NOVPUBChapter 86: Chapter 88: Giant Beast Pillar_1
Chapter 86 -88: Giant Beast Pillar_1
[Do you want to possess this shell?]
Your current shell column is 5/8, with three slots available.
[You possess the shell of ‘The Fallen Filth Blood Beastman’]
[You have mastered this shell, with only one memory inside it… guarding the shed!]
Lin Xun opened the shell panel to take a look.
[Shell—The Fallen Filth Blood Beastman]
[Real Name: Unknown]
[Compatibility: 88% (+45%)]
[Shell Quality: Ordinary Level]
[Shell Level: 6]
[Shell Equipment: Dirty Beast Skin Skirt (Ruined Level), a short skirt made from the skin of a certain wild beast, seemingly never washed, disgusting and smelly.]
[Shell Skills: None]
Except for its ordinary-quality shell, everything else about the Beastman is garbage.
However, a Beastman’s shell of ordinary quality can also be considered a powerhouse to be nurtured by average Apostles.
After possessing the Beastman’s shell, Lin Xun decided to search the shed.
[You systematically search the shed of the Filth Blood Beastman.]
[Searching…]
[You gained Rotten Meat Scraps (Junk)] 𝖓𝔬𝖛𝔭𝔲𝖇.𝔠𝔬𝖒
[Searching…]
[There’s nothing of value in this shed, you move on to the next one.]
[Searching…]
…
The text of the game kept prompting that either trash was found or nothing at all.
[You started searching the last shed, which is much larger compared to others. Additionally, a crude curtain made from animal hide provides some privacy.]
[Do you want to pull back the curtain and enter?]
Lin Xun’s eyes lit up, assuming that there was likely a treasure in such a distinct shed.
After a little thought, he possessed the Dancer shell, activated his stealth skill, and decided to enter.
[While maintaining your invisibility, you cautiously lift a corner of the animal-hide curtain and crawl inside.]
[Inside the shed, an old and decrepit Beastman hunches over, eyes tightly shut, sitting silently on the ground. Its gnarled knees cradle a short bone staff.]
[Behind it, there’s a shabby wooden chest. Through the slits in the chest, you can vaguely see a glimmer of light.]
[Do you want to kill ‘The Fallen Aged Beastman’ to open the chest?]
A chest!
Unsheathing his sleeve sword, Lin Xun grinned triumphantly, ready to target the old Beastman.
Suddenly, a thought flashed in his mind. What would happen if he entered the shed using the Beastman’s shell?
Instead of opting to kill the Beastman to open the chest, Lin Xun quietly left the shed.
Subsequently, he re-entered the shed using his newly acquired Beastman shell.
He wanted to test out his hypothesis and explore with the Beastman shell, wondering if it could offer a different narrative option.
[Confidently, you push aside the animal-hide curtain and enter the shed.]
[Inside, the elderly Beastman suddenly opens its blood-red eyes, raises its bone staff, and loudly admonishes you to get out of the shed.]
[Would you quietly leave the shed or attempt to negotiate?]
“Just as I suspected.”
By entering the shed using the Beastman shell, a completely different set of options appeared.
These two options were only possible for an apostle as uniquely gifted as Lin Xun to trigger, both of which might lead to surprising hidden events.
After a brief ponder, he decided to negotiate.
[Disregarding the elderly Beastman’s scolding, you approach it, about to initiate a conversation…]
[It abruptly stands up, raising the bone staff and smashing it onto your forehead with a “thud,” red and white fluid splattering…]
[You’ve died!]
???
Lin Xun slowly typed out three question marks.
What happened to the negotiation?
We’re all Beastmen, why resort to fratricide?
He thought he could unlock an additional storyline, but was thrown a curve ball and unexpectedly killed off by the game again.
However, this death didn’t cause any significant loss. The deceased Beastman’s shell could be discarded, and small monsters could be brushed and possessed again for a cost-free operation.
[The weak wandering soul is reborn in a cave in an unnamed valley…]
The negotiating option has been confirmed to be death, leaving only the option to exit the tent after being scolded by the old beastman.
Lin Xun frowns slightly, but decides to give it a try.
After the Shell dies once, the small monsters of the Filth Blood Beastman Tribe have all respawned.
He sends the three lions to deal with the small monsters, while he stands behind them, outputting furiously with the Yellow Bishop, quickly wiping out the small monsters once again.
Lin Xun discards the Shell of the beastman whose dog head has burst open in the Shell Pane, and takes in three intact beastman Shells.
He once again possesses a Filth Blood Beastman, and enters the tent where he just was.
[You strut through the animal skin curtain and step inside.]
[Inside the tent, the elderly beastman suddenly opens his blood-thirsty eyes, raises his bone staff, and scolds you loudly to go out of the tent.]
[Do you want to silently exit the tent or step forward and negotiate?]
This time, Lin Xun chooses to exit the tent.
[You bow and nod humbly, silently walking out of the tent.]
[You stand in front of the tent, waiting like a dignified guard…]
[Do you want to continue guarding the tent or leave this place?]
Lin Xun squints and clicks to continue guarding.
The game text freezes there.
After a good while, a new message jumps out, asking ‘Do you want to leave this place?’
Ignoring the annoying game, he clicked no.
A long time passed, and no new text appeared, only the recurring message: ‘Do you want to leave this place?’
“Hmm, there must be a hidden storyline here.”
Lin Xun is familiar with the game’s tactics. When there’s text urging him to leave, there’s likely some extra event.
He continues to choose ‘no’, standing off against the game.
After waiting for about an hour, a new text finally appears.
[An elderly beastman in the tent summons you to enter.]
There we go!
After waiting patiently for a long time, Lin Xun finally gets his wish.
[You lift the animal skin curtain and step inside.]
[Inside the tent, the elderly beastman stands up, rubs his thin belly, and signals you to bring back some food.]
The old beastman issues a quest for food.
All the other tents outside have been explored by Lin Xun, the food the old beastman needs might be the waste obtained from other tents.
Lin Xun opens his inventory, the most abundant items are ‘Rotten Meat Pieces’ and ‘Stinky Feces Stones’.
The Beastmen probably don’t have the same exotic taste as the ‘Hungry Old Man’.
Lin Xun clicks ‘Rotten Meat Pieces’ and selects the ‘give’ option.
[You give the ‘Rotten Meat Pieces’ to the ‘Decrepid Elderly Beastman’.]
[He takes the ‘Rotten Meat Pieces’ and starts gobbling them up.]
[In no time, he has chewed all the meat in his hand. The old beastman signals that he is not satiated, he wants more.]
Lin Xun gives him more several times until the beastman is finally full.
[‘Decrepid Elderly Beastman’ caresses his belly, nods with satisfaction, and hands you a few black round pills from his loincloth…]
[He gives you the only few black round pills from his loincloth.]
[You have obtained ‘Giant Beast Pills’ *3 (items).]
[After the ‘Decrepid Elderly Beastman’ gives you the pills, he sits down cross-legged again, ignoring you…]
Having received his reward, Lin Xun hurriedly opens his inventory to take a look.
[Giant Beast Pills (Item): A round, black pill made from mixing an unknown herb with the blood of a giant beast. It exudes a strong, foul smell. Upon ingestion, it allows a human to temporarily transform into a beast, gaining immense strength. If used on a beastman, it will temporarily enlarge them to the size of a Giant Beast.]
He thoughtfully considers the item.
For ordinary people, the Beast Blood Pill is just a temporary boost to their fighting abilities. But for him, it may play a surprising role in the later stages of the game.
After checking the reward, he clicks on the option to talk to the beastman again.
[The elderly beastman opens his eyes, raises his staff, and scolds you loudly: “Get out of my tent!”]
[Then he closes his eyes and sits down cross-legged again.]
“Oh ho, so he will burn the bridge after crossing the river.”
Lin Xun estimates that the special event with the elderly beastman should be over now.
Looking at the earlier text descriptions, the only pills left in the beastman’s loincloth have been given to him, which means there are no more rewards on him.
If that’s the case, Lin Xun doesn’t hesitate to possess the body of the Yellow Bishop, opens the panel, and clicks on ‘Profane Sunlight’.
He has been eyeing the treasure chest behind the old beastman for long.
