Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 1236 - 552 Emperor Wu’s Daily Notes, Yama God Right Attendant Bodhisattva

[Deep into the night, Jingren Palace was submerged in silence. Moonlight spilled onto the vermilion glazed tiles of the palace, casting a cold yet gentle luster that outlined the chilling contours of the architecture.]

[Inside the palace walls, lamps were dwindling, leaving only a few eunuchs quietly guarding in the darkness.]

[The doors of Jingren Palace were tightly shut, and inside a room, one or two oil lamps flickered. The virtuous consort had yet to sleep at this late hour...]

[As it turned out, the Crown Prince of Vermilion had been overly cautious. The two Buddhas possessed Great Divine Power as Celestials, and the stringent defenses of the Forbidden City were virtually non-existent to them.]

[Even if the two Buddhas had decided to storm into Qianqing Palace and take the puppet head of Emperor Wu, it would have been as easy as flipping their hands.]

[The three of them reached Jingren Palace without much effort and without alerting anyone.]

[The Crown Prince of Vermilion suppressed the excitement in his heart, he both respected and feared the two Buddhas, with gods from the west to aid him, why worry about ascending the imperial throne.]

[Several lamps guarded by the eunuchs were silently extinguished, and the White Elephant Demon returned to your side and nodded.]

[You led the two Buddhas and boldly pushed open the grand doors of Jingren Palace.]

[Under the lamplight, a beautiful woman dressed in embroidered finery frowned, and without lifting her head, she scolded, "Have I not already given orders? Do not disturb this palace, get out!"]

[The Crown Prince of Vermilion, without needing your reminder, proactively approached and coldly huffed, "Virtuous consort, are you telling this prince to get out?"]

[The virtuous consort was suddenly startled, raising her head abruptly and saw it was the Crown Prince; her expression changed as she said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, how dare you barge into the inner palace at night!"]

["Go away quickly, let tonight’s incident be as if it never happened; otherwise, should your father the Emperor come to know of this..."]

[The Crown Prince of Vermilion said to you, "Buddha, these puppet bodies—I do not know by what means the Emperor created them. They not only look undistinguishable from the outside, even their behaviors and habits are exactly identical to their real selves."]

[If we hadn’t known in advance that the real Emperor and the virtuous consort had already sailed eastward, we could not have discerned whether the person before us was real or fake.]

[Seeing that the Crown Prince ignored it, the virtuous consort couldn’t help but let anger surge, and she called out loudly, "Guards!" but no one responded.]

[You stepped forward, disregarding the woman’s struggle, placed your hand on top of her skull, and closely examined her corporeal spirit.]

[Characters in your eyes flickered rapidly, and you soon understood the mystery of the puppet body.]

[This puppet body was also a living person, highly similar to the original self. By slightly altering and crafting the facial features and bones using divine powers, one could make the puppet look perfectly identical to the original, with no discernible flaws.]

[Moreover, all the original memories of the puppet had been erased, replaced by those of the virtuous consort, making the puppet believe it was indeed the virtuous consort, unaware that it was a puppet.]

[How could a mere mortal resist your methods? The virtuous consort was soon under your control.]

[However, the inherited memories seemed incomplete; regarding your inquiry about the "successor to the Daily Life Officer," it knew nothing, not even recalling ever having executed a young eunuch.]

[Searching the entire Jingren Palace, the clue to "Emperor Wu’s Daily Notes" still couldn’t be found...]

[...]

[The virtuous consort, blushing and with seductive eyes, seeing that you were about to leave, hurriedly grabbed the hem of your robe and said, "Honored one, why not stay here tonight and continue the search for the books tomorrow morning?"]

[You coldly glanced at her, and the woman controlled by "The Book of Technique of Desire and Emptiness" unwittingly withdrew her hand.]

[The lust-enchanted virtuous consort, seeing you determined to leave, finally regained some clarity and thought for a moment before speaking to you, "Honored one, if I indeed executed the ’successor to the Daily Life Officer’ and obtained a manuscript of ’Emperor Wu’s Daily Notes’ from him..."]

[With my way of handling things, I would definitely not report to Emperor Wu, to avoid being silenced for knowing secrets I shouldn’t.]

[I would most likely destroy the item secretly and pretend to know nothing about it,]

[You knew that the manuscript of ’Emperor Wu’s Daily Notes’ definitely still exists, otherwise the caretaker would not have told you such information.]

[The virtuous consort, still believing in the continued existence of the book, continued to ponder, "If I hadn’t destroyed the book, at the very least I would hide it in an extremely safe place, and somewhere I could see often."]

[Being a devout follower, I pray and fast daily...]

[As she spoke, the virtuous consort looked toward the shrine in the corner of the room devoted to Bodhisattva "Third Mantra Bodhisattva."]

[Although the shrine wasn’t overlooked during the earlier search, Jingren Palace had many decorations, and it was only searched briefly.]

[Now that you had a specific target, you searched carefully and indeed discovered something.]

[Hidden below the shrine was a secret compartment containing a blue-covered Scripture "Great Broad Buddha Avatamsaka Sutra."]

[Something seemed off about the cover of the Scripture; you lightly lifted it and peeled off the faux cover, revealing the words "Emperor Wu’s Daily Notes"!]

[You found the "Emperor Wu’s Daily Notes—Seventy-sixth Manuscript" (Information Prop)!]

"Damn! This is hidden so well that I wouldn’t have found it if I hadn’t known the relevant information beforehand."

Lin Xun knew that the information revealed by the caretaker was extremely precious, and he looked forward to clicking on the Information Prop to read it.]

[You opened "Emperor Wu’s Daily Notes" and started to read the text in the manuscript...]

[...]

[The complete set of Daily Notes not only recorded major events since the founding of the Vermilion Empire but also detailed Emperor Wu’s daily life and every word and action.]