Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 721 - 356: Invisible Flying Dragon Mount, New Belatu_1

Chapter 721: Chapter 356: Invisible Flying Dragon Mount, New Belatu_1

In front of him was a choice between an Epic+ level skill and a Legendary-grade skill.

Lin Xun’s special attribute, ’Hive Mind’, had reached a +8 level, meeting the activation requirements for both skills.

However, the choices in front of him weren’t multiple-choice, but single-choice; he could only select one of the two skills.

The former was a passive skill that increased evasion ability, while the latter was a blood-sucking output skill, which also had chances of inflicting various negative status conditions.

Without much thought, he immediately chose the latter.

[You pressed the ’Operation Stand’ button, invoking your ’Hive Mind’...]

[You feel the presence of a powerful entity not far away, one without self-consciousness or perhaps just basic consciousness. It is absorbing all the nutrients to strengthen itself.]

[The special nutrients contain incredibly complex and powerful abilities. They must be guided by consciousness to be absorbed for one’s use.]

[You employ your special attribute ’Hive Mind+8’!]

[The mighty consciousness extends its tentacles to the Hatching Pond, guiding it to absorb, to understand...]

[It instinctively resists you, but under your powerful consciousness, it can only be dominated and manipulated.]

[...]

[The ’Feathered Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ has successfully learned the skill - ’Bloodthirsty Stinging’!]

[In the Hatching Pond, the thick membrane bulges even more robustly. The terrifying creature inside emits a deafening roar. You get the feeling that it’s about to break free...]

There’s only a fraction of time left before the ’Flying Dragon’ hatches.

If Lin Xun wants to feed the ’High Priest’s’ Shell as nourishment, he must make a decision promptly.

He swiftly approaches the Hatching Pond, operating the Shell to use the ’Perfect Metamorphosis’ skill.

[...]

[You sever all the nerve connections with the entity inside the container and gradually detach from it...]

[Metamorphosis successful, you have perfectly detached from the container ’Feathered Explosive High Priest’!]

[The roars from within the flesh membrane become more frequent. Seeing that the ’Flying Dragon’ is about to hatch, you kick the container known as the ’High Priest’ into the Hatching Pond and quickly return to the ’Operation Stand’...]

The High Priest has three skills. The first is an invisibility-like ’Feathered Mimicry’, the second is the ’Delay’ skill which reduces the enemy’s evasion probability, and the third is a powerful distance attack output.

As to which of the three skills to choose, he is quite torn. Mainly, he hesitates between the first invisibility skill and the third output skill.

But time is running out. Unable to ponder any longer, he can only take a gamble.

As the ’Flying Dragon’ is a airborne soldier on the warfront, it will likely have a distance output method. Choosing the third skill might lead to repetition.

However, if he doesn’t choose the third skill and if the Flying Dragon inherently possesses a distance output method that doesn’t reach the legendary grade, it would be a great loss.

Even if the skills overlap, choosing the stronger output method would certainly be more profitable.

As for the first skill ’Feathered Mimicry’, he has yet to possess a Summoned Beast capable of flying while being invisible.

If the ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ is indeed a mount Summoned Beast like the ’Divine Nation Dragon’, this mimicry ability could possibly extend to the rider, much like an invisible Ninja Master carrying an invisible weapon.

"Piloting an invisible fighter plane..."

[...]

[You can employ your ’Hive Mind’ to confer one of the following abilities on the ’Feathered Divine Nation Flying Dragon’...]

[1. Feathered Mimicry (Epic+ Level Skill): ...Requires ’Hive Mind’ to reach Level+4 for activation.]

[2. Confusing Tentacles (Epic+ level skill): ...Requires ’Hive Mind’ to reach Level+3 for activation.]

[3. Cannon Heat Flow (Legendary Grade Skill): ...Requires ’Hive Mind’ to reach Level+7 for activation.]

Lin Xun takes a deep breath and selects the first option.

[...]

[The ’Feathered Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ has successfully learned the skill - ’Feathered Mimicry’!]

[Suddenly, from the Hatching Pond comes a roar so loud it pierces your eardrums. Thick limbs quickly tear the flesh membrane and a terrifying creature emerges, breaking free. The hatching is successful!]

[The ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ resembles a hornet. Its size isn’t as massive as you’d imagined, rather, it appears streamlined, giving the impression of agility and power.]

[It unfurls its two pairs of elongated wings from its back, while the shiny red stinger at the end of its abdomen wriggles ominously.]

[At this moment, its huge compound eyes are fixed on you, reflecting your figure in countless tiny hexagonal facets.]

[You can sense its high aggression level, yet, for some reason, it doesn’t attack you immediately.]

[Are you going to kill the ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’, or would you try to invoke your ’Hive Mind’ to accept it?]

Lin Xun decisively chooses the latter.

All this effort and sacrifice is not just for a monster that drops Boss-level equipment.

[Ignoring the danger from the ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ right in front of you, you close your eyes, silently feeling...]

[Your consciousness is not within the vast black and white grid, but carries a small, colorless piece of consciousness net, existing independently of the huge grid.]

[In the independent small grid, not only are you there, but also another more potent consciousness, though that consciousness is no longer active as if it has fallen into deep sleep.] 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

[You can feel that the ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ in front of you is an unowned newborn consciousness. Even without guidance, it is slowly merging with the massive grid.]

[Such merging is a subconscious action, like an instinctual behavior etched in genetic genes. If no one interferes or guides it, it’ll soon merge into the white grid and become your enemy.]