Chapter 262: Chapter 175: The Special Ability of the Three-headed Lion, Abyss Cave_1
[You have gifted the ’President’s Badge of Polyvision School Association’ to ’Grand Scholar Rona’.]
[Rona accepts the badge and gives you a slight smile. It tells you that the academic atmosphere in the Imperial City is intense, and full of polymaths.]
[Even in a frontier town like Sofia, it had been awarded the title of Grand Scholar by the Association. But in the Imperial City, it would only be considered as an elite scholar.]
[Not to mention, within the association headquarters in the Imperial City, there are other individuals with academic statuses higher than a Grand Scholar, such as Sages and Prophets.]
[It has long yearned to go to the Imperial City to further deepen its studies. This has always been its lifelong dream.]
[Rona paused at this point, its gaze burning with anticipation as it asked you whether you were willing to go with it to ’Bretania Empire’s Imperial City—Saint Etienne?]
Lin Xun’s eyes widened.
Four big characters flashed in his mind: Hidden Map!
Thrilled at heart, he promptly pressed ’Yes’ without hesitation.
If it really was as Rona said, the challenges within the hidden map would certainly be staggeringly difficult, but the rewards were sure to be equally enormous.
Just to mention, Lin Xun was drooling over the thought of shells that were even more impressive than the Grand Scholar. Individuals like Sages or Prophets seemed to be just like that.
[You cannot go to ’Imperial City—Saint Etienne’. This region is level 7 difficulty content.]
[You shook your head, declining Rona’s invitation.]
???
Lin Xun’s face was full of question marks.
After pondering for a while, he suddenly understood.
He had not encountered a hidden map, but rather stumbled upon a special event that skipped difficulty levels.
No hints of this kind of data could be found in the Apostle forum.
Lin Xun had only learned about this information from Li Xingyue.
When he heard that the game had events that skipped difficulty levels, he thought of the Super Mario games he used to play when he was a child.
In the game, the bouncing plumber also had the ability to skip levels.
In the Book of Salvation, the conditions to trigger difficulty skipping events are quite strict.
Because some content isn’t only limited to geographical scope, but also spans a wide range on the timeline.
For example, an apostle who triggers a difficulty skipping event at difficulty level 2, but the level 3 content in the same volume spans the timeline, occurring either a hundred years before or after level 2.
That apostle, even if they encountered a difficulty skipping event, wouldn’t be able to explore the advanced level.
Generally speaking, for an apostle with the current difficulty level of 2, even if they encounter a special event that skips difficulty levels, they could only go to a level 1 or 3 within the same world (same volume).
As for the situation Lin Xun was currently in, being at difficulty level 4 and jumping to level 7, this was unheard of before.
"Is it because the difficulty level is too high, or the timeline is inconsistent, that prevents me from skipping difficulties?"
[When Rona saw you shaking your head, it let out a sigh of regret.]
[ It took you out of the hidden laboratory and back onto the Refined Copper carriage.]
[Under Rona’s command, the Refined Copper carriage started to move towards the Multivision Association...]
[...]
After a long journey, the two of them arrived at the Multivision Association.
The text indicated Rona instructed him to wait at the gate of the Multivision Association, while it went back to the office to pack some items.
After packing the items, Rona would head to Imperial City.
[...]
[You saw Rona return to the first-floor hall and walk slowly towards you.]
[It took out a book emanating a slight fragrance and handed it to you...]
[ You received the ’Book of Illusions — Rona the Grand Scholar’s Bathhouse Broadcast’ (Prop)]
[You look at Rona, puzzled. You remember this book was supposed to have been destroyed, so how could it reappear intact?]
[Rona leaned against your ear, whispering that it believes separation is only temporary. Under the direction of the ’Almighty True Knowledge’, you and it will eventually meet again.]
[Finishing its words, Rona the Grand Scholar turned around and left. It boarded the Refined Copper carriage, and the shadow of the carriage slowly disappeared into the fog...]
Lin Xun pondered for a long while, then opened his inventory to look at the book Rona gave him.
[’Book of Illusion—Rona the Grand Scholar’s Bathhouse Broadcast’ (Prop), the cover of the book portrays the scene of a beautiful woman bathing. The erotic scene is faintly visible through the misty steam. Although the illusions within the book have been erased, mysterious characters written by the Grand Scholar occupy the pages.]
[With this prop, you will be able to capture any remaining ’Knowledge Illusion’ that you witness. Clicking on this prop will lead you to the recorded Knowledge Illusion.]
Lin Xun raised an eyebrow.
Rona had cleaned the contents of the Illusion Book and left him a blank book that could record other illusions.
He was somewhat unclear as to Rona’s intentions.
Once the residual knowledge illusions had been explored, they could not be rewarded again even if recorded and explored repeatedly in the book.
He had already completely figured out the illusions in Dis Academy and the third floor of the transplant clinic, and could not trigger those illusions again.
"Maybe it will be useful in the future..."
Lin Xun stored the prop and proceeded to the Eye Laboratory on the second floor.
[You step into the ’Eye Laboratory’...]
[Bennett is leaning against a bookshelf in a corner of the lab, engrossed in reading a thick book. ]
[Upon seeing your arrival, it hastily puts down the book and inquires if you need to have an eye transplanted.]
[You look at the book; the cover reads, ’Standard Procedures of Eyeball Synthesis Surgery’...]
[Bennett explains, he’s been idle in the lab lately, so he started researching the technique of eyeball synthesis.]
[However, he hasn’t had enough time to study it and can’t synthesize eyeballs yet...]
"No special events triggered..."
