Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 539 Final Preparations [6k words]

This is... what his Transcendence suit looks like when it is upgraded to the legendary level.

Xin Lailai looked at the unusually neatly stacked [Oath Set] in her hands, and a complex look flashed in her dark pupils.

Compared with the Transcendence Set of the Golden Period, the Oath Set is undoubtedly much better than the Transcendence Set before its promotion in terms of survival strength, whether it is the 50% health bonus or the 50-point body defense bonus, or the 30-point resistance and 30% permanent damage immunity, or the up to 50% total body energy and recovery speed gain, in terms of survival strength, it is definitely better than the effect of the Transcendence Set period.

But in contrast, if you compare it with the +13 Transcendence Set, you will find that as the price of adapting almost entirely to survival, the Legendary Oath Set is not even as good as the Golden Age Transcendence Set in terms of gain in offensive capabilities.

Not only did he lose 10% of his mana and soul energy boost and the normal 100% damage bonus, he also lost the once-a-day means of long-distance space travel.

Although according to Set Effect 3, if he actively harms himself to control his blood, combined with the healing bonus provided by [Blessing of the Tree Spirit] and [Light of Life], he can achieve a permanent 10-layer "Blood Rage" damage increase at full blood, but in the end it only stabilizes at 50% of the damage increase.

In other words, the normal damage bonus of the Oath Set is already 50% lower than that of the Transcendence Set, not to mention the impact of the loss of mana, soul energy limit, and space travel.

Especially regarding space travel, you have to know that he cannot directly equip [Ghost Scale Sky Feather] now. In other words, he does not have any instantaneous space movement ability under normal circumstances.

This was an extremely obvious blow to his mobility and offensive capabilities, and even his ability to survive was weakened to a certain extent.

But if we only look at the survival rate against Ji Ren Yuan Ying, then one or two space shuttles will really not have any effect.

After all, Ji Ren Yuan Ying obviously has mastered some ability to intercept targets in the subspace. In this case, it is much more useful to choose to exchange it for a permanent 50% total body energy and recovery speed gain than to continue to retain the opportunity of one or two space shuttles.

only……

In this way, even if they finally walked out of here alive, they would probably have to accept the fact that their output was relatively insufficient throughout the third or even fourth stage period.

In other words, if they wanted to deal with those bosses that required extreme output capabilities at that time, they would probably have to team up with Yamu or the Death Bearer and others.

"Why does it feel like it's not that different from now?"

Xin Lailai looked at the effects of the suit in front of her, and for no reason her mind thought of the hard battles she had encountered since entering the paradise.

If you think about it carefully, starting from the afterimage of the strange abyss, all the impressive and tough battles he had experienced, it seemed that none of them could be accomplished by him alone?

When facing the residual image of the alien abyss, he was only responsible for using the various props provided by Yamu to kill the opponent. In fact, the one who had been in C was Yamu. When facing Uranus, it seemed to be a one-on-one duel, but in fact he was cooperating with Sanshui Renyun to deal with the opponent. Not to mention the Dark Light Alien Body. Without Dao Ji's Sword of Heaven and Earth and the suppression of sword intent, they would have been unable to deal with that kind of enemy at that time.

The same goes for the Scarlet Remnant. If it weren't for the major's counterattack and Xiaobai's snatching of three nuclear bombs from the weaponist, it would have been impossible for them to kill the Scarlet Remnant with their means alone. Even the Black Dragon of the Earthly World was successfully captured with the help of Yamu and the Death Keeper, and the proposal to attack the Black Dragon was made by the Death Keeper. They were mostly just playing an assisting role.

In the end, it seems that even if they really switch to a team support position, there doesn’t seem to be much difference for them from now?
Maybe...it would be a good choice to consider switching to a team support role after returning this time?

Xin Lailai reviewed his experiences along the way and couldn't help being absent-minded for a moment, but after a while, he smiled at himself, shook his head, and suppressed all the thoughts in his mind.

"Tsk, why are you thinking about these nonsense again?"

Whether changing careers to become a support or continuing to pursue ultimate strength, these are not things they should consider now.

——Things like "the future" only make sense to consider when the "present" still exists.

[Hint: Already equipped with "Oath Set +5 (3/3)"]

[Tip: The effect of "Oath Set +5 (3/3)" has been activated]

A cold reminder sounded in Xin Lailai's mind. He took off his coat and changed into a black windbreaker, trousers and long boots. He then put on pure white arm armor and leg armor, took out the Yuan Mo in the storage space, marked a coordinate on the spot with the space transmission scroll, put the Dark Steel Mech into automatic alert mode, and then walked towards the exit of the maze alone.

There is about half an hour left before the rest time he and Bell agreed upon, which is a good time for him to adapt to the effects of the new equipment in advance.

Although the equipment in the park is described very clearly, some details and changes in feel can only be accurately determined by personal experience and testing.

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Half an hour later.

[Ding~! The sleep timer has ended, the noise shielding mode has been turned off, and the wake-up procedure has begun! ]

“Huh…! Brother Black Sword… eh? Brother Black Sword, this is…”

When Bell woke up from his sleep under the stimulation of the awakening current, the first thing he saw was not the hot food on the table, nor the corpses of abyss creatures on the ground, but a "corpse" hanging in the air with its chest and limbs cut open, which looked extremely creepy.

For a moment, Bell almost thought that he was still dreaming and everything before him was just a nightmare. But the next second, Xin Lailai's voice dispelled this thought in his mind:
"Are you awake? The food is over there, it's already heated up, just eat it."

Xin Lailai, who was standing in front of the laboratory table, wearing a white coat and sterilized surgical gloves, glanced at Bell who was standing there in a daze, pointed at the stone dining table next to him with a scalpel, and then continued to work with his head down.

"Um, Brother Black Sword, what on earth is going on..."

"Nothing, just adjusting the alchemy doll your sister-in-law uses."

After Xin Lailai answered casually, he took the tools brought by Ling Yuzi and continued to sew the materials exchanged from the camp store with the organs of the alchemy doll with a focused look.

Although the alchemical puppet obtained from Shan Xi is very excellent, it is only a second-level alchemical puppet after all, and its own strength can no longer keep up with their current combat intensity.

Coupled with the damage caused by the battles along the way, it was on the verge of being scrapped. If it were not made of self-repairing Mandela Soul Steel, it would have turned into a piece of scrap metal long ago in the abyss ocean.

Therefore, after testing the effects of [White God Defense] and [Oath Set] with Ling Yuzi, the first thing they did was to use the materials obtained from the camp store and unboxing, as well as the bionic prosthesis that had been left in their storage space after being sent by Quan Momo, to perform a secondary modification on the alchemical doll.

"Lai Lai, the volatility index of the mind center has just broken through 3.76."

"It's too much... It seems that the material of the Eye Demon is not suitable for this. Let's change it back to Mandrake Soul Steel first."

'Um. ’

Efficient communication was quickly completed in the minds of the two people, and Xin Lailai and Ling Yuzi seemed to be completely synchronized as one person. They cooperated with each other in a tacit understanding and completed one task after another with such efficiency that people couldn't help but wonder if it was an illusion in their eyes.

The arm of the fire demon, the blood sac of the blood dragon, the bone marrow of the mountain-shaking beast...

The two men crushed the extremely precious and rare materials one by one, mixed them into a peculiar liquid under the action of special alchemical solution, and then poured them into a mold formed by magic chips with an error of no more than 0.01mm, forming one organ after another emitting a strong breath of life.

With their current level of alchemy, it would be nothing short of a pipe dream to want to use conventional materials to directly create an alchemical puppet with a strength of the third level.

But if the materials were replaced with various legendary materials that were sufficient to make top-notch fourth-tier alchemical dolls, the situation would be different. Even if the level of alchemical biology was not high enough, relying on the advantages of the materials, even if it was pieced together, it would not be a big problem to finally make a third-tier alchemical doll.

It's like the difference between asking a person to buy a product worth 200 yuan with a cost of 500 yuan and to buy it with a capital of 1000 yuan. The difficulty level can be said to be a world of difference.

It's sizzling!

Sparks produced by the friction between metal and hard materials could be heard from the lab bench from time to time, and waves of unstable life energy and magic power could be heard from the alchemical doll that was gradually taking shape on the lab bench and was seven points similar to Ling Yuzi.

Finally, accompanied by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, Xin Lailai looked at the alchemy puppet standing up from the experimental table in front of him, and a hint of excitement bloomed in his eyes.

Become!

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【? ? ? (to be named)】

Quality: Legend

Category: Alchemical Creatures

Durability: 176/176
Mana Reserve: 0/7489
Soul energy reserve: 0/3321
Life energy reserve: 0/9743
Defense: 50
Strength: 89 (true attribute)
Agility: 89 (true attribute)
Physical strength: 90 (real attribute)
Intelligence: (none)
Charm: (None)
Skill 1, Alchemical Doll (Passive): A realistic doll made using alchemical biotechnology that can be controlled by the soul that resides in it. It will be bound to the user's soul after the first use.

Skill 2, Alchemy Transformer (Passive, LV.38): The body and organs made of various precious alchemical materials, engraved with various runes, give the alchemy doll unimaginable strength and defense, and have extremely excellent magic and soul energy storage effects, real strength +9, real agility +9, real physical strength +10, mana limit +3489, soul energy limit +1321 points, body defense increased to 50 points, abnormal resistance +23 points, and will consume 100 soul energy, 300 mana and 500 life energy per minute when used. Skill 3, Flame Demon Power Furnace (Passive, LV.32): The bionic power furnace made of the heart of the Flame Demon, a combination of rune technology and alchemical technology, can greatly increase the upper limit of life energy capacity, life energy limit +4743 points, can convert mana into life energy, and the upper limit of conversion per minute is 1000 points, and can be used as the power source of the Super Dark Anvil prosthetic device.

Skill 4, Super Dark Aluminum Prosthetic Eye (Active, LV.MAX): Made of the most advanced super dark aluminum alloy, the Type 200 black prosthetic eye can temporarily accelerate the user's thinking to 2000~20 times that of an ordinary person, and lasts for a maximum of 2~ minutes.

*Warning: This ability will put a lot of pressure on the user's mind, please use it with caution.

Skill 5, Super Dark Aluminum Prosthetic Hand (Passive/Active, LV.MAX): An armored arm made of the most advanced super dark alumina alloy, with +20 points of hand defense and "Armor-level defense judgment". It also carries 10 rounds of special alchemical ammunition. When used actively, it can generate extremely huge thrust, allowing the body's speed to temporarily break through to 539m/s.

Skill 6, Super Dark Aluminum Prosthetic Legs (Passive/Active, LV.MAX): Armored arms made of the finest super dark alumina alloy, leg defense +20 points, and "Armor-level defense judgment", while carrying 12 rounds of special alchemical ammunition inside. When used actively, it can generate extremely huge thrust, allowing the body's speed to temporarily break through to 607m/s.

Skill 7, Super Dark Ark Prosthetic Wing (Active, LV.MAX): Equipped with a "tank-grade" thruster made of super dark ark alloy on the back, it can allow itself to fly at a speed of 365m/s when used, and consumes 500 life energy per minute when used.

Skill 8, Spell Storage Unit (Active, LV.20): The thinking center of this alchemy puppet is engraved with 9 mana runes and 63 elemental runes, which can use a total of 189 first-level spell combinations and 37 second-level spell combinations.

Rating: 500+
Introduction: (to be determined)

Price: (to be determined)
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In Xin Lailai's sight, there was a doll of a girl with white hair, whose limbs were made of metal, with a layer of fine dark dragon scales on her body and cheeks, a pair of pitch-black iron wings on her back, and her right eye was the unique dark blue color of the Dark Sword artificial eye. She was standing on the experimental table, looking at "herself" with some curiosity.

"Ling Yuzi, how do you feel? Are there any inconsistencies when using it?"

Xin Lailai looked at Ling Yuzi who was controlling the new "body" in front of him, suppressed his excitement, and asked the girl:
In order to create this new alchemical doll, they spent nearly 100 million reputation points in exchange for hundreds of legendary materials, and completely dismantled the bionic prosthesis made of dark adamantium steel to use as parts. It can be said that the cost of production alone has exceeded a small target level of paradise points, so there is basically no need to worry about the strength. The only thing to care about is the smoothness of operation.

Although theoretically there shouldn't be any problems, this is their first time making a doll of this strength, and Xin Lailai can't guarantee if there are any omissions.

"Hmm... I feel like everything is fine except that my chest feels a bit heavy."

Ling Yuzi lowered his head and glanced at this 'mecha girl version' of himself, then reached out and touched the part that had to be made two sizes larger in order to fit the power reactor, and muttered to himself.

"Well, there's nothing we can do. After all, in order to ensure zero delay in soul control, all the original Mandela Soul Steel was used to build the central core and nervous system. We can only accommodate this kind of place."

Xin Lailai looked at the white-haired girl who looked like a mecha girl in front of him, coughed lightly, moved his gaze elsewhere, quietly opened the psychic field, and calmed himself down quickly.

He hadn't noticed it when it was just completed, but after Ling Yuzi moved in, he suddenly realized that the design of this alchemical doll seemed to be a bit too lethal to him.

Ling Yuzi, who sensed Xin Lailai's thoughts, looked at Xin Lailai's reaction, looked down at the body that perfectly combined mechanical and biological elements, a playful smile appeared on his little face, and he carefully memorized this shape in his mind.

"Okay, now that we've completed the puppet aspect, it's time to move on to the next step."

After calming himself down for a while, Xin Lailai turned his gaze back and spoke to Ling Yuzi. The look in his eyes had returned to calm, and the expression on his face had become solemn and serious.

"Ah."

Upon hearing this, Ling Yuzi also showed a solemn look on her face. Although she was very happy to find another good spot for Lai Lai, she and Lai Lai knew very well that the little episode just now could only be used as a regulator to relax their emotions. The current situation was not optimistic enough for them to really focus on those things.

Then, Xin Lailai turned his head and looked at Bell, who had been meditating on the spot since he finished his meal. He released a ray of mental power, gently patted the other's shoulder, and called out with his soul:
"Bell, wake up."

"Ah! It's... it's Brother Black Sword. No... I'm sorry, I just got lost in it accidentally."

Stimulated by Xin Lailai's mental power and reminded by his soul, Bell stood up from the ground with a whoosh, looked around nervously, and relaxed only after finding that there were no enemies.

"Not bad, you found the trick to enter deep meditation so quickly, you are pretty good, right?"

Xin Lailai looked at Bell, who had a nervous face, and did not complain that the other party was too startled. Instead, he touched his chin, nodded in praise, with a look of satisfaction in his eyes.

As a master of magic, he could naturally tell at a glance that Bell had clearly entered a state of deep meditation, which made his perception of the outside world almost closed. That was why he had such a big reaction when he was awakened by him.

"Deep meditation...eh, really?!"

When Bell heard Xin Lailai's answer, he was stunned at first, then he was happy, and a hint of excitement appeared in his red eyes.

"Well, but let's put this matter aside for now. I have something to tell you."

Xin Lailai nodded slightly, but did not go into the topic of deep meditation. Instead, he looked at Bell with a serious expression and said in a deep voice.

When Bell heard this and looked at Xin Lailai's expression, he immediately realized that Xin Lailai had something important to say. His expression immediately became stern, and he nodded seriously, pretending to listen attentively.

"Bell, you should understand the truth about this world and our current situation. Therefore, I have something to ask of you."

"As for the specific content of this matter, there is only one request, Bell..."

Xin Lailai said, looking at Bell who had a serious face in front of him, staring into his red eyes, and after a moment of silence, he said word by word:

"——I need you to escape from the underground city alone!"

A heavy and powerful voice sounded from the empty maze. When Bell heard what Xin Lailai said, he was stunned, his eyes full of surprise.

"Um...Brother Black Sword, I...don't quite understand what you mean."

"It's very simple, Bell. I... we need you to drive the Dark Steel Mech. While we are holding back the Extreme Blade Abyss Shadow, seize the opportunity and rush out of the Abyss Erosion Zone. And... no matter what happens, you are not allowed to look back!!"

Xin Lailai stared at Bell and spoke in a sonorous and powerful voice. Bell couldn't help but hold his breath when he heard it. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it.

"I know what you're thinking, but unfortunately, the enemy standing in our way this time is not the type that can be dealt with by sheer numbers. On the contrary, if you stay with us, you'll hold us back and affect our performance."

"Therefore, all you have to do is to seize the opportunity we have created for you and take the Dark Steel Mech and this thing to escape from here."

As Xin Lailai spoke, he took something out of the storage space and stuffed it into the other person's hand.

……

[One-way Space Teleport Scroll]

Place of Origin: Sanctuary Paradise

Quality: gold

Category: Scrolls/Space Props
Durability: 1/1
Effect: After use, a space array can be formed to teleport targets in the area to the specified space coordinates, with a maximum teleportation distance of 100km
Quality: 340
Introduction: This product is jointly created by a formation master and a scroll master, and has good uses.

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"This scroll records the coordinates of this place. I need you to drive the Dark Steel Mech out of the abyss. Once you reach an area where you can communicate, control the Dark Steel Mech to send a wide-area distress signal, and then hand this scroll to the person who arrives!"

"During this period, the Dark Steel Mech will provide you with real-time feedback on our life status. If the alarm called "Limit Release" sounds, it means that we only have about 10 minutes left. Once Xiaobai No. tells you that we are dead, you don't need to give this scroll to those who come. You just need to tell them the truth about your situation."

Xin Lailai looked at Bell who had fallen silent, smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile:

"Okay, don't be too nervous. I'll tell you the operation later. Xiaobai No. 1 also has direct execution instructions. You just need to work hard to rush out with the Dark Steel Mech. We will take care of the rest."

As Xin Lailai spoke, he glanced at the dark steel mecha beside him, squinted his eyes, and after staring for a while, he looked at Bell again:

"That's all I have to say. I will prepare the venue here. Once it's ready, I will find a way to lure Jiren Yuanying over here. Then, the rest will be left to you."

After saying that, Xin Lailai loosened his hands, put away the lab table and the white coat on the ground, changed into his combat attire, and walked away with Ling Yuzi. Soon they disappeared into the darkness.

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(End of this chapter)