Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 681 - 340 The Conspiracy of the Wet Nurse and Flandre, Alien Organism_2
"...Damn, do I have to be a traitor again?"
After much consideration, surrendering seemed to be the only option other than the various prefixed Shells he had attached.
If he joined the Wet Nurse’s vow, wouldn’t he be forced into servitude until death?
Being in enemy territory with his only backup, the Firefly, out of action, he feared the Wet Nurse would have her way with him, regardless of whether he wanted to offer sacrifices or not.
Unable to find a solution to his predicament, Lin Xun could only shake his head and put the matter aside.
"Let’s check out the dungeon first..."
[...]
[Jinmu looked back at you in surprise, wondering why you would want to parasitize a useless container like the butler?]
[The Warden is obviously more powerful than the Butler. Although the Butler’s identity has some use, it’s not worth giving up the Warden for it.]
[You left the room, leaving Jinmu behind, leaving a cool impression and a single sentence...]
[Could she even imagine the power of an original ’Firefly Envoy’?]
[In the identity of ’Castle Butler’, you led the maid, Jinmu, to the first floor of the castle...]
[Many guards and maids greeted you with their heads bowed, not daring to make eye contact.]
[Following your memory, you led Jinmu to a secret room.]
[From a hidden tunnel in the room, you entered the dungeon...]
[Descending the stairs, the dungeon was cold and damp, filled with a familiar, pungent, foul smell.]
[This rotten stench was all too familiar to you, resembling the smell of rats rotting and teeming with maggots in a sewer.]
[You and Jinmu arrived at the deepest part of the dungeon and quickly saw the mutant creature imprisoned in the cage...]
[In the deepest darkness of the cage was a twisted shadow, a creature that bore no trace of its former Maggot Man form.]
[Thick and vigorous roots replaced the Maggot Man’s usual lower limbs, and lush leaves made up the body of the monster.]
[The twisted shadow that resembled a black plant seemed to sense your arrival. The leaves writhed and unfurled, revealing the head of a Maggot Man.]
[The Maggot Man’s eyes fixed on you, filled with infinite malice. Yet, its mouth was curled in a silent, ear-to-ear grin.]
[The corners of its mouth almost stretched to its ears, sending chills down your spine with its eerie smile.]
[You discovered the ’Extreme Evil Mutated Maggot Man’!]
"!!!"
"Have I traveled through time?!"
Lin Xun felt a chill down his spine.
At this moment, he remembered the fear of being dominated by the ’Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit’, and the terrifying giant face that filled the sky appeared in his mind again.
"What’s going on? Has the game from hell malfunctioned?"
It suddenly occurred to him.
He quickly abandoned his phone, manifesting a handful of Shells in reality that carried the ’Fire Worshipping’ prefix.
He glanced at his chest and noticed that for weaker Shells like the ’Master Blacksmith’, the green leaf tattoo on the chest had begun to fade after his possession, and it had now completely disappeared.
The tattoo of Malice on the chest of the ’Shogun Princess’ had faded to a vague state, and he was certain it wouldn’t be long before it disappeared completely.
On the other hand, Shells like the ’Master of Yiye Palace’ and ’Master Ninja’ showed faded tattoos. But now they seemed to be reigniting.
"Could it be..."
Lin Xun immediately summoned the ’Nine-tailed Fox’ and ordered her to undress.
The ’Nine-tailed Fox’ raised an eyebrow, thinking that the master wanted to play their usual game of ’Hide the Tail’. She immediately got into character, exuding a coy charm, her eyes enticing as silk.
But Lin Xun was not in the mood for games at the moment and ripped apart the garment of the ’Nine-tailed Fox’.
Just like the Master of Yiye Palace and the Master Ninja, the Malice tattoo on the woman’s full chest was making a comeback.
The stronger the Shell, the deeper the tattoo of Malice.
Regardless of whether Lin Xun possessed the Shell or collected it as a pet, he could block the erosion of Malice, causing the tattoo to fade gradually until it disappeared.
But this process of fading the Malice tattoo is a lengthy one, and it can’t be achieved overnight.
After finishing the Evil God Chapter, he had checked Snow Woman’s body, and the tattoo on her chest had faded into nonexistence.
If no accident occurred, all of his ’Fire-Worshipping’ prefix Shells, such as the Nine-tailed Fox, should be free from the Malice tattoo before long.
But now the Malice tattoo was showing signs of resurgence. Whether it was the Master Ninja, the Master of Yiye Palace, or the Nine-tailed Fox, these Shells all shared common characteristics...
And these traits were distinct from those of the ’Shogun Princess’ and the ’Master Blacksmith’.
That is, all of them - the Master Ninja, the Master of Yiye Palace, and the Nine-tailed Fox - had once appeared in the ’Pilgrimage Angel’s Blizzard of Divine Punishment’.
"...I see now!"
He had once sacrificed the shell of the ’Fire Worshiping Chief of the Ogiwara Family’ to the Wet Nurse. This shell was incredibly powerful, and the malicious energy tattooed on its chest was probably not entirely exhausted.
The Wet Nurse might not have obtained the ’Fire Worshiping’ life gene from the shell, but she must have extracted some amount of the ’Extreme Evil’ life gene from it.
"But... why would the Wet Nurse inject the Extreme Evil gene into the Pilgrimage Angel?"
The Pilgrimage Angel who initiated the ’White Fleece Snow Season’ was both a divine punishment and a divine favor, the extent of which was merely a matter of dosage.
What the Wet Nurse intended to do was likely to create more beings that bore the ’Extreme Evil’ life gene.
Given the known information, Lin Xun entertained an idea that sent chills down his spine.
"Damn, this isn’t good!"
"I shouldn’t have sacrificed the chief’s shell!"
The Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit—the tool imbued with an overflowing malevolent energy from the last Chapter—still remain in his inventory.
[’Mature Evil Fruit’ (Special tool): A pitch-black fruit that absorbed countless malice, growing mature and ready for picking.]
[When this tool transforms from the ’Initially Grown Evil Fruit’ to the ’Mature Evil Fruit’, it will draw the relentless gaze of the ’Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit’. The gaze of the divinity cannot be diverted even if you abandon or destroy the tool!]
Lin Xun gritted his teeth and tried to click on the tool.
[You cannot draw the gaze of the ’Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit’ in this Chapter!]
"Just as I thought..."
Each Chapter is a different world. The ’Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit’ does not exist in the world of this Chapter, so clicking the tool naturally wouldn’t bring the evil god’s gaze upon him.
[...]
[Jinmu feels creepy being stalked by ’Extreme Evils’ Mutated Maggot Man’, tugs at your sleeve to signal that he has seen the creatures of a different kind.]
[What will you do next? Kill the creatures of a different kind, preventing ’Nightmare Yuri’ from completing the sacrifice? Or take advantage of not being detected and escape from this place as soon as possible?]
After thinking it over, Lin Xun chose the latter.
If his conjecture was correct, the odds of Firefly’s side winning had reached an all-time low.
As long as the Main God is still in the picture, he should try to reap as many rewards in this Chapter as possible.
The best outcome for now is to hope that Firefly can last till the end of this Chapter, allowing him to pass the Chapter and obtain the evaluation of the interpretation.
If Firefly can’t hold on, then exit this Chapter and start a new one.
That’s definitely better than being pinned down by the Wet Nurse, who’s forcing him to hand over the shell...
He took Jinmu with him—one cloaked in invisibility, the other camouflaged—successfully left ’Belatu Mansion’.
Lin Xun settled Jinmu down, then quickly returned to the castle.
He would hand over the ’Sacrificial Emblem’ to ’Nightmare Yuri’ and let this NPC complete the sacrifice.
Although he doesn’t know whether the Wet Nurse, who has already obtained part of the ’Extreme Evil’ life gene, would still show favor, this is already the plan he thought of that could reap the most rewards.
"Choosing the Firefly faction is really like being encircled on all sides."
At first, apart from Jinmu, there was another ally, Flandre, who was not weaker than a Demi-God.
It seems that Flandre is not on his side at all, he only has Jinmu to assist him.
[...]
[You are possessed by the shell of ’Feathered Brutal Warden’!]
[You stride towards ’Belatu’s mansion castle, yet you are quickly stopped by the guards at the entrance of the outer wall.]
[You pull out the ’Sacrificial Emblem’, telling the guards that you have completed the lord’s test and came to hand over the items.]
[All of the guards don’t recognize you and firmly stop you from entering the castle.]
[It is only one of the guard leaders who seems to have followed ’Nightmare Yuri’ to the town square before and thereby recognizes your appearance, remembering the circumstances.]
[He asks you to wait here while he goes to report to the lord...]
[...]
[Very soon, the guard leader returns after announcing your arrival and signals for you to follow him to meet Lord ’Nightmare Yuri’.]
[The guard leader takes you into the main building of the castle, chatting with you in a rather familiar manner, seemingly under the impression that you are about to become one of the lord’s loyal servants, like a steward...]
[...]
Lin Xun laughed coldly in response.
After handing over the ’Sacrificial Emblem’, he will likely be the first one to die.
But don’t worry, your lord ’Nightmare Yuri’ won’t be alive much longer either!
