With the ability to transform, I am a judge.

You cannot use one item on top of another...

[The judge's permissions can be checked; this feature is available.]

It seems the Judge's authority is quite astonishing; they can even do things that were originally forbidden. Yang Li suddenly became interested in the upgrade of authority. He selected to use 'Dream Transformation: Kaneki Ken,' and a row of dark blue subtitles appeared in the air.

【已使用天赋，装载卡片‘梦幻变身·金木研’！获得完整装备、能力、技法！力量+7、敏捷+5、体质+10、精神+10、魅力+10！】

Yang Li placed the syringe against the vein in her right arm, holding it closed on both sides. The high-end syringe pushed the scarlet liquid into Yang Li's arm, and there was not much reaction when it first entered her body.

A moment later, Yang Li's brows suddenly furrowed, an indescribable heat filled his body, and black veins throbbed on his arms.

"Ah! No, you can't..."

Her face flushed slightly, and Yang Li's vision gradually changed, becoming somewhat distorted and dim. A mild pain radiated from various parts of her body, causing her to collapse onto the bed, her bedding soaked with sweat.

A moment later, all sensations froze, and Yang Li stared blankly at the ceiling.

Glancing at the time, Yang Li quickly got up to shower and then rushed out of her private room.

After sprinting through the 'Abyss Paradise' for nearly five minutes, Yang Li, with a grim expression, ran into the [Teleportation Plaza]. The sheer number of people surprised her. The center of the plaza was quite spacious, enough to accommodate so many contractors teleporting, and there were even vendors selling things around it.

"A blue-quality life-saving item! Take a look! It's a life-saving artifact that can save your life in a critical moment!"

"This thing looks pretty useful, but it's useless for those guys with abnormal sensory abilities! And it's ridiculously expensive."

"Buy it or don't, it's up to you. If you're not buying, get lost! Don't bother my business!"

……

"Huge recovery items are on clearance sale! Everything's cheap, come take a look!"

The crowd was incredibly noisy, a cacophony of hawking and haggling. It was clear that some workers were planning to raise prices slightly just before entering the 'dimensional world,' hoping to rip off certain contractors. Recovery items were essential; even if they were expensive, they had to grit their teeth and buy them.

As employees, they all understand the so-called way of survival and will not raise prices excessively, lest they offend the contractors to death for a little profit. Otherwise, some extreme contractors may take revenge when they go to the 'dimensional world'.

Comparing worker to contractors of the same rank in combat strength? Forget it. One contractor can easily defeat several workers; the difference in combat strength and awareness is too great!

With Yang Li's current skill level, it's possible for him to take on more than a dozen employees single-handedly, provided he's wary of their trump cards. Even employees often keep some trump cards up their sleeves, using them to save their lives at crucial moments.

It is said that a third-tier powerhouse once looked down on a worker and was directly thrown into a spatial rift and shattered by the worker's trump card. Spatial abilities are extremely powerful, so one can imagine the price that worker paid, but the effect was undoubtedly gratifying.

Out of caution about the unknown, Yang Li felt it was best to prepare some things that could be used as a backup plan, so that even if some serious problems arose, they could be remedied.

Kaneki Ken (girl), at the peak of Tier 1 or even pseudo Tier 2, is already quite powerful, but we still need to be careful.

Many players lose when they're ahead because they're too reckless. For example, Yang Li once played a game called "LoL" and his teammates were too arrogant and reckless, which led to the opposing team turning the game around.

The opponent's four-protect-one strategy allowed them to unleash a full build, resulting in Yang Li's team losing 106-27.

With a nearly fourfold difference in kills, why did she lose? It was all because of recklessness! Those who are too reckless in 'Abyss Paradise' basically don't survive past level one. This was advice shared with Yang Li by someone she had a pleasant chat with, when buying furniture…

Gently smoothing her still-damp hair, Yang Li approached a prop stall. The items sold here were noticeably more popular than others, as there were many people but it wasn't noisy.

After briefly examining a few props, Yang Li finally understood why there were so many people here.

Crimson Flame (White)

Source: 'Abyss Paradise' Bomb Manufacturing Workshop

Durability: 1/1 (Item type, limited number of uses)

Rating: 5 (White-grade items are rated from 1 to 10)

Effects: Can be triggered by pressing a button. Upon landing, it explodes and releases a large amount of flame, burning in a 4×4×4 cubic meter area for 15 seconds, dealing 20 damage per second. Deals an additional 1.5x damage to combustible and flammable materials. Can be extinguished with water.

Synopsis: Burn to the bone! Cremate all your enemies!

Price: 300 trading points.

Specially Made High Explosive Bomb (Green)

Source: 'Abyss Paradise' Bomb Manufacturing Workshop

Durability: 1/1 (Item type, limited number of uses)

Rating: 25 (Green-grade items have a rating of 11-50)

Effects: Remotely controlled explosion, detonated through a special mental connection, and cannot be interfered with by electromagnetic abilities! It explodes rapidly within three seconds of triggering, with an explosion radius of 3×3×3 cubic meters. The central 1×1×1 cubic meter area deals 700 damage, while the remaining area deals 400 damage.

Note: Due to its small size, it is extremely convenient to use in unusual situations, and its explosive power is doubled in special terrains.

Synopsis: Art is an explosion; simple and convenient bombs are terrifying!

Price: 5000 trading points.

It's an excellent explosive; even Yang Li, with his enhanced physique and 3200 health points, couldn't ignore it. Of course, 16 points in physique should have resulted in 1600 health points, but that was amplified by a skill enhanced by a potion.

After glancing at the remaining survivors on the stall and then at the savings in his hand, Yang Li decided to blow up all the enemies until they questioned their existence!

Section 43 Chapter Forty-Three: The Crown of Sin

Chapter 43: Guilty Crown

In total, Yang Li purchased two [Special High Explosive Bombs] and five [Crimson Flames], spending 11500 transaction points, leaving him with 3000 transaction points remaining. Previously, Yang Li had spent 6000 transaction points to purchase six healing potions, so this time his preparations were quite thorough.

Just then, the notification for 'Abyss Paradise' arrived, indicating that there were only 15 minutes left before entering the 'Dimensional World'.

[The world of this mission has been determined. Judges, please prepare yourselves. This 'dimensional world' is: Guilty Crown!]

After the information release ended, Yang Li began to ponder the plot of 'Guilty Crown' in his mind. This world was undoubtedly one with advanced technology. Analyzing the combat power, it was at least a relatively powerful world in the first tier, or even a second-tier world!

The power of the king has considerable limitations, but the phenomenon of the protagonist's strength increasing dramatically the moment he pulls out of the void is simply blatant cheating.

Activating the Apocalypse Virus and forcibly improving physical fitness is no different from suicide. Yang Li clearly remembers the steel skin disease with crystals all over his body.

Looking around, it became clear that because 'Abyss Paradise' teleports large numbers of contractors at once, they were all gathered in the teleportation plaza. Not only Yang Li had just received the notification from 'Abyss Paradise,' but all the other contractors had as well.

Many contractors' expressions changed slightly, becoming somewhat grim, and some even seemed to have lost all hope. Clearly, these people had drawn a card they didn't want; the world they were about to enter was probably not going to be friendly to them.

"This, how is this possible?! How could my strength be matched with 'Tokyo Ghoul'?! That's a high-level world in the first tier!"

A male contractor knelt on the ground, his face filled with fear—the fear of death. Those contractors who hadn't drawn the right path and couldn't cope with the world mostly cast mocking glances—a stark reminder of the law of the jungle, the survival of the fittest.

The ugliness of human nature is laid bare. There may be no one with a saintly heart in the 'Abyss Paradise', and even if there were, they wouldn't live long.

Everyone is likely to die, and those who are clearly seasoned veterans can use various methods to manipulate these saintly figures to their deaths.

What's that saying again? Someone sold him out, and he'd probably be happily counting the money for the seller.

The more magnificent and well-developed the worldview of a world is, the more terrifying the content of that world itself is. Forbidden worlds in 'Abyss Paradise' include worlds like A Certain Magical Index.

The fighting power in A Certain Magical Index seems decent in the anime, but the real world's top fighting power only appears in the novels.

Both One-Eyed Princess and Aleister are unfathomable figures, not to mention Aiwass, currently the strongest known fighter. Books where the author contradicts established lore are generally disliked by knowledgeable contractors—too dangerous!

That kind of world appears to be at the third or fourth tier on the surface, but in reality, its upper limit is terrifyingly high. Recklessly wandering around there will only result in being thoroughly dealt with by the Academy City Chairman, 'Aleister Crowley,' and dying a fitting death...

"Guilty Crown! Isn't this world somewhere between Tier 1 and Tier 2? How could a Level 5 guy like me possibly be matched with this?! ...I'm willing to give up all my 5000 trade points to beg you to save my life, I have support abilities, I can even warm your bed!"

A fairly pretty girl screamed first, then tearfully begged for help, determined to give anything to survive. After all, not everyone is like Yang Li, possessing such monstrous strength at the first level.

Judging from that flushed face, unless she's an extremely experienced seductress, she's either a genuine young girl willing to give up everything. (Do you all know what I mean?)

Some people in the crowd seemed tempted, but the thought of bringing a burden could lead to death, so no one stepped forward, leaving the girl utterly despairing.

Yang Li had no intention of helping; she wasn't interested in that, nor could she be. She only hoped for a higher rating and a better final settlement. Whether the girl lived or died was none of her concern; she was a pseudo-otaku who only liked anime and manga.

[Transmission time has expired. The 'dimensional world' matched to the Judge this time is: Guilty Crown! The current 'dimensional world' time has been reset. Preparing to enter... Based on the Judge's strength, this mission requires a rating of C or higher!]

As the pale blue subtitles faded, the [Teleportation Plaza] became extremely noisy, with more than one person displaying an extremely grim expression. Yang Li took a deep breath, sensed something at his lower back, and then waited quietly for the teleportation to begin.

With a 'thud' in his mind, the teleportation plaza in Yang Li's sight vanished instantly, and he lost consciousness.

------Dividing line------

As consciousness gradually returned, Yang Li opened her eyes and began to quietly observe her surroundings. Blue and white walls surrounded her, with only one door with a window through which she could leave, and she was bound by sturdy shackles on her hands and feet.

Yang Li tried to struggle against the restraints on his hands. The chains were about to fall, but he found that even with a strength of 16 points under normal circumstances, he could not completely break free.

Suddenly, some red veins bulged out in the left eye socket, the jet-black pupil instantly turned scarlet, and the whites of the eyes turned completely black.

[The Judge uses the derived ability 'Ghoul Body', 'Ghoul Eye,' resulting in a slight increase in attributes: Strength +2, Agility +2, Constitution +3, Spirit +3!]

With his strength attribute increased to 18 points, the shackles on his wrists were on the verge of collapse and were then roughly torn in two.

Because the shackles were unexpectedly strong, Yang Li's wrists were all red from being bound. However, the recovery ability brought by his 19 points of physical attributes, coupled with the terrifying bonus of the one-eyed ghoul itself, allowed the bruises on his wrists to heal completely in an instant.

The imprisonment-style start was indeed a bit bizarre. Yang Li decided to try to leave, after all, she couldn't just stay here forever, could she? Just as Yang Li was about to break down the door, a light membrane blocked her way and gently bounced her away.

With obvious surprise on her face, Yang Li gently stroked the thin membrane at the only exit. This thing was disgusting! Even with her strength attribute, which wasn't far from 20 points, she couldn't break through this seemingly fragile layer…

Just as Yang Li, refusing to believe it, was about to draw her knife, a string of numbers appeared in front of her, displaying 3:00. It wasn't hard to understand; it seemed to mean three minutes. Did that mean she wouldn't be allowed to leave until three minutes later?

With this thought in mind, Yang Li saw the dark blue subtitles the next moment: World Introduction!

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Section 44, Chapter Forty-Four: Factional Battle Mission

Chapter 44: Factional Battle Mission

Current World: Guilty Crown

World Keywords: GHQ, Funeral Parlor, Mech, Apocalypse Virus, Void, Power of the King.

World Difficulty: LV.6~12, Hard Level (Due to the large number of ordinary contractors being transported this time, the world difficulty will be slightly reduced. In some cases, the world difficulty will exceed LV.10 and reach the next level! Judges, please be careful!)

World Exploration Progress: 0% (The world exploration progress will increase when the Judge defeats important characters in the story or meets certain conditions. This is an important indicator that determines the richness of the Judge's final rewards!)

Main Quest (1): Join GHQ or a funeral parlor to unlock the next quest (first stage).

Main Quest (II): Seize the Void Genome; possess at least one copy of the Void Genome (one-step process only)

Note: This will automatically purchase 'Language Proficiency LV:3' for the Judge in this world, costing 50 Trade Points.

Warning: Do not mention anything about 'Abyss Paradise' to any of the story characters. Violators will be instantly killed!