Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game

Chapter 76: Chapter 78: The Giant Crystal Puppet Guarding the Tomb (Please Subscribe!)_1 Chapter 76: Chapter 78: The Giant Crystal Puppet Guarding the Tomb (Please Subscribe!)_1 “[The weak Wandering Soul awakes in a shabby hut in the wilderness…]”

Lin Xun expends 1 point of Soul Strength to reconstruct the Yellow Bishop.

After possession, he summons three lions and returns to the lip of the tomb’s pit.

“[The pit ahead is over two meters wide, the bright moonlight in the dead of night only illuminates the earth walls above the pit.]”

“[As you lean over and look, the depths of the pit appear as an endless darkness.]”

“[Do you wish to jump into the pit on a lion?]”

Due to limited Soul Strength, after reconstructing the Yellow Bishop, Lin Xun cannot reconstruct a warhorse and can only use the three lions as a cushion.

Furthermore, to ensure both the Dancer’s Shell and Engineer’s Shell remain intact after jumping into the tomb, he could only spend Soul Strength to reconstruct a disposable shell.

It wouldn’t be right to say it’s a death sacrifice, more of a disability sacrifice.

He strips off the Dancer’s costume and fits it onto the Yellow Bishop, this equipment can lighten the weight.

“[You ride a lion and leap into the deep and bottomless pit…]”

Only after a moment does the text continue.

“[You and ‘The Fallen Three-Headed Lion’ tumble to the bottom of the pit.]”

“[The huge impact from the fall kills your summoned creature!]”

“[You also suffer severe injuries, your bones are broken, paralyzed all over, losing your ability to move.]”

“…”

The Dancer was previously half-paralyzed, and, although the Yellow Bishop changed his equipment, he lacks the Dancer’s agility and ends up completely incapacitated from the fall.

Lin Xun returned the dance costume to the Dancer, opened the character equip tab, and as planned, clicked on the Dancer’s Shell.

“[You possess the ‘Fallen Ancient Theatre Dancer’s’ Shell.]”

“[You use ‘Blood Shadow Dance’, a graceful step forward, and the shell’s figure gradually disappears.]”

“[You are at the bottom of the pit, enveloped in darkness, the musty smell of decayed soil fills your nostrils. You see a faint light in the distance, it is a trap crystal placed at the corner of the tunnel.]”

“[You move towards the flickering crystal.]”

“[The crystal, taller than a person, its smooth surface doesn’t reflect your figure.]”

“[You haven’t triggered the trap, therefore you safely passed the tomb’s tunnel.]”

Lin Xun heaves a sigh of relief.

Just as expected, as long as the invisibility skill is used, one can flawlessly avoid the crystal traps.

The Dancer’s invisibility skill is truly a god-sent gift for exploring and treasure hunting.

“[You turn at the bend of the tunnel and continue forward…]”

As Lin Xun maintains his invisible state, he continues to explore the tomb.

“[The path ahead is still a dark and narrow tunnel. The walls at the end of the tunnel are inlaid with huge crystals.]”

“[The flickering glow of the crystals lights up the massive stone door at the end of the tunnel.]”

“[Do you wish to continue forward?]”

In his invisibility state, the threat level of the crystal traps is essentially nonexistent.

For now, Lin Xun doesn’t need to worry about these sorts of traps.

Clicking on the screen, he chooses the ‘Yes’ option.

“[You carefully move forward, heading towards the massive stone door at the end of the tunnel…]”

“[You suddenly feel the brick floor beneath you give way just slightly.]”

“[You have triggered a trap in the tomb!]”

“Damn! Am I going to die again?”

Lin Xun could feel goosebumps on his back, one death equates to the price of two points of Soul Strength, a punishment of difficult tolerance.

“[Two lone cracks appear on the tunnel’s walls, from which two sharp lights flash, aiming to bisect your waist!]”

“[The Dancer’s light frame leaps into the air, the cold flash barely scrapes past your feet.]”

“[You return to the ground, unharmed.]”

“[Do you wish to continue forward?]”

Lin Xun exhales a deep breath, feeling as if he had just escaped death.

It was too thrilling, two points of Soul Strength, equivalent to a day’s worth of addiction prevention mechanism, was akin to a brutal way of quitting net addiction.

Luckily, the Dancer possesses the elite assassin identity, which helped him avoid the mechanical trap.

If it were the Yellow Bishop or the Engineer, they would have met their demise here.

He still had some time before invisibility wore off. He pressed “Yes” on the screen.

[You maintain your invisible state and continue to move forward cautiously.]

[Close to the crystal stone, you have once again triggered a mechanism at your feet…]

“Again?”

There are so many traps in the tomb, Lin Xun wonders how any Apostle would explore the tomb if they made it this far.

Or would they simply skip over the tomb and move onto the next location?

[Several small holes appear on the walls beside you; a thick array of arrows shoots out from them, threatening to hole-punch you!]

[Dancer’s shell suddenly falls flat, crawling on the ground. A dense set of arrows shoots forcefully over you, with a “ding, ding, ding” as they embed into the wall.]

[You failed to evade all of them, with three arrows lodged in your back.]

[Luckily, no vital damage has been done. After breaking off the arrow shafts and making a slight adjustment, you feel largely fine.]

[Do you want to keep going?]

The tomb game had Lin Xun on a roller coaster of emotions, one moment high and the next low.

Fearing once again the appearance of a red “death” character.

Whether it was the strength of the Dancer’s shell, or the effectiveness of the Lucky Coins, the Dancer only suffered superficial injuries and was able to turn danger into safety once again.

He hadn’t reached the trap crystals near the entrance of the huge stone gates yet.

Lin Xun estimated the invisibility time is about to run out.

He opened the panel, waiting for his converse of invisibility to end, to gain it back.

[You continue to move forward cautiously.]

[You have reached the end of the corridor, and the trap crystals on the walls reflect no image of you.]

[Do you want to push open the grandstone gates and enter the tomb room?]

Lin Xun’s guard is now at its maximum.

There were so many traps in the entrance tunnel to the tomb room, based on the tomb game’s modus operandi, the rewards should be significant within the tomb room.

But before getting the rewards, there might be some unexpected accidents.

[You put all your strength in, slowly pushing open the heavy stone gates.]

[The sight before you brightens, the tomb room is bright as day, filled with the light from numerous burning candles.]

[A huge stone coffin lies horizontally deep in the tomb room, a towering figure stands guard in front of it.]

[The giant figure, reflected in the bright light of the candles, is entirely made up of dazzling crystals. Its transparent body, with sharp angular lines, sturdy as rock. At the eye area of the crystal stone skull, two points of red light flicker.]

[You have found the ‘Tomb Guarding Giant Crystal Puppet’.]

[Feeling a tremendous pressure, do you choose to engage in a fight to death with it?]

Reading these words, Lin Xun knew that sending the Dancer’s shell into a fight would be equivalent to throwing away resources.

Since he had prepared all the cheat codes, there was no reason for him to hesitate anymore.

He transferred all of the most powerful equipment in the control panel to the Engineer.

After making all the preparations, he clicked on the shell of the Engineer.

[You have entered the shell of the ‘Pyramid Corporation’s Engineer’.]

[The ‘Tomb Guarding Giant Crystal Puppet’ has spotted you. It is taking heavy steps to approach you.]

[With every step it takes, the entire tomb room is slightly shaking.]

[Fearless, you hold the ‘Thunder Dragon Staff Spear’ and stride towards it…]

[…]

[After a strenuous battle, you narrowly defeated the ‘Tomb Guarding Giant Crystal Puppet’. Your experience points significantly increased.]

[The body of the ‘Tomb Guarding Giant Crystal Puppet’ crumbled into numerous fine particles, scattering on the ground.]

[You obtained ‘Source of Crystal Stone’ (Material).]

“…”

Lin Xun was left speechless; using the Engineer, a strong cheat character, to battle barely resulted in a victory against the boss.

If he had used the Yellow Bishop, wouldn’t he have been drastically abused?

And the boss, which was freakishly strong, only dropped one piece of material. Isn’t that a bit stingy?

He narrowed his eyes, based on his past experiences, the risk and reward of the game are usually proportional.

Since the tomb was filled with traps, and the boss was infuriatingly strong yet did not drop good items,

Then the reward must be in the huge stone coffin in front of him!

[Do you want to push open the lid of the giant stone coffin?]