Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 760 - 370: Guiding Bookmark, Assad’s Hidden Location_1
Even though Lin Xun considered the Administrator as the prime suspect, he couldn’t figure out what the motive could be.
Why elevate the difficulty level of the trials suddenly, why after he passed the trial, he would still let Flandre and Jinmu stay at the frontline of the war.
At this time, the two characters returned from the trial, Jinmu immediately narrated the content of the test to Lin Xun.
Jinmu was confused about the request made by ’Solens’.
Solens asked them to find a collateral descendant named ’Assad’ and take ’Assad’ away from the ’Holy Nest’.
Jinmu claimed that he didn’t recognize this ’Assad’, while Flandre, being the daughter of the wet nurse, knew all the descendants’ names but couldn’t remember a collateral descendant named ’Assad’.
Lin Xun knew about ’Assad’, his information came from the storyline of the Master of the Mask.
The subconscious birth of Malice wiped out the trace of ’Assad’s’ existence, causing everyone to forget him.
Even the Master of Masks forgot where Assad was located in the Holy Nest. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮
Lin Xun informed Flandre of what he knew, hoping it could recall something.
[...]
[’Flandre’ shook its head, indicating that it couldn’t remember any information about ’Assad’.]
[It tells you that although it doesn’t recall useful information, it can analyze some clues from the request made by ’Solens’.]
[The Wet Nurse summoned the frontline offspring back to the Holy Nest, while ’Solens’ lingered at the front lines, refusing to return to the Holy Nest.]
[This could be explained by ’Solens’ having long held a grudge against the wet nurse, but this seemingly correct explanation is full of loopholes.]
[How could ’Solens’, no matter how powerful, not fear of the wet nurse’s punishment?]
[Unless it knows that the price of returning to the Holy Nest is far more terrifying than the punishment, and staying at the front lines could offer a glimmer of hope...]
[It dares not return to the Holy Nest because once it returns, the wet nurse incubating new offspring through the consciousness network can control its life and death. The fear of having all actions controlled by others is something that no one wants to experience.]
[’Solens’ has definitely already found out about the changes happening in the Holy Nest.]
[They were able to survive from ’Solens’ because it must have felt that its former sister had become an independent existence severed from the consciousness network, able to move freely within the Holy Nest without fearing the wet nurse’s conscious control...]
[Therefore, ’Solens’ did not return to the Holy Nest himself, instead, chose to have the two of them fulfill its unspeakable objective...]
[’Jinmu’ had an epiphany and murmured, "so that’s how it is; I finally understand!"]
"What did you understand?"
Lin Xun couldn’t help but interject.
The information deduced at this moment could explain Solens’s behavior, but what its intentions were remained a mystery.
He knew that ’Assad’ had become a barely living Malicious creature, or perhaps calling it a Malicious plant would be more accurate.
Why did this seemingly unimportant collateral descendant catch Solens’s attention? Why does Solens want to take him out of the Holy Nest?
Assad must be hiding secrets, if they could locate this collateral descendant, then they might be able to understand Solens’s intentions.
However, Lin Xun had no idea where Assad was. The Holy Nest was simply too huge, trying to find one person from it was like finding a needle in a haystack.
Speaking of location information, Flandre did provide some clues.
The dwellings of descendants were assigned based on their strength or their level of favor. The closer one stayed to the ninth layer at the center of the Holy Nest, it would mean that the descendant was more powerful, or held a more important position in the heart of the wet nurse.
If ’Assad’ is an insignificant collateral descendant, his dwelling would most likely be on the sixth layer of the Holy Nest.
It wouldn’t be impossible for him to reside on the seventh layer if he was decently favored.
The three of them were currently on the seventh layer, to locate ’Assad’ quickly, the best strategy would be to each head in a different direction...
[The ’Librarian’ dislodges a bookmark from the depths of his robe and hands it to you, he tells you that this is the reward that the two characters received for passing the trial.]
[You have received ’Guidance Bookmark’*1]
[’Guidance Bookmark’ (Prop): The most important thing in the world is not where you are but which direction you are going. Use this prop and you can open a concealed location randomly in the Chapter you are in, knowing its specific location.]
Upon seeing this bookmark he had never seen before, countless thoughts flitted through Lin Xun’s mind.
"So that’s what it is, perhaps this is why the Administrator made the two characters continue to participate in the trial!"
He felt as if he had grasped some crucial information.
The Administrator, who never interfered in Apostle Game Process, suddenly intruded in the trial, seemingly drastically increasing the difficulty of the trial, a move that confounded him, but the reality was different.
Through the later content of the trial, he learned important clues about the plot and even got a ’guidance bookmark’, which was obviously a grade booster.
The intention of the Administrator is clear.
Without hesitation, Lin Xun clicked to use the ’Guidance Bookmark’. Before using this prop, he had an inkling of where the bookmark would lead him.
[You have used ’Guidance Bookmark’!]
[...]
[You have unveiled the hidden location ’Assad’s Dormitory’ and learned its exact location!]
"It’s as I thought!"
[The ’Librarian’ tells you that his mission is complete, it’s time to say goodbye.]
