Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 562: Origin of the Dead Sea [6.6k words]

ten minutes later.

"Done. Now, all copyright matters of our Guixu team are in our hands!"

A brisk whistle sounded from the box, and Yamu looked at the commercial notarization applications in front of him with a happy smile like a profiteer on his face.

"To be honest, I'm beginning to doubt your motives for teaming up with us, Brother Yamu..."

Xin Lailai looked at the virtual contract used as backup in front of him, rubbed his temples, and couldn't help but complain.

"Hehe, Brother Black Sword, you should know that I make a living from these things. Besides, what I'm doing is just proof that I'm optimistic about the future of our team, right? Don't you agree, Captain Black?"

Yamu coughed lightly, and a slightly dissolute smile appeared on his handsome face, which made people want to punch him.

"..."

"Okay, now that the trivial matters have been dealt with, it's time to get down to business."

Finally, Xin Lailai put down his hand that was against his temple, took a deep breath, lowered his eyes slightly, and the expression on his face became serious again.

"Ah."

Upon hearing this, Yamu's eyes moved slightly, and the frivolous look on his face also disappeared. A hint of seriousness appeared in his eyes, while the Death Holder opened his eyes and stopped meditating.

"Just like what Brother Yamu said, since the three of us have officially formed a team, there are some things that should not be hidden anymore. Especially according to the information given by Brother Ritian, the three of us will be forced by Paradise to be placed in the ruins of the Dead Sea in the next world. In this case, I personally think it is necessary to exchange some information in advance. What do you think?"

"can."

"I have no objection. Brother Black Sword, you just said what I wanted to say."

Xin Lailai's voice echoed from the closed box, and the Death Eater and Yamu expressed their opinions with their own reactions after hearing it.

"In that case, let's officially begin the first intelligence meeting within the Guixu team."

Seeing this, Xin Lailai nodded slightly, announced, and then raised the first topic with a solemn expression:
"First of all, the first topic, what do you know about the Dead Sea ruins?"

"Except for what can be found in newspapers and databases, there is nothing else."

"I do know some secrets that the people in 04296 will not reveal to you, Brother Black Sword, although they may not be useful. What about you, Brother Black Sword?"

"I should know more about the promise than you do, but that's all."

The three of them answered in turn, and finally Xin Lailai and the man in charge of the death row both focused their eyes on Yamu.

“…Yeah, I knew it would be like this.”

Yamu felt the gazes focused on him, rubbed his brows helplessly, sighed, looked at the two of them, and said in a deep voice:

"In that case, let's start with my side. Let me make it clear in advance that some of these things are also what I heard from the grapevine, and I can't guarantee their authenticity. You'd better make your own judgment, especially Brother Black Sword. If possible, I personally hope that you can go to 04296 to verify it, although he probably won't tell you."

Yamu shrugged, looked at Xinlailai, and after complaining, he included the two of them in his sight and said:

"The information I have here is mainly related to some hidden facts about the formation of the Dead Sea ruins. First of all, you should all know how the Dead Sea ruins that are circulated publicly came about, right?"

"Yeah." "I've seen it."

Xin Lailai nodded slightly.

Of course, he had already known the public information about the Dead Sea ruins a long time ago.

After all, this was the place where he and Ling Yuzi almost lost their lives, and it was now causing quite a stir in the lower-level sections of the park. It was hard for them not to know about it.

According to what Ling Yuzi found out during his coma and according to the available records, the Dead Sea ruins were created by an accident caused by a major turmoil.

The main reason for the accident was that a ranger from the Death Paradise had a fight to the death with a hunter from the Reincarnation Paradise and a pioneer from the Sanctuary Paradise because of some grudges.

No one knows the content of the feud now, or there are too many versions, making it difficult to tell which one is true. The only thing people know is that at the end of the confrontation, one of them released the abyss anomaly that had not yet erupted in the original world at that time, which eventually led to the birth of an unimaginable artifact in that small third-level original world.

This accident caused the dispute, which was originally confined to a third-level open native world, to completely get out of control, and eventually evolved into the power of the abyss that broke through the barrier between the derivative world layer and the native world layer, and at the same time affected thousands of third-level and second-level semi-open derivative worlds under the management of the three major paradises, triggering an unprecedented derivative world disaster.

As for the specific process when the disaster broke out, there are not many relevant records because there were almost no survivors. No one knows what kind of desperate scene the people in the derived world faced when the abyss passages suddenly opened above the world and massive abyss energy poured in like a tide.

The only thing that people who came after that time could know was that in that disaster, some people went from being ignorant newcomers to being feared butchers, some people shattered the world in exchange for the hope of their companions’ escape, some people rose from obscurity with hatred, and some people became ordinary people from grief and despair...

After the disaster, the great turmoil that affected all the parks also fell into a state of complete out of control. The disaster brought pain and loss, and the loss caused hatred and anger. Finally, under this chain of events, the contractors who had originally restrained themselves and inherited the legacy completely let go because of the death of their companions, and the contractors who originally wanted to live in disgrace fell into complete madness in order to survive.

Not only that, influenced by the fact that the cause of the disaster was closely related to the three major paradises, the contractors of the three major paradises at that time all began to attack each other frantically.

The world war, which originally had few people actively signing up for, has become overcrowded, and the invasion missions that few people are willing to accept have become the most sought-after things. The frequency of outbreaks of war worlds is so high that the Overwatch Legion can only contain less than one-tenth of the wars.

Internal strife, foreign war, fighting, hatred... these things and methods became an endless cycle, spreading among the low-level contractors of the three major paradises who were the main force of the conflict at the time.

Although this final frenzy lasted only less than a month before it ended due to the forced closure of the park and the return of the mid- and high-level contractors who were on expeditions abroad, it still caused heavy losses to the three major parks at the time.

Especially in Death Paradise, because it did not produce rising stars like Butcher or Shan Xi who could fill the vacancies of strong people of the same level, the low-level contractors it cultivated at that time were killed by the war world that day and have not been able to recover until now.

The so-called "Dead Sea Ruins" refers to the collective name for the thousands of derivative worlds lost by the three major paradises in the abyss invasion caused by the original sin object.

——To be more precise, it is a general term for the lost derivative worlds of the Sanctuary Paradise.

When the disaster broke out, the Samsara Paradise, which had the richest reserves of space-time power, immediately used a large amount of space-time power to freeze each world individually, fixing those derivative worlds within its jurisdiction and preventing them from suffering from subsequent waves of abyss erosion. As a result, it ended up gaining thousands of resource-rich abnormal worlds.

Although the reserves of time and space power in the Death Paradise are inferior to those in the Samsara Paradise, the severity of the disaster it suffered was the lowest among the three paradises, so those worlds themselves were also preserved. It was just that due to the lack of generations of contractors, the resources in those worlds were not digested well.

The only exception was the Sanctuary Paradise, where the reserves of time and space power were relatively small, but the number of abyss passages encountered was more than that of the other two parks combined. At the same time, it also happened to encounter the main body of the artifact. In the end, it only had time to roughly freeze the entire area and was forced to let that piece of derived world layer fall into the abyss, leaving an extremely obvious gap in its own derived world map.

It is precisely because of this that in the Paradise of Samsara and the Paradise of Death, the derivative world left over from the disaster is simply called the "Dead Sea Ruins". The Paradise of Samsara even often calls it the "Dead Sea Treasure Land" in private. The real "Dead Sea Ruins" actually only refers to the derivative world area that was lost in their Sanctuary Paradise.

This is the information Xin Lailai knew about the "Dead Sea Ruins". He and Ling Yuzi did try to ask 04296 for more information, but just as Yamu said, only in this matter, 04296 just evaded the question with one sentence: "It's not good for them to know too much about the past."

"What I want to talk about is some information related to the abyss artifact that caused the Dead Sea ruins at that time, also known as the "Original Sin Object", and some hearsay speculations about the Dead Sea ruins."

In the box, Yamu looked at the two people in front of him, his eyes slightly fixed, and said in a deep voice:

"First of all, there is the Object of Original Sin. You should all know that in the records, the creation and appearance of the Object of Original Sin were all described as a coincidence, and the final description of it simply mentioned that it was controlled by our paradise, right?"

"Well, that's exactly what my version of the story is."

"Same."

Xin Lailai nodded slightly and admitted it, and the executioner next to him gave the same reply.

Just as Yamu said, regarding the whereabouts of the original sin object that caused the disaster, both the academic sect's database and other information channels only described it as being controlled by the Holy Land Paradise where they were, and nothing else.

"Brother Yamu, you are not trying to say that the original sin object was not actually suppressed by Paradise, but is still in the ruins of the Dead Sea, right?"

"How is that possible? If that's the case, I would never set foot in that place even if I were beaten to death. At least based on what I know, that thing is indeed controlled by Paradise, but the way it is controlled is beyond imagination."

Yamu laughed when he heard what Xinlailai said, shook his head to deny it, then looked at the two people in front of him, his eyes slightly fixed, and said:

"In fact, from what I know, the original sin object is now inside the body of a core member of your Lailai Cult. It is not sealed in any way, but is suppressed by that person's extreme behavior. The original sin corresponding to the original sin object is 'desire'."

Oh, so, at least we are still in the paradise. He thought that dangerous thing was still there...? ! !
"Huh?! You said that thing is inside our Lai Lai Religion!!"

Wow——! !

Xin Lailai reacted and stood up with a bang, her eyes wide open with an expression of disbelief.

"Calm down, Brother Black Sword. I just heard about it. Although I have a high probability of success, there is no need to get so excited."

Yamu coughed lightly and began to comfort him, while Xin Lailai immediately made associations in his mind based on the information given by the other party.

The corresponding original sin is desire, which was suppressed by someone in their Lai Lai religion with extreme behavior. Now they are still in paradise. Those in their Lai Lai religion who meet the above conditions...

"So, it's Shan Xi, right?"

Finally, Xin Lailai looked at Yamu expressionlessly and spoke.

"Uh…yeah."

"..."

"Don't worry, Brother Black Sword. Although the Sin Object is not sealed, as long as it is still in Paradise, it will not be able to cause any trouble."

"Don't say anything yet, let me be quiet..."

Xin Lailai listened to Yamu's words and fell silent. Finally, he sat back in his original position, closed his eyes, rubbed his temples for a while, took a long breath, looked at Yamu, and said:

"So, what else? Brother Yamu, there should be more to tell you, right?"

If you think about it carefully, although it is shocking that Shan Xi has an original sin object in his body, if you combine it with his performance, it makes people feel that everything seems quite reasonable. In other words, after knowing this, the fact that the other party, as an extremely powerful person, can stay in the paradise and move away becomes understandable.

After all, normally speaking, even the strongest people should be required to go on missions in theory. But if this is Paradise preventing the original sin in Shan Xi's body from escaping and getting out of control, then everything can be explained.

But if that's the case, this kind of thing can only be kept secret at best, and it's the kind that everyone should know about after reaching a high level. Especially since Yamu was able to say it directly, although the amount of information in this intelligence is astonishing, it shouldn't be enough for 04296 to keep it secret from them.

"Brother Black Sword is indeed perceptive. In fact, although the fact that Shan Xi of your Divine Cult has the Original Sin Object in her body cannot be brought out in the open, it is no longer a secret in the eyes of high-level contractors. In fact, if you ask her directly, she will probably admit it directly."

"The information I really want to talk about is actually something else."

Yamu looked at Xin Lailai who reacted quickly, nodded slightly, a hint of appreciation in his eyes, then lowered his eyes slightly, and said solemnly:

"Brother Black Sword, and the Death Bearer, considering that we have already signed the contract, I will tell you directly."

"In fact, there has always been a saying in Paradise that the birth of the original sin object was not a simple coincidence. Moreover, it was not just the original sin object, but also the disaster at that time, and even the great turmoil that caused Paradise to personally intervene..."

"——Actually, this is all within Paradise's expectations."

"..."

"..."

Quiet.

As Yamu finished his words, the entire box instantly fell into deathly silence.

"I say, Brother Yamu, do you know what you just said?"

"I know, so I said 'anticipate', not 'trigger'."

"Even so, your words can also be understood as whether Paradise deliberately allowed the situation to develop to that point."

"I have never denied it. Although I don't know if it is the same in Samsara Paradise and Death Paradise, at least, Brother Black Sword, do you think our paradise has ever suffered a real loss?"

"..."

"The disaster at the Dead Sea ruins did kill many people, but conversely, it also created many people. At least, 04296 and Baihua from your Lailai Cult, as well as that pervert Shanxi, all rose to prominence in this incident."

"And the monster Yan Yi is the same. As far as I know, he relied on the unreasonable frequency of the war world to successfully accumulate resources, allowing himself to reach an outrageous level that the rest of us can only look up to."

"Even the ruins of the Dead Sea seem to have fallen into the abyss erosion zone, but they perfectly avoided the world war during that period, leaving the other two paradises with nothing to grab. In the end, they returned to our paradise with even more abundant resources, becoming a stepping stone for our generation. Tell me, did our paradise really lose out?"

"..."

"Of course, you can also think that I am just overly suspicious, but to be honest, you also know that I am a businessman, and businessmen are always keen on business methods, such as avoiding certain huge risks with the smallest loss, or... using temporary losses to exchange for huge returns beyond imagination."

As Yamu spoke, he took out a cigarette from somewhere, lit it for himself, took a deep breath, and finally exhaled a long smoke ring.

"To be honest, sometimes I really feel that it is not unfair for the people in our park to be called insidious by the guys in other parks. After all, when it comes to work style, if the top beam is not straight, then the bottom beam will be crooked. Brother Black Sword, what do you think?"

Xin Lailai didn't say anything when she heard that, and the person holding the death row beside her lowered her beautiful eyes, as if she was recalling something in her dark blue pupils.

"That is to say, I understand that, in your judgment, Brother Yamu, the three worlds that Brother Ritian mentioned as being specially reserved for us are not just paradises to test whether we, the pioneers, are qualified, but have a deeper purpose?"

"Well, that's more or less true. After all, you two should know better than me what our park is like. If I tell you now that our park has prepared three worlds simply to test us, do you believe me?"

"This reason... is really speechless."

Xin Lailai was silent for a while, rubbed his temple, sighed, and a look of recognition appeared in his eyes.

——Just like Yamu said, if you let them believe that their own paradise has the image of an honest person, it would be better to let them believe that Shanxi is a pure girl.

"In that case, we should change our strategy. I will try to prepare as many alchemical tools and potions as possible before the next world arrives. What about you?"

Finally, Xin Lailai calmed down, looked at the two people in front of him, and spoke.

Since it has been confirmed that there may be some unknown risks in the next world, they naturally can no longer deal with them in the normal way.

"I still have the old three sets here, the World Thunder Potion Teleportation Array and some miscellaneous stuff. Speaking of which, if there is an elemental gathering place in the next world, I can still make some big moves here."

Yamu spread his hands, explained what he could do, and then looked at the person holding the dead.

"I said……"

A cold voice sounded, and the Death Holder, who was originally frowning and thinking about something, looked at the two people in front of him and spoke in an indifferent voice:

“Is your plan too conservative?”

"?"

As the Death Bearer said this, Xin Lailai and Yamu showed a look of surprise on their faces. Then, the Death Bearer scanned the two of them with his dark blue eyes and said calmly:
"Since we have confirmed that there may be risks in the next world, wouldn't it be more convenient to prepare means to destroy the entire world?"

"..."

"Ahem, um... Death Bearer, your suggestion seems a bit too extreme."

"Indeed... We are pioneers, not annihilators..."

[Tip: Your teammate "Death Bearer" has changed his title to "World Destroyer"]

"..."

"6."

……

……

After one hour.

[Tip: The transmission is completed and the pioneer has returned to the exclusive room]

"Huh...! Finally done. This captain's job is really not something a human can do!"

"Pfft, I actually find it quite interesting, especially when you discuss each other's weaknesses..."

In the room, Xin Lailai, looking like she had lost all hope in life, lay down heavily on the bed, while Ling Yuzi walked out of the soul space, sat beside the bed and teased.

"...Don't say it, I feel overwhelmed just thinking about it."

Xin Lailai rubbed his temples, recalling the content of the conversation over the past half hour, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help but twitch slightly.

God knows why they could talk about something like that. You know, he originally just wanted to use this meeting to confirm the response plan for the next world, but later they were discussing how to destroy the world and considering how to seize the indigenous regime as quickly as possible, and they were also exposing the other party's shortcomings and deficiencies in battle in person. They talked for a full hour before they finally stopped.

"But from a feeling point of view, it's not bad."

After taking a break, Xin Lailai let out a long sigh, recalling today's "team meeting", and couldn't help but smile.

To be honest, only when we get together privately can we truly feel the sense of ease that we cannot experience when we are with ordinary contractors or high-level bosses.

You don't have to worry about others not understanding what you are describing, nor do you have to worry about the other party casually saying something that is far beyond your knowledge. Every discussion can truly make people experience the fun of different thoughts and ideas colliding and rubbing against each other on an equal footing.

"By the way, Ling Yuzi, do you think..."

[Ding~! You have a new email to receive, sender: promise]

Suddenly, a cold reminder sounded, interrupting Xin Lailai's thoughts. He looked at the reminder at the edge of his vision, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

The potion promised by the boss was prepared so quickly? !
So, without any hesitation, Xin Lailai chose to pick up the email. The next second, two bottles of light golden solution fell directly into his hands:

……

【Talent Awakening Potion (Miracle)】

Place of Origin: Sanctuary Paradise·Ragged House

Quality: Epic
Category: Alchemy Potion

Prerequisite: Fully developed the first talent
Effect of use: After taking it, there is a 70% chance of awakening the second talent, and the talent awakened this time must be an SSS-level talent.

Miracle Grade Bonus: The awakening success rate is increased to 100%, and the compatibility of the awakened second talent with oneself will be increased to the maximum value.

Rating: 700
Introduction: Only those who have developed their potential to the extreme are qualified to take it.

*Tip: It is detected that the Pioneer's first talent is already in a fully developed state. After drinking this potion, the second talent awakening process can proceed normally.

……

(End of this chapter)