The Lone Traveler

Personal information is as follows:

Contractor No. 13013. (To protect the Hunter, this is a false ID; no means can lock onto the Hunter.)

Name: Su Xiao (Hunter)

Level: LV.1 (Tier 1). Every 10 levels constitute a tier. Level increases provide no attribute bonuses; they represent the Hunter's authority within the 'Paradise' and correspond to world difficulty, mission difficulty, etc.

Health: 100%. (This attribute cannot be fully digitized; it changes based on the severity of injuries.)

Mana: 60. (Intelligence × 10. Current mana recovery rate: 3 points per hour.)

Strength: 6 (Affects attack power, carrying capacity, etc.)

Agility: 7 (Affects movement, attack speed, etc.)

Stamina: 5 (Affects health, defense, resistance to abnormalities, etc.)

Intelligence: 6 (Affects spell damage, mana, perception, etc.)

Charm: 3 (Affects social interaction, summoning, etc.)

Luck: 1 (Affects item opening, crafting, etc. This attribute is extremely difficult to increase; please cherish any opportunities to do so.)

Note: The standard attributes for an adult male are 5 points, with 1 point in Luck.

Killing Talent: Spirit Eater. After killing a target, permanently seize 1-15 mana points.

This talent can seize a maximum of 100 mana points per world.

[Personal information is provided for the Hunter to estimate their own strength and is unrelated to actual combat power. While attribute values affect the Hunter's physical fitness, combat is not determined by physical fitness alone. Please be cautious, Hunter.]

After carefully reviewing it several times, Su Xiao committed his personal attributes to memory.

His current level is LV.1. The purpose of the level goes without saying; it is equivalent to his authority within 'Reincarnation Paradise'.

The One Piece world he entered has a difficulty level of LV.6, yet his level is only LV.1, which indicates that he is in extreme danger in the One Piece world.

Under normal circumstances, 'Reincarnation Paradise' would not transport a contractor to a world five levels higher than their own. This is all related to his identity as a 'Hunter'.

Su Xiao does not yet know what benefits this so-called 'Hunter' identity holds, but the drawbacks are already apparent: danger.

Entering an LV.6 world and then accepting an LV.3 mission while only being LV.1—the difficulty of this 'game' seems a bit high.

Furthermore, according to the introduction from 'Reincarnation Paradise', he will need to help 'Reincarnation Paradise' eliminate certain 'abnormal' contractors in future worlds.

This basically means he is a natural enemy to most contractors. Even if Su Xiao agreed to complete missions together, the other contractors would not.

Once his identity is discovered, they will only attack him in a swarm.

Who can be sure that Su Xiao's hunting missions don't include their ID numbers?

As for the protective measures noted at the top, Su Xiao doesn't trust 'Reincarnation Paradise' much, let alone the protection provided by it.

However, it is not without good news: his various attributes are superior to the average person, a result of his arduous training.

Although this level of physical fitness doesn't count for much in the One Piece world, it has given him a higher starting point.

Su Xiao's strength is by no means limited to what these attributes show; he has another specialty: he knows how to fight, and he dares to fight.

While he may not possess all-encompassing intellect, he has a heart that does not fear injury or death. It is not that he is completely fearless, but compared to the average person, his courage is greater, and he dares to do dangerous things.

This point is Su Xiao's capital for venturing through 'Reincarnation Paradise'.

Sometimes, a brave heart is far more important than a powerful body.

"Then, let me see just how dangerous this world of One Piece really is."

Su Xiao lunged forward with agility, stepped on the corner of a window frame, and leaped up. He reached his arms upward, grabbed the wall eaves of the roof, and then used his arm strength to pull his entire body up, poking his upper body out through a hole in the ceiling.

Just as Su Xiao was preparing to check the situation outside, a crisp sound rang out.

"Bang."

It was a gunshot, a somewhat dull gunshot, Su Xiao immediately judged.

Pulling his body back behind the wall and gripping the eaves tightly with both hands, Su Xiao slowly poked his head out to observe the situation outside.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Gunshots like popping beans merged into a continuous stream outside. Based on Su Xiao's observation, this appeared to be a firefight between two factions at the 'Terminal Station'.

Each side had dozens of people, engaged in a mid-range gunfight.

Su Xiao noticed that the clothing of both sides was extremely tattered, and they were sallow and thin; they were likely scavengers from the 'Terminal Station'.

"Toby, this territory is ours. What is the meaning of this? We are all poor people 'scavenging' for a living; do you really want to kill us all?"

The gunfire subsided slightly, and the two sides began to argue loudly.

"Your territory? I have over a dozen guns now, so from now on, I'm the one who calls the shots here. Once I've saved up enough Beli, I'll take my men out to sea, and then I'll be a pirate.

Roger, put down your weapon, and I'll give you a chance to surrender..."

Before Toby could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a gunshot and hurriedly pulled his head back behind a mountain of trash.

Su Xiao, in the dilapidated house, could just see the man who had been speaking. He was a burly man with a thick beard, standing behind a pile of trash with a ferocious grin on his face. It seemed he didn't want to accept the other side's surrender, but rather to wipe them out.

The bearded, burly man named Toby was different from those sallow, emaciated refugees; he was tall and built with knotted muscles.

Su Xiao sighed inwardly, finally realizing just how dangerous a Level 6 world could be.

If he had rushed out earlier, he surely would have been riddled with bullets like a beehive, and this was only the beginning; things were bound to get even more dangerous.

Just as Su Xiao was waiting for the two groups to disperse, a nimble figure suddenly leaped from the roof into the room where he was hiding.

"Whew, that was close, finally found a safe..."

The newcomer stopped mid-sentence the moment she saw Su Xiao clinging to the wall.

"Um..."

Before she could say anything else, Su Xiao released his grip on the wall ledge and dropped freely.

Upon landing, Su Xiao crouched low, pushed off the ground, and sent a few dead leaves flying as he lunged toward her like a nimble leopard.

The person tried to explain something, but it was already too late.

Su Xiao struck her in the lower abdomen with a punch, feeling the impact sink deep into her stomach.

The newcomer doubled over in pain, and just as she was about to scream, Su Xiao's hand clamped over her mouth and nose, stifling the sound into a muffled groan.

He wasn't finished; while one hand covered her mouth, his other hand struck out like a blade, his fingertips slamming hard into her chest.

"Thud." The distinct, dull sound of a heavy blow to the chest echoed.

Su Xiao felt her body go limp, and she collapsed with a look of panic in her eyes, able to emit only a faint whimper.

"A woman?"

The reason he had acted this way was that he couldn't determine if she was friend or foe, so it was better to subdue her first.

"No, please, don't hurt me."

A voice as faint as a mosquito's buzz reached him, and Su Xiao looked her up and down.

She had uneven black hair and a face covered in dust, but the skin beneath the grime was fair. Her oversized linen clothes revealed a thin, frail frame, and she didn't look very old.

"Who are you?"

Su Xiao could roughly guess her motive; she was likely here to take refuge.

"My name is Mia, I really don't have any ill intentions, please don't hurt me," Mia said in a tiny voice.

Having taken a heavy blow to the heart, it was a testament to her constitution that she hadn't passed out, though she wouldn't be able to move freely for a short while.

"Don't make a sound, or I'll kill you."

If his life were at stake, Su Xiao would kill; he still had a deep blood feud to avenge.

"Gulp."

Mia, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, swallowed hard.

"Okay, I just wanted to take shelter, I won't make a sound."

Mia suddenly felt that staying with this man was no safer than being outside.

The gunfire outside gradually ceased; the chaotic battle would likely end soon.

Su Xiao waited; once the fighting outside ended, he would head out immediately. Although it was dangerous, it was also an opportunity, and he desperately needed a weapon.

Starting empty-handed, he didn't even have a wooden stick nearby, let alone a decent weapon.

From now on, there will be two stable updates every day, tentatively scheduled for 12:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Since this is a new book, I can't post double updates back-to-back as it's too draining. New books really need good stats, so I hope everyone understands. (Ahem, well, I'll try my best to quit the "update whenever I feel like it" method, ahem, I'll try!). By the way, please vote and add this to your library. It's very important for a new book. As for monthly tickets, I can't ask for those for a while—tears—please don't taunt me with monthly tickets~~~.