[You have chosen Level 4 Difficulty Chapter (Hell)!]
[You have entered an Apocalyptic Chapter.]
[Chapter 82740874]
What the hell, little bro?
When Lin Xun was reading strategy guides on the forum earlier, he had noticed the chapter numbers experienced by other Apostles.
But sothing this long, tens of millions? Completely unheard of!
“Did I stumble into so hidden secret world?”
After joining Thunder Tribulation, the black-stocking lady had upgraded his forum account privileges.
Now, he could browse previously hidden high-level strategy boards.
The number of guides in those sections had increased dramatically compared to before. Most were Grade C, with a fair number of Grade B guides, but there were barely any Grade A guides, you could count them on two hands.
Thunder Tribulation’s clearance level wasn’t the highest, so he couldn’t access the top-tier walkthroughs.
Lin Xun skimd through the guides, but found no ntion of any chapter with such a ridiculously long number.
Which made sense. He had only entered this Hell-Difficulty chapter thanks to his SSS-rank evaluation.
How could an average Apostle possibly achieve that rating?
Still, it didn’t matter. A top student doesn’t need to copy a failing student’s answers.
He turned his attention back to the ga text and began his journey.
[An ordinary wandering soul awakens in an old lecture hall…]
[You look around. Kerosene lamps burn inside the hall, casting a faint orange glow that just barely illuminates the furnishings.]
[The hall is densely packed with tiered wooden desks and chairs. Bloodstains streak the surfaces, and dried, shredded bits of flesh are still stuck in places.]
[A wave of putrid, rotten stench assaults your nose, making you nauseous.]
[You are standing in the aisle between the rows of seats. At the front is an equally worn-down podium…]
[Floating beside you is a faintly glowing, oversized Soul Page. Next to it lies a long-dead corpse.]
[Will you touch the Resting Page, or inspect the corpse beside it?]
This lecture hall was clearly the spawn point, a safe zone.
Since entering a chapter automatically sets your spawn as the respawn point, and he had just co from the Library, there was no need to touch the Resting Page again.
[You crouch down and inspect the corpse carefully.]
[It’s wearing a scholar’s cap and a black academic robe, and it holds a thick teaching baton in one hand.]
[Its face, apart from two gray pupils, is covered in coin-sized pits, densely packed. Whatever organs were inside those holes had long been gouged out.]
[You examine the Shell before you…]
[Shell of the Knowledge-Seeking Multivision School ntor: A ntor whose desire for knowledge swelled uncontrollably, spending a fortune to transplant additional eyes in pursuit of truth. This long-dead Shell, preserved under an unknown glow, has not decayed. It died of massive blood loss after its extra eyes were removed. Compatibility: 125% ( 45%)]
[Would you like to possess this Shell?]
Knowledge-seeking… Multivision School… an insatiable thirst for knowledge… extra eyes…
Knowledge-seeking?
Usually, prefix tags in monster nas carry special aning, like ‘Corrupted’ in the Blood Sun world.
‘Multivision School’ might refer to a specific faction in this chapter. He could very well be in their territory.
Lin Xun picked up on a few keywords, but with so little information, he couldn’t draw a full picture yet, only form a rough guess.
This ntor Shell was a default starter, like the three standard Shells back in the church of the Blood Sun world.
He discarded the trash-tier Corrupted Blood Beastman from his Shell Slots and prepared to possess the ntor to see if it contained any background mories for this chapter.
Suddenly, the ga text popped up a new notification.
[You have gained knowledge. Your Knowledge stat has increased by 10! Current Knowledge: 10/100]
What the…
He hadn’t even done anything yet, and already his ‘Knowledge’ stat increased?
He had never heard of a ‘Knowledge’ stat before, nor did he know what it did.
Frowning slightly, he muttered, “Anything abnormal is cause for concern…”
And with the earlier ntion of the Knowledge-Seeking prefix in creature nas, a bad feeling welled up inside him.
He tapped “Possess.”
[You have possessed the Shell of the Naless Knowledge-Seeking ntor!]
[This Shell has received Soul Enhancent. Shell strength increased by 60%!]
[The Shell retains fragnts of mories from its life…]
[…]
[Student Lir is developing into quite the alluring young woman…]
[But why does she refuse the pursuit of great knowledge?]
[Does she really think that wearing a blindfold will block her innate thirst for truth?]
[I must educate this rebellious schoolgirl.]
[To pursue knowledge is the sole aning of life. As a commoner, this is her only path to advancent.]
[So after class, I brought Student Lir into my private office…]
[To correct her misguided values, I used my thick baton to give her a stern ‘education.’]
[Amid her heart-wrenching sobs, she ca to deeply recognize her errors, and drank in the knowledge I so passionately imparted.]
[That’s more like it! As a reward for this ‘lesson,’ I took her by carriage to Bennett’s Transplant Clinic.]
[There, I selflessly spent my savings to grant Student Lir a new pair of charming eyes.]
[When her parents found out, they were moved to tears, and spread my noble deeds throughout the Multivision School.]
[For a ti, my reputation soared, and I stood in glory…]
[The fragnted mories end here.]
“…”
At that mont, Lin Xun wore the classic subway uncle reading s on his phone expression.
Carefully examining the mory fragnts, he noted that this world wasn’t set in a modern era, but it appeared to possess surprisingly advanced organ transplant technology.
Its inhabitants craved knowledge and had an inexplicable obsession with transplanting eyes.
[You have gained knowledge. Your Knowledge stat increased by 20! Current Knowledge: 30/100]
The ga text popped up again. Another increase in his Knowledge stat.
Lin Xun guessed that gaining key information through ga text might be what triggered these Knowledge boosts.
He still didn’t know whether reaching 100 Knowledge would bring a benefit, or a consequence.
Opening the Shell Panel.
[Shell – Knowledge-Seeking ntor of the Multivision School]
[True Na: Unknown]
[Compatibility: 125% ( 45%) – Compatibility threshold exceeded. Shell Quality improved!]
[Shell Quality: Ruined ]
[Shell Level: 29 ( 9)]
[Shell Equipnt: Academic ntor’s Robe (Ruined ) – A black standard-issue robe stained with gri and blood, with four massive eyes sewn in a square pattern across the chest.]
[Shell Equipnt: Thick Baton (Ruined) – A thick, black, solid baton with cloudy white stains still clinging to it.]
[Shell Skills: None]
A pretty trash Shell overall. Both its quality and equipnt were junk-tier.
He still wasn’t sure whether using this Shell accelerated Knowledge gain.
But he wanted to push Knowledge to 100 as soon as possible, in order to figure out this chapter’s core chanics.
Whether the stat was beneficial or dangerous, reaching the cap would likely trigger a system prompt.
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