Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 1017 - 470: The Last Defender - Rona_2

The Great Prophets knew that uncovering the secrets behind the True God’s messenger was too arduous, even more so than storming the Temple of Knowledge and facing the Servants of Knowledge head-on, with a much lower success rate.

That’s why they chose this last path.

For if the secrets behind the True God’s messenger could have been easily deciphered, the Servants of Knowledge would have already discovered the method to Save the World, and there would have been no reason for their betrayal of the True God.

According to the deductions made from the Abyss Oracle, the Servants of Knowledge turned to the enemy because they had no other choice and were willing to merge with them after the resurrection of the Abyss Massed Stars.

The Prophets did it for the world’s brief continuation, and the Servants of Knowledge did it to retain the ’Omniscient Authority’ after the destruction and re-creation of the world...

[Rona’s devotion to the faith is beyond doubt. It closed its eyes and pondered for a long time, finally taking a deep breath. When it opened its eyes, they were filled with determination, and it declared, "Good!"]

[It would take over the mission from the Prophets, remain in the Temple as the only lucid person, and continue to decipher the Star God Coordinates.]

[You opened your mouth to say something, but the words failed you.]

[Rona is your companion, but it has also always been a devout follower of the True God. You have no reason to stop its devoted beliefs, especially since this method is the only visible means of salvation you see now.]

[The Prophet, upon hearing Rona’s firm oath, revealed a relieved smile. It vacated the leading position in the front of the Magic Array, and its gaze grew distant as it murmured softly...]

[In its early days, its vow had been as firm as yours; however, years of contending with Chaos to maintain its only sanity had been too painful. Now it could finally rest peacefully in eternal sleep...]

[I am truly sorry, but this heavy burden must from now on be shouldered by you alone, Rona.]

[It knew it was cruel for someone as young as you to remain in the Temple, deciphering until the end of your brief yet long life, waiting for the next Prophet’s ascension before you could rest peacefully like it...]

[Rona shook its head, interrupting the Prophet’s speech, "No! It wouldn’t wait for the next Prophet to ascend!"]

[The heavy burden would end with it. It would decode all the hidden Star God Coordinates and eventually awaken the Great Prophet to complete the final step in saving the world!]

[The Prophet was stunned momentarily, then spoke with a sense of relief, "Good..."]

[The Prophet moved to another empty spot in the ’Deciphering Magic Array’, sat down cross-legged, and softly said, before closing its eyes for the last time, "Farewell, young Prophet, may the True God always bless you..."]

[After speaking, it relaxed its body, closed its eyes, and like the other Prophets in the array, lost all signs of life, surrendering its entirety to the ’Deciphering Magic Array’.]

[At that moment, the rotting spots representing Chaos swiftly spread and expanded across its face and body.]

[What Rona needed to do was not only to lead the Magic Array but also to extract souls from the Prophets’ bodies before they were completely transformed into Chaos monsters and place them into new suitably fit bodies, delaying the full invasion of Chaos and continuing to supply a steady stream of deciphering computational power to the Array...]

[The original Deciphering Magic Array should have had no vacant spots; those now vacant represented each Prophet who had been completely consumed by Chaos.]

[That was the total invasion that even soul extraction and body replacement could no longer delay, and it was also the ultimate fate of all Prophets.]

[Rona took the lead position in the Magic Array, sat down cross-legged, closed its eyes in meditation, and the mysterious characters on its forehead flickered persistently, merging into the vast network of endless computational power for deciphering...]

[At this moment, Rona fully controlled the Deciphering Magic Array, and the sudden burst of overpowering pressure was almost frightening.]

[Constructed by the Great Prophet at its core, the Deciphering Array, combined with the deciphering powers of dozens of Prophets, unleashed a force that was not merely additive but was a geometric escalation of deciphering power.]

[After a long while, Rona opened its eyes and spoke to you, "Based on the information deciphered by the Magic Array, there are very few Star Gods left. Over the years, the School has deciphered most of the hidden Star God Coordinates, and the number of Star Gods yet to be deciphered will not exceed five."]

[It was also thanks to your impromptu action at Nottos’ Direct View School where you summoned the projection of a Star God, which allowed the School to decipher another Star God that had long been hidden...]

Lin Xun, hearing this, suddenly had a brilliant idea.

He opened his inventory and gifted the long-neglected ’Ring of Stars Shine’ to Rona.

[ ’Ring of Stars Shine’ (Special Equipment): ... Wearing this equipment, you can attract the attention of the ’Bright Stars’ covenant.]

[The higher your reputation and favorability within the covenant faction, the greater your chance of being summoned by higher beings of the faction, and the better the divine grace rewards you will receive.]

[The higher your hatred and resentment within the covenant faction, the greater the likelihood that higher beings of the faction will send assassins after you, and the greater the reward for eliminating those assassins will be.]

Lin Xun had already been blacklisted by the Stars, and although his hatred was extremely high, after repeatedly using the Stars to fight his battles, the Stars were no longer willing to risk exposure by showing themselves again.

But Rona was different. After betraying the covenant, she was still nominally a follower of the Stars, though her body was in Cao’s camp and her heart was with Han, she was indeed a follower of the Stars.

As Rona held the ’Ring of Stars Shine’, she no doubt obtained many crucial pieces of information and deciphered more Star God coordinates.

[Rona was startled, then took the ’Ring of Stars Shine’ and began to use the magic array’s immense computing power to decode its secrets...]

[Soon, she opened her eyes and exclaimed that she had intended to use your acquired ’Executor’ body to decode its memory and obtain the hidden coordinates of the Star Gods.]

[However, the Executor also didn’t know the locations of all the Star Gods, there would always be one or two misplacements...]

[Now with this ring, not a single Star God will be able to escape!]

[You truly are a destined savior!]

Lin Xun scoffed at himself, what kind of savior was he? The only chance of salvation he had at the moment, the best outcome he could achieve, was no better than that of the Firefly World.

At least the Firefly World would last until after the destruction of the Evil God World.

[Rona continued, with your help, and after obtaining crucial clues, decoding the Star God coordinates will not be too difficult. The rest is merely a matter of time.]

[However, this ring should not be decoded here. The most efficient decoding scheme would be for her to decode the ’Executor’s’ memory, while the ring should be handed over to the Direct View School for the Prophets to decode.]

[With both schools obtaining crucial clues, they can decode the answers most quickly.]

[She can have the ’Chairman of the Council of Polymaths’ deliver this ring to the Direct View School, but the methods used by the Direct View School to delay Chaos are different from those of the Polyvision School, and you might gain something there.]

[So it is necessary for you to make the trip yourself, please forgive her for not being able to accompany you any further, as she cannot leave here until the final answer is decoded.]

[She will have the ’Chairman of the Council of Polymaths’ communicate with the Direct View School in advance, so you will not be in any danger there.]

[You can now hand over the ’Ancestor’s Eyeball’ to her, and she will use the Prophets’ immense computing power to decode the Ancient Dragon Ancestors’ eyeballs.]

[Decoding those eyeballs will take about one to two days, and when you return here, Bennett will be able to transplant the eyeballs for you, allowing you to inherit from the Ancient Dragon Ancestors.]

[You nod and hand the eyeballs to Rona.]

[After Rona takes the eyeballs, she whispers to you, "Turn around, do not look at it anymore."]

[Upon hearing her words, you are startled and turn your back as she instructed...]

[A white light of teleportation covers your entire body, and just as you are about to leave the teleportation painting, you secretly turn your head for a glance.]

[Rona is sitting cross-legged at the very front of the magic array, her eyes closed, as the decoding characters flicker intensely.]

[On her smooth and pale face, ugly, rotting sores begin to appear...]

[It was the spread of Chaos that even powerful magic power could no longer conceal.]

[Teleporting...]

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