Infinite Paradise
Chapter 32 - 22 Texas, your Emperor is back

Chapter 32: 22 Texas, your Emperor is back

Upon opening his eyes again, Le Cheng was greeted by the familiar coffin, though this time it was slightly better as he lay inside with the lid open.

Clearly, this coffin served as the game’s login capsule, acting as a transfer station between the real world and the dungeon world, with the small surrounding space giving off the vibe of a game login interface.

And as he looked at the inside of the coffin lid, it was displaying settlement information.

[Player Gai Baonan, you’ve cleared the dungeon world Mysterious Prison]

[Initiating settlement...]

[Dungeon difficulty: Hard, two-star]

[Main quest completed]

[Rewards received: 2000 points]

[Deputy hidden quest completed]

[Rewards received: 3000 points, +1 free attribute point]

[Intelligence unlocked: Due to your breathtakingly skilled maneuvers, you have caught the attention of the God of Slaanesh; your Slaanesh Attribute +1, but hidden reputation with the Slaanesh Camp has decreased to negative 50, and you’ve earned the title—Pervert.]

[Your player level has been raised—Second Tier]

[Your player inventory has been unlocked]

[Paradise Exchange Mall has been unlocked]

[Note: Detailed information and mall content can be checked via the black box]

[Overall evaluation: Blaspheming deities, how dare you?!]

...

"Eh, my Slaanesh Attribute increased?"

The first thing Le Cheng noticed was this; although he did a lot of unspeakable things to the God of Slaanesh, instead of decreasing, his Slaanesh Attribute increased, which pretty much confirmed that the God of Slaanesh is a tsundere—saying no on the surface but actually liking the risqué stuff.

Therefore, he was somewhat dissatisfied with the overall evaluation. Where did he blaspheme deities? He was merely cuddling with Slaanesh.

However, the increase in his Slaanesh Attribute did not make him lean towards the Chaos Camp; after all, he had signed a contract with Mother Gaia and, as her deputy, no matter how his camp attributes changed, he belonged to Gaia’s side.

From a certain perspective, wasn’t this also a form of NTR?

As for the hidden reputation with the Slaanesh Camp, he simply skipped over that.

The title, however, piqued his interest.

[Title: Pervert]

[Type: Equippable]

[Grade: Purple Rare]

[Effect: When the player equips this title, their stamina limit will increase, learning and effectivity of erotic abilities will double, and will also gain C-level Breath Concealment and D-level Spiritual Pollution, but it also makes you more susceptible to critical hits when attacked and carries side effects such as decreased attractiveness to sweet and pure girls.]

[Breath Concealment: Active skill, allows one to hide their presence for a certain time and within a certain range, making it difficult for enemies to detect.]

[Spiritual Pollution: Passive skill, your every word and deed might lead to the weakening of the opponent’s spirit.]

"Nice one!"

Seeing the effects, Le Cheng’s eyes lit up instantly.

He didn’t need to mention how great the increase in stamina and erotic abilities were—as an assassin type, hiding his presence was exactly what he needed at the moment, and Spiritual Pollution would just be a cherry on top—his trash talk could potentially break defenses in minutes, as if it was tailor-made for him.

Of course, the side effects of the title were not minor—being more susceptible to critical hits meant he might face enemies capable of one-hitting him with a normal attack, which sounded terrifying... but no matter, as long as I evade those hits with a leap and launch a counter, I’ll be fine.

As for the decreased attractiveness to sweet and innocent girls, that mattered even less—since he had no intentions of marrying or dating, and why would he bother ruining sweet and innocent girls when there are spicy American babes and the alluring legs of high society ladies?

Le Cheng didn’t hesitate at all and directly equipped the title, immediately feeling refreshed and even his temperament seemed to have improved.

Next, he opened the Paradise Exchange Mall.

The mall’s exchangeable items were mainly divided into four categories: bloodlines, skills, equipment, and items.

After quickly browsing the information about the mall and its exchange items, Le Cheng immediately skipped over the bloodlines. Such things might be of great importance to ordinary players, being able to fundamentally change their life form and turn them into legendary extraordinary beings, but for him, they were useless, for a tough life needs no bloodline.

After spending more than half an hour picking and choosing, Le Cheng finally locked on to two items.

First was a dagger, entirely dark purple, with a blade length of twenty-four centimeters, named Soul Tide.

In the previous dungeon world, Le Cheng had already realized that his offensive capabilities were somewhat lacking. Even when facing someone like Raymond, he couldn’t achieve a one-hit kill.

Before, the enemies he faced were just ordinary people in the real world. With his current strength, it was more than sufficient, but from now on, the level of his enemies would keep increasing. Like a cheetah, if all around are gazelles, then its biting force is certainly enough. But if you replace the gazelles with buffalos, what’s the use of being fast if you can’t break through their defenses?

The main feature of this dagger, Soul Tide, is — it cuts through souls.

Next, Le Cheng chose a skill — Shadow Step.

It is an active skill with a short cooldown and short duration that allows one to stealth in shadow and significantly increase movement speed, then deliver a surprise strike to the enemy.

This skill wasn’t very expensive; it only cost 1200 points.

Although in Le Cheng’s view, the value of Shadow Step was far more than just 1200 points, for a newbie player it was relatively lackluster in cost-efficiency. After all, it was just a movement technique; it couldn’t ignore enemy attacks, nor could it enhance one’s combat ability, and short cooldown, short duration skills were not easy for most newbie players to get the hang of.

You stealth in shadow for five seconds, but because your own speed isn’t fast, you can’t even get out of the enemy’s attack range, and once the five seconds are up, you still end up getting hit.

But for Le Cheng, Shadow Step was the skill of his dreams.

He was already skilled at assassination and had the advantage of speed. What was more important was that he had gained Breath Concealment through the title "Pervert."

Shadow Step and Breath Concealment were the perfect pair, like crayfish and chili, stealth assassination, stealth assassination, stealth assassination... this combination was simply invincible!

Who says only those standing in the light are heroes?

He moved stealthily through the shadows, yet he could still dominate in battle.

Shadow Step for 1200 points, Soul Tide for 3500 points — after exchanging for these two, he was left with only 300 points, then he used 240 points to repair the broken Righty, and finally, with the remaining 60 points, he followed the principle of "might as well use it since it’s been used," all were exchanged for aphrodisiacs, after all, it was a local specialty of Infinite Paradise and worth a try.

Previously, Le Cheng had never cared about points, but now, he had burned through 5000 points in an instant, which indirectly proved a fact — the more points you have, the fewer you end up with.

"My Righty is finally back..." Touching his arm that had been restored to its original state, Le Cheng was filled with emotions, "But that original Righty, which had been with me through thick and thin, braved the storms and fought alongside me for twenty-four years, can never return — you can never cross the same river twice, and nothing remains of the clouds over Mount Wu. But don’t worry, Right Second Generation, I will definitely protect you from now on."

[Gai Baonan, you have lingered on this interface for more than fifty minutes, please return to the real world within ten minutes, otherwise, for every additional minute, 10 points will be deducted]

As previously mentioned, Infinite Paradise is a broad term, and the place where Le Cheng currently was is just a transfer station. The maximum time players are allowed to stay is only one hour, after which, they will be sent back to the real world until the next dungeon opens.

Generally, the interval between each dungeon is ten days, but there are exceptions.

Le Cheng originally wanted to say, if you send players back to the real world, aren’t you afraid they will do as they please out there? But upon second thought, even without players, those with power, status, and wealth still do as they please in the real world.

What?

I’m one of them too!

Then it’s fine.

"OJBK, I’m heading back now."

Le Cheng didn’t bother to argue with the AI; it wasn’t Mother Gaia anyway, so he just lay back in the coffin.

This square little box is his eternal home.

Warm, comfortable...

Moments later, Le Cheng sensed a familiar scent in the air.

He opened his eyes.

"Texas, your Emperor Dad is back!"

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