I Save The World In A Doomsday Text Game

Chapter 174-2: The Subterranean Shadow Fiend, the Treasure Within the Nest (2)

[You circled the vast underground chamber, discovering that it connected to three branching passages: left, center, and right.]

[From the left passage came faint rustling sounds, as if many creatures were moving deeper inside.]

[The middle passage was thick with damp air, and you heard droplets falling drip drip drip.]

[The right passage was just like where you stood, nothing unusual.]

[Which passage do you want to enter?]

Lin Xun decisively chose the first option, the left passage.

The reason was simple, grinding monsters to level up wasn’t shameful.

[Just as you started toward the left passage, the rustling sounds within grew louder, as though countless creatures were closing in on you!]

[You widened your eyes and stared into the passage, only to see one Subterranean Shadow Fiend after another pouring out in single file, charging at you at speed!]

Lin Xun smiled faintly. He already understood this all-agility monster’s fatal weakness.Otherwise, he wouldn’t have picked the passage teeming with enemies so decisively.

[The tide of Subterranean Shadow Fiends squeezed out of the passage. They all brandished their claws as they approached, shadows lunging at incredible speed!]

Lin Xun clicked on a dusty, long-unused trash skill – Knowledge Radiance!

[You raised both staffs and began chanting…]

[Countless characters flashing white light materialized in the air, then vanished, erupting into blinding brilliance!]

[A chorus of shrill wails echoed through the vast underground space. Several Subterranean Shadow Fiends were reduced to ash in the radiance.]

[You have defeated the Subterranean Shadow Fiend. Experience slightly increased.]

[You have defeated the Subterranean Shadow Fiend. Experience slightly increased.]

[You have defeated the Subterranean Shadow Fiend.…]

[You have defeated…]

[The monsters that were not struck directly by the Knowledge Radiance screamed and clutched their eyes, rolling back and forth on the ground.]

“I’ll blind your titanium-alloy dog eyes.”

Lin Xun continued casting Knowledge Radiance, slaughtering the monsters.

The President’s Knowledge Radiance skill was only Rare+-grade, probably its maximum rank, but it was already more than enough for these all-agility glass-cannon creatures.

For light-fearing subterranean monsters, Knowledge Radiance was a god-tier crowd control skill.

Technically, Falling Starlight could have the same effect, but that Legendary-grade skill cost too much mana…

The game text kept flooding the screen, showing experience and loot gained.

Before long, he had cleaned out the entire monster horde.

Along with a heap of dung clumps, he also picked up some eyeball items.

[Subterranean Shadow Fiend’s Eyeball x5 (Fine+-grade Item): The Shadow Fiend, living underground, not only never lost its eyes in the perpetual darkness but evolved their night vision to an extreme.]

[This item must be used in an empty eye socket. Once used, it grants excellent night vision ability.]

“Dung clumps, no, wait, the bat guano can be sold to the library, and these night-vision eyeballs can be transplanted into every main Shell.”

[You looked over at a few of the monsters’ corpses that were still mostly intact…]

[Subterranean Shadow Fiend Shell: A demon-type creature living its whole life underground. The bat wings on its back have degenerated, losing their ability to fly but retaining short-range gliding capability. The shell’s form somewhat resembles a human… or perhaps they were once human themselves? It died from massive blood loss caused by the exploding eyes. Compatibility 82% (+45%).]

[Do you wish to possess this Shell?]

Lin Xun was intrigued by the idea of an all-agility Shell, but unfortunately, all his Shell slots were full, and he had no space left for a lesser monster Shell.

“I really need to grind more Divine items. These Shell slots are never enough.”

At the moment, he still lacked four Divine items to gather all nine. If he wanted to exchange them for a Legendary-grade Divine item… there was a long road ahead.

[You stepped into the left branching passage…]

[Your summoned creature, the Corrupted Three-Headed Lion, was too enormous to follow you into the passage!]

Lin Xun sighed helplessly and had no choice but to cancel the summon.

“Being too big isn’t great either, just enough is fine.”

[You gradually moved deeper into the passage. The soft, yielding feeling underfoot became more frequent.]

[You continued forward along the tunnel and soon reached another underground chamber.]

[A monster much larger than a normal Shadow Fiend was hanging upside down from a stalactite on the ceiling, fast asleep.]

[It looked exactly like a Subterranean Shadow Fiend, except its body was much bigger overall.]

[You have discovered the Subterranean Shadow Fiend King!]

[You noticed that deeper in the cave, there was a nest made of piled dry grass. Something inside it seemed to be emitting a faint glow.]

[Your next action?]

[1. Kill the Subterranean Shadow Fiend King and seize the treasure in the nest.]

[2. Avoid alerting the Subterranean Shadow Fiend King and steal the treasure in the nest.]

[3. Quietly leave and retreat back to the original branching chamber.]

Judging by the strength of the normal Shadow Fiends, the Subterranean Shadow Fiend King probably wasn’t much stronger.

Lin Xun was about to click the first option when he suddenly stopped.

The reason this cursed game was called a cursed game was precisely because it never played by normal rules and constantly pulled cheap tricks.

“Better safe than sorry, any place with treasure deserves caution.”

Maybe because the treasure chests had already given him PTSD, Lin Xun cautiously selected the second option.

[You crept forward into the cave, glancing up now and then at the Subterranean Shadow Fiend King, which was still fast asleep.]

[You continued silently onward…]

[You reached the edge of the nest. Looking closely, you saw that the dry grass was littered with bones, judging by their shape, they looked human.]

[The glowing objects in the nest were a few chunks of luminescent ore.]

[You caught a sweet, cloying scent wafting up, apparently coming from the ore itself…]

[As you breathed it in, you started feeling vaguely unwell. A terrible premonition filled your mind, and you tried to flee, but a shrill screech echoed through the cave…]

[At some point, the Subterranean Shadow Fiend King had awakened and was now behind you, staring fixedly.]

[Its eyes glowed a cold green in the darkness. With a piercing scream, countless Subterranean Shadow Fiends surged out of the shadowy corners of the cave like a tide.]

[You tried to raise your staff and chant a spell… only to find that the two staffs in your hands felt like pillars of stone weighing ten thousand tons, and the syllables in your mouth were just formless babbling like the mutterings of a sleeper.]

[The monsters pressed forward in a seething mass behind the Subterranean Shadow Fiend King. Dozens of pairs of cold green eyes locked hungrily onto you. You could even see the foul drool dripping from many of their jaws.]

[For some reason, the sickly sweet smell grew stronger and stronger. Your head swam, your vision clouded over.]

Lin Xun, desperate, quickly opened the Shell menu to switch Shells.

He was just about to click the ‘possess’ option.

[You could no longer remain standing and collapsed to the ground…]

[You have died!]

Once again, the glaring red ‘Loser’ floated before his eyes.

He set down his phone and let out a long breath.

“A cursed game… that’s exactly how it should taste…”