novelraw Chapter 357-2: The Only Way to Save the World (2)
Chapter 357-2: The Only Way to Save the World (2)
A bad premonition rose in Lin Xun’s heart.
[Flanda hesitates slightly, then opens its arms and pulls you into its embrace…]
[In the unseen depths, you once again see that web of consciousness that encompasses all things. The white grid occupies most of it, while the black grid can only cling to a corner.]
[And in the upper region of the white grid, at some point, a small patch of shadow has already spread across it.]
[The shadow drifting with black qi is not large, only taking up a small section of the grid, but it is expanding at a visible, extremely fast speed. The grids tainted by shadow are assimilated and corroded without any ability to resist…]
[At this rate, it is only a matter of time before the shadow occupies the entire grid.]
[Flanda lets out a long sigh and pulls you back into reality. It says heavily, perhaps both the Wet Nurse and you underestimated the terror of the external factor…]
[Judging from the situation on the web of consciousness, the Wet Nurse’s method of spreading the foreign factor through Pilgrimage Angels was fundamentally wrong. The spread speed of this foreign factor on the web of consciousness far exceeds the radiation spread speed of the White-Fleece Snow Season.]
[If its inference is correct, the foreign factor originally spread through the mental level, or rather, the soul level!]
[Now even if the Wet Nurse exterminates all Pilgrimage Angels and stops spreading the White-Fleece Snow Season, it cannot stop the spread of the foreign factor.][As Flanda says this, it looks at the two Ascended in the corner, hesitates slightly, and extends a finger, lightly tapping.]
[The two convulse a few times, the light in their eyes dissipates, and they die.]
[Your allied Oath character Flanda has defeated the Ascended Mask-Crafting Expert.]
[Your allied Oath character Flanda has defeated the Ascended Mask Master.]
[You obtained Faint Spirit Essence of Sanctity *1]
[You obtained Mask Combat Armor Forging Blueprints (Special Item)]
[Only after the two died did Flanda continue, gods spread faith to strengthen divine power, and gods can also be born from vast amounts of faith.]
[The foreign evil factor corrodes many living beings through the web of consciousness. The malice produced by those beings may already be able to aggregate into the most basic subconsciousness.]
[When weak, hiding oneself and seeking safety is the most basic survival instinct. If it guessed correctly, the one that altered Ascended memories through the web of consciousness was not the Wet Nurse, but the aggregated malice consciousness.]
[If it is not stopped, that consciousness will eventually become a new god!]
[Right now, the only way is to seize the moment before the malice consciousness takes form, grasp a massive amount of malice power, and defeat the Wet Nurse at the fastest speed.]
[The new offspring the Wet Nurse is currently nurturing contains malice factors drawn from within your body… Even if it cannot fuse perfectly, it can at least fuse a large portion of the malice factor.]
[After successfully giving birth to the new offspring, the Wet Nurse will definitely let all of Its consciousness descend into this newborn offspring Shell, using the offspring Shell to absorb malice, control malice, and continuously grow stronger.]
[Because you, the father, are… relatively weak, and the clone mother Flanda’s strength has not reached godhood, even with the Wet Nurse’s divine power catalyzing the nurturing, the newborn offspring’s strength cannot be too strong.]
[What you and it need to do is to kill Its body at the moment the Wet Nurse takes control of the newborn offspring Shell.]
[That is the Wet Nurse’s weakest moment, and also the best opportunity.]
[And the Primordial Firefly will seize this opportunity to launch a full counterattack, using the web of consciousness to wipe out all of the Wet Nurse’s will and soul in one fell swoop!]
[After the Wet Nurse falls, Firefly can regain control of the web of consciousness and strip away all consciousness that has already been corroded by malice from the web of consciousness…]
[This is the only way to save this world!]
[Kim suddenly coughs twice and points at its own face as it asks, then what about it? What does it need to do? You both have missions granted by great Firefly, but it seems like only it does not.]
[Flanda bites her lip and thinks for a moment, then says, Kim is also an indispensable part. His responsibility is to be a qualified witness and witness the great feat of saving the world.]
[Kim scratches its head, only feeling that Flanda is coaxing it, but it has no proof, because it really is Firefly’s eyes.]
Lin Xun cannot help thinking of a line: high EQ – witness, low EQ – mascot.
He did not continue to strike at Kim, but instead checked the loot dropped by the Mask Master.
[Mask Combat Armor Forging Blueprints (Special Item): A complete set of forging blueprints for mask combat armor. Based on these blueprints, you can specify the forging of Mask Combat Armor or Demon Zircon Mask Combat Armor related equipment in the Book of Craftsmen or with forging-type story characters.]
[This item has unlimited uses.]
Story characters like blacksmith merchants generally do not drop much rewards after being killed.
The reason it dropped Spirit Essence and a blueprint item was probably due to the Star Lord’s Crowned Diadem.
[You look toward the fallen corpses…]
[The Ascended Mask Master’s Shell: An Ascended with six arms. It is at the top level in mask combat armor manufacturing. Six-arm cooperative forging can greatly increase crafting speed. Compatibility: 77% (+55%)]
[The Ascended Mask-Crafting Expert’s Shell: …]
Lin Xun’s Full-Adaptation Parasite happened to be in a containerless state, so he used the skill to parasitize a container.
[Shell: Ascended Mask Master]
[True Name: Som]
[Compatibility: 137% (22%)]
[Shell Quality: Epic]
[Shell Level: 80 (+15)]
[Shell Equipment: None]
[Shell Skill: Legendary Forging Art (Legendary+ skill): … This skill can perform forging craftsmanship on equipment of Legendary+ grade and below.]
“What a pity. The Mask Master’s forging skill is only half a grade higher than the Imperial Swordsmith’s.”
On second thought, Legendary+ weapons and equipment were already very powerful. He could first make a dedicated weapon for the Purgatory Angel.
In non-transformation state, use the dedicated weapon. After obtaining the Complete Wet Nurse’s Umbilical Cord, in transformation state use the Scarlet King’s Sword.
[You walk to the corner of the stone chamber and step into the Mask Master’s warehouse…]
[Inside the warehouse are stacks of crates filled with fragmentary Demon Zircon ore. All of it is low-purity useless ore. It needs to be digested and refined by the Devouring Thousand-Footed One before it can aggregate into usable Demon Zircon.]
[You notice that at the deepest part of the warehouse there is a crate of extremely dazzling Demon Zircon. Beside the crate, an exquisite mask is displayed.]
[You stride forward and collect everything…]
[You obtained Flawless Demon Zircon *6]
[You obtained High-Grade Demon Zircon *23]
[You obtained the Master’s Forging Mask (Legendary-grade tool)!]
Lin Xun was interested and quickly opened the Inventory to check.
Demon Zircon could be used as forging material and could also serve as the power energy for the new type of mask combat armor.
One Flawless Demon Zircon could provide 50 energy points, and High-Grade Demon Zircon was 20 energy points.
The new armor could embed two crystals at once as batteries. With so many batteries, for a long time Lin Xun would not need to worry about Saio Chisoku-hime’s safety.
[Master’s Forging Mask (Legendary+ tool): The Mask Master has no other forging tools. The mask that can extend into armor is its most handy forging tool.]
[When you equip this tool, the mask armor will wrap around the Mask Master’s entire body, including its six arms. According to forging needs, the mask armor will form various forging tools at the ends of its six limbs.]
[When you wear this tool, your forging speed will be greatly increased, up to six times the initial forging speed!]
[Tool Special Effect: Reforge in the Furnace. When forging with this tool, if the generated equipment trait does not satisfy you, you can replace the equipment trait once for free with no loss. (This effect can only take effect within one hour after the equipment is completed.)]