Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 779 - 377: The Essence of Doomsday, The True Source of Doomsday!_1
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[A powerful Wandering Soul awakens in the Library...]
Lin Xun breathed a long sigh of relief, his tightly wound nerves finally relaxing.
The decisive battle had ended. Flandre had made a Sacrifice, and the Fireflies had fallen as well, but he had not let their hopes down and had ultimately slain the Wet Nurse to Save the World.
"However, did I really save the world this time?" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
If the final few lines of text from the endgame event had not appeared, he could have been certain that he had achieved an unprecedented feat of world-saving and would definitely receive the highest accolades.
The top combatants under the Wet Nurse had been recalled to the ninth layer of the Holy Nest, were injected with the Malice Gene, and had merged into the ’Sea of Cultivation’ to become sources of the power of Malice.
And surely, a group of Demigods and Gods had survived within the Firefly faction.
After the death of the two Main Gods, and after he had absorbed all Malice, the Mutated faction would undoubtedly defeat the Feathered faction, bringing the world back to the peace it had known before the invasion of the Wet Nurse.
But the last few lines of text from the endgame event had added an element of uncertainty to an otherwise predictable ending.
The encounter with the ’Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit’ had allowed the true Evil God to pinpoint the location of the Firefly World.
Could he cross the endless cosmos to reach the Firefly World, continuing to spread Malice and corrupt everything in sight?
If the answer was affirmative, all of Lin Xun’s efforts would only have delayed the world’s destruction, and the Firefly World was doomed to destruction.
Unless he could kill the ’Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit’ before it reaches the Firefly World!
"What a wild idea..."
"Killing the Wet Nurse was only possible because the Firefly had self-destructed in sacrifice, weakening the Wet Nurse to a certain extent, and I had to borrow power from the ’Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit’ to kill the Wet Nurse."
"Now, I’m foolishly thinking about dealing with the ’Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit’ itself. I must be getting ahead of myself..."
Lin Xun suddenly felt a wave of fatigue, not physical exhaustion, but mental weariness.
He thought about stretching out, then realized that he could not move his limbs or body at all.
It felt like being pinned down by a spectral presence. His mind was clear, but he could not control his body.
His pupils contracted fiercely, and he could not even move his eyes. He could only maintain his current pose, staring at the game text display.
"Could this be an after-effect from my recent venture in the side story world?"
"That’s not right, the Library is an absolute safety area. Even if I had embraced Extreme Evil in the last scene of the Evil God World, I could have kept the spread of Extreme Evil at bay once I returned to the Library..."
"It must be the actual Administrator!"
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[The vast hall of the Library is lined with large, orderly bookshelves. They are filled with countless exquisite, antique ’Books of Salvation’.]
[In the center of the hall, a massive ’Book of Salvation’ levitates in serenity. The shadow beneath it, once seated in a rocking chair, has already stood up, gazing at you with a complicated expression...]
Lin Xun’s mind raced, thinking about how to handle the situation at hand.
If the Librarian’s intention was not to save the world but to break the rules and challenge the game, then Lin Xun had undoubtedly accomplished this.
After all, the Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit had indeed located the Firefly World due to his existence, even though this was not his intention and was beyond his control.
The ’Librarian’ gazes at you with a complex expression and slowly says, Apostle, do not panic. Once he cleanses the impurities from your soul, you will be able to move again.]
[He mutters a long, complicated spell, and a faint white light appears, washing over your soul again and again.]
[Visible to the naked eye, many dark vapors emerge from your ethereal form. These vapors gather and seem to want to form a grotesque face...]
[But before the black vapors can form their shape, they evaporate and disappear under the washing of the white light, leaving not a trace.]
[The ’Librarian’ explains to you that those impurities are remnants of the ’Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit’ left in your soul. If they are not removed, they could cause unimaginable disastrous consequences.]
[He knows that you must have many questions in your mind, but don’t worry, he will share everything that you are entitled to know.]
The ’impurities’ in the soul are completely removed.
Back in reality, Lin Xun finally regains control over his body.
The ’Librarian’ continues, the power of a Demigod, is a force that can pry some of the rules, it’s a budding seed that can grow into a False God, a True God, and even a Main God.]
[Each Apostle experiencing the power of a Demigod for the first time can get one chance, a chance to receive his help and learn about the origin and nature of Doomsday.]
[Such an opportunity is extraordinary, for his help includes the ability to cross some of the game rules.]
[Even with the added help of breaking some rules, none of the Apostles who came into contact with the power of a Demigod could turn the opportunity to understand the nature of the disaster into a chance to save the world, except you...]
[Although you failed in the end, the fact that you could save the world temporarily is an inspiring miracle.]
"A chance to understand the origin and nature of Doomsday?"
So the Administrator was not against the game rules, but his assistance included the power to disregard them.
For Apostles who first encountered the power of a Demigod, they seemed powerful, but compared to the true source of Doomsday, they were still weak. Without the assistance of the Administrator, it would be extremely difficult to understand the nature of Doomsday, not to mention saving the world.
Lin Xun turned the opportunity of understanding the origin of Doomsday into the sole chance to save the world, and indeed killed the Wet Nurse.
