Talk had run dry. Cthulhu Expert casually waved a tentacle, bundled up the eyeballs, brains, and other bizarre objects, and stored them in his Storage Space. Before leaving, he teased, "By the way, Black-and-White Bro."
"Since you treated me to a meal, I'll give you a piece of advice."
"The Tier 5 Auction House has free Knowledge Systems. The higher-level beasts toss out 'bait' every day. Whoever bites is a dumbass!"
"When you start your first Tier 5 dungeon, you'll have a chance to see what happens to the dumbasses who bite the bait."
"Hehehehe, dying in new ways, dying with new flair—it's so much fun watching those deaths open your eyes."
'Old Xu' shifted his indescribable body and walked out of the private room. Meng Yi wore a strange expression.
"This routine feels familiar. Why is it so similar to how I screwed over Wesker?"
He had developed Longevity · Type II · Ouroboros on Albert Wesker, only for Wesker to rise to become the top representative of Umbrella Corporation's "Ten Most Touching Figures of the Year."
The High-Level Beasts of Shit Pit Paradise used shortsighted Tier 5 Players as experimental subjects.
He, his incarnations, assimilation, corruption...
The desperate Tier 5 Players drank poison to quench their thirst, paying a terrible price in exchange for a sliver of hope for survival.
No matter how powerful they became, they were still harvested by higher-level Players, thereby losing the Players' "Infinite Possibilities."
"Evolution Paradise needs 'differentiation,' not 'homogenization.' As for the fate of assimilated Players..."
The dungeon's difficulty rose sharply? Worthless trash was destroyed?
"Damn! Evolution Paradise? It should be called Shit Pit Paradise!"
No wonder Player: I'm a Magical Girl only sold magic scrolls. The moment anyone brought up trading basic knowledge, she immediately performed a Sichuan opera face change.
"When Low-level Players purchase creations made by High-Tier Players, setting aside the resources consumed, the potential risks contained within them cannot be underestimated."
The two magic scrolls he had seen on Commercial Street earlier—B-Rank to destroy a nation and B+ Rank to destroy the world—didn't clearly state that they would protect the user from collateral damage.
Players of the same level could buy consumables to expand their options. But when Low-level Players used high-level items, they might not even know what killed them.
At the very least, Meng Yi was certain that, at his current stage, he absolutely could not withstand the indiscriminate area-of-effect attack from a B-Rank Forbidden Scroll.
The meal had cost 130 Paradise Coins, leaving him with 2B+1D+43,870 Paradise Coins.
After leaving the restaurant, Meng Yi wandered around Commercial Street for a while.
As it turned out, without exception, the Players were selling nothing but external possessions unrelated to their foundations.
Fantasy equipment, cultivation treasures, miraculous pills, jade slips containing techniques, restriction tools, science-fiction weapons...
There were quite a few good things, such as basic materials and medicinal herbs...
Unfortunately, he could only lament his lack of funds. Their prices were beyond what he could afford, and their cost-performance ratios were simply too low.
Having abandoned the 'protagonist' routine of picking up overlooked treasures, Meng Yi went to take a look at the most eye-catching Auction House in the Free Trade Zone.
The plaque on the enormous, luxurious high-rise building was covered in characters he couldn't understand.
As Meng Yi's gaze landed on it, the characters shifted into a form he could comprehend. The general meaning was 'Paradise Auction House.'
When he entered the Auction House, there were no employees inside. Every 'customer' instantly arrived in an exclusive reception room.
A faint virtual screen appeared.
The upper-left corner of the screen read Search, the upper-right corner had a Input Box, and the left side held a Filter.
Most eye-catching of all was the bold red text displayed across the upper-middle portion of the virtual screen: 'All Players Unlimited Grand Auction.'
Meng Yi curiously clicked on 'All Players Unlimited Grand Auction.' What popped up left him dumbfounded.
[Name: Constant Destiny · Protagonist Halo (3.15.14 Version) Type: Magic Side · Luck System · Parasite Rank: Tier 5 (originally Tier 11) Function: Gather the world's fortune, bear the world's destiny, and shape the destined protagonist. [Paradise Tip: It will become a transmission medium for "Player: Proud Chen the Creator."] Price: 1 Paradise Coin Seller's Message: Still troubled by insufficient luck? Still distressed by the difficulty of improving yourself? The Protagonist Halo is worth having!] [Name: Great Freedom Through Killing Heavenly Demon Art (77.115.622 Version) Type: Cultivation Side · Demonic System · Knowledge-based Rank: Tier 5 (originally Tier 12) Function: Simple and brainless, quick to master, and compatible with Abyss Blood War mode. Killing allows unlimited growth in strength. [Paradise Tip: It will degenerate into another self of "Player: Mo Yao."] Price: 1 Paradise Coin Seller's Message: Please! Trust me one more time! It really won't go wrong this time. Avoiding the Paradise's monitoring mechanisms is a piece of cake!] [Name: Truth Myriad Phenomena Mystery Unification Method (229.5566.15447 Version) Type: Weird Side · Root System · Knowledge-based Rank: Tier 5 (originally Tier 13) Function: Gain the passive ability · Source of All Things, travel through the River of Time, and see through the past and future. [Paradise Tip: It will become a vessel for "Player: Source of Calamity."] Price: 1 Paradise Coin Seller's Message: Shit Pit Paradise, I refuse to believe this! Let's see whether your monitoring mechanisms update faster or my innovations come faster!] [Name: All-Function Custom System (XX.XXX.XXXX Version) Type: Technology Side · Creation System · Parasite Rank: Tier 5 (originally Tier 14) Function: Heaven-Defying Comprehension, more children more blessings, ten-thousandfold amplification, attribute allocation, check-ins, Creation God System, Simulator System, Treasure Chest System, Collection System, Emperor System, Extraction System, Upgrade System, Tycoon System, Culinary God System, Mall System, World-Traveling Door System, Favorability System... [Paradise Tip: It will become a puppet of "Player: System Lord."] Price: 1 Paradise Coin Seller's Message: A tearful clearance sale! Buy one system, get ten free; buy three, get one hundred; buy five, get one thousand! The more you buy, the more you get, and the more you get! There's nothing you can think of that I can't do. Want any function? Add me as a friend and we'll discuss it. I'll install whatever you want! The first choice for getting something for nothing. Action speaks louder than hesitation—what are you waiting for?] [Name: <On How a Tier 5 Newbie Can Become a Qualified Leek-Harvesting Farmer (XX.XXX.XXXX Version)> Type: Fantasy Side · Fate System · Knowledge-based Rank: Tier 5 (originally Tier 14) Function: Spread Seeds of Cause and Effect, weave the Web of Destiny, and harvest Worldview Resources. [Paradise Tip: It will become an anchor point for "Player: Master of Fate."] Price: 1 Paradise Coin Seller's Message: I'm exhausted. I give up. Shit Pit Paradise is really damn crafty. Once I ascend to Strategic Partner, I'll also patch things up and block you Sword Graveyards who deserve Annihilation!]
There were far too many scammy cultivation methods of this sort. There were even systems with Private Customization versions, so he wouldn't list them all.
The 11th Order, 12th Order, 13th Order, and 14th Order Sword Graveyards were practically sending their 'free' goods everywhere. They were truly Scammed.
Free things were the most expensive.
Meng Yi and Cthulhu Expert · Old Xu had spent over a hundred Paradise Coins on a meal, yet these high-end treasures could be bought for only one Paradise Coin. The price they demanded was obvious.
"Strategic Partner? To be called 'ascending' by a Tier 14 ultimate beast, could it be a 15th Order Player?"
"The 11th-to-14th Order Players who left the Novice Village are causing trouble everywhere, while the 15th Order Players work with the Paradise to patch things up. Why don't they completely block the possibility of the 'beasts' exploiting loopholes?"
Three updates today. Just tell me, isn't that impressive! A little wave of the hand, a knowing look—Moon Tickets, recommendation tickets, and two Qi Coins in tips, got it?
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