# Chapter 3: Encountering Aidoer Papa, Capturing Her with a Small Scheme
First, regarding the negotiation with the queen's sister, it went far too smoothly, and the cost was so low it was bewildering. But considering the queen's sister was a glutton, Su Xiao didn't dwell on it.
Afterward, Su Xiao finished handling matters in the far north. He only needed to trick Anderson into spreading the Sun Faith, then he would return the same way—from the Great Tree Hollow to the Black Forest, then through the White Swamp and the Cold Cemetery, before finally arriving back at the Ancient Capital. Even then, he would only have reached the starting point for finding the [Talent Awakening Device].
After the deal was struck, Anderson decided to use the [Ancient God Statue] as a reward to have Kaisa help him leave the Dark Domain.
Upon seeing the [Ancient God Statue], Su Xiao sensed something was wrong. This kind of "someone delivers a pillow just when you're sleepy" situation made him alert. He had never had such good luck before.
After this matter, Su Xiao first returned to the Ancient Capital, then came to the Cold Cemetery's underground gathering place, Si Yi. Something even more unbelievable happened—the special overlord unit, Aidoer Papa, actually came to deliver warmth on her own, within 200 meters of Su Xiao.
This unprecedented "pie falling from the sky" made Su Xiao once again feel that his luck was too good, as if he had stolen the protagonist's halo from the World Child.
Such abnormality made him ponder deeply. Had he really had this kind of luck while fighting his way through? The feat of three consecutive +1 enhancement failures was still vivid in his memory. Without using Fate Dominator to boost his lucky king status, he almost never tried opening treasure chests.
When things are abnormal, there must be a trick. Don't forget one point—once the current great fortune is exhausted, leading to severe luck overdraft, how unlucky would the aftermath be? In the past, that would be fine, but now, he was in a game of wits with Huishenshi...
Huishenshi!
Su Xiao, sitting on the throne, narrowed his eyes. He was 80% certain that this matter was done by Huishenshi, or someone acting on his orders.
After great fortune comes great misfortune. When Su Xiao's great misfortune arrived, Huishenshi's violators would swarm in. At that point, Su Xiao would have to face the malice of the entire world while dealing with numerous violators—a situation with no chance of survival.
Although Su Xiao couldn't be completely sure this was true, even if it was just fighting windmills, he had to solve this problem. Otherwise, recklessly heading south wouldn't be much different from walking to his death. Brainless brutes don't live long, except for tyrants.
The enemy's ability was very strong and silent. If Su Xiao hadn't been used to bad luck all along, it would be hard to notice this sudden improvement in fortune.
Such abilities that are unreasonably powerful in one aspect must have flaws. From the current situation, the flaw of this ability was that it would let Su Xiao gain more benefits during this period of good luck.
The higher the gains during this period, the worse the subsequent death would be. No matter how you looked at it, this was a death trap. The impending misfortune would be hard for Su Xiao to handle.
But on second thought, why should he deal with it? Since Su Xiao had overdrawn his fortune in the past dozen hours, if he could improve his own fortune before the good luck ended, couldn't he make up for the overdrawn fortune?
For example, if Su Xiao's daily salary was originally 10 yuan, and now he owed 300 yuan, the overdraft spending during this period was enjoyable. But once he had to repay the debt, he would be in a difficult position.
If Su Xiao suddenly came into a windfall, and his daily income jumped from 10 yuan to 270 yuan, then the debt wouldn't be much. The remaining 30 yuan owed could be slowly repaid over the following days without affecting him.
If bad luck also had resistance, then after so long of tempering, Su Xiao's bad luck resistance was definitely high enough to make people drop their jaws in shock.
How to get a large fortune? Was there even a need to think about it? Of course, activate Fate Dominator.
But before that, Su Xiao had to prepare. He took out [Wandering Phoenix]. As for this lucky item that he had killed off, he originally didn't plan to sell it immediately. For others, +4 luck attribute was a big deal, but for Su Xiao, the effect wasn't obvious.
He had originally wanted to try to salvage [Wandering Phoenix], but this lucky item died too miserably. Now, he could only sell it immediately to Reincarnation Paradise.
[Wandering Phoenix] gradually disappeared in Su Xiao's hands. In the void, he felt as if he had gained some kind of improvement, yet it seemed like nothing had happened. Checking his luck attribute, it had reached 47 points.
As Su Xiao had speculated earlier, the enemy's powerful ability had a biggest weakness—once discovered by the target, the ability would become a resource for the enemy.
Just like now, the throne authority could enhance "Goddess's Favor." Su Xiao wasn't sure if this was good luck or if it was originally like this.
Activating the authority, he tried to enhance the "Goddess's Favor" ability. Immediately, a string of numbers appeared before him: 300.
This meant Su Xiao's throne authority had a total of 300 minutes. As he chose to enhance the "Goddess's Favor" ability, this number visibly decreased, indicating increased usage efficiency.
Enhancing the "Goddess's Favor" ability, Su Xiao didn't feel much. After the throne usage time was reduced to 253 minutes, "Goddess's Favor" went from Lv.50 straight to X. This ability wasn't difficult to enhance; the main issue was the few opportunities to enhance it.
[Goddess's Favor: Lv.50 (Passive Skill)]
Skill Effect: Luck attribute permanently +10 (increased by 4 points).
...
The luck attribute increased by 4 points, bringing it to 51 points. No reward for breaking through the 50-point barrier appeared; this would have to wait until returning to Reincarnation Paradise and using the attribute enhancement pod.
The luck attribute not getting stuck at 50 points was only natural. Su Xiao had already broken through barriers at 50, 80, 150, and 200 points, so reaching 50 points now wouldn't cause a stall.
Su Xiao's luck attribute had reached a new height. He was somewhat curious about how high the luck attribute of the guy causing trouble behind the scenes was.
With a crisp sound, the cover of Fate Dominator popped open. Su Xiao used a golden-tinted flame to light a cigarette, then exhaled pale golden smoke. His luck attribute immediately reached 71 points.
Pop!
With Su Xiao at the center, a crisp sound spread. Golden ripples appeared around him, turning into translucent golden sparks that scattered around, creating an exceptionally beautiful scene.
Su Xiao checked his own status. The "Fortune Power (Core·Passive)" effect boosted by Fate Dominator should have lasted 15 minutes, but now, it hadn't even lasted 5 seconds before ending.
The false fortune around him was shattered. Su Xiao took out a deck of cards. Without sensing, he randomly drew seven cards. Besides 3s and 4s, the largest was an 8, with no face cards. Very good, his fortune had returned to normal.
...
In a dim tree interior space, about several dozen meters in size.
In the darkness, faint glimmers of light could be seen on the water. With a splash, a withered, thin, aged figure stood up from the pool. His pupils were dilated to the extreme, and he made a dying gasp as he inhaled.
"Hoo~"
The withered-haired old man took a deep breath, climbed out of the pool, and due to the backlash, he lost strength and fell on the slippery stone steps.
"You failed."
A pair of calm eyes opened in the darkness ahead—it was Huishenshi.
"I... failed, and even helped the enemy."
The drenched withered-haired old man wiped his nosebleed, not daring to hide anything from Huishenshi.
Upon hearing this, Huishenshi's gaze remained calm. He said, "Give me a reason to forgive failure."
"That person... he's sometimes too unlucky! And he's already used to that state. Can you imagine that a person's luck attribute would slide back and forth between 1 point and 43 points?"
The withered-haired old man looked like he was questioning life.
"This reason... isn't enough."
Huishenshi seemed to be smiling.
"Huishenshi, that guy doesn't believe he can be that lucky. Tell me, is there such a person in the world? Having good luck but still being suspicious—is his brain broken? I..."
The withered-haired old man didn't know what to say. He stepped back half a step and nervously asked, "Huishenshi, you're not planning to kill me, are you?"
"..."
Huishenshi seemed somewhat speechless.
"You can't kill me..."
"Why would I kill you? Just because of this failure? Your ability is very important, and besides, you've been working for me for 7 world progressions. Keeping you alive is far wiser than killing you."
"Right, right, right."
The withered-haired old man nodded repeatedly, but he wouldn't easily believe Huishenshi's words. He had personally witnessed Huishenshi say he wouldn't touch someone, then turn that person into a puppet the next second. That kind of ruthlessness wasn't shown through expressions or gaze, but a calmness that made one's scalp tingle.
"Huishenshi, give me another chance. Next time, next time I'll definitely succeed."
"Don't talk about next time. If you help Bai Ye again, I'll be in even more trouble."
"This..."
The withered-haired old man was at a loss for words.
"Go support Fairy Maiden. Tell her to use her brain when encountering situations."
"Understood."
The withered-haired old man retreated, leaving only Huishenshi and a petite figure in the dim space.
Faint light from the ceiling shone down. Huishenshi sat on an old, worn chair. The wall behind him was somewhat special—it had a rusty metal hatch embedded in it, with the numbers 1349 printed on it.
...
Inside the sealed hall, the completion device on the stone throne was covered in cracks. Su Xiao hadn't been able to raise the Dragon Shadow Flash ability to X, just one step away. If he could return to Reincarnation Paradise alive this time, 1 golden skill point would be enough to max out Dragon Shadow Flash.
Su Xiao didn't enhance the Demon Mark. Not only did he not plan to enhance this ability, he planned to strip it away.
In the past, he thought the Demon Mark was decent, only attaching to the body's surface. After unintentionally enhancing the Demon Mark a few times, Su Xiao discovered that this ability had considerable development potential.
As one of the major races in the Void, the Demon Race's signature energy was naturally very strong. Precisely because this ability had too much development potential, Su Xiao didn't plan to develop it. Instead, he planned to strip it away. He didn't have that much energy or resources, and he wouldn't develop two types of body energy simultaneously. It was best to cultivate only one type of body energy, which was Cyan Steel Shadow Energy. Having too many would make things messy.
Cyan Steel Shadow Energy still needed time to develop; when would he have time to study Demon Power?
Su Xiao put away the crown. This item might still be useful later. As for the million ice slaves suppressed under the stone throne, Su Xiao hesitated whether to destroy the stone throne and drop a Blazing Sun Apollo down to see how much profit he could blast out.
With a million in number, it meant the space below was enormous. If the ice slaves weren't all blown up and rushed to the surface, Su Xiao didn't care if the Ghost Race died, but he was worried it would affect subsequent plans.
The ideal approach was to find the [Talent Awakening Device] first, then come back to blow it up. If they were all destroyed, it would be a huge benefit. If not, and many remained, then Huishenshi, whose plans weren't yet complete, would be the one suffering.
Su Xiao came to a large iron pot, pulled Aidoer out, and tore off the tape and blindfold from her mouth. A cold wind blew, and Aidoer shivered awake. Seeing this, Su Xiao threw her to the ground.
Unexpectedly, Aidoer adjusted her posture before landing, dropped to her knees with a thud, and said in a somewhat soft voice, "Spare me, big boss!"
"..."
Su Xiao didn't speak. He signaled Baha with his eyes to kill the prisoner.
"Got it."
Baha's eagle claws scraped across the ground, creating a few sparks. Seeing this scene, Aidoer urgently said, "There's also a minotaur tank."
"Oh?"
Baha was slightly surprised and asked, "You've seen Amu?"
"No, but I know you all."
"Know us? You're an Apocalypse Paradise contractor, yet you know us."
"To be honest, there aren't many people in the eighth rank who don't know you all."
Aidoer's smile was somewhat forced and bitter. She had hit the jackpot this time, caught by Reincarnation Paradise's Beheader of the Night.
"If you're willing to pay a sum of soul coins..."
Before Baha could finish speaking.
"Deal!"
[Prompt: You have received 10,000 soul coins.]
Aidoer paid very quickly. She was going all out—death was death either way, so she might as well try paying 10,000 soul coins first. Maybe she could survive.
"Bubu, quickly untie her."
As Baha spoke, he stepped forward with a seagull-like stride and, together with Bubu Wang, untied Aidoer. Aidoer's small eyes were especially helpless, as if saying, 'Big bosses, you're too real.'
"Aidoer."
Su Xiao, who hadn't spoken until now, finally spoke. Aidoer cast her gaze over and said with a smile, "What is it, big boss?"
"..."
Su Xiao had captured many prisoners, but without a doubt, this was definitely the most shameless one.
"Aidoer, try to adapt to what happens next."
"Wh... what's happening?"
Aidoer instinctively crossed her arms over her chest, her gaze vaguely showing a look of preferring death over submission. The five words 'try to adapt' made her think of something very adult.
"You have a sister."
"Huh?"
Aidoer was very confused and didn't understand what Su Xiao was talking about.
Su Xiao pointed diagonally behind Aidoer. Aidoer followed the direction he pointed and only saw Kaisa, along with the large pot beside him.
Kaisa was currently wearing a shit-yellow hood, both arms raised horizontally, maintaining this posture without moving.
Under Aidoer's gaze, the water in the large pot beside Kaisa surged, and a humanoid figure formed from the water stood up from within.
This water person slowly walked out of the pot. Inside its transparent body were various organs, with a heart beating at a slow pace.
"She is... my sister?"
Aidoer found it ridiculous.
Su Xiao equipped the [Apocalypse] title, and the next moment, he appeared behind Aidoer. Using the [Apocalypse] title to open "Sealed Realm," he trapped her inside. This way, Su Xiao temporarily seized Aidoer's mark.
[Apocalypse]
Origin: Apocalypse Paradise / Reincarnation Paradise
Category: Title
Title Effect: Apocalypse Mark (Active) - After activating this ability, you will temporarily activate the Apocalypse Paradise contractor mark within this title.
Selling Price: Cannot be sold, can be temporarily transferred.
...
Su Xiao tried to transfer the [Apocalypse] title to the water person in front. Normally, this wouldn't work, but this water person was a temporary creation by Kaisa, simulating the Life Hot Spring with Aidoer as the prototype.
[Prompt: The Apocalypse title cannot be temporarily transferred to this unit.]
Su Xiao looked at Kaisa. Kaisa took off his hood, meaning to use himself as a bridge.
[Prompt: You are attempting to temporarily transfer the Apocalypse title to Nicholas Kaisa.]
[Transferring...]
[Detected that Nicholas Kaisa is in a "fusion" state. This title has been temporarily transferred to Contractor No. 17***25, Aidoer Papa.]
[Detected that Aidoer Papa is in a special state. Title transfer failed.]
[This title is temporarily transferred to a special host.]
[Hunter activating title effect...]
[Title activated. The special host has the same aura fluctuation as Aidoer Papa. The special host will temporarily be granted the Apocalypse Paradise title held by Aidoer Papa.]
[Prompt: Nicholas Kaisa's unique ability, "The Villain Sues First" (Passive, X), activated.]
[Nicholas Kaisa has reported Aidoer Papa to the Void Tree.]
[Due to Nicholas Kaisa's extremely low Void Tree reputation, this report will only trigger a preliminary inspection of Aidoer Papa.]
[Prompt (Void Tree): Intervening in this judgment. Inspecting...]
[Warning (Void Tree): Aidoer Papa is a special overlord unit. Detected that her status is extremely special, and she has not yet obtained the certification for a special overlord unit.]
[Prompt (Void Tree): Stabilizing...]
[Prompt (Void Tree): Stabilization complete. Will supplement the certification for Aidoer Papa as a special overlord unit.]
[Prompt (Void Tree): Supplement complete.]
...
Su Xiao and Kaisa, using their respective knowledge, abilities, and titles, had created another Aidoer Papa from scratch.
What next? Kill this duplicate to gain 100 killing merits? Then release the real Aidoer Papa from the Sealed Realm to let her regain her special overlord status? Finally, repeat this cycle to farm killing merits?
Of course not. That's what violators would do. From now on, Su Xiao and Kaisa would legitimately and reasonably farm... ahem, obtain killing merits. One was a hunter, the other an arbiter—how could they possibly do anything illegal? Absolutely impossible.
The moment Su Xiao withdrew the Apocalypse title, he opened the Sealed Realm, threw Aidoer Papa out, and then dispelled everything he had set up.
The bewildered Aidoer Papa appeared. She had been terrified just now, having even lost her mark. As soon as she appeared, she received a prompt.
[Prompt: You have been certified as a special overlord unit.]
"Huh?"
Aidoer Papa felt this was a bit confusing. She checked her own status and found nothing wrong, which put her at ease.
[Prompt (Void Tree): Detected multiple certifications.]
When this announcement came out, Su Xiao and Kaisa weren't nervous. This was something they had anticipated. Su Xiao was more concerned about whether the Void Tree would revoke the certification for the already certified state.
If this happened, everything before would be for nothing. If the certification wasn't revoked, Aidoer Papa would have the identity of a "dual special overlord unit," leaving a lot of room for manipulation.
The situation Su Xiao was most worried about didn't occur. From beginning to end, neither he nor Kaisa had exploited loopholes in the rules. Instead, they used their abilities and titles to accomplish this matter, even though Kaisa's various abilities were indeed somewhat shameless.
[Prompt (Void Tree): Inspection complete.]
[Inspecting the actions of Hunter Bai Ye and Arbiter Nicholas Kaisa...]
[No abnormal actions detected. In this incident, both the hunter and arbiter used titles and personal abilities to achieve the certification of a "special overlord unit." The titles and personal abilities used during this period had all been previously certified. This behavior falls within the permitted scope.]
[Detected that the "Apocalypse Title" held by the hunter has erroneous origins.]
[Apocalypse Title Origin: Apocalypse Paradise / Reincarnation Paradise.]
[Detected that Reincarnation Paradise only perfected this title, with no creative actions. This title originates from Apocalypse Paradise.]
[Key party in this incident: Apocalypse Paradise.]
[Prompt (Void Tree): Apocalypse Paradise's certification reputation in this world -1.]