Chapter 291: Chapter 185: The Difficult Tower Climbing Challenge, Seeking the Stars Corridor_2
And so, he continued his tower-climbing journey.
...
[You have defeated ’The Guard of the Fortieth Floor of the Star Tower’...]
[You have obtained ’Memory of Starry Sky’ (Item)...]
[You are riddled with injuries, your severe wounds slowing your pace...]
While fighting off the guards’ magic attacks all along, the Earth Giant was left with nearly no health after clearing the fortieth floor.
Lin Xun had no choice but to switch back to his Mage shell.
"In that case, I am not just lacking a strong assassin shell, but also a healer shell..."
It was rare for apostles to use a healer shell. It was partly because such shells were rare in the game, and partly because healers had weak combat powers, making the general Chapters as difficult as the hell Chapters.
Exhausted apostles would switch their shells, dropping the healer shell...
But in the logistics teams of the Apostle Council, there were still some healer apostles.
The official bias gave them some resources to make the life of healer apostles less difficult, thereby maintaining the number of support personnel in the organization.
Lin Xun continued his tower-climbing journey with his Mage shell.
Facing the guard on the forty-first floor, the mage was not easy to beat, and he frequently used ’Knowledge Grating’ and ’Knowledge Spear’.
This was a battle between two Mages, a confrontation of spells equivalent to a large-scale fireworks display.
Lin Xun dared not use ’The Light of the Falling Star’. The mana cost of that skill was simply terrifying.
Attempting to conserve mental power, his mana was completely drained by the time he reached the forty-sixth floor.
Left with no option, he left the illusion.
After using the reward from the fortieth floor, his knowledge reached 600/15200, almost three times that before entering ’Star Dome Tower’.
Lin Xun was somewhat unwilling to accept this, just four floors short of the reward for reaching the fiftieth floor.
After pondering for a moment, he gritted his teeth and once again browsed the book, entering the illusion.
...
An hour later, his challenge ended on the forty-ninth floor.
This time, Lin Xun conserved all his mana playing as a Mage and the health of Earth Giant, using the most conservative methods.
He even challenged the lower level guards with his other shells.
Despite this, he could only break through to the forty-ninth floor, still one floor short of the fiftieth-floor reward.
He saw the guard of the fiftieth floor, but fainted due to mental exhaustion as soon as he unleashed the knowledge grating, leading to his challenge failure.
"Given my current level of capabilities, reaching the forty-ninth floor is quite a limit."
Lin Xun shook his head, no longer attempting to enter the illusion.
Before, his level of knowledge wasn’t enough to meet the requirement for using the teleportation scroll to get to the ’Chasing Star Corridor’.
Now, with his knowledge limit reaching 15000, Lin Xun tried to click on the item again.
[Would you like to use the ’Teleport Scroll of Chasing Star Corridor’ to teleport to the ’Chasing Star Corridor’?]
[Your knowledge limit has reached the teleportation condition.]
[You do not know the ’true meaning of the Chasing Star Corridor’, and can’t teleport to the destination!]
His knowledge had reached the benchmark, meeting the teleportation standard, but the game rolled out a new teleportation requirement.
Lin Xun frowned in thought.
Given the game’s style, with so many requirements to reach the ’Chasing Star Corridor’, the rewards there were possibly substantial.
The harder it was to reach, the more substantial the gain.
Before getting the teleport scroll, he had never seen the four characters ’Chasing Star Corridor’.
Based on teleportation requirements to understand its true meaning, he could only try asking story characters to find relevant information.
He quickly made his way to the ’Eyeball Lab’ on the second floor of the Multivision Association.
[You’ve set foot inside the ’Eyeball Lab’...]
[As Bennett saw you coming, he quickly put down his lab equipment.]
[He informed you that his eyeball grafting technique had made small progress.]
[Last time, he grafted the ’Eyes of the Underworld Shadow Demon King’ for the True God’s messenger, but that eyeball had a significant flaw, it doesn’t work under bright light.]
[He thought about it over and over, couldn’t sleep at night, and always felt that an eyeball with flaws didn’t suit the great envoy of the True God.]
[So, he went to the ’Ancient Library’ on the second floor of the Association to look up information, in an attempt to find a solution to the eyeball defect.]
"[Thankfully, the ’Almighty True Knowledge’ was favoring it and it found a solution.]
[By combining the eyeballs of a phototropic animal with the eyeballs of the ’Underworld Shadow Demon King’, it can create a perfect pair of eyes.]
[What’s lucky is that amongst the heap of eyeballs it brought from the transplant clinic, there were ones that met the conditions.]
[However, the suitable eyeballs were mixed with others in refined copper boxes, and it needed to distinguish them one by one from dozens of these boxes to find the eyeballs it needs.]
[With the knowledge association’s monstrous creatures roaming the outside world, and the so-called ’Mist Barrier Monster Lord’ mentioned by the apostle of the true God, it didn’t dare to open the refined copper boxes for fear of danger.]
[You shake your head and assure Bennett that there is no need to worry. The monstrous creatures in the city and the ’Mist Barrier Monster Lord’ have all been slaughtered by you. It can open the refined copper boxes to find eyeballs without worries.]
[Upon hearing this, Bennett is overjoyed. It can’t stop praising the divine power of the apostle of the true God and promises that it will immediately start the task of distinguishing the eyeballs so that next time when the apostle of the true God visits, it can help you get rid of the defect of the eyeballs.]
Lin Xun originally wanted to ask Bennett if it had heard of the ’Chasing Star Corridor’, but he didn’t expect to trigger a special event.
Getting rid of the defect of the ’Underworld Shadow Demon King’s’ eyeballs would mean a great reinforcement for the dancer’s stealth skill, which would no longer be affected by the environment.
Whether in places with dim light or under bright light, the stealth effect could be greatly enhanced.
"Bennett is really a good man, I was too judgmental when I said you were greedy,"
Lin Xun sighed involuntarily.
[You take out the ’Chasing Star Corridor’s teleportation scroll’, and show it to Bennett.]
[Bennett gazes at the scroll in your hand, contemplates for a while, shakes his head and confesses to you that it has neither seen this object before nor heard of the ’Chasing Star Corridor’.]
[Only by hearing the two words ’Stars’, maybe the followers of the evil god will know the mystery.]
Lin Xun had a bad feeling.
What is meant by maybe the followers of the ’Stars’ will know the mystery... Is it that someone has to join the ’Stars’ pledge to fit the teleportation standard?
He hastily shook his head and dismissed this uneasy feeling from his mind.
Everyone has a special subject they excel at. It is reasonable that Bennett, a transplant doctor, does not know about the ’Chasing Star Corridor’. Bennett is just making a guess based on the place’s name.
If Rona hasn’t left yet, he may be able to get a clue from the knowledgeable Rona.
[When Bennett sees that you are silent, it reminds you that you should go to the ’ancient library’ to look through the materials, maybe there will be some gains.]
[Do you want to go to the ’Ancient Library’ to find relevant information on the ’Chasing Star Corridor’?]
Lin Xun’s eyes light up.
In the ancient book library, there are countless books, which is a good place to look for information.
[You leave the ’Eyeball Laboratory’ and enter the ’Ancient Library’ on one side.]
[You look at the towering shelves with layers of books and start looking for information in the sea of books.]
[Searching...]
[You find a professional book in the library titled "On the Orthodox Inheritance of the Direct View School and the Heretical Deviations of the Polyvision School"]
[You have no interest in it and throw the book into the corner.]
[Searching...]
[You find an adult book at the bottom of the shelf titled "The Days I, an Explorer of the Abyss, was Captured by the Underground Demon..."]
[You are greatly interested and keep reading... After a while, you are amazed and also feel disenchanted...]
[Your knowledge increases by 1 point, current knowledge 601/15200]
[Searching...]
Lin Xun looks at the text in the game with a bemusing expression.
This dark game doesn’t really change; it occasionally jumps out to mock him.
[Searching...]
[You have roughly scanned the books in the library but haven’t found any information related to the ’Chasing Star Corridor’.]
"Even the ancient book library doesn’t have relevant information. What if I indeed need to join the ’Bright Stars’ pledge to teleport to the other side?"
Lin Xun is a covenant-breaker.
Even if he is willing, he can’t make a Stars pledge again.
Furthermore, considering the style of the ’Son of Stars’, joining the ’Stars’ faction certainly wouldn’t be as comfortable as being favored by the ’Almighty True Knowledge’.
Just as he was lamenting his hopelessness...
He suddenly patted his forehead and thought of one critical clue.
The teleportation scroll was obtained from the chancellor Maguire, and the Multivision Association is Maguire’s stronghold, and his office is on the fifth floor of the building.
In Maguire’s office, there must be relevant information!]
