Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 231 - 161 The Stars Altar The Up-Looking

Chapter 231: Chapter 161: The Stars Altar, The Up-Looking Stargazer_2

Chapter 231 -161: The Stars Altar, The Up-Looking Stargazer_2

[You proceed up the staircase, reaching the end where a firmly closed door appears before you.]

[You take out the ‘third floor clinic key’, open the locked door and a neat row of hospital beds comes into view.]

[Apparently having been closed for a long time, a piercing stench of decay pervades the entire space and visibly accumulated dust lays on the blankets of the beds.]

[You walk up to a bed, lift the dirty blanket, lie down on the bed and silently gaze at the spider web-covered ceiling.]

[…]

[A sense of fatigue slowly creeps into your brain, making you struggle to keep your eyes open but you ultimately succumb to sleep’s embrace.]

[You have entered the ‘Knowledge Illusion’…]

[The vast night sky is glittering with the endless Bright Stars, their slightly dazzling starlight illuminating the desolate land.]

[Everything in your field of vision has an illusionary double image, resembling faded and mottled memories.]

[You stand in a wilderness, facing a huge altar shining brightly under the starlight.]

[The altar is empty, with only a solitary figure looking up at the starry sky…]

[Do you want to go forward and examine the altar closely?]

Prepared to teleport the ‘Knowledge Grating’ at any moment, Lin Xun clicks ‘yes’.

[You slowly step forward and step onto the stone steps at the edge of the altar…]

[You have entered the ‘Stars’ Altar’!]

[Several stars in the night sky seem to magnify a million times in an instant, becoming within reach.]

[Your field of view is occupied by the vast proportions of the stars, their massive forms filling the entire night sky. Regardless of your will, as long as your eyes are open, your gaze will be drawn to the ever-approaching stars.]

[An overwhelming sense of helplessness and insignificance, a suffocating feeling that robs your breath. You’re filled with a bone-chilling cold as fear strips you bare, leaving you naked in the face of the stars that conquer your entire field of vision.]

[…]

[A wrinkled hand pats your shoulder, pulling you out of your imminent drowning fear.]

[Suddenly awakened, you see the lonely Stargazer now standing in front of you.]

[A large robe conceals their figure, the brim of the tall hat covers their face….]

[The ‘Up-Looking Stargazer’ asks you whether you are also deeply shaken by the might of the ‘Bright Stars’.]

[You find yourself unintentionally nodding.]

[They suddenly lift their hat, revealing a terrifying face with a single large eye reflecting the glaring starlight.]

[The Stargazer questions you, since you know the greatness of the ‘Bright Stars’, why then, did you betray the Stars to become a depraved follower of the evil god ‘Almighty True Knowledge’?]

[Apostle with unshakeable faith, how will you respond?]

[1. With utter humility, you confess, ‘In my youth, I was young and ignorant, bewitched by the Almighty True Knowledge. Now that I have awakened, I understand that the Bright Stars is the final destination.’ You ask him, can you rejoin the covenant of the ‘Bright Stars’?]

[2. Without hesitation, you retort, ‘Almighty True Knowledge is the only true god, and the likes of Bright Stars are just heretics. That’s why they were all imprisoned by the Almighty True Knowledge’ and launch an attack spell against them, showing your faithfulness.]

[3. You roll your eyes and respond, ‘Bright Stars? I don’t care.’]

Lin Xun estimates that the usual person entering the illusion would be stunned by the divine might of the ‘Bright Stars’ in the altar.

Then the Stargazer in front of him would most likely take advantage of this moment to invite them to join the ‘Bright Stars’ covenant.

The previous customers in the clinic, or the president of the Multivision Association, probably all had a similar experience.

However, he is a defector. After pledging allegiance to the ‘Almighty True Knowledge’, he cannot rejoin the ‘Bright Stars’, which is why the Stargazer in front of him is becoming angry.

The three options in front of him, due to the reasons stated above, leave out the first option.

The remaining options are either to confront him without backing down, the second option, or to….insult him? The third option?

It seems then, that both the second and third options may result in a conflict.

Lin Xun’s thoughts raced.

It’s hard to say how powerful this Stargazer is.

He saw the might of the ‘Bright Stars’ after entering the ‘Stars’ Altar’. Before entering the altar, he hadn’t sensed any divine might.

Thus, it’s inferred that the problem most likely lies with the ‘Stars’ Altar’ itself.”

The Stargazer could be just a missionary who recruits followers for the ‘Bright Stars’ covenant by using the altar’s ability to display the might of the stars.

As for whether they’re powerful or not, why not put it to the test?

With this in mind, Lin Xun immediately left the ‘Altar of the Stars’.

[You ignored the question of the ‘Up-Looking Stargazer’, and ran out of the ‘Altar of the Stars’…]

[The stars which were close to you suddenly became distant, as if you had never been close to them, still hanging far away in the night sky, your fear, cold as ice, also receded like a tide.]

“Just as I thought!”

Overjoyed, Lin Xun quickly took action.

[You raise two magic wands, a pure white ‘Knowledge Grating’ sprung up from the ground, protecting you securely inside.]

[You raise your hand, two ‘Pre-stored Magic Rings’ on your hand flickers with light…]

[Pure white characters emerged out of nowhere, condensing into two giant spears wrapped in thunder, shooting at the shadows inside the altar!]

[The ‘Up-Looking Stargazer’ lowered its hat brim, and a cold laugh soon came out.]

[The blinding starlight in the night sky tilted in an instant, all the stars gathered around the altar…]

[The two spears arrived, as soon as they approached the edge of the ‘Twilight of the Stars’ they turned into numerous tiny characters, scattering in the wind.]

[The ‘Up-Looking Stargazer’ laughed at your foolishness. Under the favor of ‘Bright Stars’, it possesses a power close to the gods.]

[You as a mortal, dare to denounce the dignity of the gods?]

[It advises you to surrender to the ‘Bright Stars’, perhaps the great gods can forgive your mistakes, and favor you once again…]

[Do you want to accept its invitation to enter the ‘Altar of Stars’ and sign the covenant of the ‘Bright Stars’?]

“Is it really that powerful?”

Lin Xun wondered if the starlight had a restraining effect on knowledge-based skills, hence, his two ‘Knowledge Spears’ could not break through the defense of the ‘Twilight of the Stars’.

Luckily, he still had other means of attacking.

The legendary skill ‘Star Falling’, was also a starlight skill, like the ‘Twilight of the Stars’, of the same kind and origin, it may be able to ignore its defense and attack inside the altar.

[You raise your magic wand, and start chanting spells…]

[…]

[Endless bright starlight converges before you, flickering golden thunder meanders around the starlight…]

[The starlight that contains destructive power compresses dramatically, and instantly blooms with an incredibly dazzling light, like a supernova, releasing the endless power of a falling star star!]

[The blinding light sweeps across, the earth around the ‘Altar of Stars’ is full of ditches and pits as if it had experienced an earthquake.]

[However, the ‘Twilight of the Stars’ on the edge of the altar, as thin as a cicada’s wing, stood unscathed like an indestructible iron wall.]

[The ‘Up-Looking Stargazer’ laughed loudly at your overconfidence. With your strength, even if it stood still and let you cast spells, you could not break through the power of the gods.]

[It advises you again to surrender to the ‘Bright Stars’…]

[Do you want to accept its invitation to enter the ‘Altar of Stars’, and sign the covenant of the ‘Bright Stars’?]

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“Even the legendary spell is useless?”

For a moment, Lin Xun didn’t know how to react.

Could it be that for him, the strength of the stargazer was unattainable?

He furrowed his eyebrows and pressed ‘no’.

He had not yet used the special skills related to the eye. Perhaps these types of special skills could ignore the defense of the ‘Twilight of the Stars’.

[You opened one of your pink eyes and stared at the ‘Up-Looking Stargazer’.]

[Special skill, ‘Pleasure Smoke Vision’ activated!]

[The ‘Up-Looking Stargazer’ had no apparent changes, and continued to persuade you to surrender…]

[Do you want to accept its invitation…]

“Damn it, is this monster invincible? So, this is an unsolvable plot…”

Lin Xun sighed helplessly.

He felt that he had used all his skills but was still unable to defeat this monster.

Suddenly, his eyebrows raised, and he had an idea.

“No, even a plot needs a kill. This monster stays in the ‘Altar of the Stars’ and doesn’t come out, just blabbering inside.”

The creepy game would never give a situation with no solution. The monster in front of him could ignore all attacks under the protection of the starlight, but it seemed to have weaknesses too!