Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 722 - 356: The Flying Dragon Mount That Can Turn Invisible, the New Belatu_2
[You use ’Hive Mind’ to try guiding ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ into your consciousness network.]
[It instinctively resists your guidance, but is forced to submit to your strong will.]
[You quickly pull the ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ from the vast network and bring it closer to your consciousness network...]
[Eventually, a new conscious being is added to your network, a consciousness that is completely yours.]
[The ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ roars suddenly, vanishing into countless specks of light.]
[You have successfully captured the ’Feathered Divine Nation Flying Dragon’!]
[The ’Feathered Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ belongs to a consciousness-dependent entity, a special type of summoning as a mount, it will not cause summoning conflicts with your regular summons.]
[This summon cannot attack autonomously. In non-riding states, it only retains its most basic instinctive actions. It requires your control (’Hive Mind’) to operate normally.]
[You can use the special attribute ’Hive Mind’ to summon this creature.]
Lin Xun was stunned.
The Divine Nation Flying Dragon was not like the Three-headed Lion, which was both a battle partner and a summoning creature to ride.
It could only fly or fight when ridden.
"Oh... it only moves when I’m riding it, it’s kind of a letdown."
He opened his panel to view the attributes of the Divine Nation Flying Dragon.
[Mount – ’Feathered Divine Nation Flying Dragon’]
[Mount Level: 80 (5↓)]
[Mount Quality: Legendary Grade]
[Mount Equipment: None (Unable to wear standard equipment, must create exclusive equipment)]
[Mount Skill: Feathered Mimicry (Epic+ Level): ...]
[Mount Skill: Life Link (Epic+ Level): With this skill, the ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ will use its two tentacle-like appendages on its skull to connect to the rider, not only accelerating the transmission speed of ’Hive Mind’ control, but also achieving a damage transfer state. In this state, 50% of the damage dealt to the rider will be transferred to the ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’.]
[Mount Skill: Explosive Stingers (Legendary Rank): By using this skill, the ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ will shoot regenerative stingers from its tail, causing explosive massive damage when it hits the enemy.]
[Mount Skill: Bloodthirsty Stinging (Legendary Mark): ...]
His predictions were not wrong. As a frontline combat flying troop, the Divine Nation Flying Dragon did indeed have long-range attack capabilities, and it was even a legendary class attack skill.
But more importantly, it seemed like he had stumbled upon a set of skill combinations by accident.
The skill named ’Life Link’ could share half the damage for the rider, and ’Bloodthirsty Stinging’ could drain the enemy’s blood to deal high damage and recover its own health at the same time.
"Tsk... Isn’t this like a perpetual motion machine?"
If this strategy works well in actual combat, he can potentially gain a buff effect that continuously reduces damage by 50%.
As long as the Divine Nation Flying Dragon isn’t taken down, the damage reduction will become a permanent buff.
If the Divine Nation Flying Dragon is severely injured by the enemy, it can recover its health using the blood-sucking skill. Even after the battle is safely over, Lin Xun can heal it using the wet nurse shell.
"This mount flying dragon seems pretty good."
Simply judging from the perspective of a combat mount, the Divine Nation Flying Dragon is undoubtedly an excellent mount.
Unable to resist the itch, Lin Xun immediately summons the ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ for a ride.
[You activate ’Hive Mind’ and summon the ’Feathered Divine Nation Flying Dragon’...]
[The huge shadow of the ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ gradually becomes clear from the blur, and with a roar, it appears in front of you...]
[You leap high and jump onto its back, beginning your ride...]
[Two slender tentacles stretch from the head of the ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’, you grab them in your hand, holding them like reins.]
[You feel the flesh and blood connection in your palm with the tentacles. Consciousness can be faster transmitted through the tentacles, and you can even feel the life connection between you and the ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’.]
[Under your control, the ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ vibrates its two pairs of stream-lined giant wings, stirring up powerful winds as it takes off.]
[Although the hall of the Hatching Pond is quite spacious, the dome is not very high. You ride the ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ to circle the hall at high speed and find that its speed is incredibly fast, even faster than sword flight.]
"As expected of a flying mount."
The Hatching Pond hall is empty, with no targets to attack, Lin Xun can only try out the stealth skill first.
He selects ’Feathered Mimicry’.
[The color and texture of the ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’s’ exoskeleton suddenly changes. Like optical camouflage, it blends into the environment and seemingly disappears in an instant.]
"[Not only it, but through its connected antennae, you too have been integrated into the environment and disappeared from view.]
[The speed of the ’Feathered Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ has significantly slowed down. It needs to keep changing hues to maintain its mimicry, and the frequency of its vibrating membranous wings has also decreased significantly to reduce the wind gusts caused by its fluttering wings.]
[Once the flight speed is too fast, it will not only expose its own outline, but the howling wind it stirs will also draw attention.]
"The stealth flight is indeed successful, but it seems only partly..."
Mimicry is less complete than full stealth. During stealth, even a Ninja Master will not be constrained by how quickly they run, but they cannot move quickly during mimicry.
After testing the mimicry ability, Lin Xun unsummoned his summon and the Divine Nation Flying Dragon once again disappeared from sight.
[...]
[You look towards the end of the spawning hall, having noticed a tightly closed door there when you circled around earlier.]
[Do you want to investigate?]
[You arrive at the end of the spawning hall, only to discover that the door has been tightly locked and cannot be opened...]
[You take possession of the shell of the ’Feathered Prototype Purgatory Angel’!]
[You spread your claws forward and make a swing, the door is instantly split open like it was made of cardboard...]
[What catches your eyes is a somewhat narrow room, judging by the setup inside, it appears to be the office of the ’Hatching Pond Lord’.]
[You step inside and conduct a search, quickly finding a letter and a map in the desk drawer.]
[You’ve obtained ’Unknown Letter’ (Document)]
Lin Xun raises an eyebrow, immediately opening his inventory to check.
[’Unknown Letter’ (Document)]
[...]
[The matter you’ve had me investigate seems to be advancing.]
[If you can handle this well, it wouldn’t be impossible for you to enter the heart of the Holy Nest and manage a higher-grade hatching pond.]
[Remember Belatu, who betrayed the Wet Nurse on the front line battlefield?] 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂
[Now I’ve received news that His Highness Belatu is about to commence his next cycle of life, to return to the Wet Nurse’s side to continue serving.]
[Praise to the merciful and generous Wet Nurse, who forgives even when her child loses their way for a time. Oh, our great Wet Nurse...]
[...]
[...]
[Your opportunity originates from His Highness Belatu!]
[After betraying the Wet Nurse on the battlefield and subsequently dying, Belatu’s mask armor was ruined.]
[If you can find the master artist hiding in Beetle City and have him create a new mask for His Highness Belatu...]
[Hehe, not only will your wishes be fulfilled, but you might even gain His Highness’ favor and be able to enter the ’Angelic Nest’. You could have a hand in the creation of those high and mighty angels.]
[I know where the ’Master Mask Maker’ lives in seclusion, but it would take considerable expense in order to get him to aid you in crafting a mask as a gift for His Highness Belatu.]
[Even if you invest all your worth to obtain the materials for the mask and the Master Maker’s commission, it would still not be enough.]
[I’ve conceived a good scheme for you. Have you been secretly withholding a good deal of nutrient feed delivered from the ’Funghi Factory’ over these years?]
[Don’t deny it, I know you’re capable of such an act.]
[If you can use the withheld nutrient feed to covertly create a ’Flying Dragon’, and mind you, it has to be a newly hatched dummy of a ’Flying Dragon’!]
[Hand the ’Flying Dragon’ over to me, and I’ll be able to give you an item that the Master Mask Maker wouldn’t be able to refuse.]
[Once you have this item, you’ll be able to get a mask from the Master Mask Maker for free, thus fulfilling your wish.]
[I wait for your news, once you’ve created the ’Flying Dragon’ just burn this letter and I’ll come to negotiate the exchange.]
[...]
[You’ve finished reading the letter. Do you wish to burn it as written in the letter?]
The letter is unsigned, and Lin Xun does not know who the sender is.
However, this item was clearly key to triggering the subsequent plot, which also involves His Highness Belatu, who was previously crushed to death by the Wet Nurse.
According to the letter’s contents, "His Highness Belatu will soon begin his next life cycle...", which is to say, after Belatu was killed in the rebellion, the Wet Nurse has begun to form a new clone.
And now, Belatu’s clone is about to be completed and returned to the arms of the Wet Nurse...
