novelraw Chapter 376-1: SSS Interpretation Rating, Supreme Authority Flesh Authority (1)
Chapter 376-1: SSS Interpretation Rating, Supreme Authority Flesh Authority (1)
If Lin Xun’s deduction was correct, then for other worlds, The Book of Salvation might be an existence even more terrifying than the Sources of the Apocalypse.
Because The Book of Salvation could secretly guide various evil gods to invade other worlds, while preserving only itself.
Yet such guidance was clearly nothing more than a delaying tactic.
Evil gods like the Desire Wet Nurse, who came from outside, could dissect the origin factors of other lifeforms to strengthen themselves.
Evil gods like the Extreme Delusion Fruit could corrupt all things, to the point that even main gods could not escape. The more malice created by that corruption, the stronger they became.
The number of such evil gods that could continually strengthen themselves was probably not very large, but after they destroyed world after world, just how terrifying would their power become?
Calling this method of evasion a delaying tactic was not even accurate. It would be more accurate to call it drinking poison to quench thirst.
Because once many worlds were destroyed, the sole remaining real world would become the last sweet cake, drawing hordes of evil gods to swarm toward it.
When the number of remaining worlds dropped to a certain point, the real world would inevitably be discovered and would welcome even stronger outside evil gods.
Lin Xun did not comment on The Book of Salvation secretly guiding other worlds to destruction and choosing ‘better you die than me.’Because he was precisely the beneficiary of that choice, and every person on this planet was a beneficiary.
“To have the ability to create The Book of Salvation, set up blessings, and secretly guide other evil gods… with such inconceivable might, they still cannot completely eliminate evil gods and preserve the real world?”
Lin Xun really wanted to ask the Librarian for an answer again, but there was no sign of the Librarian anywhere in the Library.
This undoubtedly greatly confirmed his speculation, because the true answer was simply too despairing.
“I have to raise my strength as quickly as possible.”
Lin Xun said the words to encourage himself, but after learning the truth, he felt utterly drained, with only a powerless exhaustion left in his body.
Yes, even a great existence that could create a miracle like The Book of Salvation could only choose to drink poison to quench thirst and run from the problem. How could a feeble Apostle possibly take on the burden of saving the world?
“What do I have to do to make myself strong enough to fight outside evil gods, to surpass them, even surpass the existence that created The Book of Salvation, in order to save the real world?”
Lin Xun thought for a long time.
With the information he currently possessed, the only way was to become a terrifying existence like the Extreme Delusion Fruit, continually corrupting and devouring other deities, rapidly growing stronger, just like when he became the Lord of All Evil in the Firefly world.
Only in that way would there be any possibility of resisting the outside evil gods, any sliver of hope of saving the world.
And to enter the eighth chapter of the evil god world and vie with the Extreme Delusion Fruit for authority, he had to first obtain the method and information on how to seize that authority.
Or rather… the ability to usurp authority.
He suddenly thought of something.
Which existence possessed the might to perceive all hidden information? Which main god had once successfully repelled outside evil gods? And in which chapter had there been an ability similar to usurping authority?
All clues pointed toward the World of Omniscience he had once experienced.
Omniscient True Knowledge held an almost limitless Knowledge stat and could perceive all secret knowledge and information.
By its power alone, it had annihilated the invading outside evil gods, the radiant stars. Its vast might was even enough to imprison the spirits of the stars, turning them into a source of power to replenish its divinity.
And was the Servant of Knowledge, the only one left in the Temple of Knowledge, not in possession of the ability to secretly usurp the authority of a god?
“Could this all be a coincidence?”
Lin Xun suddenly realized that everything was a little too coincidental.
He had only experienced three worlds in Hell Difficulty: the World of Omniscience, the evil god world, and the Firefly world.
The Firefly world told him the truth of the apocalypse, guided him to save the world for the first time, and then pointed the source of its impending destruction toward the evil god world.
To achieve his goal of salvation in the evil god world, he had to obtain the relevant ability in the World of Omniscience.
He still remembered how, in the fourth difficulty, Grand Scholar Rona had invited him to go to Beretania Empire – Saint Etienne.
The Imperial Capital Saint Etienne was content for the seventh difficulty chapter.
In the fifth difficulty, senior sister Tsukishiro Murasakiyo had voluntarily headed to the Vermilion Empire to seek aid from the Vermilion immortal.
The Vermilion Empire just happened to be the eighth difficulty chapter.
“This is way too coincidental. There is no way things are such a coincidence.”
“Could it be that the so-called random entry into chapters in The Book of Salvation is not truly random, but hides some kind of pattern?”
“Most Apostles may have been repeatedly stuck and filtered out by the book’s mechanics, so they never had the chance to discover the pattern.”
“Or perhaps everything has already been arranged. Whether or not I use the Anchor Bookmark, the next difficulty will be the World of Omniscience.”
Lin Xun did not like the second conjecture. It was too self-centered.
If the second conjecture were true, it would be as if an invisible string controlled him and he was just a String Puppet being manipulated at will. Every step he took had already been arranged in the background.
Acting according to a pre-designed plan meant that the ending would not change in the slightest. The ending would already be fixed.
“I just have to test it and I will know.”
Lin Xun immediately clicked on The Book of Salvation floating in the center of the Library.
[…]
[You step forward and touch The Book of Salvation. Your powerful soul resonates with the book…]
[Do you wish to settle the chapter interpretation rating for Chapter 76324956?]
Lin Xun’s original intention had been to directly open the next difficulty chapter and see whether the random chapter entered would be the World of Omniscience.
But at the moment, without settling the interpretation rating, he could not open the next difficulty chapter.
He took a deep breath and pressed ‘Yes.’
[Calculating interpretation rating…]
[You defeated Ascended Monastery Abbot in this chapter. Interpretation rating rises…]
[You defeated Ascended Dragon Knight at the Divine Kingdom’s Border in this chapter. Interpretation rating rises…]
[You defeated Ascended Moth Mimic in this chapter. Interpretation rating rises…]
[…]
[You completed the hidden quest Full-Adaptation Parasite in this chapter. Interpretation rating rises…]
[You completed the hidden quest Wet Nurse’s Umbilical Cord in this chapter. Interpretation rating rises…]
[You completed the hidden quest Clone Flanda in this chapter. Interpretation rating rises…]
[…]
[…]
[You defeated the Desire Wet Nurse in this chapter. Interpretation rating rises…]
[You completed the special final event A Gaze Across the Endless Starry Sky in this chapter. Interpretation rating rises…]
[You have accomplished the grand feat of saving the world in this chapter. Interpretation rating rises to the maximum.]
[Interpretation rating settlement for this chapter complete.]
[Congratulations, Savior Apostle.]
[You have obtained an SSS interpretation rating.]
[This interpretation rating is the highest rating for the chapter. You will receive the highest-tier settlement reward.]
[You have obtained Type-VI Ultimate Source of the Apocalypse – Desire Wet Nurse.]
[You have obtained Supreme Authority – Flesh Authority.]
“Supreme Authority? Flesh Authority?”
Lin Xun’s pupils shrank sharply. He knew this had to be the reward for obtaining the highest rating.
Suddenly, an unimaginably vast divine might surged forth from the void and squeezed straight into his body.
It instantly made his face turn deathly pale, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans seeped from his forehead.
The soul-rending pain that followed hit him, and Lin Xun clenched his teeth tightly, his fists balled up so hard that his fingernails dug into his palms and drew blood, yet he still could not resist this unimaginable agony.
He forced himself not to scream, but the pain still came in waves like a roaring tide.
Pain this intense was enough to exceed the threshold of the human body’s tolerance and cause him to faint from the pain.
Yet even if his body fainted, it could not block off pain that came straight from the soul.
He did not know how long it took, but eventually the pain receded.
Lin Xun was already collapsed on the ground, curled up like a shrimp, his entire outfit soaked through with sweat.