novelraw Chapter 524 - 514: Back from the Dead
Chapter 524 - 514: Back from the Dead
After retracting its tentacles, the illuminating Puki sat obediently on the ground without moving.
After a while, a few more Pukis were transferred in by Lin Jun.
First, the scouting Puki extended its perception in all directions, sensing nothing but information blocks and treasures.
To be cautious, Lin Jun spread his thoughts like ripples, probing into the darkness:
"Is the God of Light here?"
"I didn’t mean to peek at your diary, I just accidentally fell in."
"Well... I also have a heart that seeks light..."
For a long time, there was still no response.
Tsk.
Only then did the Pukis start moving around swaggeringly again.
After reviewing [the final experiment record], in some way, this could be seen as an apocalypse announcement?
After all, even a being like the God of Light is praying for favor from the "cosmos."
Of course, whether it’s truly the God of Light remains uncertain; theoretically, anyone could sign "Ikezion" at the end if they know how to create such info-blocks, after all, the God of Light doesn’t have an uncopyable seal...
However, for now, Lin Jun chose to think of it as a record left by the real God of Light.
Recently, there seems to be a lot of talk about the world going to end, Lin Jun is feeling somewhat desensitized.
After all, he’s just a little mushroom struggling to survive under the Empire’s shadow, he has no clue where to start saving the world.
Hopefully, a being of the God of Light’s level can find a way.
By the way, does this world have a concept of "cosmos"?
After inquiring Louisa and Edin, both seemed unfamiliar with this term.
As for the concept of "aether," even Lin Jun himself doesn’t know exactly what it is, so naturally, they haven’t heard of it either.
Nevertheless, Lin Jun quietly noted down this clue.
From the record descriptions, it seems related to the survival of the world.
Another point, does the God of Light wanting to create souls imply that the total number of souls in this world doesn’t grow naturally?
In other words, are existing souls really in continuous reincarnation?
Thinking about those souls stripped clean by him, they seem to merge directly into the world; it now appears they are probably recycled by the world for the next cycle.
Suddenly, Lin Jun had another thought:
Could it be that the God of Light’s final solution is to become a thief?
If your own world doesn’t produce souls naturally, then steal them from elsewhere, and the stolen souls are the Heroes!
Thinking back to the Heroes encountered in the Archipelago, the names on their panels were clearly from his own world, obviously, Heroes are not natives of this world.
But that’s not right either.
This Underground City appeared only three hundred years ago, but the legend of Hero summoning has existed since ancient times.
So this isn’t a solution, but some sort of delaying tactic?
Though unclear what specific benefit it brings to the world by stealing a few souls every few hundred years, such a speculation might not be completely baseless.
Imagining that the highly revered God of Light might secretly be a cross-world soul thief just feels off to Lin Jun.
For now, put aside the information regarding world destruction.
Regarding the Divine Artifacts, the mentioned Blood Calamity is in the hands of the Emperor of the Empire, and the Wood Core has been retrieved by Old Deng from the Divine Wood, but this Empty Realm is completely unheard of.
Although the God of Light said these were failed projects, that’s because they couldn’t create new souls and are useless to a being of the God of Light’s level.
The abilities carried by these failures, Lin Jun was very eager for.
The Blood Calamity and Wood Core currently offer no hope, but the Empty Realm could be something his subordinates can investigate in the future.
Lastly...
Lin Jun looked at the Abyssal Space, which still contained many other information blocks.
A Puki extended a tentacle into another information block.
[Experiment Subject: Sunstone]
[19th Experiment Record]
[Experiment Object: Soul No. 734445]
[Soul Magnitude: B+]
[Using Sunstone to continuously segment its soul... reached a limit after seventy-five splits...]
...
...
...
As expected, all about the Sunstone experiments.
This might just be the true treasure in this Abyssal Space!
The Divine Artifact panel didn’t even have a decent explanation, even with the complete Sunstone, Lin Jun only managed to pinch a few mushroom race members.
Looking at Mortis’s Blood Calamity nearby, which conjures a vast scarlet blood curtain with terrifying power, Lin Jun couldn’t help but be envious.
If these experiment records could be deciphered, even if he couldn’t learn any earth-shattering skills, at least he should grasp the basic usage of the Sunstone!
This is far more practical than any doomsday prophecy.
However, just as Lin Jun was planning to throw himself wholeheartedly into this, a small matter interrupted him.
The Sword Saint returned, though he returned by dying.
...
Upon his second resurrection, the Sword Saint emerged effortlessly from his chrysalis, only to be greeted by Marshal Puki.
"Sword Saint, Extreme Sword..." Marshal Puki looked down, tapping Sword Saint Puki’s mushroom cap with a tentacle, "How did you die?"
"Yeah, why did I suddenly die?" Completely ignoring Lin Jun’s tone, Sword Saint Puki rubbed the brim of his mushroom cap with a tentacle, pondering the question.
"You don’t even know how you died? Were you insta-killed by something?"
"It shouldn’t be, though; those Slimes below, although numerous, aren’t that strong, and the scarecrows in the manor shouldn’t come out..." Sword Saint recalled his last moments; one second, he was slicing through Slimes like watermelons, and the next second, it all went dark.
This piqued Lin Jun’s curiosity.
Even as a Puki, Sword Saint still remained a Sword Saint, and even though the granted Qi Sensitivity was only Level 6, lacking his peak-time capacity, his other detection skills were still intact.
Along with his Extreme Sword mastery, there was no reason to be instantly killed in the Scarecrow Abyss.
If it were that dangerous, no adventurers would venture into the Scarecrow Abyss.
The two Pukis discussed for a long time until Sword Saint Puki suddenly remembered number five still waiting for him.
And when number five learned that number fourteen had returned through death, he weakly commented through the Fungal Network, "Could it be... due to magic power depletion...?"
The two Pukis stared at each other.
"Isn’t dizziness supposed to come first when magic power runs out?"
"Where does a Puki get a head?"
"Haha... I’ve never been a Puki before, a bit unaccustomed." Sword Saint rubbed his mushroom cap, feeling a rare sense of embarrassment.
"..."
He lost a knight body, an S-Class Demon Crystal, and two skill weapons.
Cursing and muttering, Lin Jun began preparing a second body for the Sword Saint, as aside from him, there was really no better candidate at the moment to delve into the depths of the Scarecrow Abyss and scavenge its treasures.
This time, the Sword Saint even shamelessly asked for two more swords, making it a total of four.
Once the preparations were complete, the Sword Saint was about to set off, only to be called back by Lin Jun.
"This time, go with her!"
"Who?!"
"Don’t forget to hide your identity!"
...
My niece?!
"Is this... a new mushroom race member? Carrying four swords, so cute!" said Inanna, just rescued through the Teleportation Array, happily picking up the Sword Saint Puki in front of her.
The Sword Saint Puki initially wanted to dodge, but for some reason, his body momentarily lost control.
It must be that Mushroom Lord!
Though not knowing him for long, Elvyn had vaguely grasped a bit of Lin Jun’s character.
This body, not fully his own, indeed concealed various restrictions.
But how did Alama’s daughter end up in the Mushroom Garden?
The Sword Saint Puki twisted his body, trying to break free from those not-so-strong arms.
Yet no matter how he adjusted his angle of force or applied unloading techniques, he couldn’t escape from Inanna’s embrace.
He quickly realized, this girl’s technique for holding a Puki was extremely professional. She knew all about the Puki’s body structure, center of gravity, and joint weaknesses, even better than he did!
It was pure technique that overwhelmed him.
What has this girl been spending all her time on? How many Pukis has she held?!
Watching Inanna’s nimble fingers reaching for his mushroom cap, Elvyn felt his non-existent old face facing unprecedented peril!