Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

When Gus saw the Sorrowful Daughter sever Shub's head with a single sword strike, he froze on the ground, his rugged face now filled with bewilderment and disbelief.

His Adam's apple bobbed up and down, as if he wanted to utter a gasp, a curse, or just a meaningless syllable.

Gus looked up at Shub's gradually dissipating body, then at the sorrowful woman standing with her sword sheathed, and finally cast his puzzled gaze at Lin Yi and Su Xiao.

Clearly, his brain was still processing the sudden information and he had no idea what was happening.

Now, only a series of huge question marks were churning in Gus's mind: What happened? Wasn't a contract signed? What about the notarization by the Void Tree? How could Shub... be killed? Who did it? The Maiden of Sorrow? Wasn't she a member of the Dawn? Why?
In stark contrast to Gus's bewilderment, Dawn calmly dusted off her clothes and gracefully stood up from the ground. Her expression remained unchanged, as if everything happening before her eyes was within her expectations.

It seems that among everyone present, only Gus, with his relatively straightforward personality, was kept in the dark and played the role of an "honest man" from beginning to end.

However, it must be admitted that thanks to Gus's heartfelt and fierce opposition and anger, Lin Yi's "luring the enemy into the trap" plan was able to proceed so perfectly, catching the big fish, Shub Nicholas.

The reason why Shub signed the notarized contract with the Void Tree so "easily" was due to the fierce opposition from Gusna, who almost lifted the roof off the house. It was the finishing touch.

As we all know, at the negotiating table, if your enemy reacts with fury when you make a condition, it often means that your condition has touched a nerve with them and is detrimental to them, which is why they oppose it so strongly.

Conversely, if your enemy applauds and smiles at your proposal, you should be highly vigilant as there may be a bottomless pit waiting for you behind it all.

It was precisely because Gus's genuine and unwavering opposition numbed Shub that she subconsciously believed that although the contract had cost her, it at least guaranteed her survival, thus relaxing her scrutiny of the contract's details.

Therefore, taking this into consideration, everyone present who knew the inside story—Lin Yi, Su Xiao, Laurent, and even Dawn—tacitly refrained from revealing any of their true intentions to Gus, in order to ensure that the scene was realistic enough and that no flaws were exposed.

Gus's "natural performance" was a key element in deceiving Shub.

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On the other side, Lin Yi's attention was quickly drawn to the exchange list that appeared after killing Shub.

The [Divine Bone] was naturally a must-have for Su Xiao, and the [Mother of the White Goat], a Holy Spirit-level healing staff, was extraordinary just from its name and description. However, it was explicitly limited to females, and Lin Yi's own growth-oriented weapon, the [Black and White Rose], had a potential and a high degree of compatibility with his abilities that far surpassed that of this fixed-attribute staff.

However, this item is invaluable whether it's used for trading in the Paradise of Reincarnation's trading market or as a valuable resource for providing suitable healing teammates when forming a fixed team in the future.

As for the [Split·Spread] item, which was specially marked as a "catastrophic item" in striking red by the Paradise of Reincarnation, its taboo-sounding name and the rare warning from the Paradise of Reincarnation aroused Lin Yi's great curiosity.

This doesn't sound like a "proper" skill.

He looked at Su Xiao beside him and conveyed the message with his eyes—the money is insufficient and assistance is needed.

Although he still has some soul coins accumulated from previous transactions and missions, he is still short of enough to buy all three items in the shop.

The moment Su Xiao's eyes met Lin Yi's, she understood what he meant and asked directly, "How much more is needed?"

Lin Yi quickly calculated his remaining soul coins, adding them to what he had left, and said, "I need about 300 more."

Upon hearing the amount, Su Xiao flicked her wrist, and a small, unremarkable bag appeared in her hand, which she casually tossed to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi took the bag and scanned it with his consciousness. Inside were more than three hundred soul coins, shimmering with a pure soul luster.

This quantity is not only enough to fill the gap, but there is even a little left over.

Lin Yi didn't stand on ceremony and directly used his Soul Coins to buy all three items on the list.

As the coins were used up, the physical forms of the three items appeared in his personal space.

After completing the purchase, Lin Yi immediately took out the [Divine Bone] and tossed it to Su Xiao.

"yours."

It has to be said that the most valuable gain for Su Xiao from this journey to the Wizarding World was not the equipment or skills that instantly boosted his combat power, but these three seemingly insignificant [Divine Bones].

Collect all three Divine Bones to upgrade a suitable piece of equipment to Epic quality in the Paradise of Reincarnation.

This qualitative leap is enough to completely transform a piece of equipment, making it a truly magical material that "turns waste into treasure".

Su Xiao had already begun to plan in his mind how to use these three divine bones to upgrade which core piece of equipment.

After Su Xiao carefully put away the crucial third divine bone, Lin Yi finally had time to examine the detailed attributes of the other two items.

The first thing he took out was the healing staff called the "Mother of the White Goat".

The staff is a warm, pure white color, as if it were carved from the finest mutton-fat jade. It is about 1.2 meters long, with smooth and beautiful lines. The top of the staff naturally spirals and converges, forming an abstract shape that resembles a ram's horn or a pregnant embryo, exuding a rich life force and a sacred maternal glow.

The Mother of the White Goat

Origin: The Wizarding World - Open-world

Quality: Holy Spirit Level
Category: Healing Staff

Durability: 150/150
Melee attack power: 32-105 (obviously, this is not its primary purpose).
Equipment requirement 1: Female, with a true intelligence of 135 or higher, strength of 10 or higher, and charm of 73 or higher.

Equipment requirement 2: Master level in basic healing skills, and level 30 or above.

Equipment Effect 1: Life of Pregnancy (Passive) Increases all healing effects by 30% and adds an additional (Intelligence x 2.7) points of true healing effect.

(Note: The actual therapeutic effect will not be reduced in any way.)
Equipment Effect 2: Chain of Aries (Active) Releases a life chain of 2-180 meters, which connects to a 'friendly single target' and applies a healing effect, restoring 107 health points per second to the 'friendly single target' for 70 seconds.

(Note: Chains of Aries consume 15 mana per second and have a 5-hour cooldown.)
(Note: The Chain of Aries can be interrupted by the enemy. When interrupted, it will instantly restore 3745 health to a single friendly target. This is the true healing effect.)
Equipment Effect 3: Mother Goddess (Passive) After receiving healing from 'the wielder of this staff', all friendly targets will develop an extremely strong protective instinct towards 'the wielder of the staff'. If their willpower is low, they will have the illusion that 'the wielder of the staff' is their own birth mother.

(Note: This effect lasts for 1 hour, has no cooldown, and costs no resources. It is ineffective against enemy/neutral targets.)
Rating: 860 points (Saint-level equipment rating: 700-1000 points)
Brief introduction: Please don't look at me like that, I am not your mother.

Price: 500000 Paradise Coins

"This is some seriously overpowered healer gear..." Lin Yi couldn't help but admire after reading the stats.

This staff's attributes are top-tier among Holy Spirit-level healing equipment.

The percentage increase of [Life of Pregnancy] combined with the real healing effect of a high intelligence bonus simply and directly amplifies the effects of all healing skills.

The Chain of Aries provides a stable, continuous single-target heal, and when interrupted, it can unleash a massive instant heal, making it extremely valuable tactically.

What Lin Yi found most amusing, even somewhat laughable, was the third effect, [Mother Goddess]. This passive effect perfectly illustrated the saying: 'This healer is healing you with "motherly love," so show some respect!'

Although this effect does not directly increase any attack or defense attributes, it significantly improves the survivability of healing classes in an extremely strange and effective way.

Imagine this: after receiving such "motherly" healing, the team's main damage dealers and main tanks develop a strong protective instinct towards the healer, and may even have the illusion that "she is my mother"... Then, any enemy who tries to attack this healer should first ask their teammates, who are red-eyed and determined to protect their "mother" at all costs, if they agree!
Spending those 415 Soul Coins was absolutely a steal; this staff would be a core strategic item for any team.

Unfortunately, just as expected, this thing was not very useful to Lin Yi himself. The dual forms and growth potential of the [Black and White Rose] were far superior to a Holy Spirit-level equipment with fixed attributes.

This [Mother of the White Goat] will most likely only be able to be taken back to the Paradise of Reincarnation by Lin Yi to be sold to recoup his losses, or... perhaps he can keep an eye out and see if he can encounter a suitable and worthwhile female healing-type contractor in the future.

"I need to find out the market when I get back and see which 'lucky one' will eventually get this piece of equipment full of 'motherly love'," Lin Yi thought to himself as he put his staff away.

Then, his gaze became serious and full of inquiry as it fell on the skill scroll called [Split·Spread].

This thing is really interesting. Judging from the tone of the prompt from the Paradise of Reincarnation, it was only because Lin Yi did not have any record of malicious acts that disrupted the stability of the world from the first to the sixth level that he was qualified to exchange for this thing.

Clearly, the nature of [Split and Spread] is similar to the T-virus in some science fiction disaster movies, but since it has been assessed by the Paradise of Reincarnation as being able to threaten the sixth-order world, its effects must be hundreds of times more powerful and terrifying than something like the T-virus.

Lin Yi wanted to see just how terrifying this [Split and Spread] was, which had even made the Paradise of Reincarnation so wary and issue a special warning.

[Division and Spread]

Origin: The Wizarding World - Open-world

Quality: Holy Spirit Level
Type: Skill Scroll (Abyss/Ancient God Exclusive)
Effect: Consumes 5000 mana to channel and release a memetic contamination. This contamination will spread from the caster through matter, energy, and even causality.

Primary Infection: The contamination will prioritize eroding units (whether friend or foe) with a lifespan less than 10% of the caster's maximum health, low-level matter without mana, and free energy in the environment.
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Infected units will undergo aberration, transforming into [Degraded Aberrations] controlled by the caster. Their attributes are based on 50%-75% of their original attributes; they lack sanity and retain only their offensive instincts.
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The polluted environment will continuously generate Pale Creep, which will cause enemy units on the creep to suffer from mental decay and stamina loss, and will also provide attribute bonuses to all your derivatives.

Information meme characteristics: This contamination possesses information meme characteristics. Any unit that directly "observes" or "cognizes" the contamination phenomenon (including but not limited to aberrations, bacterial carpets, or infected individuals) through visual, auditory, or mental perception has a probability (based on intelligence and willpower attributes) of becoming a new carrier.
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Although carriers do not immediately undergo mutations, they become invisible sources of pollution, continuously spreading the virus invisibly to the surrounding environment and to entities with close life connections (such as blood relatives, close friends, and soulmates).
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Meme propagation can transcend conventional spatial isolation by establishing connections through the very act of "observation" and "cognition".

Impact on global rules: When the total amount of pollution exceeds a certain threshold, it will trigger the collapse of global rules.
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Distortion of Laws: The fundamental physical/magical rules within the world will experience minor disruptions (e.g., gravitational anomalies, elemental inertia, abnormal time flow, etc.).
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Suppression and Repair: The world's own suppression and repair capabilities will be greatly weakened, making conventional purification methods extremely inefficient.

Learning requirements: 100 points of true physical strength and 120 points of true intelligence. Only Abyss/Ancient God classes can use this skill.

Warning: Once this skill is used, you will automatically enter a high-level hostile state with the will of this world. The Paradise of Reincarnation will witness this, but cannot provide any protection. Any consequences caused by this skill, including but not limited to world collapse, quest changes, or the arrival of additional powerful enemies, will be borne by the user.

Rating: 890 points

Synopsis: "Look, that black sun, it is breathing. Listen, that pulse of the earth, it is alive. We... we will all return to the embrace of our mother, and become a part of her."

……

After reading the detailed attributes of [Split and Spread], Lin Yi remained silent for a long time before slowly exhaling a breath of stale air.

He suddenly realized that the warnings from the Paradise of Reincarnation were far too true, far too mild.
This thing truly lives up to its reputation as a "disastrous item"—a high-risk skill whose danger far exceeds his previous imagination.

This isn't a skill at all; it's a global cancer, a meme apocalypse that's almost impossible to reverse once unleashed.

This thing spreads not only through physical contact, but also through the informational layers of "observation" and "cognition," which are almost impossible to completely isolate.

This means that anyone who sees contaminated objects, hears related descriptions, or even senses abnormalities with their mental power could become a new source of infection.

This method of dissemination is sufficient to penetrate every corner of a civilization in a very short time, undermining social order and world stability at their root.

Even more terrifying is that when pollution reaches a certain level, it can directly shake the world's fundamental rules and weaken the world's self-repair and rejection capabilities. It is simply a weapon born specifically to destroy a world from its very source.

It is no exaggeration to call it the "cancer of the world".

No wonder the Paradise of Reincarnation warned him when he exchanged for this thing. If Lin Yi actually used this thing in other mission worlds, it would definitely trigger a crazy backlash from the world's consciousness, the kind that would fight to the death.

Unless the consciousness of the world Lin Yi belongs to is on the verge of collapse, it is absolutely impossible for them to allow Lin Yi to use this thing.

Lin Yi carefully put the scroll away. This thing was an incredibly sharp double-edged sword, or even a demonic blade that could turn on its master at any moment.

However, its terrifying power might become a trump card to turn the tide in certain extreme and desperate situations.

However, the cost of using it is simply too high.

Just as Lin Yi finished sorting through his gains and was still reeling from the shock of [Split and Spread], Gus, finally recovering from his lapse, strode up to Lin Yi and Su Xiao with a look of grievance and confusion. He boomed, "Hey! You two! Laurent! Dawn! What's going on? So I'm the only one who doesn't know about the plan? Explain yourself!"

Seeing Gus's expression as if he had been abandoned by the whole world, Lin Yi and Su Xiao exchanged a glance and saw a trace of helplessness in each other's eyes.

Just as Gus and Laurent were arguing, the notification sound from the Paradise of Reincarnation rang in Su Xiao and Lin Yi's ears at the same time.

The Hunter has completed the third main quest (White Goat).

[You have gained the Radiance of Triumph (High-level privilege, allowing for a deep physical and spiritual restoration and cleansing; this privilege is at level seven).]

Main Quest - Fourth Stage (Activating...)

[The Dark Source Azathoth has been detected dead. The fourth stage of the main quest has been completed ahead of schedule.]

The Hunter has gained 2 Gold Skill Points.

The final stage of the main quest has been changed.

[Main Quest - Final Stage (Activating...)]

The fourth stage of the main quest has been activated.

Main Quest: The Hunt (Fifth Stage, the final stage of the quest)

Difficulty level: Lv.52
Mission Information: Kill the Breaker Sphinx
Task period: 5 days.

Quest Reward: Skill Development Fusion Scroll.

Mission punishment: forced execution

...(End of chapter)