The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle-Chapter 129 - 125: The First Nightmare Level... Team

Su Qi returned to his Personal Space two hours later.

Every club put forth drafting proposals... Each club declared their stance on which actions to collaborate and which information to trade.

Sitting among a group of clubs each with their own agendas reminded him of the days he had participated in elder community chess competitions.

One could often take as long as an incense stick to burn with a single move.

Of course, The Hustlers also needed to feel involved, so Su Qi had Xiao Baitong draft a proposal... concerning communication of information.

Xiao Baitong was extremely serious in his conceptualizing and drafting.

He had never expected to really blend into this circle, and even though he was under The Hustlers Club's name, being able to sit on the same sofa and converse with these big shots...

He already felt that was incredible, and he knew he had to do it well.

After he had finished.

Su Qi gave him a punch:

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"No wonder you're a Deceiver, how could you think of buying information from them... Out in the wild, your identity is what you make it, rewrite it and say that we also hold extremely important information and intelligence."

"??? But do we have any?"

"Don't worry, I'll make something up later."

"...."

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Su Qi muttered to himself in his Personal Space.

"It looks like I will need to brainwash this Xiao Baitong later on, clearly that path of a Deceiver... has great potential for growth, yet this guy still can't keep up with the rhythm."

He glanced at the club again.

When he had proposed The Hustlers Club, it wasn't just casual talk, but Su Qi still wasn't in a rush to establish it. Currently, besides a still-deciding Xiao Baitong and a night guardian, there weren't even enough players to form a complete table of mahjong.

He also pondered if it was possible to get the instance players into the club.

"And my prestige, why is it mysteriously increasing more and more lately, who's secretly spreading my name?"

Time flow in instances was naturally very different from reality, with specific values fluctuating, and even differing among the instances themselves—by the time Su Qi returned to that place, everything could have changed.

Perhaps after entering Paradise, he would have a chance to return to the worlds of the past.

At this moment.

Someone messaged Su Qi.

[Su Buxian, everything is ready on my side, we can start ranking at any time]

[Okay]

It was the long-haired young man from Sword Flower Club.

This was one of the agreed contents during the negotiations, with clubs transitioning professions together, collaborating... and to strengthen cooperation, everyone drew lots to decide their partners.

He and [Sword White Clothes] were paired up.

This person seemed to be the leader of Sword Flower Club, a person of calm demeanor, with a sharpness like the name of the club, yet not overbearing.

The rank battles seemed to indeed inspire the top clubs towards a cooperative mindset.

All the clubs were frantically preparing and, judging by their urgent demeanor, this rank battle... seemed to have become somewhat different.

A struggle...

Change?

The future?

For some reason, Su Qi suddenly remembered that billboard... A masked figure wrote down, "Do you want to understand the true meaning of life?"

"Everything seems to have just begun..."

[Sword White Clothes] sent another message.

[I've invited you]

After Su Qi accepted, he entered the same team.

"The profession for the transition is confidential, so I won't ask, but just a reminder, Spiritual Ability Points... are very important, you must try to save them when transitioning." Sword White Clothes's voice came through.

He was aware that Su Qi's overall strength wasn't high, and the Spiritual Ability Points Su Qi had probably amassed in Endless Mode weren't much.

Otherwise, his name would definitely be seen on the leaderboard, since the Paradise System is fair, just, and transparent, with no omissions or imbalances.

Su Qi closed the interface showing his 13,208 Spiritual Ability Points and replied, "Thanks for the reminder, I'll be careful..."

"Good, I'm starting the matchmaking for Normal difficulty teams."

Most profession transitions typically occur in instances, with players generally choosing team instances... because individual instances are fraught with danger, main quests are incredibly tight, and they don't leave much time for players to undertake Trial Tasks.

Teams, on the other hand, have more gaps and Normal difficulty is the preferred choice for profession transitioning.

Su Qi showed some interest, "I haven't experienced the Normal difficulty before."

The matchmaking interface started to flicker.

[Normal Team Mode matchmaking in progress]

[Match successful]

[Number of players matched: six]

[You are about to enter a Nightmare Level team instance]

???

Is it even possible to encounter such odds?

But once the bow is drawn, there's no turning back, no way to cancel it.

Su Qi sighed.

Is he doomed to never experience the Ordinary difficulty?

The surrounding black tide surged as if to engulf his soul, and the flickering lights were submerged in a slight shaking.

A creepy chuckle echoed in Su Qi's ears.

"Welcome to Abyssal Paradise."

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It felt like his soul had found a place to reside, and his entire body tingled.

Su Qi slowly opened his eyes, and all he could see was a sea of white.

Pure white ceiling.

Pure white walls.

The surroundings resembled a hospital ward.

The only exit was a pure white door, through which a recorder was peering through the small rectangular bulletproof thick glass, observing the inside... and jotting down something while conversing with someone else.

At the same time,

Su Qi also noticed that his body was strapped to a recliner, his wrists adorned with some kind of special metal ring, and there was a debuff like a sleeping potion in his attribute panel.

He could feel his condition had drastically declined.

"Three mutants are here, one of which has awakened; their Superpower remains unclear, but there was a spike in energy fluctuation that just exceeded the peak value, which could be due to equipment malfunction," the recorder continued to speak without restraint.

Su Qi looked to his left and right.

Lying beside him were Sword White Clothes and another player.

Oh.

So that's who they meant by 'mutants.'

These two slept as sweetly as children.

He woke up so early, probably because of his spiritual power.

Damn it.

Waking up grumpy.

"Guys, the sun's up, no more sleeping," Su Qi kicked out with his foot.

The observer outside was startled and quickly recorded, "Mutant number 9527 has awakened; restraining efficiency seems to be only at 30%, possessing strong behavioral ability, speaking nonsense, and acting violently towards companions."

Su Qi: "This is wake-up service."

After a few more kicks,

Finding the two still unresponsive, Su Qi could only look up at the ceiling.

The restraint on him wasn't too big of a problem.

The main issue was the metal ring on his wrist... it felt dirty, a sense of weakness was transmitted from it, and it could even lock his Skills.

Whenever Su Qi wanted to use a Skill.

[The ring restricts item effects and Skill use]

It was as if the energy's transmission was cut off.

Like being neutered.

However, it seems... besides figuring out exactly where this place is, we need to get this ring off.

Besides, the team instance shows there are 6 people.

Meaning there are three more sleeping soundly in another room.

The recorder outside soon left, seemingly moving on to the next room.

And at that moment,

The other two people slowly awakened.

"Damn it, it's a Nightmare difficulty."

"And to make matters worse... I'm all tied up!" another player, Cheng Feng, was somewhat bewildered: "I feel weak all over, and my calves are quite sore."

"How about you two?"

Sword White Clothes quietly took stock of his situation, indeed feeling some pain.

"A little bit."

Su Qi nodded:

"Pain is normal; it's probably because someone was too violent while tying us up."