El Dorado: The Promised Land (3K First Update)

"Ho, quite an interesting treasure map."

"Appraising this thing will cost a little magic power too."

The winged fairy sat with her legs crossed as the Treasure Map of the Mysterious Sea from Bai Cangshu’s Backpack floated in the air, shimmering with radiance.

Spend 3,000 Dimensional Points to appraise the item: Treasure Map of the Mysterious Sea?

"Yes."

In the Space, a powerful Reincarnator could truly spend money like water. No matter how many resources you earned, you could spend them all in the Space.

Having received the Dimensional Points, the fairy casually tapped a finger. Golden magic, like a speck of golden light, fell into the treasure map. Then, a ring of golden ripples spread out from it.

Appraisal complete.

You have obtained the item: El Dorado: The Promised Land (special item—Rare)

El Dorado: The Promised Land

Quality: Rare (special item)

Description: A special treasure map passed down from the Pirate Derivative World and its related worlds, pointing to the legendary El Dorado.

Effect 1: Before deployment begins, spend 1 D-rank Anomaly Point to activate the treasure map. Your deployment mission world will be re-anchored to the Pirate Derivative World.

Effect 2: Within the Pirate Derivative World, this treasure map will display specific location coordinates.

Bai Cangshu was not particularly surprised when he obtained the treasure map bearing an obvious skull-shaped sea emblem.

Given Infinite Dimensional Space’s usual style, treasure maps from the seas were most likely connected to either the Pirate Derivative World or the Caribbean Pirates Derivative World.

El Dorado clearly corresponded to the story of Noland the Liar. This Promised Land referred to the promise and agreement between the navigator Noland and the Shandian Warrior Kalgara.

However, after El Dorado and Jaya Island were blasted into the sky by a massive current, Noland was ultimately branded a liar by the king of the North Blue Rubunir Kingdom, executed, and left with an infamous name for eternity.

Meanwhile, on the sky island, Warrior Kalgara led the Shandian Tribe in a centuries-long path of resistance and bloodshed after El Dorado was occupied by the Skypieans.

Bai Cangshu examined the treasure map twice before putting it away. The greatest value of this item did not lie in El Dorado’s treasure.

Gold itself was no longer all that important to Reincarnators. For a Reincarnator who had completely cast aside legal and moral restraints, getting some money was not particularly difficult.

Of course, if a Reincarnator had a way to obtain all of El Dorado, they would likely also receive rather high-level Anomaly Points. Moreover, because gold held a certain mystical status in worlds related to magic and alchemy, its value would exceed Bai Cangshu’s current estimate.

But for most Reincarnators, the treasure map’s value lay entirely in Effect 1. It could specifically anchor a Reincarnator to the Pirate Derivative World. That effect alone was precious enough.

The Pirate Derivative World was not only vast, but also possessed a relatively complete physical combat training system. For low-rank Reincarnators, its sufficiently high ceiling was enough to carry them through the early and middle stages.

Then there was the special power system of Haki, which had broad adaptability.

Not to mention the existence of the sea’s secret treasure—the Devil Fruit.

"El Dorado… I wonder how the Space will set the timeline…"

Bai Cangshu cleared out his miscellaneous supplies. Of his firearms, he retained only the original Knocking on Misfortune’s Door. He had not spent time or resources studying shooting specialization, and with the acquisition of Killing Intent Perception and Six Powers: Iron Mass, low-level firearms had become far less effective for him.

Therefore, Bai Cangshu did not intend to invest many resources in that direction. Knocking on Misfortune’s Door’s negative effect of lowering shooting specialization had little impact on him. On the contrary, its special effect could occasionally grant him unexpected results.

After this round of training and trading, he still had 2 B-rank Anomaly Points, 3 C-rank Anomaly Points, 3 D-rank Anomaly Points, and 1 E-rank Anomaly Point. However, due to the enormous per-minute expense of training, his Dimensional Points had fallen to 16,350.

He had also liquidated some resources that could have sold for E-rank Anomaly Points into Dimensional Points in order to reserve resources for Secret Treasure: Cursed Blood Homology.

The main reason was that he had stayed in the Cultivation Institute far longer than expected this time.

After activating the two C-rank sparring partners, the Dimensional Point cost per minute had risen from 50 points to 50 times 3. Bai Cangshu made a reasonable calculation: if he wanted to continue improving himself this way in the future—

The consumption of Dimensional Points would become astronomical.

Of course, this immense consumption of resources had also allowed Bai Cangshu’s strength to rise rapidly.

In just a few mission cycles, he had already attained the terrifying baseline of having all attributes close to the First Tier’s limit. At the same time, his numerous high-rank abilities and innate combat aptitude gave Bai Cangshu combat power beyond his rank.

Killing a Second Tier Reincarnator like Mo Jiang, whose compatibility was countered by him, would not even leave him with many injuries.

Bai Cangshu turned and returned to the public area. By now, more than an hour of the time he could stay in the public area this round had already been used up. If he were not already a Star-rank Reincarnator, he would have been unable to remain any longer.

Mercenary Tao was currently at the height of his fame. Wherever he went, people recognized him.

The moment he stepped out of the Appraisal Office, someone approached him with a frivolous remark.

"Mercenary Tao, a guy like you actually joined that woman Luoxi’s ranks?"

"Heh, did she give you some special treatment?"

The speaker was a catman with a tail growing from his back. From such an unusual appearance, it was impossible to tell whether it was merely an Avatar or whether he possessed some kind of bloodline.

Bai Cangshu’s face remained indifferent. He had no interest whatsoever in speaking to an unknown nobody and walked straight ahead. It was as if he could not see the other person standing in front of him. Neither his gaze nor his stride changed in the slightest.

Bzzz!

The Space instantly warped. Bai Cangshu took a step forward, while the other person twisted strangely, preventing the two from colliding. Bai Cangshu passed directly through the position the man had occupied and left the entrance of the Appraisal Office.

This was one of the public area’s passive settings of absolute peace. Outside Private Spaces, Reincarnators could not even touch one another unless they reached an agreement through the Space.

Those who captured Plot Characters and forced them into prostitution, as well as Reincarnators who sold their own bodies, would invite the other party into a Private Space, team space, or gathering space.

In those places, the rules were much more flexible.

Catman KK’s expression darkened. He seemed to hear the Reincarnators around him laughing at him, while the Information Brokers would surely spread the scene as gossip after tea and meals.

"Siba!"

KK was not entirely a nobody. During one mission cycle, he had once received a fairly good reward and worked together with the Fierce Person Kalpa.

That made him less afraid of the infamous Fierce Persons being so widely discussed outside than other Reincarnators. He had wanted to cooperate with the newly risen Fierce Person Mercenary Tao as well. He had learned a truly shocking piece of information.

One Reincarnator’s identity in the real world was probably extremely significant. If he could join forces with a Fierce Person to hunt them down, the potential gains would be immeasurable.

Unfortunately, this Mercenary Tao had "betrayed" his trust.

KK shot Mercenary Tao a resentful look. The other man had already entered the Rank Management Office, while KK turned to contact others. What he did not see was that outside the Slum Area, several Information Brokers were covertly watching him.

"Oh?"

"I didn’t expect what you touched to be the constitution threshold."

Knight Sister propped her chin on one hand, looking thoughtful. In her view, a Reincarnator like Bai Cangshu should have touched the agility or strength threshold instead.

"Is there a problem with the constitution threshold, Miss Knight?"

Knight Sister shook her head.

"Of course there’s no problem with the constitution threshold. Most who touch the constitution threshold are those with exceptionally powerful physiques. Naturally, you meet that requirement too."

"After crossing the constitution threshold, one generally gains quite powerful damage immunity. Some rarer cases cause a Reincarnator’s body to acquire certain unusual biological traits. For example, one might gain special adaptability to extreme environments and become capable of surviving in lava, the deep sea, or even a vacuum."

After hearing this answer, Bai Cangshu gained a somewhat clearer understanding of the distinction in power between the Space’s First Tier and Second Tier.

Put simply, it was probably the dividing line between ordinary and supernatural in the Space’s assessment.

Twenty points in a single attribute was considered by the Space to be the ultimate state an ordinary creature could develop to. That point was defined as the threshold, and a creature that touched the threshold had touched the doorstep of the supernatural.

After crossing the threshold, a Reincarnator could not only use their attributes more efficiently, but also gain clear supernatural traits.

The things Knight Sister described were all traits of constitution-type Supernatural Beings.

Thinking of his own special situation, Bai Cangshu asked,

"Can a Reincarnator cross multiple thresholds and gain multiple traits?"

Knight Sister shook her head.

"Every evolution of a living creature is irreversible. When a Reincarnator crosses a threshold, it is an evolution in the essence of life. Before reaching the next stage, naturally, they cannot evolve again."

Bai Cangshu understood what she meant. So…

"Then what if all four of my attributes touch their thresholds at the same time?"

Bai Cangshu did not actually need Knight Sister’s answer. He already had one in his heart.

Knight Sister likewise revealed an energetic smile.

"That kind of Perfect Organism would naturally receive perfect evolution."

Bai Cangshu smiled with satisfaction. He nodded and repeated Knight Sister’s definition.

"Perfect Organism…"

"I like that name."

Bai Cangshu returned once more to the forest manor in Northern Myanmar. He lay in a rocking chair, gently swaying back and forth, thoroughly relaxed.

"Boss Bai!"

"There’s news about the Immortality Grass!"

Leaning on a cane, Lin Qinfu endured the pain and climbed to the second floor, only to find that Madman Bai was actually lying in the rocking chair with his eyes closed, seemingly asleep.