Reincarnation Paradise Park

Chapter 843: Chapter 74: Time to Treat the Enemy to a Big Pineapple

Light surged, Yan Chen’s eyes opened angrily, and he sat up with a huff.

”Where’s my sister?”

Upon hearing Yan Chen’s first words upon waking, the OL goddess and Milk Candy felt a bit helpless. This guy’s sister obsession had seeped into his bones, beyond saving.

”Your sister is searching for ’condition’ on the enemy corpses.”

Milk Candy tried to be as tactful as possible.

”Is she dissecting corpses again? This...”

Yan Chen stopped himself, instinctively knowing some words shouldn’t be spoken.

Intense pain surged through Yan Chen’s body; a faint foul smell pervaded the tent.

”Bai Ye, your method of healing is really ’gentle’. I think I peed myself.”

Yan Chen lifted the blood-stained blanket, the foul smell becoming more evident.

”Still, thanks, I’ll remember this kindness.”

Yan Chen moved his sore left arm; it had returned to flesh and blood, though some areas still showed signs of crystallization.

Su Xiao, smoking beside him, exhaled a puff of blue smoke.

”It’s just a small matter; I’m surprised you lived. Your will to survive was unexpectedly strong.”

Su Xiao looked at Yan Chen; previously, when Blue Steel Shadow energy invaded his brain, it destroyed a corner of a sealing skill, using the energy as a medium, he sensed some fragmented memories and deduced Yan Chen might not have a sister obsession. Strangely, whether from rumors or Yan Chen’s own words, he seemed to be a sister-obsessed.

Su Xiao wasn’t interested in digging into others’ secrets; whether Yan Chen had a sister obsession was irrelevant to him. The fact Yan Chen wasn’t dead was good; he could resist Xi’s attacks, proving his combat strength wasn’t weak. They were now tied together; if Su Xiao was gravely injured and near death, Yan Chen wouldn’t just leave him be.

Su Xiao yawned, his Mana Value having depleted by over 1000 points, now recovering by chewing [Yida Chewing Gum]; each piece chewed for 5 minutes could restore 75 Mana, and chewing 10 pieces would replenish enough Mana for battle.

”Eight hours have passed.”

Su Xiao suddenly spoke, causing the OL goddess and Milk Candy to frown in confusion.

”I’ve been unconscious for eight hours?!”

The ominous feeling struck Yan Chen.

”Yes, eight hours.”

”That’s not good.”

Yan Chen glanced at Su Xiao; Su Xiao nodded, both thinking the same thing.

Yan Chen would be eroded by Crystal Energy; Xi, the instigator, would be well aware. As one of Reincarnation Paradise’s main combat forces, why didn’t Xi lead the attack when Yan Chen was gravely injured and near death? This was a heaven-sent opportunity to break through the Stone Bridge.

”From what I know of Xi, she wouldn’t let such an opportunity slip unless there’s a better one, like one that could turn the tide or annihilate us outright.”

Yan Chen’s concerns were not unfounded.

”Two hours ago, I explored the maze but found no large siege weapons nor any unusual fluctuations or auras; it was very calm.”

Of course, Su Xiao couldn’t personally enter District 2’s maze, but Bu Bu Wang could.

Just as Yan Chen was about to speak, Su Xiao spoke, ”Xi hasn’t shown up yet.”

Yan Chen nodded, his evaluation of Su Xiao soaring a few levels, realizing Su Xiao was the best collaborator at present, without a doubt. The adventure team leaders, though having manpower, were too selfish, more concerned with their group’s gains than the bigger picture, especially given the current territorial advantage.

”Are those leaders behaving?”

Yan Chen asked the OL goddess, who shook her head.

”Outwardly cohesive but conflicted internally. After your incident, they seemed to want Tunasha to step up, but she’s smart enough not to stick her neck out, given Xi’s looming threat. Whoever steps up will have to deal with Xi; apart from you and this gentleman here, no one else can handle Xi.”

The OL goddess smiled at Su Xiao, having long noticed his blood energy and combat strength on the battlefield.

Su Xiao suddenly stood, hand on the hilt at his waist.

”Something is coming.”

”Huh?”

The OL goddess and Milk Candy were puzzled, Yan Chen struggling to stand.

Boom!!

A deafening roar sounded, shaking the entire Dusk Palace before settling.

”What happened?”

”Not sure, seems something collided with Dusk Palace.”

”Let’s check outside.”

Chaotic shouts sounded outside the tent, Su Xiao, Yan Chen, and others rushing out, Bu Bu Wang trailing sleepily behind Su Xiao.

Upon reaching the palace’s entrance, Su Xiao saw spiky crystals blocking the exit, and the three exits of Dusk Palace were all the same.

”Not good, not good, not good.”

Ignoring his injuries, Yan Chen took out a magic wand, transforming it into a magic gun, enchanting it with fire attribute, and began destroying the crystals at the entrance.

Soon, the crystals at the entrance melted into liquid, revealing a thick crystal layer ahead.

From a high vantage point, one could see a river-like stream of crystals enveloping the three stone bridges and Dusk Palace, forming an oval-shaped solid crystal sphere with a diameter of over a thousand meters.

Inside this crystal sphere, hundreds of Reincarnation Paradise’s Contractors were trapped like insects encased in amber, fixed within the crystal, already assimilated with it.

Within District 2’s maze, several floating crystals by Xi’s side shattered; her face was pale as a sheet, her body rapidly crystallizing.

With a crack, the crystallized Xi shattered, crystal shards scattering, quickly crystallizing the ground within tens of meters, a cat’s phantom appearing, forming a sphere, soon a pale arm emerged from within.

Upon contact with the air, the arm began to crystallize; seconds later, the sphere crystalized and broke.

This process repeated thrice until the exhausted Xi collapsed; she finally wouldn’t die again, having died thrice in the short time just past. Her resurrection count was down to four, with five lives remaining.

Not only Xi was pale and collapsed, but also the hundred or so Contractors around her from Apocalypse Paradise were, all being Magic Class Contractors with more Mana Value.

All these people were exhausted, convulsing unconsciously, some even dying outright, a natural response to rapid Mana depletion by external force.

Xi’s subordinates quickly rushed to escort her and those fallen Magic Class Contractors away, Xi sacrificing three lives along with dozens of Magic Class Contractors, wiped out 403 enemies.

Most of the Contractors guarding the Stone Bridge were dead, the chance Xi had been waiting for; to this end, she had driven Reincarnation Paradise out of District 2’s maze, needing their Contractors’ dense positioning for the maximum impact of the over 1000-meter diameter crystal sphere, a plan set upon learning the ancient ruin’s terrain.

After executing this plan, success or failure, Xi’s prestige would greatly diminish.

From the initial Beastman army charge to the maze’s desperate battle, even leaving Yan Chen badly injured, all were parts of Xi’s plan. Only with Yan Chen gravely injured, leaving Reincarnation Paradise’s side leaderless, could the risk of executing this plan be significantly reduced; for this, Xi deliberately died once during the battle against Yan Chen.

Reincarnation Paradise’s surviving number: 255 people.

Apocalypse Paradise’s surviving number: 783 people.

The numbers showed a threefold gap between the sides, leading to three-on-one situations in future battles.

However, Apocalypse Paradise didn’t realize they had only killed the reasonably sane Contractors. Amidst a dire threat, those still having the mind to sleep in Dusk Palace were somewhat unstable; the mentally stable ones, constantly vigilant against Apocalypse Paradise’s incoming Contractors, had all perished.

Presently, these somewhat unstable Contractors were pushed to the brink.

In Dusk Palace, Su Xiao lightly tossed a Sun God·Apollo. With Reincarnation Paradise’s current numbers, holding the Stone Bridge was clearly impossible, retreating to the second level of Dusk Palace was the only option, where the upward passage was a single route, greatly reducing the defense difficulty.

Su Xiao felt it was time to invite the enemies to taste a ’big pineapple’. Although the second level’s terrain wasn’t suitable for using Apollo, the fourth level’s terrain was fitting.

”Yan Chen, I have a good plan; if timed correctly, it might wipe out the enemies entirely.”

Upon hearing Su Xiao’s words, Yan Chen’s gloomy face broke into a somewhat manic smile.

”Just right, I have a plan too. Let’s see whose plan is crazier.”

A few minutes later, Yan Chen nodded thoughtfully: ”Your plan is crazier, let’s use your plan.”

Having heard their discussion, the OL goddess was in despair; her thought was, wasn’t the choice between plans supposed to be based on rationality? Was her worldview flawed?