Reincarnation Paradise Park

[Transmission complete, the Hunter has been sent to the exclusive room.]

After seeing the prompt from Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao felt like something was missing.

”That’s it? When exactly do we enter the Derivative World?”

Su Xiao’s inquiry received a response, but it wasn’t very precise.

[Long-distance space teleportation preparation in progress... the Hunter just needs to wait.]

In one word, wait.

Su Xiao and Bu Bu Wang left the exclusive room, and as soon as they stepped outside, Su Xiao noticed something was not right with the scene in front of him. The skies above Reincarnation Paradise were dusky, with faint lines of blood-red flickering in the gray.

A faint, tangy sweetness lingered in the air, making the entire Reincarnation Paradise feel somewhat oppressive, bloody, like a storm brewing.

The contractors passing by were in a hurry. One contractor sat against the street, holding a bottle of strong liquor, gulping it down.

”Mmm~”

A tender gasp came from a nearby alley, causing Su Xiao to turn his head. A couple was engaged in ’urban warfare,’ completely indifferent to the gaze of others, as if it were their last bout of madness.

Su Xiao noticed one thing: the low-tier contractors, whose auras weren’t strong, remained calm, whereas those who indulged in drinking and lust were all high-tier contractors. This possibly indicated that the more one knows, the more aware they are of the horrors to face.

”Everyone gather at the guild base, you few, don’t stand there gawking.”

A roar came from a distance, and several contractors with strong auras and steady steps quickly ran toward the sound source.

Judging from the aura of these contractors, they are conservatively estimated to be above the third tier, possibly even fifth or sixth-tier contractors.

Why would high-tier contractors react this way? This could only mean one thing: the World Struggle War is terrifying, terrifying enough that these battle-hardened high-tier contractors can’t handle it calmly.

Su Xiao headed towards the trade market. As soon as he arrived, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.

Every stall was littered with blue and purple equipment, and occasionally one could even see dark purple or light gold equipment. If looked for carefully, golden equipment wasn’t nonexistent, just rare.

Such a situation was likely because large adventure teams or merchants were liquidating equipment they currently didn’t need, converting these into Paradise coins to enhance their strength.

Su Xiao wandered around the trade market for a few rounds and was surprised to find that these equipment items were at least 20% cheaper than usual. Even more shocking was the almost complete absence of healing medications or food in the entire trade market.

He passed by a stall where a blue-quality healing item was priced at 17,000 Paradise coins. In the past, this price would have been considered ridiculous.

However, within ten seconds of the blue healing item’s display, it was immediately purchased by a passing high-tier contractor without any haggling.

The Skill Enhancement Hall and Equipment Strengthening Hall were crowded, while the arena seemed deserted like a haunted place.

Discovering this situation, Su Xiao found a quiet café and started crafting the [First Potion], demonstrating the advantage of being able to make healing items.

The cost for crafting a First Potion is 5000 Paradise coins + 300 Mana Value. Su Xiao still had 23,860 Paradise coins left, and he decisively chose to craft 4 bottles.

He still had some of the First Potion left from a previous batch; adding these 4 bottles, he ended up with a total of 8 First Potions.

[First Potion (Improved Version)]

Origin: Reincarnation Paradise

Quality: Purple

Type: Healing item

Effect: After drinking, rapidly restores 87% Life Value, and continues to restore Life Value for 30 seconds thereafter, at 3 points per second, healing a certain extent of internal injuries.

Rating: 140

Description: A product of alchemy, extensively improved to significantly reduce side effects.

...

Su Xiao had a sufficient stock of healing items, sufficient for the harsh world struggle war that lay ahead. His stock included:

[First Potion (Purple)] ×8

[Holy Water·Middle Bottle (99% concentration) (Light Gold)] ×1, Effect: Restores 80% Life Value and 80% Mana Value, and rapidly heals wounds.

[Yida Chewing Gum] ×15 pieces, Effect: Chew one to restore 15 Mana Value per minute, becomes ineffective after chewing for 5 minutes.

[Delicious Roasted Turkey] ×1, Effect: After eating, restores 90% Life Value, 30% Mana Value within one hour, and removes abnormal conditions.

...

These were all high-end goods that Su Xiao had been reluctant to use before; perhaps in the next world, these could not just save one life but many.

Boom!

A loud explosion resounded from above, causing Su Xiao to look up and see a blood-red barrier appear in the sky above Reincarnation Paradise.

[Announcement: Long-distance space teleportation preparation complete, all tier contractors prepare yourselves.]

[Announcement: The opponent for this World Struggle War is ’Apocalypse Paradise.’]

[Announcement: Void Tree public certification in progress...]

[Announcement: Certification complete. During the World Struggle War, neither Reincarnation Paradise nor Apocalypse Paradise can provide any meaningful assistance to their underling shuttlers.]

[Announcement: According to Initial Rule No. 1548762, the Void Tree remains absolutely neutral.]

...

Many mysteries in Su Xiao’s heart were somewhat resolved with these prompts. He had always been puzzled about the purpose and significance of Reincarnation Paradise’s existence—was it a game of gods and demons? Apparently not. Those at the level of gods and demons might not even compare to the capability of Reincarnation Paradise.

Now it seemed that while Reincarnation Paradise was all-powerful to Su Xiao, it wasn’t without opponents; there were other entities similar to Reincarnation Paradise. However, judging from the name Apocalypse Paradise, Su Xiao felt it might be a place of the same origin as Reincarnation Paradise. In such an internal competition, there was no sense of a chaotic ”tear apart” scene, meaning it’s about ’resource’ competition within, though the resource contested was astonishing—a whole world.

The final purpose of the World Struggle War reflects that the more worlds Reincarnation Paradise holds, the greater opportunities its contractors have to grow strong. The stronger the contractors, the more worlds they can capture, forming a virtuous cycle, and Reincarnation Paradise will thus become even grander.

As the saying goes, nurture troops for a thousand days, only to use them at a critical moment. The mystery of Reincarnation Paradise cultivating contractors to become stronger was partially unraveled.

However, Su Xiao still had many questions, like what is the Void, and what kind of existence is the Void Tree, but with his current power, he couldn’t touch these matters.

Still, Su Xiao vaguely felt that the Void should be an extremely vast place, perhaps where the Shadow of Annihilation Law originates.

With his current power, it’s not just about entering the Void to fight; he seems to lack even the qualification to enter the Void.

[Hint: The Hunter will participate in the Second Tier World Struggle War.]

[Hint: You have gained Universal Language Lv.40 (temporary skill), to be forgotten after the World Struggle War, as this skill is bestowed by mutual certification.]

[Hint: Long-distance space teleportation preparation complete, first stop, Stellarspace Transit Station.]

Su Xiao took a deep breath. From the literal meaning, he was ready for the train to hit him at the back of his head, while Bu Bu Wang whimpered softly beside him.

The space-time power enveloped Su Xiao, and just as every muscle in his body tensed, he unexpectedly found that the space-time power was exceptionally gentle this time.

Su Xiao’s vision went black, and for the first time during long-distance teleportation, the back of his head wasn’t wrecked.

In a foggy consciousness, Su Xiao felt that he was rapidly traversing through a tunnel.

No one knows how long had passed before Su Xiao’s consciousness restored, and observing his surroundings, he was shocked to find himself floating in a Star River.

Su Xiao stood up, feeling the ground beneath his feet stable, suggesting he wasn’t floating but rather standing on an invisible barrier.

When he got up, Su Xiao noticed at least a thousand contractors around him, all with puzzled expressions. This seemed to be their first experience of such a scenario, and although confused, the Second Tier contractors weren’t fools; they knew their opponents this time weren’t each other but the contractors from some Apocalypse Paradise.

These contractors were not all the participants in the world struggle war; they were just a small portion of the Second Tier contractors. The number of contractors participating in this war was more than anticipated, just not in the same world. The contractors sharing the world with Su Xiao were these same thousand or so contractors of the same tier.

[Hint: Long-distance space teleportation preparation in progress, estimated time 30 minutes, second stop location: Weiss Planet, as the final destination.]