“Ding-dong! Congratulations, you’ve obtained [Wings of the Goddess].”
[Wings of the Goddess]: (Pure) (Fusion Equipment)
A pair of sacred, platinum-colored wings—the symbol of the Divine Maiden’s purity.
If the Divine Maiden is a virgin, she gains 50 Spirit, 30 Strength, 30 Agility, and 30 Intelligence. Wings will grow from her back, granting her the ability to fly at a top speed of 200 m/s. The wings can be retracted into her body at will.
If the Divine Maiden is not a virgin, [Wings of the Goddess] will transform into a fallen lewd trait. It will retain its purity attribute and flight ability, while additionally increasing the Divine Maiden’s sensitivity by 100% and the sensitivity of her wings by 200%. The wings’ shape and color can be changed at will.
Note: This is fusion equipment. Once fused with the Divine Maiden’s body, it will remain permanently active, and its attributes cannot be removed.
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“Ding-dong! Host, would you like to fuse with [Wings of the Goddess]?”
When Su Yun read the first half of the description for Wings of the Goddess, she was delighted.
The ability to fly!
It had been humanity’s dream since time immemorial.
And she could fly freely through the air without relying on any equipment—not to mention the massive boost to her attributes.
The 50 points of Spirit were especially valuable, greatly increasing both the power and the total amount of her abilities.
But the second half left her at a loss for words.
Not a virgin… a fallen lewd trait? That was way too embarrassing to even talk about.
What if, someday, she somehow got…
Wouldn’t she be stuck with this unbelievably embarrassing BUFF?
But if she refused to fuse with it, she’d lose the flight ability and all those powerful attributes.
After hesitating for a while, Su Yun finally decided…
“Fuse!”
What was there to be afraid of? She’d go for it!
As long as she didn’t get fucked, that embarrassing lewd trait wouldn’t activate.
Besides, she definitely wasn’t going to sleep with a man.
It should be perfectly safe to use.
A thought flashed through her mind.
Then she felt as if a new organ had appeared on her back.
It was a rather strange sensation.
The moment she thought about spreading her wings, a pair of platinum-colored wings appeared behind her.
She tried controlling them.
They began to flap with barely any effort.
The wings felt just like her arms. They moved whenever she wanted them to.
Since the wings had fused with her, she changed her clothes into a backless white dress.
She stood before the mirror as the platinum-colored wings, symbols of purity, gently beat behind her. With her white dress and silver high heels, she looked just like a legendary angel—majestic and divine.
The Divine Maiden’s status surely wasn’t any lower than an angel’s. And she wasn’t exactly disgracing the angels with this outfit, was she?
Su Yun opened the window.
“Light element. Light Concealment Technique.”
At a thought, a layer of white light enveloped her body. Anyone looking her way would see only the objects behind her through the light.
“Time to fly!”
She jumped down from the second floor.
Her wings beat.
She shot straight into the sky!
Blue skies, white clouds, and the high-rises in the distance…
In an instant, she could reach them.
Birds were so close she could almost reach out and touch them. She flew alongside them.
Across the fields on the ground, something like a giant white dragon raced along.
What was that?
She beat her wings hard and flew toward it.
As she got closer, she saw that it was one of Flame Nation’s high-speed trains, traveling at up to 350 km/h.
A playful mood took hold of her.
She chased the high-speed train, flying low beside it at the same pace.
When flying started to get a little boring, she sat on top of the train and quietly admired the scenery in the distance. (Dangerous. Do not try this.)
“Huu…”
She let out a long breath, and all the tension in her heart melted away.
The sea is wide enough for fish to leap; the sky is high enough for birds to soar!
Compared to everyone else, she was incredibly fortunate now.
She had tremendous strength, an organization like the Salvation Society behind her, and the exalted status of the Divine Maiden. What more could she want? What was there to worry about?
Even if she carried the responsibility and pressure of saving the world, protecting it wasn’t her burden alone. It was the responsibility of every one of the more than seven billion people on Earth. There was no need to think of herself as the world’s only savior.
And there was even less reason to carry all that responsibility and pressure on her own.
She only needed to take things as they came and keep a clear conscience!
At nine in the morning, it was time for the Salvation Conference.
A flash of white light.
Using the power of the Space Gate, Su Yun returned directly to her room in Chu Feng’s villa.
At her thought, the wings behind her retracted into her back.
Then she entered the Salvation Space.
Ten followers emerged from the Space Gate one after another.
The sight left the older followers nearby utterly stunned.
Before, only three followers had appeared each day.
Today, that number had risen to ten.
After Su Yun, the Divine Maiden, had bestowed abilities on each of the ten new followers and given them gene-optimization drugs to protect themselves, she didn’t announce the end of the meeting.
She had an important announcement to make.
“My followers, I grant you extraordinary power!”
At the same time, [Wings of the Goddess] spread out behind her, its platinum-colored feathers glowing with light.
Then, guided by one glowing orb after another, the contents of the [Mental Cultivation Technique] entered the followers’ minds.
“What is this?”
The followers were utterly astonished.
A method for cultivating extraordinary powers!
Su Yun gave the followers the [Mental Cultivation Technique] not only to give them a way to improve their Spirit attribute, but also, more importantly, to create a way to select candidates.
Over the past few days, she had also noticed a problem with the combat personnel.
Simply choosing people with high Strength or Agility and granting them abilities didn’t mean they would be stronger than everyone else.
An Ability User’s strength often depended on imagination and talent.
So she needed a whole new system for evaluating combat personnel.
One based on talent for extraordinary abilities.
She would have them practice the [Mental Cultivation Technique], then select the followers who excelled at cultivating their mental power and train them as combat personnel. In the future, they could even rise to the rank of squad leader.
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“Thank you, Divine Maiden! We will remain loyal to you and devote ourselves to the Salvation Society, making the salvation of the world our mission.”
Everyone bowed and thanked the Divine Maiden in unison for her grace.
Su Yun set them a goal.
In one month, she would check everyone’s progress with the [Mental Cultivation Technique].
Then she would make an overall assessment based on three factors: talent for extraordinary cultivation, proficiency with abilities, and physical fitness. Only after that would she decide their standing among the combat personnel and whether to grant them more powerful abilities.
The Salvation Society would continue to grow, with more and more members joining.
The corresponding system of rewards and punishments, along with a leadership hierarchy, would also need to be established over time.
After everyone else had left, Su Yun asked Chen Shasha to stay behind.
“Divine Maiden, I was wrong. Please don’t punish me.” Chen Shasha lowered her head, not daring to look at the Divine Maiden before her.
Inside the Salvation Space, the Divine Maiden’s dignity and presence were so overwhelming that Chen Shasha could hardly look at her.
Compared to Su Yun in the real world, Chen Shasha was clearly much more well-behaved in front of the Divine Maiden in the Salvation Space.
Just as Su Yun was about to give Chen Shasha a scolding…
The system’s notification rang out.
“Ding-dong! Main quest triggered…”
