Chapter 207: Chapter 207: Pilgrim Rewards
The settlement appeared around the small broken altar, now glowing with gentle blue fire.
The false skull shrine had become dust. The bone lanterns rested in a circle, no longer carried by dead hands.
[Floor 48: Bone Lantern Pilgrim Road]
[Main Mission: Escort pilgrim procession to Last Shrine — Completed.]
[Sub-Mission: Keep at least 60% pilgrims intact — Completed.]
[Pilgrims preserved: 109 / 120]
[Sub-Mission: Defend against night predators — Completed.]
[Sub-Mission: Prevent faith erosion above 35% — Completed.]
[Final Faith Erosion: 28%]
[Sub-Mission: Identify false destination — Completed.] freёwebnovel.com
[Sub-Mission: Discover why pilgrims continued walking — Completed.]
[True Last Shrine awakened.]
[False Last Shrine destroyed.]
[Calculating final evaluation...]
The result appeared.
[Final Evaluation: SSS]
Qin Mo looked relieved.
"We saved undead pilgrims from a fake skull shrine. This is now a normal sentence for us."
The rewards appeared.
[SSS Evaluation Rewards]
EXP +29,000
Tower Coins x400,000
SS Grade Bone Lantern Pilgrim Road Chest x1
SS Grade True Last Shrine Ember x1
SS Grade Pilgrim Lantern Heart x1
SS Grade Faith Erosion Cleansing Crystal x1
S Grade Night Bone Jackal Core Bundle x1
S Grade Road-Worn Prayer Cloth x1
Special Mark: True Destination Pilgrim]
Additional reward:
[False Destination Destroyed]
SS Grade Stolen Road Severing Stone x1
Qin Yuheng immediately understood the value.
False destination had appeared again and again.
Mirror Sand Expanse.
Bone Lantern Pilgrim Road.
Blood Sun’s information leaks.
Crimson Eclipse’s external ritual center might be hidden behind a stolen road.
When they returned, Yu Qingmei said the same.
"The Tower is preparing you for destination traps."
At the Qin Estate, the Stolen Road Severing Stone evolved into:
[SSS Grade True Road Restoration Stone]
[Effect:
Restores corrupted route-purpose links, weakens stolen pilgrimage roads, false destination bindings, and endpoint-devouring formations.]
Qin Mo placed it beside the True Destination Law Compass.
"External center preparation set grows again."
The True Last Shrine Ember evolved into:
[SSS Grade Final Rest Blue Soul Ember]
[Effect:
Guides exhausted spirits toward proper rest, resists faith-devouring endpoints, stabilizes long-term spiritual fatigue, and weakens false afterlife constructs.]
This was useful for Qin Zhengyuan’s nightmare loop and spirit exhaustion, but again used only in diluted form.
The Spirit Nightmare Loop clarity improved.
[Spirit Nightmare Loop: 84% mapped.]
[False destination component detected in nightmare structure.]
Qin Zhengyuan’s nightmares had not merely tortured him.
They may have tried to guide his spirit toward a false endpoint.
Mu Qinglan’s expression became icy.
"Even sleep was used as a road."
Qin Yuheng’s voice was quiet.
"We will cut it."
Qin Wanshan nodded. "Carefully."
The Pilgrim Lantern Heart was reserved for treatment chamber support, not consumed.
Floor 49’s file arrived with a red caution symbol.
[Floor 49: Iron Moon Execution Ground]
Type:
Judgment field / execution law / moonlit blades / guilt projection.
Warning:
Not all who kneel are guilty. Not all who judge are clean.]
Qin Mo stared.
"Judgment floor before Floor 50?"
Qin Yuheng nodded.
Floor 50 would likely be the Fifth Gate.
Floor 49 would prepare them.
Judgment.
Guilt.
Execution.
False crime.
Crimson Eclipse had used guilt repeatedly.
This floor might give another countermeasure.
They prepared truth stones, vow crystals, false accusation tools, and anti-guilt protections.
Qin Zhengyuan stopped Qin Yuheng before entry.
"Remember: guilt can be real without requiring execution."
Qin Yuheng nodded.
That sentence would matter.