The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle-Chapter 236 - 182: Getting Squeezed by Open Box!

The decrepit road, overgrown with various mosses and weeds, stretched to the end, leading to that city... long dead without knowing for how long.

Silence, strangeness, and danger flowed within it!

If one looked closely, it was clear to see that all the surrounding fog abruptly ceased upon nearing this city, forming instead a foggy quarantine zone.

Dark green twists undulated in the air like ripples, enveloping the entire city in a bizarre and unnatural aura that seemed omnipresent.

But right now, the players had no time to concern themselves with these things.

Over a dozen Seventh Rank monsters... like ten thunderous bulldozers, everyone could only charge forward, afraid to fall behind!

Su Qi was among the crowd, surveying everything before him.

He could almost confirm it now.

This dead city was the place where he had encountered Tentacle Man before, and where he had found the Ancient God's Heart and met the Traveling Merchant.

After his departure...

It seemed... something had happened here, and for some unknown reason, Tentacle Man had left.

And there was something else—Su Qi raised his head to the sky above the city.

The entire sky... was enveloped by a huge vortex of Black Fog, obscuring whatever lay within, but the sight was all too familiar.

At the beginning of the instance.

Su Qi had been on a plane in the ordinary world when he experienced the so-called accident. From the ordinary world, he had traveled through chaotic currents to this place.

"Is this the origin of everything?"

He had his speculations, but refrained from jumping to conclusions; one had to see to believe, and presumptions could only lead to bias.

And at this moment.

As the players were about to step into that area.

The dozen or so Sequence Monsters seemed to quicken their pace, hammering the ground as they roared. Many of the trailing ordinary players were directly reduced to zero life points and carried off, their burst of Spiritual Energy kicking up clouds of dust that surged towards the others!

The gruesome sight of sudden violent death made all the players even more panic-stricken and fearful.

"Run!"

Su Qi also witnessed this scene, and what he knew for certain was that the power of Paradise had been affected, unable to produce any prompts now.

But when players... were killed just now, it also triggered the return mechanism.

"It looks like it's similar to the situation at that... auction before, even if Paradise is affected, the players themselves still have a protective mechanism that allows them to return, a double insurance."

Su Qi understood.

To know... during the encounter with the juvenile form of the Master of Destruction, this double mechanism had not appeared, nearly rendering him unable to leave that world.

And after that instance ended, Paradise had shut itself in for a whole day of reflection, undergoing a major update. Aside from some content, it seemed more protective mechanisms for players were implemented.

The people pierced through the vague fog, and at last, they stepped into the city!

However.

As soon as they entered, everyone shuddered, feeling an inexplicable anxiety, but many were too preoccupied to care and turned back to look!

"Wait!"

"They've stopped!"

"They haven't stepped in here!"

"What's going on? The Warning Land given by the system, is it a place even they are afraid and wary of?"

"No matter... what, at least we're still alive."

Many ordinary players gasped for air, regaining their Physical Strength.

Even after completing their job change and entering the sequence, it did not mean their Strength had suddenly increased dramatically. After all, each path had different focal points. The body was still the same, reliant on the use of Spiritual Energy and the burst of traits.

Just like some anime... where they cultivate until their hands clasp together, bursting with Strength to move mountains and fill seas, but a stab through the heart still meant death.

High offense, low defense, that was the case.

Ethan Dawn also gasped for air, looking at the place with surprise: "...They're not coming in?"

"No, they fear and dread everything about this place and believe that by entering, we are on a path to die, so don't worry, we are safe."

Ethan Dawn's voice trembled: "Why can't I sense even a hint of safety?"

Right now.

Those dozen Seventh Rank monsters, with those creepy eyes, stared at the many players before withdrawing expressionlessly... step by step to a spot slightly away from the city, but not leaving entirely, their massive bodies fading in and out of sight in the fog.

As if they were guarding this place.

"They... are guarding the way back?"

"It seems we can't return the way we came. We have to look for another way."

And at this moment, people began to actually focus on the streets of the city before them.

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"Apart from looking a bit rundown, it doesn't seem any different."

"Even the fog has dissipated."

"But I have a bad feeling!"

"This place is a hazard area, constantly warned about by the system."

Someone suddenly raised an eyebrow: "Wait, there seems to be something in the sky."

Instinctively, everyone looked up, and the terrifyingly twisted dense vortex, although seemingly distant, appeared to suck away the attention of the crowd.

Just with a single glance!

Everyone was startled, hastily withdrawing their gazes in fear!

Penelope Bloom's eyelids twitched as he looked at Justice Chief: "My spiritual power has taken damage."

Justice Chief spoke solemnly: "Same here."

The greatest Spiritual pollution in the polluted world was actually pervasive everywhere, but after the players' job change, infusing Spiritual Energy for the defense granted resilience to their Spiritual Attribute. In other words, as long as the Spiritual pollution didn't exceed the threshold, they wouldn't directly lose spiritual power.

The two factors being, one was Spiritual Energy and the other was the Spiritual Attribute itself.