Before Outlander Studies officially launched at Pamir Academy, many high-level nobles had actually already begun researching Outlanders.
At first, they were merely interested in the Players' unusual immortality. Many secretly captured Players, hoping to develop some kind of Secret Art Ritual that would grant them the Players' ability to revive.
However, after researching them for a time, such projects were gradually shelved. Even powerful Ninth-Ranked Professionals could not determine the source of the Players' unusual traits.
There were even rumors that the Outlanders were connected to some incomparably great existence, whose power far surpassed the Ninth Rank of this world.
Thus, after the initial period, High-Ranked Professionals had always kept their distance from Players out of respect and caution. They also suspected that the Players might be part of some powerful being's scheme.
If that was the case, then the wisest choice was to keep their distance.
At first, this choice posed no problem, because Players, whose levels were generally low, could not come into contact with matters at their level.
But as time passed, the Players' performance completely overturned their understanding.
They could grow stronger just by eating, drinking, and looking for cats?
And they grew stronger even faster than through cultivation?! After noticing the Players' almost bizarre rate of advancement, many High-Ranked Professionals were profoundly shaken.
If only one or two outlanders were like this, it could be attributed to exceptional talent. But if every outlander was like this, then the matter became serious.
Could looking for cats generate some indescribable special power?
To unravel this mystery, Sai Starschaser, vice president of the Empire's Royal Magic Research Institute, had even personally joined in, searching for cats alongside one of his students from among the outlanders.
But after catching more than a hundred cats, Vice President Sai discovered that