This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 666, Section 665: The Definition of Salvation

"Hey?"

Is Death here?

"God of Light, or some other god, can anyone hear me?"

……

[The Spirituality of Virtue: Gaining Access to the Seat of Communication]

Unlike rage, spirituality is not grayed out on Lin Jun's panel.

After guessing these great sins and virtues, one must undergo an activation check upon obtaining them.

However, spirituality is related to faith, and Lin Jun herself does not believe in any gods, so she doesn't know why she was able to activate it.

If the girl with the Hand of the Dead can use the [Spiritual] Divine Descent, then theoretically Lin Jun should at least be able to use it to chat with gods.

Unfortunately, after making a lot of noise, I didn't get a response.

I feel... so useless.

Are the effects of virtues not very good?

The "Sacrifice" on Vera doesn't look that powerful.

To be honest, if she had a way, Lin Jun would like to get rid of her "spirituality" and "rage".

The origins of these two items are somewhat questionable; it's as if they were forcibly handed to me.

This gave Lin Jun the feeling that she was the dish, and that once all the seasonings were gathered, the mastermind could start eating.

Lin Jun wouldn't take Death as a backer just because Death summoned her and she didn't show any hostility last time.

People who spout mystical riddles are not to be trusted!

In addition, the name "Seat of Guiding" reminded Lin Jun of "Ark".

Are all the gods inside the ark?

Or is the whole world an ark?
Shenmu said that the real Ark Project had failed.

Lin Jun also found information like "[Ark Project Progress: 245%]" in the junk information of the Abyss.

Failure is understandable, but I don't understand what it means to have progress exceeding 100%.

Lin Jun wanted to ask Shenmu for clarification.

However, Harden's determination to tank was very firm, and he refused to disclose anything.

According to it, "I'm too lazy to struggle anymore, but I shouldn't bother those who are still trying. Don't waste your time asking me questions."

"The guy who's still trying" probably refers to Death, and may also include the sun god or something similar.

However, Shenmu's words implied that Lin Jun knowing too much would cause trouble for the gods.

So... he really was going to screw himself over, wasn't he?
However, although the Divine Tree is an annoying riddle tree, it is obviously not stupid. If it really was trying to trick it, it, which claims to be neutral, should not have said anything at all.

Damn it, they've all pushed the task of saving the world onto themselves. Can't they just plan out a clear task for themselves to do?

These riddle-makers better not let themselves get the chance to climb over them...

Although sometimes I want to join these riddle-solving enthusiasts and have a good time together.

But Lin Jun still valued her life. Saving the world was still the best option. What could be more important than her own life?

I can only suppress this little bit of frustration for now.

In addition, when Lin Jun first obtained the [Rage] skill, the three lines of constantly changing data on the panel, after a long period of comparison, allowed Lin Jun to roughly guess some of their meanings.

The three rows of data were initially:
【153345】

【546433875】

【9453412779】

And now it has become:

【297451】

【543562903】

【9456139645】

The sum of the three sets of numbers is always 9999999999. When Lin Jun decomposes the corpse with a soul, the second row of numbers decreases, while the first row of numbers increases.

Thanks to Lin Jun's efforts over the past year, the numbers in the first row have increased significantly.

However, excluding Lin Jun's influence, although the number of lines in the first and second rows sometimes increases and sometimes decreases, overall, the number of lines gradually decreases.

Only the largest data point in the last row increases and never decreases.

If these numbers represent souls, then the first row should represent souls that have been thoroughly cleansed by themselves, and the second row should represent ordinary souls.

What about the third line?

Another place for the soul?
These are all speculations, but in this world, the soul is clearly very important.

If we could understand the laws governing the flow of souls behind the world, perhaps we could solve the mystery.

Speaking of which, the Demon King also mentioned saving the world, and said that there is only one savior, so he obviously knows something.

Go back and beat that slime to his knees, ask him something before you kill him.

At the same time, Lin Jun had another idea.

The sacrifice of the Hand of the Dead should not be solely for communicating with the Grim Reaper.

Because they also perform small sacrificial rituals regularly, which is part of their daily routine.

Death painstakingly collects souls, perhaps to save them, but it's also possible that the souls themselves are a resource.

Although Lin Jun was not yet clear on how to use the resource of souls, it was probably the right thing to start stockpiling them in advance.

Transforming the subordinates of the Mushroom Fortress and the followers of the Mushroom Cult into Mushroom Clan is, in a sense, binding their souls to one's own hands. Although this binding is not particularly stable, it is still an effective method.

And the souls of those dead enemies... perhaps some of them could be fed to the Yellow Book?

However, the Yellow Book isn't entirely reliable either. We have to consider the possibility that he might betray us and betray us to the Demon King with the thick pages of the book, although it seems unlikely at the moment.

If only there were other ways to store souls.

Why does the art style seem to be leaning towards a necromancer?
While Lin Jun was making plans for the future, the corrupted sword saint finally rolled back from the underground network tunnels.

Under the cover of darkness, the pitch-black Puji swiftly flowed into the entrance of the Puji Underground City, without the guards noticing anything amiss.

The reason I didn't let Sword Saint Puji return via teleportation was mainly because I wasn't familiar with it yet, and I was afraid that the gadget given by Death might have an accident and be split in two or something.

Upon returning, the Sword Saint tossed the black stone to the cannon fodder, Puji, who was standing nearby.

As the black mist detached from his mushroom body, it attached itself to the cannon fodder, Puji.

The Sword Saint disliked this feeling of concealment; the black mist not only blocked external detection of the user, but also shielded the user's own sensory abilities.

In the Sword Saint's view, it is indeed useful in certain situations, but carrying it around normally would be restrictive.

However, Lin Jun didn't have this problem. Since they shared information, the detection work could be left to the other Puji.

"By the way, what do you think of Death?" Lin Jun suddenly asked.

One of the reasons the Sword Saint agreed to assist Lin Jun was to save the world. Regarding the conversation with the Grim Reaper, Lin Jun told the Sword Saint everything except the part related to herself.

"How was it? Its tentacles are really hard. I couldn't even cut through them with those two skill weapons. Do you have any better weapons?"

"You know what I'm talking about. Maybe what the Hand of Death is doing is really helping Death save the world. Did you wrongly kill an innocent person in the past?"

"Good people?" The Sword Saint snorted in the fungal web, unmoved. "The Hand of the Dead existed long before I was born. If their actions could save the world, why would we need to worry about them?"

"As for the soul? If only the soul can be saved, rather than the life itself containing memories, then in my opinion it doesn't count as salvation."

The black cannon fodder next to him poofed at the mushroom hat, thus gaining some understanding of the "salvation" in the eyes of the Sword Saint.

Soul, memory, life...

There's some truth to that. If you lose the memory of your own identity, can the living person still be considered yourself?

Lin Jun couldn't help but think of Vera, whose "sacrifice" was the offering of memories.

I wonder what will happen after the complete sacrifice...

……

Turning around, Lin Jun handed the black stone to the werewolf Karen for safekeeping.

(End of this chapter)