The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle
Chapter 410 - 265 Organization X!_2

Bearded Man gave a gentle nod.

He approached a bookshelf and shoved a book inwards.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The entire wall flipped over, revealing a silver-white passage.

Everyone's eyes held a trace of grave concentration as they could clearly sense a dangerous aura emanating from within.

Transparent glass cabinets lined the passageway, containing various objects but no people.

"What are these?"

"These are artifacts left behind by outsiders who had once come to this world," Bearded Man said softly.

"Where are they now?"

"They were all killed by those people."

The old man seemed to drive his wheelchair with his mind, slowly leading the way: "Without exception, anyone from other worlds who ends up here is pursued and killed by them."

"But to what end?" Blondie couldn't help but ask.

The old man remained silent.

He just sat in his wheelchair and continued forward into the depths of the passage: "Sorry, that I cannot tell you yet."

They paused slightly, watching the two move ahead. They could only follow with an uneasy heart.

The young man lingered at the back, communicating with Bai Yilin through Spiritual Energy.

"Bai Yilin, what do you think?"

"Secrets."

Bai Yilin had already softly begun speaking, uttering these two words: "Only if they don't want the secrets of this world to become known to outsiders, to not be carried back to the Present World, would they go as far as to kill the outsiders."

"The world's secrets?" The young man narrowed his eyes slightly: "I thought it was the secrets of the Superpower Association..."

"No, because these people also clearly know the secrets but won't tell us. Hence, the secret must be of great importance to them."

Bai Yilin's analysis was meticulous.

"If that's the case, things are getting interesting," the young man said with a playful smile, looking ahead.

"What sort of extraordinary secrets does this world hold that it fears becoming known?"

They reached the end of the passage and saw many artifacts from outsiders. It seemed many outsiders had come to this world, but without exception, they were all killed.

"Next, I'll show you something courtesy of numerous outsiders."

The old man's wheelchair neared the end of the passage and slowly opened a glass door. In the next moment... a burst of Spiritual Energy erupted.

Everyone's pupils shrank.

"What is this?"

Before their eyes, there was a room filled to the brim with Spirit Coins exuding an aura of Spiritual Energy!

"All Spirit Coins!"

"The number must be in the tens of millions!"

Damn it!

Their breathing became labored from excitement, from anticipation.

Never had they seen such a quantity of Spirit Coins!

You must understand... these were the universal currency of the Present World, and each Spirit Coin could also replace Ascension resources to increase strength—of course, normally, only the very wealthy would do this. Many would choose to buy various items with Spirit Coins to enhance their power.

However.

Spirit Coins were extremely hard to come by, with instance rewards ranging only from 0 to about 1000 coins. To acquire a large number of Spirit Coins, one had to seize every opportunity in each instance to earn and fight for them.

Bai Yilin's eyes twinkled even more; he couldn't sit still any longer.

He just happened to need a vast amount of resources to restart everything.

As for the state of The Hustlers Sect he had joined, everyone knew about it—even the operating expenses of the club had to be paid by him. The burden weighed heavily upon him, making him somewhat helpless.

The tens of millions of Spirit Coins before him.

Even if the eleven people present were to split it evenly, each would get nearly a million!

This amount was probably only something top-tier clubs could offer to those super rookies.

Though the old man did not turn his head, he seemed to see the expression on each of their faces:

"Every outsider who has seen this room had almost the exact same look on their faces."

The young man narrowed his eyes but quickly regained his composure. He was a genius, not lacking in resources, and although not to the extent before him, he was still worldly.

However.

He glanced briefly at Bai Yilin and hesitated because he noticed the longing in Bai Yilin's eyes.

"Bai Yilin, you've seen your fair share of big scenes; surely you don't have to be like this," the young man paused. "I remember hearing about you in our circles; it sounds like you joined a club. Although you have now fallen from grace, your potential and past glories don't just vanish."

"You'd likely join a major club that's worth your time, not one so...."

"Very much so."

Bai Yilin spat out two words.

"Very much so."

We at The Hustlers Club are well aware of the situation. We're struggling to keep going.

However.

Since he had joined, he already considered himself part of the club, and for the sake of future development and growth strategies, it was imperative to get his hands on those millions of Spirit Coins.

"So," the blond guy spoke up, "the reason you're showing us all this must be more than just to have a look."

The old man gently turned around, "Honored outsiders, I hope you can help us..."

"Kill the Superpower Seven."

"Just complete this one goal, and all of these will be your reward."

The crowd looked somewhat excited.

But the young man signaled for everyone to stay quiet and looked at the old man, "I have a question."

"...Every outsider who comes to this world seems to be asked by you all. Why is it that it has to be us to do such a thing?"

The Bearded Man gently said, "Because..."

"Within the Superpower Seven, there is something... It can completely nullify our superpowers. Its existence is absolute. Anyone born in this world can't circumvent it, which is why we have placed our hopes in the outsiders."

"No wonder you showed up so quickly," the young man understood.

"It was also luck, Professor Stuart being a Telepath. The place where you appeared was very close to us, so he sensed it. Of course, most outsiders, when they first appear, will actively contact the Superpower Association, then they're discovered and surrounded."

Bai Yilin suddenly said, "Then, esteemed Professor Stuart, have you sensed the presence of our twelfth companion?"

This time.

It was the Bearded Man and the old man who were surprised, "You have another person?"

"Yes," the blond man nodded, "That person was separated from us at the beginning, and we are currently unclear about their whereabouts."

"However, having one fewer person to split the Spirit Coins... is not necessarily a bad choice," the tall, skinny guy chuckled softly.

The young man spat out two words again, "Idiot."

"....You goddamn, I've been putting up with you for a long time!" The man couldn't help but curse.

"Open your eyes and see clearly, every glass container behind us represents... A multitude of outsiders who all died right here. The enemy is stronger, more dangerous than we imagined. This is a lethal foe, an extra person means a better chance of winning."

The man's face went from pale to red, but he couldn't say anything back because the young man was making sense.

The Bearded Man shook his head, "If you still have another companion, it might be somewhat dangerous. If they don't use Spiritual Energy, they might be able to hide for some time, but if they burst their Spiritual Energy, your presence as outsiders will attract their attention, and the Seven are likely to appear personally and surround them."

Bai Yilin frowned.

That could complicate things.

"Of course... you're not fighting alone. We will do everything in our power to help, as long as that item doesn't appear, we will support you with all our strength."

Everyone glanced at each other.

"There's no hesitation."

"Let's go."

"We'll take this request."

The next moment.

An information box appeared in front of everyone.

[Players, you have triggered a main quest]

[Please assist Organization X in successfully killing the Superpower Seven]

Meanwhile, on Su Qi's side.

He had finished the tests and met up with Du En!

Du En was ecstatic, "I did it!"

"All my tests scored above the standards! A C-grade rating!"

"Brother Su, how about you?"

He was quicker than Su Qi and unaware of what had happened, only knowing that it seemed a lot of people had been running around, switching machines.

"Me?"

Su Qi paused for a moment, "After bursting a few machines, they let me skip the test."

Du En: "??"