Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 242 - 166 Disappearance of the Mist Barrier

Chapter 242: Chapter 166 Disappearance of the Mist Barrier Monster_2

Chapter 242 -166 Disappearance of the Mist Barrier Monster_2

The horse-drawn carriage moved at a surprisingly high speed and could shorten the journey time by more than half. Moreover, the frequency of encountering giant beasts drastically reduced.

After almost an hour and a half, Lin Xun encountered only two giant beasts.

With the presence of the Valkyrie and the Yellow Bishop’s Shell, the two battles were without difficulty.

…

[You reach forward and touch the ‘Rest Page’…]

[You choose to take a short rest…]

[All injuries and fatigue of the Shell have been healed…]

Lin Xun left the transplant clinic with the Valkyrie.

When the Yellow Bishop’s Shell released ‘Starfall’ for the second time, the game text mentioned,[You feel somewhat fatigued].

After recovering, he tried using ‘Pleasure Smoke Vision’ on the giant beast to test the skill’s control duration and energy consumption.

The giant beast, being a monstrous entity comprised of countless swallowed eyeballs, boasted an impressive spiritual strength.

The control duration of ‘Pleasure Smoke Vision’ was relatively short and couldn’t sustain the spellcasting time of ‘Starfall’.

Most importantly, this special skill consumed a lot of energy.

Based on the mechanics of the game, after ‘somewhat fatigued’, comes ‘very fatigued’, and lastly, ‘collapsed due to extreme fatigue’.

According to this mechanism, he estimated that the Yellow Bishop’s spiritual power could release ‘Starfall’ five times. After the sixth time, it might not be able to cast the skill fully and would collapse due to exhaustion.

His experiment showed that ‘Pleasure Smoke Vision’ almost consumed as much energy as ‘Starfall’!

“What a shame, ‘Pleasure Smoke Vision’ and ‘Starfall’ both consume a significant amount of spiritual power. Otherwise, we could have used continuous control skills to make the monsters unable to act. If the Yellow Bishop could control the monsters and attack at the same time, perhaps even the Valkyrie would be unnecessary, and we could fight the monsters alone.”

“But in this way, deferring a giant beast would have to look for a ‘Rest Page’ to recover every time, which is too troublesome.”

Lin Xun pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized he still had several other Shells.

“Can I transplant the eyeball to the Yellow Bishop or the Scholar, and let them control the monsters?”

After giving it some thought, he realized that the quality of these Shells was not as high as the Yellow Bishop, and the spiritual power attribute of the Shell was probably less too.

Additionally, the process of switching back and forth between Shells would be somewhat tedious and inconvenient.

“Sigh… What can we do about a mage running out of mana?”

In the world of the Blood Sun, there were merchants selling items to recover from fatigue, and in the Library, there were also people selling such items.

But these items, like the ‘Dirty Red Orchids’ Lin Xun had acquired before, only worked on Shells from specific worlds and were not universally effective.

He still had one ‘Dirty Red Orchid’ from the Blood Sun world in his inventory, but the Earth Giant’s shell was robust, an unstoppable killing machine that didn’t tire, so there was little chance to use recovery items…

“Blood Warrior has this advantage… Well, I’ll get more chances to visit the Library in the future, and maybe I’ll come across someone selling universal recovery items.”

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The ‘Rest Pages’ in this chapter world were numerous, and almost every place had one, so running out of mana won’t create much trouble for Lin Xun for now.

[You bring the ‘Combat Angel—Valkyrie’, back to the messy first floor of the clinic, about to leave the clinic…]

[A heavy and oppressive footstep of a giant creature grows louder and nearer…]

Lin Xun was excited.

“I bumped into another giant beast while waiting here, how lucky!”

[A huge monster foot falls at the entrance of the clinic, with a loud boom, rubble flies, activating the surrounding Knowledge Grating…]

[Despite being surrounded by the Knowledge Grating in the mist, the giant beast paid no attention and continued moving in a certain direction quickly.]

[It puzzled you that the giant beast discovered the clinic inadvertently, definitely tried to attack, and chose to move away only when it was unable to break the Knowledge Grating.]

[But this giant beast, despite being aware of the clinic, continued its journey as if something was calling it from within the mist.]

[Your thirst for knowledge was stoked by curiosity…]

[Will you follow the giant beast’s steps to explore the unknown in the mist?]

“Special event!”

Four words flashed across Lin Xun’s mind.

[You take the ‘Valkyrie—Combat Angel’ and climb onto the Refined Copper carriage parked at the clinic’s entrance, trying to follow the beast. However, you find out that the carriage can only move according to the Travel Map, along fixed routes, and cannot freely follow the beast.]

[Do you want to get off the carriage and follow the beast on foot?]

Can he keep up with the giant beast on foot?

Had Lin Xun transformed into a larger Earth Giant, he might have been able to keep up with the pace of the creature by running relentlessly.

However, doing so would create a lot of commotion.

Just because the creature ignored clinics protected by knowledge gratings, did not mean it would ignore an Earth Giant charging behind it.

To ensure the stealthy nature of tracking, Lin Xun didn’t want the behemoth to notice him.

Lin Xun activated the ‘ride’ command of the Valkyrie.

“The Combat Angel—Valkyrie positions herself behind you, wrapping her arms around your waist. Her refined-copper wings flapping once, a gust of wind lifts both of you into the air…”

“She guides you through the dense white fog, following the faint silhouette of the giant creature from a distance.”

“After a moment of flying, the gigantic entity ahead abruptly halts its steps. Seemingly aware of something, it turns its massive body towards you, approaching with deafening footsteps…”

“It’s regrettable, your tracking attempt has failed!”

“Would you like to engage in combat with the huge creature, or retreat back to the clinic immediately?”

“Damn it! Already failed?”

Lin Xun’s aim was to track the creature and trigger special events, not to fight head-on with the giant creature.

If he killed the creature now, wouldn’t it be a complete waste of potential special events?

What puzzled him was how could they be detected while the Valkyrie’s flight was subtle and they were following from a considerable distance?

Suddenly, Lin Xun slapped his forehead, “How could I have forgotten about the scent of the eyeball!”

The Valkyrie, being a refined copper creation, did not have the scent of the eyeball. What had exposed them was the Shell of the Chief he was possessing currently.

Lin Xun immediately switched Shells, attempting to rectify the situation.

“You are now in the Shell of ‘The Fallen Ancient Theater Dancer’!”

“The creature’s footsteps falter for a moment, then it resumes its approach!”

The dancer’s eyeballs, only two of them, don’t possess the special abilities of the Chief’s eyeballs, hence attracting the creature significantly less.

However, the fresh scent of the eyeballs still couldn’t deter the creature from approaching.

In a desperate bid, Lin Xun opens his inventory, tossing two scrap eyeballs onto the ground.

With a determined thought, he clicks the seldom used special tool ‘Eyeball Extractor’ with an intent to distract the creature with these two eyeballs.

“You used the ‘Eyeball Extractor’…”

“Bearing the intense pain, you have plucked out your own eyes.”

“You have acquired ‘Unknown Creature’s Eyeballs’ (scrap) *2”

“A slick, bulky tentacle protrudes from the fog, wrapping the two eyeballs from the ground, then quickly retracts back into the fog…”

“The entity ahead begins to move once again, this time it’s not coming toward you, but moving further away from you…”

“Combat Angel—Valkyrie, carries on with you, trailing the creature from a distance.”

“Your view is pitch-black, flying in the fog, uncertain of your location…”

A dancer selflessly sacrificed her own eyes to track the giant creature.

“Not a problem, I’ll replace your eyes with titanium ones next time. They’ll definitely be several grades higher than your original eyeballs.”

The transplantation technology in this world had reached an unimaginable level. Even the task of perfectly attaching the dancer’s original eyeballs back seemed like child’s play.

“Not sure how long you’ve been flying, you felt the forward gust of wind reducing in intensity. It indicates the Combat Angel—Valkyrie was slowing her pace.”

“Shortly after, your feet grounded on a firm surface, the arms around you loosen. It seems you have reached your destination.”

Due to his loss of sight, Lin Xun had no idea what was at the destination.

Out of curiosity, he was just about to switch to a normal Shell when the game text suddenly updated.

“A thundering roar suddenly echoes not far from you, the noise is several times louder than the roar made by the ‘Mist Barrier Monster’!”

“As your eardrums throb in pain, it feels like stars are bursting in your eyes and your head is spinning.”

A wave of tension rushed through Lin Xun.

“You are inhabiting the Shell of the ‘Curious Direct View Association Chief’!”

“Your vision returns to normal, with a clear and bright view. Yet, the sight before you leaves you utterly stunned!”