"Ding! Spiritual Power data interface detected. Transmit?"
The Chip's mechanical voice rang out.
Although Leilin had placed a crystal ball on the terminal's transmission port, he was actually still activating his Chip.
"Let's try this first!" Leilin selected some data on the Single-Horned Tribe from the Lava World and uploaded it.
"Contributor zxc678 has chosen to contribute data. Processing!" A progress bar suddenly appeared on the terminal's screen.
Once the progress bar filled, new content was displayed.
"Spiral Tree structural diagram — completeness: 89%! Previous stock completeness: 40%! Effective portion: 51%! Commencing data fusion — Spiral Tree structural diagram: completeness: 91%! Your contributed data has been appraised at a value of: 26 Exchange Points!"
Whoosh! A golden light flashed, and a line showing the number 26 appeared on Leilin's Library Card.
"Hss…" Leilin drew in a sharp breath. "They even have knowledge about the Lava World, as obscure as that is — although it's incomplete…"
He thought for a moment and immediately understood. "The Ancients once conquered a vast number of foreign worlds.
"I'll be staying here from now on. Don't disturb me unless it's important!"
After his little experiment, Leilin suppressed his excitement and issued the order to Yuluo. Then, somewhat at a loss, the maid was left to her own devices while he threw himself headlong into the ocean of knowledge.
…
The Grand Library inside Sky City was truly all-encompassing. Not only did it contain the knowledge of the entire Central Continent, but资料 from many foreign worlds could be found here as well.
Beyond the data terminal in the main hall at the entrance, the interior took the shape of an enormous palace. The library employed some form of spatial expansion technology — one glance revealed towering bookshelves the size of mountains, packed so densely that the ends were invisible.
Right now, Leilin stood beneath a bookshelf over a dozen meters tall. A massive wooden ladder responded to his will, carrying him up to a row of black-spined tomes.
"Ah! The Raphael Epic!" Leilin nodded, his eyes lighting up with a bright gleam.
"Ancient myths and legends actually contain a great deal of genuine intelligence, but the chroniclers embellished and embellished with their own imagination. One must separate the wheat from the chaff to obtain the most accurate information. Raphael was a famous poet of antiquity, but I happen to know he also held a secret identity as a
Leilin murmured with gleaming eyes, his fingers tracing along the page numbers of the massive volume until they stopped at Volume 239.
When he attempted to pull the book free, the Array Spirit's mechanical voice chimed in: "Ding! You have requested access to the Raphael Epic, Volume 239! Payment of 2 Exchange Points required. Confirm?"
"Confirm!" A wisp of his Spiritual Power moved, and 2 Exchange Points were automatically deducted from his Library Card. The protective force field that had been guarding the Raphael Epic vanished instantly, allowing Leilin to extract it with ease.
"Tsk tsk… I knew everything above the third floor was expensive, but even historical records have become this costly…"
Leilin shook his head. The lifelike wooden ladder carried him back down to the ground on its own.
He was currently on the fifth floor of the library, which was far quieter than the lower levels. Virtually no one could be seen, and beside each of the dozens of bookshelves, a small open area had been left for the Wizards.
Leilin casually found a chair and sat down, opening the black cover of the Raphael Epic.
"I came… I saw…"
The pages were a dazzling, flame-like red, and the letters upon them seemed to dance like fire sprites.
"Chip! Record!" Leilin issued the command silently.
"Task established. Scanning… Ding! Raphael Epic, Volume 239 detected. Populating History folder — Raphael Epic section!"
The Chip's mechanical voice came through. Several dozen seconds later, the entire Raphael Epic had been thoroughly completed.
"I'd been searching everywhere for this Epic and was missing these exact volumes. I never expected the Grand Library to have a complete set. Now they're all filled in…"
A look of satisfaction surfaced on Leilin's face. At the same time, he had identified the limitations of the Array Spirit and the data terminal.
Through data transmission, the Array Spirit could only record low-level information and engrave crystal copies, but Wizards still had to study and learn the knowledge themselves — they couldn't simply have it transferred directly into their memory the way the Chip could.
The difference in time consumption between the two methods was utterly terrifying, proving that the Chip's computing power and analytical capability utterly crushed the Array Spirit's.
Moreover, the content above the third floor consisted largely of materials inscribed by Wizards channeling their own energy, and the book materials themselves were highly special. For these resources, the Array Spirit could not produce copies at all — Wizards had to come here in person to study the originals.
"Still, even so, the Grand Library is terrifying!"
Compared to the databases Leilin had collected before, the entire Grand Library was as vast as an ocean — impossibly rich and boundless. Leilin was like a man on the verge of dying of thirst who had suddenly been thrown into a freshwater lake, desperately absorbing everything within, never stepping away for a single moment.
The Chip was no different. A larger database, more detailed and complex academic disciplines, and the skill tree were all being continuously supplemented.
The wealth of material was all converging, forming an even more intricate and comprehensive foundation of Wizard knowledge.
Leilin had a premonition that this mass of data would represent an enormous upgrade for the Chip, and once that upgrade was complete, it would surely bring him gains beyond imagination!
"Ding! Basic data supplementation complete. System update and restart in progress. Estimated time: 2 hours, 34 minutes, 13 seconds!"
The Chip's notification sounded, and Leilin's expression flickered with surprise.
"It's reached this level? What kind of surprises will the updated database bring me?"
This was wonderful news — Leilin nearly let his joy show on his face.
"As expected, this trip to Sky City was absolutely worthwhile. Even without the Mana Scepter, I would have had to come!"
Although the Grand Library held enormous amounts of information, for Leilin, the first three floors were actually the most critical content. Magic Stones he had in limitless supply, and with the data terminal available, transmitting data was effortless — so in a very short time, all the basic information that the Array Spirit could copy had been backed up onto the Chip.
As for the advanced content above the third floor, Leilin took every piece of data he could exchange without attracting trouble, threw it all at the Array Spirit, amassed a staggering number of Exchange Points, and then specifically sought out materials related to Sorcerers and areas where the Chip lacked information, commanding the Chip to scan and record them.
With the Chip at his disposal, the foundational knowledge from just the first three floors alone was enough to extrapolate a vast number of disciplines, simulating entire fields from the most basic level all the way up.
After all, with the foundation in place, the rest simply required massive computing power to extrapolate.
For content that truly exceeded the Chip's capabilities, Leilin used his Exchange Points to acquire it directly, completing entire subjects.
Through this approach, in just over a single month, he had recorded roughly eighty to ninety percent of the Grand Library's entire contents.
Consider this! Even Moon Phase, Dawn, and other high-tier Wizards, scholars who had grown up in Sky City from childhood — none of them could possibly retain this much information. Too much disparate data would interfere with itself, and one would face the problem of forgetting, requiring repeated study.
At their level, memorizing one or two floors' worth of material would make one a supreme genius! But Leilin had surpassed them several times over — even exceeding a lifetime's accumulation!
If anyone learned of this terrifying pace, Leilin would certainly attract enormous trouble, so he could only enjoy his secret satisfaction.
"Once the Chip finishes updating, I'll probably be the most knowledgeable person in the entire Central Continent. I may even have a solid grasp of foreign-world research…"
Leilin now deeply understood the meaning of the phrase "Knowledge is power!"
This period of study had not increased his strength by even a fraction, but the foundation it laid was absolutely terrifying.
"Perfect — the Exchange Points are nearly spent. Might as well use up the last of them!"
Leilin pulled out his Library Card. The thin golden number on it was blindingly modest, incomparable to the long string of digits it had once displayed. Those once astronomical Exchange Points had been nearly depleted in just over a month.
"Rustle!"
Across the desk from Leilin, a female Wizard wearing thick glass lenses with two braids hanging down looked up curiously from her book, studying Leilin's back.
She had been observing this peculiar Wizard for quite some time.
He clearly didn't lack Exchange Points — it was obvious from how he frequently withdrew thick stacks of materials. The Exchange Points required for those would take her more than a month of round-the-clock work to earn, if she could even manage it.
But after selecting his materials, he never actually read them carefully. He would simply flip through them casually, then toss them aside without a second thought, which made her ache inside.
The materials above the third floor of the Grand Library could only be read in the reading rooms; they could not be taken out or exchanged. Under the Array Spirit's supervision, there was no way to exploit any loopholes.
So all this female Wizard could do was drool over the mountain of materials Leilin had withdrawn, without the slightest thing she could do about it.
Without the Chip's scanning capability, Leilin had to rely solely on his own reading this time. He selected a book on constitutional transformation and reclined in his chair, reading at a leisurely pace.
The Eternal Illumination spell had been adjusted by the Array Spirit to cast a soft, gentle light, and amid the gentle rustle of turning pages, time trickled steadily away.
"That strange Wizard is finally acting normal!"
The female Wizard nodded to herself and sank back into her own book.