Chapter 5: The Body of a Blood Sun Cultist

You have learned from your last death and hesitated by the door, not daring to rush forward.

Lin Xun began to test his theory of escaping the Russian doll cycle.

He opened the inventory and clicked on the “healing potion.”

The clever apostle seems to have discovered something…

1. Drink the potion. This will heal your wounds. Although you don’t have any external injuries right now, the unique taste of the potion may leave you with an unforgettable aftertaste.

2. The nun’s body is still on the ground. Perhaps you can learn from the black-robed priest and experience one last pleasure.

3. (Hidden option) The church door’s hinges are old and in disrepair. Perhaps you can use the potion to give it a second life.

Sure enough, this game could have been renamed “A Hundred Ways to Use Holy Water.”

You applied the “healing potion” to the church door’s hinges.

The viscous liquid made the rusty hinges shine. It successfully received a second life and would never again groan in pain.

You pushed open the church door. The entire process was unexpectedly smooth, and the expected ear-piercing sound of opening the door did not play.

【 Outside, the Blood Sun Cultist facing away from you was also unaware. 】

【 Would you like to sneak attack him? 】

Lin Xun’s eyes lit up as he pressed yes without hesitation.

【 You stealthily approached the monster and stabbed it in the back while it wasn’t paying attention. 】

【 You defeated the ‘Perishing Blood Sun Cultist’. Your experience points have slightly increased. 】

【 Your sneak attack didn’t make much noise, so the monsters hidden in the ruins of the town didn’t notice you. 】

If he didn’t make a sound, he wouldn’t attract monsters.

Lin Xun successfully avoided being beaten to death by a horde of monsters.

【 You looked at the monster’s corpse… 】

【 Perishing Blood Sun Cultist: A follower of the filthy blood day. The power of corruption has caused its body to produce a certain degree of distortion. It was viciously ambushed and died from a heart attack. Compatibility: 81 (+15%) 】

“This monster’s compatibility is just above the threshold for possession. If I hadn’t drawn Myriad Manifestations, then I wouldn’t have been able to possess this body.”

Currently, there were a knight and a priest in the body slots, leaving no space for more. If he wanted to possess a Blood Sun Cultist, he would have to abandon one of the other bodies first.

【 You were exposed to the sun on the blood day, and your rationality gradually left you… You suddenly discovered that the bright red sun in the sky had become a holy and dazzling light!

And the pure white moon you believed in was actually filthy to the point of making you vomit.

Ah! You couldn’t help but praise the sun!

You frantically tore at the armor on your chest, just because it was engraved with the symbol of the pure white moon. Madness was about to take over your body…

This is going to mutate? There’s no time to hesitate! 】

Lin Xun discarded the useless priest in the body slot and hurriedly clicked on Possess Body.

【 You have possessed the body of “Perishing Blood Sun Cultist”

【 You gradually recovered your “rationality”. Under the blood sun’s rays, its influence on you became trivial.

【 The remaining memories within this body are only… Praise the sun! 】

Lin Xun sighed in relief.

【 After leaving your body, the knight’s body transformed into specks of starlight and dispersed in the wind, waiting for your next reshaping.

【 The knight’s body did not suffer fatal injuries, so there will be no need to consume Soul Power for your next reshaping. 】

It seemed that as long as he wasn’t killed by monsters, he could change bodies without any cost.

This was a pretty good setting. It wasn’t too hellish.

Lin Xun opened the body panel to examine the new body he had acquired.

【 Body: Perishing Blood Sun Cultist 】

【 True Name: Unknown 】

【 Compatibility: 81% (+15%) 】

【 Body Quality: Wretched 】

【 Body Level: 1 】

【 Equipment: Blunt Dagger (Wretched) – A dagger often used by thieves, which has been dulled by drinking blood. 】

【 Skills: Backstab (Wretched) – A beginner’s skill for thieves. It has extremely weak combat ability in the front, but is suitable for sneak attacks and ambushes. 】

This body had both weapons and skills. It was a little weaker than the knight, but a little stronger than the priest and nun. It also seemed to be an assassin-class body.

Lin Xun nodded in satisfaction.

【 You lift your head and look around. The Church of the White Moon is located at the center of the town, at the most prosperous intersection in St. Reims in the past. You look at the ruins before you and ponder where to go. 】

【 To the east of your left hand: You remember that most of the tide-like monsters lurked on this road. For some reason, you have a strange fondness for the east. Oh! That’s the direction of the sunrise! 】

【 South of the church: You see a monster blocking your way at the end of the deserted road. Its scales and claws peeking out from the shadows of the ruins are huge. The ground trembles and shakes as it moves, sending out waves of scarlet air. 】

【 West of you: St. Reims’s tallest landmark, the Artemis Clock Tower, has collapsed with a loud rumble. A mountain of bricks and rubble blocks your way. 】

【 North of the church: A heavy metal gate separates the two ends of the road, and there is a lever next to it to open the gate. 】

Lin Xun frowned at the options before him. Although there seemed to be many paths to choose from, in reality, there were not.

The east side was full of monsters, and the knight had been killed by a tide of monsters once before, so he couldn’t go there.

The monster on the south side was obviously a boss, and going there now would be like lighting a lantern in a toilet—looking for death.

The west side was a dead end, so he couldn’t go there either.

Only the metal gate on the north side seemed to be able to be opened.

【 You walk north and arrive at the metal gate. 】

【 You pulled the lever hard, and the gears began to click. 】

【 You waited for the door to open, but the clicking suddenly stopped. You looked at the lever handle in confusion. There was a diamond-shaped indentation on the top of the handle that seemed to be able to hold some sort of token. 】

【 You lack the necessary token and cannot open the door. 】

Another dead end?

Lin Xun was dumbfounded. There was only one path to choose from, but he couldn’t even open the door?

【 Countless scarlet eyes stared at you. The noise of opening the door clearly attracted their attention. 】

【 A tide of monsters rushed toward you… 】

Lin Xun’s hand trembled. Damn, he was done for.

He had only been online for a few minutes and already he had to activate the anti-addiction system.

【 Dozens of ‘Perishing Blood Sun Cultists’ surrounded you. They looked at you in confusion, shook their heads, and retreated like a tide. 】

What was going on? Had this hellish game discovered its conscience?

Lin Xun’s gaze fell on the “Perishing Blood Sun Cultist” body in the inventory, and he suddenly understood.

“I’m one of them now. No wonder.”

“In other words, the road full of monsters to the east can be traveled. Even more so…”

His eyes lit up, and a cunning idea flashed through his mind.

【 You return to the crossroads where the church is located. 】

【 Apostle, which direction do you wish to go? 】

【 You step onto the road to the east. 】

【 The scarlet sunlight of the blood day falls, and the streets of the town are suffused with a strange red glow. You feel very comfortable. 】

【 There are dozens of monsters on both sides of the road. They are also quietly enjoying the sunlight, and they pay no heed to your arrival. 】

【 You safely pass through the group of monsters. 】

【 In front of the road is a four-story tower suffused with a scarlet aura. Do you wish to continue forward? 】

Of course he chose “no.”

Lin Xun was somewhat looking forward to what would happen next, unsure if his actions would succeed.

“Go all in! If I win, I’ll have a club full of pretty girls at my beck and call, but if I lose, I’ll have to go work in the sea… At most, I’ll waste one point of Soul Power.”