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"Oh right, Rin, is Paradise just ahead?"

Spanish duck watched as the paramecium foolishly approached the terrifying King Kong: "Speaking of which, what exactly is the Land of the Dead?"

Xing was also curious.

Did Fang Jie let go? I sent her a message not long ago...

He's so good looking.

How come I didn't notice this before?

It's like turning something rotten into something magical. Besides, Fang Jie isn't that rotten. The Paradise of the Past Life is truly amazing.

"It can be considered a relic of a previous civilization, folks, Vault Zero of a previous civilization."

The answer wasn't a clear indication of reluctance to speak; the speed was neither slow nor fast, revealing a hesitant tone.

It's a gray snake.

It says: "The concept of paradise is often used in the world of the dead, and the prefix 'past' suggests that you are already mentally prepared to step into it."

Although that was the place of the lords, the gray serpent still believed it to be so.

That is the land of the dead.

Those who are alive are out there running around.

Therefore, it reveres Kevin more than the one who created its life, for Kevin gave it meaning in its journey; it only needed to follow in Kevin's footsteps to reach its destination...

To reach the realm of humanity.

The gray snake firmly believed that such a thing existed.

In Greenland, located at the crossroads of North America and Europe, the world's largest island, lies the headquarters of the World Serpent, situated in another dimension, deep within the land of the dead—the paradise of the afterlife.

"It's so dark."

The silver-haired girl, with the help of glowing fox ears, watched the descending stairs, somewhat afraid of ghosts.

Behind her, the scantily clad cook, Raiden Mei, shivered.

do not know why.

It's definitely not because of the cold.

but she……

"It's so cold."

I felt like I shouldn't have come.

Xing didn't care; she had already been playing with Ling for a while. Now that she saw that Ling seemed unhappy, she quickly went over to her...

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Ling felt comforted, and since things had come to this point, she couldn't back down.

Fang Jie has long since entered the Pure Land of the Dead. Who knows how many rumors he has spread about her? He might even have used her to blackmail his sister, causing all sorts of things to happen.

He absolutely can do it!

Thus, led by the gray serpent, they passed through the World Serpent Base hidden in the ice layer, took an elevator deep underground, and then had to manually climb up and down the stairs, passing through many deep passages with religious carvings.

It's deeper than the deepest hell!

As they approached the exit of the passageway, the gray snake stopped and said, "Visitors, we have arrived. I apologize that I cannot accompany you on the rest of the journey."

Once the raven goes in, it can't get out.

Gray snake...

It was uncertain what the ecstatic rulers, especially its creator, would do.

That might be a disaster that even the Grey Serpent Network couldn't withstand, and it would be meaningless for it to become human or follow and respect it.

Then it closed its eyes and immediately died, abandoning this individual gray snake.

Kiana was stunned.

"You, are you okay?"

"Stupid paramecium."

"What? You want to fight? You idiot Bronya!"

"I'm just telling you, you stupid paramecium, use your brain to think, even though paramecia are far less intelligent than humans..."

Clearly, Bronya was also somewhat taken aback by Grey Serpent's decisive move.

Even a brilliant hacker like her can't cook without rice.

Physical internet outages are really annoying.

Kiana was still worried about that robot...

The bug's fur stood on end, and its expression was extremely fierce.

Xing showed an amused expression; she loved watching this.

"Aaaaaah..."

They didn't have time to play around. Ling had a bit of a headache, but she still resolutely moved forward.

The group entered the paradise of the past in a series of intermittent ways.

This place has an excellent matching mechanism that will allow visitors to meet heroes who are most compatible with their own will and personality.

Of course, this excludes cases where someone gets tricked.

To be laid to rest like a raven on the operating table in Möbius's laboratory is nothing short of persecution.

And at this moment, the visitors...

"What about people?"

Kiana was stunned.

Not only was the silly Bronya, who had been bickering with her, gone, but the adorable Mei was also nowhere to be seen. And there was also the very cute Hoshi, who appeared alone in a place as heavy as a wall, with the door tightly shut, yet she had already stepped inside.

Who will the "Beauty Bug" encounter?

When she was alone, Kiana's IQ improved, and she quickly adjusted herself.

"This is Vault Zero from the pre-civilization era? Does it refer to the original vault?"

Her professional demeanor would never have led others to believe that she had no idea what pre-civilization was.

After all, Kiana doesn't like history class.

She can't read, but once she starts reading... she learns everything instantly, masters skills immediately, throwing stars is a piece of cake, and manipulating various powers to destroy the world is even easier.

Kiana subconsciously dislikes reading; she loves her current life and the world.

In short, having skipped the developmental stage and with the wrong evolutionary path right in front of her, Kiana, arriving at the Land of the Dead, explores inward with a bewildered expression. Although she hasn't learned many basic things, she walks out with a powerful and imposing presence.

Compared to her, the other one was even more impressive, leaping around and looking left and right, carrying a baseball bat in his hand, a raccoon, a raccoon wandering in the paradise of the past.

She dashed into Gretchen's studio!

Where's Kosmo? Block him!

Okay, Kosmo is playing dead, so what about Kiana?

The fierce and imposing cat-like insect had already spotted a figure from behind.

He looked like a researcher, dressed in a white research uniform, with green hair and an eye patch. Strange instruments floated around him, especially a portable experimental table. He was intently working on something, exuding an aura of...

Kiana's vision of her period.

Theresa has looked haggard lately...

She couldn't bear to look.

"Hi~"

"Hell is ahead!" Kiana didn't dare to go any further. She turned around and bypassed the person who looked like a child. After all, even a little girl like that is young, and she wouldn't judge a book by its cover.

Besides, the bell is small.

But Fang Jie had even bullied her.

It's absolutely absurd.

It's one thing for Himeko-sensei to be bullied by him, after all, Himeko-sensei always looks like she's worried about getting married, and she's so beautiful, and she's living a comfortable life now.

But the bell...

She's still so young.

Kiana blushed just thinking about it.

In short, Klein continued working overtime undisturbed.

The cat-like insect continued hopping and skipping, assimilated by the raccoon, its beautiful sapphire-like eyes wide open, marveling at the ancient city ruins.

"It doesn't seem like a big deal. I heard there's a Hero Trial or something, but what about the Hero Trials? We can't possibly..."

The hellish aura she dared not step into—could that little figure be Ying Jie?

Kiana thought it wouldn't work.

"We can't waste any more time. Everyone's disappeared, especially Fang Jie. He's been here for a while now, and he's probably hiding in the shadows watching us make a fool of ourselves. No, not just watching us make a fool of ourselves, he's getting more and more lecherous. Mei is in danger."

With this thought in mind, Kiana panicked and grabbed her baseball bat, starting to charge around recklessly.

"We need to ask someone for directions. Yingjie, right? Come out here!"

She was just like Xiao Sanyue challenging Huanlong in Lin Yuan Realm.

Or the opposite?

In short, the bat will provide the answer. As Kiana rampages through the maze-like roads, she soon encounters someone again.

And he's not a villain.

He was tall and muscular, but looked rather green and not very strong, and surprisingly, he was also white-haired.

Kiana knew that while this hair color was not uncommon, it was still quite rare, and pure white hair like this was even rarer; she had only ever seen her father, the only man with this hair color.

But my old man is much more intimidating than this one, and his bushy beard is especially prickly.

This pretty boy must be that Ying Jie, right?

He was still sitting on a white plastic chair!

Is this aesthetic sense really okay?

"Hi, hello, are you Yingjie?"

Kiana moved closer and greeted her; she couldn't very well start a fight as soon as they met and start hitting each other with a baseball bat.

However, the man ignored her.

Kiana looked closely and saw that his white hair was indeed very pure, and his eyebrows were also white, emitting a faint metallic cold light in the sunlight. He was closing his eyes, so she couldn't see the color of his eyes, but he was obviously not asleep. He was just calm and expressionless, revealing a cold indifference that kept people at a distance.

It even caused a physical cold.

As soon as she got close to him, Kiana felt as if she had returned to the Siberian snowfields, which were even colder than Iceland outside.

"Hello? Are you listening?"

Kiana continued, "I'd like to ask for directions. How do I get to this Paradise of the Past to find my companions? Are you Yingjie? Do I have to pass your trial before you'll talk to me? That's usually the setup..."

Chirp, chirp, chirp.

The overwhelming joy carries an undisguised innocence.

Kevin finally opened his eyes, his sapphire-blue eyes, though weathered, fixed on Kiana.

"..."

After a brief silence, Kevin addressed the still-awestruck Kiana: "I am Kevin, the hero who wields the [Salvation] Inscription."

Even though other heroes might not seriously undergo trials now, especially the opponent Jie.

But Kevin is a very serious, or rather, persistent person.