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The Traveling Merchant slowly moved his gaze onto Su Qi, "To be honest, I thought we'd meet again, but I didn't expect it to be here..."
"There's no helping it, a destined encounter covers a thousand miles," Su Qi said softly. "So you've been watching from a distance just now?"
The Traveling Merchant squinted his eyes, "I'm much busier than you think."
Even the Traveling Merchant couldn't avoid the leakage of information marked with [?], and Su Qi saw that he had just been through a battle, seemingly starting by casually dealing with it and growing bored before directly crushing the opposition.
The other party also seemed to be no minor character, not cut down but fled instead.
"Anyway..."
The Traveling Merchant looked at Su Qi, "You're in great danger right now."
"I know."
"No, I mean...Ominous."
The Traveling Merchant softly said, "Throughout history, only those from Sequence One could change their stature, and many have tried to defy fate, rise among the fluctuating ranks, only to meet an untimely death after stepping into the sequence."
Su Qi's brows lifted slightly, "So what will happen?"
"Everyone is different, but their return journeys are similar... that is, what's referred to in legends as the Death Dimension..."
The Yellow Robed Priest shuddered.
Su Qi naturally understood what those four words meant, as it wasn't the first time he had heard them.
Previously, Ah Ling... was dragged back from death, constantly suffering from the assault of that dimension, turning into that sorry state.
"Could it be because of... that incident..." the Yellow Robed Priest murmured, knowing of Ah Ling's case since it had explained the Death Dimension to Su Qi.
After hearing Old Huang's description, the Traveling Merchant shook his head calmly.
"Ominous... is also referred to as a Correction..."
"In short... it's something that violates the norms."
"Committing an act that defies the norms actually wouldn't attract attention… but if one does too many, they will be targeted by Ominous, to be corrected."
"For example?"
"Life after death, defying sequences, altering fate, and so on..."
Great.
It seems I really have done quite a few...
No wonder Ominous has touched me.
And most importantly... what truly violates the norms should be this endless series of question marks...
"Anyway, the Correction...will appear when you least expect it, and the only way to deal with it...is to keep enduring it," the Traveling Merchant softly said. "No one else can help."
"Okay, I understand."
Su Qi softly said, "But... right now, could you first help me out, deal with the problem at hand?"
At this moment.
Countless roaring monsters reappeared, and a boundless killing intent surged towards them!
"A minor matter."
The Traveling Merchant said softly, raising his wand with a surge of powerful magic gathering within, the ground around him collapsing, and endless flames like those of Hell, engulfing every one of the swarming monsters in an instant.
The Yellow Robed Priest watched the scene in shock!
It seemed to start grasping who the being before it was!
Just as it was about to speak!
The next moment! Its soul seemed to freeze, halting in time! The Magical Conch and Brother Cat seemed no longer in this layer!
Su Qi felt as if he was in a world of flames!
Within the blazing fire, the Traveling Merchant lightly touched his hat and turned back to look at Su Qi: "Of course, my assistance just now wasn't free."
"Also...Su Buxian."
His amber-colored pupils shone with an unusual light:
"I want to make a deal with you."
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Three days.
All players were completely logged out, and while the forums were abuzz, with endless threads emerging.
But Su Qi did not browse them.
He was watering a potted orchid, not so much leisure as necessity... since he was often inside the gaming pod, having a few plants around could at least keep the air somewhat fresh.
His phone vibrated slightly!
Su Qi glanced at it, a call from Night Guard.
"Brother Su... there's one hour left until the update ends."
"I know, what's up?"
"After the update, we will officially enter Paradise, firmly intertwined with the Present World from then on... I just wanted to prepare you psychologically," Night Guard coughed.
"I know... you guys have been calling a bit too much lately," Su Qi muttered to himself.
"The managers mean that you should take it seriously... Paradise is a special place that can't be found by the outside world, but once you enter an instance world... with your current reputation, I'm afraid things will be different."
"Fine, fine, fine." Su Qi's lazy tone left the night guard somewhat helpless.
The one-hour update time also quickly came to an end.
Su Qi wasn't in a rush, instead, he looked at the totem that was faintly visible on his arm: "Three days in reality, the flow of time in the nightmare is thirty days."
"Although there are differences in the instance world, it should also be a month or two by now."
"I wonder if Xiao Huang got things done."
Old Huang was crafted a simple fleshy body by the Traveling Merchant and was sent to a native world along with Old Huang and a group of Audiences who chose to stay, including Brother Cat.
That world... had no connection to the Present World, isolated from Deep Space.
It was indeed a good place for them to hide and grow.
The Super Dream Sub-Agreement Station was already enough to serve as the fledgling base for The Hustlers Sect, and with the many Audiences remaining... Old Huang took on the roles of mentor, guider, developer, and so on.
As a Priest of The Hustlers Sect, it had plenty to keep busy with.
However.
What does that have to do with us, the head of The Hustlers Sect?
Moreover.
The Audiences, viewed as chopping blocks by countless forces... they all possess endless potential, diverse abilities, differing styles.
They were just new or had only just come into contact with all of this from the native worlds, yet to grow and adapt.
And with those items.
Given time... they would inevitably become top-tier powers!
Of course.
These people would have been fought over by all forces in ancient times.
But sorry, now they've all been swindled by me.
And the Traveling Merchant also provided plenty of help, greatly reducing the likelihood of the base being discovered.
However.
His help is never free.
"...It's all just because... a deal was made with me..."
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Meanwhile...
Old Huang stood with a dark expression on his face, on a desolate boundary.
It seemed to be mumbling something, and upon closer listening, one could hear:
"Damn Su Buxian!"
"That bastard comfortably ran away!"
"And I got completely dragged into this mess!"
"With so many things to arrange!"
Meanwhile... an Audience ran swiftly from a distance: "President... what have you found?"
The Yellow Robed Priest immediately put away the cursing demeanor and regained a calm expression: "What discoveries have you made?"
"This world... many Audiences have probed plenty of information, we're currently in the Steam Era here... a stage of enlightenment for the masses, very much like the worlds we've been in."
"However, there are many powerful churches and Secret Parties struggling, there's a force from the mystical side, but it's weak... and the battles and strife it has caused almost sweep across all cities, big and small."
"A chaotic... fragmented world, huh?"
The Yellow Robed Priest softly said: "Then... next... we look for such a force."
"What?"
"One from humble beginnings, with influence but... not a big scale and facing various crises, overlooked, but with principles towards the ordinary folk at the bottom."
The Audience nodded: "Understood, what do we do once we find it?"
Old Huang muttered to itself: "Once found... we'll be the most mysterious organization supporting them from behind."
"——The Hustlers Divine Society."
It was never an ordinary Priest without any means; given the space to perform, it could perfectly handle a multitude of events.
The true hidden nature... isn't about establishing an organization, ruling over this place.
But to be that most enigmatic side!
Making countless people... have faith, yet unseen!
The Yellow Robed Priest watched the Audiences leave, its teeth finally clenched in frustration.
Damn it!
Su Buxian!
You've taken all the good stuff!
However.
The Yellow Robed Priest let out a soft sigh, its eyes wandered towards the Sky Dome.
I'll have to work well with you this time...
You'd better not die out there.