[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-paradise-of-reincarnation":3,"chapter-paradise-of-reincarnation-paradise-of-reincarnation-chapter-21":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Paradise of Reincarnation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2273879,4446,"Chapter 21: Chapter Twenty-One: The Human Tank","paradise-of-reincarnation-chapter-21",21,"\u003Cp>\"My boys, follow me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill! Tear Baiye into a thousand pieces!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large group of pirates ran through the streets of the royal capital; upon seeing this, the commoners screamed and scattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the pirates charged toward the palace, every ruthless pirate along the way set fires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames roared outside the city walls; soon, thick smoke rolled through the city as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xiao moved through the night, quickly overtaking the pirates and arriving ahead at the palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Kingdom of Goya was only a small nation in the pirate world, so its palace was merely a modest castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hidden near the kingdom, Su Xiao began waiting for the Clank Pirates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The royal capital was divided into three zones: the outermost was the commoner district, then the central street, and at the center lay the palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the palace zone stood a wall, but it was not very tall; the Clank Pirates would soon breach it and storm into the palace zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The palace guards had already deployed in full force; not long after, the sounds of battle reached the outer walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xiao still waited. From what he knew, the palace guards were all show and no substance—those unaccustomed to bloodshed stood no chance against the pirates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, within half an hour, the palace guards were driven back, retreating to the palace entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guards were in disarray, frantic and heavily wounded; some of the weakest simply fled on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My boys, the palace is right ahead—take it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clank’s eyes were bloodshot—he had been deceived by Su Xiao, then fought his way through, driving the pirate captain utterly mad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill them all. No survivors.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Clank’s command, his hundreds of pirates roared and charged the palace, clashing with the guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fiercest hand-to-hand combat erupted; gunshots cracked like popping beans; blood sprayed, severed limbs fell one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the palace, the king, who had already retired, was jolted awake by the noise outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The king of Goya was a man nearing sixty, with jet-black hair and a thick beard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to luxurious meals and the palace’s elite physicians, he showed no signs of age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s going on outside? Why all this noise?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>King Philip Herbert rose irritably; beside him, the queen sat up, bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty, it sounds like gunfire—something’s happened.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The queen was young, trembling as she clung to the king.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someone! Come in!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bedroom door burst open; a massive man charged in, his face carved with a deep scar that stretched across his entire face, making him look monstrous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hausen, what’s happening outside?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man, called Hausen, was the king’s personal bodyguard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But around his neck was a metal collar—iron-black, with intricate mechanisms at the joints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Su Xiao were present, he would recognize it: a slave collar from the pirate world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This massive man, Hausen, was in fact a slave—his life and death controlled by the king. No wonder the king had made him his personal guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hausen said nothing, only made a few hand gestures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hausen could no longer speak—his tongue had been cut out by slave traders. Had he not been unnaturally strong, he would have been killed long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pirates? How could pirates be inside the palace? Right Minister, send men to deal with them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the king sensed something was off, he paid it little mind—he was supremely confident in his palace guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hausen stood frozen in the room, his slave collar binding his freedom—this collar could be detonated, killing him instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the palace, Su Xiao waited for his moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not yet. Though the fighting inside was fierce, it had not yet reached its peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After about an hour of chaos, the king inside the palace could no longer remain calm—he clearly felt the battle cries drawing nearer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the king finally realized the gravity of the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a crash, the door burst open; the Right Minister, drenched in blood, stumbled into the bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty, disaster! The pirates have broken through—they’ve reached the third floor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The king’s face turned ashen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impossible! Where are my guards? They were carefully selected—how could they be driven back so easily?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Right Minister knelt on the floor, curled up, too terrified to reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The palace guards weren’t elite—they were merely young men bought at great expense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hausen, you go—wait—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The king hesitated. Hausen was indeed powerful, but sending him meant leaving himself unprotected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet if he didn’t send Hausen, the pirates would reach him soon—and bullets had no mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Deal with those pirates as fast as possible, then return immediately. Even if you’re wounded, it doesn’t matter—understood?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I die, you die with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hausen’s eyes showed no emotion—only a blank nod, then he left the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the palace, Su Xiao heard a thunderous boom from within—on the third floor, a vast expanse of purple poison gas spread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finally, the moment has come.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xiao leapt upward, clinging to the castle’s outer wall like a gecko.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He climbed swiftly, bypassing the third floor entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle was on the third floor—so the king couldn’t be below it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving at the third floor, Su Xiao peered through a window and saw two figures fighting: Clank and a massive man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to Su Xiao’s surprise, Clank was being crushed—his arm hung limp, barely functional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That massive man was a living tank—each charge shattered entire walls. If Su Xiao fought such a monster, he’d be defeated in under two minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been right not to assassinate the king directly—fighting such an enemy was suicide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That man’s strength stat, conservatively estimated, exceeded 20 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clank was nearly spent—time was short. Su Xiao had to act quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The palace had many rooms; Su Xiao swiftly checked each window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sign of the king on the fourth floor, then the fifth, sixth…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After rapid searching, Su Xiao finally spotted the king through a window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t in any room—he was fleeing down a corridor, clearly trying to escape upward to reduce the chance of being found by pirates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The constant tremors from below had thrown the king into panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moonlight streamed through the windows as the king sprinted down the corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty, huff— I—I can’t run anymore… let me rest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The queen, panting, collapsed onto the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The king’s expression shifted—this woman still held some novelty for him, so he didn’t want to abandon her. But compared to his life, she meant nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then my beloved, rest here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, the king turned to leave, abandoning the queen, who sat dazed on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the glass window beside the corridor shattered with a crash—a shadow wielding a blade burst through.\u003C\u002Fp>",1113,"2026-06-19T23:49:42.795Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","23693f17d3c7b494e9fcf42077bb3fd6e5a45c4c5c1561cf844029454f1e502d","paradise-of-reincarnation-chapter-22","paradise-of-reincarnation-chapter-20",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fparadise-of-reincarnation-cover.jpg"]