Chapter 36: Unfinished Battle

When Lin Yi woke from his slumber, it was already the afternoon of the next day.

Rubbing his bleary eyes and feeling his stomach growl, he couldn't help but let out a bitter smile.

Rising from the soft bed, Lin Yi sat on the edge to put on his shoes, when a strange sensation suddenly flashed through his mind.

It seemed he had forgotten something important.

Lin Yi frowned slightly, struggling to recall, before suddenly slapping his forehead. He finally remembered—there was still a white treasure chest unopened in his personal space.

He quickly entered his personal space and found the white treasure chest lying quietly there. As the system notification sounded, the chest slowly opened, revealing its contents.

【You have opened a Treasure Chest (White). You have obtained the following items:】

【Corpse Virus】

【100 Paradise Coins】

【Corpse Virus】

Quality: White.

Type: One-time use item.

Rating: 8.

Description: This is a weakened version derived from a mysterious ancient virus. Despite being a weakened version, it maintains extreme aggressiveness toward living organisms. When this virus invades a biological body, it rapidly replicates and spreads, destroying the cellular structure of the organism, leading to severe disruption of biological functions or even death. Due to its powerful destructive force and unpredictability, this virus is considered an extremely dangerous existence.

Lin Yi frowned, contemplating the potential uses of this virus.

Perhaps, under certain specific circumstances, it could produce unexpected effects.

But for now, he could only temporarily store it in his personal space, waiting for future exploration and discovery.

Looking at the empty room, Lin Yi couldn't help but feel somewhat helpless.

Aside from a single bed, there was nothing in the room, which caused him some inconvenience.

He opened the room's built-in service function, only to find that there were no options for purchasing furniture.

"What a hassle. Can't they just deliver it to the door like the God Sanctuary?" Lin Yi complained.

However, despite his complaining, the problem still needed to be solved.

Lin Yi rubbed his stomach and decided to find something to eat first, and perhaps buy some furniture for his personal space while he was at it.

After wandering around the streets, Lin Yi found a restaurant run by an Employee.

He ordered a deluxe set meal and paid 5 Paradise Coins to the shopkeeper.

Through the restaurant window, he saw many shop owners personally coming out to solicit customers; clearly, business was not doing very well for anyone.

After the meal, Lin Yi began searching for furniture among the stalls on both sides of the street.

Fortunately, he soon found a magical item called "Compression Capsules."

These capsules could compress the volume of various pieces of furniture down to the size of a finger, making them very easy to carry.

Although the price was steep, Lin Yi did not hesitate to pay 200 Paradise Coins to purchase the furniture needed for daily life.

With his food and housing sorted, Lin Yi returned to his room and retrieved the 【Busujima Family's Swordsmanship Insights】 from his personal space.

He had originally intended to collect this item, but now that he already possessed Swordsmanship Specialization, Lin Yi was no longer stingy and decided to use it directly.

With a ripple of light, Lin Yi's body suddenly appeared in a dojo.

The dojo was spacious and bright, surrounded by various weapons and props, with a unique atmosphere permeating the air.

Opposite Lin Yi sat a familiar figure—Saeko Busujima.

She was dressed in a traditional kimono, her purple eyes deep and bright.

Seeing Lin Yi appear, her eyes flickered with a hint of surprise, but ultimately she merely smiled and uttered a single sentence: "Long time no see."

"You still remember me?" Lin Yi asked with some surprise. At the same time, he looked around and noticed that no countdown had appeared this time, so he prepared to chat with Saeko Busujima for a while.

Saeko Busujima nodded slightly. "Yes, a lot of memories suddenly appeared in my head."

Her tone revealed a hint of confusion and bewilderment, as if she had not yet fully adapted to these sudden memories.

However, just as Lin Yi was about to ask further, Saeko Busujima suddenly stood up, drew her katana, and pointed it at him.

Her gaze instantly became sharp, as if she had returned to the moment she fought Lin Yi in the underground fighting arena of Ritto Academy.

"Pick up a sword. Only by gaining my recognition can you leave this place."

【Auxiliary Training Mode activated.】

Following the prompt from the Reincarnation Paradise, Lin Yi's mind became crystal clear, and his ability to comprehend things increased significantly.

【Time Lock complete. This scene will disappear after the Hunter's Katana or Swordsmanship increases by 3 levels. During this period, the Hunter must focus entirely on improving Katana or Swordsmanship. If the Hunter is found engaging in other behaviors, the scene will terminate.】

After the Reincarnation Paradise's prompt faded, Saeko Busujima's and Lin Yi's weapons collided violently, bursting with dazzling sparks.

In this time-frozen dojo, the two engaged in a breathtaking slaughter without any inhibitions.

Amidst the flashes of blades and shadows, Lin Yi and Saeko Busujima's figures crossed paths; their attacks and defenses were both precise and decisive, with every collision seeming to tear through the air.

However, no matter what kind of damage they sustained, under the power of the Reincarnation Paradise, these injuries would miraculously heal in the next second.

After an unknown amount of time, a prompt from the Reincarnation Paradise suddenly appeared.

【Swordsmanship Specialization has increased to Lv.4.】

Saeko Busujima also seemed to sense something. She stopped her katana and looked at Lin Yi, saying, "It looks like you are about to leave." There was a hint of reluctance in her tone.

"Yeah. Goodbye."

As soon as he spoke, the scene before Lin Yi's eyes changed abruptly. Saeko Busujima and the dojo both vanished, replaced by his familiar private room.

Looking at the familiar room, a sense of loss couldn't help but appear on Lin Yi's face.

Shaking his head, Lin Yi pushed the emotion aside.

Forging Street—this was a unique existence within the Reincarnation Paradise. It was not basic infrastructure of the Paradise, but a characteristic street spontaneously formed by Employees who mastered forging-type skills.

These Employees had vast amounts of time in the Paradise, focusing on improving their forging skills or crafting exquisite pieces of equipment.

Their existence provided great convenience to the Contractors within the Paradise and also became one of the important values of the Employees' existence.

Walking down this street, one could see the bustling scenes inside the workshops on both sides.

The craftsmen were robust, holding hammers and sweating profusely beside the smelting furnaces.

The high temperature of the furnaces seemed ready to ignite the air; even on the street, one could feel the waves of heat rushing toward them.

However, these craftsmen seemed completely unbothered by the heat. They were intently focused on their work, every hammer strike appearing powerful and precise.

Do not underestimate these craftsmen; many of them were honored guests of certain adventure groups.

They came here not just to earn rewards, but to hone their forging skills.

(End of Chapter)