Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 765 - 372: Rule Game, Flesh Temple of Desire Wet Nurse_2
As a player Apostle, the first thing to consider is personal gain.
If you can collude with the GM, it would undoubtedly be like obtaining a powerful cheat code.
Although it’s impossible to get an SSS rating for wrecking the world again, in the future challenge replicas, plenty of precious bookmarks can be obtained, and even some preferential treatment in the Library.
But what if you choose to save the world?
Honestly, Lin Xun felt that this Chapter replica was the one where he was most likely to achieve an SSS rating so far.
It’s the SSS rating of the Hell difficulty level!
Getting an SS in the Hell level Chapters is equivalent to getting an SSS in the Nightmare difficulty level, and the rewards obtained are the highest level Doomsday sources and ultimate Sacred Objects.
What if you get an SSS rating in the Hell difficulty level?
Lin Xun had a faint feeling that he was just one step away from understanding the essence and truth of the game, which was to get the highest rating.
[...]
[The loud voice of ’Jinmu’ flickers in your ears. Oath-maker, it knows that you are powerful and can easily defeat that grimace.]
[Even though it really doesn’t want to admit it, it has to say that you’re much stronger than it, ’Jinmu’.]
[So, could you please stop staring blankly at that pit? The ’Villain Wet Nurse’ is still waiting for you to deal with it. It’s still waiting for you to continue your quest to save the world...]
[’Flandre’ saw you staring blankly at the pit in your hand, and it worriedly waved its palm in front of your eyes ...]
Lin Xun snapped out of it.
The choice before him was one of the toughest he had ever faced, and he didn’t know what to do.
On one hand was the path of maintaining the rules to get the highest rating, and on the other was the breaking of rules to gain the Game Master’s favor.
But these two plot characters made him realize that he couldn’t let them down.
"Damn it! Only kids make choices! I want everything!"
"I want to break the rules and save the world to get the highest rating!"
[’Flandre’ saw that you didn’t respond for a long time and feared that your mind was being taken over by Malice. It wanted to embrace you to feel your consciousness ...]
[You regained your senses and quickly signaled that you were fine.]
[’Flandre’ was still concerned, insisting on hugging you anyway. After checking through the consciousness net and confirming that you were not tainted by Malice, it let go.]
[’Jinmu’, seeing this, looked disappointed. Then it suddenly covered its head with its giant scorpion claws and cried, ’Oh no! It looks like it’s been affected by that grimace. Who’s going to help it check ...’]
[’Flandre’ glanced at it and walked straight through the broken door of the spire to leave.]
[’Jinmu’ could only follow dejectedly, complaining quietly to you, ’Why is it unfair? Why can you, the Oath-maker, embrace ’Flandre’, but it cannot ...]
[You already have a way to handle the choice in your mind. Relieved, you say to ’Jinmu’, ’Both of you are not on the same consciousness net, so even if ’Flandre’ wanted to help it check, it wouldn’t be possible.’]
[Seeing ’Jinmu’ look even more upset, you pat its large abdomen and continue to comfort it, saying ’Right now, your ’Purgatory Angel’ body, at least in terms of appearance, is identical to ’Flandre’s’.’]
[Strictly speaking, ’Flandre’ was being intimate with its own clone ...]
[’Jinmu’ seemed to think of something, and asked excitedly, ’You and it have come this far together through ups and downs, and fought side by side. Does that mean you are close friends ...’]
An idea flashed across Lin Xun’s mind.
What would happen if a good brother one day turned into a girl?
[You indicated to ’Jinmu’ to get lost, then followed ’Flandre’ out of the spire ...]
[...]
[’Flandre’ leads you out of the spire and raises its head to look at the dome of the sky leading to the eighth Holy Nest, saying that according to your plan as an Oath-maker, the hope of getting an Extraordinary-level Shell on the eighth level is much greater than on the seventh.]
[The eighth Holy Nest is the home of some older spawn or favored spawn, along the way, the angel warriors who originally stayed at the seventh level and the spawn living here are nowhere to be seen.]
"Instead of wasting time looking in the seventh level, why not go to the eighth level of the Saint Hive..."
"Although the eighth level of the Saint Hive is more dangerous than the current one, and we may encounter beings like ’Solens’ who are impossible to contend with, but now there is no other way, we can only go and try."
"’Flandre’ asks for your advice: do you want to go to the ’Eighth Layer of Saint Hive’?"
Lin Xun knew that he must have missed exploring many valuable places in the seventh level, including the previous six levels.
However, the most important thing right now is to find the Demigod Shell, whether it’s to enhance his strength or to fulfill the subsequent ’Perfect Law’ plan.
He firmly pressed the ’yes’ option.
"There are no Pilgrimage Angels in the dome of the sky, and no one in the entire seventh layer of the Saint Hive has ascended and can act as the eyes of the Wet Nurse, so you don’t need to hide anymore. You can directly leap across the boundary of the sky dome and reach the Eighth Layer of Saint Hive..."
"Flandre’s toes stomped on the ground hard, and she shot out like a cannonball. You vibrated the bone wings on your back and followed along her trajectory..."
"Only Jinmu was left stomping his foot in his original spot..."
"..."
Jinmu finally followed, although his Painbearer container didn’t have wings, and its body was so large that it would be difficult to fly even if there were wings.
According to Flandre, anyone who has touched extraordinary power, for them, flying is just a basic ability.
Jinmu can’t fly because he is a parasite at heart and has not fully realized the container’s extraordinary power.
As an Apostle player, Lin Xun understood this very well.
Flying is an extraordinary power, not a skill listed in the skill bar, and Jinmu, like him, is a parasitic shell Wandering Soul.
Shells like the Purgatory Angel that inherently possess wings can fly, and shells like the Star Lord Canis can also fly using the sword in the skill bar.
However, a shell without wings or skills cannot control its flight.
The meaning of "extraordinary" may be to master some abilities that the shell could not develop originally.
Under Flandre’s guidance, Jinmu quickly mastered the ability to fly without wings. Due to his initial mastery, his flight speed was infuriatingly slow, and he couldn’t even keep his balance.
When they reached the eighth layer of the Saint Hive, the scene they saw was exactly like the seventh layer.
...
"You are standing on a deserted street, with the city of the Eighth Layer of the Saint Hive silent and unseen. There are no signs of any Feathered, and an invisible eeriness is pervading the place."
"The scenery here is the same as what you observed in the seventh layer of Saint Hive. The only thing different is the sky..."
"Above the dome of the sky, there floats a giant spherical object. It blends in with the sky in terms of color, and only the air distortion at the edge of the sphere allows you to clearly see the outline of the massive sphere."
"It’s like a very large star that is extremely close to the ground, giving you an infinite sense of oppression, as if at any moment, the star will fall to the ground and destroy the world as you know it."
"The entire city is built around this spherical star, styling itself as if wrapping around the star. You can even see at the other end of the top of the dome of the sky, city buildings hanging upside down."
"Such a shocking sight left you and ’Jinmu’ speechless for a long time..."
"Flandre closed her eyes and silently sensed her surroundings. After a while, she told you with a serious expression that there are not many offspring living on the eighth layer of the Saint Hive, it could even be said to be quite scarce."
"She could not sense the presence of some powerful older offspring, but she should be able to sense the presence of some not so powerful offspring who live here due to their favor."
"However, the result is that, within her sensing range, there isn’t a single living creature. This place is the same as the seventh layer of the Saint Hive..."
"Flandre glanced up at the transparent giant sphere and continued to tell you, there is only one reasonable explanation for this situation..."
"All the offspring are in the central ninth layer of the Saint Hive."
"That sphere is the ninth layer of the Saint Hive, where the Wet Nurse lives. There is only one building there, which is— ’Desire Wet Nurse’s Flesh Temple’!"
Lin Xun: ???
"You gotta be kidding, I haven’t even found my Demigod Shell yet, and I have to face the final BOSS?"
