Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game

Chapter 176: Chapter 139: Xiamala’s Star Observatory Tower_3 Chapter 176: Chapter 139: Xiamala’s Star Observatory Tower_3 After combing through the second floor of the Star Observatory Tower, I obtained two ‘Books Containing Some Knowledge’.

With the second floor settled, on to the third!

[You step onto the elevator, ‘Combat Angel—the Valkyrie’ follows closely behind.]

[You pull the lever mechanism, accompanied by the grinding of gears and the turning of hinges, the elevator slowly ascends…]

[The elevator gradually ascends to the stone plate of the tower’s second and third floors, the open elevator allows you to see clearly, the thickness of the stone plate of the floor is half a body of a Shell…]

[The elevator arrives at the third floor of the tower, slowly stopping…]

[Inside the hall, like the second floor. There are many desks and small star instruments.]

[You leave the elevator, stepping forward…]

[Between the desks, you notice the figure of a person in a black robe standing with his back to you.]

[Do you want to kill him before he discovers you?]

“Again?!”

Lin Xun was suddenly a bit at a loss.

The monsters on the second floor were clearly much stronger than those on the first.

The ones on the third floor would certainly be stronger than those on the second, and the Valkyrie might not be able to protect him every time.

Should he try a probing attack?

Lin Xun was also worried, what if it’s an NPC that he kills with a single blow?

Several Shells in the Shell column, with the ‘The Leader’s Face’ boost, aside from the 40-level Factory Master, the other Shells were all 36-level.

If he encountered a weak and frail NPC, it would definitely be killed in one blow.

Was there a long-range attack method with low damage?

Lin Xun opened his item column, looking for usable items.

‘Stinky Feces Stone’ (Junk), only has a discard option, there’s no throwing option.

‘Unknown Creature’s Eyeball’ (Junk), has both a discard option and an install option.

If the man in the black robe is a ‘knowledge seeking’ creature, discarding the eyeball should attract his attention.

He decided to proceed with his idea and selected ‘discard’.

[You have discarded the ‘Unknown Creature’s Eyeball’ (Junk) on the ground.]

[The man in the black robe inside the hall continues to stand stiffly with his back to you, unaware of your presence…]

[Do you want to kill him before he notices you?]

Maybe the eyeball that was thrown was too junky, incapable of attracting the attention of the man in the black robe?

He had eighteen ‘Subterranean Compound-eyed Beast’ eyeballs in his item column, not yet transplanted and installed, but these things were extremely valuable and Lin Xun was reluctant to use them as bait.

Upon searching through his item column again, he found an appropriate item.

[Poisoned Throwing Knife (Throwing Item): A throwing knife imbued with a strong poison, reflecting a dim blue color on the blade, not suitable for those who’re used to licking blood off the blade.] (Chapter 6)

The knife was a drop from killing a minor Blood Sun creature in the Blood Sun world, this type of throwing item has a fixed damage.

The ‘Poisoned Throwing Knife’ was a low-level throwing item, ideal for use here.

It could achieve the effect of a probing attack, without necessarily killing the man in the robe.

[You pull out a ‘Poisoned Throwing Knife’. Under the kerosene lamp, the blade reflects a dim blue color. With a flick of your wrist, the knife is launched…]

[The ‘Poisoned Throwing Knife’ hits the black-robed man in the buttock. He cries out in pain, quickly turning around…]

Lin Xun knew from the ‘he’ text tag that the man in the black robe was likely not a monster.

In the game, monsters are referred with ‘it’…In reality, a lot of NPCs are also non-human, hence tagged with ‘it’.

But ‘he’ at least indicates that this man in the black robe is a normal human.

But the text that follows leaves Lin Xun speechless.

[The man in the black robe turns around in anger, clutching his behind, his aged face adorned with a familiar monocle…]