Chapter 515, Section 514: He's Back from the Dead

After retracting its tentacles, Lighting Puji sat obediently on the ground without moving.

After a while, Lin Jun moved a few more Puji into the room.

First, the scout extended its senses in all directions, but apart from the information block and the treasure, it did not detect any other objects or people.

Just to be on the safe side, Lin Jun still spread her thoughts out like ripples on water, tentatively probing into the depths of darkness:

"Is the God of Light here?"

"I didn't mean to read your diary; it just happened to fall in by accident."

"Um... I also have a heart that yearns for light..."

After a long while, there was still no response.

Tsk.

Then the poopies started moving around again, swaggering around confidently.

Having reread the [Final Experiment Record], in a way, it could be considered a doomsday prophecy?

After all, even a being like the God of Light prays to the "universe" for its favor.

Of course, whether he is truly the God of Light remains in doubt. Theoretically, anyone who knows how to create such an information block can sign it "Ixion" at the end, since the God of Light doesn't have any uncopyable official seal...

However, Lin Jun decided to consider the possibility that this was indeed a record left by the God of Light for the time being.

Lately, I seem to keep hearing talk of the world ending, and Lin Jun feels like she's become somewhat desensitized to it.

Ultimately, I am nothing more than a little mushroom struggling to survive in the shadow of the empire. Even if I want to save the world, I don't know where to start.

Hopefully, an ultimate being of the level of the God of Light can find a solution.

Does the concept of a "universe" even exist in this world?

When asked, both Louisa and Aidin were unfamiliar with the term.

As for the concept of "ether," even Lin Jun herself didn't know what it was, so naturally they had never heard of it.

But Lin Jun still silently noted down this clue.

Judging from the records, this thing seems to be closely related to the survival of the world.

Another point is, does the fact that the God of Light wants to create souls mean that the total number of souls in this world will not increase naturally?

In other words, are existing souls truly in a constant cycle of reincarnation?

Think about those souls that you stripped bare, which would have been directly integrated into the world. Now it seems they've been recycled by the world and thrown into the next cycle.

Lin Jun suddenly had another thought:

Could the God of Light's final solution be to become a thief?

If your own soul won't grow naturally, you'll have to steal it from elsewhere. The souls you steal are the heroes!

Thinking back to the hero I met in the archipelago, the name on his profile clearly indicated that he was from my world; obviously, none of the heroes were native to this world.

That's not right either.

This underground city only appeared three hundred years ago, while the legend of the hero's summoning has existed since ancient times.

So this isn't a solution, but rather some kind of delaying tactic?

While it's unclear what specific benefits stealing a few souls every few hundred years would bring to the world, this speculation doesn't seem entirely impossible.

The thought that the revered God of Light might actually be a habitual soul thief across worlds made Lin Jun feel uneasy.

Let's set aside the information about the destruction of the world for now.

Regarding the divine artifacts, the Blood Calamity mentioned here is in the hands of the Imperial Emperor, and the Wooden Core has been taken back by the Divine Wood Elder, but this Void Realm has never heard of them.

Although the God of Light said these were all failed projects, it was because they couldn't create new souls and were useless to a powerful being like the God of Light.

Lin Jun was extremely envious of the abilities that came with these failed attempts.

There's little hope for Blood Calamity and Wood Core for now, but we can send our subordinates to inquire about Void Realm later.

Finally...

Lin Jun looked at this abyss space and saw that there were also a large number of other information blocks.

A puffy creature extends its tentacles into another information block.

[Experimental Subject Name: Sunstone]

[Nineteenth Experiment Record]

[Experimental Subject: Soul No. 734445]

[Soulweight: B+]

[His soul was continuously divided into seventy-five parts using the sunstone... reaching its limit...]

...

...

...

Sure enough, they were all experimental records about sunstone.

This might just be the real treasure in this abyss!

There wasn't even a decent description on the artifact's panel. Even with the complete Sun Stone, Lin Jun could only sculpt a few Mushroom Clan creatures.

Then look at the bloodbath of Emperor Mortis next door, the overwhelming crimson blood curtain is terrifying, and Lin Jun is very envious.

If one can thoroughly study these experimental records, I dare not say that one will learn any amazing skills, but at least one should be able to figure out the basic uses of sunstone!

This is much more real than any doomsday prophecy.

However, just as Lin Jun was about to fully immerse himself in it, a small incident interrupted him.

The Sword Saint has returned, but he has returned from the dead.

...

Reborn for the second time, the Sword Saint emerged from his cocoon with ease, and immediately met Marshal Puji.

"Sword Saint, the pinnacle of swordsmanship..." Marshal Puji looked down at Sword Saint Puji's mushroom hat with his tentacle, "How did you die?"

"Yeah, why did he suddenly die?" Completely ignoring Lin Jun's tone, the Sword Saint rubbed the bottom edge of his mushroom cap with his tentacles, also pondering this question.

"How come you don't even know how you died? What killed you instantly?"

"That shouldn't be the case. Although there are quite a few slimes down there, their strength is just so-so. The scarecrows in the manor shouldn't have come out either..." The Sword Saint recalled the last moment. One second he was cutting through the slime horde, and the next second everything went black.

This piqued Lin Jun's curiosity.

After all, even if the Sword Saint becomes a Puji, he is still the Sword Saint. Although the [Qi Sensing] he is given is only LV6, which is not as good as his level in life, he has not lost any of his other detection skills.

With the [Sword Mastery] realm, there's no reason why he should be instantly killed in a place like the Scarecrow Abyss.

If it were that dangerous, why would any adventurers venture into Scarecrow Abyss?

The two Puji huddled together and discussed for a long time, until Sword Saint Puji suddenly remembered that Number Five was still waiting for him.

When Number Five learned that Number Fourteen had returned from the dead, he weakly interjected in the mushroom network, "Could it be... that his magic power was exhausted...?"

The two poops looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Wouldn't you get dizzy first if you didn't have magic?"

"Where did you get your head, you little poopy?"

"Haha... I've never been a Puji before, so it's a little strange." The Sword Saint rubbed his mushroom hat, looking unusually embarrassed.

"..."

The loss included a knight's body, an S-grade magic crystal, and two skill weapons.

Lin Jun grumbled as she began preparing a second body for the Sword Saint, since there was no better candidate than the Sword Saint to venture deep into the Scarecrow Abyss to scavenge for things.

The Sword Saint shamelessly asked for two more swords this time, making a total of four.

After getting ready, the Sword Saint was about to set off when Lin Jun called him back.

"You can go with her this time!"

"who?!"

"Don't forget to keep your identity a secret!"

...

My niece?!

"Is this... a new Mushroom Clan member? Carrying four swords on his back, so cute!" Inanna, who had just been rescued through the teleportation array, happily picked up the Sword Saint in front of her and chuckled.

Sword Saint Puji originally intended to dodge directly, but for some reason, his body lost control for a moment.

It's probably that bacteria owner!

Although they haven't known each other for very long, Elvin has already gotten a vague understanding of Lin Jun's personality.

This body, which doesn't entirely belong to me, indeed harbors various limitations.

But how did Alama's daughter end up in the mushroom garden?

The Sword Saint twisted his body, trying to break free from those not-so-strong arms.

However, no matter how it adjusted its angle of force or used force-dissipating techniques, it could not break free from Inanna's embrace.

He quickly realized that the girl's way of holding Puji was extremely professional. She knew Puji's body structure like the back of her hand, even better than he, the current Puji himself!

Unless you injure her with brute force, you can't break free; it's a pure skill-based crushing defeat.

What has this girl been spending all her time on? How many babies has she hugged?!

As Inanna's nimble fingers reached for his mushroom cap, Elwayne felt his non-existent old face was in an unprecedented crisis!

(End of this chapter)