Chapter 4: Soul Strength

Without hesitation, Lin Xun prepared to use his last point of soul strength to reshape the knight’s body.

【 Warning! Your current soul strength is 1/2. When your soul strength reaches zero, the Apostle’s main body will die. 】

【 Do you want to consume 1 point of soul strength to reshape the Guardian Knight’s body? 】

The red text trembled in large font, and an indescribable fear enveloped Lin Xun’s entire body.

Cold sweat poured from his forehead and back in an instant.

The immense terror made it difficult for him to breathe, and his mind was blank.

Lin Xun didn’t doubt that if he used up his last point of soul strength right now, he would die one hundred percent!

“I can’t click ‘yes,’ I absolutely can’t click ‘yes.’” He moved his finger with difficulty and clicked ‘no’.

The blood-red text disappeared, and the terrifying fear also retreated.

He let out a long sigh, and his back was already soaked with cold sweat.

Putting down his phone, he walked quickly to the bathroom.

Turning on the faucet, he lowered his head and washed his face with icy water, forcing himself to calm down.

After a long time, Lin Xun wiped his face, took out a cigarette, and lit it three times before finally managing to light it.

“Huh…” He blew out a cloud of smoke and looked at his hands, which had finally stopped shaking, and laughed bitterly.

“As expected, this game isn’t that simple. Opportunities are often accompanied by risks.”

Only after smoking a whole cigarette did Lin Xun calm down and begin to analyze the situation rationally.

“Exhausting one’s soul strength means death. As long as I don’t use the last point of soul strength, I shouldn’t be in danger of dying.”

“From the looks of it, the risk is still acceptable compared to the benefits of being able to manifest game items.”

This text-based game seemed to have some sort of magical power that made people unknowingly become addicted.

Lin Xun decided to continue playing.

【 A weak roaming soul has possessed the body of the ‘choir nun.’ 】

【 This body has been overworked from frequent use of skills and temporarily lost its ability to move. It will need 12 hours of rest to recover. 】

【 Do you wish to leave this body? 】

There was no other choice but to leave the body.

The church had already been explored, and the soul strength needed 12 hours to recover, so he couldn’t continue playing for now.

Lin Xun turned off the game and saw that it was already 2 A.M.

He set an alarm for 12 hours later, quickly washed up, and went to sleep.

The next morning at 10 A.M., the lamb meat restaurant.

“Can I get an order of glutinous rice and soy milk?”

“Sure thing.”

The lamb meat restaurant downstairs from Lin Xun’s house didn’t normally serve breakfast. They only sold lamb soup, lamb meat, and roasted lamb.

But due to the recent economic downturn from the pandemic, they had added breakfast to their menu. To be honest, the taste of the lamb meat wasn’t that great, but their local-style glutinous rice was a delicacy.

It wouldn’t be long before this lamb meat restaurant would become a breakfast restaurant.

Soon, the waiter brought over a steaming bowl of rice.

Inside was freshly cooked glutinous rice from the steamer basket. The white grains of rice were still steaming, and on top of them lay crispy fried fritters and soft, savory pork meat.

A spoonful of rich mushroom and meat soup was ladled over the rice, and some shredded pork and chopped scallions were sprinkled on top. It made one’s mouth water.

Lin Xun took a small porcelain spoon and scooped up a mouthful of glutinous rice with soup. The chewy grains of rice were fragrant, the meat soup was rich and savory, and the crispy texture of the fried fritters made every bite a delight.

A mouthful of rice, a mouthful of soy milk, and it was a good start to the day.

Lin Xun was ready to head home and write after he had his fill of food.

There were still four hours left until his soul strength recovered.

Just as he stood up, he happened to run into the lamb shop owner who had just returned from the market.

The middle-aged man was pushing a small cart with a freshly slaughtered lamb on top.

Lin Xun often came here for breakfast and could be considered a regular. The middle-aged man gave him a small smile in greeting.

Lin Xun nodded in response, his gaze sweeping over the bloody lamb on the cart.

【 Myriad Manifestations activated. 】

【 Little Tailed Cold Sheep’s body, a lamb that was slaughtered not too long ago. It should have been crying for its mother, but instead it met the sharp knife of the butcher. Compatibility: 28% (+15%). 】

【 Apostle, do you wish to possess this body? 】

Several lines of text suddenly appeared in his field of vision.

Lin Xun’s pupils contracted sharply, and he almost cried out in shock.

He pretended to be calm and greeted the lamb shop owner before quickly leaving the place.

“The soul ability from the game manifested in reality!”

In order to confirm his suspicion, Lin Xun took a taxi to the market.

Sure enough, at the meat stall that sold live chickens and ducks, the game text once again appeared in his field of vision.

【 Myriad Manifestations activated. 】

【 White-feathered chicken carcass, an adult male meat chicken. After being slit, bled out, boiled, plucked, and gutted, it appears clean and pure, with a strange sense of beauty. Manifestation: 27% (+15%). 】

After studying it for a while, Lin Xun discovered that only the corpses of animals that were already dead and had been preserved would show the Possession option.

If my talent can possess the bodies of animals in reality, can it also possess human bodies? If so, what will happen to my own body after I possess someone else’s?

He didn’t dare to think any further.

Lin Xun rushed back home and began his daily writing work.

The world isn’t ending, so the author won’t stop updating.

Soon, it was two o’clock in the afternoon.

Lin Xun opened the game.

The Book of Salvation’s beautiful cover opened, and familiar game text appeared on the yellowed sheepskin pages.

【 You have entered the Apocalypse chapter. 】

【 Chapter 323 】

【 Within a familiar church, scarlet sunlight spilled through the broken dome, forming a distorted blood-colored halo. The red light shone directly on the scattered body parts, and the flesh on the decaying limbs wriggled, as if undergoing a perverse transformation… 】

【 A weak roaming soul awakened within the church. 】

【 You carefully avoided the direct sunlight. 】

The game’s scene had changed to daytime?

Lin Xun felt something was off and quickly clicked to reshape his body.

【 You consumed 1 point of soul strength to reshape the ‘Guardian Knight’ body. 】

【 Current soul strength: 1/2. 】

【 The light of the soul condensed into a knight’s body, and the weak roaming soul possessed it. 】

【 You clenched your fists, and the surging power within the body made you feel incomparably strong and invincible. 】

【 A blood-curdling howl echoed in the church. 】

【 Under the direct sunlight of the blood day, the remaining upper half of the corpse underwent a terrifying transformation, and a monster covered in fleshly protrusions swung its limbs at you. 】

【 You have successfully controlled the knight’s strong body, swung the ‘Corroded Church Cross Sword,’ and used the ‘Disciplinary Sword Technique’ to fight against monsters… 】

【 You have easily defeated the fallen White Moon Church believer, and your experience points have slightly increased. 】

【 The power within your body has begun to boil. The ‘Guardian Knight’s Body’ level has increased. Current body level: 2. 】

【 You have become stronger! 】

“Even monsters can spawn in the safe house. This game is truly hellish. Good thing I quickly took over a body or I would’ve been dead.”

“What would happen if I was killed in my roaming soul form?”

Lin Xun’s intuition told him that it would be best not to die in his roaming soul form, or something terrifying might happen.

He opened the body panel, and the knight’s panel was no different from before, except for the fact that the body level had increased to 2.

【 Apostle, do you wish to push open the church doors and continue exploring? 】