Chapter 573: Chapter 295: Interpretation and Evaluation of the Five Difficulties, the Secret of Soul Amplification_2

[You ask the Administrator about the current state of the incarnation.]

[The ’Librarian’ clearly states that although the incarnation deserves punishment, it was not too severe, especially since the responsibility had been immediately rectified.]

[He extends his hand, indicating you to hand over the ’Librarian’s Monocle’ to increase the invasion privileges again.]

Though it seemed like casual chatter between Lin Xun and the Librarian, he gleaned additional information from the text.

The incarnation had erased the coordinates of ’Kyoto’s Ooe Mountain’ but gave hints to the ’Imperial Residence’ where the three big demons’ clues were hidden.

It was with this hint that he found the ’Nine-tailed Fox’ and ’Shuten-doji’.

If one were to talk about extra gains, obtaining this information was a much bigger gain than simply getting the coordinates of ’Kyoto’s Ooe Mountain’ within the trial.

However, the main body of the Administrator casually brushed it aside, showing no particular concern for it but was more interested in the extra gains from the trials. He even praised him as an ’apostle actively maintaining the rules’ because he rectified the incarnation’s negligence.

Does this imply that the Librarian is strictly adhering to some rules and as long as the rules are not violated, the main body will not pursue any extra gains acquired through the incarnation?

"What, in the end, is the main body of the Administrator? A rational guide? Or a rigid enforcer of rules?"

[...]

[Your invasion privilege level has increased. Current invasion level: 3]

[After defeating the invading Apostle, you will be able to specify and obtain an item from the enemy Apostle, such as specifying a major category of equipment, items, materials, etc.]

[Due to the level increase of your invasion privileges, there is a minuscule chance of refreshing a rare bookmark when exchanging with the Librarian. The refresh cycle is after interpreting one complete Chapter.]

Lin Xun felt a surge of joy and quickly opened the Administrator’s exchange list.

As it turned out, the bookmarks were still the same three types - Invasion Bookmark, Guardian Bookmark, Revenge Bookmark - there was no trace of the rare bookmark’s appearance.

He was a bit disappointed, but the increase in invasion privileges still had benefits. It had evolved from randomly dropping two items after invading an apostle to specifying a major category of items to be dropped.

This at least made the task of sifting for valuable items from the rubbish more targeted.

[...]

[You step forward to touch the ’Book of Salvation’ and a powerful resonance occurs between your soul and the book ...]

[Do you want to conclude the Chapter interpretation rating of ’Chapter 63942575’?]

Lin Xun took a deep breath and hit the ’Yes’ option.

[Interpreting the evaluation results...]

[You defeated ’Fire Worshiping, Heartless, Medium Ninja’ in this Chapter, interpretation rating increased...]

[You defeated ’Fire Worshiping Sword Master Fan’ in this Chapter, interpretation rating increased...]

[You defeated ’Trace Origin’s Black Heavenly Dog’ in this Chapter, interpretation rating increased ...]

...

[You completed the hidden task of ’Rescuing Moon City Purple Leaf’ in this Chapter, interpretation rating increased ...]

[You answered the ’Request of Tiansui Blooming Rice’ hidden task in this Chapter, interpretation rating increased ...]

[...]

The words [Interpretation rating increased...] were being continually displayed on the screen.

[You defeated ’The Extremely Evil General’ in this Chapter, interpretation rating increased ...] 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

[You completed the final event ’Cherry Blossom Withering Time’ in this Chapter, interpretation rating increased ...]

[This Chapter’s evaluation is complete...]

[Congratulations! Great Apostle!]

[You achieved ’SS’ grade reading rating!]

[This rating is the second highest for Chapters read! You will receive a settlement reward!]

[You have received ’Type V - Ultimate Source of Doomsday - ’Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit’!]

In surprise, Lin Xun paused.

"It wasn’t an SSS grade rating?"

"Crap! I’ve beaten the Great General into the third phase and still can’t get a 3S rating?"

He thought carefully, wondering if he had missed any unexplored locations.

"Do I have to wait for the senior sister to call for help, join forces with Master Red Immortal to kill the Great General, so the God of Dance won’t fall... no, if the God of Dance doesn’t fall, the final event won’t be completed."

A glimmer of inspiration flashed through Lin Xun’s mind.

"Could getting the highest rating have something to do with the ’sly ghost’ who wants to become a god by incense worship?"

"Creating a new deity, one that doesn’t belong to any force, could it change the course of the plot?"

He didn’t know if his ideas were correct. Perhaps only the Librarian knew how to get the SSS rating.

"If I encounter the librarian’s avatar next time... forget it, I definitely can’t disclose that."

He clicked on the ’Book of Salvation’ again, choosing to solidify Sacred Objects.

[Do you wish to solidify ’Source of the Ultimate V-Type Doomsday - Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit’ into ’Sacred Objects’?]

[Note, the solidification operation is irreversible, please make a careful choice!]

[Solidifying...]

[Solidification successful!]

[You have obtained ’Ultimate V-Type Sacred Artifact (Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit)’!]

Lin Xun immediately equipped the newly acquired Sacred Object.

[You equipped ’Ultimate V-Type Sacred Artifact (Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit)’!]

[This shell is enhanced by the soul, shell strength increased by 50%!]

[Total Soul Enhancement: 170%]

[Your soul has become stronger!]

[Your soul strength has been enhanced, the current soul strength is 2/5!]

During the celebratory feast of the last Easter Egg Chapter, Lin Xun had an in-depth exchange with Shangguan Yu, Du Cheng, Yin Linlin, and a few other elite Apostles, gaining a concrete insight into the concept of soul enhancement.

Usually, even if an Apostle could advance to the next Chapter, they would stay on the current difficulty level for a long time, repeatedly entering other Chapters at this difficulty level, accumulating more equipment, items, and levels to reduce the number of times they stalled during advancement.

Through staying at difficulty, the elite Apostles would usually get an S rating in normal difficulty Chapters, thus obtaining the Source of Doomsday and solidifying the Sacred Objects.

Through their interaction, Lin Xun discovered that ’Soul Enhancement’ wasn’t as simple as a 1+1 increase.

Unless the Apostle could have a perfect all-around shell, they couldn’t fully utilize the boost from soul enhancement.

For example, an increase of 100% in soul power doesn’t simply double all attributes. The enhancement of all attributes would be horrifyingly powerful, drastically increasing combat power several times over.

Soul enhancement raises the overall strength of the shell rather than just doubling every attribute evenly. Even a 100% enhancement evenly spread across each attribute would fall far short of doubling strength, and may only increase each attribute by two or three percent.

However, the game’s panel doesn’t specifically display attributes, but according to testing by official Apostles, the shell includes numerous attributes, including but not limited to strength, constitution, endurance, agility, intelligence, spirit, charm, luck, and many others.

The most disgusting part is that soul enhancement allocates the same amount to every attribute!

The game from the netherworld won’t increase strength attributes more because an Apostle’s shell is a warrior template, nor will it give mage shells extra intelligence attributes.

This leads to the situation where 100% soul enhancement doesn’t even come close to doubling a shell’s combat power.

Because increasing strength, constitution, endurance, and other attributes has a smaller effect for Mages, and increasing intelligence, spirit, charm (summoners), and other attributes has a smaller effect for Warriors.

Each shell has job-related templates, and there are only a few effective attributes.

The strength increase of soul enhancement reflected on each shell is different. In short, the more effective attributes a shell has, the greater the strength increase it gets.

Therefore, unless an Apostle possesses an all-around type of shell, they won’t be able to fully utilize the value indicated by soul enhancement.

With a soul enhancement of 170% right now, if Lin Xun could acquire a shell capable of both magic and martial arts, he could easily overpower other shells of the same level.

The Star Lord Canis template has potential in this area, but it seems that Star Lord is a sword cultivator, without a cultivation system that dual cultivates the physical body or Qi techniques.

Otherwise, even if it doesn’t fully utilize the 170% increase, it could still achieve a doubling of power.

After solidifying the Sacred Objects, Lin has a lot of work to do.

The first thing to do is — check the generous rewards dropped by the Great General!