Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

Looking at the device's interface, Lin Yi couldn't help but think of the term "original sin object."

There's a lot to say about Sin Objects. But the most typical and widely recognized Sin Object in the Void is undoubtedly the Abyss Jar.

This thing wreaked havoc on the entire demon race. In the beginning, the demon race was a very wealthy and powerful race in the void. Just look at the demons Lin Yi encountered; every single one of them was incredibly cunning in their schemes.

Even so, the demon race in the current void is so poor that their pants are practically rotten.

After all, with the Abyss Jar around, resources drop off like crazy.

The terror of the Abyss Jar lies in the fact that it doesn't kill you directly; it only slowly consumes you, like a leech crawling on your blood vessels, silently sucking away your wealth, your resources, and everything you have.

The demon race was once incredibly powerful in the void. Their caravans traversed every star system, their contract technology was unmatched, and their wealth was so vast that even the Arcane Eternal Star was envious.

Then they found the Abyss Jar, or rather, the Abyss Jar came to them.

Since then, the demon race has been on a downward spiral, not because they have become weaker, but because all their resources have been sucked away by the Abyss Jar.

No matter how much they earn or how much they plunder from the void, it will all eventually become nourishment for the Abyss Jar.

That jar was like a bottomless pit that could never be filled, devouring everything of the demon race.

The reason Lin Yi classified this item as a "Sinful Object" was because of the "Sinful Attribute" tag. Simply put, only "Sinful Objects" could possess this item.

In the void, items possessing the characteristics of original sin are extremely rare, and each one is a fearsome existence that makes all major powers tremble with dread.

They are not ordinary cursed items, nor ordinary abyssal equipment, but containers that bear some kind of primordial sin.

Those sins are not formed later in life, but rather arise from the root of emptiness, from blind spots that order cannot cover, and from exceptions that rules cannot constrain.

However, the brooch in Lin Yi's hand was still very weak in effect, probably because the abyssal power had not been soaked for long enough.

A normally developing entity of original sin would typically have the effect of destroying an entire world, not just affecting a small number of people.

The Abyss Jar can bankrupt the entire demon race and leave a Void race so poor that its pants are practically rotten. That's the kind of prestige a sinful artifact should have.

In comparison, while the curse of infatuation turning into hatred on this teddy bear brooch sounds terrifying, its influence is too limited. It can only affect a few people who have feelings for the holder each time, and it takes seventy-two hours to trigger once.

Compared to the terrifying effect of the Abyss Jar, which covers the entire race and lasts for millions of years, this brooch is simply an infant among the original sin objects.

But even though it's an underdeveloped original sin, its effects are enough to prove how incredible this thing is.

The forced increase of 120 points in charm attribute made Lin Yi's eyelids twitch.

What does 120 points of charm mean? The total attribute points of an ordinary sixth-tier contractor are only five or six hundred points. This piece of equipment adds up to nearly a quarter of that.

Moreover, the effect of the charm attribute is increased by 300%, which means that his original charm value, after adding this brooch, is actually several times that of a normal contractor.

This means that he is a heartthrob wherever he goes, and any character in the story will instinctively feel favorably towards him, regardless of whether the other party is male or female, old or young, kind or evil, human or alien.

This level of influence has gone beyond the scope of normal equipment and entered the realm of rules.

Moreover, according to Lin Yi's understanding, this thing seems to be able to grow by feeding it other things.

Most things that are born of original sin have this characteristic: they are not static, inanimate objects, but rather they evolve over time and with the intake of energy.

When the Abyss Jar was first discovered by the demon race, it wasn't as terrifying as it is now. It has become this behemoth after countless years of accumulation and devouring.

Although this teddy bear brooch is still an underdeveloped infant, if it is properly nurtured, it may very well grow to the level of the Abyss Jar in the future.

Lin Yi also plans to raise this thing and see if it can be used for more purposes.

Anyway, he has plenty of resources. Supporting the students of Kivotos is an astronomical sum, so supporting another original sin is just a piece of cake.

Just as Lin Yi put the brooch into his storage space, the core of the Abyss Hole lost its support.

This brooch was originally key to maintaining the stability of the hole; it was like a heart beating deep within the abyss, organizing the surrounding abyssal power into a precise circulatory system.

Now that his heart has been removed, his circulatory system is starting to collapse.

The edges of the abyss began to shrink, and the deep black cracks spread from the edges to the center, like a wound that was healing.

The abyssal power gushing from the hole lost its direction, no longer gushing outwards, but instead spinning wildly inside the hole, forming a vortex that grew smaller and smaller.

The vortex was moving faster and faster, and the sound it emitted was becoming increasingly shrill, like a machine that was overloaded and was making its final scream.

Then, with a soft "poof," the vortex vanished, and the abyss closed, as if it had never existed.

The light from the ice sprite cores on the wall gradually dimmed.

The cracks on the surface of some cores stopped spreading, and the dim light of some cores brightened again, although not as bright as before, but at least it was stable.

The failed cores were piled up at the base of the wall, their grayish-white fragments gleaming dimly in the sunlight filtering through the skylight, like a pile of forgotten bones in a corner.

The tomb keeper stood there, his back still pressed tightly against the thick stone pillar.

He stared at the closed abyss hole for several seconds, then turned to look at Lin Yi. His lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but before he could speak, he let out a long sigh.

That sigh contained relief, emotion, and an indescribable weariness, like someone who had carried a heavy burden for too many years finally unloading all their baggage.

Snowflakes drifted around Lin Yi, and her icy blue eyes stared at his profile, the light in her pupils flickering slowly.

She didn't know why, but she just thought Lin Yi looked really good now.

She had never thought humans were beautiful before. In her eyes, all humans looked pretty much the same, with two eyes, a nose, and a mouth, nothing special.

But things are different now. Now she thinks Lin Yi is the most handsome human being, more handsome than all the humans in the world combined.

This is the effect of the cursed teddy bear brooch.

So now, Xue finds Lin Yi incredibly handsome and pleasing to the eye, and even the way he threw snowballs at her before seems cute.

However, since Lin Yi was the causal holder who pulled the cursed teddy bear brooch out of the abyss, he was immune to the negative effects of the cursed teddy bear brooch.

Just as a venomous snake cannot be killed by its own venom, he was the first person to come into contact with this brooch, and he used Dark Soul Silk to pull it out from the depths of the Abyss Hole.

This causal relationship granted him immunity from the negative effects of the brooch.

Therefore, the cursed teddy bear brooch in Lin Yi's hands only has positive effects and no negative effects.

He won't trigger a cycle of infatuation turning into hatred every 72 hours, and he won't turn those who have feelings for him into pathological lunatics.

However, those terrible curses still remain on this brooch, but they will not affect Lin Yi.

But it would be interesting if it were held by someone else.

The cursed teddy bear brooch will make the other person understand what true original sin is.

Those who are fond of the holder will become pathological madmen after 72 hours. They will regard the holder as their only and absolute owner and will try to kill the holder to achieve eternal exclusivity.

Moreover, this mutation is irreversible. The deeper the obsession with killing the holder, the higher the temporary increase in their overall combat power, which can reach up to 200%.

Moreover, you're not facing just one madman; you're facing everyone who has a good impression of you—maybe a few, maybe dozens, maybe hundreds, depending on how extensive your social network is.

Therefore, in the void, things of original sin are taboo.

It's not that no one coveted their power, but rather that most of those who coveted it died—at the hands of their closest relatives, at the hands of those who had once loved them.

This is the terrifying aspect of original sin: it doesn't kill you directly, but it turns the people around you into knives that kill you.

The moment Lin Yi sealed the Abyss Hole, the Void Tree's announcement reached everyone's ears simultaneously.

[Announcement: The Healer, a participant in the Paradise of Reincarnation competition, has obtained the World Core. This World Core belongs to the Void Tree.] [Checking...]

The core of this world cannot have its inherent properties altered.

【Under review...】

[Because the participating physician has successfully sealed the Abyss Hole in this world, according to Article 5420 of the Void Ordinance, the Paradise of Reincarnation can generate spatial coordinates in this world.]

[Using this world's core, the Paradise of Reincarnation can set spatial coordinates within this world, with a maximum of 1156 coordinates.]

[Spatial coordinates are being generated.]

Upon hearing the announcement, the expressions of all the participants in the entire frigid region changed.

At the same time, Hugh, who was fighting Mondstadt, glanced up at the Void Tree's notification.

He stood on a patch of snow scorched black by flames, the surrounding gray-black trees reduced to ashes, the snow melting in the heat and then refreezing to form a smooth layer of ice.

His dark robe fluttered in the cold wind, and his hood was blown off, revealing his pale face.

Countless black flames erupted from Mondstadt's body, their edges edged with a dark red halo. They burned silently in the air, yet space itself seemed to warp slightly wherever they passed.

These flames burn the soul; they don't burn the skin, the muscles, or the bones, they burn the soul directly.

A person burned by black flames will not feel physical pain, but will feel an intense pain surging from the depths of their soul, a pain a hundred times more intense than any physical injury, as if someone is cutting into your soul again and again with a red-hot knife.

If Mondl hadn't been such a simpleton, most people wouldn't have been able to withstand it.

Mondstadt's willpower is legendary; most people would have been beaten to death long ago.

Even so, being burned by Hugh's black flames was not a pleasant experience.

Mond roared and charged forward, getting entangled with Hugh. The two met as soon as they landed and naturally wouldn't let the opportunity pass them by.

Meanwhile, Su Xiao was hunting down Aphne from Holy Light Paradise.

Aphne's figure moved swiftly across the snowfield, her speed astonishing, leaving blurry afterimages on the white snow.

At this moment, her hair fell out of the headband and fluttered behind her like a black flag fluttering in the wind.

As she ran, she kept looking back at the approaching black figure behind her, and felt a chill run down her spine.

Aphne just made a tentative move, and then nothing happened.

Upon entering the forest, Aphne saw Su Xiao walking alone on the snowfield with no one else around, so she wanted to test just how strong this Destroyer of the Cycle of Reincarnation was.

She flicked her folding fan and unleashed a golden blade of light. The blade was incredibly fast and flew at a tricky angle, heading towards Su Xiao's side and rear, aiming for his neck.

She didn't use her full strength in this attack; she just wanted to see Su Xiao's reaction, to see how he would dodge, how he would defend, and how he would counterattack.

Without even looking, Su Xiao unleashed a swift slash with his blade.

A bluish-green light flew out from the blade of the Dragon Slayer Sword, so fast that Aphne's eyes couldn't keep up. She only saw a bluish-green light flash before her eyes, and then she lost consciousness.

Her robe was torn open by the flash of the blade, leaving a long gash that stretched from her right shoulder to her left waist, revealing her white shirt underneath and a thin, long bloodstain on it.

In that instant, his health dropped from full to 23%, almost reaching zero.

If she hadn't reacted quickly and used her life-saving item the moment the blade touched her body, she would probably have been cut in two by now.

The life-saving item was a palm-sized crystal pendant that she obtained from a high-level contractor in Holy Light Paradise. It could automatically trigger when her health dropped below 50%, forming an invincible shield that lasted for three seconds.

This prop has saved her life countless times, and it saved her again today.

But Su Xiao had no intention of letting her go.

Su Xiao's principle is simple: once you've taken action, leave no survivors.

If you test me, I will kill you.

There's nothing to discuss. If you make a move, I'll retaliate.

You test my limits, and I'll show you where they are.

Su Xiao also heard the prompt from the Void Tree.

After confirming that Lin Yi had actually obtained the World Core in such a short time, Su Xiao felt that he should also speed things up.

Baha, who was standing to the side, immediately understood Su Xiao's plan when he saw Su Xiao's eyes.

Baha flapped his wing in the air and vanished instantly. When he reappeared, he was standing less than ten meters away from Aphne, in front of her path.

His eyes were fixed on Aphne, but there was no murderous intent or hostility in them, only a chilling calmness, like a predator watching its prey.

As Bahamut launched his attack, Aphrodite was forced to dodge.

Bahamut's attack was simple: he flew over and swiped at Aphne.

Aphne dared not take the blow head-on. She had already used up her life-saving items, and her invincible shield had disappeared. If she were hit by Bahamut's claw, she would be badly injured even if she didn't die.

So she could only dodge, leaning her body to the left, her boots gliding in an arc on the snow, narrowly avoiding Baha's claws.

This dodge also slowed Aphne's movements down by a beat, as she needed to readjust her center of gravity after the dodge.

That shot was very short, only a fraction of a second, but it was enough for Su Xiao.

The consequence of being a step too slow was that Su Xiao's Dragon Slayer Flash successfully severed Aphne's neck.

Su Xiao appeared behind Aphne using Dragon Shadow Flash, less than a meter away from her.

Aphne felt a chill run down her spine, and then the world around her began to spin.

She saw the snow spinning, the sky spinning, the gray-black trees spinning, and Baha standing not far away with a human-like expression on his bird face.

Then she saw a headless corpse standing on the snow, with a smooth cut on its neck. No blood gushed from the cut, because the blade of the Dragon Slayer was too fast.

She recognized the clothes on the corpse; they were her body.

Aphne's head tumbled several times in mid-air before finally landing on the snow, creating a shallow crater.

Her eyes were open, her mouth agape, holding onto her last expression before death—an expression of terror, resentment, and disbelief.

[Announcement: Participant Aphne (Holy Light Paradise) has been eliminated. Bai Ye (Reincarnation Paradise) currently holds 2 Conqueror Medals.]

The announcement scrolled across the Void Tree's light screen, the golden lettering standing out against the dark background.

Every contestant who saw the announcement stopped what they were doing, looked up at the screen, and had a different expression on their face.

As the two announcements were released, the people who were still on their way felt their eyelids twitching.

Although everyone knows that the people of the Paradise of Reincarnation are indeed quite powerful, in just two hours of the fifth round, you've already solved the Abyss Hole and seized the World Core, making it seem like the two sides are not even on the same timeline.

Is this the power of the Gu King?
The twins of Death Paradise leaned against a thick, gray-black tree trunk; the older brother's face was pale, and the younger brother's face was even paler.

They had only recently escaped from Lin Yi's clutches, and their injuries had not yet fully healed; the power of the abyss was still raging within the younger brother's body.

They looked at the announcement from the Void Tree, exchanged a glance, and both saw the same meaning in each other's eyes—thankfully they escaped quickly.

If they hadn't retreated in time, if they had stayed and fought with Lin Yi, it might not be Aphne who would be eliminated now, but them. (End of Chapter)