The little girl ran up to Su Xiao in a few steps, looking at him with a beaming smile.
"I'm Ou~. I'm Kanna. What do you think? Cute, right?"
The little girl was extremely lively. She even spun around in front of Su Xiao.
Su Xiao studied her carefully and discovered that the little girl before him was not the Kanna who ate everything.
"You're not Kanna."
"Did you notice? I really need to work on my tone." The little girl stopped acting cute.
"How about it? Want to make a deal with me? I'll help you learn about Reincarnation Paradise, and you'll pay me 50 Paradise Coins."
Su Xiao needed information about Reincarnation Paradise right now, and the fake Kanna before him was undoubtedly the best choice.
"Sure. How do I give you the Paradise Coins?"
The little girl was somewhat surprised by Su Xiao's straightforwardness.
"Aren't you afraid I'll deceive you? You should know that there are quite a few scammers in Reincarnation Paradise."
Dragon Slayer Flash appeared in Su Xiao's hand. He looked at the little girl with a cold glint in his eyes.
"If you deceive me, I'll kill you."
The little girl chuckled.
"Just as I thought, you're a newcomer. Aside from the Arena, contractors can't attack each other anywhere else in Reincarnation Paradise. This is an absolutely safe zone."
"Is that so? Then I should be able to attack people in Derivative Worlds."
The chill in Su Xiao's gaze made the little girl retreat several steps.
"Hey, hey, we're not enemies. I won't deceive you, either."
Su Xiao's icy gaze made the little girl's heart pound. The man before her was not someone to provoke. He was the ruthless sort who killed without batting an eye.
Her thoughts raced, and the little girl decided to withdraw first rather than do business with Su Xiao.
Ding, you received 50 Paradise Coins from Contractor No. 13013.
The little girl's face immediately fell, and she looked at Su Xiao with a plaintive expression.
"There are too many people here and too many prying eyes. Let's discuss this at a cold-drink shop."
The little girl sighed helplessly and walked ahead, with Su Xiao following behind.
"Ah~, I hadn't wanted to do business with you, but since you've already paid the Paradise Coins, I'll introduce myself. My name is Xiluo Luo, and I'm a Worker in Reincarnation Paradise."
A Worker? Su Xiao was puzzled, but he didn't speak.
Soon, Xiluo Luo brought Su Xiao to a cold-drink shop. The shop had a rather strange name—it was actually called Cat and Dog.
"Welcome to Ca... Oh, it's Little Xi. Have you brought in a new customer?"
A sexy, mature woman came forward to greet them. She had a full chest and long legs, and wore black stockings. Once she put on high heels, she was nearly as tall as Su Xiao.
"Boss, I want watermelon juice. What would you like to drink, sir?"
"Plain water."
Su Xiao answered casually. He would never drink something offered by a stranger.
"Don't worry. We're Workers. We're different from you contractors and don't have that many ulterior motives."
Su Xiao lightly tapped the tabletop with his index finger and asked, "What are Workers?"
Xiluo Luo coughed lightly and began explaining. Before long, Su Xiao understood what Workers were.
There were two kinds of people who made up the majority of Reincarnation Paradise. The first were contractors, and the other was Workers like Xiluo Luo.
Contractors frequently had to carry out dangerous missions, but Workers were different. They were service personnel within Reincarnation Paradise, selling goods or working in the food and beverage industry.
Workers were contractors who had failed their first world mission and thus been eliminated. Without these Workers, contractors would even have trouble finding food.
After all, Reincarnation Paradise did not provide any exchange function. Their daily needs all depended on these Workers.
Becoming a Worker had one advantage: they only needed to enter a Derivative World once every two months.
The reason Xiluo Luo was wary of Su Xiao was that she also had to enter Derivative Worlds. If she unfortunately encountered Su Xiao, her "touching" combat ability meant she had no chance of surviving.
Xiluo Luo took out a transparent tablet computer and handed it to Su Xiao.
"This contains detailed information about Reincarnation Paradise. Take a look first. It has been certified by Reincarnation Paradise, so there's no cheating involved."
Su Xiao accepted the tablet computer. It was highly advanced, and could even project three-dimensional images.
He gradually learned about the general situation in Reincarnation Paradise.
Reincarnation Paradise was extremely vast. No one had ever counted its population, but there were definitely more than a hundred thousand people.
The reason no one had counted them was that the death rate among contractors in Reincarnation Paradise was extremely high.
According to the information Xiluo Luo provided, the death rate for contractors in their first world was 80%, 60% in the second world, and 50% in the third. There was a long list after that, but Su Xiao didn't examine it in detail.
The terrifying death rates alone showed how difficult it was for contractors to survive in Reincarnation Paradise.
Most of the shops in Reincarnation Paradise were opened by Workers. These stores maintained the contractors' daily needs.
In the central area of Reincarnation Paradise stood more than a dozen buildings established by Reincarnation Paradise itself, including the previously mentioned Attribute Enhancement Hall.
Those dozen-odd buildings were extremely important to contractors. Their ability to grow stronger was closely tied to them.
After reading the final piece of information on the tablet, Su Xiao set it down.
"It says here that contractors can stay in Reincarnation Paradise for three days, then return to the real world and wait for their next mission. What does that mean? Can I return to the real world?"
Xiluo Luo bit down on her straw and put away the tablet computer.
"Yes. After experiencing a Derivative World, every contractor can stay in Reincarnation Paradise for three days. After that, Reincarnation Paradise will teleport them back to the real world.
"Usually, after returning to the real world, they'll stay there for about a week before receiving Reincarnation Paradise's summons, returning to Reincarnation Paradise, and beginning the next Derivative World."
At this point, Xiluo Luo's face clouded with worry, and she looked at Su Xiao with some envy.
Workers were different from contractors. They could only return to the real world for three days each month.
"I really miss my family."
Xiluo Luo propped up her chin with both hands and pouted.
"By the way, there's one more thing. You can use Reincarnation Paradise to conceal your appearance, preventing other contractors from taking revenge on or assassinating you in the real world. Otherwise, your family might get dragged into it, too. That lesson was written in blood.
"My current appearance was modified through Reincarnation Paradise. It cost me a full 500 Paradise Coins."
Su Xiao merely grunted in acknowledgment, not caring about it.
"Aren't you going to conceal your appearance? You can do it right now." Xiluo Luo looked at Su Xiao strangely.
"No need. I have no one who could be dragged into this."
Su Xiao's answer silenced Xiluo Luo. This clever little girl didn't dare rub salt into Su Xiao's wounds.
"You've already read the information, so the deal is complete. Let me give you one kind reminder: don't provoke the Mage Lords in Derivative Worlds. Those people are monsters, walking batteries."
Xiluo Luo hunched her neck and revealed a wary expression.
"Mage Lords? Are Mages very powerful in Reincarnation Paradise?"
The faint smile at the corner of Su Xiao's mouth made Xiluo Luo shake her head.
"Not just powerful—super powerful. Every Adventurer Team recruits Mage Lords without limit. You know, I've experienced two Derivative Worlds, and both times I paid Mage Lords to protect me."
Su Xiao nodded, but his heart remained unsettled for a long time. His current class was Shadow of Law Destruction, the natural enemy of Mages.
He suddenly looked forward to seeing whether those Mage Lords would still be so powerful in front of him.
Su Xiao had only just inherited Shadow of Law Destruction and did not yet understand how powerful this class was.
The question was no longer whether the Mage Lords were powerful before him, but whether they could survive after encountering him.
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