【Transmission complete, Contractor has returned to the exclusive room.】
【The exclusive room is an absolute safe point. Unless permitted by the Contractor, no outsiders can enter.】
When Mu Bei regained consciousness, he found himself in an unfamiliar room.
The four walls were completely enclosed, with no windows or doors. The entire space seemed isolated from the outside world.
The ceiling emitted a soft light, illuminating the room brightly and clearly.
Strangely, it didn't feel oppressive or suffocating. The temperature was just right, as if tailor-made for him.
"I'm still alive?"
Just then, a familiar notification sound rang in Mu Bei's ears.
【Detected that the Contractor's consciousness has recovered and is clear. Beginning settlement of Derivative World rewards.】
Derivative World: Doomsday Frenzy
Difficulty Level: Lv.4~Lv.9
world source Gained: 100 ounces
Number of Tasks Completed: 2 (Main Task ×1, Side Quest ×1)
Overall Evaluation: S+
【Hint: Evaluation ranges from F to S+, totaling 19 levels. The overall evaluation is calculated based on the total world source gained and the number of tasks completed.】
【Beginning collection of world source...】
【world source collection complete. Beginning reward tally.】
【Detected that the Contractor has not yet paid attribute enhancement fees and language learning fees totaling 2250 paradise coins. This amount will be deducted from the rewards.】
【The Contractor has received the following rewards:】
Free Attribute Points ×32
paradise coins ×129750
Title·living slaughterer
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【The order imprint is fully activated. The Contractor can now wear titles through the imprint.】
Title Name: living slaughterer
Title Type: Growth Title
Title Quality: ★★★ (Maximum title quality is 9 stars)
Title Effect 1 (Passive): Blood Slaughter. When worn, all damage dealt +9%, and killing behavior will increase this title's growth progress.
Current Growth: 0%
Title Effect 2 (Passive): Killing Intent Boiling. When worn, Charm attribute -3.
Acquisition Condition: Personally perform over 100,000 standard killing behaviors in a task World.
【Hint: A Contractor can wear a maximum of one title at a time.】
Title Evaluation: Slaughter, blood, make me boil!
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【The order imprint is fully activated. The Contractor can now use its full functions.】
【Based on the overall evaluation, the Contractor's imprint level +6, upgrading to Lv.7. Storage space capacity increased to 7 cubic meters.】
【Settlement complete. Rewards have been automatically stored in the Contractor's storage space.】
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Mu Bei listened quietly to the task settlement details, his gaze slightly lowered.
His fingers unconsciously brushed his cheek. The real sensation from his skin confirmed to him that he was indeed still alive.
But when his hand slid to the top of his head, the sensation abruptly changed.
Cold, hard, blunt... Mu Bei's movements froze.
He slowly and cautiously felt around, finally confirming an unbelievable fact:
"My head... was pierced by a sword?"
As the sensation was further confirmed, his heart sank heavily.
The sword body was cold and smooth, piercing down from the top of his head to the back. He touched the edge of the blade; the sensation felt like it was engraving itself into his bone marrow. The cold metal was deeply embedded in his skull, making his head feel so heavy that he might fall forward at any moment.
"This is too absurd..." Mu Bei smiled wryly to himself. No wonder his head felt unusually heavy when he woke up; it was because of this sword.
However, he quickly forced himself to calm down. This was an exclusive room, an absolute safe point. Here, even with a deadly greatsword stuck in his head, it wouldn't truly threaten his life. This sense of security eased his anxiety.
"I need to figure out my situation first," he muttered softly, standing up. His right hand carefully gripped the sword hilt on top of his head. He planned to pull the sword out first, but before that, he needed a mirror, or anything that could reflect light.
Just as he fell into thought, a strange sensation came from the web of his right hand.
Mu Bei subconsciously raised his hand. The next moment, he "saw" his own head—and the greatsword stuck in it.
The sword body was wide and heavy, at least 20 centimeters wide, and its length was close to 1.8 meters.
Its blade wasn't the mirror-like sharpness, but a weathered, dull edge, as if it had endured countless bloody battles.
The end of the hilt was a heavy spherical pommel, which, besides balancing the sword body, could also clearly serve as a blunt weapon.
"This sword... is too big, isn't it..." Mu Bei stared blankly, suddenly realizing a problem.
"Wait, I haven't found a mirror yet, how can I see this sword?"
His gaze slowly shifted to his right hand, and instantly, a storm surged in his heart.
In the web of his right hand, an eye had actually grown!
That eye had no eyelids and kept staring at Mu Bei.
Through this eye, he "saw" the top of his head, the greatsword stuck in it, and even his own face.
Even stranger, when he looked at his right hand with the eyes on his face, this "eye on his hand" was also staring back at him.
Mu Bei's two eyes looked at the eye on his hand, while the eye on his hand looked back at his face.
He just stared at himself like this, falling into a strange silence.
After a full half-minute, the eye in the web of his hand felt a dry, stinging pain because it had no eyelids, then slowly retracted back into the skin.
The slit in the web of his right hand closed up again, returning to its undamaged state, as if nothing had happened.
Mu Bei lowered his head and stared at his right hand, his expression complex.
He gently pressed the web of his right hand with his left hand. The sensation was smooth, without the slightest abnormality.
That eye, it was as if it had never appeared.
"That shouldn't have been an illusion just now," he frowned, a hint of unease rising in his heart.
To verify, he took out a dagger from his storage space and, without hesitation, cut open the web of his right hand.
The blade sliced through the skin, drawing beads of blood, but there was still no trace of an eye inside.
Just then, the Paradise's notification sound rang out again:
【Warning: Although the exclusive room is an absolute safe point for the Contractor, if the Contractor engages in self-harm or suicidal behavior, the exclusive room will not help the Contractor become immune to the damage received, nor will it block the corresponding pain.】
Mu Bei's expression changed slightly.
"The exclusive room won't block pain?"
He lowered his head and looked at the wound on his right hand.
The moment the dagger cut through the flesh, he felt everything—the flow of blood, the vibration of muscles, even the gradual healing of the cut...
But there was no pain.
To confirm his suspicion, he used the dagger to make a shallow cut on his right forearm.
The result was still the same—the sensation was clear, but the pain was completely gone.
The fact that he had lost the ability to feel pain plunged Mu Bei into thought.
Pain is a Human's alarm system for danger. It not only helps people avoid harm but also triggers instinctive muscle reflexes, such as contraction and evasion.
However, when he cut his flesh, his body didn't tremble at all, and his muscles didn't even contract.
This wasn't a matter of willpower, but a lack of instinct.
Mu Bei lowered his head and looked at his hands, a thought flashing through his mind:
"Am I still a Human now?"
He took a deep breath and opened his personal information interface:
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Personal Information
Name: Mu Bei
Profession: None Yet (Slayer of Order's Grief, suppressed)
Race/Bloodline: Old God System
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