Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 689 - 343: Belatu’s Notes, Forbidden Lake_2

Chapter 689: Chapter 343: Belatu’s Notes, Forbidden Lake_2

[All children, whether voluntarily or compulsorily, have been subjected to the Wet Nurse’s experiments, yet not a single child was successful in perfectly fusing with the demon’s life factor.]

[The current state of the children is the result of failed experiments.]

[Because, the demon’s life factor is simply too powerful!]

[Even when the mother burned her divine body and managed to decipher the essence of the demon’s factor, she still didn’t manage to forcefully fuse this all-new life factor in a short time.]

[After all children turned out to be failures, the mother didn’t stop her efforts. She exhausted her divine power and used the civilization techniques of the world to replicate numerous Flandres, turning them into new subjects for her experiments.]

[The mother had known all along that every child participating in the experiment was doomed to fail. The pipe connecting Flandre’s lower body not only drew strength but also supplied a continuous flow of life materials for the replication of clones...]

[The children all believed that the mother had gone mad!]

[Perhaps she had gone mad the moment she found out about Flandre’s betrayal, or maybe when she burnt her divine body to decipher the demon’s factor, or perhaps it was after repeated failures in her experiments, leading her into a state of deep despair...]

[Nonetheless, she was no longer the loving mother she once was...]

[Perhaps the deity named a demon sensed my hatred and despair.]

[In the midst of this, I felt an invisible summons, compelling me to venture into the Forbidden Lake beneath the surface of the earth, a place undiscovered by humans.]

[...]

[In the end, I took that step, following the path of my little sister, Flandre, towards the unfathomable abyss...]

[...]

[To the ones who come after me, by the time you read this note, I should have already died.]

[When the ’Desire Wet Nurse’ commanded me to head to the front lines, she asked for a part of my flesh and blood.]

[I presume she must have known by now, that like Flandre, I too am a traitor.]

[I know that my end will be death on the divine battlefield, but I regret nothing. As I took that step, I had already foreseen this outcome.]

[Not long after my death, ’Belatu’ will appear before the world in a whole new form—a form that resembles my original look, a form I fondly remember, the form I took when I was born a human.]

[This is perhaps the only thing that brings me joy, yet also despair.]

[If you can enter the secret room and read this note, it means you hate the ’Desire Wet Nurse’ as much as I do.]

[To those who come after me, please head to the ’Forbidden Lake’...]

[There, you could follow in the footsteps of Flandre and me.]

[I don’t know whether you will be able to accomplish our unfulfilled wish, but if no one dares to take risks, the path forwards will forever remain blocked.]

[I also don’t know whether the end of the road leads to the abyss or a plain, but there must be successors like you and me to see the end...]

[...]

[You’ve just acquired the specific location of the ’Forbidden Lake’!]

After Lin Xun finished reading the long note, he heaved a long sigh.

The author of the note was none other than the former owner of the castle, ’Belatu’.

According to the note, every child under the Wet Nurse’s command couldn’t escape the fate of becoming a test subject.

He remembered that the form of the Wet Nurse’s statue was a mother feeding her child, the child was a grotesque maggot and the mother was still a mature and voluptuous woman.

The game had long been hinting at the real storyline beneath the text through the form of the statues.

In the note, Belatu left the location of the ’Forbidden Lake’ and openly stated that going there would lead one on a path of rebellion against the Wet Nurse. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Aside from the note left by Belatu, there was nothing else of value in the secret room.

He climbed back into the wardrobe, blinked his eyes, and returned to the living room on the third floor of the castle.

After some thought, Lin Xun decided not to head straight to ’Forbidden Lake’.

He wanted to prepare first.

He had already figured out a better way to use the spare ’Shadowdancer’s Blending Liquid’ in his inventory.

He decisively summoned Maid Jinmu back to the castle and started training her.

[...]

[The special skill ’Perfect Metamorphosis’ has been activated!]

[You have severed all the nerves connected to the vessel’s interior and are gradually leaving the container...]

[...]

[Successful metamorphosis, you have perfectly separated from the container ’Feathered Shadowdancer Nightmare Yuri’!]

[Due to the special effect of ’Perfect Metamorphosis’, this container can maintain a brief activity period of three minutes.]

[While it is still active, you can parasitize this container without consuming anything!]

[Jinmu watches as you break free from the container and return to your Maggot Man form, looking somewhat confused.]

[Suddenly, it opens it eyes wide, staring at ’Nightmare Yuris’’ Shell in disbelief, shouting incredulously that it is still active.]

[You gesture casually toward the shell, signaling Jinmu to stop wasting time, and parasitize while it’s still active.]

[Although confused, Jinmu immediately starts to parasitize...]

[...]

[Soon, the ’Maid Jinmu’ completes its parasite process and becomes the ’Shadowdancer Jinmu’.]

[However, the pale carapace of the host body slowly changes to a dark shade after he parasitizes it, finally becoming as dark as those of the Mutated entities.]

[Patting Jinmu on the shoulder, you compliment it on the good job, and tell it it will now be in charge of managing the castle when you’re not around.]

[Jinmu helplessly shrugs, then fish out ’Milk Mushroom’, cursing underneath its breath, proceeds to apply its viscous white liquid over its entire body...]

[As you bid farewell to Jinmu and are about to leave the castle, it calls out to you. Looking back, you see Jinmu giving you a grateful nod.]

[With a wave of your hand, and leaving your suave silhouette behind, you leave...]

[...]

Plot characters are different from Apostles.

The faith vows of the Apostles would not change the appearance of the Shell.

For instance, Lin Xun himself possesses the faith vow of the ’Golden Sun’, but the ’Abyssal Earth Giant’ still looks like a deranged entity with scarlet eyes.

But plot characters cannot achieve this. Whatever faith vow they have would reflect upon their physical shell.

Hence, Jinmu always appears pitch-black and had to use items to disguise itself as a Feathered entity.

Giving the ’Nightmare Yuris’’ Shell to Jinmu allows Lin Xun to throw caution to the wind and continue exploring the map.

He has the ’Shadowdancer Mixing Liquid’. As long as he gives it to the parasitizing entity, they could transform into a Shadowdancer at any place and time, return to the castle and continue to execute tasks given by ’Girl Flandre’.

Checking the time, the destiny-changing artifact should finish recharging soon.

Lin Xun opens his item list and casually taps on the ’Sakura Fall Curved Jade’.

Ever since acquiring the ’Dried Replica Umbilical Cord’, he has used destiny-changing artifacts several times, with the best result being a Luck Value of above twenty.

He isn’t in a rush, the ’Dried Replica Umbilical Cord’ does not have a time limit. Sooner or later, he will roll three sixes in a row.

[You pull out an old crook-shaped jade filled with great luck and pray with sincerity...]

[...]

[You’ve used 87 Luck Value of the ’Sakura Fall Curved Jade’, vastly improving your own luck attribute!]

[Suddenly, a golden light descends from the sky, envelops you, and flowers bloom all around you. Colored rosy clouds burst forth, and it’s as if countless celestial cranes and phoenixes are singing around you.]

[Please note that the effect of this increase is very short-lived.]

[Currently, you have 13/100 Luck Value remaining. Would you like to use this item again?]

Lin Xun is overjoyed.

He immediately clicks on the ’Dried Replica Umbilical Cord’ with the speed of lightning.

[...Directly using this item, you have a certain probability of determining the ’Wet Nurse Umbilical Cord’ location.]

[Note, that the probability is not one hundred percent, please confirm if you want to use it directly?]

[You take out a desiccated tubular piece of flesh, ’Dried Replica Umbilical Cord’, and it crumbles into dust in your hand...]

[In the silence, you sense the ’Wet Nurse Umbilical Cord’ is hidden in a faraway corner.]

[You focus your attention, careful sensing...]

[You have learned the exact location of the ’Clone Lab - Number 16 Resource Depot’.]

Lin Xun frowns.

"Number 16... Are there many more of these Cloning Labs?"

Once again, he has obtained another location worth exploring.

After a moment of thought, he still decides to go to the ’Forbidden Lake’ first.

Whether it is the ’Wet Nurse Umbilical Cord’ or the ’Clone Lab’, both are connected with the Wet Nurse, so the difficulty level will definitely be high.

The ’Forbidden Lake’ is where Belatu broke his vow, so there should not be too much danger there.