The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle-Chapter 35 New Skill and... An Invitation

"Besides this title... being able to level up directly to level 10 wasn't something I expected either," Su Qi muttered to himself.

After all, the higher the level, the more experience it takes to reach the next level, and the difficulty, scoring, and completion of instances vary the experience and game coins awarded.

"And this time, the experience given was a lot, mainly... probably because of that hidden world line quest."

Su Qi casually opened his character panel and evenly distributed the 15 attribute points he had gained upon leveling up.

[ID: Su Buxian]

[Level: 10]

[Vitality: 100%]

[Physical Strength: 400]

[Strength: 20]

[Movement Technique: 20]

[Physical Power: 40]

[Spiritual Power: 160]

[Special Attribute: Night Demon Gene]

[Item Slot: 1. Evil God's Eye (Passive) 2. Hundred Man Slaughter Blade 3. Dark Wind Boots 4. Srilan Badge 5. Ancient God's Heart 6. Polluted Sheet Music 7. Horror Nursery Rhyme]

[Skill Bar: 1. Thunderbolt (only two usage opportunities left)]

[Current Game Coins: 6000]

Su Qi observed his own panel.

"I do have a lot of items, but there's only one lonely skill."

That too was inevitable, as it seemed skills could only be obtained from lotteries, whereas equipment was more easily acquired in instances.

This also caused the price of skills in the forums to be many times higher than that of equipment.

Su Qi closed the panel, ready to gamble.

He patted the box, muttering to it in low tones, "We've met before, why not give me a skill this time?"

Amid a series of shakes, the lottery box popped open.

Inside was a light ball.

Good grief, it actually was a skill!

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Su Qi's eyes lit up, he reached out excitedly.

[Name: Everlasting Buzz Around Your Ears]

[Type: Skill]

[Consumption: 200 Physical Strength]

[Function: Designate a target, whose target will be continuously harassed by a mosquito. The mosquito's bites can cause 1% of maximum vitality damage, and the skill ends when the mosquito is killed]

[Note: Don't underestimate this one mosquito—it once survived in the hands of a bald homebody man.]

Su Qi's mouth twitched slightly, spending two hundred physical strength to send out a mosquito... to suck blood.

And it's gone as soon as it's swatted.

This skill was ridiculously useless.

The only valuable point was its ability to directly inflict damage on vitality.

But the damage was terrifyingly low; it would probably need to survive until the new year without being killed.

"Forget it... I'll make do with it."

Su Qi placed it into his skill bar. Since he still only had two skill slots and it had appeared, he had to equip it for now.

After sorting this out, Su Qi then opened his mailbox.

Inside were two friend requests, one from Night Guard and one from Old Tomato.

Besides that... there was one special email.

Just five words.

[Paradise Invitation]

Written in ominous blood-red characters, it filled him with unease.

Su Qi raised his eyebrows slightly and opened it.

[Su Buxian, hehehe... you weakling.]

The first line was full of mockery?

Shouldn't the start of an invitation letter be... something like 'Dear Mr. Su Buxian' and so on!

What the hell kind of invitation letter was this!

"You have no idea... the true meaning of life, nor have you experienced true power. While you pride yourself on your perfect rating in your own instance, you fail to see that it's just an insignificant grain of sand in the vast ocean waves."

"The Paradise many yearn for is not a place of tranquility. Once you accept this invitation, there will be no turning back."

Su Qi watched as a line of text slowly appeared in front of him.

"Yes or No"

"I see nothing but reverse psychology in these words..."

Su Qi did not hesitate, choosing Yes.

"Hehehe!"

A sinister laugh suddenly echoed around the entire room, as if someone had personally arrived to watch over Su Qi, this laughter continuing incessantly, as if mocking Su Buxian's foolhardy actions or his reckless decisiveness.

The laugh became increasingly piercing, carrying a hint of madness until it crescendoed into an especially hideous crescendo, spitting out six words.

"Welcome to the Abyss!"

[Player Su Buxian has triggered the Paradise Invitation task]

[Task 1: Collect one D-class Pollutant]

[Progress: 0/1]

[Upon completing this task, subsequent tasks will be unlocked.]

Pollutants...

In the second instance, the one almost causing terrifying spiritual impacts, was indeed D-class.

And the Ancient God's Heart, having been cleansed of pollution, could no longer be considered a pollutant.

The Blood Demon Fruit, being a reward for a hidden task, couldn't count either.

"So, are you telling me... if I had found a way to collect all the fluid inside those buds back then, it would have counted as directly containing a D-class pollutant?"

But since it had already been fed to the Ancient God's Heart, it didn't matter anymore.

His spiritual power, growing more aberrant with each level-up, had reached an astonishing 160... For him, a D-class pollutant could practically serve as a pillow behind his neck.

"No rush, take it slow."

Su Qi accepted the friend requests from both Night Guard and Old Tomato.

Right after accepting... Night Guard sent him a message.

"Brother Su, I thought you had forgotten about me."

"Am I not supposed to be pairing up with you two?"

"Well... we both got a bit discouraged, decided to first boost our power, Brother Tomato went to solo queue, and I'm logging off to gather some equipment and skills."

"Oh, a rich second generation?" Su Qi was well aware of the current inflated prices of equipment and skills in the outside world.

"No..." Night Guard appeared humble, "That would be my dad."

"?"

Night Guard paused, then added, "Right, Brother Su, a question for you, how much did you score in that last instance?"

"100."

"?"

This time, it was Night Guard's turn to be surprised, "Really? I've hardly ever seen anyone score 100."

"Hmm? Didn't you just participate in one team instance? Seeing too many would be unlikely."

Night Guard seemed to realize he misspoke, quickly added, "I saw on the forums."

"That's even less surprising then, a lot of people browse videos, forums, websites, and never comment, and besides... weren't my first two instances also 100?" Su Qi's tone carried an air of baffled curiosity, "Is it that hard?"

"..."

There was sudden silence from Night Guard's end, which lasted a long time before he sent another message.

"Let's not disturb Brother Su anymore, I'm logging off to collect equipment!"

"Okay."

Su Qi was somewhat surprised; the kid had fled so quickly. Just as he sent the response, the other party showed as offline.

Meanwhile, in a luxurious mansion's courtyard.

Night Guard exited his own dedicated gaming room, walked over twenty steps, and found his phone on the couch.

Immediately, he made a call.

"Brother Xu?"

"I've finished the instance."

"Where are you? Okay, I'll come find you right away."