Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 634 - 320: Cocoon of Mourning, Firefly Spirit Temple_1
The next morning, Lin Xun logged into the game early.
However, since he was online too early, there was still some time until the guard in the incubation pod was fully grown.
After some thought, he decided to go explore another spot instead of waiting around in the hatching ground.
[...]
[You leave the ’War Incubation Field’ and blow the ’Calling Flute’.]
[A ’Courier Mole Cricket’ quickly burrows out from the ground and appears before you...]
[Please choose your destination.]
[1. Audience Valley]
[2. Tentacle City Station]
[3. Downy Feather Altar]
[The ’Courier Mole Cricket’ burrows back into the ground, heading towards the destination...]
[...]
[The shaking has subsided, you have arrived at the ’Downy Feather Altar’...]
[There is another underground cavern in front of you, the ground covered with grey fluffy scales. There’s a huge circular altar made of massive stones in the distance, with a gigantic creature standing quietly atop it.]
[You slowly approach the altar and see that it’s a huge creature resembling a bug cocoon.]
[You’ve discovered the ’Feathered Cocoon of Mourning’!]
[The ’Cocoon of Mourning’ remains still, it seems to be in a deep sleep...]
[Would you like to make a sacrifice to the ’Cocoon of Mourning’?]
Lin Xun slightly frowns, then switches to the ’Lord’ shell.
[You possess the shell of the ’Feathered Lord of the Hatching Ground’!]
[You look at the massive creature before you and remember the function of the altar and the ’Cocoon of Mourning’.]
[Every child longs for a mother’s love, but the supreme ’Wet Nurse’ is a being of longing but unreachable for children living on the fringes.]
[The consciousness of the ’Wet Nurse’ is vast and majestic; She interweaves a massive web of consciousness with divine power, connecting all devout children.]
[Children wanting to get closer to the Wet Nurse to receive her favor must fight powerful demons, climbing up from the bottom of the web of consciousness...]
[However, not every child has the opportunity and potential to get close to the Wet Nurse.]
[The Cocoon of Mourning in front of you is another way to ask the Wet Nurse for motherly love.]
[When a child’s life is about to end, they come to the Downy Feather Altar to offer all they have to the bug cocoon.]
[Decaying bodies will turn into nourishment, enriching the land of the Divine Kingdom. The waning, weary souls will be purified, returning to the embrace of the Wet Nurse.]
[In this way, one can advance further on the boundless web of consciousness, get closer to the Wet Nurse in the next lifecycle...]
[...]
[You can sacrifice soul strength or a shell to the ’Cocoon of Mourning’ to receive the care bestowed by the ’Desire Wet Nurse’.]
[Would you like to make a sacrifice?]
[If you need to sacrifice soul strength, please enter the amount of soul strength points you want to sacrifice...]
[If you need to sacrifice a shell, please select the shell to sacrifice. After the sacrifice, it will disappear from your shell inventory...]
[Please note, you can only sacrifice soul strength or a shell once at a single ’Cocoon of Mourning’, choose wisely!]
Lin Xun’s eyes brighten.
Sacrificing soul here doesn’t mean reducing the maximum limit of soul strength, but offering recoverable soul strength in exchange for some sort of reward.
His current soul strength is 5/5, and he can sacrifice up to 4 points of soul strength, which will likely net him a solid reward.
But he definitely won’t sacrifice any soul strength.
Soul strength is tied to the real life of the Apostle, connecting to the player’s real soul.
From the information he got from the Lord’s memories, the "Desire Wet Nurse"’s covenant faction gave off a strange vibe, and the stuff about "sacrificing the soul" sounded too eerie, giving him a vague bad feeling.
In comparison, sacrificing a shell is right up his alley.
Lin Xun’s shell inventory was absolutely full, all the slots were filled up; it was the perfect time to clear some space.
Apart from the monk, the director, and the lord shell he got in this Chapter, his eight main shells were: Earth Giant, Direct-Viewing Chairman, Little Dragon, Yiye Palace Master, Ninja Master, Star Lord Canis, Fast-Footed Princess, and Swordsmith Master.
The remaining non-main shell was the Ogiwara Family head.
Based on the text information, at a single ’Cocoon of Mourning’, whether sacrificing a soul or shell, you can only sacrifice one of the two options once.
And the reward for sacrificing likely scales with the amount sacrificed.
He can’t afford to sacrifice the eight main shells.
The Monk shell he got this Chapter was currently his only ’Mutated’ prefixed shell. It might come in handy later, so he doesn’t consider sacrificing it ,for now.
The recently obtained ’Lord’ gave him control of the War Broodmother, so it also needed to be saved.
If Lin Xun had to sacrifice a shell, he would only have two choices: sacrifice the ’Monastery Director’ or the ’Ogiwara Family head’.
After pondering for a moment, he made up his mind.
"It’s decided, it’s you, Ogiwara Family head!"
This shell’s attack power was not as strong as that of Ninja Master or Star Lord Canis, its endurance was not as good as Earth Giant, and it didn’t have spell damage. It was a weak shell that he was going to discard sooner or later. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎
Rather than discarding it for nothing, he could use it to its fullest here.
[You decide to sacrifice the shell of ’Fire Worshiping Ogiwara Family Master’!]
[Sacrificing...]
[The entire altar subtly shakes, the ’Cocoon of Mourning’ rumbles from under its thick shell, seeming extremely excited.]
[You are being observed by an unknown entity!]
[You are being observed by an unknown entity!]
[Suddenly, a supremely vast consciousness descends upon the ’Cocoon of Mourning’. You faintly hear whispers...]
