Chapter 726: Chapter 721: Gaia Network
"Welcome to the Gaia Network. Your personal ID is: Bai Yujing E4G95A. You can call the navigation service at any time."
An emotionless electronic voice sounded, and Bai Pu opened his eyes.
Before him was an endless sea.
Underfoot was a small island engraved with "Bai Yujing E4G95A," roughly a hundred meters in diameter.
A gentle breeze blew by, and the fresh air made Bai Pu take a deep breath involuntarily.
"This... this is just like reaching a certain plane of the Spirit Realm."
Bai Pu’s thoughts stirred, and he discovered that on this island of tens of thousands of square meters, he was like a god and could manifest everything he desired.
Want sunshine; it’s bright and sunny.
Want overcast weather; it’s overcast with clouds.
Even the ground would take on the topography and grow the plants that Bai Pu imagined according to his will.
"This is your personal community. Others can enter your community URL to visit your community. You can also set the community to forbidden access..."
Bai Pu decisively set it to forbidden access and then called for navigation.
A Spiritual Vessel suddenly appeared at Bai Pu’s feet.
On the side wall of the vessel, a transparent light screen lit up, displaying various icons, each followed by small text introducing the name and description.
"Gaia Intelligent Search Engine... Get Gaia, and you will know."
"Gaia Library, covering the most comprehensive knowledge system of Silver Heart Continent, all basic books available for free download!"
"Heavenly Dao Game Community, comprehensive coverage of popular game strategy videos."
Bai Pu skimmed over, taking in the dense text thoroughly.
He extended his "hand" to tap on the Gaia Library icon.
Swoosh, the Spiritual Vessel transformed into light, carrying Bai Pu as it disappeared on the spot and reappeared the next second.
The scene before Bai Pu froze; he found himself no longer on the private island of "Bai Yujing E4G95A," but in front of a massive island filled with rows of bookshelves stacked with various books.
Besides Bai Pu, many navigation vessels were shuttling between the bookshelves. On these vessels stood individuals holding borrowed books, seemingly engaged in lively discussions.
With a thought, Bai Pu’s navigation vessel automatically carried him to a majestic row of bookshelves.
Taking a glance, the bookshelves were filled with books introducing basic knowledge of the Silver Heart Great World’s resources, covering animals, plants, minerals, and more, highly diverse.
"The navigation vessel can take me to my target book according to my thoughts. This intelligent navigation... truly worthy of the Gaia Network."
Occasionally, a vessel would float by, but though people noticed Bai Pu, none approached to converse. Like Uncle Mu, who is friendly and loves making friends, are rare, after all.
In fact, Bai Pu couldn’t communicate with others; he had a temporary ID, and in the Gaia Network, he only had browsing and observer permissions without speech or communication rights.
After pondering, Bai Pu decided to focus on his job at the Spirit Plant Shop first. He chose a book titled "Introduction to Spiritual Plant Biology," and also took "Spiritual Plant Anatomy" and "Silver Heart Continent Black Land Spirit Plants Overview."
A prompt message came:
"With your current permission, you can borrow a maximum of three basic books. Would you like to start downloading now?"
Bai Pu temporarily put the books back on the shelf.
With a thought, he drove the vessel, intending to find books about the cultivation of Awakened Mystical Arts.
However, he received a prompt: Gaia Library offers free downloads of books on basic Spiritual Essence science and culture. To download insights on the cultivation of Awakened Mystical Arts, Silver Dragon Coins are required.
"Sort the cultivation insights of Awakened Mystical Arts based on download count, from high to low," Bai Pu said.
With a swish, a long string of cultivation insight names appeared.
The most downloaded was a book titled "Elaros’ Insights into the Mysteries of Light," priced at 3000 Silver Dragon Coins.
Looking further, there was "Elegy of Darkness and Death: Exploring the Dark Mysteries of Sauron," priced at 5000 Silver Dragon Coins; "Zorath Star Mystery Insights," priced at 2000 Silver Dragon Coins...
Continuing to scroll, Bai Pu noticed the name "Elaros" appeared frequently; this guy not only studied the Mysteries of Light but also published insights on the Mysteries of Life and Space Cutting Mystical Arts.
Further down was "Elaros’ Compound Mystery: Creation Insights," priced at a hefty 10000 Silver Dragon Coins!
Of course, these insights on Awakened Mystical Arts weren’t widely downloaded. Even the top-ranked "Elaros’ Insights into the Mysteries of Light" only had hundreds of thousands of downloads, merely a drop in the ocean compared to the huge population of the Silver Heart Continent.
Bai Pu understood; after all, insights on Mystical Arts are quite personal—no matter how high someone else’s achievements are, they cannot be replicated.
Being somewhat inspired is already a blessing; most other people’s insights on Mystical Arts aren’t very useful.
However, the insights shared as task rewards by strong Spirit Realm Natives, under the "Enlightenment" of Gaia’s Will, already possess instructional value, easily enhancing the Mystical Arts comprehension of an Awakened one.
This also depends on the comparative strength. For instance, Blood Spider Wu Qingyun, regarding energy strength, is only at the level of an Enhanced Hero; insights shared by a Native Lord can easily help Wu Qingyun advance, not to mention if Principal Bosh Gajisen personally imparts them.
But, if Principal Bosh were to impart Mystical Arts insights to Bai Pu, it’s difficult to improve Bai Pu!
Because Bai Pu merged with the Source of Top-Level Magic of the Four Elements, his energy strength is too high. To enhance Mystical Arts comprehension requires him to forge a new path, to comprehend the Four Elements Fusion Mystical Arts, which Principal Bosh cannot teach.
Bai Pu then inquired about insights concerning True Intent cultivation.
These were expensive; even the cheapest insights on True Intent cost tens of thousands of Silver Dragon Coins, equivalent to millions in Spiritual Points!
But this price still attracts many of Huaxia’s top Awakened ones. They are desperate for progress.
Ultimately, Bai Pu didn’t purchase the insights on True Intent or Mystical Arts. He gleefully returned and downloaded the three basic books on spiritual plants he initially picked.
"Download complete."
"You may view the downloaded books on your virtual island at any time, valid for 7 natural days."
"You may also choose Spiritual Essence printing to print the downloaded books for reading in the real world. Note: Please respect authors’ copyrights."
"Bai Yujing E4G95A, as a temporary ID, your download permissions are exhausted. Please return after 7 natural days to download more books."
With a thought, Bai Pu returned to his small island.
He "created" a small house and desk for himself, placed the downloaded three books on the desk, and began reading.
The average Awakened one might need a week to finish one of these books; three books would take about a month.
Bai Pu was different; his reading speed was very fast, flipping pages one after another, with the book’s contents photographed and memorized. At this pace, finishing a book took only three to four hours.
