It needs to be reiterated that occultism is a general term.
Alchemy, divination and other systems of science can be collectively called occult science. Just like evil spirits, evil spirits, evil gods, and ghosts are collectively called weird.
Compared with the occult trials, the level 7 trials are like the fused occult, complex and cumbersome.
At least for many students who confidently participated in the Level 7 trial, they quickly encountered a lot of trouble.
Lu Li didn't want to put the last step on hold for too long, so he needed to be fully prepared and go straight to pass the level 7 trial.
In addition to asking businessman Anthony to purchase the first thirty serial potions, Lu Li contacted other "hunters" in the residential area. His status as a legendary exorcist made the loners know everything about him, including Xin Mi who participated in the trial.
"The Level 7 trial is a complete event...not a semi-finished product that we picked up in the mission hall. We don't know what happened, we don't know what the weirdness is, and there are no prompts. You can only investigate by yourself..."
"So the level 7 trial largely depends on luck. If you are lucky enough, you may only have to face a little ghost. If you are not lucky enough, you may not be able to escape in time. After all, we don't have those 'nannies'."
"No, there shouldn't be much difference in difficulty. The academy will not really leave us in an unknown place. The events are unknown only to us. The academy knows what happened and then throws events to us with appropriate difficulty."
"What you said makes sense, but I stick to my own opinion. Don't forget the 'meaning' of senior year. We even have to find ways to get our own food and water every day. They don't care whether we live or die."
"Do you really think so? If we don't care whether we live or die, we will live in the strange fog and the dark world that comes every day during the silent hour, full of danger and death. But there is no such thing, we are still under the protection of the academy."
"Stop arguing, we are here to help Mr. Lu Li solve his confusion. It is very simple to verify the answer. Let's talk about our respective experiences in the level 7 trial. This is what we are supposed to do anyway."
"Let me tell you first. My level 7 trial was to solve a secret sect. Because there were no clues, it took me three days to investigate the structure of the sect. They believe that evil gods come from outside human civilization. Before the gods have hatched, the cultists held sacrifices.
I will take care of them."
"Be more specific. It's so simple and has no reference value."
"Well...those cultists have some mysterious powers, such as the violent pantheon of Khorne. After I set fire to their sacrificial ceremony, some cultists rushed out. They had sickle limbs growing on their bodies and lost their sense of pain, even if their skin was burned.
They were attacking me. Fortunately, only four cultists rushed out, and they were seriously injured."
"Did you pass the test the first time?"
"Well... I have failed three times before. Once when I faced an evil spirit being hunted, once when I faced a migrating secret cult, and once when I faced an unknown dungeon."
"It's my turn next. However, when I conducted the trial, it was still in the weird era, so the reference significance is not high... The trial required me to go to the Anchor Town on the edge of the Dark Field to investigate. It took me a week to get there... This town is already terminally ill.
...weird people are not restricted from entering, and the proportion of humans is less than half
, the local church is going crazy. Every day more weirdos enter the town, and every day the proportion of humans decreases...you know what that means. Fortunately the trial only requires investigation rather than resolution, before Anchor Town falls or is eaten.
I escaped from there and was lucky enough to complete the first trial."
"Anchor Town...the town at the beginning of the fall of Northland?"
"That's where it was. When I returned to Midnight City, I sent back the news of its fall. That is to say, Anchor Town disappeared on the third day after I left."
"Then it's me in the end... Like Aimler, I was also in the weird era, and I also passed the trial. According to the trial requirements, I went to Midnight City. I thought the weird was the couple, but in the end I found out that the weird was actually the curse. The house. The process... Huh, I don't want to think about it. It's terrible and terrible. The shadow still hangs over me. I even suspect that the curse has not been lifted and it still exists..."
"Well, the shadow is too deep and I dare not continue. In fact, the protagonist of the story is my teammate before becoming a hunter... He failed fourteen times and lost his life the last time."
"The first time was shortly after I was promoted to senior year..."
"The second time he came right after the cooling off period..."
"The third time..."
"For the fourteenth time, which was the last time, he went to the old sewer to capture a fugitive. He made full preparations and told me the progress every day. For example, the fugitive was a heretic, and the fugitive's mysterious power... On the day of the operation, he thoroughly Missing, my subsequent investigation could not find any results..."
"And you became a hunter?"
"almost."
"Then the prototype of the level 7 trial has been successfully constructed. The trial is divided into investigation and resolution. It can be considered that the two types are essentially different. The investigation trial is extremely difficult, so only investigation is required. The corresponding trial is a trial that requires a complete resolution of the incident. About You still need to consider which one is suitable for you, Lu Li."
"Uh... I think I want to add that external assistance is not allowed, but items such as sequence potions and homologues can be used. Hmm... the boundaries of weirdness are blurred, but I think if it belongs to you, you can use it .”
"I would like to add to what Emil said: Investigating incidents allows the appropriate use of external forces. After all, the use of such force is not prohibited in real incidents."
"So Aimler's statement is almost correct. The academy knows the difficulty of the task and then assigns us nearly constant trials."
Lu Li expressed his gratitude for the generous help for a lone traveler. Shortly after the three students left, Lu Li headed to the Alchemy Office.
Knock knock knock
There was no answer when I knocked on the door. Professor Chris was not in the office.
Back in the dormitory, Lu Li summoned the businessman Anthony and submitted an application for the Level 7 Occult Trial to Professor Chris.
[Dear, the teacher cannot go back temporarily, but your application has been submitted for you]
Professor Chris replied quickly.
What followed was a letter thrust into the room through the crack in the door.
[Investigating anomalies in the Gauss Basin]
As short and vague as description, and difficult.
The Goss Basin is far away at the foot of the World's Back Mountains, and the surface shrouded in primitive darkness is struggling, and the old sewers are also in danger.
The long distance and dangers along the way make most students who take on this task choose to give up, but for Lu Li
Ten minutes later, two letters were sent through businessman Anthony.
One is sent to Fodort and the Linsi family behind it, the Beholder Worm Order, and the other is sent to the Earthling Chamber of Commerce in the old sewer.
Investigations into the Gauss Basin are being handled by the Worm Cult and the Terran Chamber of Commerce.
And Lu Li didn't even need to leave the dormitory.
