Chapter 574-2: Leisure Before the Storm, Reviving Kim and Flanda (2)
The next day, after trying for more than half a month, Lin Xun finally awakened Flanda’s consciousness after Kim.
[Firefly Torch (Special Item): A slender white torch made from the carapace of an unknown creature. At the top of the torch burns an eternal soul fire that never goes out. It is a powerful item left behind by a main god.]
[This item must be used together with Firefly Dominion. By using this item, you will have a certain probability of reigniting a soul fire that once extinguished on the web of consciousness and awakening that soul’s dissipated consciousness.]
[The weaker the deceased soul was in life, the greater the probability of awakening.]
[Each use of this item requires consuming 1 point of soul strength.]
After Lin Xun obtained the item, he tried to awaken the consciousnesses of his two former teammates.
Flanda had been a demigod-level figure before her death, while Kim’s soul was comparatively weaker.
He did not spend much effort successfully awakening Kim’s consciousness. As for Flanda’s consciousness, he had tried many times, and only finally succeeded this morning.
Counting carefully, before and after, awakening Flanda’s consciousness had used almost over thirty points of soul strength in total.
After awakening Kim, this chatterbox kid kept nagging at Lin Xun in the web of consciousness, prattling endlessly about every detail after Lin Xun left the Firefly world.
Lin Xun’s ears nearly grew calluses from listening, and he almost could not resist muting this guy.
When Lin Xun asked Kim how he had died under the evil god, Kim answered as follows: “I only saw a lot of black mist suddenly spread out from the underground world, occupying every inch of the underground world. It was much more terrifying than the White-Fleece Snow Season spread by the Pilgrimage Angels.”
“That black mist was kind of like the malice energy you absorbed after killing the Wet Nurse back then, but it seemed even purer and more powerful.”
“Then everything went black before my eyes. If not for you, Favored Servant, telling me I died, I wouldn’t even know I was already dead…”
Lin Xun: “…”
Within the vast web of consciousness, besides Lin Xun, Kim, and the Divine Kingdom Flying Dragon, a new powerful consciousness was born.
The girl’s ethereal murmuring voice sounded, “This place is… Is this the world after death?”
Kim: “Although it isn’t wrong to say that, Flanda, we’re still alive. To be precise, we died and came back to life.”
Before Lin Xun could speak, Kim poured everything out like spilling beans, clearly explaining the whole process.
“So, so even though Mother is already dead, the world still could not escape the fate of destruction in the end?”
The girl’s emotions were very low. Flanda had sacrificed herself to prevent the world from being destroyed.
But even though she sacrificed herself and fulfilled the Firefly Favored Servant, ultimately causing the Wet Nurse’s death, the Firefly world was still destroyed by the evil god in the end.
“I’m sorry, Flanda.”
“No, I don’t mean to blame you… I know. You already did everything you could to avoid letting Mother destroy the world.” Flanda’s tone was always so gentle. “The one who should say sorry is me. Actually, back then, when I chose suicide, how could it not have been because I lacked the courage to face Mother directly?”
“I was escaping. I was cowardly handing over the responsibility and burden on my shoulders to you.”
“And you… You accepted my cowardice without the slightest complaint, shouldered the responsibility I escaped from, and even challenged the fear I did not dare face directly. I have no right to demand that you do any better.”
As she spoke, Flanda approached Lin Xun along the web of consciousness, letting him sense her thoughts, her heart, and everything about her.
Kim: “No, when you two say these things, can you block me out?”
With this living treasure Kim around, the heavy atmosphere quickly diluted.
Lin Xun took the opportunity to tell Flanda the good news that physical bodies could be reshaped, and asked the two what requirements they had for the reshaped physical Shells.
Kim immediately shouted that he wanted an extremely powerful insect-person Shell, but Lin Xun rejected it on the grounds that it was too ugly.
The insect-person Shell looked like a cockroach-man from Terraformar. If it were not saving the world in text form within the chapter, then truly seeing that ghastly appearance of an insect-person would definitely make someone faint from fright.
Of course, these were all excuses for bickering. In truth, Lin Xun wanted Kim to integrate into human society and live happily. Looking like an insect-person definitely would not work. Whether in the real world or in the chapters of the Book of Knowledge, no one could accept an insect-person.
Kim fiercely despised his aesthetic sense, then retreated and asked to become his original Parasite form.
This time, Kim had made up his mind. No matter how Lin Xun tried to persuade him, he was unmoved, so Lin Xun could only nod and agree.
However, a Parasite was much better than a pure insect-person. At least it still had a human appearance…
As for Flanda, she said that she only wanted to be an ordinary person, and that as long as her physical appearance was the same as before, it would be fine.
Lin Xun only felt a headache.
Kim and Flanda both had their own thoughts, and he could not interfere too much.
Moreover, thinking about it carefully, If one is not a fish, how can one know the joy of fish? Was it not exactly this principle?
The Shells he thought were handsome, and the powerful Shells, were not what the two truly needed.
“Forget it. In any case, I have Flesh Authority. Once the Authority grows stronger, if the two of them change their minds, I can still remake their faces and reincarnate them again.”
At this moment, it was time to use another item dropped after killing the evil god.
[Flesh Altar (Special Item): A huge altar composed of flesh and blood from an unknown creature. The flesh and blood within it trembles rhythmically like a heart, and the blood vessels move and writhe like pythons. It is a powerful creation left behind by a main god.]
[This item must be used together with Flesh Authority. By using this item, you will be able to shape a physical Shell (bound to soul) for a soul according to the soul’s own traits, with appearance, level, skills, and other attributes consistent with life.]
[The strength panel of the reshaped physical body can be adjusted, reduced, or increased and enhanced, but cannot greatly surpass the soul’s original realm. It will also consume a series of materials according to the strength of the reshaped physical body.]
[Current item uses: 3/3]
After all, Lin Xun had never seen Kim and Flanda’s true appearances. Using this item could very effectively solve the problem of face sculpting not resembling the person.
He drove Flesh Authority, used the item, adjusted a series of attributes for the two Shells, and went to the Library to buy a pile of materials…
Kim’s Shell was made as strong as it could possibly be, while for Flanda, all skills and levels were deleted. Flesh Authority was only used to slightly strengthen her muscles and bones, reaching the level where three to five strong men could not get near her.
After working for most of the day, the fresh Kim and Flanda finally appeared in the real world.
Kim’s Parasite appearance was somewhat like the Michelin tire man. He looked so abstract that even Picasso would have to praise him as extremely abstract.
But fortunately, the Parasite still had a bit of human form. As long as he blocked the feelers on top of his head with a hat, dressed more tightly, and properly fixed himself up, he could barely count as a strange person.
As for Flanda… Lin Xun could not help sighing. With Flesh Authority, how was the Wet Nurse giving birth to a youngest daughter? She was clearly showing off like Nuwa, okay?
The young girl wore a white dress and stood barefoot and graceful, like a pure spirit who had strayed into human society. She was so pure and gentle that she seemed like someone who had walked out of a painting. Even the afternoon sunlight had to lose its color before her.
With this appearance, if she walked onto the street, even if she wore a mask and sunglasses, people would come up asking for contact information within minutes.
Lin Xun only felt that he had increased Flanda’s muscle and bone strength too little. At minimum, it needed to reach a level where more than a dozen big men could not get near her.
Flanda lifted the hem of her skirt and turned in place. Sensing that the extremely weak power inside her body was almost no different from an ordinary person’s, she revealed a gentle and pure smile. “Thank you. The feeling of being an ordinary person… really is so nice.”
Lin Xun barely pulled up the corners of his mouth. “Mm, mm, mm. You really are ordinary.”
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Happy days were always short. In the blink of an eye, Lin Xun’s soul strength upper limit had fully recovered and overflowed.
[…]
[You arrive at the Library. The administrator has already been waiting here for a long time.]
[He says to you, Apostle, are you finally ready?]
[You nod and arrive beneath the huge Book of Salvation at the center of the hall.]
[The administrator gives you one final reminder, saying, Remember, all actions must take finding the Divine Kingdom of Disorder as the goal. Only by finding the Divine Kingdom of Disorder can the Book of Salvation return to the right track, and only then can the world truly be saved!]
[You take a deep breath and say, Rest assured. I definitely will not disappoint the administrator!]
[You touch the Book of Salvation. Your eternal soul resonates strongly with the pages…]
[Do you wish to open the next chapter and begin your next journey of salvation?]
[…]
[You have entered an apocalyptic chapter.]
[Chapter 329!]