Chapter 587: Chapter 486: The Weight of Knowledge

Looking at the crack that suddenly appeared before her, and the eyes burning with pale blue flames within it.

Shang Siteng remained extremely calm.

"These bubbles scattered on both sides of the road are ownerless objects anyway."

"Moreover, how can the matters of scholars be called stealing?"

"Ha. Such eloquence. You stole the memory, which means you accepted the rules of this place." the eye spoke.

As soon as it finished speaking, the ground beneath Shang Siteng’s feet began to shake violently.

The surrounding Fangzhang Immortal Mountain crumbled inch by inch, replaced by a massive, grim Bronze Gate.

The patterns engraved on the gate are precisely that eye burning in the void.

In the next second, the eye turned into light and merged into the gate.

Soon after, the ground on which Shang Siteng stood was gradually lifted, with the soil and sparse vegetation on it peeling away, revealing its true form underneath.

It was actually a smooth and flat surface!

Shang Siteng also saw that beneath the standing Bronze Gate, there was similarly a smooth and flat surface.

They faced each other, being perfectly symmetrical.

At the center was an enormous fulcrum bearing, with equally long arms extending out to hold the surfaces on both sides.

From an external view, this entire structure closely resembled an ancient balance scale!

Watching this scene, Shang Siteng realized clearly that she had fallen into a trap carefully laid long ago.

"I am a fairy delivering the invitation on behalf of the Queen Mother of the West, you..." Her words stopped abruptly.

Because she thought of something.

Emperor Chong’en opposed and doubted the grand banquet for the Flat Peaches held by the Queen Mother of the West.

The invitation from the Queen Mother of the West might be an opportunity for others to break through to sainthood, a grace, but not for him.

If not, why would he show gratitude and give a gift back in return?

No wonder Emperor Chong’en ignored me from the start.

"Looks like you’ve figured it out."

The eye on the Bronze Gate, burning with pale blue flames, spoke eerily.

"In that case, obediently accept the punishment of a Stealer of Knowledge!"

"As you see, this is a balance. The two ends are you and me. Next, we will play a little game according to the rules." 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

"Each of us will present a ’knowledge memory’ and place it on the balance, letting it judge which is lighter or heavier. Once the judgment is complete, the side the balance tilts towards will claim the knowledge memory of the failing side."

The rules themselves are not complicated.

But from the confident demeanor of the Bronze Gate, it’s clear that this isn’t its first time doing such a thing.

It likely has many ’hefty’ knowledge memories, allowing it to dominate in this balance game.

Shang Siteng glanced at her feet, then at the confident Bronze Gate.

In the end, she nodded slightly in agreement.

If it was a comparison of something else, she might hesitate, but if it’s a knowledge memory...

After both sides confirmed, Shang Siteng was drawn into a mysterious and chaotic state.

In this state, she could clearly feel her own knowledge memories.

They were "materialized" into clusters of white light balls, stacked in her sea of consciousness.

Shang Siteng walked into them with a calm expression, carefully selecting among them.

After a while, she picked out a memory light ball, and at the same time, the Bronze Gate opened its mouth to release a memory light ball.

Once the memory light balls were placed on both ends of the balance, the previously still balance began to sway.

The balance wavered up and down, and Shang Siteng and the Bronze Gate watched each other rise and fall on the balance.

At this moment, the slightly proud voice of the Bronze Gate sounded from the opposite side: "Hahaha, you’re bound to lose!"

"The judgment of knowledge memory is determined based on the participants themselves. The more knowledge one has, if the knowledge memory offered overlaps with one’s existing knowledge, then its weight will be greatly discounted!"

The Bronze Gate had played this game many times.

Shang Siteng was not its first opponent.

Over countless years, the Bronze Gate had won numerous times, accumulating countless unknown knowledge and secrets.

This weight of knowledge was sufficient to make it invincible in this balance game!

Soon, the swaying balance began to tilt distinctly.

It seems the rules had weighed the ’chips’ of both parties.

At this point, an unexpected scene unfolded for the Bronze Gate.

The balance on which Shang Siteng stood suddenly dropped sharply, while the one supporting the Bronze Gate tipped up high.

The winner is decided!

Shang Siteng, along with the knowledge memory she provided, won this round of the balance game!

"This, this is impossible!" shouted the eye embedded in the Bronze Gate in exasperation, "This is impossible! What kind of memory did you provide to surpass the knowledge memory I offered?!"

At this moment, the eye in the Bronze Gate clearly couldn’t accept defeat.

It was both exasperated and consumed by an agonizing curiosity.

Because it was the loser, it could not read the knowledge memory offered by Shang Siteng, which made it even more eager and curious about what exactly Shang Siteng’s knowledge memory contained!

As for Shang Siteng.

By this time, she had already closed her eyes again.

Because the balance game had deemed her victorious, the memory light ball offered by the Bronze Gate’s eye was integrated into her sea of consciousness.

The vast amount of knowledge information surged into her sea of consciousness like a torrent of memories, stirring up waves.

Fortunately, this level of knowledge information was still bearable for Shang Siteng, the next designated leader of Can Shang Company, who was appointed captain and could rival her ancestor Shang Jianyue in talent, as the Director of the Great Xia Research Institute.

After a while, she opened her eyes.

The knowledge memory provided by the Bronze Gate belonged to the cultivation insights of the Kunlun Twins in this Fruit World, along with many unique cultivation methods.

For Shang Siteng, these cultivation methods were not suitable for herself, at most broadening her horizons and providing some insight.

And what she provided was a complete set of theoretical knowledge organized by Can Shang Company, related to the development of technological civilization.

It wasn’t just the Bronze Gate, even for her now, it wasn’t certain she could fully memorize it in a short time.

This was equivalent to the weight of a civilization of power!

"No, no way, no way! I underestimated you, let’s go another round!"

The eye of the Bronze Gate screeched, issuing a challenge to Shang Siteng, "Let’s do it again, this time, I will provide a memory of secrets heavy enough, I must win!"

The eye of the Bronze Gate’s behavior easily reminded Shang Siteng of those gamblers who are red-eyed from losing.

She had no reason to refuse, nodding slightly:

"Very well, let’s continue."