novelraw Chapter 358-1: Head to the Sacred Nest! (1)
Chapter 358-1: Head to the Sacred Nest! (1)
The newly obtained Legendary+ tool had the function of freely rerolling Equipment Traits.
Lin Xun moved the tool into the Mask Master’s equipment slot. After thinking for a moment, he also removed the Imperial Swordsmith’s Hammer and equipped it on the Mask Master as well.
The two tools did not seem to conflict. They could be equipped at the same time and both tool special effects would trigger.
There was still a big pile of unrefined Demon Zircon in the warehouse. He switched to the healer Shell and healed the injured Kim and the Devouring Thousand-Footed One until both health bars were full.
As an aberrant that was a Firefly believer, after Flanda communicated with the Devouring Thousand-Footed One in a friendly manner, this aberrant quickly volunteered to take on the job of refining Demon Zircon, staying here to continue producing batteries.
The group left the stone chamber and returned to the mining pit.
Calculating the time, the fate-changing artifact’s Luck Value had already refilled to overflowing again, so he could continue trying to roll points.
During the exploration of Stink Bug City, he had also tried twice, but unfortunately the results were not ideal.
If he still could not roll a satisfactory number now, then he could only go explore the Sacred Nest Center first.
Flanda had made it clear to him that if he made up his mind to head to Sacred Nest Center, then unless necessary, he must not get into conflicts with the Ascended there.If conflict truly could not be avoided, then he could only pin his hopes on the Wet Nurse currently devoting all Its strength to nurturing offspring, unable to spare attention to notice his existence.
Because the entire Sacred Nest Center was within the Wet Nurse’s consciousness perception range. Although he had already been stripped from the web of consciousness and become an independent existence, the Wet Nurse could still see him through the eyes of the Ascended under Her command.
“A whole floor full of surveillance? How am I supposed to play like this!”
Lin Xun muttered in frustration, took out the fate-changing artifact to roll points, and silently prayed for Firefly’s blessing.
He did not know whether it was because Firefly heard his prayer, but this time his luck exploded. He rolled a high value of 93 points.
He was overjoyed and immediately used the Damaged Wet Nurse’s Umbilical Cord.
[You take out a shriveled tubular blood-and-flesh tissue. The Damaged Wet Nurse’s Umbilical Cord gradually weathers in your hand into sandy powder…]
[In the unseen depths, you sense a Complete Wet Nurse’s Umbilical Cord hidden in a not-too-distant corner.]
[Because you have already learned the exact location of Sacred Nest Center, you can sense that this umbilical cord is located within the inner region of Sacred Nest Center.]
[You focus your attention and carefully sense…]
[You have learned the exact location of Belatu’s Sleeping Rebirth Palace.]
[You open your eyes. Kim beside you stares at you with a tense face, not knowing whether you have successfully learned the location…]
“Why is it Belatu…”
Judging from the literal meaning of Rebirth Sleeping Palace, that place should be where Belatu’s clone body was being made.
Lin Xun frowned. He had thought he would learn the location of some Factor Cloning Laboratory again, but he did not expect that the Complete Wet Nurse’s Umbilical Cord was actually hidden on Belatu.
[You nod to Kim and tell it that the Complete Wet Nurse’s Umbilical Cord is located in Sacred Nest Center…]
[You then look toward Flanda and say with a complicated tone, the umbilical cord is hidden on her older brother Belatu’s clone body.]
Although the destruction of Belatu’s consciousness was directly caused by the Wet Nurse, Lin Xun also bore no small responsibility.
If not for him, the Wet Nurse would not have been able to find Belatu’s consciousness entity and wipe it out.
He opened the Inventory and clicked Flanda’s Crystal Dancing Shoes to gift.
This pair of treasure dancing shoes had originally been a gift from Belatu to Flanda. Right now, this operation could only be described as returning it to its original owner.
[Flanda silently takes the dancing shoes, her expression sorrowful, her fingertips gently stroking the surface of the shoes.]
[After a long silence, she thanks you, very grateful that you can give these dancing shoes to her. As for her older brother Belatu’s death, she has no intention of blaming you.]
[The blood debt the Wet Nurse owes must be repaid by the Wet Nurse…]
[Flanda clenches her fist, takes a deep breath, and tells you, Oath bearer, let’s go. Head to Sacred Nest Center!]
[…]
While riding the Military Mole Cricket, Flanda told him about Belatu’s past.
All of the Wet Nurse’s offspring outwardly treated her with love and care, but she knew that because of the Wet Nurse’s favoritism toward her, those older brothers and sisters had long since become unspeakably jealous, wishing they could kill her.
When Flanda was researching parasitic factors at the Abandoned Ancient Nest, she once helped Kim escape the laboratory.
The Wet Nurse learned of this matter, and it was exactly because those offspring exposed her. Among the ones who exposed her was Belatu.
Later, she suffered punishment and became the first test subject among the offspring, injected with a large amount of unresolved Firefly factor, becoming an insect-person form that made people nauseated.
Of course, she hated Belatu.
But after the experiment failed, during the days it was imprisoned in the laboratory and endured the long, endless torment of darkness and loneliness, only Belatu came to see her.
Belatu did not apologize to her. He only told her that after she became a failed experiment, the Wet Nurse did not stop, but instead treated the other offspring as test subjects just like her.
If the Firefly factor was not cracked, the Wet Nurse would not stop, even if the price was all of Her offspring.
Belatu understood that soon it would be his turn to become a test subject.
As compensation for becoming a test subject, the Wet Nurse promised that after cracking the Firefly factor, She would launch a full counterattack against Firefly. At that time, the territory of Firefly Divine Kingdom that would be seized would include a share for him.
Flanda knew Belatu regretted it. Although Belatu did not say it plainly, Flanda still saw the spark of rebellion in his eyes.
From that point on, Flanda never saw Belatu again.
Lin Xun already knew most of the later plot. He could also imagine the rest of the missing parts with a bit of guesswork.
In the early stage of the war, Firefly held the overwhelming advantage. The Wet Nurse cracking the Firefly factor was a desperate last stand, and also the only chance to reverse the situation.
Most likely Firefly believed the Wet Nurse could absolutely never crack the factor, so it also did not accept offspring like Flanda and Belatu who claimed to be rebels. In any case, the outcome of the war was already decided, so there was no need to invite complications.
Until the Wet Nurse tested every offspring and without exception all failed. She could only make a final struggle, burning Her divine body to crack the Firefly factor.
No one expected that the Wet Nurse’s all-in gamble would actually succeed. From then on, the war situation instantly reversed.
Firefly fell into a huge disadvantage and could only accept rebel offspring like Flanda, even taking in Belatu who had developed rebellious intent.
Now the Primordial Firefly had been forced into a dead end, even placing its hope of turning the tables on an outsider.
To Firefly, he was an outsider like the Wet Nurse. Or rather, a vanguard envoy of an external god.
Even knowing that driving a tiger to devour wolves might very well turn into raising a tiger only to invite disaster, or inviting a wolf into the house, it could only bet everything and seek the final sliver of hope.
“It’s just unknown whether there are any other rebel offspring. If there are, then this trip to the Sacred Nest might go a bit more smoothly.”
[…]
[The Military Mole Cricket travels for a long time and has already approached the Sacred Nest region…]
[Flanda furrows her brow slightly, her expression turning solemn, as she tells you that Sacred Nest was once the central region of Firefly’s realm. It is an incomparably magnificent giant egg-shaped building, its area larger than any large city.]
[Now the Wet Nurse has occupied most of the Divine Kingdom’s territory, including Sacred Nest.]
[You and her cannot enter Sacred Nest from ordinary entrances, otherwise you will definitely be stopped by the Ascended guarding each entrance, which will trigger conflict.]
[It knows of a hidden entrance that can enter Sacred Nest and avoid the Ascended guarding the Sacred Nest…]
[With your agreement, Flanda controls the Military Mole Cricket to change direction, heading toward an unknown location…]
[…]