I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 710 - 710 709. The only response was his own_1

Chapter 710: 709. The only response was his own_1 Chapter 710: 709. The only response was his own_1 “What exactly is this Magic Network?”

Cui Siter wiped the corner of his mouth and sat back down.

The air was still filled with the stench of boiling excrement. Cui Siter covered his nose with a handkerchief and asked.

He didn’t know the origin of magic. In the Abandoned Capital, extraordinary spells like that were only accessible to a handful, and most of them were as bizarre and unpredictable as Taoist Crane Cry. Systematized magic, apart from what he knew of the Night Country, was beyond his knowledge.

“The Magic Network, hmm, the Magic Network is a kind of contract model.”

Shia pondered her words for a moment and also glanced at Joester.

If Joester really was the original founder of the Gray Tower, the creator of the Magic Network, then wasn’t Shia now teaching him how to create the Magic Network?

So, was the concept of the Magic Network communicated from Shia to Joester, or was it Joester who passed it on to the future Shia?

Reflecting on the inevitability of fate, Shia continued.

“The most important concept within the Magic Network is the three-way handshake. All who have signed a contract with the Magic Network can pray to it and gain that right. When someone prays to the Magic Network, that prayer will pierce through space, even time, to reach the network; that’s the first handshake.”

She paused in the middle because, in theory, there should be no Magic Network in this era. As a mage utilizing magic via the Magic Network, Shia should be unable to use any spells, but she was unaffected—suggesting the Magic Network wasn’t constrained by time.

“The second handshake is the Magic Network’s response to the prayer. The knowledge scattered in every corner of the Magic Network starts to stir, ready to be projected at any moment.”

“The third handshake is when the mage confirms the Magic Network’s response; at that point, the connection between the two is officially established. From then on, vast amounts of knowledge will be channeled through every node of the Magic Network into the consciousness of the mage, leaving behind the majority of pollution within the network through this form.”

Listening to what Shia had explained, Joester was stunned.

“Wait, are you saying that by using the Magic Network, we could gain knowledge without being affected by pollution and also wield the power of magic?”

He inquired eagerly.

“Yes.”

Shia answered.

Cui Siter was utterly baffled.

He didn’t quite understand the handshake part, but he was very interested in a method that allowed knowledge acquisition without bearing too much pollution.

“This is amazing, whoever came up with this idea is an absolute genius!”

Joester exclaimed sincerely.

“…”

Shia looked deeply at Joester, uncertain whether he was praising himself or merely expressing his emotions.

“But there’s a problem. In the era I was born, the Gray Tower had already been mainstream for centuries; my mentor never taught me how the Magic Network was actually built. According to what I have learned myself, there is hardly any chance to access the underlying structure of the Magic Network.”

Shia belonged to the category of skilled users of the Magic Network, yet she didn’t understand its fundamental operating principles.

She knew how to pray, how to find the spells suited to her, but not how to acquire knowledge without the interference of pollution.

This was actually quite normal. Even in Lu Ban’s world, being able to use a computer doesn’t mean one can build one, and not every computer science student knows how to fix computers.

And it was this critical point that Joester needed to break through.

“Wait, you mentioned that everyone could enter the Magic Network by signing a contract, so could I try to sign a contract?”

Joester suddenly asked.

“This…”

Shia felt that things were getting a bit far-fetched.

If Joester could sign a contract, he would be able to enter the Magic Network, and then through research, develop the Magic Network in this era.

That would truly be closing the loop.

However, Shia thought it might be worth a try.

She fetched some paper and a pen, and drafted a simple Magic Network agreement.

Hand it to Joester for his signature.

Joester read the basic version of the agreement carefully, and he signed his name.

“Read this passage here aloud.”

Shia was also curious and she pointed to the sentence in the agreement, asking Joester to read it out loud.

“… Observer of the Gray Tower, I beseech you for knowledge, truth, and the reality of all things.”

The young mage read out the text with focus, and suddenly, the area around him dimmed.

Everything in the laboratory became blurred and ambiguous. Joester felt as if he were in the midst of a starry sky, surrounded by a radiant host of stars.

However, these stars were distant and did not respond to Joester’s plea.

He called out twice more, but still, there was only silence.

At that moment, Joester felt a star in front of him flicker.

Before he could get a clearer look, Joester was back in the laboratory.

“How did it go?”

Shia inquired with some curiosity, but seeing Joester’s state, she figured it probably hadn’t been successful.

“Nothing happened, just a starry sky, and they were all so silent… no, that’s not right, one star did respond to me, but it only twinkled twice.”

Joester told the truth.

“Those stars, they felt very distant to me, almost like divine beings.”

“… Indeed, according to what I know, in ancient times, what is now called spells were gifts from divine beings, and the Magic Network simply changed the way magic was bestowed. The essence is still the knowledge given by those Divine Beings,”

Shia explained.

The divine beings gave the first mages knowledge, and then fire ignited across the land. This knowledge continued to be passed down, forming the Magic System of the Night Country, and the initial goal of those mages was to reach the divine beings and gain more knowledge.

This was the origin of the Chosen by Gods.

The Magic Network of the Night Country essentially turned the few Chosen by Gods of the past into something everyone could partake in.

If Joester could not merge into the Magic Network, like Lu Ban, then it could only mean that he was already a Chosen by Gods, watched by some Divine Being early on.

In the pitch-dark void, perhaps the one responding to Joester was only the future version of himself.

Shia felt some emotions stir.

However, it seemed that Joester couldn’t enter the Magic Network.

Similarly, Cui Siter also tried, and naturally, he wasn’t able to successfully sign the contract.

Shia guessed that if she had been chosen by the Silent Lands before signing the Magic Network agreement, she probably wouldn’t have been able to become a mage either.

“However, the scene just now inspired me.”

Joester suddenly said.

“Although the pollution brought by knowledge cannot be erased, according to what you said, Miss Shia, it can be blocked by the Magic Network. So, I think, is it possible that those Divine Beings have taken on the pollution on behalf of the users? Think about it, why is it called the Magic Network? Because a net-like structure can distribute the weight it bears.”

“But how could this be achieved?”

Shia asked subconsciously.

“Perhaps there are some ways… for example…”

Joester said softly.

“Enslave all the Divine Beings.”

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