Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections

Compared to the first floor, the second floor is much more cramped, covering only a few hundred square meters.

As far as the eye can see, rows of long tables are filled with a wide variety of food. Although Lin Yi has never seen these foods, the tempting color and aroma make people want to taste them.

Being in this Devil Castle, Lin Yi has the illusion of stepping into a luxurious buffet restaurant.

"Welcome to the second floor of the Devil Castle - the paradise of food." The wolf steward made an invitation gesture with an elegant posture. His demeanor was like that of a senior steward in the mansion of a medieval noble, showing his dignity and grace.

However, his invitation was not for Lin Yi and others, but for the figure that appeared behind a golden door that suddenly opened on the inside of the second floor.

A woman in a white dress walked out from behind the door. Her long golden wavy hair shone brightly under the light. She had a slender figure and skin as white as snow, which seemed to be fragile.

The appearance of this woman immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.

The moment he saw this woman, Lin Yi's mind was a little dazed, and an uncontrollable thought appeared in his mind, that is, to kidnap this woman.

The next second, Lin Yi quickly cast a purification spell on himself to dispel the inexplicable impulse in his heart.

The eyes of the man with gold-rimmed glasses on the side were still blurred, and his expression seemed to be ready to worship his queen, and the admiration and fascination in his expression almost overflowed from his eyes.

Not only the men present were attracted by this woman, but even Catwoman and Detective Little Lolita also unconsciously wanted to get close to her, as if her existence itself exuded an irresistible affinity.

Lin Yi chose to look away and try to avoid looking at this woman.

"Everyone, I sincerely welcome you to my castle." The blonde woman spoke gently, her voice was like a spring breeze, extremely soft, without a trace of majesty or posture, making people feel like spring breeze.

"Your Majesty." The wolf steward knelt on one knee devoutly, with a respectful look.

"I am just an illusion now, Wolf Steward, no need to be polite."

Alice's voice was still so calm, without any ripples.

"As you command." Wolf Steward responded respectfully, then slowly stood up and quickly walked to Alice's back and stood still.

"Dear heroes, don't be so vigilant. The existence of the castle is not for my personal entertainment, but as a cradle for the strong. In the future, Alice may still need the help of all the heroes. Leaving this castle, I am just a weak woman. Therefore, you should have no objection to me hosting this second game?" Alice clasped her hands lightly in front of her chest, with a gleam of expectation in her eyes.

As for Alice hosting the next game, this seems to be an irresistible choice.

The Wolf Steward behind her is already holding the Destiny Master Revolver, and the meaning is obvious-anyone who refuses will face the "invitation" of bullets.

"It would be my great honor if Lady Alice could host the game in person. As a gentleman, I would not refuse a lady's request, let alone one from a beauty like Lady Alice." The man with gold-rimmed glasses complimented Alice, which was both graceful and comfortable.

Alice walked forward with a smile on her face and took the man's arm intimately.

This move made the man with gold-rimmed glasses float up, and his heart was full of joy and pride.

However, when Alice turned around and turned her back to others, the smile on her face disappeared instantly, replaced by a touch of disdain and indifference.

"Flatterer." She muttered softly, obviously not taking the compliment of the man with gold-rimmed glasses seriously.

"Huh?"

The man with gold-rimmed glasses suddenly looked ugly, obviously hearing the whisper behind Alice.

"Hmm? What's wrong, gentleman?" Alice turned her head, with a gleam of doubt in her eyes, and she looked at Walsh in a pitiful manner.

"No, nothing," Walsh smiled awkwardly, trying to cover up his gaffe, "I seem to have hallucinated just now."

It was obvious that Walsh heard Alice's scolding clearly just now, but Walsh had no way to refute it, because Alice had already come out in person.

If this accidentally angered Alice, I'm afraid that the wolf steward standing behind would immediately take down the person who offended Alice.

From the previous conversation, Walsh had deeply realized that Alice was not an easy person to get along with.

"You are lucky."

A smile appeared on the face of the national football boss.

"Brother, do you want to try it too?" Pi Pang asked with a playful smile, but he remained highly vigilant in his heart.

Walsh's current state is very abnormal.

"Compared to beauty, life is more important."

"We think alike."

The detective girl heard their conversation and showed a puzzled expression on her face.

She looked at Walsh, the man with gold-rimmed glasses, and saw that he looked absent-minded and happy.

Under Alice's guidance, everyone came to the round dining table in the center of the room.

The table was filled with a wide variety of food, which was dazzling.

There were ten seats at the table. Alice sat elegantly in the main seat, and others found their own seats under the enthusiastic "reception" of the wolf butler.

"Everyone has been running around on the first floor of this castle for three whole days. You must be hungry, right?" Alice said with a smile, her voice as gentle as the spring breeze, "This second game is for everyone to enjoy it. Delicious food in front of you, Wolf Butler, let’s get started.”

Following Alice's order, Butler Wolf immediately began to get busy.

He carefully divided the mouth-watering delicacies on the table into eleven portions, ensuring that everyone present could enjoy an equal portion.

A few minutes later, a tender and juicy steak, a tempting dessert and a crystal clear goblet appeared on Lin Yi's plate.

Alice stood up and picked up a bottle of red wine from the table.

She actually poured wine for everyone herself, which undoubtedly flattered everyone present.

Soon, everyone's goblets were filled with red wine, and the deep red wine swayed gently in the glasses.

When Alice sat back down at the main table again, she elegantly picked up the knife and fork, smiled and said to everyone: "You're welcome, please enjoy your meal."

After saying that, she gently cut off a small piece of steak, opened her red lips slightly, and brought the steak into her mouth to chew slowly.

[Tip: The second round of the game begins. 】

After everyone sat down, the gloomy man glanced at Lin Yi and Su Xiao in the seats next to them.

"I'll do it."

The gloomy man's voice broke the brief silence, and for a moment, everyone including Pi Pang turned their eyes to him.

Alice also raised her head and looked at the gloomy man with interest, a hint of amusement in her eyes.

"It's interesting." She said softly, "After breaking free from the cage of fate, have you already started to move towards the unknown?"

At this moment, Alice found that she could no longer judge the fate of the gloomy man as clearly as before.

His future seems to have exceeded her ability to foresee, and everything now is completely in the hands of the gloomy man himself.

"The food doesn't smell poisonous, and there's nothing abnormal about the perception."

Before the gloomy man was about to go under the knife to taste the food, Pi Pang opened his mouth to reassure the gloomy man.

"Thanks, brother." The gloomy man expressed his gratitude to Pi Pang.

"No, since you are willing to explore the way for everyone, these are what I should do."

Pi Pang had a very general impression of the gloomy man at first, but as time went by, Pi Pang discovered that the gloomy man was actually a temperamental person, much more reliable than Wash, who seemed to have one thing behind his back.

"Second brother, prepare the Holy Light Technique."

The boss of the national football team said in a deep voice, not only the three brothers of the national football team, but also Lin Yi were ready, with healing and purification techniques on standby to ensure that assistance could be provided in time if any abnormality appeared in the gloomy man.

The gloomy man looked at the food in front of him, a small glass of red wine and a piece of beef.

After a moment's hesitation, the gloomy man picked up the knife and fork and carefully cut off a piece of meat about the size of his thumb from the steak.

He had thought carefully that even if there were problems with a piece of meat of this size, it would not be fatal.

After chewing twice carefully, the gloomy man's pupils instantly dilated, and the next second a bottle of replenishing medicine appeared in the gloomy man's mouth.

But Lin Yi and the three national football brothers moved faster. In the next second, four healing techniques appeared on the head of the gloomy man. After seeing that the blood bar was full, the gloomy man breathed a sigh of relief.

"how?"

"Hold on."

After swallowing the steak in his mouth, the gloomy man brought up his personal status bar and chose to announce it.

[Tip: The contractor eats the tenderloin of the ‘Dragon of Poison’. 】

[Tip: You are affected by the ‘trembling poison’. 】

[Physique attributes are being determined...]

[Assessment failed. 】

[The willpower attribute is being determined...]

[Judgment failed. 】

[Intelligence attributes are being determined...]

[Judgment failed. 】

[Pass judgment: 0/3. 】

[You will bear the coercive effect of ‘Trembling Poison’, 35% of your health will be deducted every second, and the effect will last for 5 seconds. 】

[Tip: This damage is real magic damage. 】

"Fuck!"

After seeing the series of reminder messages displayed by the gloomy man, not to mention Fatty, the expressions of other people present were not much better.

35% of the maximum health is deducted every second, and the effect lasts for five seconds. This debuff is simply terrifying.

In other words, that small piece of beef can be fatal in just three seconds.

No wonder the gloomy man's expression changed dramatically just now. It would be difficult for anyone to remain calm in this situation.

This debuff is called Shivering Poison, but it's not pure poison damage.

If it were the full version of the 'trembling poison' effect, any contractor present might be killed even if he just got close enough to smell it.

This is a steak made from the flesh and blood of the poisonous dragon. Although the toxins have been removed, the pressure of the poisonous dragon still exists. This coercion is somewhere between magic and poison, and can be regarded as a unique type of poison magic.

"Everyone, why don't you try the delicious food in front of you? Waste of food is absolutely not allowed in the castle." Alice looked around at everyone. Although her tone was gentle, her words revealed the meaning of an ultimatum.

You may die if you eat poisonous dragon meat, but you will definitely die if you don't eat it.

"If you can't hold on any longer, I can't save you. You can decide the cost yourself."

Lin Yi then turned his eyes to Catwoman, Detective Little Loli and others next to him, as if he was hinting at something.

Hearing Lin Yi's words, the hearts of several contractors such as Detective Little Lolita and Catwoman began to be active.

Judging from the situation of the gloomy man just now, Lin Yi's milk is indeed enough, which means that the blood loss caused by this game is nothing to Lin Yi.

"Alice has prepared fine wine for you, don't you want to taste it?" Alice suggested with a smile.

The moment Alice finished speaking, everyone discovered one thing, that is, their knives and forks could no longer touch the poisonous dragon meat.

Above the plate, Su Xiao vaguely saw an invisible barrier.

This barrier hindered everyone's knives and forks, preventing everyone from continuing to cut the poisonous dragon meat.

Everyone has seen the horror of the poisonous dragon meat, and this glass of red wine also makes people suspicious.

You must know that this glass of wine was poured by Alice herself. If you say there is no trick in it, everyone will not believe it anyway.

"Let me do it."

Lin Yi showed a smile on his face. He found that Alice could not kill the contractors at will, but made trouble for them by formulating various game rules.

But these game rules must be within the scope allowed by Samsara Paradise.

Therefore, Lin Yi was not worried that Alice would suddenly take out a bottle of extremely deadly red wine, such as the kind that deducts 100% of health points per second and lasts for 60 seconds.

Because such a situation obviously violates the rules of Samsara Paradise.

Samsara Paradise sent everyone here for trials, not to provide Alice with the pleasure of killing.

[Hint: Hunter drinks the ‘bloody agate’. ]

[Hint: You cannot receive any treatment effects within 20 minutes and enter the vulnerable state. ]

[Vulnerable state: Take any damage × 2. ]

"Tsk, that's it."

Lin Yi showed a smile on his face, and a purification spell brushed over, instantly clearing his vulnerable state.

However, the treatment ban effect still exists.

This treatment ban effect does not come from the poisonous dragon meat, but the rules of the game itself.

And the vulnerable state is an additional challenge added by Alice.

Then Lin Yi ate a mouthful of poisonous dragon meat.

[Hint: Hunter eats the tenderloin of the ‘poisonous dragon’. ]

[Hint: You are affected by the ‘shivering poison’. ]

[Physique attribute determination...]

[Evaluation failed. ]

[Willpower attribute determination...]

[Determination successful. ]

[Intelligence attribute determination...]

[Determination failed. ]

[Pass determination: 1/3. ]

[You will be subject to the coercive effect of the ‘shivering poison’, deducting 15% of your health per second, and the effect lasts for 5 seconds. ]

[Hint: This damage is real magic damage. ]

[Body of the Abyss: Reduces the damage of all sources of damage by 20%. ]

[Rank determination...]

[Determination completed, you are subject to the coercive effect of the ‘shivering poison’, deducting 12% of your health per second, and the effect lasts for 5 seconds. ]

Lin Yi leisurely enjoyed the food in front of him, a sip of red wine paired with a bite of poisonous dragon meat, as if this dinner was tailor-made for him.

Every two seconds, a healing spell would appear above his head, providing him with a steady stream of life recovery.

Despite the existence of the healing ban effect, Lin Yi is not worried.

Because of the existence of the healing master, Lin Yi's skills have a 15% real healing effect, which cannot be eliminated by the healing ban effect.

This real healing effect allows Lin Yi to maintain a stable recovery of health under any circumstances.

And Lin Yi's healing amount has far exceeded the scope of a normal nurse.

Even if there is only 15% of the milk, it is enough to make Lin Yi's health full in two seconds.

[Temporary Contact Channel]

Doctor: "Don't move for the time being, wait for me to finish eating one by one."

Doctor: "'Bloody Mary' effect (can be expanded to watch)."

The national football team boss: "Fuck, healing ban? And vulnerable?"

The faces of the three national football brothers suddenly became ugly after seeing the healing ban effect brought by the red wine.

Their mutual healing support has always been their strength, but this healing ban buff directly weakened their core advantage, which is tantamount to cutting off the firewood from the bottom of the pot.

Others noticed the reaction of the three national football brothers, and their hands that were originally ready to hold the red wine glass also stopped.

They all knew that Lin Yi and the three national football brothers were allies. Since the three national football brothers did not take action, they must have their considerations.

At this dinner full of unknowns and dangers, every decision could be a matter of life and death.

Therefore, everyone chose to act cautiously, wait and see, and wait for further actions from Lin Yi and the three national football brothers.

"Why don't you drink? Is it because the dishes on the table don't satisfy your taste?" Alice asked with a smile, and a playful smile appeared at the corner of her mouth. She obviously enjoyed watching the tangled expressions of the contractors.

"No, no, no, red wine needs to be sobered up for a while after it is just taken out. Drinking it directly after pouring it out will affect the taste." The national football boss reacted quickly and gave a reasonable explanation almost as soon as Alice finished speaking.

The words of the national football boss surprised both detective Loli and Walsh.

In their impression, the three national football brothers have always been known for playing tricks and disgusting people, and using their brains seems to have nothing to do with them.

The Chinese national football team's boss's move this time gave the others a new understanding of the three brothers of the national football team.

"I see, then let's wait for the wine to sober up before enjoying it." Alice responded with a smile, acting very elegant, "But, everyone, don't leave any food behind."

As she spoke, Alice skillfully cut off a small piece of poisonous dragon meat with a knife and fork, put it in her mouth and tasted it carefully, and at the same time took a sip of the red wine glass beside her, revealing unparalleled dignity and elegance in her behavior.

"Finish the meal within 20 minutes, this is the dining etiquette of the castle." The wolf butler spoke on the side, and took out a stopwatch to start the timer.

"Not bad, it tastes good." Lin Yi nodded, picked up the napkin on the table and wiped the oil stains on his mouth.

"One player passed the second game."

[Hint: The hunter has passed the second game. ]

[The hunter has completed the Gourmet Heaven Assessment Heaven Assessment, and the toxin resistance is permanently +15%, and the health recovery speed per minute is permanently +4. ]

The wolf butler walked up to Lin Yi and made an invitation gesture, indicating that he should follow him to the third floor of the castle.

"Sorry, can I stay here for a while? The rules of the game don't say that you have to go to the next game immediately after finishing the game."

Lin Yi did not get up immediately, but sat in his seat and looked at the wolf steward calmly.

The wolf steward was slightly stunned, and then regained his calm expression, "Of course, if the guests want to continue to rest here for a while, it's okay."

Lin Yi noticed that the wolf steward seemed to want to say something, but at this moment, Alice's lips moved.

Although he couldn't hear what she said specifically, Lin Yi keenly captured the subsequent change in the wolf steward's attitude.

After Lin Yi finished eating, he glanced at Su Xiao, indicating that he could start.

Su Xiao nodded slightly, and then drank a sip of red wine without hesitation.

As expected, Su Xiao's ears rang with the same prompt sound as Lin Yi before, indicating that he had also entered a state of no treatment and vulnerable.

"Don't worry."

Then, Lin Yi looked at the three brothers of the national football team and the gloomy man, indicating that they could also drink red wine together.

Lin Yi has enough milk, so even if he treats five people at the same time, he can still do it easily.

After everyone drank the red wine, Lin Yi first helped them get rid of the vulnerable state, and then a light yellow energy ribbon appeared in Lin Yi's hand.

This ribbon shuttled back and forth between Su Xiao, the gloomy man and the three national football brothers.

[Tip: The contractor obtains the "Life Chain State". ]

After checking the health value restored per second, the few people put down their worries and began to taste the poisonous dragon meat in front of them, enjoying this rare delicacy.

Lin Yi mainly paid attention to the status of the three national football brothers, because Su Xiao's reduced health value was not as fast as the life chain he used per second, so there was no need to take care of him too much.

Thanks to Su Xiao's passing the willpower judgment and having the damage-free effect of the absolute demon constitution.

Under the double increase, Su Xiao will only deduct 6% of his health per second.

Calculated based on his current health value similar to Lin Yi, it means that he loses about 180 health points per second.

As for the gloomy man, his health limit has just reached 1,000 points.

Even if 35% of his health limit is deducted every second, Lin Yi's treatment amount can just make up for his health loss, so that his health value always remains stable.