Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

Lin Yi, expressionless, stomped on Judge Murdoch's neck, crushing it on the ground.

The muffled sound of bones breaking was particularly clear in the silence. He bent down, picked up the almost inhuman body, and casually tossed it into a corner of his personal space, as if it were just a piece of useless trash.

He turned to Gulu, his tone calm but carrying a chilling killing intent: "Get ready, we're going to kill someone in a bit."

Gulu might be uninterested in other things, and even often seem lazy, but the word "murder" is like a key that instantly winds up a certain key in her body.

Those languid cat-like eyes suddenly contracted, bursting forth with an almost tangible crimson light. He seemed to have been injected with a stimulant, immediately nodding and grinning excitedly: "It's long overdue to stretch our muscles! Who to kill? How many this time?"

"Take down their stronghold."

He didn't say another word, turned around and went to the research institute for the third time.

But this time, Lin Yi's target wasn't a transaction or consultation; he was preparing to kill someone.

Lin Yi was by no means a kind and forbearing person, much less a saint who would turn the other cheek after being slapped on the left.

From childhood, the cruel survival rules he experienced and the education etched into his bones instilled in him a belief in the simplest yet bloodiest truth: if anyone dares to show him their claws, then there's no need for further words; chop them up along with their claws, overturn their nest, crush their foundation, and wipe them out of the world forever, eliminating any future threat.

Compromise and concessions will only invite more frenzied attacks.

Only chilling retaliation can build a safe haven.

……

Inside the research institute, Bliss clearly hadn't expected Lin Yi to return so quickly.

According to his estimation, Lin Yi should still be studying the mysteries of "Echo" or dealing with the "watchdog's" tagging and tracking at this time. Why would he suddenly return?

Moreover... the aura emanating from him was even more dangerous than when he left.

Seeing Lin Yi walk straight towards his area, Bliss gestured for Lin Yi to sit down and cautiously probed, "Back so soon... is there a problem with the resonator, or are you planning to buy something?"

Lin Yi didn't exchange pleasantries, nor did he even sit down.

With a wave of his hand, his personal space opened, and he threw the body of Judge Murdoch like a tattered sack, which slammed heavily onto the floor of Bliss's room.

Pfft!
A dull crashing sound sounded.

The sight of the body on the floor, dressed in a tattered black robe and clearly having suffered extreme torture, instantly froze the smile on Bliss's face.

As a high-ranking member of the research institute, he was knowledgeable and immediately recognized the style and material of the black robe.

“The Silent Inquisitor of the ‘Hell’ organization,” Bliss’s voice was a little dry, “you’ve really… stirred up a hornet’s nest.”

"A hornet's nest?" Lin Yi's tone was icy. "Soon, even the nest will cease to exist. Bliss, tell me, where is Hell's headquarters in the City of Sleep?"

Bliss took a deep breath and looked into Lin Yi's slightly murderous eyes. He knew that the young man in front of him was not joking.

He was silent for a few seconds, seemingly weighing the pros and cons, and finally gave a wry smile: "I knew this thing would come in handy sooner or later."

He got up and went into the back storage room, which was filled with miscellaneous items, and rummaged through it.

A moment later, he came out with a small, seemingly old-fashioned tablet-like device and handed it to Lin Yi.

The device screen lit up, displaying a detailed map of the Sleeping City and its surrounding distorted space. On the map, a scarlet dot that was slowly moving and changing position was clearly marked and stood out.

“Hell’s headquarters is different from theirs,” Bliss explained gravely. “It’s not located in any permanent building in the City of Sleep, but rather in a man-made, mobile space. This space is somewhat similar to a Nightmare Space, most likely evolved from a fragment of a Nightmare from some deep realm. However, it’s nothing like the complete Nightmare Spaces of the true deep realms. Its laws are incomplete, and its structure is relatively fragile. It can only be described as a half-finished product or a poor imitation. I don’t know how those madmen in Hell got their hands on it, or how they stabilized and controlled it.”

He pointed to the moving red dot on the screen: "This is why no one has been able to find the exact location of Hell's headquarters. Because this hellish place is constantly moving, and its trajectory is completely unpredictable, so ordinary forces naturally can't find it. But what level is our research institute at? The appearance of a constantly moving alternate dimension emitting abnormal energy fluctuations in the vicinity naturally allowed Hell to pinpoint its location and movement pattern long ago."

"The reason this information hasn't been made public is simply because the higher-ups at the Society don't want a direct conflict with Hell. Although Hell is universally condemned and is a recognized haven for cults and madmen, it still possesses considerable strength, especially given its bizarre power system and its fearless, insane drive. If things escalate, the consequences will be severe. Otherwise, why do you think they've been able to exist for so long? They would have been wiped out long ago by the Holy See or other major powers that dislike them."

Bliss looked at Lin Yi, his tone becoming more sincere: "I know you are powerful, but Hell's lair is no safe place. There are probably more than just one or two judges inside; there could be even more terrifying beings guarding it. Are you sure you want to..."

Lin Yi interrupted him directly, putting away the tracking device: "Thanks. I'll make up for the contribution later."

Seeing this, Bliss knew that dissuasion was useless, so he could only sigh and give a final warning: "Be careful. Especially... watch out for their 'Lord' statue. That thing is extremely sinister."

Lin Yi nodded, turned and left without any hesitation.

……

Back in the hotel room, Gulu was already extremely impatient.

She was idly chipping away at the corner of a hard wooden table with a dagger, wood shavings falling like snowflakes, and the corner had been chipped into an exaggerated arc-shaped notch.

Upon seeing Lin Yi return, she immediately jumped up, her eyes gleaming: "You found the place?"

"Hmm." Lin Yi said succinctly, taking out and activating the tracking device and showing it to her.

On the screen, the scarlet dot was slowly moving along the edge of an area representing complex spatial folds.

"A mobile alternate dimension. This looks a bit troublesome."

Gulu's eyes instantly lit up with an alarming light, all his irritation vanishing: "A moving lair? This is more interesting."

Without any delay, the two set off immediately.

Following the guidance of the scarlet light on the device in his hand, Lin Yi led Gulu through the intricate streets of the City of Sleep.

Along the way, many people naturally noticed the unusual pair of Lin Yi and Gulu—a young man with a blank expression and an icy aura, and a little girl who looked around with eyes full of eager killing intent.

Together, they exude a dangerous aura that keeps strangers at bay.

Lin Yi has now gained considerable fame in the City of Sleep, especially since he has just come out of the Research Society, so naturally no one dares to provoke or disturb him.

People just watched from afar, whispering and speculating about what big thing these two ruthless individuals were up to this time.

About ten minutes later, the two stopped in a relatively open area.

The atmosphere here seems a bit more solemn than in other neighborhoods.

The device screen showed that the constantly moving alien population "anchor point" was now overlapping with the spatial coordinates of a building in front of it.

It was a magnificent building that stood out starkly against the overall gloomy and dilapidated style of the sleeping city—its towering spires seemed to pierce the dim sky, and its stained-glass windows shimmered with a holy light even in the absence of sunlight. The thick walls were carved with intricate images of saints and scriptures.

This is the Holy See's stronghold in the City of Sleep, a fortress symbolizing hope—the Cathedral of Holy Light.

Some informants from various parties who were secretly following or observing saw the two stop in front of the church, a symbol of light, looking menacing. They mistakenly thought they were going to cause trouble for the Vatican, which immediately caused a greater commotion and speculation.

The Vatican's gatekeepers, dressed in white robes with gold trim, were now drenched in sweat and their faces were pale.

They sensed the undisguised, chilling killing intent emanating from Lin Yi, and Gulu's eyes that seemed to regard a lamb for slaughter.

Under this tangible mental pressure, these low-ranking knights or monks were simply unable to withstand such immense pressure, and their legs couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Some people instinctively clutched the holy emblem on their chests, their lips trembling, silently praying to their gods for protection and courage.

As Lin Yi approached step by step, the members of the Vatican secretly gripped the weapons hidden under their robes, their power surging slightly, ready to fight Lin Yi to the death at any moment.

However, Lin Yi completely ignored the group of people; his gaze did not even linger on the magnificent doors of the church for a second.

He looked down to confirm the precise location and frequency of the spatial overlap displayed on the device, mentally calculating the thirteen-dimensional coordinate equation of space in a way that was beyond the imagination of ordinary people, in order to locate that elusive "anchor point".

Under the puzzled gazes of the crowd, he raised his hand, facing a seemingly empty wall next to the church door, and with a sudden clench of his fist, tore it open to both sides!
Tsk-!
A loud bang, like cloth being forcibly torn apart and glass shattering, erupted.

The space in front of that solid wall was forcibly torn open with an irregular, pitch-black crack.

"Let's go," Lin Yi said to Gulu, and stepped into the spatial rift first.

With a cheer, Gulu followed closely behind without hesitation.

The next second, the spatial rift that had been forcibly torn open rippled, then contracted and closed at an astonishing speed, finally disappearing completely. The wall returned to its original state, smooth and flat, as if nothing had ever happened.

All that remained were a group of dumbfounded Vatican guards in front of the church, and spies from all sides whose jaws nearly dropped to the ground in the distance.

The deathly silence lasted for a good ten seconds.

Then, with a loud bang, the crowd erupted in chaos!

"They...they didn't come here to cause trouble for the Vatican!"

"What is that? Spatial teleportation?!"

"No! That's not ordinary spatial teleportation! The spatial fluctuations there... it's an entrance to another dimension!"

At this moment, the onlookers realized that Lin Yi and Gulu had not come to cause trouble for the Holy See, but to cause trouble for Hell. Moreover, they had directly and violently forced their way into the legendary mobile alternate dimension.

The news spread at an astonishing speed to the top echelons of all the major powers in the Sleeping City, causing an unprecedented and enormous shock.

Everyone realized that the world was about to change.

Regardless of the outcome, the power structure of the Sleeping City will be completely altered by this man's insane actions today.

……

The slight dizziness and weightlessness brought on by the spatial shift came instantly, but quickly disappeared, as if I had just stepped over a threshold.

Lin Yi and Gulu found themselves in a completely different environment.

"Wow, what terrible taste." Gulu curled his lips, licked his sharp teeth with his tongue, and quickly scanned his surroundings. "Grim, terrifying, old-fashioned, and utterly unoriginal."

Lin Yi remained silent, his senses rapidly expanding.

He immediately realized that the structure of this alternate dimension was unusually complex and unstable, and the laws of space were in a distorted state.

The tracking equipment provided by Bliss was severely interfered with here; the image on the screen became blurry and could only display a rough direction pointer, no longer providing an accurate navigation map.

The two moved forward along the corridor, and before they had gone far, they saw two people in black robes with red trim talking in hushed tones and patrolling ahead.

"...The offerings are almost ready, and the judges are about to begin a new round of 'purification prayers.' May this one please our Lord and bring forth even more blessings."

"I heard that Chief Justice Murdoch just sent back a message via the 'Blood Edict,' apparently discovering some extremely valuable trace of a heretic and is currently tracking it down..."

"Hmph, another achievement. When will it be our turn to go out and carry out trials? I'm also eager to accumulate merits and be promoted to presiding judge..."

Their conversation came to an abrupt halt as Lin Yi and Gulu came into view.

The pupils of the two hellish priests shrank sharply, and they opened their mouths to shout—

A dark shadow passed by!
Snap! Puff!
The crisp sound of bones snapping instantly from pure violence rang out almost simultaneously with the subtle sound of a sharp blade precisely slicing open a throat and spurting blood.

Before the horror in the eyes of the two priests could fully surface, their consciousness was plunged into eternal darkness.

The whole process was clean and efficient, happening in the blink of an eye.

Gulu then skillfully rummaged through the corpse, pulling out two identity tokens engraved with the symbol of hell and some odds and ends.

"Poor wretch." She curled her lip in disdain.

The two continued to go deeper.

The further you go, the more frequently you encounter patrol personnel, and the buildings change from simple corridors into complex structures with various halls, prayer rooms, and even prison cells.

The walls here have been transformed into cells, behind which are imprisoned some emaciated, numb and desperate humanoid creatures. Some of them have even undergone terrible inhuman mutations. They are obviously "experimental subjects" or "sacrifices" captured by the Hell organization.

Finally, after dealing with the seventh patrol, the two arrived at an unusually wide, straight corridor leading to a huge black metal gate.

Two rows of "silent sentinels" stand on both sides of the corridor, resembling sculptures, numbering as many as twenty.

They were silent, their "gaze" beneath their black robes staring blankly ahead.

The giant door, estimated to be over ten meters tall, was carved with a bizarre pattern composed of countless tormented faces, and a faint red light and chanting could be heard emanating from the cracks in the door.

Before the gate, four high priests, dressed in red robes with black trim and exuding an aura far stronger than the priests they had encountered before, stood guard.

"Looks like we can't sneak in anymore."

"Then let's charge in." Lin Yi's tone was as calm as if he were discussing what to have for dinner.

"who?!"

"Halt! This is a sacred area; trespassers will be killed!"

The four red-robed priests immediately spotted them and shouted sternly.

At the same time, the two rows of twenty silent sentries instantly focused their empty "gazes" on Lin Yi and Gulu.

Lin Yi didn't bother with any words. He unleashed a Moon-Shattering Sword Qi, splitting the gate in front of him in two.

A deafening roar echoed throughout the alternate dimension, and the seemingly indestructible giant door, along with a large section of the wall surrounding the door frame, was cleaved in two by the sword energy.

The fracture was as smooth as a mirror, and then, with a sickening metallic twisting sound, the huge door panel collapsed inward with a loud crash, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The grandeur of the main hall was beyond imagination, with its towering dome disappearing into the dark red, chaotic sky.

Countless black stone pillars, entwined with chains and mummified corpses, blocked the view, and the ground was covered with a magic circle drawn in blood.

In the center of the main hall, at the core of the magic array, floats a huge, pulsating black tumor, connected to the ground and the dome by countless blood vessel-like structures.

Above the tumor stood a towering black statue, hundreds of meters tall, covered in eyes.

Around the center, thousands of hell worshippers were kneeling and praying, their chants like a tidal wave.

Lin Yi's violent breaking down of the door interrupted the ceremony.

All the chanting stopped abruptly.

Thousands of gazes, like tangible arrows, instantly focused on the two uninvited guests at the door.

Like the moment before a storm, an extremely oppressive, deathly silence.

Immediately following was a roar and howl of fury and murderous intent, like a volcanic eruption.

"Blasphemer!!"

"Kill them! Sacrifice their blood and souls to our Lord!"

"Tear them apart! Let them repent in eternal torment!"

Gulu became excited: "These are mine!"

She transformed into a bolt of lightning and charged into the crowd.

The dagger in her hand transformed into a dance of death, sending up bursts of poignant, vibrant blood.

Her figure flickered and darted through the crowd, each appearance accompanied by fatal wounds to one or even several believers—throat slits, hearts pierced, heads severed... Her killing efficiency was astonishing, with a cruel yet precise artistry, targeting vital points and striving for a single, fatal blow.

However, the number of believers was simply too large, with a continuous stream of people pouring into the temple from all directions.

And among them began to be some priests and judges dressed in darker black robes. (End of Chapter)