Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 649 - 326: Frontier Prison, Warden_2

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[After traveling for a while, the vibrations finally subsided.]

[The flesh membranes on either side of your abdomen opened, revealing a vast, unfamiliar underground space.]

[In the distance, there’s a fortress-like squat circular building. It’s eerie and oppressive. Even from far away, you can faintly hear the sharp screams emerging from within.]

[The screams echo through the wide-open space, making it feel as if you haven’t arrived in a prison, but rather a devilish hell deep underground.]

[The sparse glow of fungi growing on the surface of the ’Frontier Prison’ reveals two Feathered guards dozing off by the main gate.]

[Jinmu whispers into your ear, telling you to take care of the guard on the left while it will handle the one on the right. Keep it quiet, don’t get noticed...]

[After that, Jinmu jumps out of the abdomen. Its black robe morphs into the same color as the surrounding environment, silently disappearing.]

[You strain your eyes and carefully gaze at Jinmu’s last location, only able to make out a faint human-shaped outline.]

[Jinmu’s ability to mimic is on par with any ’Moth Mimic’ you have seen before.]

[You blink, and Jinmu’s vague silhouette gets gradually fainter, even more indistinct...]

"Hmmph, they dare to show off such meager tricks."

Lin Xun decides to give Jinmu a lesson. This small camouflage is nothing compared to the real art of invisibility.

[You are inhabiting the Shell of the ’Fire Worshiping Ninja Master’!]

[Gracefully, you turn around, open your dull eyes, and your figure wholly disappears, leaving no trace...]

[You follow Jinmu undetected to the vicinity of the prison gates, not arousing any suspicion from the guards.]

[’Missionary Jinmu’ sneaks a glance backward; you are nowhere to be found in the dim, eerie underground space.]

[Even the ’Delivery Dung Beetle’ that transported the two of you has burrowed away, leaving Jinmu quietly speculating about the whereabouts of you.]

[You quietly tap Jinmu on the shoulder, giving it such a scare that it nearly jumps in place and exposes itself. Only after you start to speak softly does it widen its eyes, trying to find your figure.]

[But after a long search, it is only able to hear your soft whispers, incapable of spotting you in your invisible state.]

[You’re now just over ten meters away from the prison’s main gate. Any sudden movement can attract the attention of the dozing ’Feathered Prison Guards.]

[Jinmu sets its doubts aside and, according to the original plan, sneaks up to the prison guard on the right...]

[Suddenly, from beneath the black robe, a delicate, needle-like stinger shaped like a western sword sticks out. The colorful stinger is obviously laden with potent venom.]

[Jinmu thrusts the stinger towards the guard’s skull with force...]

[The guard couldn’t even let out a scream before convulsing a few times and dying from the poison.]

[The remaining guard is jolted awake, but before it can react, a dazzlingly bright sword light blooms in front of its eyes...]

[Its body stiffens, fractures spreading all over its shell. These fractures then extend over its entire body, turning it into neatly cut pieces of meat, scattering on the ground.]

[You defeated the ’Feathered Prison Guard’, your experience points increase slightly.]

[You obtained the ’Key to the Frontier Prison’ (Key)!]

[Due to the characteristics of your weapon, the ’Golden Roc Fierce Bird Claw’, you remain invisible even after killing an enemy...]

[Jinmu looks around, still unable to see you, surprised and suspicious.]

[Unlike its mimic ability, it could not blend into its surroundings without making a move or attacking, otherwise, it would get discovered by the enemy.]

[Who else but you could remain stealthy even after killing an enemy, making Jinmu think of the ’Complete Metamorphosis Feathering’ or ’Complete Metamorphosis Alteration’ that occurs after Feathers or Mutation advance to a certain stage...]

["Right," Jinmu murmurs, "you must have gone through the complete metamorphosis phase to have such an extraordinary ability. You really are a pervert."]

[You cancel your invisibility, ignoring Jinmu’s grumbling, using the ’Key to the Frontier Prison’ to unlock the gate...]

[After opening the door enough for one person to pass through, you peek inside the prison...]

[The inside of the prison is lit by the flickering light of weak candles. Before your eyes is a deserted hall.]

[After opening the door, the sharp screams become much clearer, apparently coming from deep inside a corridor connected to the grand hall.]

[Jinmu looks at you, taking on an ancient Maggot Man form, and freezes on the spot before realizing, and asking softly, "Is this the ’Power of the Favored’ your master bestowed upon you?"]

[You don’t know how to respond, so you just nod at the Jinmu whose eyes are turning red.]

[It scratches the sparse fuzz on its head, seeming to want to utter a sigh, but it realizes that this might not be the best moment, so it gets back to the task at hand...]

[The first level of the Frontier Prison is the guards’ and warden’s area. At the end of the main hall’s corridor is the entrance to the underground level where the criminals are held. The ceaseless screams that you hear are those of the prisoners being tortured.]

[From what it knows, the imprisoned war general is being held in the deepest part of the prison.]

[Entering the prisoner area from the first level would trip an alarm. Trying to infiltrate the area without alerting the warden is impossible.]