Blind Spot
Chapter 643 - 591 Journey Three

Chapter 643: 591 Journey Three

"Based on the limitations of cognitive bands, you must be cautious. Some systems are too bloated and vast. Choosing the wrong one with poor compatibility could mean that a single thought might consume several years, which is a waste of one’s lifespan."

Sage Qianyan advised.

However, the content of his advice left Li Chengyi feeling lost in a fog—the trouble with lacking a heritage background.

Many things the mentor deemed common sense were incomprehensible to him.

In the path of cultivation, the most taboo thing is vagueness. Although he could make guesses and inferences, if there was any error during actual practice, it could lead to grave dangers.

Therefore, one must not make guesses or inferences when something is not understood.

"Sister, could you explain what cognitive bands are? And how do we determine compatibility?"

Having thought of this, Li Chengyi leaned closer to Que Ru and whispered his question.

Here, no spells or abilities could be used, and Consciousness Power could not be released from the body. Ah, he could only ask questions in the most simplistic of ways.

"Didn’t your master tell you?" Que Ru was a bit bewildered.

"No... my master has never been here..." Li Chengyi honestly replied.

His master, Yin Yue, was merely a Common Taoist—hardly qualified to come to a core heritage area like Silent Oblivion City.

Que Ru quickly grasped the situation, understanding that he was a genius cultivator of humble origin. Seeing Li Chengyi’s simple (ignorant) eyes, she decided to build a good rapport.

"Cognitive bands refer to the concept based on the limits of our beings’ cognition.

Cognition is based on the senses, which include Consciousness Power. In fact, Consciousness Power has sensory organs as well, but you haven’t observed them closely before.

With these senses, we explore everything, understand everything, research everything, and reconstruct everything."

"But any sense has its limits. Even when we study and understand indirectly through tools, a huge degree of distortion exists. Hence, the cognition of a being has a limited range. The founder of our sect defined this range as the cognitive band."

"As the name suggests, it encompasses all areas that cognition can explore and touch. In contrast, beyond the cognitive bands lie the unknown bands.

Let’s not talk about that, which is the range of the ancestors. The cognitive bands that we need to learn include two major categories: forbidden knowledge and common knowledge. As for common knowledge, it is constrained by the King of Oblivion, which means if you study it for too long without review, you will forget it in time. This is the advantage of common knowledge."

"Advantage?" Li Chengyi said in surprise. "How is forgetting considered a benefit?"

"Of course, it’s a benefit," Que Ru continued, "Without the King of Oblivion, all the information you’ve learned would be stored in memory. Over time, this would place an enormous burden on yourself. It’s like a pocket that only takes things in and never lets them out, eventually bursting from being overstuffed. Information may seem intangible, but it also has corresponding physical substances. The energy supply of beings is inherently limited. If one part takes up more, it will encroach upon the other parts, eventually leading to an evolution towards a deformed shape of doom."

"There’s another point." At some unknown time, a young man named Chun Fan had come over, smiling as he added,

"Knowledge that only accumulates without being purged, if excessive and complex, could lead you to think about one problem and automatically trigger countless pieces of information, some of which might be contradictory or conflict with each other, or possibly lead to even more information. This can cause a freeze in your own cognition."

"Right, especially with systematic forbidden knowledge. Once fully absorbed, it’s prone to transformation, evolving endless new information that you are forced to keep absorbing perpetually. Slight inattention could lead to a complete freeze because new knowledge will continuously emerge every moment."

"...That complicated..." After listening to all this, Li Chengyi felt his whole body bristle.

A careless choice was far more than just troublesome.

"It’s supposed to be complicated," Que Ru stated matter-of-factly. "Profound accumulation is necessary for easy application. It’s only with sufficient accumulation and foundation that one can act with ease."

"Makes sense," Li Chengyi nodded repeatedly.

He originally thought Tian Ju Pavilion was a cultivation sect but realized this was not merely about cultivation—it was about learning.

Every step was logical and interconnected.

"Alright, go ahead and choose. I hope you can find something that fits you, though the remaining options are not many." Que Ru sighed and walked forward to a crystal column, observing it carefully and pondering.

The young man Chun Fan also shook his head and sighed, giving Li Chengyi a look that wished him good luck before heading towards another area.

Li Chengyi steadied himself and walked forward, approaching the first column.

Inside the crystal column lay a silver crescent staff.

It was only as long as a forearm and seemed like a child’s toy, with delicate and exquisite patterns, its surface sparkling with fine silver light.

Beneath it flowed a caption with black characters, introducing the basic information.

’White Moon System: This system involves moon worship, possessing mysterious connections with certain large-scale Blind Spots in the moon, observed and researched by 142 Taoists. It is believed to significantly enhance life attributes under moonlight and temporarily weave through time, but with the potential for loss of control.’

’In cases numbering in the high hundreds of thousands, all living creatures that acquired the system’s forbidden knowledge showed that in later stages, they could regard any circular shape with a gap as the moon, triggering their unique powers. This power has been confirmed to be highly contagious.’

"In the fully unleashed experiments, the White Moon System eventually contaminated thousands of Blind Spots and prompted all Blind Spots to converge, forming a giant white moon. The White Moon initially produced an extremely strong destructive Consciousness Power, with its Realm manifesting between Saint Position and dimension. More than ninety percent of the observing Taoists believe that this system possesses higher potential. Here is the marked evaluation."

"Strength: Four Stars. Danger Level: Four Stars. Difficulty: Five Stars."

Li Chengyi glanced at the star rating explanation at the top, the highest being Nine Stars.

He looked ahead and saw that there were two more crystal pillars that were not labeled with names.

Temporarily holding the White Moon System in his mind, he continued forward to the second one.

In the second crystal pillar, there was a palm-sized, half-melted chocolate castle.

As for why Li Chengyi knew it was chocolate...

Because it was clearly written in the introduction.

’Fairytale Kingdom: Preliminary observations of this system show that those who acquire its knowledge possess the ability to transform anything into edible, sweet creations.

Observing Taoists, after conducting hundreds of experimental releases, confirmed that it can permanently alter the surrounding spacetime environment, sweetifying everything. It would then attract nearby creatures to consume the sweets.

All who have consumed sweets from this system would partially fairytalize their bodies, and upon leaving, would view all normal objects around them as sweets, developing a strong desire to consume them.’

"In the fully unleashed experiments, this system eventually caused permanent changes in seventy-six large Blind Spots and ultimately led to the accidental death of thirty-two observing Taoists. Its assessed strength is likely to reach the level of a complete dimension."

"Strength: Six Stars. Danger Level: Six Stars. Difficulty: Seven Stars."

Li Chengyi’s brows furrowed slightly; the previous one was much simpler, but this one was quite dangerous.

Although its strength was also stronger than the previous one, the high uncontrollability made this system an undesirable choice for anyone.

He shook his head internally and continued walking.

In the last crystal pillar in the middle, there was a white stone disc. The disc resembled a corona, with sharp pointers, a ring of precise and delicate scales, and symbols.

The edges of the plate also showed several cracks and wear, as well as faint traces of blood, though whether it was blood or something else was unknown.

Li Chengyi looked at the introductory text.

’Eternal Vitality: This system involves the enhancement of physical strength. Inside a super-giant Blind Spot in the Black Sea, within an ancient primitive cave at a certain point in time, a herbivorous bull accidentally consumed a special grass mixed with a highly poisonous mineral, leading to a significant increase in its physique. This increase was very rapid, and in just over thirty-two splits of Black Sea time, all the moisture in the bull’s body dried up, resulting in death.’

’Observing Taoists passing by the Blind Spot accidentally noticed this change and extracted its carcass, attempting to recreate the death process. It was eventually discovered that, in the millions of microscopic particle reactions during the death process, some of the bull’s cells exhibited overloading vitality enhancement far beyond its own limits.’

’In the fully unleashed experiments, the vitality enhanced by this system could accumulate indefinitely without restriction but would inflict a tremendous burden on the entity itself. Moreover, due to the special nature of the forbidden knowledge, this enhancement is unique.

Ultimately, this experiment caused the complete extinction of a medium-sized Blind Spot system, over seven hundred thousand Blind Spots dissolved by excessively high temperatures, and required the Multi-Dimensional Tower to dispatch several demons along with the founder Tian Qingzi to reshape causality and restore the Blind Spot system.’

’Strength: Nine Stars. Danger Level: Nine Stars. Difficulty: Nine Stars.’

"..."

Li Chengyi now understood why no one chose this system; just look at the difficulty and danger levels to know how troublesome this system is.

He glanced at the others, Chun Fan also had a look of helplessness, while Que Ru had apparently made a choice and was discussing something with the mentor Sage Qianyan.

Li Chengyi simply walked over to the other walls and examined the remaining crystal pillars closely.

There were a few more options available, but most were of five or six stars in strength, with extremely high danger levels and difficulties, even one with five-star strength but with danger and difficulty levels at eight stars...

It was obvious these were left over by others.

"Ahem... If you really don’t want to choose, you can collect forbidden knowledge systems that interest you. The Black Sea is boundless, with countless forbidden knowledge possibly being created and disappearing every moment. If you manage to record and preserve it in time, it could also enrich our Sect."

Sage Qianyan said.

"After all, whether you breakthrough or perish, these systems can remain and be passed on."

"..." The three of them were silent.

Moments later, Chun Fan broke the silence.

"Forbidden knowledge often exists in fragmented and incomplete pieces. Collecting them oneself is like looking for a needle in the Black Sea. Perhaps with good luck, one might find many at once, or perhaps not find all the fragments for tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years. Because you simply don’t know where forbidden knowledge will appear."

"Indeed, it’s very likely that a new form of knowledge could evolve right below you in a minuscule Blind Spot in the split second of a chain reaction. If you can’t capture it, you can only wait for the next chance evolution... It’s too difficult... too difficult..." Que Ru also shook his head.

"But the higher the compatibility, the stronger the power, even if the strength is a bit weaker, isn’t it? Look at our founder Tian Qingzi, isn’t that how it was? The founder’s original system also had only four stars in strength, but after achieving Omniscient, his strength has been pulled up to eight stars by him," Sage Qianyan said with a dry laugh.