Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 637 - 321: Jinmu and Maggot Man, Hidden Map_2
The destination this time was ’Firefly Spirit Temple’!
The ’Pilgrimage Pedipalp’s’ speed was just about average, it would take missionary Jinmu at least forty minutes to rush here.
By the time Jinmu got to the ’Audience Valley’, Lin Xun had already reached the ’Firefly Spirit Temple’.
He had plenty of time to capitalize on the ’Feathered Maggot Man’.
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[You push open the old, dilapidated gate of the temple, stepping inside.]
[There’s no sign of ’missionary Jinmu’, only a well-bound ’Maggot Man’ alone inside the temple.]
[The Maggot Man has been placed by Jinmu on a bench, still unconscious.]
[You slap the Maggot Man’s face, waking it from its slumber...]
[The ’Feathered Maggot Man’ slowly opens its eyes, glancing around, and breathes a sigh of relief when it sees only you.]
[It motions for you to untie it quickly, hinting to escape from the temple before the devil returns.]
[Will you untie it?]
[You loosen the ropes on the Maggot Man and leave the temple with it...]
[The Maggot Man tells you that the great ’Wet Nurse’ has given it the duty to rush to the frontlines and combat devils.]
[Unfortunately, it wasn’t able to inherit the true Feathered power, becoming a Maggot Man of no use.]
[Being a useless Maggot Man, the only outcome is to be expelled from the Divine Kingdom...]
[It does not want to leave the Divine Kingdom, it wants to remain...]
[The ’Feathered Maggot Man’ abruptly stops midway, looking you up and down thoughtfully...]
[The Maggot Man tells you it recalls a location where the true Feathered power can be obtained. To remain in the Divine Kingdom, it must go there and shed its identity as a Maggot Man.]
[Since you and it are both Maggot Men, you should help each other. It will take you to that location now. Once both of you become beloved ’children of the Wet Nurse’, you can proceed to the front lines to fight against devils...]
[Will you accompany the ’Feathered Maggot Man’?]
[You blow the ’Calling Flute’ and the ’Pilgrimage Pedipalp’ appears before you soon...]
[The Maggot Man is urging you to get into the carapace...]
[The ’Pilgrimage Pedipalp’ burrows into the ground and the carapace plunges into darkness...]
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The place the Maggot Man mentioned, where ’Feathering power can be obtained,’ is not far from the temple.
It was only a few minutes journey to the destination.
[The vibration settles down and the flesh membrane of the carapace opens...]
[Before you is a very familiar underground space. The ground is covered in grey fuzzy scale powder, and far away is a circular altar made of large stones.]
[You’ve arrived at the ’Downy Feather Altar’!]
[The Maggot Man walks swiftly out of the carapace, peering towards the altar. The enormous former resident ’Cocoon of Mourning’ had burst open, leaving flesh and blood scattered all over the ground...]
[The Maggot Man watches the fresh bloodstains on the ground in a daze, then falls to its knees and breaks down into heart-wrenching sobs...]
[How did it die? How could the ’Cocoon of Mourning’ die!]
[The bloodstains are still fresh; the ’Cocoon of Mourning’ died not long ago...]
[Right, it must’ve been that devil. The devil was panic-stricken when it left just now- turns out it came here to kill the ’Cocoon of Mourning’...]
[It turns its head, crying and blaming you while sobbing. Why didn’t you come to save it sooner!]
[If you had rescued it earlier, it could have received a genuine feathering power from the ’Cocoon of Mourning’...]
[Now that the ’Cocoon of Mourning’ is dead, how could it cast off its Maggot Man identity?!]
[The Maggot Man cries out loud, seemingly having lost its senses. No matter how you try to comfort it, there’s no use...]
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Lin Xun squints his eyes.
This Maggot Man brought him to the ’Downy Feather Altar’, clearly intending to offer him to the ’Cocoon of Mourning’, in exchange for the feathering power.
As for who to offer as sacrifice, there was no second choice as he was the only one who saved the Maggot Man.
"Just like the farmer and the snake."
He now has two options.
One, kill the Maggot Man directly. The plot event would be interrupted, possibly without any reward. The most he could acquire would be a Maggot Man’s Shell.
The second option is to continue with the plot event until it ends, after which the underworld game will give a reward.
Of course, Lin Xun chooses the second plan.
However, this Maggot Man seems crazed, incessantly sobbing about the feathering transformation...
Aside from calming and leaving, the underworld game did not give any other options.
He frowns in thought, quickly finding a solution to the current situation.
Open the item bar, clicked on an item.
[You take out a glass bottle filled with blood, a tiny, egg-shaped object floating within.]
[Upon seeing the ’Blood for Ritual’ in your hand, the Maggot Man’s wailing abruptly ends.]
[’Blood for Ritual’ (Ruined Level tool):.....by using this tool, you have a certain probability of entering the first stage of the feathering process! Please note, there is a failure rate with Feathering. Use this tool with caution!]
Lin Xun clicks on another item in the item bar.
[You take out a miniature statue the size of your palm. The statue is shaped like the ’Desire Wet Nurse’ nursing its treasured ’child’.] 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖
[’Miniature Statue of the Desire Wet Nurse’ (tool): .....use this tool to devoutly pray to the ’Desire Wet Nurse’, thus, slightly increasing the success rate of feathering.]
[The Maggot Man greedily stares at the two items in your hand.]
[It asks if you could give it the ’Blood for Ritual’ and the ’Miniature Statue’.]
[You shake your head and tell it that if it wants the two items for feathering, it must pay the appropriate price.]
