I upgraded and added points in the Holy Inquisition

After discussing with the testers until it was getting dark, Lloyd was about to go back to the dormitory to rest, but was stopped by Metis again, who timidly asked him if he wanted to have dinner together.

Lloyd didn't refuse and followed her to the history department cafeteria, which was known for its bad food. He picked up some food without even looking at it and started eating. It was obvious that his mind was still on this new species of monster.

Metis did not have the heart to disturb him, so she just sat opposite him, eating a little vegetable salad in small bites, and secretly glanced at Lloyd from time to time, carefully hiding the affectionate look in her eyes, just focusing on being his companion.

The two of them finished their meal in silence, and then returned to their dormitories in silence.

Lloyd took another shower. He was planning to finish his student handbook and go to bed early, but he heard a series of "嘤嘤嘤" sounds in his ears.

Hmm? What happened to the tentacle grass?

Lloyd then returned to the [Thinking Realm] and saw the tentacle grass dancing and gesturing in the direction of the palace foundation.

I turned around and saw that the progress of the project suddenly increased dramatically.

Until this morning, the palace had only completed its foundation and base, with a few decorative stone columns added to the outside.

But in just one day, more than half of the main framework has been completed?

Moreover, it suddenly grew to dozens of meters high, with many more beams and various frames, and the final shape could already be vaguely seen.

Although it has not yet been topped out, the length, width and height shown in the frame already give us an idea of ​​how magnificent it will be in the end.

If the previous project progress was stuck below 5%, then this wave has at least advanced to around 30%.

Although this should be a good thing in theory, right? It marks a big step forward for Lloyd in the new system of [Void].

But...why is this happening?

Why was it that during the process of acquiring forbidden knowledge and constructing the [Trial of Illusion], the progress of the entire project did not change at all, but instead suddenly increased dramatically after I killed a new monster?

Wait! Does this mean...

Lloyd suddenly thought of a possibility——

【Transcendence】

Since [Vilation] can be recognized as a supernatural system by the panel, or the "Book of Madness", then it is reasonable for it to have the promotion mechanism of [Transcendence], right?

Therefore, the knowledge that I acquired in the early stage and the efforts I made were all preparations for [transcendence], and then I waited for the opportunity today, and then everything came naturally and I was able to make a breakthrough?

Lloyd quickly opened the panel again and took a look at the current attributes:

[User: Royd]

【state:? ? ? 】

[Insanity value: 278/50000, upper limit: 3125000]

【Rationality: 3125】

[Spiritual power: 3125]

【Inspiration: 2115】

[Cognition: 3125]

[System: Distort LV6, reject LV6, falsehood]

As expected, all attributes increased by 5 points, which means that I really completed a [Transcendence] inadvertently.

But I didn’t receive any corresponding panel prompts, nor did I gain any new abilities?

Lloyd could only speculate that this might be because [Void] was a completely new system and the panel was unable to fully record and grasp it?

Or was it that I didn't prepare any additional rituals, and completed the [Transcendence] in a rather hasty and confused manner, so the effect was not very good?

But no matter what the real reason is, let's record this emergency situation with pen and paper in "Lloyd's Notes".

So Lloyd took his own notes directly to the [Field of Thinking], opened a new page, and wrote down the first [Transcendence] process of the [False] system on it.

Kill a Chaos Child with a danger level of 10 that is unobservable and untouchable?

Hiss~ Is this method a bit too difficult? Is the process a bit hellish?

Not to mention how to find a Chaos Child of the same type, even if we find one, ordinary people will not be able to deal with it, right?

Moreover, according to Hiltina, although this thing may have the ability to interfere with reality, in theory it should exist in the realm of chaos.

This chaotic realm is completely unknown to humans at this stage. The dangers and uncertainties within it are simply hard to describe...

Even now, apart from Lloyd's mature version of the trial, there seems to be no other way to access the Chaos Realm?

But even if it is a mature version of the trial, what you can get access to is just one side of it, an aspect called [History].

After Lloyd thought about it, he suddenly felt that the [Twisted] rituals seemed quite humane?

I will never complain about the [Twisted] rituals being anti-human again!

As Lloyd thought about it, he began to look at himself in a state of confusion.

He had originally intended to have his sister follow his [illusion] system...

Now it seems that I might have thought too much?

But then again, although the current [Transcendence] process looks quite hellish, perhaps there is still some room for optimization?

Lloyd remembered that Hiltina briefly told him that when she was practicing the [Veto] system, she made many adjustments and optimizations to the specific rituals and processes of [Transcendence]. In the process, she also received a lot of help from the testing feedback of Mizzkatok, and finally formed the most popular system today.

The changes during this period were quite big. It can be said that the current [Veto] system, compared to the one that Hiltina had at that time, can be regarded as two paths under the same system. It’s just that the degree of separation is not as serious as that of [Manifestation]. In the end, they still achieved the same goal by different paths.

Lloyd's [Distortion] is actually similar, and also has two promotion paths.

Therefore, even though this [illusory] way of transcendence seems a bit shady now, it may still be possible to rescue it later.

Hmm...that should be possible, right?

Lloyd encouraged himself in his heart, then reached out and took off the glass cover on the tentacle grass, and said:

"Come on, let's go to the new project."

"嘤嘤嘤!"

The tentacle grass danced with joy, and immediately made a very human-like gesture of "pulling out its legs", splitting two blades of grass "under its feet", as if it had really grown legs, and then it hopped and followed Lloyd's footsteps.

The man and the grass came to the periphery of the palace frame and took a walk outside first.

As they walked, Lloyd suddenly asked:

"This is actually a project. Are you interested in being the project manager here?"

"Ugh?!"

The tentacle grass was stunned for a moment, then quickly pretended to prostrate itself, or kneel down to beg for mercy, indicating Lloyd to let it go.

It seems that even it knows that software engineering project managers are not the same as civil engineering project managers...

"It's worthless!"

Lloyd said unhappily.

Tentacle Grass did not argue and continued to lie on the ground pretending to be dead.

Lloyd had no choice but to continue moving forward, walking deeper into the palace frame.

But the tentacle grass didn't catch up? It just stayed on the periphery.

"Why don't you come in and take a look?"

Lloyd turned around and asked.

“Boohoo! Boohoo~ Boohoo!”

Tentacle Grass explained with great gestures why he didn't come in, and acted in all kinds of very human ways, trembling and being flattered.

It seems to be expressing that this is an area that one cannot get involved in?

Of course, it could also be that he is determined to draw a clear line between himself and civil engineering?

Lloyd didn't force it, and just started walking around on its own.

As a result, after walking a few steps, I heard a panel prompt:

[Ding~Knowledge fragment +1, Madness value +15000]

After walking a few more steps, another voice came:

[Ding~Knowledge fragment +1, Madness value +15000]

He just walked around like this and successively obtained 8 pieces of forbidden knowledge fragments, all of which were of high quality. He also gained a wave of madness value and directly upgraded by 2 and a half levels.

It seems that part of my gains from [Transcendence] came from here?

Lloyd evenly distributed these 10 attribute points to [rationality] and [spiritual power], bringing the total value of both to 3130 points. Then he patiently toured the entire palace until he was sure that there was nothing more to gain, and then he walked out.

He brought the tentacle grass back to the giant flower bud and watched the tentacle grass automatically crawl into the glass cover, as if it was going home.

Then Lloyd began to count this wave of forbidden knowledge fragments.

These eight fragments were still collected by the "Book of Evil" as before, and are still continuing to complete the corresponding functions.

But perhaps because he had accomplished a [Transcendence], Lloyd was now able to roughly understand what effects these knowledge could have, compared to being completely confused and at a loss as to what to do with it a while ago.

Well... part of it is convenience optimization, which can help me build scenes better, faster and more conveniently.

Another part is functional optimization, which can unlock more gameplay in the trial, but what specific gameplay it is still needs further consideration.

The remaining part is actually about security? Can it make my trial less vulnerable to hacking?

Wait! Is there anything that can invade the trial?

Could it be that thing?

Lloyd thought of the big black fish that appeared out of nowhere...

But my trial doesn't belong to the realm of chaos? Strictly speaking, it is at most a passage to the realm of chaos called [History], right?

Hiss...that's not right!

If this precious object has the property that if you observe it, it can also observe you, then if I observe it through trials, it is indeed possible that it will notice my trials in return?

From this perspective, this wave of security improvements is obviously very important!

At least he could ensure that his own trial would not become a channel for this precious item to invade the world!

When Lloyd thought of this, he felt a little scared, but more of a relief.

Fortunately, I accidentally completed a [Transcendence] and thus gained a way to defend against this ghost thing. Otherwise, I really don’t dare to think about what will happen next...

Should I consider this as my good luck? Being able to obtain what I need most among all the chaotic forbidden knowledge?

Lloyd originally thought that he was lucky this time, just like when he was playing a pay-to-win mobile game and got a current UP character with ten consecutive draws.

But he changed his mind and recalled what Professor Deco and his team had said before.

The reason why human civilization has continued to this day is that it has been constantly overcoming the unknown and fear.

Although this Chaos Black Fish is mysterious and extremely dangerous, I have already had contact with it and killed it easily. So, finding a way to deal with it next is also "natural" in a sense?

It’s just like when you’re playing a pay-to-win mobile game, if you want to draw the current UP character, you naturally have to draw from the corresponding card pool instead of the permanent pool?

You have to choose the right card pool first before you can have the possibility of shipping.

And if I kill the Chaos Black Fish myself, does that mean I have chosen the right card pool?

Lloyd thought about it and finally came to a conclusion:

Even for an outstanding young person like me, everything depends on my own hard work and efforts!

Well...even though he himself couldn't explain how his train of thought came to this conclusion, it couldn't be wrong anyway!

So after this wave of security improvement, Lloyd felt completely reassured.

He had been very worried that his trial would be affected by today's new discovery.

Now that the safety factor has been improved, the trial should be able to continue.

In addition, if I can fully understand this wave of new knowledge, perhaps I can also summarize some new methods against the Chaos Black Fish from the perspective of defending against invasion?

And if this method can eventually form a certain ability or skill...

Does that mean that my own [Illusion] system can also possess the same various abilities as other systems?

After some association, Lloyd seemed to have found a way to acquire new skills.

When Lloyd thought of this, he became energetic, his fatigue instantly disappeared, and he began to seriously study the new knowledge he had acquired today.

However, if one really wants to fully grasp this new knowledge and find the skills of the [Illusion] system from it, it is obviously a process that requires time to slowly hone.

So Lloyd was not in a hurry and did not disrupt his schedule to stay up late. When it was time to go to bed, he stood up and prepared to leave the [thinking field] and return to reality.

But at this moment, he subconsciously raised his head.

What comes into view is the quadruple spiral tower.

Here, as before, there are four spiral bands of different textures interwoven, of which pure white and dead gray represent [Negation] and [Twist] respectively, while blue and white represent [Manifestation] that was once possessed.

As for the final [Darkness], I haven't found any clear direction yet, but I have gained some strange knowledge from it.

The blue and white spiral in it seemed to be getting darker, perhaps because it had lost its materialization system, and it seemed to be being devoured by the pure white and dead gray.

These were changes that Lloyd had noticed before, and they did not just happen.

He had tried to observe the blue and white spiral carefully before, wanting to see if any strange knowledge would pop out of it.

Nothing happened...

But just a moment ago, he seemed to feel some changes in this tower?

But after staring at the tower seriously for a while, Lloyd shook his head.

"It doesn't look like anything has changed. Maybe it's because I'm too tired and it's an illusion?"

He didn't think too much about it and went out to sleep.

After all, this is his [thinking realm], his absolute home ground, a place where he can really cheat, not a bus that can come whenever he wants.