understood what Meimu meant by "inevitable". He originally thought that no matter which world he chose as the test world for the Trial of Transcendence, the anomalies in that world would suddenly worsen for some reason. Now it seems that he completely misunderstood Meimu's meaning.

——The so-called unavoidable does not mean that wherever he goes, there will be explosions, but that no matter which of the three worlds he chooses, he will inevitably be sent here by the space storm along with the world!
Space storm, abyss, trial of transcendence...

"'Death'...?"

Xin Lailai looked at the red plain in front of him and the slowly creeping black fog wall at the end of the plain. A hint of coldness flashed across his dark pupils.

[Hint: Already equipped with the title "Explorer"]

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【Explorer】

Place of Origin: Sanctuary Paradise

Quality: ★★★★

Category: title

Characteristics: Neutral
How to obtain: Explore more than 15 hidden areas in total.

Title Effect 1: When exploring hidden areas, the amount of world source obtained is increased by an additional 20%.

Title Effect 2: When entering an unexplored area, you can immediately perform a [Wide Area Perception] to immediately obtain a map within a 40-kilometer radius and mark it according to the safety level.

Tip: The cooldown time for title effect 2 is 30 days.

Introduction: I can't tolerate any fog on my map!
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[Tip: The "Explorer" title effect has been activated, and "wide-area exploration" of the current area has begun]

A cold prompt sounded, and an extremely detailed three-dimensional map that was tilted in the shape of a triangular cone quickly unfolded in front of Xin Lailai's eyes.

The first half of the map is basically a glaring red, as if it had been soaked in blood, and starting from the second half, the entire map suddenly turns into a creepy black color, giving people a weird and ominous feeling, and it is not until the last part of the map that these black parts will gradually fade to grayish white, and finally turn into a bright white streak at the very end of the map.

Not only that, as the map unfolded, a large number of icons and logos began to appear on it, from space cracks, to space unstable areas, to abyssal erosion areas, ultra-high-risk areas, high-risk areas...

The most eye-catching ones are the black icons representing the abyss creatures rising from the map. Looking down from above, you can see that in the first half of the map, these icons are only scattered, but starting from the second half of the map... that is, the black part, the number of these icons is so dense that it can make people develop claustrophobia at a glance from a distance.

"The necessary obstacle before escaping from the 'copy'? It's really... so old-fashioned, isn't it?"

Xin Lailai looked at the densely packed enemy icons displayed on the branding interface, and at the small white area at the end and top, and suddenly laughed.

According to the map detected by the "Explorer", the height of this space is as high as 17.4 kilometers, which exceeds the total height of the 16th to the 1st floors of the dungeon.

In other words, this is the exit of the dungeon and the only way to the "outside world".

Not only that, judging from the extremely unstable space fluctuations within this space fragment and the space cracks that are everywhere and where you won't know where you'll be thrown once you step in, it's obviously a pipe dream to want to cross this distance by means of space.

In other words——

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

A white shadow floated down from the top of the black-haired young man's head, and violent mental power surged out. Under the effect of the mental power amplifying device inside the dark steel mecha, it raged wildly around. The roar of the engine began to echo throughout the entire cockpit.

Om-! !

A dark blue flame gushed out from the back of the mecha, and twelve pure white wing blades flew out together, transforming into a giant electromagnetic cannon that was more than ten meters long. It aimed at the black fog wall at the end of the line of sight, and a dazzling light rose up.

[The Ladder II electromagnetic cannon has been charged. Do you want to fire it? ]

The next second, the sound of a trigger being pulled was heard, and in an instant, the whole world seemed to be rendered in a dark blue color. An electromagnetic storm over two meters wide burst out from the barrel, pushing the Apollo-made dark iron steel bullet inside, rushing towards the black fog wall in the distance at a speed of nearly 400 km/s.

Boom!

In an instant, a huge shock erupted from the entire alien space. As the shock appeared, the black fog wall that stretched for dozens of kilometers was forcibly blasted by the dark iron steel shells that were accelerated to the extreme, creating a huge hole hundreds of meters wide. Not only that...

boom--! !

A few seconds later, the already activated Apollo bloomed from the depths of the black fog, a dazzling flame shot up into the sky, and finally turned into a huge fireball with a radius of one kilometer, rising slowly from the inside of the black fog. [Hint: The Abyss Derivative has been killed...]

[Hint: Abyss Yan has been killed...]

...

...

[Hint: The Abyss Derivative Blood Dragon (Alien) has been killed, Orario camp reputation +3258 points]

For a moment, a large number of kill prompts flashed across Xin Lailai's brand interface, but Xin Lailai, who was sitting in the cockpit, ignored the prompts in his mind. He just silently raised the electronic railgun in the hand of the Dark Steel Mech, aimed at the hole created by the previous shot, and waited for Ling Yuzi's signal.

'Laila! It's loaded! ! '

Pong!
The roar of the second shell exploding from the gun exploded in mid-air, setting off a circle of circular shock waves visible to the naked eye. The second shell carrying Apollo rushed out again and slammed directly into the black fog.

boom--! !

A few seconds later, the second fireball rose from the black fog. At the same time, the pitch-black fog wall that covered the sky and the sun began to shake violently, with a tendency to disintegrate and collapse.

[Hint: Killed...]

[Hint: Killed...]

【Hint: Already...】

A large number of kill prompts appeared again, and they were several times more than the last time. Obviously, a large number of Abyss derivatives who did not die in the first Apollo but were blown into a state of low health died in the second Apollo.

In the face of all this, Xin Lailai's expression did not change at all. She just stared coldly at the dark fog wall that kept shaking in front of her, waiting for Ling Yuzi's signal.

"Laila! It's done!!"

Pong!
The third shell flew out of the barrel and once again sank into the dark fog wall, but this time, the shell landed in another direction.

boom--! !

The third fireball rose, and it was exactly two kilometers away from the previous fireball.

Yes, two kilometers.

It wasn't that the shot was a mistake, but because the one that was just loaded was not the ordinary version of Apollo, but the "Sun God Apollo·Kai" worth 40 Paradise Points. Even the status of the Ardent Gold Cult has been greatly improved, and each world only has 3 pieces of it:
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[Sun God Apollo - Modified]

Quality: gold

Category: Alchemical Explosives/Consumables
Effect: It consumes 1 mana point to activate. After the explosion, it instantly causes 2 points of true fire damage to the area within a radius of 10000 kilometers, and then continues to cause a total of 8000 points of burning damage.

*Hint: It takes 20 seconds to detonate "Apollo Kai".

Rating: 400+
Introduction: The majesty of the sun cannot be challenged!

Price: 200000 park points
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Boom——! !

A super giant fireball, which is eight times larger than the previous two fireballs, bloomed from the black fog. Golden-red flames rolled from the surface of the fireball and rose into the clouds, just like a real sun falling to the earth.

Xin Lailai, who was in mid-air, looked at this extremely shocking scene, and just moved the crosshairs calmly. He silently aimed the sight at another direction and pulled the trigger.

The fourth one!
Peng——! !

The huge gun barrel was slightly lifted up by the recoil, and the pitch-black shells collided with the gradually colliding "Sun's Fury", streaking across the dark skyline in the air and shooting straight into the black fog.

Suddenly, the whole world became quiet, and then——

boom--! !

A golden-red light bloomed from the earth, and a dark wall of fog came like a tsunami, accompanied by golden-red flames, pouring down like a tsunami, creating a huge dark wave on the vast plain.

As the fog wall dissipated, the scene inside the fog wall finally appeared before Xin Lailai's eyes:
At a glance, on the map of the branding interface, the land that should have been as black as ink has now turned into a dark red color. Long and thin space cracks are randomly distributed in the air. Waves of heat rise from the melted ground. Magma like mud flows along the difference in terrain towards the direction where Xin Lailai is, cooling down little by little into a dark substance.

Obviously, the ultra-wide-area strike spanning a full ten kilometers brought by the four Apollos has caused a huge change in the area occupied by the derivatives of the abyss.

On the contrary...

“Raaaa——!!” “Wuwuwuwuwu…!!”

“Laaaa——!!” “Roar, roar, roar, roar…!!”

It was impossible to tell where the sound came from. The roar came from the entire alien space. On the dark ground that was spewing golden red flames, one after another, the pitch-black abyss creatures stood up from the firelight and rushed towards Xin Lailai.

For sufficiently powerful abyss creatures, the four Apollos just now were not enough to threaten their lives, but they could successfully ignite their anger.

Not only that--

"twitter--!!"

A sharp roar suddenly came from midair. Under the blood-red sky, a pair of huge chain blades suddenly emerged from a narrow space crack, followed by a head, body, wings, and tail...

Finally, a pitch-black dragon-like creature that looked like a patchwork of skeletons with seaweed-like silk threads floating on its body and nearly a hundred meters long stood in mid-air, spreading its four pairs of sickle-like limbs and aiming its dark eyes that were flashing scarlet light at the pure white mecha controlled by Xin Lailai.

[Warning: Pioneer is detected to be in contact with the ultra-high-risk Abyss Altered Item·Overlord Unit·Zagnate (host body), please leave and evacuate!!]

A scarlet warning exploded in Xin Lailai's mind, and Xin Lailai looked at the dragon-shaped monster that appeared in the air, staring at it calmly without any change in expression on his face.

Zhagnath.

——The dungeon "Demons" in the world of Chicuo are specifically used to clear and hunt down the "Cleansers" that cause serious damage to the dungeons.

Although he didn't understand why the other party was refreshed in this different space, but considering what he had just done, perhaps it was because this different space had already been integrated with the rules of the dungeon under the influence of the abyss, so that his previous actions were judged as destroying the "dungeon", which led to the appearance of this abyss version of Zagnate.

There is no doubt that the opponent is not an easy enemy to deal with, especially when there are tens of thousands of abyss creatures surrounding them.

Fortunately, his purpose was not to kill these abyss creatures, but...

Xin Lailai looked at the images transmitted from the visual sensor unit, at the dark "wave" surging towards him like a tide, his eyes calmly staring ahead, locked on the gray-white area behind the wave in the distance, and the huge space crack at the end of it.

As long as you get there, you can leave the underground world and escape from the shallow area of ​​the abyss!

With the remaining cards in his hand, it is impossible to kill all the abyss creatures in front of him, but it is more than enough to break through the blockade!

So, Xin Lailai looked at the wave of abyss creatures rushing towards him and made a quick decision in his mind.

"Refill the remaining pieces!" "Hmm!"

Peng——! !

A dark blue flame spewed out from behind the pure white mecha, and golden-red explosives were loaded into the shells. Then, Xin Lailai swung the railgun in his hand violently, turned in mid-air, and aimed it at Zagnate above.

"twitter--!!"

A sharp and piercing whistling sound came from mid-air. Zagnate, who was in mid-air, seemed to have sensed something. He flapped the bone wings behind him, and his huge body burst out at a speed that was seriously inconsistent with his size. He turned into a dark afterimage of the earth and rushed towards the white mecha.

next second...

Zheng——! !

Suddenly, a sound of clanging blades was heard throughout the alien space.

In an instant, the entire alien space suddenly became quiet.

Immediately afterwards...

Wow——! !

Countless pieces of flesh and blood shot up into the sky, starting from the space crack on the white mountain in the distance and ending at Zagnate who was fixed in front of Xin Lailai. All the abyss creatures on the path suddenly exploded without any warning and turned into square-shaped blocks all over the sky, followed by the black blood that spilled all over the sky.

In mid-air, Xin Lailai, who was about to launch Apollo, froze in place as he looked at the scene in front of him.

In an instant, a biting chill rose from behind Xin Lailai. It was different from the feeling when the abyss was maliciously attacked. It was a purer and more extreme feeling, like being stared directly at by something extremely terrifying.

what happened?
Zagnath, and other creatures from the abyss, suddenly... died?
Da…da…da…!
Suddenly, a sound of footsteps came from a distance, ringing out in the heavy rain of black blood.

There were so many noisy sounds around, but for some reason, the sound of footsteps on the blood was so clear.

The clear sound of footsteps echoed in Xin Lailai's ears, as if carrying some kind of magic, causing him to unconsciously twist his somewhat stiff neck and control the dark steel mecha to look at the ground.

And then… he saw it.

The dark humanoid creature had black threads fluttering all over its body and looked like a human, but the front part of its right arm was connected to a blade emitting terrifying blood.

In an instant, time seemed to freeze at this moment.

“Found…”

A hoarse, turbid voice that made it impossible to tell whether it was human language or not rang in Xin Lailai's ears.

In the almost frozen time, one could see the dark figure with fluttering threads all over its body slowly raising its head, revealing a face that looked as if it was covered with a ball of thread, except for its two pairs of bloodshot eyes that were unusually clear. It uttered a few unclear words that sounded like a thousand screams overlapping together:

"My...enemy!"

boom--! !

The next moment, a monstrous amount of blood and energy burst out, and an expression called a 'smile' bloomed from the dark humanoid face, as if in ecstasy.

Monsters who exist for this purpose, humans who live only to survive—

Here... a "chance encounter" awaits!
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(End of this chapter)