novelraw Chapter 113: Beast of Disordered Knowledge, Temple of Knowledge!
Chapter 113: Beast of Disordered Knowledge, Temple of Knowledge!
[You are being watched by an unknown presence. Your connection with the Omniscient True Knowledge deepens!]
[Your soul is blessed by an unseen force. You have received the Blessing of Knowledge.]
[Blessing of Knowledge – a special blessing bestowed upon you by a great, unknown presence. With this blessing, every time you experience Knowledge Overload, your Knowledge cap will increase.]
Lin Xun’s eyes widened. A gift from the heavens out of nowhere?
Omniscient True Knowledge had granted him a bonus that increased his Knowledge cap after each overload, it reminded him of the Blood Pineal Gland granted by Corrupting Blood Sun.
He opened the Shell Panel but found no trace of the skill on any Shell.
He checked the Apostle Panel, still no skill called Blessing of Knowledge.
“A bug? Or maybe… it’s a buff, not a skill?”
Just as Lin Xun was puzzling over it, more game text began to scroll.
[You will now be hunted by the Beast of Disordered Knowledge…][In the corner of the lecture hall, countless flickering disordered characters appear out of thin air. These characters gradually combine and form a massive, grotesque beast.]
[The beast is made entirely of chaotic characters, which constantly jitter and morph. Even looking at the beast fills you with a sense of disorder and confusion.]
Omniscient True Knowledge had just offered a sweet reward and now came the stick.
Lin Xun was still in his wandering soul state and had no time to think. He quickly opened the Shell Slots and clicked to possess.
[You have possessed the Corrupted Earth Giant Shell.]
Lin Xun braced himself, choosing his strongest Shell to face this sudden threat.
He even considered summoning the Three-Headed Lion, but the cramped teaching building was far too low-ceilinged to allow such a massive summon.
And after all, the lecture hall was the safe zone, the spawn point!
If he couldn’t beat this thing… he didn’t dare imagine the consequences.
[The Beast of Disordered Knowledge lets out a roar, stirring a surge of chaotic, leaping characters, and lunges at you…]
[You plant your feet firmly on the ground and raise your Ancient Dragonfang Greatclub, your muscles bulging like mountains.]
[You let out a furious roar, and with a blast of violent wind, you bring the enormous club crashing down on the beast that’s already upon you!]
[With a thunderous boom, the body of the Beast of Disordered Knowledge shatters into pieces. Countless characters explode and scatter into the air…]
[You have defeated the Beast of Disordered Knowledge. You did not gain any experience points.]
[Some of the characters scattered from the beast are drawn to you and merge into your body…]
[Your Blessing of Knowledge has been enhanced to Blessing of Knowledge +1. After Knowledge Overload, your Knowledge cap will increase even more!]
[The remaining broken characters fade into dullness and slowly disappear…]
[You understand: you cannot completely destroy the Beast of Disordered Knowledge. It will gather its strength again. When it returns, it will be even more powerful!]
No further game text appeared after that.
Lin Xun let out a long breath.
The good news: he’d taken out the beast that shamelessly ambushed him inside a safe zone and even upgraded the newly gained buff in the process.
The bad news: the beast would return, and no one knew when the next ambush might happen or how much stronger the Beast of Disordered Knowledge would be.
This time, the Earth Giant had one-shotted it.
But if the beast revived each time, growing more powerful with every return… that would be a real headache.
Lin Xun thought it over and suddenly had a realization.
Defeating the beast upgraded the buff, so the beast wasn’t just an enemy. Its repeated appearances seemed more like a test.
Each successful trial boosted the buff.
Lin Xun rubbed his chin in thought.
On Hell difficulty, almost no other Apostles would be able to enter this chapter. Even if a few could, the odds of them landing in the same world volume as him were astronomically low.
He was probably the first Apostle to enter this world!
After glimpsing Omniscient True Knowledge and still managing to resurrect and farm Knowledge, he may have drawn that mysterious being’s attention, prompting the trials as a means to help him raise his Knowledge cap.
A highly plausible theory.
The only thing Lin Xun still couldn’t figure out was this. Why was Omniscient True Knowledge doing this?
After mulling it over from every angle and getting nowhere, he could only chalk it up to one of two reasons, outstanding talent, or being ridiculously handsome.
“I’ve entered two chapters, and two different god-tier entities have already taken an interest in me… Not sure if that’s good luck or terrible news…”
Lin Xun switched back to the Dancer Shell and left the safe zone.
He used stealth to take out a student-type minor enemy, then discarded the previously exploded student Shell and replaced it with a fresh one.
Thinking it over, giving each student two eyeballs might be a waste, one eyeball was plenty. That way, he could save a second one for later.
“Thriftiness is a virtue, not stinginess…”
He stealthily made his way back to the stargazing lab on the top floor of the teaching building and joyfully resumed his studies.
[You close one eye and lean toward the telescope…]
[You have acquired Knowledge. Your Knowledge stat increased by 50! Current Knowledge: 50/300]
[You have acquired Knowledge. Your Knowledge stat increased by 60! Current Knowledge: 110/300]
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[You have acquired Knowledge. Your Knowledge stat increased by 50! Current Knowledge: 280/300]
[The orrery records two more stars. Would you like to continue identifying a star’s coordinates?]
Lin Xun quickly halted and opened his inventory to read a book.
[You open the Book Containing Trace Knowledge and read through its contents, absorbing the knowledge within…]
[You have acquired Knowledge. Your Knowledge stat increased by 15! Current Knowledge: 295/300]
Time for the scapegoat student to shine.
Lin Xun felt a flicker of anticipation. He was curious to see how much the Blessing of Knowledge would increase the cap this time.
He switched to the Knowledge-Seeking Student Shell and read with the single eye.
[You open the Book Containing Trace Knowledge and read through its contents, absorbing the knowledge within…]
[You have acquired Knowledge. Your Knowledge stat increased by 10! Current Knowledge: 305/300]
[Your understanding has surpassed the critical threshold. You have once again glimpsed Omniscient True Knowledge…]
[Your Knowledge cap is too shallow. You cannot receive the mysterious summoning, nor enter the Temple of Knowledge…]
[Chaotic, disordered Knowledge floods your soul. You begin to drown in the sea of Knowledge.]
[Sanity slips away. Madness consumes your mind.]
[Your head explodes with a thunderous blast…]
[You are dead!]
Lin Xun furrowed his brow.
The expected explosion was there but the system text was different from before.
He carefully read back through the message.
[Your Knowledge cap is too shallow. You cannot receive the mysterious summoning, nor enter the Temple of Knowledge…]
“Damn it! So Omniscient True Knowledge is boosting my Knowledge cap because it wants to summon me!!”
Lin Xun’s mouth twitched. Now he wasn’t sure whether to keep grinding Knowledge or not.