Chapter 312: Chapter 194: The Last Believer Among the Half-Dragon Men_3
"[You and ’Broken-horned Sharu’ are both immersed in joy.]
"[After a long while, it suddenly seems to remember something and looks at you sternly, asking if you found any secret techniques to enhance the bloodline on the mixed-blood overseer’s body?]
"[You snap to attention and shake your head repeatedly.]
"[’Broken-horned Sharu’ suspect you didn’t search thoroughly and missed something...]
"[It takes you out of the underground warehouse to search the body again, but still, no gains.]
"[There are still several branched paths in the cave. ’Broken-horned Sharu’ suggests that you split up and search. If you can’t find the secret technique, then the abundance of ore is useless to you. Once the murder of the overseer is revealed, both you and it will have to wander the world on the run.]
"[You enter another branch to search. The end of the corridor stores many dried strips of meat. You, ravished by hunger, can’t help but sneakily eat a few pieces.]
"[After a thorough search, you find no items resembling ’secret techniques’.]
"[You leave this place and venture into another branch to search...]
"[...]
"[After a long time, you and ’Broken-horned Sharu’ are reunited. From the disappointment on each other’s faces, you both know the answer.]
Lin Xun, who was following the progression of the situation, wasn’t anxious. He had a hunch.
Perhaps the secret technique is akin to some skill, and all he needs to do is possess the overseer’s body to acquire it.
"Should I show my cards to Sharu?"
After a moment of thought, Lin Xun chose to continue with his role-playing.
"[’Broken-horned Sharu’ looks anxious. If you don’t find the secret technique, neither of you will be able to realize your dreams, and you’ll even face mortal danger once the situation is revealed.]
"[Its pacing lasts for quite a while before it finally calms down. It tells you that there’s no other choice—both of you will have to secretly stash the ore and destroy any evidence, waiting for another chance to find the secret technique.]
"[There’s still a fair amount of time before the end of the mining process. There’s enough time for you to take care of these matters.]
"[After everything is taken care of, both of you will return to the mine pretending that you have been working if you don’t want to arouse any suspicions.]
"[You return to the underground warehouse.]
"[You take the blanket from ’Broken-horned Sharu’ and start packing the ores. ’Broken-horned Sharu’, on the other hand, is also busy collecting more ores...]
"[Suddenly, while you’re busy, you feel a sharp pain in your back as a long spear penetrates your heart.]
"[You turn around to see ’Broken-horned Sharu’s’ guilty expression.]
"[It lets go of its hands, backs away a few steps, and starts to sob...]
"[Its voice is choked with emotion as it confesses that it has found the secret technique. However, advancing the bloodline would require a massive amount of ore. There’s only enough in the warehouse to level up as a ’Mixed-Blood Half-Dragon’.]
"[It knows that, in the face of self-interest, friendship counts for less. To ascend the bloodline, it’s either you die, or it does. So it had no choice but to...]
"[Of course, that’s only one of the reasons it killed you... You must be wondering how it, as a mere mining slave, could know so many secrets...]
"[Perhaps it’s ’Broken-horned Sharu’s’ guilt that caused it to let up a bit, or maybe it’s that you’ve grown much stronger since before, otherwise you wouldn’t have not died instantly.]
"[You feel your life force gradually draining away, your vision blacking out, your limbs losing strength...]
"[You have possessed the ’Shell’ of the ’Earth Giant’!]
"[You pick up a ’Sharp Wooden Spear’ beside you. In its astonished eyes, you launch the spear through the chest of ’Broken-horned Sharu’, returning its treacherous blow.]
"[’Broken-horned Sharu’ stands still, looking at the extra eye on your forehead as if it has forgotten the pain in its chest. It murmurs, so you were not its former playmate, nor a believer in the wicked god of the stars. Even less were you a defector who resented ’Almighty True Knowledge’.]
"[You were a follower of the True God like it was, if it had known earlier... If only it had known earlier...]
"[You have defeated ’Mixed-Blood Half-Dragon of Knowledge’, you have slightly gained experience.]
"[You have acquired the ’Small Omniscient God Statue’ (Junk)]
"[You have acquired the ’Scroll for Tempering Hermit Bloodline’ (Item)]
"[You look at the dead body in front of you...]
"[’Knowledge-seeking Mixed-Blood Half-Dragon’: A half-dragon of a lowly bloodline, as a low-ranking mining slave, he worked hard in the mines every day. Strangely, it differed from its peers, seeming to be a believer in ’Almighty True Knowledge’. It died from a fatal blow that pierced its heart. Affinity: 87% (+45%)]
"[Do you want to possess this shell?]
"Metacognitive events indeed hide critical information."
Lin Xun sighed.
Probably because he is a believer in ’Almighty True Knowledge’, he is able to trigger this special event. If he had been from the Star Camp, he may have had no relation to this event.
Like the ’Star Spirit Hall’ experience he had before.
Normally, only by joining the Star’s Covenant could one pass through the ’Chasing Star Corridor’ and receive rewards.
If Lin Xun hadn’t found the means to exploit the loopholes, he wouldn’t have been able to pass through the ’Chasing Star Corridor’ and would’ve returned empty-handed.
He chose the option to possess, guessing that the shell’s memory might contain the follow-up content of the special event.
"[You have possessed the shell of ’Knowledge-seeking Mixed-Blood Half-Dragon’!]
"[The memory within the shell is fragmented, you barely understand the life of the shell before...]
"[Under the teachings of my elders, I have believed in the ’Bright Stars’ since I was young. Every day, before I mine and go to sleep, I hold the statue of the stars in my hand and pray devoutly.]
"[If it wasn’t for that one incident, if it wasn’t for understanding the history of my ancestors, I might have been a detestable defector in my lifetime.]
