Chapter 4001: Emergency Aid

Southwest of Sanctuary City, Lower District.

The so-called Lower District is not a slum; on the contrary, residents here can receive a minimum food guarantee every month. However, if they wish to live in the relatively better-conditioned Middle District or Inner District, they lose this guarantee.

This avoids the situation of Sanctuary City residents starving to death while also eliminating the need to check one by one whether they need the minimum food guarantee, because the closer one is to the outer circular high wall, the lower the temperature and the more damp and cold the air. Residents living in the Outer District generally do not live more than a few years.

Sanctuary City has a compassionate side, but living in such a harsh environment, a cruel side is inevitable. Compared to several hundred years ago, when famines that starved over 70% of the population frequently broke out, the current Sanctuary City is already very good.

Su Xiao and his group stopped in front of a pile of buildings. The reason for this description is that the building in front was composed of houses that had partially melted, looking ugly yet possessing an indescribable aesthetic.

Walking inside, the group's footsteps became increasingly distinct. This place seemed to shield out external sounds. The space was shaped like an inverted bowl, about several hundred square meters. A large number of red-purple flesh tumors grew within the building, making the interior appear crowded; the space available to stand on was only about a dozen square meters.

Sensing the arrival of living beings, the flesh tumors here squirmed, forming a circular seat in front. Afiya raised her hand, gesturing for Caesar to take a seat. Caesar stepped forward and sat on the flesh-made circular seat.

Located in the dimness ahead, the sound of squirming flesh came. A few seconds later, a huge but withered, pale arm over four meters long reached out from the darkness. This arm was covered in irregular subcutaneous tumors, its fingertips sharp; after counting, it was discovered to have six fingers.

This fan-sized hand stretched out flat in front of Caesar, palm facing up, fingers slightly naturally curled. The meaning was obvious: let Caesar offer the item to be traded.

Caesar rummaged through his bosom for a long time, finally placing a leftover fish skeleton, still with the fish head and tail, into the Mother of Corruption's hand. From Caesar's careful movements, it was as if this were some fragile, supreme treasure.

Seeing this scene, the Dark Bishop had already retreated a step without moving a muscle, preventing blood from splashing onto him. This bishop's robe was a new garment he had only managed to craft after saving up materials for a long time, and he hadn't worn it many times yet.

But a scene that made the Dark Bishop's jaw drop occurred. The pale arm pinched the fish tail with its index finger and thumb, lifting it up. Heads with necks as thin as snakes poked out from the darkness. These heads and necks were also equally pale. On the dozen or so heads, the facial areas were crowded with eyes. It had no ears, but had a nose and a mouth, with thin purple lips.

These thin purple lips and the black sharp fingertips were the only colors on the Mother of Corruption; all other parts were pale.

The Mother of Corruption pinched the fish tail with its index finger and thumb, holding it in front of the dozen heads, examining it with infatuation and satisfaction. Then, with the sound of flesh groping, another pale arm of the Mother of Corruption reached out from the darkness behind, holding a golden core in its hand. It brought it to a position in front of Caesar's head, released its hand as if bestowing alms, and then waved its hand at Caesar, signaling that Caesar could get lost.

The moment the trade was completed, the pupils of the Mother of Corruption's hundreds of eyes shrank. It shook the fish skeleton in its hand; the fish head, with not a shred of meat left, wobbled innocently. Seeing this, the Mother of Corruption angrily crushed the entire fish skeleton into powder and grabbed at Caesar, but in the next second, what it grabbed was Caesar wearing the "Abyss Jar."

The Mother of Corruption threw Caesar out of its lair, then it seemed to smell something, its nostrils twitching one by one. Finally, it discovered it was the hand that had grabbed Caesar. It leaned in close to smell it, and then, in the darkness, a strange "Ugh—" sound was emitted.

The Mother of Corruption, feeling very unlucky, wiped its hand on the flesh tumor wall to the side, and only after confirming there was no smell did it return to the darkness behind.

Witnessing all this, the Dark Bishop and Afiya already had spectacular expressions. Before they could say anything, Su Xiao had already stepped forward.

Having just been defrauded by Caesar, the Mother of Corruption's aura surged somewhat. However, sensing a new trader, its heads poked out, the corners of its mouths on both sides curling up into a smile. From this cruel smile, it could be seen that it was prepared to vent its anger on this new trader.

As the Mother of Corruption's pale arm reached out from the darkness and the flesh circular seat formed, Su Xiao sat down, and the Mother of Corruption's pale palm spread out in front of him.

Su Xiao took out a pitch-black ancient book about 5 centimeters thick. The cover of this ancient book seemed to be a mixture of wood and biological tissue, with vein-like magma patterns distributed on it. The vein patterns spread to the center, forming a ruby. This ruby was heart-shaped, as if it were beating one beat at a time.

That's right, it was the "Book of Original Sin." Su Xiao made a move to place the "Book of Original Sin" into the Mother of Corruption's hand. The Mother of Corruption's large, pale palm suddenly retracted as if burned by fire. Seeing this, Su Xiao handed the "Book of Original Sin" forward. This was the item he wanted to trade, and he was waiting for the Mother of Corruption to check it.

The Mother of Corruption in the darkness was silent. Su Xiao stood up, as if to step forward and hand the "Book of Original Sin" to the Mother of Corruption. This time, two thin, pale, large hands reached out from the darkness, waving together, clearly indicating it did not want it.

"Since the trade has begun, it cannot be refused."

Red light flickered in Su Xiao's eyes, which made the Mother of Corruption in the darkness ahead fall silent for a few more seconds. One of its pale hands reached out, and after opening in front of Su Xiao, there was an object in its palm.

【You have obtained the Awakening Stele Fragment.】

Obviously, the Mother of Corruption knew of the Law-Extinguishing Faction and had sensed that Su Xiao was a Law-Extinguisher, which is why it wanted to settle this matter.

Su Xiao picked up this fist-sized piece of 【Awakening Stele Fragment】. Looking at the cross-section, it matched the cross-section on the upper right corner of the "Awakening Stele," except that the "Awakening Stele" was missing more than just this piece in the upper right corner.

Being able to produce the 【Awakening Stele Fragment】 gave Su Xiao a rough guess about the origin of the Mother of Corruption. If he guessed correctly, this existence was named "Abyssal Bottom Crawler," a type of Void alien existence, which was recorded in an ancient book in the Soul Library.

The "Abyssal Bottom Crawler" certainly could not compare to the three alien existences of Overgrowth Frenzy, Candle Woman, and Lord of the Old Days. That level could shake a Great Father-level Original Sin item.

However, the "Abyssal Bottom Crawler," also known as the Mother of Corruption in this world, should not be underestimated. It possessed unparalleled abyss resistance and could dive to the bottom of the abyss, drifting in that darkness, and thus could often touch and salvage some strange treasures that had fallen to the bottom of the abyss.

The Mother of Corruption could not stay at the bottom of the abyss forever; it needed to return to the material world periodically to "breathe," which meant evaporating the abyss blackness on its body. This kind of lair could not be too rich in elements, nor could it be completely dark, and Sanctuary City was the location the Mother of Corruption loved.

A more intuitive metaphor is that this thing is a "trash picker" that is powerful enough but occasionally bullies the weak. However, it often picks up good things; after all, the place where it "picks up trash" is the bottom of the abyss.

Su Xiao looked at the Mother of Corruption, and the Mother of Corruption's eyes also stared at Su Xiao. After the two sides stared at each other for a moment, the Mother of Corruption raised its hand, dug out one of its own eyes, and handed it over, pinching it with its index finger and thumb.

【You have obtained the Corrupted Demon Eye (Eternal-level, one-time item).】

【Effect: After use, it can briefly see through darkness or clear strong darkness from items.】

This time it was Su Xiao who raised his hand. The Mother of Corruption's hand was suspended. After Su Xiao nodded, its thumb and index finger loosened, and the 【Corrupted Demon Eye】 fell into Su Xiao's hand.

Su Xiao walked out, and the Mother of Corruption returned to the darkness. As for the Dark Bishop and Afiya, they were in a mess in the evening wind outside the door. Both of them were stunned. In the history of Sanctuary City, there were at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, powerhouses played to death by the Mother of Corruption, but now, the Mother of Corruption seemed to have been... blackmailed?!

The group returned to the Gloomy Cathedral. The Dark Bishop gave Su Xiao a room key, which was a bedroom on the inner side of the sixth floor. The world is so wonderful; Su Xiao really didn't expect that one day he would temporarily reside in the headquarters of the Dark Religion.

Since it had been agreed to deal with one of the three councilors of the Abyssal Race Dukain family, the absolute controller of the Elf Kingdom Seton, the Beast Lord, then a time had to be set. This time was tomorrow noon. The current team members were:

Su Xiao, Pain Priest Zdenek, and Baja.

Upon learning that the Elf Kingdom Seton had hundreds of millions of enslaved elves, and that they were crafting extraordinary weapons, armor, etc., day and night, selling them to other high-tier worlds in the Void Myriad Worlds through a secret chamber of commerce channel, Caesar was convinced that the Beast Lord had massive wealth.

After Caesar used his "Faction Bully Lv. EX" ability to confirm that the "Elf Kingdom Seton" had a faction system notarized by the Tree of the Void, the restocking plan was launched, but three points were still missing:

1. An unlucky guy with a high enough reputation with the Tree of the Void... cough~, a collaborator.

2. The specific location coordinates of the "Elf Kingdom Seton."

3. Determining the time for the Beast Lord's servants to ship large quantities of goods next time, as well as the time for raw materials to arrive, to ensure that the amount of hard currency in its treasury was sufficiently abundant.

In this way, Caesar successfully joined the team.

In the room, it was pitch black outside the window, but there were still curtains. Su Xiao sat on a single sofa in front of the stove. The temperature of the fire in the stove was normal, but the firelight was particularly dim. Even if the front furnace door was opened, the firelight inside still couldn't shine out.

"Lord Law-Extinguisher, I have saved up a lot of darkness. Do you need it?"

The Dark Lady spoke softly. She stood beside the single sofa, her hands folded on her lower abdomen, her gaze still gentle and gloomy.

"Need it."

Su Xiao knew what darkness the Dark Lady was talking about. She hunted the Immortal Abyss-Nourished Creatures in the darkness near Sanctuary City. Because she didn't have the Magic Blade ability, she couldn't completely kill the Immortal Abyss-Nourished Creatures, but her "Darkness Domain" could absorb the source energy of the Immortal Abyss-Nourished Creatures and store it.

When the Immortal Abyss-Nourished Creatures lost a large amount of source energy and were killed, they would not be reborn in this world, but would flee back to the abyss and regain their strength in the abyss.

This time, when going to raid the Beast Lord, Su Xiao did not plan to bring the Dark Lady. Not only was the Dark Lady's ability too unsuitable for small team operations, but when encountering a strong enemy, he couldn't let her join the siege. In addition, "Sanctuary City Doan" was the headquarters of this world notarized by Reincarnation Paradise, and absolutely nothing could happen to this place.

Su Xiao would not think that just because Reincarnation Paradise notarized "Sanctuary City Doan" as the headquarters of this world, it would provide any notarized protection for this place.

Once "Sanctuary City Doan" was destroyed, even if Su Xiao had ten thousand methods, all tasks and bounties would fail. Don't forget, the punishment for the main quest was forced execution. Su Xiao would not be arrogant enough to think that just by promoting to the Supreme level, he could withstand forced execution. There were really not a few Supreme-level beings in Reincarnation Paradise.

If the Paradise Faction could not forcibly execute Supreme-level beings, then the current Void Myriad Worlds would all be controlled by the Supreme-level beings of the Paradise Faction. The number of Supreme-level beings in the Paradise Faction was unimaginable to other forces in the Myriad Worlds.

The Dark Lady expanded her "Darkness Domain" slightly, and a large amount of pitch-black energy like iron sand emerged. This was the source energy of the Immortal Abyss-Nourished Creatures.

The Blade Spirit appeared and absorbed the large amount of source energy that emerged without refusal. At first, Su Xiao didn't pay much attention, after all, the Dark Lady had only been here for a month or so, how many Immortal Abyss-Nourished Creatures could she handle? But a few minutes passed, and source energy still flowed out of the "Darkness Domain" continuously.

When the source energy stopped, it was more than half an hour later. Su Xiao estimated that this was equivalent to the amount of 12~15 portions of "Spirit Source Quality," which meant that if 50% was not divided, and all was given to the Blade Spirit to swallow, the Blade Spirit would increase its spirit strength by at least 750 points.

Su Xiao's current soul strength was 1500 points, and the corresponding suppressible spirit strength was 1700 points.

And the Blade Spirit was now at 1104 points. After increasing by another 750 points, it would reach 1854 points, exceeding the suppression limit. Normally, Su Xiao could not do this, but his right arm was special now. Let alone 1854 points of spirit strength, even if it reached 5000+, as long as he held the blade with his right arm, he could suppress the spirit.

Of course, this kind of suppression was not as stable as soul strength, but there was a problem not to be forgotten: he was about to deal with the Abyssal Race. Su Xiao had a feeling when he killed Immortal Abyss-Nourished Creatures in the past that if the spirit strength was not high enough, leading to the Magic Blade not being strong enough, then it would definitely be impossible to complete the kill.

In the final analysis, the Magic Blade kill was the process of the Blade Spirit swallowing and annihilating everything of the enemy. To kill the Abyssal Race, there must be an incomparably powerful Blade Spirit. Whether the current Blade Spirit's strength was enough was really not certain, but if this source energy swallowing was completed, it would definitely be enough.

Giving up so much spirit energy, Su Xiao would have 600,000 fewer health points and 12 fewer points of abyss resistance, but considering that if he successfully killed the Beast Lord, the amount of abyss characteristic source energy obtained would definitely be able to make up for this.

After taking the Blade Spirit back into the Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan, Su Xiao checked the crystal prosthetic limbs on the Dark Lady's arms. Overall, the adaptability was quite good, and although there was slight damage, it could be easily repaired.

After repairing the crystal prosthetic limbs, the Dark Lady put on her long dress and walked out of the room. She could act freely for a period of time afterward.

"Take these."

Su Xiao pointed to the 100 bottles of 【Bright Red Secret Medicine】 on the table. With these secret medicines, the risk for the Dark Lady to clear the Abyss-Nourished Creatures around Sanctuary City would be reduced by more than 50%.

The Dark Lady did not express thanks. After gathering all the 【Bright Red Secret Medicine】 into the "Darkness Domain," she bowed slightly to Su Xiao and said softly: "I am leaving, Lord Law-Extinguisher."

"..."

Su Xiao did not speak, and the Dark Lady was long used to his response with silence. She turned and left.

"3."

Su Xiao began to count down in the room where only he was present.

"2."

Su Xiao's hand pressed on the hilt of the blade, and red light flickered in his eyes.

"Don't be so boring."

A figure appeared in the corner, making the darkness in the corner even thicker. When they met in the last world, this person was still in the image of a little girl, but this place was too close to the abyss, making her unable to maintain the little girl's appearance, but rather a human shape composed of black iron sand.

This was none other than the Abyss Daughter, one of the offspring of the Lord of the Abyss.

"You sneaked to my side, aren't you afraid I'll slaughter you?"

Su Xiao rarely didn't take action directly, but instead engaged in verbal negotiation first.

"Hehe~, you can't yet. If your spirit was stronger, I wouldn't appear in front of you. Now, well..."

The Abyss Daughter sat on the sofa opposite Su Xiao, crossed her legs, and hugged her shoulders. Although her face was composed of black particles, her smile could still be seen.

"Purpose."

Su Xiao took out a bottle of elemental wine. He hadn't tried the new batch of elemental wine yet. After pulling out the cork and pouring a glass, he tasted a small sip first, then drank it all in one gulp. It was very good. Compared to the quality of the previous batch, it had improved by at least 20%.

"I came to cooperate with you. Although your strength is not very good among the Law-Extinguishers, you must be one of the top potion masters in the Myriad Worlds, at least in the top ten. I can't find the traces of the others, so I can only come to you."

Compared to the last time they met, the Abyss Daughter was much more arrogant this time. It seemed that there was a significant hidden story behind this trade.

"I advise you not to fight to the death with the Abyssal Race. Their rank in the abyss is far from comparable to those Immortal Abyss-Nourished Creatures. If things go wrong, the next Lord of the Abyss might appear among the Abyssal Race. Of course, this probability is not high. To date, neither of the two Lords of the Abyss has come from the Abyssal Race."

The Abyss Daughter swung her crossed legs, looking at Su Xiao with a half-smile, and teased: "It's not that I'm saying this, you living beings are really weak, addicted to such shallow hobbies."

The Abyss Daughter glanced at the wine glass in Su Xiao's hand, and although she was full of smiles, there was a faint sense of looking down.

Su Xiao picked up the wine bottle and sealed the remaining half bottle of wine. It wasn't because of the words of the abyss existence opposite him; he didn't care about the other party's sarcasm at all. Mainly, the new batch of elemental wine, although mellow, was also more intoxicating. If he drank a few more glasses, even with his physique, he might feel slightly tipsy. He looked at the Abyss Daughter opposite him and said:

"Being a middleman is not easy, is it?"

As soon as Su Xiao said this, although the Abyss Daughter tried her best to hide it, she was seen through at a glance, and she also had micro-expressions.

"It seems that the other side is the Dukain family. Specifically, the Beast Lord? Lady Scorpion? The Council President? Hmm, it's Lady Scorpion. I don't think this Abyssal Race would particularly need high-tier potions. That must be a big deal, a big potion business from the Void."

Su Xiao's words made the Abyss Daughter fall into silence. She had always thought that this was a Technique Grandmaster, a ruthless character with SSS combat power and A-level intelligence. Now it seemed that she had misjudged the situation.

"You and Lady Scorpion have a deep grudge."

Su Xiao pointed out the purpose of the Abyss Daughter's visit directly, making the darkness in her eyes particularly intense.

Black-blue smoke drifted from the Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan. The moment she sensed the aura of the Blade Spirit, the Abyss Daughter was suddenly shrouded in darkness, because she realized that the Law-Extinguisher's spirit was already beginning to threaten her.

Seeing the Abyss Daughter hide in the darkness, Su Xiao suppressed the spirit back into the Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan. What used to be very easy to do, this time felt some resistance. This was caused by the Blade Spirit's spirit strength reaching 1924 points. The total increase of 820 points was very exaggerated and contained huge risks.

But this time, dealing with the Abyssal Race, let alone killing them, with the current Magic Blade killing strength, being able to kill them and banish them back to the abyss was already a victory. Even for the previous generation of Law-Extinguishers, it was very difficult to completely kill the Abyssal Race.

Su Xiao began to think about the subsequent plan. Among the three Dukain councilors, he would deal with the Beast Lord first, then the Twin Kings, and finally Lady Scorpion.

The reason for dealing with Lady Scorpion last was because Su Xiao was very interested in Lady Scorpion's potion business. This matter should be crucial to Lady Scorpion. If things went wrong, it might be the key for the other party to move from the councilor level to the council president level.

The Abyssal Race is born powerful, and the price for this is that if they want to be stronger, they need to pay a hundred or a thousand times more resources than those who are powerful at the same level.

This is also why the Dukain family used the "Darkness Corruption" ability to enslave a massive number of humans, elves, and giants, making them produce extraordinary items day after day and exchange them for the resources they needed.

Among this, if Su Xiao didn't believe that the Goblin Chamber of Commerce was involved, he wouldn't be Su Xiao. This kind of big business could only be steadily swallowed by the Goblin Chamber of Commerce, and only they would do business with the Abyssal Race.

A plan gradually took shape in Su Xiao's mind. After defeating the Beast Lord, he would be captured alive by Lady Scorpion. Of course, this "captured alive" was the key point of the operation, not personally taking risks.

【Power of Self】

Origin: Reincarnation Paradise.

Type: Prop/Consumable.

Usable times: 1/1

Usage effect: After using this item, it will mimic itself to form an avatar with 100% of your abilities. This avatar has two modes: control mode and automatic mode. In control mode, you will control this mimic avatar. In automatic mode, the avatar will autonomously attack enemies (the duration of the mimic avatar depends on the user's real intelligence attribute).

Hint: Because you are a Technique Grandmaster, this avatar will not be able to fully exert the combat power that a Technique Grandmaster should have...

Introduction: Sometimes, you have to believe in yourself.

Selling price: 9850 Soul Coins.

Su Xiao couldn't bear to sell this thing even when he was promoted to the Supreme level. Now, the game with Lady Scorpion was the perfect time to use it. If operated properly, he was confident in raising his Lv. 95 Potionology to Lv. 98, or even reaching the limit of full-level Lv. 100.

But before that, he had to arrange the Beast Lord first. He left the room and walked towards the Middle District. Half an hour later, he arrived at the location agreed with Caesar and pushed open the door of the old warehouse. This place was about two hundred square meters, and because "Grey Fern Powder" had just been stored, it was still quite dry inside.

Caesar threw a badge over. The sky-blue imprint on it represented the Apocalypse Paradise. This was an 【Emergency Aid Badge】.

【Emergency Aid Badge】

Effect: After use, you will receive reinforcements from a Battle Angel of the same tier within 5 seconds, and you can choose the reinforcement requirements to match a Battle Angel whose ability system is more suitable.

Hint: This reinforcement requires paying the reinforcer 300~2000 ounces of Spacetime Power.

Hint: The time limit for this reinforcement is 1 second~300 hours, and the reinforcer can interrupt this reinforcement at any time.

Heaven knows where Caesar got this thing, but that wasn't the point. Considering the subsequent restocking in the Elf Kingdom, a lucky person with a high enough reputation with the Tree of the Void was needed, and the Battle Angels of Apocalypse Paradise were undoubtedly the first choice.

Coupled with the fact that in the last world, Su Xiao personally experienced the powerful assistance of the perception system in the later stages, he planned to find a Battle Angel of the perception/causality/fate system. The ideal one was a pure perception system, but causality and fate systems were also fine, as the perception abilities of these two systems were equally powerful.

Su Xiao began to set up in the old warehouse. A moment later, he threw the 【Emergency Aid Badge】 to Caesar, and Caesar used it immediately.

Hum!

A teleportation array appeared. A few seconds later, a figure walked out of the teleportation array. Her height was about 1.55 meters, her long hair braided into thin braids hanging to her waist, the ends of the braids tied with various symbolic ornaments. She wore a white-bottomed, red-lined robe, and had dark circles like smoky makeup, and a pair of listless eyes.

The person yawned, looked around, and said: "Hello everyone, this time the commission needs an additional 20% increase. If you don't accept it, you can give up this recruitment, and I will return the money in full. I will also apply to Apocalypse Paradise so that your 'Emergency Aid' will not be consumed. Sigh~, so sleepy. If it weren't for saving money to exchange for 'Power Source Quality,' I wouldn't have come."

The person yawned again and added: "By the way, my name is Xilin, causality system. How should I address you two..."

Xilin stopped here, suddenly feeling that the two people in front were familiar. Suddenly, her sleepiness disappeared by nearly half. This seemed to be... the Law-Extinguisher and the Fraudster from Reincarnation Paradise?

Without any hesitation, Xilin immediately wanted to forcibly interrupt this "Emergency Aid." She had long heard of this Law-Extinguisher and Fraudster. As for the other party being at the Supreme level, Xilin didn't think that the Supreme level would dare to come here.

As for the other party having just been promoted to the Supreme level and their combat power at the Supreme level not being very good, Xilin could be sure and certain that these guys who were monsters at the Supreme level would not be weak once promoted to the Supreme level. They definitely weren't something she, a newly promoted Supreme, could deal with. Moreover, this Law-Extinguisher was famously known for restraining the causality system.

Just as Xilin was about to interrupt the "Emergency Aid," she suddenly stopped this action. The reason was that the large number of bright red Tree of the Void warnings told her a terrifying piece of news: the number of her signed contracts... was already full!

At this moment, Xilin was completely not sleepy. **CHAPTER 4002: INTUITION**