Reincarnation Paradise Park-Chapter 812 - 43: Goddess of Nightmares

Soon, Caesar walked out of the kitchen, carrying a bowl of soup. Yes, it was the kind of soup made by brewing the excretory and urinary systems together.

Su Xiao rarely objects to anything, but this soup has already made it to his blacklist.

"This is the newly made ’Graham’ soup. Have a bowl, my dear friend."

The intonation of the words ’dear friend’ from Caesar’s mouth noticeably rose.

[Hint: The special storyline character Nicholas Caesar invites you to drink ’Graham Soup.’ If you refuse this invitation, your favorability with the special storyline character Nicholas Caesar will be reset to zero, and you will no longer have access to the Merit Shop.]

Seeing this hint, Su Xiao’s mouth twitched.

"Last time we discussed the main components of green phosphorus..."

As soon as Su Xiao finished speaking, the ’multiple-choice question’ disappeared, and Caesar, with a sly smile, carried the bowl while listening intently to Su Xiao’s lecture on alchemy knowledge.

The alchemy that Su Xiao mastered was not something Caesar could match, and Caesar listened intently, fascinated.

"In most cases, materials with fire attributes have the same property."

Su Xiao suddenly fell silent. Caesar, who was listening intently, froze. Su Xiao’s pause was too cunning; it left half of an alchemy formula unknown. Su Xiao wanted to showcase the strength of this alchemy formula without fully revealing it to Caesar.

"And then, what happens after that?"

Caesar was so anxious that he almost jumped on the spot. This was Caesar’s weak point—his obsession with alchemy.

"After what?"

Su Xiao felt a twinge of conscience because he understood how uncomfortable Caesar was feeling. It was like spending months following an exciting series, reaching its climax when suddenly a message flashes on the screen: ’Due to lack of funds, this series has been suspended.’ The feeling was more than just smashing a computer.

"The formula after that!"

Caesar’s eyes were red, his facial features twisted, wishing he could devour Su Xiao whole.

"It’s been too long since I used alchemy, I’ve forgotten. Maybe if I’m in a better mood, I can recall it."

Su Xiao’s answer left Caesar speechless. He hesitated for a moment, then ran to the experiment table, grabbed the supply list, and handed it to Su Xiao.

"You need to be quick. I can buy you maybe a few seconds at most."

Caesar walked towards the door, and as Case opened it, Su Xiao received a prompt from Reincarnation Paradise.

[The Dragon Soaring Empire’s Iron-blooded Legion has successfully stationed at Black Soil Fortress, Camp Shop opens.]

As the door opened, a graceful figure was the first to rush into the room—Nasha.

"Buff - Stone Skin."

A low shout sounded, and a gray stone skin appeared on Nasha, who rushed in first. This was an enhancement state that increased defensive power but reduced speed.

Nasha’s speed slowed, and the fire mage behind her rushed into the room, immediately spotting the supply list in Su Xiao’s hand.

"Hold on."

The fire mage glared at Su Xiao intently, but Su Xiao ignored him.

[Hint: You have successfully redeemed the ’Holy Oak Branch,’ deducting 9000 merit points.]

With the Holy Oak Branch in hand, Su Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. In his hand appeared a small piece of the branch, cylindrical in shape, with tiny wormholes visible on its surface, the entire branch exuding vitality, glowing with a golden-green light.

The scent of rain-soaked earth wafted into his nose. Su Xiao took a deep breath, then put the Holy Oak Branch into his storage space.

Once something was in his hands, unless he died or willingly gave it up, no one else could take it.

The fire mage advanced, his hand touching the supply list. Two seconds later, the fire mage’s expression darkened. Four seconds later, the golden quality magic wand [Duncan’s Call] was exchanged.

"You’re called Bai Ye, right? I’ve heard of you. You’ve got your ways."

The magic class mage exhaled deeply.

"What, are you trying to make me hand over the Holy Oak Branch?"

Su Xiao had gotten what he wanted. As long as his Mana Value and physical attributes reached the expected values, he would use the Holy Oak Branch.

"If threats worked, becoming stronger would be meaningless. I’m more curious about how you got in touch with the quartermaster. Threats from someone who lacks the skills are just barking dogs. I’m leaving. If we have the chance, we can work together in the future."

The fire mage walked out of the room, not issuing any threats; instead, he suggested future collaboration, showing great generosity.

"Sure."

Su Xiao replied casually, though both knew the likelihood of future cooperation was slim.

The other three leaders had already rushed forward, displaying various expressions upon seeing the Holy Oak Branch exchanged.

"What you had in your hand earlier was the Holy Oak Branch, right?"

Gu Xiaosheng stared at Su Xiao.

"Who knows,"

Su Xiao yawned. He felt a strong urge to sleep peacefully.

"Name a price. You should be from the close-combat class. The greatest value of that thing is in increasing Mana Value, which means..."

Before Gu Xiaosheng could finish, Su Xiao waved his hand. To him, Mana Value was very important.

"No chance. First come, first served. I got here first, so I got it first."

Su Xiao had no intention of transferring the Holy Oak Branch to others.

"No chance at all?"

It was clear that Gu Xiaosheng had put in considerable effort for the Holy Oak Branch, and he was unwilling to let it go.

"You’re unwilling?"

"Yes."

Gu Xiaosheng was noticeably less magnanimous than the fire mage, reluctant to admit defeat.

"If you’re not satisfied, you can find a way to kill me."

Su Xiao looked at Gu Xiaosheng with a smile. Without a mission to urge him, he wouldn’t provoke others actively. But if someone came to provoke him, he never backed down.

Indifferent to life and death, if dissatisfied, fight back—that was Su Xiao’s consistent creed.

At this moment, Gu Xiaosheng faced two choices: to make an enemy of Su Xiao or accept his misfortune.

"You’re impressive."

Gu Xiaosheng wasn’t a brainless passerby. To reach his current status in Reincarnation Paradise and to form an adventure group, he couldn’t be brainless. Given that the object was already in someone else’s hands, making an enemy now would gain nothing by trying.

"Really no chance of a deal? Of course, I mean a fair deal."

Gu Xiaosheng made a final effort.

"No."

"Then forget it. Geez, what kind of connections did you pull?"

Gu Xiaosheng flung away the cigarette in his hand, starting to exchange objects for merit.

Su Xiao set the supply list aside, turning his gaze towards Nicholas Caesar.

"My dear friend, you should be in a good mood now."

Caesar eagerly served a glass of water to Su Xiao.

"Yes, I’m feeling good."

Su Xiao having bested Caesar, made him feel even better.

Once a dozen Contractors finished their exchanges and left quickly, the reason was apparent; seeing Caesar annoyed them, and what was worse, they couldn’t hit or scold him, but had to serve him like a master.

After the Contractors left, Su Xiao explained the second half of the alchemy formula to Caesar, leaving Caesar finally satisfied.

Just as Su Xiao was about to leave, his eyes accidentally fell on the experiment table and were drawn to a vial of blood.

"Is that... blood?"

Su Xiao walked towards the experiment table.

"Wait a minute."

Caesar blocked Su Xiao, a serious expression on his face.

"You can’t touch that thing. If the issue with that blood is not resolved, a madwoman will kill me."

Caesar’s expression wasn’t looking good.

Although Su Xiao was some distance from the vial of blood, he sensed a familiar energy in it. That energy was similar to the Power of the Demon.

"Whose blood is that?"

Su Xiao looked at the vial of blood.

"Well..."

Caesar hesitated.

A few minutes later, Su Xiao walked out of Caesar’s room.

"Why does Carlos’s blood contain the Power of the Demon? Interesting."

Su Xiao went up to the fifth floor of the fortress, found an unoccupied room. As a team leader, he had the right to choose an unoccupied single room on the fifth floor.

The room was only a dozen square meters, with simple furnishings: a wooden bed, an iron cabinet.

Su Xiao locked the door, released the Eye of the Apostle to be on guard, and lay on the wooden bed. He was too exhausted, too tired to move a single finger.

After an unknown amount of sleep, Su Xiao suddenly sensed a strange aura approaching. Surprisingly, the Eye of the Apostle did not issue an alert. There was only one possibility for this: the one approaching was not a living creature.

Su Xiao sat up with a whoosh, and a silver-haired little girl in a white dress appeared in his room, floating in midair, like a ghost.

"Indeed, doing what you’re best at is truly refreshing."

The silver-haired little girl floating in midair spoke; her body was somewhat transparent.

"Hello, Sword Man. I’m Liu Li, your ’Nightmare’ Goddess for a while."