Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

Lin Yi headed towards the attribute enhancement hall.

During this trip to Kivotos, Lin Yi did not directly participate in a high level of combat.

He didn't delve into those subplots hidden within the world's context.

It's not that it's impossible, but rather that it's unnecessary.

There are benefits, but they seem somewhat trivial compared to the blueprint he is currently conceiving.

Putting everything else aside, if that envisioned army were to actually take shape...

At that time, any enemy facing Lin Yi will have to carefully consider whether it is worth it.

At higher or even more powerful levels, while an individual's power can certainly move mountains and fill seas, it is equally important to deal with the siege of hundreds of thousands of units with divine potential that are invincible.
That would be a nightmare that no rational and strong person would want to fall into.

Deterrence is sometimes more effective than direct destruction.

As I pondered, the magnificent building of the Attribute Enhancement Hall came into view.

Lin Yi stepped inside, ignoring the excited, nervous, or tired low- to mid-level contractors in the public area, and headed straight for the high-level area.

I paid the fee and selected a high-level attribute enhancement chamber.

The hatch slides open, revealing a minimalist silver-white interior with a centrally located, human-fitting suspended platform.

Lin Yi lay down, and the cabin door closed.

[Welcome to the Advanced Attribute Enhancement Pod. The system has detected 8 real attribute points available for allocation. Please specify your allocation plan.]

A light screen unfolded before his eyes, displaying his current attribute panel.

"Strength +2, Agility +2, Stamina +2, Intelligence +2."

[Command confirmed. Allocation: Strength +2, Agility +2, Stamina +2, Intelligence +2. Total attribute points consumed: 8. Enhancement program initiated...]

A tingling and warm sensation originating from the essence of life begins to permeate the limbs and bones.

Compared to the excruciating pain of tearing and rebuilding at lower levels, the process of enhancing true attributes at higher levels is gentler and more profound, more like a meticulous carving and solidification of the foundation of existence.

The pain still existed, but Lin Yi's strong will and body could easily bear it.

The enhancement process wasn't long. While waiting for his body to adapt to the new attributes, Lin Yi subtly connected to the entertainment and information system built into the enhancement chamber.

He did not use it for amusement, but rather as a passive channel for information gathering.

Once a player advances to a higher level in the Paradise of Reincarnation, the existence of various paradises and even some public information about the myriad races in the void are no longer secrets among the contractors.

Cross-park exchanges, transactions, and even temporary collaborations occur frequently.

Some "programs" created by contractors or Void dwellers often provide fragments of intelligence from unique or even unbelievable angles, outside of official channels.

He quickly found a well-known channel, run by a female contractor from Apocalypse Paradise.

Lin Yi had heard of this girl's "deeds" when he first entered the advanced stage; she was truly a "unique flower" within the Paradise system.

Her talent, or rather her "trait," is extremely bizarre, almost a manifestation of "bad luck."

No matter what mission she takes on, which world she travels to, or even just the most ordinary daily activities, she always manages to get caught up in unexpected dangers in all sorts of absurd ways.

A stroll through the streets might lead to a seal breaking, a meal might result in a smuggling shootout, and even a nap might cause your room to fall directly into a spatial rift... The bizarre nature and frequency of these encounters are enough to leave any contractor speechless.

To put it simply, in Lin Yi's opinion, Su Xiao's luck was already bad enough, but compared to this girl, Su Xiao could definitely call herself a goddess of fortune.

But what's even more outrageous is that, under such a high concentration of "misfortune," she always manages to "escape death" at the last minute in various ways that are both laughable and pathetic.

Injuries are inevitable, and being in a sorry state is the norm, but life can always be saved.

Over time, her "trouble wherever she goes, but she never dies" constitution became a legendary joke in the high-level circles of the amusement park, and some people even studied her movements to avoid risks in reverse.

After she finally reached a high level and accumulated a certain amount of strength and experience in dealing with bizarre dangers, she made a decision that surprised many people: she applied for a long-term vacation from Apocalypse Paradise and then plunged into the void to do "adventure live streaming" full-time.

Initially, there weren't many viewers, after all, there were many Void Adventurers and the live stream content was highly homogenized.

Until that one event that truly cemented her legendary status.

At that time, in order to avoid the aftermath of a sudden and massive battle involving several star regions, she hastily activated a secret but unstable random teleportation item.

The spatial teleportation was activated, and she plunged straight into it.

When she regained her senses from the disorientation and adjusted her live-streaming equipment, what appeared before her and all her viewers was a tranquil and breathtakingly beautiful...boundless sea of ​​flowers.

Flowers of various colors, emitting a soft glow and with strange shapes, swayed gently in the windless air. In the distance, there was a hazy glow of sunset, and an indescribable sense of tranquility permeated the air.

The female streamer dusted herself off, looked at the camera, and although still a little shaken, a relieved smile appeared on her face: "Did you guys see that? This is what they call 'when one door closes, another opens'! That scene just now scared me to death, I thought I was going to die there... Hey, I didn't expect to be teleported to such a beautiful place, I'm lucky! Where is this? Does anyone recognize it? The scenery is really nice, let me catch my breath first..."

She chattered on and on while adjusting the camera to show the surroundings.

The live stream was initially filled with comments like "The streamer is lucky," "This place is so beautiful," and "Quickly locate the coordinates."

Until a prominent, paid message from a user with a clearly high-level verified account, whose username was "Devil Clan - Seventh Manager of the Skeleton Merchant Guild," slowly floated across the screen:
"Host, I suggest you calm down and then slowly and carefully look at the outline of that tree at about a 30-degree angle to your left front, at the horizon."

The female anchor paused for a moment, then turned the camera as instructed.

As the focus zooms in, the outline of a giant tree, whose imposing presence and unique "black" color can still be felt even from a distance, gradually becomes clear.

Its entire body resembles the deepest night sky, yet starlight seems to flow between its branches and leaves, giving people a low-key yet attractive feeling.

The live broadcast room fell into a brief silence.

Immediately afterwards, the barrage of comments exploded!
It wasn't a slow, incremental explosion; instead, within a second, the number of online viewers skyrocketed from a few thousand, like a counter slammed down by an invisible giant hand, wildly jumping to millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions… The speed at which the numbers soared was dazzling, and there was no sign of it stopping. Icons from every corner of the void, from every race, and from every faction flooded into the live stream list.

"Black Maple Tree!!!!!"

"Holy crap! A sea of ​​living flowers!"

"It really is... the very bottom of the Black Abyss?!"

"Host, you..."

"Run!!!!!"

"Where's the Blade Demon? Is the Blade Demon nearby? Please, just pan the camera around!"

"Witnessing history... even if it might be the streamer's last live broadcast."

"The betting has started! Bet on how many more minutes the streamer will live!"

"A moment of silence."

"I've already contacted a funeral service provider, using Void Express. Send me the address."

……

As the female streamer watched the barrage of comments that almost completely obscured the screen, and the ever-increasing number of online viewers, the smile on her face gradually froze, finally turning into an expression that was more like crying.

Her lips trembled, and her voice was dry: "G- ...

An official comment from "StarClan-Observer" answered her in the calmest yet cruelest tone: "That is the only native Black Maple Tree in the Void, located in the deepest part of the Black Abyss, a forbidden place in all realms—'Sea of ​​Living Flowers.' Usually, this place is guarded by the 'Blade Demon.' We suggest you check your status and leave your last words. We will try our best to ensure that the information is passed on to your associates."

The words "Knife Demon" were like a final death knell, shattering the female streamer's last shred of hope.

The terror of the Black Abyss, the desolate name of the Sea of ​​Living Flowers, the ferocity of the Blade Demon... Even though she was just an unlucky contractor of the Apocalypse Paradise, the meaning behind these terms was enough to make her feel as if she had fallen into an ice cave.

To be randomly teleported to such a place amidst the aftermath of a battle between top-tier experts... this "luck" is indeed as "powerful" as ever.

She faced the camera with a twisted smile that was a mixture of despair and a sense of hopelessness, her voice trembling with tears: "Um... family members in the live stream, viewers... am I... hopeless? Give me a straight answer, please?" The comments section was surprisingly "heartwarming," instantly flooding the screen with the same message: "Hopeless, just wait to die, goodbye."

"Prepare your appearance and will."

Do you need help writing funeral couplets? The price is reasonable.

“We are grateful to the host. We will remember you and offer incense to you every year on this day.”

Even more extreme, some people set up a virtual funeral hall in the live stream, played funeral music, and some even quickly opened betting odds on how and how long she would "go offline".

Amidst the atmosphere of "mourning" across the internet, after the initial immense fear and confusion, perhaps due to the strange mentality honed from multiple near-death experiences, or perhaps because she was truly desperate to the extreme, a strange anger arose within her. She stared at the black maple tree in the distance, then looked at the beautiful yet deadly sea of ​​flowers at her feet, and a surge of evil fire rose within her.

"Damn it... I'm going to die anyway!" she gritted her teeth, speaking to the camera and herself, "I'm already here! I'm just a worthless old woman, being teleported to this 'top VIP sightseeing area' is an honor, isn't it? Leaving empty-handed would be such a waste of my 'heaven-defying' luck!"

Under the stunned gaze of trillions of viewers, the live chat instantly shifted from mourning to a uniform "???"

"What are you doing, streamer?!"

"Calm down!!!"

"Don't be reckless!!!"

This extraordinary woman from Apocalypse Paradise actually took steps and walked towards the black maple tree, her steps uneven!

She walked cautiously, her heart pounding, ready to face the merciless annihilation from the Demon of the Blade at any moment.

But strangely, the journey was uneventful.

Only the soft flower stems beneath my feet and the startled flying insects.

She actually walked up to the black maple tree.

Looking up at the black tree trunk that seemed to stretch to the sky, her legs trembled.

But it has come...

Her gaze swept across the ground beneath the tree, where some black branches, seemingly naturally fallen, and some leaves, deep in color as dark as ink, lay scattered.

Without hesitation, she picked up more than a dozen black branches, each about a meter long and slightly thinner than her arm, at the fastest speed she had ever done, and grabbed a handful of seemingly intact black leaves, stuffing them all into her personal storage space.

After doing all this, her back was soaked in cold sweat, and every second felt like an eternity.

"Enough, enough... Know when to stop, know when to stop..." she muttered to herself, no longer daring to look at the giant tree. She turned around, unleashing unprecedented potential, and began to "escape" in the direction she had come from, tumbling and crawling.

The following live stream was a thrilling and suspenseful "escaping from the Abyss" documentary.

She had no way to leave the Black Abyss directly, so she could only rely on instinct and a vague sense of direction to desperately move forward in the direction she perceived as "upper level".

Along the way, she encountered a migration of Void Beasts, stumbled into a gap between the territories of two Abyss Lords who were at war, was chased for half an area by a team of Star Hunters searching for rare materials, and almost fell into a naturally formed rule collapse point... Each time she was in grave danger, and each time she barely escaped thanks to that strange "luck amidst bad luck".

The number of viewers in the live stream has consistently remained in the trillions, and the popularity is unprecedented.

Everyone held their breath, watching how this girl with "E" luck would put on an incredible "escape show" in such a desperate situation.

The comments section gradually shifted from initial mockery and mourning to expressions of amazement and encouragement, with some even beginning to analyze the strange traits that might be hidden behind her "unlucky" talent.

Finally, after an unknown amount of time spent traveling and countless brushes with death, she finally found a relatively stable spatial rift connecting to the shallow layers of the Black Abyss, plunged out, and returned to the void region.

When the familiar void appeared on the live stream screen, the entire live stream room erupted in excitement.

The effects of the virtual gifts given as tips almost completely filled the screen.

With the dozen or so black maple branches and hundreds of black maple leaves she brought out from the Sea of ​​Living Flowers, she became rich overnight and successfully established contact channels with several top forces in the void—those forces had an immeasurable thirst for black maple products.

She went from a somewhat eccentric high-level contractor streamer to a top influencer in the virtual network. Her experience has been talked about by countless people and has sparked a lot of discussion about "luck", "probability" and "cause and effect".

However, the legend did not end there.

Even after returning to the relatively safe void and even greatly strengthening herself with resources, her strange "misfortune" constitution did not seem to weaken. On the contrary, as her strength and fame increased, the level of the "events" she attracted also rose.

Inside the enhanced storage room, Lin Yi opened the recording of her latest live stream.

In the video, the female anchor is on a picturesque resort planet that is said to be "absolutely safe and peaceful".

Wearing a casual long dress, she smiled broadly at the camera: "Family! I've done my homework this time! Planet 'Azure Dream' has zero combat records. The highest danger rating is only the occasional sting from gentle starlight jellyfish that causes mild allergies! I've booked the best ocean view suite here, ready to have a good vacation and heal my heart, which has been traumatized by the Abyss..."

Before she could finish speaking, the clear sky darkened without warning.

A layer of purple mist rapidly spread and covered the planet's atmosphere.

Immediately afterwards, indescribable, blasphemous hisses and whispers resounded directly in the minds of all living beings.

The defense system on the vacation planet sounded a piercing alarm, but it was instantly silenced by some unseen force.

The live stream screen shook violently, and the female streamer's face instantly turned deathly pale, her voice trembling: "No...no way...again?! This is...ancient god corruption?! How could ancient god believers be holding a descent ritual in a place like this?!"

In the distance, above the sea, space was torn apart, and a colossal outline composed of ever-changing tumors and tentacles was trying to squeeze out of the crack.

The mere scent it emitted caused severe interference to the live broadcast signal, filling the screen with static and distorted lines.

The live chat exploded with comments again: "Here she comes! She's here with her comedic antics!"

"Ancient Gods Vacation, Exclusively for Streamers"

"I bet this time it's an ancient god that emerged from the Meteorite Planet!"

"Opening betting! How long will it take for the streamer to trigger the planetary self-defense weapon system and accidentally injure friendly forces?"

"I'm starting to feel sorry for the developers of this planet..."

The following live stream recording showed how the female streamer, amidst the catastrophe of the ancient god's corruption, was first nearly captured as a sacrifice by the fallen cultists, then "luckily" triggered an automatic purification device left behind by a civilization deep within the planet during her escape, and then "coincidentally" fell into an emergency teleportation array that had been temporarily activated due to energy fluctuations, leading to a border outpost of a nearby star system...

Once everything had calmed down, the female anchor, covered in dust and with torn clothes but miraculously only slightly injured, sat on the ruins of the chaotic "resort" and looked at the camera with an expression that was a mixture of numbness, helplessness, and a hint of resignation, as if to say "I knew it."

"..."

She remained silent for several seconds before speaking softly to the camera: "Family members... I've made up my mind. For my next live stream, I'll be going to the core area of ​​the 'Silent Nebula' or the Meteorite Star. It's all the same anyway, so I might as well pick something exciting; maybe the ratings will be higher. If any Void Mercenary Groups want to form a group to watch... oh no, I mean, want to provide bodyguard services, DM my agent. Price negotiable. Requirements: strong mental fortitude and preferably with 'accidental survival insurance'."

Lin Yi turned off the live stream recording, and the light inside the enhancement chamber gradually subsided.

[Attribute enhancement complete.]

Strength: 138 (True Attribute) (+2)

Agility: 138 (True Attribute) (+2)

Stamina: 138 (True Attribute) (+2)

Intelligence: 138 (True Attribute) (+2)

……

Lin Yi slowly sat up, moved his body, and his joints made a slight cracking sound.

The “legendary” experience of the female anchor at Tianqi Paradise may seem absurd and funny, but Lin Yi sees more than just entertainment.

Her very presence always manages to raise the trigger rate of "low-probability dangerous events" in the surrounding environment to an unbelievable level.

Her ability to survive repeatedly, besides that strange balance of "luck," is probably also related to the nature of her innate talent.

Perhaps her talent wasn't simply "bringing misfortune," but rather extreme luck; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to escape from so many terrifying things.

Just like the protagonist in a novel, how can the protagonist's characteristics be demonstrated if nothing happens to them? In Lin Yi's eyes, this female anchor was just such a person. (End of this chapter)