Worldwide Awakening: My Soul Kinds Are Lost

The entire inn seemed to come alive in that instant.

The walls undulated rhythmically, as if breathing. Wang Linchi carefully examined them, trying to identify them through Soul Resemblance, but his attempts were in vain.

"Not an Erroneous Sin?"

If this transformation was caused by an Erroneous Sin, it would have been identified as an Error Soul Seed. However, there was no such identification, indicating that the cause was not an Erroneous Sin, but something else.

This disappointed Wang Linchi. Anything capable of causing such a disturbance would at least be of the Excellent Level.

The emergence of Erroneous Sins was intrinsically linked to Wang Linchi. Consequently, they inherited certain characteristics of Soul Kinds. While others couldn't distinguish Erroneous Sins, Wang Linchi could, even determining their strength by inspecting their quality.

Just as he was thinking, he heard a noise coming from the ceiling.

SKITTER! SKITTER!

Something was moving.

Wang Linchi glanced up and saw numerous insect-like limbs spreading out, giving him the sensation that they were swimming across the ceiling.

"Ah, a Human Pupa Insect. No wonder it's causing such a scene," Wang Linchi narrowed his eyes.

On the walls, even more insect limbs emerged, pressing in towards Wang Linchi.

"No smell! Eat!"

The loud, grating sounds of friction formed overlapping voices.

At this point, the Human Pupa Insect did not possess a distinct physical form but existed more like a Domain phenomenon.

The Saint Master acted immediately, forcefully tearing apart the entire wall and ripping out a multitude of insect limbs in the process.

The flames of the Dragon Talisman filled the entire corridor. Fortunately, Wang Linchi had the Protection Seal, which effectively isolated him from the flames and intense heat. Otherwise, he would have suffered as well.

As a bodyguard, the Saint Master's Dragon Talisman was more powerful than Wang Linchi's use of it. After all, Wang Linchi's primary advantage was his spiritual power, which the Saint Master shared.

Amidst the flames, countless rustling sounds arose, seemingly resisting the Saint Master's fire, but they still fell a little short.

The Human Pupa Insect immediately tried to flee, but how could the Saint Master allow its meal to escape? After the Saint Master intensified the flames, the rustling sounds turned into faint screams, and Wang Linchi could see numerous charred insect limbs falling.

"Every creature has its nemesis," Wang Linchi also smiled.

Ordinary flames, of course, couldn't harm an Erroneous Sin. However, the Saint Master's flames originated from the Coiling Dragon Saint Master Soul Phase Plugin sculpture. Therefore, the essence of his attacks was still Soul Resemblance-based.

Otherwise, if an ordinary inhabitant of this world had used a flamethrower on the Human Pupa Insect, not only would the insect remain unharmed, but it could even kill its attacker while being engulfed in flames.

What Wang Linchi could accomplish, others couldn't necessarily replicate. After all, he now possessed two-fifths of a protagonist's destiny, so receiving such advantages was quite normal.

The Human Pupa Insect grew increasingly weak. Wang Linchi immediately locked onto its core and ordered the Saint Master to fetch it.

The Saint Master could injure it, and even kill the Human Pupa Insect if he wished, as the Saint Master was also a part of Soul Resemblance. However, to truly destroy it, Wang Linchi himself had to devour it. Using Soul Absorption would work, but it would involve some loss, which Wang Linchi was unwilling to incur.

So he chose to eat it himself.

Once the Human Pupa Insect left the area of attack, its injuries would recover with incredible speed and in a peculiar manner, to the point where it was hard to tell if it had ever been wounded.

These beings operated on rules, with the world itself as their support; such an ability was hardly a major issue for them.

Following Wang Linchi's instructions, the Saint Master moved like an afterimage. He was gone and back in barely a second, returning with a basketball-sized pupa in his hands.

The pupa's surface felt like human skin, not an insect's cocoon. A faint human face was visible on its front, somewhat resembling the Egg of the Guardian Spirit Wang Linchi had seen before.

This pupa was the core of the Human Pupa Insect, comparable to its heart.

Wang Linchi took it, cleaned it briefly, and then took a big bite.

Contrary to his assumption, the inside was not liquid but firm flesh.

It squirmed in his mouth, as if trying to thrash about and attack him from within. However, after just a few chews and swallows, it was completely absorbed.

After this first bite, the Human Pupa Insect struggled even more desperately to escape Wang Linchi's grasp, but this was merely wishful thinking on its part.

Wang Linchi's physique might not be as formidable as the Saint Master's, but it was still at the Secret Silver Level. Escaping him was no easy feat for the creature.

He held it and took another large bite, causing its struggles to intensify.

"This doesn't taste good at all! Stop squirming, or I'll cook you later," Wang Linchi said, slapping the Human Pupa Insect. The blow left a large dent, but it didn't seem to affect the creature, as the indentation rapidly healed.

"The regenerative abilities of Erroneous Sins are still limited; they cannot mend damage that affects their fundamental rules."

Wang Linchi looked at the places where he had taken two large bites. The dents from the pressure had recovered, but the missing portions had not.

Attacks from others on an Erroneous Sin were like plucking a few hairs or trimming its nails—basically no real harm done, and easily recoverable. Even the Saint Master's attacks were essentially just a gradual siphoning of their essence.

However, when Wang Linchi devoured them, it was as if a part of their very being was permanently consumed, lost forever and unrecoverable. It was like a human losing a limb; a hand, once severed, could not be regrown. Even if a different hand was transplanted later, it would never be the original.

After a few more bites, the Human Pupa Insect was no longer wriggling. This wasn't because it had given up struggling, but because Wang Linchi had bitten a large circle around its periphery, consuming nearly one-third of it. It simply had no way to struggle anymore.

Wang Linchi was genuinely taking large bites and chewing vigorously, not bothering to savor it slowly.

The more I eat, the less it thrashes around in my mouth, Wang Linchi thought, holding the Human Pupa Insect as he returned to his room.

As for the fourth floor, he wasn't worried. Although it was charred black and in complete disarray, he believed the Night Hotel could restore itself. After all, it was part of some Erroneous Sin.

Error-Series Spirit Seed: Night Hotel (Epic Level).

Actually, Wang Linchi wanted to devour the entire hotel. However, the thing was simply too large, so large that he felt somewhat incapable of tackling it.

He couldn't just sink his teeth into the building directly; that would only get him a mouthful of rebar and concrete. With his physique, digesting rebar and concrete wouldn't be a problem, but he had no desire to eat it. It wasn't nutritious, nor did it taste good.

He was more interested in finding the core of the Night Hotel, similar to the pupa of the Human Pupa Insect.

Upon returning to his room, the Saint Master slammed the door shut. This made the already poor-quality door, now rickety and unstable, seem on the verge of collapse.

After finishing the last bite of the Human Pupa Insect, Wang Linchi glanced around. He had previously dismantled the bed to use as fuel for roasting the Erroneous Sin. Now, with no bed, he had nowhere to lie down.

The Saint Master promptly understood Wang Linchi's intention. He punched through the wall, causing it to collapse, and carried a bed over from room 402 next door.

According to the classification of Soul Kinds, if the Game System became an Erroneous Sin, it would likely be at the highest Mythology level.

Devouring it would be quite challenging.

Setting aside the Game System's strength, even if its core were placed in Wang Linchi's hands, he wouldn't be able to bite into it.

The resilience of the four Mythology level Soul Kinds he possessed served as a clear comparison: destroying such an entity would be virtually impossible.

Embed the Game System as a Soul Kind into a Potential position? That was quite a wild thought. After becoming an Erroneous Sin, the Game System had indeed acquired some characteristics of a Soul Kind, but it wasn't a True Soul Kind.

Otherwise, why would it be classified as an 'Error-type'? Even if it could be embedded, and Wang Linchi didn't mind it lacking any special effect attributes, what if the Living Soul Kind usurped his Soul Resemblance by 'occupying the magpie's nest'? He could end up being possessed.

He had many protections, but once something was embedded in his Soul Resemblance, it would be inside his very soul, directly exposing his weakest point to the enemy.

If he had the ability to deal with the Game System, Wang Linchi would choose to obliterate it completely, leaving not even a trace behind, rather than trying to subjugate it for his own use.

One needed to be self-aware. Was this truly an existence he could subdue?

He only possessed two-fifths of a Protagonist's Aura, not the entirety of it; nor was he *the* protagonist. At most, he had received a portion of a protagonist's luck. He lacked any accompanying benefits like an Intelligence Reduction Aura or Transcendent Charm.

Lying on the bed, Wang Linchi felt the rapid improvement of his spiritual power.

Below one million points of spiritual power, an increase of a few points wasn't particularly significant. However, after surpassing 1.1 million points, each additional point of advancement required a vast amount of resources. Now, by devouring a few Erroneous Sins, he had directly bypassed that costly process. This was an incredibly profitable venture.