Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 915 - 430: Petrification of Certain Death, The Book of Prophecies of the Great Prophet_2

Chapter 915: Chapter 430: Petrification of Certain Death, The Book of Prophecies of the Great Prophet_2

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Lin Xun disengaged from the battle state and boarded the refined copper carriage, heading back to the Branch Association while opening his inventory to check the spoils of war.

"A small chunk of transcendent spirituality" valued at two million, along with the spirituality burst out from killing a few sages, suddenly recharged his little gold vault to over eight million in spirituality.

"Brilliant forging shards" could be used to strengthen mythical level equipment, and he still had one forging shard of the same name unused in his pocket.

["Direct View Branch Association President’s Badge" (Item): An exquisite badge symbolizing the wearer’s prestigious status, with a single eye symbol representing the "Direct View School Branch Association" engraved on the surface. Bearing this item, your knowledge-type skills will gain a certain power boost!]

Lin Xun had also obtained a similar badge in the fourth Chapter, but the previous badge was likely of too low a grade and of little use to a mythical level mage.

The new badge he had acquired was like invisibly raising a notch in knowledge, greatly increasing the power of knowledge-based magic.

["Mana Source Stone Essence" (Special Item): The essence of a stone peeled from the meteorite "Mana Source Stone". With this essence stone, you can control the "Mana Source Stone" and the essence stone’s fragmented pieces. People holding the fragments near the "Mana Source Stone" can quickly restore their knowledge-type mana.]

Lin Xun read the description of the item, deep in thought.

"Mana Source Stone" could be likened to a fast charger; there had been no prompt to add it to the inventory when he previously approached it.

He wondered whether, now that he had the essence, he could store this thing in his inventory.

If possible, the mages in his shell slot would never have to worry about their mana bar again.

["Sea of Knowledge Magic Array Controller" (Special Item): ...With this controller, you can fully control the "Sea of Knowledge Magic Array" located at the Direct View Branch Association, operating the magic array to give commands such as "defense", "attack", "imprisonment", and others.]

[The current "Sea of Knowledge Magic Array" has 0/1000 remaining energy and needs to be replenished before the magic array can be operated normally.]

This item was key to why Lin Xun must return to the Branch Association first.

If things were to take the worst turn, then the best battlefield to choose against the Polyvision School was right at the Direct View Branch Association.

With the boost from the "Sea of Knowledge Magic Array", it was as good as having home field advantage, and he wouldn’t have to fear even if he was outnumbered.

"There are definitely materials in the Branch Association to replenish the magic array’s reserve energy; once back, I have to comb through the entire Branch Association!"

Lin Xun, now in the identity of the President and Great Sage, was the supreme leader of the Branch Association and could transfer materials as he pleased. Even if that meant pulling "Peggy" for a public skirmish on the field, no one would dare to utter a word of objection.

["Petrification Beast - Eye of Jagolgon" (Mythical+ Level Item): Jagolgon is an extremely powerful and cunningly ferocious mythical beast, and no one knows exactly where this mythical beast exists. Some claim it lives underground, others say it resides in the deep sea, and still others believe it soars the starry sky...]

[The only knowledge people have of this terrifying creature from myths is that it habitually keeps its eyes shut, but once it opens them, any creature making eye contact will turn into a cold, fragile statue...]

[This item must be used in conjunction with an empty eye socket, and upon usage, there is a certain probability to acquire the special skill "Petrification Curse".]

["Petrification Curse" (Mythical+ Level Skill): The moment you suffer a certain amount of damage (including damage absorbed by shields and various defensive spells), this skill can be released without any cost.]

[Using this skill will place the enemy into the "Petrification" cursed state and a power judgment will occur.]

[If the enemy’s strength is weaker than yours, "Petrification" will turn into "Petrification of Certain Death", where any attack dealt to the enemy in this state will result in immediate death. This skill is a rule-type fatal skill, which can ignore "Survival", "Invulnerable", "Feign Death" and other temporary survival states.]

[If the enemy’s strength is stronger than yours, "Petrification" will become "Imprisoning Petrification", causing the enemy to be forcibly immobilized for at least 1 second and up to 30 seconds. During this time, all charge-up/channeling skills are interrupted and they cannot move or attack, with all damage taken increased by 20%.]

"Damn, this eyeball is really twisted!"

Lin Xun looked at the description of the "Petrification Curse" skill, feeling a surge of excitement and dread.

If not for his avenging item, its passive ability happened to be immunity to curse/weakening skills...

If he didn’t have the avenging item, facing the great sage with the "Curse of Petrification", even a hundred one-on-one chances would not be enough to win.

Lin Xun resolved that once back at the Branch Association, he would have the valkyrie transplant the "Petrification Beast’s Eye" for him.

He turned to the last piece of the spoils of war, which was also the only data item.

["Book of Prophecy of the Direct View Great Prophet" (Data)]

[The so-called prophecy is just a thin slip of paper, recording only a few lines of text.]

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[A stranger from a distant land left his homeland, traveled through stars, worlds, dimensions, and arrived here to become the messenger of a great existence.]

[The defeated heretics hiding in the stars have surged back because of his arrival.]

[The ancient beings that fell to the depths have been resurrected because of his coming.] 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

[He is not the savior, he is the root cause of the world’s destruction!]

[He came here on a holy mission to save the world, but when he left, he left behind nothing but a devastated wasteland.]

[He tried to awaken the long-dormant great existences, but instead, he spread evil, ushering in the Doomsday for the entire world.]

[He is not the true messenger of God, he is the most evil and terrifying Evil God!]

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[The Book of Prophecy only records these few short sentences...]

Lin Xun tried to interpret the text of the prophecy.

The first sentence was easy to understand, all Apostles in the Chapter of Doomsday are foreigners who come from afar.

It is comprehensible that the powerful Main Gods could sense the arrival of outsiders, and their most powerful and devout followers learn of the secrets and thus write the prophecy.

The next three sentences are the first half of the prophecy.

’The defeated heretics hiding in the stars have surged back because of his arrival.’

Lin Xun snorted in contempt, "What nonsense, I’ve reported several star Evil Gods, how could these hide-and-seek chickens overturn the situation?"

If we must say the prophecy is accurate, could it be that in the previous battle at the Branch Association, when he summoned the projections of the star Evil Gods, it could barely be considered as them making a comeback?

The second sentence: ’The ancient beings that fell to the depths have been resurrected because of his coming.’

Lin Xun frowned upon reading this sentence.

His plan was to go to the Multivision Association first, and next, he was to head to the Abyss Underground.

Having obtained the ’Travel Map of the Lamsey Abyss Cave,’ ’Horn of the Abyss,’ and the information learned from the Polar Star Association, all pointed to the idea that the Underworld Abyss hid some secret plot.

If he could join forces with the Polyvision Scholars, and if possible, have a few Great Sages, or even call the Prophet-level Scholars from the Imperial City to explore the Abyss with him, wouldn’t it be a matter of minutes before the Abyss was flattened?

"This is a bit strange, how would the Great Prophet know that my next stop would be the Abyss?"

"Could it be that this prophecy was not written by a Great Sage but by the ’Servant of God of Knowledge’?"

"Is the Servant of God of Knowledge using the voice of a Great Sage to tell me the subsequent strategy?"

The more Lin Xun thought about it, the bigger his ideas became, and his initial scornful attitude towards the prophecy gradually became serious.

What followed was the latter half of the prophecy: ’He came here on a holy mission to save the world, but when he left, he left behind nothing but a devastated wasteland. He tried to awaken the long-dormant great existences, but instead, he spread evil, ushering in the Doomsday for the entire world.’

This part prophesied the ultimate outcome of his journey to save the world... he failed to save it and instead became the catalyst for the world’s destruction.

"Evil spread... What is the evil referred to here, is it referring to Chaos?"

He fell into deep thought, looking at the last sentence of the prophecy.

’He is not the true messenger of God, he is the most evil and terrifying Evil God!’

Lin Xun was expressionless.

The world had not yet met its Doomsday, but could an Apostle who carries the special attributes of the main Evil God from other worlds – that is, possessing a secret mark – come to this world and secretly lead other Evil Gods here?

If the answer is yes, then the Apostle is the most terrifying and evil Evil God to every Chapter world.