Cheat Awakening-Chapter 717. Triggering the Hidden Worldline Mission

Bang!

The nightwalker flew back much faster than it had rushed forward. Ocea blasted it directly with her Hydro Pump, and before the nightwalker could regain its senses and wonder where such high-pressure water had come from, a dozen small fire bullets hurtled toward it at high speed, impacting it like a meteor shower.

Roar!

The nightwalker, now riddled with a dozen small holes, screamed in pain. Just then, it was struck by two searing Lesser Rays, making its screams even more agonising.

For a moment, seeing the miserable condition it was in after taking a one-sided beating from his pets, Myne felt a pang of pity for the nightwalker.

Shaking off these unnecessary thoughts, Myne approached the nightwalker and shone a UV flashlight on it without hesitation.

It struggled to crawl into a corner, shielding its face with its claws, trembling from pain and fear.

Looking at the nightwalker before him, Myne had already guessed the other party's identity, and it was very likely the woman Kran had mentioned—his stupid girlfriend who had fallen off the cliff out of excitement.

"It seemed a little different. Although its eyes were scarlet at the moment, and it looked like a completely crazed nightwalker, it was wearing old, mended clothes, and there were signs of it making fire nearby."

"Like Kran, it seems to be able to regain consciousness in the dark?"

Myne glanced towards a cave entrance on the other side. He first ordered Waffle to watch over the nightwalker and then walked over there with Ocea and Ted. Here, he became more certain that this nightwalker could regain human consciousness. There were makeshift beds and tables, and even an old notebook.

He picked it up and opened it to read. Although it was well-preserved, it was old, and the paper was mottled and yellowed. freewebnoveℓ.com

[ I had intended to record every detail here after the event, but I didn't expect to write down something like this. ]

[ After the fall, I didn't die immediately, but I was close to death. I was sure that my thigh bone was broken, and I was bleeding heavily, both internally and externally. I couldn't possibly survive. But at that moment, I saw the red boulder—it wasn't a stone at all, but a huge red flower bud. The fruit it ejected could actually heal all my injuries. Not only that, I also felt that my body was very strong, with extraordinary strength and speed. ]

[ I felt that I could leave here, and of course, I took the fruit with me. It was truly magical, and maybe it could cure my mother's cancer. ]

Here, there was a gap between pages, and the handwriting changed, becoming a little frightened and fearful.

[ I seem to have killed someone. ]

[ I returned to the city, but my whole body suddenly started rotting. My consciousness seemed to be occupied by something else. I felt terribly thirsty. I only remember pouncing on a woman and biting her throat, and then... I don't remember anything... But after biting someone's throat, I don't think the other party would have survived... ]

[ When I returned to this place covered in blood, I regained consciousness, and the fruit was no longer in my body. Why did I do such a thing? And my body is still changing... ]

Myne read all the way down. As long as the other party was in the daytime or moved too far away from the flower bud, she would lose her self-consciousness.

She had also struggled and studied, trying to leave the pit.

But when she finally found a way to temporarily preserve her consciousness and leave this deep ravine a month later, she had already witnessed purgatory on earth! The entire Srinka city was completely destroyed, or perhaps she had single-handedly brought the entire world to its doom.

"The speed of the fall is definitely not just because the bitten people turned into zombies. It seems that it is mainly because of the fruit she brought out," Myne muttered, rubbing his chin. The whereabouts of the fruit were also very clear.

It was the big oak tree in the nightwalker's lair.

"I didn't expect that the source of everything wasn't in the nightwalker's lair, but here. Sigh, both girlfriend and boyfriend are crazy. One brought the world to its end, and the other was trying to clean the mess she left behind."

Shaking his head, Myne closed the notebook. In order not to go out and let that thing inside her harm others again, she had stayed alone here for twenty years. Only God knew what she was thinking.

After all, almost 99% of people had died just about a year after the zombie apocalypse, so whom did she want to save from harm? There were hardly any people left alive, and those who survived obviously knew how to save themselves. She was just a crybaby who didn't want to accept reality and wanted to escape it, for which she gave herself a noble reason for saving others.

"Idiot... Forget it, let me see what this so-called flower bud is. Maybe I can get something good out of it, just like brother evil god who generously handed me his eye," Myne spoke with a smile and walked in another direction, about ten steps away.

Next to a shadow, he was able to glimpse the huge red flower bud.

Twenty years had passed. It was no longer in the shape of a flower bud.

It was now ten meters in diameter, rooted in the ground like a brain, and surrounded by dense red branches, entwined, lingering, and even beating like blood vessels.

"What the f*ck!" Myne felt his heartbeat was affected, and his ears had bursts of tinnitus.

[ Spirit -20 ]

Fixing his gaze, he pinpointed the source of the familiar sensation. Upon seeing the floating spirit damage indicator, he gasped in shock, "Is this thing a pollutant? It reduced my spirit so much at once! F*ck!"

Simultaneously, system information appeared in Myne's vision.

[ Congratulations to player Glitcher, triggering a personal hidden world line task. ]

[ Hidden world line tasks are not restricted by dungeons, gameplay, or plots. The task progress is not refreshed when the dungeon ends and persists upon entering a new dungeon. ]

[ Note: This task is related to the new version of Abyssal Paradise. Relevant information will be available upon completion. ]

"So, the official name of this game is Abyssal Paradise, huh? Quite a dominating name, which suits this wretched game very well," Myne mused, nodding in approval.

[ Please deal with the D-level pollutant. The treatment method: destroy all its flowing liquids. ]

[ Note: Pollutants are flowing liquids. Once a large amount flows out, it will cause the pollution source to shift. ]

[ Progress 0/1. ]

[ Note: Rewards will be obtained upon completion. ]

This wasn't Myne's first encounter with pollutants. The ancient god's heart in the previous dungeon had been a pollutant, albeit one of an absurdly high level whose details remained indiscernible.

It was only with the assistance of the traveling merchant, who had also managed to trick him into joining his crappy game, that the pollution had been eliminated and recycled.

But now, he hadn't expected to encounter it again, and it had even triggered a special hidden task.

"Then the question is, how do I deal with so much polluted liquid?" Myne immediately began to ponder.

"Destroy it? And prevent it from seeping into other places?"

Myne just felt it was difficult. The 10-meter-diameter flower bud was full of pollutant liquid. The blood vessels around it were like the tentacles of hell from some book. Just looking at them made him feel like he was losing his sanity.

He opened his system inventory to see if he could store it.

Apparently, he couldn't.

The inventory's rules had numerous restrictions and no discernible loopholes. Furthermore, he couldn't even utilise his inventory skill. According to the system's rules, any items brought out of a dungeon without proper authorisation would revert to their original location. Therefore, attempting to store the pollutant was pointless.

Just as Myne found himself in a dilemma, he suddenly paused, noticing a { ? } logo above the Eye of the Evil God in his system inventory.

{ These liquids seem capable of nourishing it. }

"Transfer the source of pollution to this eye?"

He had witnessed the power of pollution firsthand before, and Myne considered the risks. After all, the Eye of the Evil God was too valuable to gamble with. He didn't want to take any chances with it; otherwise, if something happened to it, he would undoubtedly regret it for the rest of his life.

Just then, the { ? On the eye flickered slightly, and another sentence appeared.

{ Weak pollution couldn't affect it. }

"Phew, if that's the case, what's the hesitation for?" Myne excitedly retrieved the Eye of the Evil God. At that moment, the flower bud seemed to be frightened and emitted a sharp, friction-like scream.

All the red liquid appeared to boil, and in the next instant, it surged towards the crystal-like eyeball in Myne's palm!