Bizarre Realm-Chapter 178 - 18: Proof of Destiny! The Beginning of Dao Validation!
At this moment.
Shawn seemed to open the door to a new world.
He rearranged a magic alert trap near the Eye Demon Territory, then returned to the cave to begin his first bold attempt.
——Strong Acid Arrow!
Shawn began to manipulate the mysterious knowledge in his brain. As the primitive magic power surged, the mysterious knowledge started operating, and an arrow condensed from strong acid appeared in the palm of his hand.
In the past, Shawn always focused his attention on the outside world and the magic in his hands, but this time he closed his eyes, not even looking at the strong acid arrow in his hand. Instead, he focused all his perception internally on his brain, observing the changes and operations of the mysterious knowledge.
"On Earth, people chase after knowledge, but here, knowledge chases after people."
Knowledge will guide you in casting.
Knowledge will teach you new spells.
Because knowledge is alive, a power, a resource.
But if you rely entirely on knowledge, then is it truly knowledge you have mastered? Are you controlling the knowledge, or is the knowledge controlling you?
Shawn severed the guidance of knowledge, restraining its activity.
In terms of Earth’s terminology, his casting now transformed from autopilot to manual drive, so naturally, the strong acid arrow he just condensed in his hand immediately dissipated.
Yet all of this made Shawn feel exceptionally delighted!
Because he failed to cast the spell.
This is a very rare occurrence in the Bizarre Realm. Normally, a caster wouldn’t fail to cast without any reason—casting failures usually result from some kind of interruption.
But Shawn was now casting normally and still failed!
This was fantastic.
"In the sci-fi stories and novels from Earth, people living in futuristic technology have adapted to an era of full automation and artificial intelligence, which eventually causes their own degeneration to the point they can’t even handle the simplest tasks."
"So the activated knowledge, the knowledge that guides you in casting, the knowledge that teaches you new spells."
"Isn’t it akin to artificial intelligence?"
"If knowledge is a resource, could it be considered a type of computational resource in a future era?"
"When I suppress the knowledge, I failed to cast.
"Then."
"Doesn’t that mean without the activated knowledge, I’m not even a qualified Wizard?"
"I am now like someone who has adapted to futuristic technology, accustomed to activated knowledge—an artificial intelligence—and once detached from it, can’t even cast a simple spell."
In the Bizarre Realm, activated knowledge is as commonplace as air.
But the more ordinary and inconspicuous something is, the more it can confuse you.
Once you become accustomed to relying on it, if one day some existence takes it away, like the Old Days, then your abilities would be completely obsolete.
Why is the power of a Transcendent ineffective against the Old Days of the same path?
It seemed Shawn had some answers.
At this moment, his inspiration was pushed to its limits. Shawn tried casting again, beginning to memorize the whole process of knowledge operation with his brain. Activated knowledge is like an add-on for the caster, and he now intends to peel this add-on from himself.
Mysterious knowledge runes were individually remembered by his brain. Shawn found them incredibly complex—just memorizing them was already extremely painful and difficult for him.
"Is this the essence of spells in this world?"
"Composed of numerous mysterious runes forming a primitive spell model, looking like a very complex circuit diagram."
"Can I memorize it?"
"I can give it a try!"
Shawn had never felt his potential so clearly. He was pressing his mental and emotional strength, relying on the innate inspiration from his enhanced body, forcefully memorizing this vast rune model of a spell.
At the beginning, this was something you didn’t need to care about; the activated knowledge would automatically mobilize these mysterious runes to construct the spell he needed to perform!
Transcendents only need to chase after more knowledge, as knowledge is both resource and power.
Shawn was now trying to understand knowledge.
Failed.
Failed again.
And still failed.
Shawn didn’t even know how many attempts he made. Despite the vast amount of primitive magic power within him, it was nearly depleted before finally, at some point, he completely memorized the spell model of mysterious rune operations in his brain. Only then did he complete the last step of the casting, a strong acid arrow appeared in his palm, directly hitting the wall and leaving behind a puddle of corrosive acid.
"Succeeded!"
An unprecedented joy surged within him. Shawn had cast this spell for the first time completely without relying on activated knowledge.
This is one of the strongest offensive spells he has mastered; the other, the Blast Flame Technique, was just too difficult to control.
Not relying on knowledge to cast, Shawn was not as swift as before, even somewhat sluggish, with his casting speed being too slow. However, upon completing the spell, he comprehended more than he ever imagined. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
It’s as if he used to only know how to make a phone call with a mobile phone, but now he understands a bit of why a mobile phone can make calls!
"Can these mysterious runes be disassembled and rearranged?"
"Like codes?"
"Activated knowledge autonomously completed the programming of the spell model, so can I reprogram these mysterious runes into a spell myself?"
