Chapter 36: Joining (Happy National Day to all book friends!)

"Is this... the ability to heal wounds by forming a cocoon?"

Lin had a strong capacity for accepting various Mysterious things, and she quickly deduced the general idea.

She stepped forward, gazing at the large cocoon, a joyful smile appearing on her face.

"Great, this person is fine, the Lord's Divine Oracle can still be completed..."

She saw that within the cocoon, there seemed to be some light source, reflecting a humanoid Shadow; it could vaguely be seen that it was a female, who was like an embryo, her hands wrapped around her curled-up thighs, just like a fetus in a mother's womb.

But accompanied by the constantly strengthening sound of a heartbeat, from behind the black figure, there seemed to be endless shadows writhing, rapidly expanding... transforming into... a pair of deformed wings?

The humanoid form also became strange, with elongated mouthparts and an alienated body, seemingly evolving into some kind of insect...

"Not good... is this... pollution?"

Lin's expression was grave; she knew that this meant the other party had been unable to maintain her sanity after being severely injured and was transforming into a monster.

In reality, Olivia's transformation was also related to her having overdrawn her Spirituality earlier to perform the Ritual.

If this continued, the one who broke out of the cocoon would definitely not be her.

"So that's how it is, the Lord had already seen everything; is this the true meaning of saving a soul?"

Lin suddenly realized: "She has already been attracted by the terrifying existence at the end of her own Taoism, sinking into the Abyss; only by needing the radiance of my Lord can she obtain Jiusu..."

She knew what she should do.

Lin immediately began to set up the Ritual, praying to the Spirit of Falsehood:

"Spirit of Falsehood wandering in the unknown, Absolutely Neutral Existence, Silent Observer..."

"Please bestow your grace and save this lost soul before me!"

"Can I say that this wasn't my arrangement, and I just ran a bit slowly, so I almost didn't make it in time?"

Aaron Sotos muttered to himself and accepted this Ritual.

He looked at the giant cocoon in front of him, his eyes also filled with shock, but he still mobilized the Mysterious energy generated by his dreaming to pour into the cocoon.

"Thank you, my Lord!"

Lin felt this change and looked inside the light cocoon, only to see that the ferocious Shadow had gradually faded away and turned back into a human form.

Rip!

The gray cocoon clothing was torn open, and a naked Olivia struggled to walk out; she saw Lin, a trace of shyness appearing on her face, but more of it was shock: "That is..."

"Lucky person, you have received the grace of my Lord and obtained His Jiusu..."

Lin glanced at Olivia, casually pulled a piece of clothing from a corpse on the ground, and threw it over: "You put on clothes first, I will tell you slowly."

A moment later, Baihuo Dasha.

"So... you were summoned by an existence, established the Light of Redemption, and then received a Divine Oracle to come and save me?"

Olivia said in surprise: "What kind of benevolent existence is that? To actually pity an ant like me... No... would that kind of existence communicate with mortals? 【Cocoon】 never communicates with His believers, even the highest-level 'Cocoon People'; there are even rumors that those who truly see 【Cocoon】 all die, regardless of whether they are believers!"

"【Cocoon】? 'Cocoon People'?"

Aaron was a bit confused, and then Lin asked directly: "What is 【Cocoon】?"

"He is the master of the Element of 'Pupa', the symbol of life and change..."

Olivia's expression became incomparably complex: "I come from the forests in the south, where there are many people who worship 【Cocoon】; they call themselves 'Cocoon People' and even established a Cult named 'Wild Wood Wither'... After many people joined, their temperaments underwent terrible changes, and even after several times of forming cocoons, they have become non-human existences... I was unwilling to stay any longer, so I traveled far away from home..."

Lin, however, thought of the fanatics of the Black Sun Cult and the High Priest who turned into a Black Flame beast, and suddenly had an epiphany: "The Mysterious path is too dangerous, madness and terror accompany it at every moment; no matter what path one walks, one needs the Protection of my Lord to maintain one's humanity. Praise my Lord!"

"May I have the honor of hearing His honorable name?"

Olivia said solemnly: "Originally, after leaving the Cult, my own hallucinations and some symptoms had already become very serious, but after receiving the grace of that one, I feel that I have completely recovered. I want to understand the teachings of that one, and... is He willing to accept a follower of 【Cocoon】 like me?"

"Of course, my Lord embraces everything."

Lin's eyes lit up, and she immediately began to preach: "He is located at the very top of the Light Realm, He is the Light of Redemption, He is the only hope for humanity!"

'Hey, hey, I only told you that I am a spirit! Just a spirit! Don't add so many strange things on your own!'

Aaron was on the side, listening in extreme embarrassment.

Especially since Lin was adding so many powers to him on her own, like Jiusu, like Protection... he hadn't even agreed to them yet, okay?

"Forget it, anyway I didn't admit it... Besides... 'Pupa'?"

Aaron comforted himself; apart from that, he was actually very interested in the newly appeared Element and path.

"Must think of a way to trick Olivia's Secret Transmission out, no... it's a trade! A trade!"

"However, do life and change overlap somewhat with 'Red'? Also no, 'Red' is mainly inclined towards the fields of reproduction and Vitality... And, the feeling 'Pupa' gives me also contains a flavor of stubbornness, conservatism, and immutability..."

He just watched as Olivia was fooled by Lin and became a member of the Light of Redemption.

This was a very normal thing.

As long as Olivia still wanted to continue on the Mysterious path and didn't want to be influenced by 【Cocoon】 and turn into a monster, she had to bow down at his feet.

Aaron could tell that although Olivia was also relatively naive, she was at least more mature than Lin; could she really not see that this 'Light of Redemption' had some problems?

Rather than saying the other party was fooled into joining this Cult, it was better to say she was conquered by the 'miracles' he displayed.

"Olivia, since we have become fellow believers, then next, I will announce the first major event."

Lin surveyed Baihuo Dasha and was very satisfied with this place: "I want to requisition this place to serve as a branch of the Cult... Hmm, the headquarters cannot be moved; there is the Altar of my Lord there, and unless His permission is obtained, it cannot be relocated."

Olivia pursed her lips, looking at Lin pretending to be as spirited as an adult, and suddenly asked: "Then... Saintess, how many people are there in our Cult in total?"

Lin's momentum disappeared quite a bit, and she answered in a very low voice: "Counting you, five... there are only two of us who are Extraordinary."

Olivia's expression froze instantly; although she had some mental preparation and guesses, she did not expect this Cult to be so bizarre!

You have to know, those real Secret Teachings, which one didn't have thousands of members, and the leaders were all powerful figures in their own right?

Their own one was simply worse than someone else's combat squad.

Is it still in time to quit the party?