Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 1109 - 505: The Advantage of Fully Opened Maps, Hidden Maps Qingtang and Kunlun

Chapter 1109: Chapter 505: The Advantage of Fully Opened Maps, Hidden Maps Qingtang and Kunlun

After lifting the restrictions on the map, Lin Xun checked the general process route planned by the Underworld Game.

Since Uss City was located in the far west, he would have to travel eastward to reach Capital City, starting from Uss to Longyuan, then to Luoyi, through Bingzhou, and finally arriving at Capital City.

These cities were merely the larger Prefecture Cities marked along the route. If smaller counties were included, the total number of checkpoints in the process would likely exceed ten.

Regarding how to proceed with the next checkpoints, Lin Xun had three options.

One was to follow the process designed by the Underworld Game, conquering each of these large Prefecture Cities one by one, which was also the safest approach.

Because the preset process would definitely contain key intelligence and items about the upcoming plots, missing these essentials might lead to being stuck.

The second choice was to skip these Prefecture City checkpoints and head directly to the destination, Capital City.

This choice was the most aggressive and risky approach.

It was akin to starting a game of extreme difficulty, where a player narrowly escapes death from the final boss at the start, endures various minor monsters to level up along the way, and finally, equipped with divine gear and skills at max level and state, defeats the final boss and perfectly clears the game.

If the player narrowly escaped death and then skipped the monster fighting and leveling, heading straight for the final big boss showdown, the outcome would be obvious.

The third option was free exploration, turning the linear sandbox game into a completely open-world game.

This was the option Lin Xun currently preferred.

Based on the experience from previous Chapters, to truly Save the World and trigger a special endpoint event not preset in the Underworld Game, which means unlocking a hidden ending, was the most likely operation to increase the probability of Saving the World.

If he chose free exploration, it meant stepping directly out of the process route planned by the Underworld Game, significantly increasing the probability of achieving a special endpoint event.

"In the last Chapter, everything was clearly arranged from start to finish. If not for my unique Innate Power, it would definitely have been impossible to achieve the special endpoint event."

"I’ve already used such a huge cheat in this Chapter. If I don’t properly make a big move now, wouldn’t that be too unfair to myself?"

As Lin Xun pondered, he decided to choose free exploration next.

If he found his abilities or the necessary intelligence and items lacking in the end, he could simply follow the preset route by the Underworld Game once more through the regular process.

Now with his map fully unveiled and the fog of war completely lifted, the first area he thought of exploring was a hidden area rich in rewards.

Free exploration was not about wandering aimlessly but about choosing the most valuable places for exploration, which the Underworld Game otherwise restricted.

Lin Xun browsed through the Vermilion Geography Records and quickly locked onto his first target.

On the way from Uss to Longyuan, by taking a small detour halfway, he could reach Qingtang City, not included in the preset route of the Underworld Game. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Qingtang City was also a large Prefecture City comparable to Uss and could be conveniently visited on the way east or could be bypassed entirely to go directly to Longyuan, yet it was not mentioned at all in the preset route.

Therefore, Lin Xun suspected that this might be a checkpoint hidden within the process, where triggering a specific plot was necessary to obtain the exact location of Qingtang City.

Reading the records in the Vermilion Geography Records undoubtedly confirmed his guess.

Not only did it confirm his suspicion, but Lin Xun also gained even more crucial information.

The geography record stated that east of Qingtang, four hundred miles away, lay the Kunlun Hills, essentially the heavenly garden of the Ancient Heavenly Warden on earth, managed by the Divine Lu Wu.

Lu Wu, bearing a tiger’s body and claws, sporting nine tails and a human face, was responsible for managing the timing and season of Yama God’s garden, functioning much like a central air conditioning system and head gardener...

The Divine Lu Wu was evidently another entity like the White Elephant Demon, both being members of the Demon Clan converted by the Buddhist faith.

Additionally, according to the records, the garden in Kunlun not only contained many exotic plants but also housed numerous ’Exotic Beasts.’

These former members of the Demon Clan, after converting to Buddhism, were no longer called ’Demonic Remnants’ but were referred to as ’Exotic Beasts.’

Seeing the text in the geography records, Lin Xun became even more certain that this was a treasure-filled hidden map.

"What are we waiting for? Let’s hurry and explore the hidden area!"

He was very excited inside. In the past, finding hidden maps required searching for numerous clues and could only be found through good luck or by coincidence, but now it felt like an open-book exam, with no secrets or difficulties at all.

With this thought, Lin Xun took off with his number one bodyguard, Senior Brother White Elephant, to Qingtang City...

[...]

[High above in the Nine Heavens, you leisurely sit atop the cloud steered by the ’White Elephant Demon,’ overlooking the vast land beneath your feet...]

[The land sports continuously undulating grey-yellow mountain ranges, one after another as if endless.]

[After flying for a long time, you finally spot a plain at the horizon’s end, where a large city seems to stand.]

[Beside you, the ’White Elephant Demon’ also spots the city and speaks to you, "Little junior brother, did your senior brother fly in the wrong direction? Is that city ’Qingtang City’?]