Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game
Chapter 607 - 308: The Interpretation and Evaluation of the Dream Egg, The Gap Between Demigods and Mortals_1
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[You step forward and touch the ’Book of Salvation’. A powerful resonance occurs between your soul and the book...]
[Would you like to settle the Chapter interpretation evaluation of ’Easter Egg Chapter· Chapter 326’?]
[Settling Chapter’s interpretation evaluation...]
[You have accomplished a total kill count of 22 in the Slaughter Mode of this Chapter, your interpretation evaluation rises...]
[You assisted the character ’Dan’ defeat ’The Judge of Profane Blood Sun — Sin Dragon Dagun’ in this Chapter, interpretation evaluation rises...]
[You assisted the character ’Dan’ defeat ’The Watcher of the Profane Blood Sun — Giant Beast Progenitor Baton’ in this Chapter, interpretation evaluation rises...]
[You accomplished the hidden mission ’The Final Defender’ in this Chapter, ’your interpretation evaluation rises...]
[You successfully executed the final event ’Nighmare of the Golden Sun’ in this Chapter, interpretation evaluation rises!]
[The settlement of this Chapter is over!]
[Congratulations, mighty Apostle!]
[You received an ’SS Level’ commentary rating!]
[This rating is second highest for this Chapter! You will receive a settlement reward!]
[You acquired the ’Broken Horn of Sin Dragon Dagun’ (Material)!]
[You acquired the ’Spotted Dragon Scales of Sin Dragon Dagun’ (Epic+ Level item)!]
[You acquired ’Giant Dan’s Sun Ring’ (Legendary Grade Accessory)!]
The interpretation evaluation for this easter egg Chapter was not as high as the previous Chapter ’Heavenly Demon Invasion’, where an SSS rating was achieved.
The rewards from the Nightmare Easter Egg Chapter were not overly generous, unable to compare with the rewards of the Hell-level Chapters, of course, this is excluding the Mythical+ Level weapon ’Bloody King’s Sword’.
Lin Xun speculated that perhaps escaping from two opposing apostles in the Slaughter Mode Chapter, without completing 100% of the kill count, resulted in a lower interpretation evaluation.
Alternatively, the premature ending of ’Dan’s’ life, causing the death of a crucial character, was why it didn’t reach an SSS rating.
He reasoned that ordinary apostles would complete the final event and hence, the Easter egg Chapter at the moment when ’Dan’ was defeated by the ’King’s Sword Ethan’.
Normally, Shells wouldn’t be reborn directly at ’The Peak of Afterglow’, facing ’Dan’ who resists the invasion of the Blood Sun.
Instead, they would be reborn in the same place as when they first entered the Easter egg Chapter, which is the starting point of the dream, undergoing a one-hour death penalty in the form of a Wandering Soul.
All of this was due to him achieving the highest rating in the previous Chapter 323, thereby obtaining the ’Giant Dan’s Sun Ring’ which changed the course of the current Easter egg Chapter.
If he hadn’t awakened ’Dan’ at the starting point of the dream reincarnation, maybe ’Dan’ would have kept struggling in the nightmare, unable to resist, until he succumbs and turns into a Blood Sun monster.
When Lin Xun saw the name ’Nightmare of the Golden Sun’ in the endgame event displayed in the nether game once again, he finally realized that the Easter egg Chapter was not a time point before Chapter 323.
Instead, everything in the Easter egg Chapter was all ’Dan’s’ dreams!
The map in this Easter egg Chapter was too contradictory. Apostles who didn’t know the reason would think that it was caused by a game bug.
The ’Land of Giant Beasts’ didn’t exist, the tree men in the ’Dark Forest’ didn’t exist either. These could be explained by implying that ’For ages, both the Giant Beasts and the Tree people haven’t migrated yet’ before Lin Xun entered Saint Lance.
Alternatively, rewards obtained in Chapter 323 can’t be obtained again in other Chapters as a way of placation.
But all things became contradictory after entering ’Saint Lance’!
If the timeline of the Easter egg Chapter is extremely far from Chapter 323, so far that even the Giant Beasts and the Tree people who have witnessed countless generations of war haven’t migrated yet,
then how could the buildings in the town of Saint Lance can still be seen as if in Chapter 323, having the same locations for the ancient theatre, church, market, lord’s castle, and sewer.
If such uncountable years had elapsed between the two Chapters, Moonlight Town should have undergone earth-shaking changes, instead of being the exact replica of Saint Lance in Chapter 323.
Even familiar figures like the ’Countess of Saint Lance’s Roses’ and ’Lord Fox’ appeared later on, indicating that the time intervals between the two Chapters weren’t far apart.
But if the time intervals between the two Chapters were close, the non-existent Giant Beasts and Tree people couldn’t be explained.
At that moment, Lin Xun was suddenly enlightened, combined the name of the Easter egg Chapter with the name of the end event, and finally realized it was all ’Dan’s’ dream.
In Chapter 323, ’Dan’ resists the invasion of the Blood Sun through endless sleep.
In Dan’s consciousness, Saint Lance was the battlefield of his last battle, he didn’t go to the ’Dark Forest’ or the ’Land of the Giant Beasts’, so naturally, he didn’t know about the Tree people or the Giant Beasts. Naturally, these creatures wouldn’t appear in his dreams.
As for Saint Lance being the battlefield of the final battle, it had to exist in the dream.
After Dan arrived for the battle, his focus was entirely on the three other Sun Heroes. He wouldn’t carefully search for specifics within Saint Lance.
Because Lin Xun got an SSS rating previously, it overwrote the progress of this Chapter. Hence, Saint Lance appeared as a dream battlefield modelled from his experiences.
With this in mind, everything can be explained.
Even the fact that the Easter egg Chapter didn’t drop any items or give out any Shells made sense.
Only after Lin Xun awakened ’Dan’, thus escaping from the dream reincarnation, was he able to obtain a real reward that wasn’t part of the dream, the ’Bloody King’s Sword’.