A little girl ran a few steps to stand in front of Su Xiao, her face full of smiles. "It's me! I'm Kanna. How cute am I?"
The girl was very lively, even spinning around in front of Su Xiao.
Su Xiao took a closer look and realized that this little girl was not the Kanna who would eat anything.
"You’re not Kanna."
"Did you see through me? I guess I need to be more careful with my tone," the girl said, dropping her cute act.
"So, do you want to make a deal with me? I’ll help you understand the Reincarnation Paradise, and you pay me 50 Paradise Coins."
Su Xiao needed to learn about the Reincarnation Paradise, and this fake Kanna was undoubtedly the best choice.
"Sure, how do I give you the coins?"
Su Xiao's straightforwardness surprised the little girl a bit.
"Aren't you afraid I’ll trick you? There are plenty of scammers in the Reincarnation Paradise."
A weapon called Dragon Slashing Flash appeared in Su Xiao's hand as he looked coldly at the girl.
"If you trick me, I’ll kill you."
The little girl chuckled lightly.
"You really are a newbie. Besides the arena, contractors can't attack each other in other places in the Reincarnation Paradise. It's a safe zone here."
"Is that so? Then it should be possible in the derivative worlds."
Su Xiao's icy gaze made the girl take a few steps back.
"Hey, hey, we’re not enemies. I won’t trick you."
The chill in Su Xiao's eyes made the girl nervous; she realized he was not someone to mess with, a real tough character.
Thinking quickly, the girl decided to back off and not do business with Su Xiao.
Ding! You have received 50 Paradise Coins from Contractor No. 13013.
The girl's expression immediately turned sour as she looked at Su Xiao with some resentment.
"There are too many people here. Let’s go to a cold drink shop to talk."
With a sigh of resignation, the girl walked ahead, and Su Xiao followed her.
"Ugh, I didn’t want to do business with you, but since you’ve already paid, let me introduce myself. My name is Xiluo Luo, and I’m a worker in the Reincarnation Paradise."
Worker? Su Xiao felt puzzled but didn’t ask.
Soon, Xiluo Luo led Su Xiao to a cold drink shop with a strange name: "Cats and Dogs."
"Welcome... Oh, it’s Little Xiluo. Did you find a new customer?"
A sexy, mature woman approached them. She had a curvy figure, long legs, and was wearing black stockings. With high heels, she was almost as tall as Su Xiao.
"Boss, I want watermelon juice. What about you, sir?"
"Just water."
Su Xiao casually replied; he wouldn’t drink anything offered by a stranger.
"Don’t worry. We’re workers, different from you contractors. We don’t have bad intentions."
Su Xiao tapped his fingers lightly on the table and asked, "What’s a worker?"
Xiluo Luo cleared her throat and started explaining. Soon, Su Xiao understood what a worker was.
In the Reincarnation Paradise, there are mainly two types of people: contractors and workers like Xiluo Luo.
Contractors often take on dangerous missions, while workers are service staff in the Reincarnation Paradise. They sell goods or provide food services.
Workers are contractors who failed the first world mission and didn’t get selected. Without these workers, contractors would struggle to even eat.
It’s important to know that the Reincarnation Paradise doesn’t provide exchanges; daily needs are all handled by these workers.
One benefit of being a worker is that they only need to enter a derivative world once every two months.
Xiluo Luo was wary of Su Xiao because she also needed to enter a derivative world. If she ran into him, given her "impressive" combat ability, she wouldn’t stand a chance.
Xiluo Luo took out a transparent tablet and handed it to Su Xiao.
"This contains detailed information about the Reincarnation Paradise. Take a look; it’s verified by the paradise, no tricks."
Su Xiao took the tablet, amazed by its advanced technology that could project 3D images.
He gradually learned about the Reincarnation Paradise.
The Reincarnation Paradise is vast, and no one has ever counted the population, but it’s definitely over a hundred thousand.
The reason no one counts is that the death rate for contractors is extremely high.
According to the information from Xiluo Luo, the death rate for contractors in the first world is 80%, in the second world it’s 60%, in the third world it’s 50%, and there are many more after that, but Su Xiao didn’t look into them in detail.
From this terrifying death rate, it’s clear how tough it is for contractors to survive in the Reincarnation Paradise.
Most shops in the Reincarnation Paradise are run by workers, and these stores are essential for contractors’ daily lives.
In the central area of the Reincarnation Paradise, there are about a dozen buildings established by the paradise itself, including the attribute enhancement hall mentioned earlier.
These buildings are very important to contractors; wanting to improve their strength is closely related to these places.
After reading the last piece of information on the tablet, Su Xiao set it down.
"It mentions that contractors can stay in the Reincarnation Paradise for three days before returning to the real world to wait for the next mission. Does that mean I can go back to the real world?"
Xiluo Luo bit her straw and put away the tablet.
"Yes, after each derivative world, every contractor can stay in the Reincarnation Paradise for three days. Then the paradise will send the contractor back to the real world.
Generally, after returning to the real world, you’ll stay for about a week before receiving a summons from the Reincarnation Paradise to return and start the next derivative world."
At this point, Xiluo Luo looked a bit troubled and enviously glanced at Su Xiao.
Workers are different from contractors; they can only return to the real world for three days each month.
"I really miss my family."
Xiluo Luo rested her chin on her hands, pouting.
"By the way, there’s one more thing. You can hide your appearance in the Reincarnation Paradise to avoid being targeted for revenge or assassination by other contractors, which could also endanger your family. That’s a hard lesson learned.
The way I look now is modified through the Reincarnation Paradise, and it cost me 500 Paradise Coins."
Su Xiao just nodded, not caring much.
"Don’t you want to hide your appearance? You can do it right now." Xiluo Luo looked at Su Xiao curiously.
"No need. I have no one to worry about."
Su Xiao's response made Xiluo Luo quiet down; this clever little girl didn’t dare to provoke him further.
"You’ve seen the information, so the deal is done. Just a friendly reminder: don’t provoke the mages in the derivative worlds. Those guys are monsters, like cannons."
She shrank her neck, showing a look of fear.
"Mages? Are they really strong in the Reincarnation Paradise?"
Su Xiao’s slight smile made Xiluo Luo shake her head.
"They're not just strong; they’re super strong. Any adventure group will recruit mages without limits. You know, I’ve been through two derivative worlds, and I paid mages for protection."
Su Xiao nodded, feeling unsettled. His current profession is the Shadow of Anti-Magic, the natural enemy of mages.
He suddenly felt a bit excited to see if those mages would still be strong in front of him.
Having just accepted the inheritance of the Shadow of Anti-Magic, he didn’t fully understand the power of this profession.
Now, it’s not about whether mages are strong in front of him, but whether they can survive after encountering him.
(End of Chapter)