Chapter 1: I Have a Bold Idea
Accompanied by the prompt from Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao noticed that many contractors around him changed expression.
It seemed that the contractors entered the derivative world at roughly the same time, all entering in a large batch simultaneously.
“Are you kidding me? How did I end up in the Hunter x Hunter world? It’s over, completely over. I’m dead for sure. Who can form a temporary adventure group with me? I’m willing to offer my entire fortune, 2000 Paradise Coins.”
A female contractor’s wail came from a distance. Su Xiao looked over there.
After that female contractor shouted loudly, the contractors near her all revealed mocking glances.
Reincarnation Paradise had several high-risk derivative worlds: One Piece, Bleach, Hunter x Hunter, etc.
Most contractors who entered these derivative worlds met their doom without any chance of survival.
There were rumors that 30 contractors once entered the One Piece world during the time of Luffy’s battle with Captain Morgan, and only two survived in the end, with no others making it out alive.
“Who is willing to help me? Please.”
The female contractor showed a look of despair, helplessly looking at the surrounding contractors.
The surrounding contractors showed no pity; some even let out cold laughs. This was how cruel Reincarnation Paradise was—besides yourself, no one could be relied upon, unless you had a stable adventure group.
Su Xiao didn’t have a halo of saintliness; he didn’t care about her life or death.
But from her words, he noticed a term: adventure group. This should be a way for contractors to team up.
He quietly consulted Reincarnation Paradise, and Reincarnation Paradise gave a prompt.
There were two types of adventure groups: temporary adventure groups and permanent adventure groups.
As the name implied, a temporary adventure group was formed by unfamiliar contractors before entering a derivative world.
In the Trade Market, many contractors had already posted recruitment information. If they were entering the same derivative world, they could form a temporary adventure group.
Permanent adventure groups were somewhat special. First, you had to apply at the Adventure Hall of Reincarnation Paradise, and then Reincarnation Paradise would issue a quest.
After completing the quest, the contractor could obtain a permanent adventure group, become the group leader, and invite others to join.
Once in a permanent adventure group, contractors of similar ranks would enter the same derivative world, which undoubtedly increased survival chances.
As a Hunter, Su Xiao certainly wouldn’t join any adventure group. If his target was a teammate, that would be incredibly awkward.
But from the prompt given by Reincarnation Paradise, permanent adventure groups had special bonuses, which made Su Xiao somewhat tempted.
Perhaps he could establish a permanent adventure group—one with only himself as a member.
He didn’t care whether he had teammates or not, but he was very interested in the bonuses of a permanent adventure group.
It was still too early to consider this now; only after reaching level 10 could he establish a permanent adventure group.
There were three minutes left before entering the derivative world. Su Xiao took a deep breath, preparing for Reincarnation Paradise’s teleportation.
Just then, a somewhat familiar voice came.
“Worker seeking a carry at a high price, obedient and non-disruptive, with support abilities.”
Su Xiao glanced sideways and found that the person shouting was actually the little loli who looked strikingly like Connor, Xiluoluo.
In the information Xiluoluo had marked, Su Xiao saw the words—Xiluoluo was entering the same world as him.
She was a worker, entering a derivative world once every two months, and coincidentally sharing a world with him. What a coincidence.
Su Xiao didn’t step forward. He had a hunting mission in the Tokyo Ghoul world, so he wouldn’t accept her commission.
Su Xiao was only good at killing; he had no interest in carrying others.
Reincarnation Paradise suddenly became noisy. Several contractors had particularly ugly expressions.
The little loli Xiluoluo’s face turned pale, her fists clenched tightly, and there was some despair in her eyes.
An old man holding a golden scepter suddenly roared.
“Which bastard disrupted the balance of the Tokyo Ghoul world? The child of destiny must have died before the plot started. Kaneki Ken in the early stages is just trash…”
Before the old man’s roar ended, Su Xiao felt Reincarnation Paradise’s teleportation.
A familiar teleportation sensation appeared, similar to when he returned from the One Piece world.
In a daze of consciousness, Su Xiao secretly speculated—he wouldn’t encounter some Void Swordsman again, would he?
This was completely unnecessary worry on Su Xiao’s part; encountering the Void Swordsman before was a one-in-a-billion chance.
When his consciousness recovered, Su Xiao found himself inside a large building.
This should be some company’s building, with Japanese-style decoration. On one wall, there was a giant built-in fish tank with ornamental fish swimming inside.
It was nighttime now, and the building was brightly lit, but no one was around.
Just as Su Xiao was about to move away, he suddenly noticed a ring of light membrane appearing around him, gently pushing him back to his original spot. A countdown appeared before his eyes: 5 minutes and 30 seconds.
The situation was clear: after five minutes, he could leave.
He wasn’t the only one here. Not far from him were over a dozen people. From their attire, it was obvious they were contractors. Xiluoluo was also among them, and she was in the same light membrane as several contractors. It seemed she had found protectors and formed a temporary adventure group with them.
Temporary adventure groups were somewhat reliable; at least they couldn’t attack each other within the derivative world. But there was a drawback: a contractor only needed to pay 10,000 Paradise Coins as a penalty fee to forcibly withdraw from the temporary adventure group.
In total, including Su Xiao, there were 18 people on the scene. Among them were two adventure groups: one of five people and one of seven. The others were operating solo, as could be seen from the light membranes restricting their movement.
“Everyone be careful. The current situation is a timeline reset; the plot has reverted to its initial state. I am Hanyu. I wonder if any of you have heard of me.”
The old man with the scepter, whom Su Xiao had seen earlier, spoke first. His intention was clear: to win people over. As the leader of the seven-person temporary adventure group, Hanyu’s actions were normal.
Hanyu’s adventure group was the largest faction present, and also the one Xiluoluo was in.
The five members of the other adventure group’s expressions shifted slightly; it seemed they had heard of Hanyu. The solo contractors all glanced sideways at the old man.
Su Xiao paid no attention to Hanyu. He sensed someone approaching rapidly. The increase in his Intelligence attribute made his senses sharper and sharper.
Here they come, behind the wall on the left side of the hall.
“Boom.”
Just as Hanyu was about to speak, a loud noise came. The wall on the left side of the hall shattered, and several figures flew out from the broken wall, then collapsed to the ground, their condition unknown.
A purple-haired beauty walked out from the hole in the wall. The beauty had an excellent figure, with a faint smile on her face.
“Why run? Isn’t it good to be eaten by me?”
The purple-haired beauty walked up to the few people, seemingly unaware of Su Xiao and the others.
“H-Help.”
A middle-aged man in a white-collar outfit raised his arm with difficulty, not knowing who he was begging for help from.
The purple-haired beauty stepped forward, grabbed the white-collar man’s arm with one hand, and at the same time stepped on his back, yanking hard.
“Pfft.”
Blood splattered, accompanied by screams. The white-collar man’s arm was torn off alive by the woman. It was hard to imagine that this slender beauty possessed such monstrous strength.
A chilling scene unfolded: the purple-haired beauty brought the severed arm to her mouth and took a bite.
The gruesome sound of chewing came, followed by a soft moan.
“Delicious~ More, give me more.”
This scene fell into the sight of the many contractors. Hanyu, who had been calm before, now had a grim expression, clearly very wary of the purple-haired beauty.
“What’s going on? What difficulty is the Tokyo Ghoul world? Why would we encounter an S-class ghoul like Rize Kamishiro at the start? No, this one is between S and SS.”
Other contractors looked at Rize Kamishiro with fear. If it weren’t for the protective light membrane, they would have become a delicious meal in Rize Kamishiro’s mouth.
Su Xiao curiously observed Rize Kamishiro, this beautiful ghoul, with a look of puzzlement in his eyes.
He suddenly had a strange feeling.
It seemed like… he could easily defeat Rize Kamishiro…