Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game

Chapter 125: Chapter 115: The Beast of Chaotic Knowledge, Temple of Knowledge!_1 Chapter 125: Chapter 115: The Beast of Chaotic Knowledge, Temple of Knowledge!_1 [You are being watched by an unknown existence, your connection with ‘Almighty True Knowledge’ has deepened!]

[Your soul is blessed from the unknown, you have gained the ‘Blessing of Knowledge’]

[‘Blessing of Knowledge’, a special blessing granted by a great unknown existence. Upon gaining this blessing, your knowledge limit will increase each time after overloading your knowledge.]

Lin Xun widened his eyes, wondering why he was getting a windfall all of a sudden?

‘Almighty True Knowledge’ had inexplicably given him a skill to increase his knowledge limit, similar to the ‘Bloody Pine Cone’ bestowed by the ‘Profane Blood Sun’.

He opened his shell panel, but did not find this skill attached to any shell.

He also did not find a skill called ‘Blessing of Knowledge’ in the Apostle panel.

“Is this a bug? Or is it a buff rather than a skill?”

As Lin Xun was puzzled, the game text continued to jump.

[You will be hunted by the ‘Beast of Chaos Knowledge’…]

[In the corner of the lecture hall, countless illegible characters will materialize out of thin air, gradually assembling to form a enormous and ferocious beast.]

[The beast is entirely composed of garbled characters which constantly change shape as they tremble, you feel confused and chaotic just by looking at it.]

‘Almighty True Knowledge’ had provided a sweet date only to follow it up with a big stick.

Lin Xun, still in Wandering Soul state, had no time to think and quickly opened his shell column, clicking possession.

[You have possessed the shell of the ‘Fallen Earth Giant’.]

Lin Xun braced himself, using his strongest shell to face the sudden situation.

He even wanted to summon the three-headed lion, but unfortunately, the teaching building was too low to summon such a large creature.

The lecture hall was a safe house, a respawn point!

If he didn’t manage to defeat this monster, the consequences were unthinkable…

[The ‘Beast of Chaos Knowledge’ roars, sending numerous chaotic characters flying towards you…]

[Your feet are firmly against the ground, raising the ‘Ancient Dragon Tooth Mace’, your muscles bulging.]

[You roar out, accompanied by a terrifying gust of wind, you swing the mace down onto the beast before you!]

[In the thunderous crash, the ‘Beast of Chaos Knowledge’s body is shattered, its characters scattering…]

[You have defeated the ‘Beast of Chaos Knowledge’, you did not gain any experience.]

[Some characters falling from the ‘Beast of Chaos Knowledge’ are attracted to you and merge into your body…]

[Your ‘Blessing of Knowledge’ has increased to ‘Blessing of Knowledge+1’, the overloading of knowledge will once again increase your knowledge limit!]

[The rest of the broken characters fade and gradually disappear…]

[You understand, you cannot completely kill the ‘Beast of Chaos Knowledge’, it will accumulate strength, and when it attacks next time, it will be even stronger!]

The game text stopped showing at this point.

Lin Xun heaves a sigh of relief.

The good news is that he managed to defeat the beast that attacked him in a safe house, and even upgraded the buff he just earned.

The bad news is that the beast will continue to launch sneak attacks, and he had no idea when the next one would come or how much stronger the ‘Beast of Chaos Knowledge’ would be.

This time, the Earth Giant was able to kill the beast with a single blow.

But if the beast keeps reviving and growing stronger after each revival, that’s a headache.

Upon careful consideration, Lin Xun had a sudden realization.

Defeating the ‘Beast of Chaos Knowledge’ would upgrade the buff. And the beast would continue to fight him in the future… It seemed more like a challenge.

Each time he passed the challenge, he could upgrade his buff.

Lin Xun rubbed his chin in thought.

It was highly unlikely that any Apostles could enter the hell level chapters, and even if a few could, it was also unlikely that they would end up in the same world as him.

He might be the first Apostle to enter this world!

After glimpsing the ‘Almighty True Knowledge’ and successfully resurrecting to continue adding to his knowledge, he might have caught this boss’s attention, hence the challenge and aid in increasing his knowledge limit.

This was a reasonable assumption, but the only thing Lin Xun could not figure out was the purpose of ‘Almighty True Knowledge’ in doing this.

Despite thinking from every angle, he could only attribute it to his gifted talents, or his handsome appearance.

“Entering two chapters and gaining the attention of two bosses in a row, I wonder if this is a blessing or a curse…”

Lin Xun switched back to the Dancer’s shell and left the safe house.

After stealthily killing a student monster, he discarded the student shell he had beheaded earlier and replaced it with a brand new student shell.

After some thought, it seemed a waste to install two eyes on each student shell. He could make do with one eye, and that would save an eyeball.

“Frugality is a good habit, this is not being stingy…”

Stealthily making his way to the top floor of the teaching building, to the star observation lab, Lin Xun began his joyful learning process again.

[You close one eye and lean in closer to the eyepiece…]

[You have gained knowledge, your knowledge has increased by 50! Current knowledge: 50/300]

[You have gained knowledge, your knowledge has increased by 60! Current knowledge: 110/300]

…

[You have gained knowledge, your knowledge has increased by 50! Current knowledge: 280/300]

[There are still two stars recorded on the telescope, do you want to continue confirming the star coordinates?]

Lin Xun quickly stopped and opened the item to read the book.

[You open the ‘Book Containing Some Knowledge’, you read the contents of the book, absorbing the knowledge within…]

[You have gained knowledge, your knowledge has increased by 15! Current knowledge: 295/300]

Next was the time for the sacrificial student to make its appearance.

Lin Xun was somewhat expectant, wondering how much the ‘Blessing of Knowledge’ could increase his knowledge limit.

He switched to the Knowledge Seeking Student’s shell and read the book with one eye.

[You open the ‘Book Containing Some Knowledge’, you read the contents of the book, absorbing the knowledge within…]

[You have gained knowledge, your knowledge has increased by 10! Current knowledge: 305/300]

[Your knowledge has exceeded the critical point, you have once again caught a glimpse of ‘Almighty True Knowledge’…]

[Your knowledge limit is too shallow to be summoned by the unknown existence to enter the ‘Temple of Knowledge’…]

[Chaotic and disordered knowledge continuously pours into your soul, you gradually lose yourself in the ocean of knowledge.]

[You lose your sanity, madness takes your mind.]

[Your head explodes violently…]

[You have died!]

Lin Xun frowned.

The expected head explosion text was somewhat different from before.

He carefully reviewed the text.

[Your knowledge limit is too shallow, you cannot be summoned by the unknown existence to enter the ‘Temple of Knowledge’…]

“Damn! Almighty True Knowledge increased my knowledge limit to summon me!!”

Lin Xun twitched his mouth, uncertain whether he should continue to grind for knowledge.