"Don't say anything, don't do anything now, wait for me for two minutes."
Mu Bei gave the instructions to A Ling as calmly as possible, but his tone carried an undeniable authority.
After reading the information on the Slayer of Order, Mu Bei thought of a solution to his current clothing problem.
This inspiration came from the first equipment effect of this greatsword:
"Same Root, Same Origin: This equipment can exempt itself from the skill effect 2 of Entropy Increase Power."
"Since a weapon with the same root and same origin won't lose durability due to Entropy Increase Power, can clothing with the same root and same origin also avoid this?"
So, the question arose—where would Mu Bei get clothing with the same root and same origin as himself?
The answer almost immediately surfaced: his own skin.
"What material could better fit the definition of 'same root, same origin' than the body tissue that already belongs to oneself?"
The theory was established, and practice began.
Mu Bei flipped his wrist, gripped the Slayer of Order, and without hesitation, placed the blade against his chest and abdomen.
The cold touch of the blade made Mu Bei pause slightly. After overcoming his inner discomfort, he slashed with force.
"This is my first time doing something like this... a bit clumsy."
Mu Bei looked down at the peeled skin and found that the piece of material was irregularly shaped with some jagged edges.
Mu Bei sighed and quickly planned a simple clothing design in his mind.
"Forget it, I originally wanted to make a pair of loose pants, but now it seems I can only make a pair of tight underwear first."
Mu Bei carefully "cut" off the excess skin with his teeth, trimming the piece into a roughly "work" shape (a shape resembling the Chinese character for 'work').
Then, he folded the "work" shaped skin in half, stacking the two horizontal bars together, and tied the ends of the horizontal bars.
A moment later, a thong that was outwardly white and faintly showed streaks of blood was made.
Mu Bei looked down at the underpants made from his own skin and put them on without hesitation.
As expected, it was indeed underpants made from material with the same root and same origin as himself.
The durability didn't drop, and it fit reasonably well.
But after putting them on, Mu Bei quickly felt an unusual sensation coming from his lower body.
"A bit uncomfortable."
Mu Bei frowned, took off the thong, turned it inside out, with the smooth outer skin facing inward and the bloody subcutaneous tissue facing outward.
After putting it back on, Mu Bei nodded with satisfaction:
"Mmm, this is much better."
After doing all this, Mu Bei turned his head and looked at A Ling, who was standing nearby.
It was standing there frozen, its mouth open as if it could fit two eggs, and its eyes were filled with shock and disbelief.
Mu Bei naturally noticed A Ling's complex expression.
However, he didn't say much, only displayed his personal information panel to A Ling through the imprint function.
(Order Paradise allows Contractors to view the information of their permanent summons at any time, but the reverse is not allowed.)
A Ling lowered its head and carefully looked at Mu Bei's panel information.
A moment later, the expression on its face changed from shock to blankness.
The misunderstanding was resolved, but this did not calm its inner turmoil.
This emotion was so complex that A Ling's loyalty directly soared to 82 points.
Mu Bei was not surprised by A Ling's reaction. Following the principle of "I'm not embarrassed, the one who is embarrassed is others," he tried to keep his expression as calm as possible.
Then, Mu Bei spoke: "Alright, now you can tell me why you said 'You're finally awake' when you first saw me?"
Mu Bei was very efficient. From start to finish, it actually only took about 16 seconds to complete the "tailoring" work.
A Ling was stunned for a few seconds before recovering from the shock. It lowered its head, avoiding direct eye contact with the current Mu Bei, and said in a trembling voice:
"Ah! That, Master, the reason is..."
After explaining for about 2 minutes, Mu Bei finally understood the meaning of A Ling's words:
From the time Mu Bei completed the trial mission and returned to the Paradise until now, 8 days had passed.
A Ling didn't know if it and Mu Bei had returned at the same time.
When it woke up, it found itself in the exclusive room, while Mu Bei was lying not far away, with the greatsword stuck in his head, in a state of deep coma.
At first, A Ling even thought Mu Bei was dead.
On the first day, A Ling stayed by Mu Bei's side, not leaving for a moment.
But on the second day, Mu Bei still didn't wake up.
A Ling quickly realized that its actions were meaningless.
Under the absolute safety rules of the exclusive room, Mu Bei did not need its protection, and it was wasting a lot of time because of this.
A Ling recalled the 12 days spent with Mu Bei in the trial World. From the other party's words and actions, A Ling had already understood:
Mu Bei was an efficiency-first individual. If he knew that it had spent so much time just waiting, he would definitely punish it!
This realization sent a shiver down A Ling's spine.
Therefore, it decided to prove its worth through practical action.
After absorbing all the Evolution Virus crystals Mu Bei had rewarded it with, its injuries were completely healed, and its strength had further improved, A Ling left the exclusive room alone and proactively went to understand Order Paradise and gather information.
Initially, A Ling encountered great difficulties because it didn't even have a single paradise coin.
Within Order Paradise, almost everything required paradise coins. Without paradise coins, it was practically impossible to move.
Although permanent summons had their own storage space and could obtain and use paradise coins;
Although Mu Bei's storage space had over a million paradise coins in cash, unless Mu Bei voluntarily gave it, A Ling couldn't use a single cent of this money.
However, as a Zombie Lord with considerable strength, A Ling naturally possessed the ability to earn paradise coins.
Through precise manipulation of the Evolution Virus, A Ling could inject the Evolution Virus into other Contractors, helping them awaken abilities while ensuring they wouldn't turn into Zombies.
Then, according to the binding contract established between both parties before the awakening of abilities, A Ling would collect corresponding paradise coins based on the strength of the abilities the Contractor obtained.
Each ability awakening took about an hour. The time couldn't be shorter; any shorter and the risk of the Contractor turning into a Zombie would skyrocket, leading to A Ling being executed by the Paradise for violating the contract.
For each Contractor whose ability was awakened, A Ling could earn 6,000 to 12,000 paradise coins.
And each day, it could safely awaken abilities for about 3 Contractors.
It wasn't that A Ling didn't want to earn more paradise coins, but because the injections given to the Contractors were its internal evolutionary essence. A higher frequency would damage its foundation.
Every day, many Contractors came to A Ling for safe ability awakening. The number of people was so large that the queue stretched from one end of the street to the other.
During this process, A Ling gathered a lot of information and intelligence.
Not only that, after deducting the costs of purchasing flesh and blood, renting rooms, and drafting contracts, it had net earned about 66,600 paradise coins during this period.
After seeing the paradise coins in A Ling's own storage space, Mu Bei expressed great satisfaction.
Unexpectedly, this summon of his could not only attract monsters for him but also actively earn paradise coins for him?
What is the concept of 66,600 paradise coins?
It is roughly equivalent to the total income of Tier 1 Contractors whose evaluation in task Worlds is B+, after experiencing an entire task World.
Note that this is the total income, not just the rewards given during task settlement after returning to the Paradise, but also including the treasure chest income the Contractor obtained in the task World.
An evaluation of grade B is not that easy to obtain.
Among all Tier 1 Contractors in Order Paradise, less than 20% of Contractors have received at least one evaluation of grade B or higher;
Less than 5% of Contractors have received at least one evaluation of grade A or higher;
Less than 0.1% of Contractors have received at least one evaluation of grade S or higher.
In short, aside from the loyalty issue, A Ling's other aspects truly made Mu Bei more and more satisfied the more he looked at them.
"Your initiative is very commendable. I will definitely reward you. As for what to reward you with, I haven't decided yet."
In fact, Mu Bei had already initially thought about how to reward A Ling.
First, when imprinting the thought mark on it, Mu Bei would try to be as gentle as possible.
Secondly, after imprinting the thought mark, Mu Bei would give A Ling the level 6 virus crystal from World Child Zhong Li Yi.
"Next, I need you to be my guide and show me around Order Paradise properly."
"Yes, Master."
"However, wait for me for a minute before we go out."
Saying that, Mu Bei placed the blade of the Slayer of Order against his left thigh, apparently preparing to peel off another layer of skin to make a mask.
Seeing this, A Ling quickly spoke to stop him:
"Master, you don't need to do that! Actually, when you leave the exclusive room through the teleportation mist door, the Paradise will automatically grant you the ability to hide your appearance."
Mu Bei's actions paused, and he turned to look at A Ling, asking expressionlessly: "Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"
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