Chapter 89: Ferocious
[Hunter has reached the maximum stay time in Reincarnation Paradise and is about to return to the Real World. Please remember the Reincarnation Paradise regulations…]
[Teleportation begins. Location: Real World.]
Real World, inside the Accessory Shop.
With a bang, Su Xiao landed headfirst on the floor. After standing up, his eyes showed a hint of confusion—it seemed he had landed upside down.
As Su Xiao was pondering, Bubu appeared two meters above the ground, allowing Su Xiao to witness how he himself had landed earlier.
Bubu Wang in midair was in an upside-down posture, his nose touching down first, crashing into the floorboards.
“The teleportation location actually deviated…”
Su Xiao felt something was off recently. The Equipment Enhancement Hall was packed, the value of recovery items and equipment in the Trade Market had risen by at least 10%, and more absurdly, the number of recovery items in the market had plummeted. Searching through a dozen stalls might not yield a single recovery item. Before Su Xiao returned to the Real World, the price of recovery items had already increased by 20%.
Combining multiple factors, Su Xiao sensed a storm brewing.
He pulled open the curtains. Outside, the sun was shining brightly. Through the window, he saw Bubu Wang by the roadside—the little rascal had somehow slipped out, likely off to roam.
Being in the Real World, Su Xiao didn’t restrict Bubu’s movements. Bubu had his own thoughts, and with his survival abilities, the chance of encountering danger was slim.
In most cases, Contractors in the Real World maintained a policy of non-interference. Personal grudges were usually settled within derivative worlds. The “Scavengers” of the Real World were not to be trifled with.
Su Xiao went to the shop on the first floor, opened the rolling shutter door, and sat behind the counter, which he had modified into a retractable workbench.
After scanning his fingerprint, iris, and face, the wooden panel on the counter retracted, and a metal workbench slowly rose. On the workbench were numerous gun parts—this was a sniper rifle Su Xiao had crafted himself, purely out of personal interest.
Just as Su Xiao picked up a gun part to polish, the phone on the workbench vibrated. Picking it up, he found 76 missed calls, all from the same unfamiliar number.
Su Xiao answered the call and put the phone to his ear.
“…”
Dead silence on the line. Su Xiao frowned. Calling and saying nothing was a classic invitation for a beating.
“Speak within three seconds, or don’t call again.”
After counting down three seconds in his mind, Su Xiao was about to hang up.
“Brother Bai Ye, no, Brother Su Xiao, it’s me.”
A somewhat familiar voice came through the phone.
“Brother Wusan?”
Su Xiao recognized the voice.
“Haha, yeah, it’s me. Sorry to contact you in the Real World.”
Brother Wusan’s voice sounded a bit tired, with the faint hum of a ship in the background.
“No problem. Who gave you this number?”
Su Xiao asked casually.
“Hey hey hey, don’t be so fierce. Blame me for this. If I get her into trouble because of this, I’d feel guilty for a long time.”
Brother Wusan had cooperated with Su Xiao twice before. He knew all too well how brutal Su Xiao could be. If he actually revealed who provided the number, that girl would definitely meet with an “accident” soon and vanish from the face of the earth.
“Is that so? Forget it then.”
“You bastard, as expected…”
Brother Wusan laughed bitterly a few times.
“What’s the matter? Killing? Intelligence?”
Su Xiao knew Brother Wusan’s situation. Stan was hunting him all over the world. Compared to his hatred for Su Xiao, Stan clearly hated Brother Wusan more.
Stan and Su Xiao had mutual dislike due to opposing stances, with no real personal grudge. But Brother Wusan was different—this was a matter of the Green Crown’s vengeance, requiring blood for blood.
“Cough, you know my situation. I’m hiding out over in *** now.”
“And then?”
Su Xiao wasn’t surprised that Brother Wusan had fled the country.
“If it were just me, it wouldn’t matter. I can survive anywhere. I’ve thought it over carefully. Among the Contractors I know, the only one I can trust seems to be you. Can you… help me find a place to stay? It needs to be safe, and preferably not too shabby. I’m… with my daughter.”
“Wait five minutes.”
Su Xiao opened the workbench and started rummaging through it.
“Now, buy a direct flight ticket to Australia. After arriving in Australia…”
A few minutes later, Su Xiao picked up a cup of water beside him and took a big gulp.
“Once you get there, find the Urok Grape Estate. It’s also a winery.”
“Eh~ That place is?”
“Mine.”
“Huh?”
Brother Wusan seemed a bit stunned. This casual “mine” caught him off guard.
“My previous profession was quite lucrative. That grape estate was a gift from a client. Its only downside is its remoteness—the signal isn’t great. There’s a villa on the estate; clean it up and it’s ready to live in. Electricity and internet won’t be cut off for ten years. There’s an underground tunnel leading to a nearby farm…”
Brother Wusan was shocked by the hideout Su Xiao provided. As a former assassin, if Su Xiao didn’t have enough hideouts, he would have been a pile of bones long ago.
“Handle your passport yourself. As for other documents, I’ll have someone smuggle them over. It’ll take at most four days. The location is…”
“Thank you.”
“Oh.”
Su Xiao hung up and continued crafting the sniper rifle by hand.
…
In a certain country, inside a rented room.
Brother Wusan’s mouth opened and closed as he put down the phone and let out a long sigh.
“Daddy, where are we going?”
A cute little girl looked up at Brother Wusan—this was his daughter.
“To become… a landed gentry.”
Brother Wusan smiled.
“Daddy, is that auntie in the photo my new mommy?”
The little girl continued to ask.
“Uh~ Well…”
“Daddy, tell me honestly, did you cheat?”
Hearing his daughter’s words, Brother Wusan’s expression froze.
“Sigh~”
After a long sigh, Brother Wusan felt a pang of guilt. The escape was arduous, especially for his daughter at such a young age.
“Do you like grapes?”
Brother Wusan pinched his daughter’s little cheek.
“Mm.”
“Then Daddy will take you to eat grapes.”
Brother Wusan picked up his daughter and walked out of the sweat-stinking rented room. Little did he know, the grapes at that estate were incredibly sour. As Hai Dong would say: “Are these even grapes? Six-flavor Rehmannia pills taste better than this.”
…
Inside the Accessory Shop, Su Xiao hung up the phone. Brother Wusan’s situation was settled. As long as the guy didn’t actively court death, Stan’s people were unlikely to find that grape estate.
When he first became a Contractor, Su Xiao had considered staying at that grape estate, but after some twists and turns with the Scavengers, he abandoned the idea.
Three days later, Su Xiao received a message from Brother Wusan. The guy had arrived at the Urok Grape Estate. Brother Wusan had abandoned his previous communication devices and switched to email.
The email was simple—just saying the environment was more comfortable than expected, with no flaws except that the grapes were unbearably sour.
Life in the Real World was peaceful and serene. Amid this serenity, Su Xiao received a notification from Reincarnation Paradise.
[Notification: A new derivative world is about to open. The Hunter will return to Reincarnation Paradise. Please ensure there are no witnesses nearby.]
[Warning: The new derivative world is an ultra-large world. More than ten adventure groups will enter, involving confrontation with external forces, large-scale battlefields, etc.]
[Paradise Merit System is about to open.]
[World Conquest Battle is about to commence.]
[Teleporting… Teleportation Location: Reincarnation Paradise.]
[Warning: The opposing Paradise this time is Sanctuary Paradise.]
[Warning: The opposing Paradise this time is Apocalypse Paradise.]
[Warning: Sanctuary Paradise and Apocalypse Paradise are both hostile forces.]
…
Seeing this series of notifications, Su Xiao finally understood what was going on with the anomalies in Reincarnation Paradise earlier. So the World Conquest Battle was about to begin.
Even before the World Conquest Battle started, Su Xiao noticed one thing: Reincarnation Paradise seemed quite ferocious. Judging by the intent, it clearly meant to 1v2?
He didn’t know much about Sanctuary Paradise, but Apocalypse Paradise was an old rival—a bunch of pushovers.