Zongman: Evolution Paradise

As a high-level corrupted being, the Abyss did not take away his memories as it would have done to the Otherworlders, and the past Camon thus survived. Unfortunately, this favor from the Abyss to talented individuals was merely a curse that delayed its eruption.

because,

He killed the old Camon with his own hands.

Whenever he closes his eyes, his fragmented soul is dragged down by the abyss, enduring a long period of suffocation before finally arriving at the homeland of every abyss citizen.

It was a world of mottled dark red.

The sky was like a crack in a buttock, with gaps formed by clouds that had never healed. Strange trash would fall down from time to time. Camon heard from the locals that this trash came from the upper level of [Wu Tang Conquest], while the place he was staying was the fourth level of the abyss called [Three Kingdoms Annihilation].

The earth was soaked in red and black, and even digging three feet into the ground would not reveal its original color. The indigenous people, who did not welcome outsiders, fought each other all day long, dying casually and being resurrected from the abyss just as casually. It was like an apocalypse where life was worth less than grass, yet it was also like a paradise where everyone had unlimited lives to squander.

Compared to the players in the Paradise, perhaps the Abyss, which can resurrect infinitely, is fearless, and constantly slaughters life and devours the world, is the real Fourth Calamity!

The only flaw is that the Abyss Citizens' resurrection time after watching the ad is not thirty seconds, but almost seven days, which is equivalent to the time required to quit internet addiction. So where do the Abyss Citizens who die during these seven days go?

The answer is that he went to see the [abyss].

Hmm... to be resurrected, you really have to watch ads, except the ads they watch are the Will of the Abyss.

Camon has died many times.

For example, someone might be killed while robbing garbage, or killed because of their alien appearance, or killed for looking at someone as a provocation, or skinned alive and thrown into a pot to make soup by a gluttonous demon who sees them as weak, or even accidentally killed by an evil god. The divine magic cast by the so-called Abyss Evil God will remain in the world forever, and can still kill passing demons even after thousands of years.

And what was his feeling when he faced the will of the abyss?

Camon couldn't quite put his finger on it, but he felt that his fragmented soul had suddenly become more complete, that his personal will had melted into the ocean of the collective, and that the grand narrative called the Abyss selflessly revealed everything in the universe, with the past and the future being nothing more than dust beneath the grandeur.

He became a cell of the abyss, voluntarily accepting the guidance of the abyss's will, opening his brain to allow infinite knowledge to enter his memory.

then,

His original memories were diluted.

Being in the abyss, not dying has long become a synonym for constantly facing death.

After his sixth resurrection, Camon realized the vicious consequences of succumbing to the will of the abyss.

Originally, he was a glass of strong liquor, and intense emotions could be easily ignited by flames. However, the will of the abyss was a boundless ocean. To sink into the will of the abyss was like pouring this glass of liquor into the ocean. After being resurrected in seven days, it would be retrieved and put back into the glass. The constantly diluted liquor would soon lose its ability to be ignited by flames.

This is also why the people of the Abyss become even stronger after they die and are resurrected.

"I can't die anymore!!!"

Camon carved the words on the stone pillar of the Island of Rare Beasts.

Six months later, the number of deaths he recorded next to this sentence with a tally mark stopped being updated.

It's not that Camon no longer dies, but that he's no longer aware of the necessity of doing this. The old Camon eventually drowned in the ocean, while the current corrupted Camon is nothing more than plain water with zero alcohol content.

"I will become corrupted! As long as I become the source of pollution, I can control the pollution and protect the rare animals!"

"Why control them? Wouldn't it be better to corrupt these rare beasts into immortal demons?"

The belief in protection proved fragile, and past perseverance became meaningless.

The corrupted Camon, now a source of pollution, no longer suppressed the instincts of the Abyss's inhabitants. The pollution that had been contained within him instantly erupted and spread throughout the entire island, and the protected beasts all turned into demons.

Years later, the Abyss God [Immaculate Mother Tree], whom Camon had once sought refuge with to reduce his chances of dying in the Abyss, became the unwavering faith of the corrupted Camon. Now, he only wanted to give everything he had to offer the entirety of the Beast Island to the Immaculate Mother Tree.

And today!

His moment to prove his faith has arrived!

The corrupted Camon withdrew his thoughts, no longer looking at the faded past in his memory. He focused his gaze on the demon to observe the offerings, the offerings that the great Immaculate Mother Tree had personally demanded from the believers!

After becoming a follower of the Immaculate Mother Tree, apart from the vague tree-shaped light and shadow he saw when he first entered Her Kingdom, this was the first time he had encountered such a clear and direct decree from the Immaculate Mother Tree.

He even sensed an urgent emotion emanating from the great Immaculate Mother Tree. Camon quickly forgot his somewhat blasphemous thoughts; as a believer of the Mother Tree, all he needed to do was offer sacrifices with fervor!

Camon went to see the enemy on the shore.

With a large number of people and extraordinary strength, they are the strongest to have broken into the Island of Rare Beasts in recent years. The aura of the sacrificial offerings in the crowd is also not weak. No matter how many demons are on the Island of Rare Beasts, it will probably be difficult to capture them.

After all, if you can't beat the opponent, you can always run away.

The Otherworldly Demon needs to rely on the source of pollution to exist, and he happens to be the type that is difficult to move. If the other party sails away, Camon will definitely not be able to catch up. At this moment, he saw a familiar item in the hands of the sacrifice.

Item - Tracking Compass!

Not long ago, the demons under his command captured two Paradise players who had accidentally landed on the island. Without thinking twice, Camon decided to set up an Abyss Ritual. Yuzuka Nonohara, who was in line with the Immaculate Mother Tree's preferences, was chosen as the sacrifice. The man who could only pollute the prize pool was not wasted either, and was squeezed into juice by the demons to become the spiritual material for constructing the Abyss Ritual.

And this unfortunate guy, who was left with only a head, had his memories extracted by Camon before he died.

He discovered an opportunity in his memories!

Chapter 521 Corrupted Camon Online Hunt

Hunters, captains, survival battles...

By absorbing the memories of the dead, Camon learns that the Hunter faction players need to use the Tracking Compass to steal the Log Pose from the Captain faction. The Nonohara Yuka in his possession happens to be from the Captain faction, and the two of them accidentally landed on the island because of the struggle for the Log Pose. This makes Camon realize that the solution is in his hands.

Since the magnetic field that the Log Pose needs to record only exists on the islands of the Grand Line, Jolyne did not carry the Log Pose with her. Instead, she held the tracking compass that Genten Luma had just given her. As a result, Camon, who was not quite right in the head, naturally mistook Jolyne for a player from the Hunter faction.

Furthermore, given that Rare Beast Island is very remote and few outsiders deviate from the course to come here, Camon became even more convinced that Jolyne's appearance on Rare Beast Island must be for the purpose of winning the game, and that she had followed the first two players here by tracking the compass to steal the record pointer.

Then the hunting operation becomes very simple.

Since the demons can't catch the sacrifice, let them suffer a crushing defeat to lure the enemy deeper into the island. The record pointer, like bait, is right beside you. Once the sacrifice realizes that the demons on the island are no threat, it will be unable to resist rushing into the depths of the island and swallowing the bait whole.

And Takamon is the fishhook hidden under the bait, piercing the throat of the sacrifice.

Because he has fallen into the evil realms of the three realms!

The island of rare beasts was covered by pollution sources. When the sacrificial offering appeared in the area with people, he was already certain that neither the sacrificial offering nor his crew had broken through to the third realm. Since that was the case, what was there to worry about? Camon was unaware of the fate of the Heavenly Lu Demon of the Source. He was confident that as long as the sacrificial offering appeared in front of him, there would be no chance of escape!

“Great Immaculate Mother Tree, your devout follower Camon will soon offer you a sacrifice.”

Without hesitation, the corrupted Camon brazenly ordered all the demons gathered on the rare beast island to rush towards the coast. Although his goal was to let the sacrifices approach, holding back in the battle might backfire and expose his intention to let the enemy into the core pollution source. It would be better to use the demons' frantic obstruction to dispel the sacrifices' vigilance.

Anyway... demons can't die.

Unbeknownst to him, a crow had already landed on a treetop not far away, quietly watching the abyss ritual as it contemplated whether to disrupt the sacrifice.

Black Sun had no idea how many things Camon had misjudged with its stupid brain. Seeing that the villain behind the scenes hadn't made a move for a long time, it stopped thinking about it and stayed by the side waiting for its master to strike the core source of pollution.

Time passes minute by minute...

The demons had been slaughtered in large numbers, while the outsiders looked relaxed and showed no signs of fatigue. Camon was just about to pretend to be afraid and gather the demons to guard the core source of pollution, guiding them to gradually approach his position, when a sudden change on the coast completely bewildered him!

Strange flames burst forth, and the offering he had been longing for had somehow gotten on the boat and escaped!

Camon was not smart to begin with, and his brain was further damaged by his constant sinking into the abyss. Now, the sacrifice that the Immaculate Mother Tree had specifically asked for had not only failed to take the bait as he had expected, but had also run away. He was stunned and stood there, not knowing what to do.

Should we chase after the offerings before they get too far away?

Should we remain silent and wait for the offerings to return?

His body was fused with the stone pillar, and as a source of pollution, he could not leave the rare beast island. Rushing up might not be enough to catch him, and he might even disturb the offering prematurely. But what if he didn't act now and the offering really didn't come back?

This is the offering that the Immaculate Mother Tree demanded!

At this moment, Jolyne and the others, unaware that Joan of Arc's fire had caused Camon such great trouble, were watching the fire from the ship, watching with astonishment. Camon, who was hesitant, suddenly became unsteady on his feet and his expression changed drastically!

"impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

Why has the contact disappeared?!

The reason why the source of pollution is called the source of pollution is that not just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can become a citizen of the Abyss recognized by the Abyss Will. Ordinary demons in the pirate world cannot connect to the Abyss Will at all. The so-called source of pollution is just an Abyss signal base station!

On one hand, he continuously transfers the pollution from the Abyss's homeland to the pirate world to poison it. On the other hand, he assists the pirate demons to go to the Abyss's homeland to enjoy the benefits. As the source of pollution on the rare beast island, all the demons born from Camon's pollution on the island will be under his control. They also need his transfer to connect with the will of the Abyss for resurrection.

Therefore, eliminating the source of pollution is the only way to temporarily resolve the pollution of the Ninth Generation Dragon.

But now, Camon discovers that thousands of his connections with the Otherworldly Demons have vanished into thin air. He can no longer sense the Otherworldly Demons that have just died; those who were burned to death by the black flames seem to have been purified!

"How could...how could this have happened..."

Protecting rare beasts was Camon's obsession. Even after his fall from grace and his beliefs became distorted, he still wanted to corrupt the rare beasts into immortal demons, thus protecting them from the suffering of birth, aging, sickness, and death. However, he never expected that the demons of the abyss could actually die.

Or rather, even Joan of Arc, the master of the Blazing Black Flame, did not know that it could completely kill the Otherworldly Demon.

Smoke and fire rose into the sky, and the black flames spread like a boiling wildfire. More and more demons were swallowed by the sea of ​​fire. Camon's heart bled, and in a daze, he could feel his emotions again. The pain of being cut by a dull knife awakened his withered soul.

But soon madness replaced wisdom.

Because in the Soul Code, offering everything to the Great Immaculate Mother Tree is the top priority, Camon, upon discovering that the Black Flame could completely annihilate the Otherworldly Demons, immediately realized that his plan to hunt Jolyne had gone terribly wrong!

And it's a critical, urgent problem!

Did the enemy set a fire and then run away?

Camon didn't believe that Joan of Arc, who set the fire, simply didn't expect the Scorching Black Flame to get out of control. He thought that the outsiders had known about it all along and deliberately accumulated a large number of alien demon corpses on the coast before setting the fire, and then sailed away to wait for the alien demons on the island of rare beasts to die out!

That is,

The plan to lure the enemy deep into our territory has failed!

Even the corrupted Camon, who is already bound to the island of rare beasts, will be in danger. With tens of thousands of demons on the island as fuel, the out-of-control black flames will continue to expand. Even gunpowder can be transformed from firecrackers into cannons through the difference in volume. Not to mention the scorching black flames that are quite effective against demons. If this continues, even he, a corrupted being of the third realm, may perish.

"...There's only one way left."

Believers may all die, but the offerings demanded by the great Immaculate Mother Tree must be made!

Camon's face appeared on the stone pillar. He looked indifferently at the completed Abyss Ritual. Yuka Nonohara, who was unaware of what was happening, felt a tremor in her heart as the flesh and blood magic circle surrounding her began to shimmer with an eerie light.

Around the ceremony, the thousand second-realm demons who remained all wore eerie smiles.

Kammon chanted the name of the Mother Tree:

"The Great Immaculate Mother Tree!"

"You are the primordial Mother who rules over all spirits!"

"Also, he was the primordial stern father who wielded immense power!"

"Your devout followers need your help!"

"The outsider carries eerie black flames, which have burned away even the immortal demons. Now, the raging fire is sweeping towards the source of the pollution. I am willing to offer all my corrupted Camon for you, but I am terrified that I cannot grasp the sacrifice!"

"Offer the Devil Fruit that connects to the abyss!"

"Offering a pure vessel imbued with maternal love!"

"The believers implore the Mother Tree to send down angels of retribution!"

Chapter 522 The Paradise Has a Bug

When the name of the honored is called upon by evildoers, the air becomes thick and difficult to breathe.

"I'm not pure! I do it once before school every day! Once after school! And two or three more times before bed, depending on my mood and the materials I use! I spend all my allowance on different toys!"

Although it was expected, Yuka Nonohara still couldn't calm down when she heard that she was called a pure vessel. She cried and screamed. Being used as a vessel for an angel by an evil god sounded worse than death!

Of course, she wouldn't be happy if she were to replace the hunter player and be squeezed dry.

Her explanation was of course useless. The real reason Jolyne came here with the treasure map was that Camon took out a pink peach-shaped Devil Fruit.

The corrupted Camon extended its root-like tentacles and placed the Slippery Fruit into the Abyss Ritual.

Since the Abyss appeared, the special Devil Fruits in the One Piece world have been directly corrupted. Unlike ordinary corrupted demons, the mutated Devil Fruits can help the user connect to the Abyss itself. Ordinary life forms can also steal the special power of the Abyss. If one is corrupted, one can obtain the true and complete blessing of the Abyss!

Of course, plagiarism is not appropriate.

Strictly speaking, it's the Devil Fruit actively corrupting those who aren't yet citizens of the Abyss.

After obtaining the Smooth-Smooth Fruit, Camon did not choose to consume it to gain the complete blessing of the abyss and enhance his strength, because the Smooth-Smooth Fruit was simply too suitable for the divinity of the Immaculate Mother Tree!

There are two challenges to achieving divine intervention.

First, prepare a container for the divine descent so that any evil god willing to come can have a temporary residence. Second, the container must at least possess the stability to allow the evil god to exert its power; otherwise, it will burst before it can even move twice.

Now, Camon's Abyss Ritual is to use a pure maiden as a temporary dwelling, and then to integrate the slippery fruit that is perfectly compatible with the divinity of the Immaculate Mother Tree and can connect to the Abyss to enhance the quality of the dwelling, so as to create a perfect vessel for the angels under the Immaculate Mother Tree!

Although there are still many preparations to be made, it is not a problem as long as the ritual can be completed. Since the Immaculate Mother Tree has personally asked him for the offering, Camon believes that this poorly prepared abyss ritual can definitely be completed.

The great Immaculate Mother Tree is watching him!