novelraw Chapter 111: The Eye of the Sea Monster – Instant Death Upon Sight
Chapter 111: The Eye of the Sea Monster – Instant Death Upon Sight
[You have obtained Weak Spirit Essence of Steadfast Will *1]
[You have obtained Academic Senior Mentor’s Robe (Common+ Equipment)]
[You have obtained Unknown Creature’s Eyeball *2 (Common+ Item)]
The Hell Game did not display any Shell description text, nor was there an option to possess the Senior Mentor.
Lin Xun flipped back through the previous text and found that the Senior Mentor had already been smashed into pulp with a single blow from him…
No wonder there’s no possession option.
He was speechless. The Earth Giant Shell was simply too violent, it tended to reduce monsters from a creature into a lump, leaving no chance for possession.
Lin Xun felt that saving the Giant Shell for encounters with big bosses was probably the correct way to use it.
“A boss-level monster shouldn’t be taken out by a single hit from the Earth Giant… right?”
He opened the inventory to check the loot dropped by the Senior Mentor.First was the Weak Spirit Essence of Steadfast Will worth 2,000 Spirit Essence.
His Spirit Essence balance once again surpassed the 30,000 threshold.
Next was a piece of equipment.
[Academic Senior Mentor’s Robe (Common+ Equipment): A black standard-issue robe, with mysterious characters printed at the collar and five massive eyes sewn across the chest.]
“I wonder if, after a monster drops clothing equipment, I can still find the clothing on it when I possess it.”
He thought it over and figured it was unlikely. If one item became two, the monster couldn’t just conjure another identical piece out of nowhere.
[Unknown Creature’s Eyeball *2 (Common+ Item): Ocular tissue from an unidentified creature. The eyeball possesses an extremely heightened sense of color perception and is quite valuable. This item must be used with an empty eye socket. Upon use, there is a chance to acquire a skill that boosts Knowledge.]
After seeing the Senior Mentor’s form, his Knowledge stat had surged by 50 points.
This kind of mechanic made Lin Xun wonder, when facing higher-tier monsters in the future, could just a glance cause Knowledge overload and lead to brain explosion?
Looks like he really needed to increase his Knowledge acquisition speed as soon as possible.
It was quite possible that the Knowledge stat still held hidden functions yet to be discovered.
Lin Xun switched back to Lir’s Shell and clicked on the Common+ tier item.
[The Knowledge-Seeking Four-Eyed Student Shell has no available eye sockets. This item cannot be used.]
Apparently, this Hellish Game didn’t allow self-eye removal to swap in new eyeballs.
Lin Xun considered it, using this item on an ordinary student Shell felt like a bit of a waste.
He stashed the eyeball item away for now. Sharpening the axe doesn’t delay chopping wood, he could wait to find a suitable Shell before using it.
He then clicked on Lir’s Shell skill.
[You have activated the Knowledge Extraction skill. Until you cancel this skill, your Knowledge gain rate will be slightly increased.]
Lin Xun equipped Lir with the Thunder Dragon Staff-Spear and Nano-Bio Combat Armor, intending to temporarily use this Shell that enhanced Knowledge for exploration.
He left the rest of the powerful equipment untouched, if he ran into monsters unexpectedly and had to switch Shells to fight, swapping gear mid-battle would be too cumbersome and time-consuming.
[You equipped Thunder Dragon Staff-Spear +1!]
[You equipped Nano-Bio Combat Armor!]
[You are now stronger!]
This was his first time wearing the Nano-Bio Combat Armor, and it came with special functions.
[The Nano-Bio Combat Armor’s nano muscle fibers provide three intelligent modes for your use. You can switch between Strength Mode, Armor Mode, and Speed Mode.]
After a brief consideration, Lin Xun selected Armor Mode.
[You have activated Armor Mode. The nano muscle fibers have altered the particle arrangement of the armor’s surface!]
[Your movement speed is reduced. Your defense has greatly increased!]
Lir’s Shell was primarily used for acquiring Knowledge, not clashing with powerful monsters head-on.
He continued exploring.
[At the end of the corridor stands a tightly shut door. You look up at the marker beside it, it reads Dean’s Office.]
[You attempt to open the locked door, but it is firmly shut.]
Lin Xun curled his lip and switched to the Earth Giant Shell.
[You raise your leg and kick—sending the entire door and its frame flying into the office…]
He then switched back to Lir’s Shell.
[You enter the Dean’s Office, carefully stepping over the shattered remains of the door…]
[On the desk, you find a stack of manuscripts.]
[You have obtained Multivision School – Dean of Dis Academy’s Manuscripts (Document)]
Lin Xun’s eyes lit up.
That’s Knowledge!
In order to unlock more Knowledge, he promptly clicked the document item.
[Multivision School – Dean of Dis Academy’s Manuscripts (Document)]
[The new-type eyeballs originate from a sea monster in the deep ocean. It’s said the sea monster’s eyes possess a terrifying instant-death effect upon being seen. Many scholars from the School were killed or injured trying to capture it.]
[I greatly desired those eyeballs, but even with my position as Dean, spending all my resources was far from enough to obtain them.]
[I had no choice but to shut down the campus transplant surgery room and compromise with the greedy Bennett, setting up a carriage route from the Academy gate directly to his transplant clinic.]
[Who could have predicted that devil Bennett would dare demand orphaned students from the welfare house as payment.]
[I… I am a sinner, driven by my ever-growing thirst for knowledge, unable to restrain myself…]
[…]
[Sigh. Those poor students are likely all raw materials for Bennett now.]
[…]
[Though greedy and evil, Bennett kept his promise. He paid me a considerable sum.]
[Even after purchasing the sea monster’s pair of eyes, I had money left over.]
[So I established a new laboratory in the basement of the teaching building to study the new eyeballs.]
[I moved all the equipment from the original campus surgical room into this new lab.]
[I trembled with excitement… because I was about to transplant the sea monster’s eyes into myself and obtain even greater knowledge…]
Lin Xun silently read through the document. The story within the chapter was, as always, steeped in darkness.
The key information in the document pointed to the laboratory beneath the teaching building, and the sea monster eyeballs with the terrifying instant-death ability.
Just thinking about such an ability was enough to feel its overpowered nature. He wondered whether he could obtain the sea monster’s eyes in the basement.
[You have gained Knowledge. Your Knowledge stat has increased by 75! Current Knowledge: 125/200]
Lir’s Shell skill that enhanced Knowledge gain had an approximate amplification of 50%. Last time he used a book that should have given 10 points of Knowledge, but he received 15 points instead, clearly the result of the amplification.
Searching the Dean’s office once more, he obtained two copies of Book Containing Trace Knowledge.
Assuming each book grants 15 Knowledge, the potential gain was now 105, enough to cause a Knowledge overload.
Lin Xun did not rush to use them. He could hold off and use them later after raising his Knowledge cap a bit more.
He had Lir’s Shell exit the Dean’s Office and continued his exploration toward the next location…