novelraw Chapter 347-1: Parasitic Factor, Ascended Prototype Purgatory Angel (1)
Chapter 347-1: Parasitic Factor, Ascended Prototype Purgatory Angel (1)
[You tell Flanda and Kim that you are heading to the Factor Cloning Laboratory, and invite the two of them to go with you.]
[Kim is extremely grateful to you. For being able to see the young girl he has long yearned for, he attributes all the credit to you and the great Firefly, and happily nods in agreement.]
[Flanda does not agree immediately, but instead explains to you…]
[After the Firefly descended with consciousness, it bestowed upon her a portion of the perfect Firefly factor, allowing her to shed her half-human half-insect form and return to her original appearance.]
[However, she does not possess strength as powerful as the Desire Wet Nurse, and still requires a long period of slumber and dormancy to fuse and digest the life factor granted by the Firefly.]
[If she can fully digest the Firefly factor, she will not be weaker than that clone body, but at present she only has the strength of an initial demigod.]
[She will follow your instructions, whether to enter long-term dormancy to increase her strength, or accompany you to the Factor Cloning Laboratory.]
[Or, there is also a method that cannot really be considered a compromise… do you still remember the Firefly Stone she once gifted you?]
[You can use the Firefly Stone when facing danger, and she will forcibly interrupt her dormancy and rush to your side at the fastest speed…]
[…]The effect of the Firefly Stone is different from summoning items.
Using the Firefly Stone can only lock onto his current location and then travel there. It cannot directly summon her to appear beside him like a summoning item.
According to Flanda, most of the Desire Wet Nurse’s factor laboratories are located close to the central region of the Divine Kingdom.
The distance from Tentacle City is extremely far. Riding an ordinary Courier Mole Cricket would take a full day and night. Even riding a faster Military Mole Cricket would still require more than half a day.
Flanda has already reached the demigod realm. She does not need to rely on transportation tools and has much faster methods of travel.
But wanting her to immediately provide support upon receiving coordinates is impossible.
If he encountered a critical situation, by the time Flanda arrived, he would probably already be dead.
Lin Xun weighed the matter repeatedly and ultimately chose to bring Flanda along.
Unless absolutely necessary, he did not want to bring Flanda over.
Allowing Flanda to remain in dormancy and ascend in strength would let her surpass the clone body. She might even step into the realm of gods.
But the destination was the Desire Wet Nurse’s laboratory. It was bound to be filled with danger. Bringing Flanda and Kim along would allow them to resolve most crises…
Alright, his main goal was to bring Flanda, this demigod-level figure. Kim could only be considered a free bonus.
After quickly exploring the laboratory, it would still be in time to let Flanda enter dormancy again.
[You leave the nest with the two of them…]
[Riding a Military Mole Cricket, you head toward the Factor Cloning Laboratory…]
This journey was extremely long.
Even though Lin Xun splurged this time, spending fifty thousand Spirit Essence to ride a Military Mole Cricket, it still took him from daytime all the way until deep night to reach the destination.
[…]
[After traveling for a long time, the flesh membranes on both sides of the abdominal cavity open, and you arrive at an underground space you have never set foot in before.]
[In the distance stands a massive structure shaped like a pyramid. Its surface is a bone-white gray, covered in vertical grooves, within which slightly writhing flesh tissue is exposed.]
[You know that this is the Desire Wet Nurse’s Factor Cloning Laboratory No. 16.]
[At the triangular face of the pyramid facing you, the entrance originally used for access has been replaced by an enormous breach…]
[You immediately jump down from the abdominal cavity, bringing Flanda and Kim forward to investigate.]
[The breach on the pyramid’s exterior is enormous, showing an irregularly torn shape. Gray-white bone fragments intertwine with shattered dark purple flesh. The blood at the fracture has long since dried and solidified.]
[It seems that some massive creature broke through the laboratory’s seal from the inside and escaped…]
[You cannot observe the interior of the laboratory through the breach, because countless thick pipes are interwoven into a dense and chaotic network, blocking most of your view.]
[You can only catch glimpses of light and shadow coming from inside the laboratory through the gaps between the pipes…]
[You circle around the pyramid and discover that the breach is the only entrance into the laboratory.]
[If you do not break through the obstruction formed by the pipes, you will not be able to enter the laboratory.]
[You prepare to step forward and attack the pipes to open a path into the laboratory, but are stopped by Flanda…]
[She points upward, signaling you to look up.]
[In the endless darkness above, there is a large shadow that looks completely out of place.]
[Two massive, hazy red lights suddenly ignite in the darkness, and a gigantic spider silently descends!]
[Its enormous body is covered in thick, rigid bristles like arms, and the ends of its extremely long arthropods are sharp and pointed.]
[You compare the spider’s massive size and find it nearly identical to the size of the laboratory breach.]
[You instantly understand that it was the one that destroyed the laboratory.]
[The hazy red lights suddenly become blinding, and the giant spider instantly drops down in front of you.]
[With a thunderous boom, rubble explodes outward, and the ground shakes violently.]
[The giant spider lets out a piercing screech. The sound waves stab your eardrums, leaving you unsteady on your feet.]
[You look up at the monster’s colossal body and know that if you want to enter the laboratory, you must first endure a bitter battle.]
[You have discovered the Ascended Spider-Type Executioner!]
[The Spider-Type Executioner fiercely stabs down with its sharp limbs, cold light flashing as it rapidly enlarges in your vision…]
[Just as you are about to wield your sword to block, the limbs stiffens and retracts at a speed even faster than when it came.]
[The Spider-Type Executioner seems to sense something and rapidly crawls away from you…]
[No, it should be said that it is moving away from Flanda!]
[It raises its abdomen and sprays spider silk into the darkness above. Using the silk, the Spider-Type Executioner silently ascends back upward, then hides within the darkness, remaining completely still.]
[Even the dazzling red glow in its eyes gradually extinguishes.]
[It no longer blocks your entry into the laboratory.]
[You and Kim look at each other, then simultaneously turn to look at Flanda.]
[There is no reason for the Spider-Type Executioner to stop attacking, unless one ignores the fact that Flanda is present.]
Lin Xun twitched the corner of his mouth.
“Damn, a demigod really is a demigod. That spider is at least a BOSS, and it got scared back just like that?”
[Facing the gazes of you and Kim, Flanda hesitates slightly, then lightly taps her foot and leaps straight upward, her figure disappearing into the darkness above…]
[Soon, shrill screams ring out.]
[The giant spider crashes down once more, but this time it is already a massive corpse, a massive corpse without even the slightest twitch or struggle.]
[Your allied oath character Oathbreaker Flanda has defeated the Ascended Spider-Type Executioner!]
[You obtained Fading Chunk Spirit Essence of Profound Unfathomability x1]
[You obtained Spider-Type Executioner’s Chelicerae (Material)]
From the five hundred thousand Spirit Essence dropped by the monster, one could tell how powerful the BOSS was.
However, only dropping a single material item was completely mismatched with the BOSS’s strength.
“Sure enough, when a story character assists with the kill, the drop rate of rewards decreases.”
A BOSS capable of dropping five hundred thousand Spirit Essence would not normally drop only a single material. It was likely because this kill was entirely Flanda’s contribution, and Lin Xun made no contribution at all.
The fact that it dropped even one material was probably thanks to the increased drop rate from the Star Lord’s Flowing Crown.
[You look at the giant spider’s corpse…]
[Ascended Spider-Type Executioner’s Shell: An early-tuning Ascended being, possessing extremely formidable execution ability and toxicity. Although early Ascended beings were later replaced by more excellent Ascended variants, one must admit that the Spider-Type Executioner is an exceptionally powerful Ascended being. It died from complete destruction of its brain ganglia. Compatibility: 65% (+55%)]
This BOSS shell was far too massive. Whether through possession or parasitism, it was impossible to obtain the shell.