Mu Bei placed his hand on the last bag of virus crystals and silently thought, "Paradise, I want to submit these virus crystals."
The next moment, the full bag of crystals vanished into thin air, leaving only a large plastic bag, stretched to the point of almost tearing, slowly collapsing in the air.
【Contractor has submitted a total of 5621 Tier 1 core crystals, 1113 Tier 2 core crystals, and 334 Tier 3 core crystals this time.】
【Contractor has obtained 95.17 ounces of world source (Tier 1) this time.】
【Detected that the current amount of world source held has reached the upper limit. The world source obtained this time will be converted into paradise coins of equal value and given to the Contractor.】
【Contractor has obtained paradise coins × 95170.】
Mu Bei knew that his current upper limit for holding world source was 100 ounces, an amount he had reached two days ago.
After that, he used the remaining virus crystals to exchange for paradise coins with Order Paradise.
Tier 1 crystals are worth 10 paradise coins, Tier 2 20 paradise coins, Tier 3 50 paradise coins, Tier 4 100 paradise coins, Tier 5 1000 paradise coins, and Tier 6 10,000 paradise coins.
He submitted all the Tier 1 to 3 virus core crystals, kept a portion of the Tier 4 core crystals, and did not submit the Tier 5 and 6 core crystals.
He only had 3 Tier 5 core crystals, one from A Ling, and the other two from two Lord-level Zombies that came to Jinzhou City to seize territory.
In addition to contributing core crystals, these two Lord-level Zombies also contributed two darker blue treasure chests, which clearly indicated good opening rewards.
As for the Tier 6 virus core crystal, Mu Bei only had one, from Tyrant.
A mere 13,000 paradise coins was nothing, not enough to make him submit such a rare resource.
Throughout the vast history of Paradise, only Mu Bei was most qualified to add the word "mere" before 13,000 paradise coins as a quasi-Contractor.
Among those quasi-Contractors who survived the trial World, note that these are the people who survived, which means a batch of low-quality quasi-Contractors has already been filtered out;
If the total income of these relatively high-quality quasi-Contractors in the trial World were converted into paradise coins, 99.9% of them would not have 13,000 paradise coins.
...
"A Ling, order those Tier 4 Zombies to return here. Don't worry about the remaining corpses."
"Master, is... is the number of crystals incorrect?"
A Ling tried her best to make her tone calm, but her fear of Mu Bei was still deeply ingrained.
"No, you did a great job with your task. The crystals received these days are more than I expected."
Mu Bei called them back because his main task was about to end, and he would return to Paradise soon.
【Main Task: Survival】
Difficulty Level: LV.4
Task Information: ...Please survive in this World for 14 days by any means.
Task Reward: Contractor identity fully activated
Task Penalty: None
Remaining time: 19 minutes 52 seconds
...
Now, it was time for these elite Zombies to fulfill their final value.
Fifteen minutes later, Mu Bei easily killed the last Tier 4 Zombie that had worked hard to help him collect virus crystals and stored a blue treasure chest in his storage space.
Mu Bei personally extracted the virus crystals from these Zombies, totaling 28 Tier 4 core crystals. He did not submit them to Order Paradise but put them in a small plastic bag and threw it to A Ling along with her first Tier 5 core crystal.
"You did a good job these days. This is your reward. Catch it."
"Thank, thank you, Master." A Ling was flattered and stammered a little when expressing her gratitude.
Mu Bei was a reasonable and rule-abiding person, following his own logic and rules.
Since A Ling brought him unexpected income, Mu Bei naturally rewarded her.
A Ling's loyalty was indeed a big problem, but Mu Bei was not worried. Imprinting her with complete loyalty to him was only a matter of time.
If Order Paradise allowed him to return to the real World to retrieve the relevant equipment, the issue of thought imprinting could be resolved quickly.
Even without the relevant equipment, it didn't matter.
As long as Mu Bei had a decent computer, he could code an AGI within a few days, and then the rest would be simple.
...
【Contractor main task · Survival completed, returning to Paradise soon.】
【Returning...】
Two sudden blue lights descending from the sky enveloped Mu Bei and A Ling respectively.
The next moment, they disappeared from where they were.
When Mu Bei left the trial World, his storage space contained these items:
paradise coins × 1188763
Treasure Chest (Purple) × 1
Treasure Chest (Blue) × 66
soul crystal · small × 7
Profession Scroll · Fire Elementalist
Skill Scroll · Source of Body
High Explosive Grenade × 100
Weapon · tank bone club
Weapon · Sinister Dagger
...
The 100 high explosive grenades were brought out after Mu Bei paid his own paradise coins for notarization by Paradise. The notarization fee for each was 400 paradise coins, costing him a total of 40,000 paradise coins.
Mu Bei had a good experience using these powerful explosives, so he brought out 100 of them.
Carrying so many things might lead people to mistakenly believe that Mu Bei's storage space was large.
In fact, Mu Bei's storage space was not large, with a volume of only 1 cubic meter.
The reason it could hold so many things was, firstly, that so many paradise coins and treasure chests had no volume in the storage space;
Secondly, the space utilization rate of the storage space was extremely high:
The volume of the storage space was 1 cubic meter, meaning the volume of items contained within could not exceed 1 cubic meter, not that it was a 1 cubic meter cube.
...
【Detected a major change in the timeline of Derivative World - Apocalypse Frenzy, resetting the World...】
In Derivative World - Apocalypse Frenzy, the torrent of time suddenly reversed, the planet began to rotate backward at a dizzying speed, and the clouds in the sky rapidly retreated like a rewinding film.
Raindrops that had fallen to the ground were pulled by a force called spacetime power, slowly rising from the soil and vegetation, turning into countless sparkling water droplets, and gathering in the sky again.
Rivers on the land flowed upstream with surging waves, and the entire World was moving in reverse.
Creatures that had been killed were resurrected one after another, once shattered bodies began to reassemble, broken bones restored, blood flowed backward, wounds healed, and virus core crystals flashing with eerie light reappeared in the skulls of the corpses.
In an instant, a glimmer of life reappeared in the hollow, decayed eyes of the corpses that had once fallen, and they all stood up again, turning back into terrifying Zombies.
Humans who had died during this period also returned from death, as if they had never left this World.
Of course, the World Child Zhong Li Yi was also resurrected, and he became a Human again.
With the completion of the reset, everything in Derivative World - Apocalypse Frenzy seemed to return to the state before Mu Bei's arrival, with clear skies and peaceful land.
As if nothing had ever happened.
Except for a Zombie Lord named A Ling, this Zombie Lord will never appear in the Derivative World - Apocalypse Frenzy again in the future.
From the moment it became Mu Bei's permanent summon, under the interference of Paradise's great power, its luck, its karma, its past, its future, everything about it became independent of Derivative World - Apocalypse Frenzy.
No living being in this Derivative World will remember it. The great power of Paradise will also rationalize any irrationalities that arise in this Derivative World after the absence of the Zombie Lord · A Ling.
Now, a Derivative World - Apocalypse Frenzy that is slightly different from before has been born.
Order Paradise can continue to deploy its Contractors in the next World cycle to ravage the native creatures, or be ravaged by the native creatures.
The World Child of the Derivative World is very lucky, and also very pathetic.
He is lucky because he is the World Child of this World, and unfortunate also because he is the World Child of this World.
As the World Child, Zhongli Yi was not only powerful but also handsome, with a harem of beauties.
However, Derivative World - Apocalypse Frenzy has been reset countless times by Order Paradise, and Order Paradise has deployed countless monstrous Contractors within it.
In fact, the World Child Zhong Li Yi has been killed countless times by the Contractors of Order Paradise, and has been cuckolded even more times by the Contractors.
After returning to Paradise, a Contractor even shared his experience in Derivative World - Apocalypse Frenzy, titled "Experiencing All of World Child Zhong Li Yi's Women."
The last page of the book also included a link to related videos to prove the authenticity of the book's content.
In addition to this book, there were also documentaries such as "Making Liu Ruyan Bear My Child" and "Exploring Which of World Child Zhong Li Yi's Women Is Most Likely to Cheat."
Note, these are documentaries! Not fictional.
As the World Child of the Derivative World, Zhongli Yi could not awaken like A Ling and gain the opportunity to be independent of the World.
Therefore, the poor him could only endure the pain of death, the pain of being tortured and killed, the pain of being cuckolded, the pain of being publicly cuckolded, the pain of being live-streamed while being cuckolded... until forever in the repeated World resets!
Perhaps, for Zhongli Yi, losing all memories from before the World reset was a kind of luck.
...
The moment he was enveloped by the blue light, Mu Bei's consciousness was in a trance.
When his consciousness cleared, he found himself in outer space, within a flowing blue light path.
One end of the light path was connected to a rapidly shrinking and rotating backward azure planet, which was Derivative World - Apocalypse Frenzy.
This planet appeared to be rapidly shrinking because Mu Bei was moving away from his trial World at near light speed.
The transmission quality was good; Mu Bei's body didn't feel any significant sensation.
If he closed his eyes, he wouldn't even realize that he was currently moving at near light speed.
The other end led to an unknown place, far beyond Mu Bei's visible range.
It probably led to Order Paradise.
Mu Bei turned his head and saw another light path not far away, containing his permanent summon · A Ling, who was currently sleeping, completely still.
【Estimated arrival at the exclusive room within Order Paradise in 15 minutes.】
【Warning! The Contractor will experience a spatial jump in 4 minutes and 36 seconds.】
【To ensure consciousness safety, the Contractor will be forced into deep sleep in 4 minutes and 35 seconds. Please be prepared.】
Forced sleep in 4 minutes and 34 seconds? What a pity.
Mu Bei, who was experiencing outer space for the first time, had originally planned to admire the cosmic scenery for a few more minutes.
Then Mu Bei could only cherish these short 4 minutes and 33 seconds.
Outside the light path was boundless darkness, yet filled with endless starlight.
The distant stars seemed to be embedded in a giant black canvas, twinkling with cold yet captivating light.
Each star was so distant, yet appeared so close, as if he could reach out and touch them.
Looking around, Mu Bei felt an unprecedented sense of tranquility and profundity.
There was no wind, no sound, only himself and this endless starry sky.
He saw distant nebulae, like giant oil paintings, colorful, full of mystery and fantasy.
These nebulae, composed of countless gases and dust, were like brilliant ribbons, wandering in the darkness, emitting a soft light.
Suddenly, a comet streaked past Mu Bei, leaving a brief but dazzling light trail outside the light path.
At that moment, it was as if the entire universe held its breath for its appearance.
The tail of the passing comet vanished in an instant, but it left a mark in Mu Bei's heart.
Mu Bei had seen stars and the universe on his computer before.
But even 16k resolution was far less than one ten-thousandth as spectacular as the scene before Mu Bei's eyes now.
Beautiful, it was truly beautiful.
A comet is a celestial body composed of ice, dust, and rocky materials.
He wondered what it would taste like to drink the melted water from a comet.
When he became powerful in the future, Mu Bei planned to capture a comet. He wanted to savor the taste of melted comet water, and he also wanted to make a delicacy called "ice slush" with a comet, and he also wanted to...
Mu Bei was unfortunate, and also fortunate.
Unfortunate because he was truly unfortunate, no need to say more.
Fortunate because he became a Contractor of Order Paradise, and Paradise could make Mu Bei stronger, strong enough to capture a comet with his personal great power, strong enough to realize those ideas that could only remain in imagination before.