Interlude: The Goal, Bird, and the Knowledge of Madmen

"Infinity."

Xia Lun turned over the name of the realm mentioned in The Old Daoist's Reply at Wengxi. As his thoughts shifted, he felt he had begun to piece together how Secret Art Scholars measured power.

"Ordinary people" without "Knowledge" became "Secret Art Scholars" once they possessed it. Those who held six points of "Knowledge" and had completed a special scheme became "Achievers of Infinity."

There might be higher realms beyond that, but he did not yet have enough information to work them out.

By that measure, he was currently a Secret Art Scholar who possessed Knowledge.

Tapping a finger lightly on the desk, Xia Lun picked up his coffee and drained it cold. He began considering how this system related to Specializations, Specialties, and skills.

After a while, he shook his head.

Without enough Specializations, Specialties, or skills, a Secret Art Scholar would never obtain Knowledge in the first place. Knowledge could be stolen from one person by another; even if someone weak got lucky enough to acquire it, they could not keep it. And from what Guewen had told him, Xia Lun suspected that increasing his Knowledge and attaining Infinity might reveal a way to deal with Event Life—or even uncover the truth of the world.

Whatever the case, he had to keep improving on both fronts. As long as he grew stronger, sooner or later he would unravel those bizarre supernatural phenomena and gain the power to protect himself!

"It's time to write down the next plan!"

With that thought, Xia Lun put away The Old Daoist's Reply at Wengxi and reopened the Black Notebook to his "Plans" page. It still held the goals he had written after completing his first Scenario.

"Long-term goals: Discover the truth behind my illness (); use the game to gain supernatural