Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 734 - 361: Painbearer Belatu, the Battle of Demigods_1

[You tell ’Flandre’ that you have captured a ’Feathered Divine Nation Flying Dragon’, can you use this flying mount to cross the boundary and reach the inner part of the Holy Nest?]

[’Flandre’ is taken aback, acknowledging that it indeed sensed you pulling an unclaimed consciousness into the Hive Mind, but as that consciousness is under your control, it would be inappropriate to investigate it without your permission.]

[Being a Feathered creature, the Divine Nation Flying Dragon can indeed cross the border without attracting the ’Pilgrimage Angel’s’ attention.]

[But the Divine Nation Flying Dragon is not like the Giant Vein Dragonfly, it does not have a hollow abdomen, it can only be ridden on its back, so it and Jinmu would still be exposed...]

[’Flandre’ ponders for a moment and comes up with an idea.]

[Compared to the Divine Nation Flying Dragon’s body size, it and ’Jinmu’ are smaller, they could puncture a hole in the dragon’s back and hide within its body.]

[But this would cause severe and ongoing damage for the dragon, and with the usual vitality of a dragon, it might not last until the border...]

Lin Xun’s eyes brighten, without any hesitation, he accepts Flandre’s idea.

His Divine Nation Flying Dragon is a well-enhanced high-performing version, provided it can successfully cross the border, the ’Nursing Goddess Foot Princess’ can heal it and restore it to full strength, effectively making his dragon a perpetual motion machine.

[You stimulate the ’Hive Mind’, summoning the ’Feathered Divine Nation Flying Dragon’...]

[You leap onto the ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’, which looks like a giant wasp. Its tentacles connect with your body, giving you complete control over this terrifying creature’s every move.]

[The bone wings on your back spread out, stabbing into the dragon’s back shell, cutting a deep wound that reveals its internal organs, causing blood to rush out...]

[’Flandre’ and ’Jinmu’ immediately crawl into the wound and bury themselves inside its body, causing inevitable pressure on its soft internal organs.]

[You are connected to the ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ consciousness, you can clearly feel its intense pain, but under your control, it cannot even let out a cry.]

[A massive shadow is circling at a distance, gradually approaching the dome of the sky above you, it appears you’ve caught the attention of the ’Pilgrimage Angel’.]

[The monstrous creature flies to the dome of the sky directly above you, constantly circling...]

[Do you want to attack the ’Pilgrimage Angel’?]

[A stream of thought communicated through the Hive Mind to you, you hear ’Flandre’s’ voice in your mind...]

[Don’t worry, the ’Pilgrimage Angel’ hasn’t noticed anything unusual. Otherwise, it would have attacked you immediately. It is likely that the sudden appearance of the dragon has put the ’Pilgrimage Angel’ on guard.]

[You just have to take off as usual, remember, do not provoke the Pilgrimage Angel.]

[You control the ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’, ignoring the massive creature circling far above, and take off directly.]

[The ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ flutters its slim, elongated wings and rapidly ascends into the sky. Its back, which had begun to heal, crack open again, causing the stopped blood to start flowing again.]

[The cold wind whistles past your ears, the biting ice and snow scrape against your cheeks causing a slight sting. As your dragon ascends, the snow-covered ground grows distant, and the towering spire-like structures grow smaller...]

[Your flying mount, the ’Feathered Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ has suffered some damage...]

[As you keep ascending, the huge creature that’s been circling above your head starts to become more visible.]

[...]

[You can now clearly see the black pattern on the scales of the ’Pilgrimage Angel’, and its sharp and menacing mouthparts.]

[But the gigantic creature only takes a look at you before gradually receding, continuing to spread the snow carrying foreign ’genes’.]

[Your flying mount, the ’Feathered Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ has suffered a very serious injury...]

[As you continue to ascend, you finally see what the so-called ’boundary’ really is.]

[Above the dome of the sky, are scattered little stars, and upon getting closer, you can see that those ’stars’ are large hexagonal holes, similar to the chambers of a beehive.]

[It’s these holes that connect to the ground of the second layer of the Holy Nest.]

[You steer the Divine Nation Flying Dragon past the Pilgrimage Angel and into the empty beehive chamber...]

Lin Xun seizes this opportunity to switch to the Wet Nurse shell and fully heal his Divine Nation Flying Dragon, even healing its wound, completely enclosing Flandre and Jinmu inside it.

The second layer of the Holy Nest is still covered in heavy snow, but there are fewer Pilgrimage Angels than on the first layer.

If he had more time, he would explore the Holy Nest thoroughly, as he is confident that much reward awaits him there.

But time is of the essence, and obtaining the ’complete Wet Nurse umbilical cord’ and the Demigod shell is of paramount importance. Exploration will have to wait, as he heads straight for the center of the Holy Nest...

The closer to the center he gets, the smaller each layer of land area becomes, and the number of Pilgrimage Angels also decreases.

Lin Xun even sees that several layers of the Holy Nest are not yet fully covered with snow and house many normal Feathered creatures.

Upon reaching the seventh layer of the Holy Nest, the death game prompt indicates that ’Belatu’s Reincarnation Chamber’ is located here.

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[The ’Divine Nation Flying Dragon’ lands on the ground, looking weak and dejected.]

[You leap down from your mount, surveying your surroundings. On this layer, there is no ’White Fleece Snow Season’, no ’Pilgrimage Angels’, and no evidence of snowfall.]

[You can clearly see that the ground and the sky of this layer both have a curve, making it seem like you are in a circular space. The furthest thing you can see isn’t the horizon, but the upraised, curved ground, where the spire-like buildings are all tilted towards you.]