Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 1103 - 503: Altar of Uss, Seeking Incense Offerings

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[The streets of Uss City were sparsely populated, permeated with desolation and ruin following the great war.]

[Inside the city, each intersection was manned by the Fire Worship Army, while there were very few pedestrians on the streets, creating a deathly silence.]

[At a glance, the people you saw all had cold eyes and expressionless faces, as if the cataclysmic battle between gods and demons hadn’t occurred in the past two days, but had instead passed many years ago.]

[The burly man with the big belly walking beside you leaned in and whispered, "Little junior brother, why does the world of man feel so strange? Those mortals look so indifferent, each one like walking corpses."]

[Senior brother hasn’t descended to the mortal world for many years and never expected humanity to have fallen to such a state...]

[Upon hearing this, you stopped in your tracks to size up the pot-bellied strongman beside you.]

[This burly man stood nine feet tall, with a broad back and a round waist, his physique as sturdy as a bear, looking from afar like an indestructible iron pagoda.]

[His appearance was incredibly ugly, his shiny bald head not bearing a single hair, giving off a feeling of ferocity and violence that was intimidating to behold.]

[The ’White Elephant Demon’ felt uncomfortable being scrutinized by you and couldn’t help but ask in doubt, "Little junior brother, is there something inappropriate about senior brother’s appearance?"]

It was an oddity in itself for the White Elephant Demon to notice that something was amiss with these Extreme Evil Monsters.

According to common sense, as an Extreme Evil Monster, the senior brother White Elephant Demon should’ve been naturally adapted to the eerie ’Extreme Evil’ atmosphere and should never have raised such a doubt.

It was like virus-infected zombies; when both parties are zombies, one wouldn’t notice if the other’s eyeballs were drooping out, if half the jaw was missing, if there was a bloody hole in the chest, or if the body was covered with rotting lesions.

Lin Xun narrowed his eyes, knowing it was the ’Glazed Karma Fire Seed’ he carried that was silently taking effect, influencing anyone who came close to him imperceptibly.

As the key tool for the ’Ancient Heavenly Warden’s’ nirvanic rebirth, the Glazed Karma Fire Seed certainly possessed many inconceivable powers of Great Divine Power.

[You shook your head and said, "The way senior brother looks is very imposing. If some brigands wanted to stop us and rob us, just this appearance alone could scare them off."]

[The ’White Elephant Demon,’ upon hearing your words, puffed out his chest with his hands on his hips and said proudly, "That’s natural. As a mount and protector under the Bodhisattva, if I didn’t have such a fierce and mighty appearance, how could I reflect the Bodhisattva’s great compassion and mercy?"]

[Little junior brother, it thinks you don’t need to linger here at all. Why not head straight to Penglai and be done with it? Who in this mortal world could possibly stop you and it?]

[You purposefully countered, "Eh? Does senior brother know where Penglai Immortal Island is?"]

[The White Elephant Demon, caught off guard, stated righteously, "It has never been to Penglai, so how would it know where Penglai is located?"]

[You clapped your hands and said, "How coincidental, you’ve never been to Penglai either, so if you don’t stay here to gather information, should we head east or west right now?"]

[The White Elephant Demon was left speechless by your question and then deliberately avoided the topic by pretending to observe the scenery and followed behind you without saying a word.]

After obtaining the ’Glazed Karma Fire Seed,’ Lin Xun took advantage of the fact that the Bodhisattva had not yet returned to swiftly escape from the sanctuary, not daring to delay for a moment.

The entire Western Paradise was like an independent space. If the mortal world is considered a ’Great Thousand World,’ then Western Paradise was like a ’Middle Thousand World.’

It had no fixed entry or exit points, and mortals wishing to ascend to West Heaven to pray had no way to do so.

Once outside the sanctuary, the ’Star Realm Shift’ could be used normally again.

Luckily, the White Elephant Demon also possessed the divine power of spatial movement, which allowed him to cooperate with you. Otherwise, even with the grade of the ’Star Realm Shift,’ it might not have been possible to bring this senior brother back to the city with him.

Lin Xun surmised that Penglai Immortal Island was likely similar to the Western Paradise; without a specific method of entry, one might search through the entire eighth Chapter’s map and still not find it.

In the current new Chapter, he had only unlocked ’Li Family Village’ and ’Uss City’ as areas on the map. To gather more information, he had no choice but to return to Uss City.

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[You and the White Elephant Demon strolled around the city for a while and saw that the ’Evil Treasure Pagoda’ was being reconstructed. Instead of monks, there were bustling civilians working laboriously.]

[You then changed direction and headed towards what was once the Uss City governmental office...]

[This former administrative center of the city now hung a signboard for the ’Altar of Uss.’ Inside were not government officials but members of the Fire Worship Cult.]

[A squad of robust Fire Worship Army soldiers guarded the entrance to the governmental office. As soon as you and the White Elephant Demon approached, they cast icy and malicious glares, clearly warning you not to come any closer.]

[Ignoring their gazes, you walked up to the entrance with the White Elephant Demon...]

[A leading officer immediately shouted, "Impudent commoners, this sacred ground of the Altar is not for you to enter!"]

[If you wish to offer incense and pray, go elsewhere. Dare to take one more step forward, and it’ll be your dog’s life!"]

[If it were usual times and commoners dared to trespass into the Altar, the officer would have cut them down without a second thought.]

[However, the reason he did not kill you immediately with his blade but instead issued a warning was because the big-bellied strongman behind you was not the kind to be trifled with.]

[This man stood a head taller than the tallest of the guard soldiers, his arms as stout as barrels, his waist thicker than three ordinary men combined. He had the fierce appearance of a demon.]

[Such a person, if able to ride and shoot, would certainly be a top-notch fierce general in the army. Even if he had no martial skills, clad in a suit of thousand-pound armor, he could still charge into battle as if entering a land with no one in his way.]

[The officer didn’t kill you on the spot with his blade and instead chose to warn you, all because one could tell at a glance that the big-bellied strongman behind you was no easy target.]