Zhong Yi's Pal World.
With two top-tier Pal masters like Zhong Yi and Zhou Qiaoling around, the base never lacked for production output.
The four of them had no worries as they explored the new island, everything going smoothly along the way.
"Senior Brother, I caught a Cloudsea Deer... it ran so fast! I nearly bit my tongue talking!!"
"This island's tower... it's connected to the Pal Protection Organization? Interesting. The first island was about poaching Pals, the second one is about protecting them..."
"Whoa!! Big bro, come help me fight this level 30 Spirit Dragon Greater Demon... it's so cute! And it can fly too~~"
"??? How come the Greater Demons you guys find are all so weak? Why is the Anubis I ran into... level 55!! It one-shot me with a single leg whip!!"
...
Zhou Yue, who had just respawned back at the base, didn't feel discouraged in the slightest.
Strictly speaking, he was used to dying by now.
Technically, ordinary Pals posed no real threat, but he always managed to run into the oddest ways to die.
Things like being crushed by a magic stone, killed by a flash Pal with an advanced skill, kicked to death by a high-level Greater Demon, or surrounded and beaten to death by Pals when he stumbled upon a special Pal egg guardian event...
Zhou Yue walked over to the cabinet beside the terminal and pulled out a set of clothes he had prepared in advance, putting them on with a practiced ease that was almost heartbreaking to witness.
He had gotten used to crafting two sets of equipment every time.
One set to wear, and another to wear after death and respawn—because showing up naked in front of his teammates was just too embarrassing.
Just then, the team voice channel crackled with more laughter and joy.
"Hahaha, I actually caught a full-health Spirit Dragon with just one ball! Such good luck~~ Not only can it fly, but it can swim too!!"
Zhou Qiaoling was gleefully riding her Spirit Dragon through the water.
"Damn, that's some insane luck!"
Zhou Yue muttered under his breath.
Zhou Qiaoling was only level 28, yet she caught a full-health level 30 Greater Demon with a single ball—her luck really was ridiculously good.
"Oh wow, there's a flash Feather Arrow Archer over here too!! Top-tier artisan!!"
No sooner had Zhou Yue finished his exclamation than he heard Zhou Qiaoling's next piece of good news.
Flash Pals always came with rare traits, boosting both attack and work speed.
And since a Feather Arrow Archer had a level 3 crafting proficiency, it was undoubtedly the top-tier artisan of this stage.
"Hmph, it's just a flash Pal... I can catch one too."
Zhou Yue muttered quietly to himself.
He picked up a freshly crafted Pal Sphere from the table, ready to head out and prove himself.
The moment he looked up, he spotted a strange-colored glow not far down the slope from the base, enveloping a Peccon Dragon that was clearly a size larger than normal.
Not a Greater Demon, glowing, larger than usual...
A special Pal!
"I found a flash Pal too!!"
Zhou Yue's excitement spiked.
"But..."
"Why is the glow red???"
Zhou Yue was taken aback for a moment, but didn't overthink it. He summoned his Flame Demon Sheep and charged forward.
"Red just means it's rarer than a normal flash Pal! Red flash Pal, huh? Here I come~~"
Zhou Yue rushed forward eagerly, raising his bow to shoot, only to see that Peccon Dragon suddenly twist around, its crimson eyes filled with murderous intent fixed squarely on him.
Clearly displayed above its head: [Rampaging Peccon Dragon].
"A rampaging one... HOLY SHIT!!!??"
Before Zhou Yue could even finish his sentence, a blood-red ripple pulse spread outward.
In a single exchange, the Flame Demon Sheep was killed on the spot.
Zhou Yue's health bar dropped to a pitiful sliver.
"Damn it..."
Zhou Yue's eyes went wide.
He took a deep breath, glancing back at the newly built home behind him, and his soot-covered face suddenly turned pale as a ghost.
"Lao Zhong, Junior Brother Mu... get back here!!"
"The base is gonna be destroyed!!!"
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Five minutes later.
The hilltop base.
A scene of blood and chaos.
"No! Don't kill my workers... they still have work to do!!!"
"Stop wrecking the base... hit me! Hit me instead!!!"
"I'll fight you to the bitter end!!!"
"Damn it, you guys are just saying that—it's literally targeting ME!!!"
...
The four of them cried out in misery, one after another.
The level 33 Peccon Dragon's level was already above theirs, and with the [Rampaging] title, it was even more monstrous than the Greater Demons in the secret realms!
Especially its innate crimson skill—high damage, fast cooldown, and an enormous area-of-effect.
One skill alone would wipe out the obedient worker Pals at the base.
And with it, more than half of the base's facilities would explode as well.
The four of them were utterly devastated.
This was already the third time they had experienced their base being blown up!
A rampaging Pal not only had inflated stats, but its combat awareness was clearly superior to other Pals.
It wasn't like when they died—the aggro would disappear. No, it would chase them down and keep killing them within the area.
They would respawn at the base, the Peccon Dragon would chase them into the base, and then it would simply refuse to leave.
Even when Zhong Yi figured out the problem and chose to respawn at a different location, the rampaging Peccon Dragon acted as if it had made itself at home, pacing around the ruins of the base.
"First we got a Forest Mammoth to leave, and now a rampaging Peccon Dragon shows up..."
Mu Yawen clenched her fists, grinding her teeth.
This base was something he and Zhong Yi had poured their hearts and souls into building.
Even though this rampaging Peccon Dragon was only level 33, the pressure it gave off was far stronger than that level 37 Forest Mammoth.
"I told you guys not to let big bro stay at the base..."
Zhou Qiaoling said, on the verge of tears.
She had stocked up an entire backpack full of supplies, and now they were all scattered at the feet of the rampaging Peccon Dragon, with no chance of getting them back.
"Old Zhou, here's your chance at redemption!"
Zhong Yi patted Zhou Yue's shoulder with grave solemnity.
"This is NOT my fault... but do we really have to do this?"
Zhou Yue took a deep breath, and quickly found the answer in three pairs of resolute gazes.
"Go for it, Senior Brother Zhou! There's no other way—that rampaging Peccon Dragon only has eyes for you!"
"Old Zhou, all you have to do is run. Lead it away from our home. The farther, the better!"
"Big bro, I'll make sure to build you a proper tombstone. Go in peace!"
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"Damn it, can't you guys think of something nicer for me!"
Zhou Yue's mouth twitched as he mounted the Cloudsea Deer that Mu Yawen had lent him.
"I'm off!"
The Cloudsea Deer carried Zhou Yue off in a flash.
Behind them, streak after streak of crimson lightning flashed through the air.
And on the wind, Zhou Yue's agonized screams faded into the distance.
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Lingxiao Sect.
Wenjian Peak.
The snow-covered peak's barrier shattered with a bang, and Li Moran stepped out.
"Failed again, huh..."
Li Moran's snow-white eyes flickered with a trace of gloom.
Ever since the era of illusion realms had arrived, she had benefited immensely, always finding unexpected rewards from Lu Ze's illusions.
Half a year ago, she had already touched the threshold of the Spirit Refinement realm, but she just couldn't break through.
Strangely enough, the first person that came to mind right now was Lu Ze.
"Not here?"
Her divine sense swept over Lingyu Pavilion, and her brows furrowed slightly.
She had no idea that Lu Ze had gone to the Beast Taming Sect while she was in seclusion.
After a moment's thought, she took out the Illusion Tower and let her consciousness slowly sink into the illusion realm.
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Main server world.
"What? An illusion that suppresses cultivation and tempers the sword path?"
Lu Ze raised an eyebrow slightly at the message from Li Moran.
Just say "Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice" outright, why don't you?
Of course, there's nothing like that right now.
But if you add a few self-imposed restrictions, "Palworld" can totally be played as a Souls-like game.
With that thought, he replied to Li Moran:
"Yeah, there is—try clearing the Illusory Realm in Palworld without relying on your Pals, see how that goes?"
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
