I upgraded and added points in the Holy Inquisition

How should I put it... In this world where video games haven't yet been developed, even for the elites of Mitzkatokli, it would be difficult to imagine designs like 'plot kills' and 'battles that are bound to fail' in a short period of time. They still retain traditional thinking and are somewhat limited by the times.

So Lloyd deliberately didn't tell them how to pass the level, just to see who can be the first to break out of this traditional thinking, realize that those criminals who praise and flatter you are not necessarily good people, and the beautiful girl opposite is really not a villain, so as to find the correct way to pass the level.

"This girl... is so beautiful? Who designed her based on? And why is she barefoot?"

Hiltina suddenly asked Lloyd and reached out to gently pinch his cheek.

Lloyd was about to respond casually, but suddenly froze and realized that this question... seemed a little dangerous?

So he quickly changed the subject and said:

"Of course it's because barefoot girls are cuter."

"Eh? Are you praising me? Hehe..."

Hiltina was fooled by Lloyd again.

At this moment, Professor Deco in the scene probably felt that he had rested enough, so he stood up and called out:

"Okay, everyone, cheer up. It's time to accept the impact of forbidden knowledge."

Other testers also responded, saying:

"Here we go, I have to deal with the troubles posed by that big golden fat guy again..."

"It's not bad actually? It's just a slight headache, but the knowledge I gained is still quite useful."

"Lloyd just said that he optimized the third act, so it shouldn't be as rough as before, right?"

"Who knows? Anyway, the third act, or the first three acts, are not the key points, right? The key is still the last one [Review of History], right?"

"Yeah, after taking the test a few times, I feel that the improvement in rationality and inspiration is just for fun. The real important improvement is in the fourth act."

From their discussions, we can see that many people have realized the benefits of level-up.

Although their improvement efficiency is very low and is far less intuitive and effective than Lloyd's direct +1+1, after several trials and accumulation, the changes are more obvious than the increase in attributes.

But according to Lloyd's observation, it seems that it is not easy for them to achieve a complete level upgrade?

If you perform [Review History] a few times in the first few times, you can get an improvement of +0.1, but the effect will gradually decrease afterwards, and may be only 0.01, or even less.

From this point of view, it should be difficult to achieve a complete improvement by simply relying on [Reviewing History]. Perhaps some other auxiliary means are needed? Or should we find a way to draw more power from this chaos called [History]?

As for how to do it specifically, I'm afraid no one in this world can give a specific answer...

So this is another important significance of the mature version of the trial. Lloyd hopes that through the trial, he can have a better understanding of the area or level of "Chaos".

After all, the last, most noble, and greatest one is the one who ascends to godhood and faces chaos.

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"Hmm? This third act scene is indeed a little different. How come it has become a very complicated maze?"

"The subtitles have also been updated. Let me see... What test do I need to draw next? Why does it seem to be getting more complicated?"

"Hey? I can't move my body again! Did that invisible force come so quickly?"

The testers talked about various things, and then, under the guidance of the invisible force, they came to the entrance of a magnificent maze.

The overall color of this maze is dim, and it looks very depressing and grim, as if there is some terrible monster locked inside.

Looking from the outside in, the various roads are winding and twisting, which looks very confusing at first glance. I'm afraid it's not a simple design that you can just walk out along the right side.

But outside the maze door, there was an extravagant slot machine with various colored lights flashing non-stop, which looked flashy and out of place with the eerie and terrifying maze behind it.

Under the guidance of an invisible force, Professor Deco was forced to be the first to walk to the slot machine and reached out to pull the lever next to it.

Accompanied by a burst of exaggerated music, the slot machine rolled and finally stopped at the item "Philosophical Thinking".

The next second, Professor Deko's figure flashed and disappeared in front of everyone, and instantly came to the depths of the maze. In front of him was still the fat golden man with big ears.

"Uh... I thought I had to walk through this maze by myself? So I was teleported here directly? Isn't that essentially the same as before?"

Professor Deco muttered something amusingly, and continued to talk to himself:

"But what does philosophical speculation mean? How can we judge whether a discussion without a standard answer is successful?"

He was just wondering about this when he heard the big golden fat man say loudly:

"Walk up to the stage, sit in the center, and answer three questions."

Professor Deco didn't even need to move his feet. The invisible force pushed him in front of the big golden fat man and made him sit down obediently.

The golden fat man continued to ask:

"Why do birds fly?"

"Ah??? What kind of question is this? Isn't this a philosophical question? How did it become a biological question?"

Professor Deco asked back in some confusion.

But the big golden fat man would not listen to reason and immediately shouted:

"Deserved punishment!"

thump~

With a dull thud, Professor Deko's head was hit by a burst of forbidden knowledge. He suddenly felt dizzy and almost fainted.

The golden fat man continued to ask:

“Why does life sleep?”

"Ah??? This... Will I die if I don't sleep?"

"Punish me again!"

Boom~ Another burst of forbidden knowledge hit the professor's forehead, causing him to gasp in pain.

The golden fat man asked for the third time:

“If you knew from the beginning that the journey was meaningless, would you still take it?”

"Hey... just give me a quick death, you're going to hit me on the head no matter what I say..."

Then the third stream of forbidden knowledge came into being.

Compared to Professor Deco's helpless laughter, Metis felt like crying but couldn't...

I don’t know whether to say that she was lucky or not. The project she won in the lottery was one she had experienced before, and it was relatively easy and not that painful.

【The stone in my chest is broken】

But Metis looked down at her ordinary figure, and somehow she still felt like crying...

Why did I get this project?

However, it was useless to complain. Under the guidance of the invisible force, she could only be pushed onto the platform with a numb face, and then wait for the three huge rocks to fall one by one. She smashed them to pieces with her chest, and was not hurt at all...

Uh...

Is this guy Lloyd bullying me on purpose?

It turns out that he still likes the tall and curvy type like Wei Ya, right?

Uh...

Metis was in a bad mood. He was teleported out of the maze with the three pieces of forbidden knowledge he had just obtained. Then he saw Professor Deco, who was the first to enter, also at the exit of the maze, scratching his head.

"Hello, are you okay?"

"It's okay. I just felt really embarrassed by that big fat blond guy."

Professor Deco waved his hand and asked again inexplicably:

"Why do birds fly?"

"Ah? Because birds have wings, right?"

"Uh... I feel like this answer might not pass..."

As the two were chatting, more and more testers were teleported to the exit of the maze, and all kinds of discussions and complaints made the place gradually lively.

"So this maze is just a decoration? I thought I needed to go in and explore it. But isn't the result the same as before?"

"It's more than just a maze, right? I suspect that the golden fat man is also a decoration. No matter what I do, he will hit me on the head..."

"That's right. The guy I met today said he was testing my ability to locate objects by sound, but he kept making those noises like banging drums and gongs. I couldn't hear anything at all, and he hit me on the head three times."

"Forget it, anyway, the purpose of this scene is to obtain forbidden knowledge in a safe environment. As for the specific process, maybe it's not that important, right? But it's a bit repetitive and boring to do it this way all the time, right?"

"Yeah, I think so too. Let's give Lloyd some feedback later. Since we have designed such a grand maze, we should not waste it. Put some treasure chests and monsters guarding the treasure chests in it. It would be more interesting to gain forbidden knowledge by finding the treasure chests?"

"It could also be that I can enter the maze, rescue the beautiful girl, and then be given a piece of forbidden knowledge? Anyway, I really don't want to be hit on the head by the golden fat man again..."

Everyone was discussing this until Professor Deco came forward and said:

"Okay, everyone, hurry up and organize the knowledge in your mind. When you are almost done, come to me. We are ready to move on to the next highlight."

So everyone rested and adjusted for a while, then gathered around Professor Deco one after another, and then headed towards the last portal together.

Lloyd, who was watching from the sidelines, also became alert at this time, and quickly adjusted the "live broadcast screen" in front of him to the maximum so that Hiltina could see the following details clearly.

As for himself, of course he would [infiltrate] the testers as he had done before, and experience the following historical moment more personally.

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"here it is……"

"So many people died...it was so tragic..."

"vomit……"

When the tester regained his vision, he found himself in a Shura Hell with corpses everywhere.

The entire land seemed to be dyed red with blood, and the ground was littered with human limbs and broken weapons. In the distance, one could see collapsed city walls and various dilapidated ancient buildings.

Looking around, apart from these twenty people, there was not even one living thing that could stand...

Even the corpses on the ground were not found intact.

The strong smell of blood emanating from all around was unbearable for several testers, who vomited on the spot.

It is really hard to imagine, or rather, I don’t want to imagine, what kind of terrible things have happened here...

Even the leader, Professor Deco, turned pale and looked solemn. After a while, he spoke up and gave the order:

"Let's locate it first..."

So he brought the elite history department members of that project team with him, and they suppressed their nausea and spread out to collect the recognizable traces at the scene, and then used compasses, sextants and other equipment to try to determine the location.

The situation at the scene was relatively normal, especially the doctor from the medical team, who took the initiative to help out without any instructions from Professor Deco.

What surprised Lloyd was that Metis, who usually looked delicate and dainty, actually recovered very quickly and was busy taking care of her companions who were vomiting non-stop.

This guy, as always, likes to care about others...

After waiting for a few minutes, the scattered people gradually gathered the collected information together, and finally guessed the approximate location of this place and drew a circle on the map.

Lloyd took a quick glance and saw that it was in a dangerous area beyond the current human control, probably right in the center.

But in that glorious era, this should have been the most prosperous and bustling area. From the destroyed exquisite ancient buildings around it, one can roughly imagine how magnificent it used to be.

"Let's sort out the time points. In my opinion, this period should be the beginning of the apocalypse. From the geographical location, it may be shortly after the fall of the 'Wall of Sighs' fortress..."

Professor Deco spoke again.

The "Wall of Sighs" fortress he mentioned was the majestic fortress that Metis and the other three girls witnessed last time. Later, through the verification of some materials, the name of the fortress was confirmed, and some records were found in the remaining historical books of the academy.

However, the documents in the academy were very incomplete. They only recorded the existence of the fortress and described its grandeur and indestructibility, its elite personnel, and its sufficient material support.

People in the Twilight Age had once placed high hopes on that place, believing it to be capable of dealing with those vulnerable monsters. As long as the number of monsters could be drastically reduced, a counterattack would be just around the corner.

Obviously, the author who left this record at that time did not expect that this immortal pass would fall in an instant, so he did not leave any more records...

Fortunately, a paper written by Metis’ roommate solved the mystery of the fortress’s fall in time, and now, more people have returned to this time point after the fall.

But what puzzled Lloyd was that the timing was a little strange?

No matter whether it was his own personal experiences before, or the historical scenes he watched in the trial later, they were all tense or important, either depicting fierce battles or making important decisions.

This scene of corpses everywhere and silence is the first time I have seen it.

So is there anything special about this timing?