I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 725 - 725 724. Magic Network Construction Concept_1

Chapter 725: 724. Magic Network Construction Concept_1 Chapter 725: 724. Magic Network Construction Concept_1 “Magic: From Beginner to Master”.

Although somewhat disbelieving his own eyes, Zhou Changqing indeed saw those words written on the cover.

Was he really about to learn magic?

He had seen other players’ reviews on this game, and none mentioned the ability to learn magic.

Now, having just entered the game, he had received the true teachings; had there been some sort of error?

Zhou Changqing originally thought he was here for communication construction, so why was he suddenly being instructed to learn magic?

He glanced outside, making sure there was no target range in the town, and he felt relieved.

With the book in hand, Zhou Changqing left the Baron’s Mansion.

Without hesitation, he opened the book and began to read.

The text had been translated by the game, so understanding the surface meaning was not a problem.

But when strung together, Zhou Changqing found it hard to understand.

“It’s true that magic is knowledge, but what does it mean that knowledge brings ‘Pollution’?”

“Magic is the act of ‘Corrosion’ of the world through the pollution caused by knowledge, is this some kind of metaphor?”

“Uh, because of this characteristic, magic can be taught, sure, that’s not an issue… and for the same reason, magic can also be taken away? What does that mean?”

Just reading the chapters on the definition of magic made Zhou Changqing feel dizzy and overwhelmed, as if his brain had been hammered, then filled with a torrent of mud, and finally whisked furiously with an egg beater.

He looked at the other players, who were also engrossed in reading while displaying a bewildered state on their faces.

Zhou Changqing found a spot under an awning where there was no sunlight, and continued reading.

“This magic doesn’t feel like a skill, but more like a tangible object?”

As he read and contemplated, Zhou Changqing felt a bit dizzy; he thought this might be due to playing the game for too long, causing 3D dizziness.

After glancing at the lush green forest and resting for a moment, he continued to immerse himself in the world of magic.

After all, having achieved this level in the field of communication, he was at least a study king and a top student, and his desire and curiosity for knowledge far exceeded that of an ordinary person.

“So, the essence of magic is knowledge, and once humans acquire knowledge, it will bring about certain changes, and mages can use these unique pieces of knowledge to influence and change the world?”

Zhou Changqing finally finished reading the introduction. He turned the page and saw an analysis of several common magic spells and their components.

After staring at the Fire Ignition Magic for half an hour, Zhou Changqing put down the book.

“What is this?”

He could understand each word individually, but strung together, it made no sense.

And the more he read, the more his head throbbed.

Zhou Changqing felt he had an excellent ability to comprehend and understand; at least until his doctorate, he had never encountered a book that made his head spin this much, but he knew some of his classmates felt this way. Once they started reading something they didn’t understand, it would only lead to a growing headache, ultimately causing them to give up studying.

Yet this magic book truly made him experience the feeling of a failing student trying to decipher the final question of the last big problem in the annual college entrance examination.

Zhou Changqing sneaked a glance at the other players; they too were struggling but forced themselves to continue reading.

He felt slightly reassured.

After reading for an hour, Zhou Changqing found it quite bizarre; he had actually spent a full hour studying magic in a game. He exhaled deeply, realizing that learning magic from the text of a book was indeed very difficult.

He flipped through the book to see if there was any other content.

And then Zhou Changqing saw another chapter.

[The Concept of Magic Network Construction]

“Magic Network?”

Zhou Changqing’s spirits lifted subconsciously when he saw the word “network”.

He read the text carefully and quickly understood that it was a concept for a magic system.

Since magic is knowledge that can be extracted, thus such a concept was conceived.

In simple terms, it allowed mages to connect to the Magic Network. Instead of directly transferring magic and its associated knowledge to the mages, it worked by providing access after mages applied for permission. The pollution from the magic was realized remotely, so mages could use magic without being heavily polluted themselves.

It was similar to the popular cloud computing feature in the real-world internet.

As Zhou Changqing browsed the content, from time to time he flipped back to the concept of magic, growing more impressed with the ingeniousness of the idea the more he read.

It not only protected the mages but also made the use of magic much freer.

In the real world, it was like effectively reducing the dependency of applications on smartphone performance and transferring this pressure onto network speed.

“This is interesting.”

After finishing this section, Zhou Changqing finally understood why someone like him was needed in the game.

Although this chapter proposed various concepts, unlike the previous ones, which were logical and complete in magic theory from qualitative to quantitative aspects — even if he didn’t fully understand, he could still perceive its completeness — it only involved qualitative analysis and didn’t touch on specific parameters and structural details.

In simple terms, it was a relatively concrete idea. It’s like Zhou Changqing and his colleagues would say, “We need to build a communications base station here, and it would be better to build it on this mountaintop,” without specifying how to construct it, what equipment to use, or how to adjust it.

Clearly, according to what that young man said, Zhou Changqing and his team were here to do just that.

To use the things of this world to establish a magic network.

Zhou Changqing suddenly felt a surge of epic inspiration.

When supporting remote areas and underdeveloped countries, he often had similar feelings. Watching places that were originally barren and backward gradually connect to the network, touching the new world, selling their products, and even carving out new industries — the feeling of changing the world was intoxicating.

Only, Zhou Changqing didn’t know if this world had semiconductor materials similar to those in the real world, nor did he understand how to use magic specifically, which he found very frustrating as he felt powerless.

At this thought, Zhou Changqing realized he might not have to solve the problem alone.

He found a safe place to exit the game, then quickly turned on his computer and opened his work chat group.

[Zhou Changqing]: I urgently need a network communication system construction plan!

It was a workday, but late at night, so not many people were online on work software. Therefore, Zhou Changqing waited a moment before someone responded.

[Old Zhou, weren’t you off to participate in some game test? Why are you still worried about work?]

[Yeah, your boss gave you time off, I’m so jealous.]

Zhou Changqing looked at his colleagues’ teasing, gave a wry smile, and typed.

[Zhou Changqing]: Cut it out, I need to build a magic network in the game, which means overtime in the game for me.

[What, building a network in a game? Is the game that realistic?]

[Isn’t it just a matter of clicking around? Do you really need communication knowledge?]

[So the part about needing testers in the game recruitment was real? Lu Ban is really bringing some reality into the game?]

[Zhou Changqing]: Stop it, I can’t handle it alone, help me out.

He thought to himself, with a professional team at his back, what’s there to fear about creating a tiny magic network?

With this thought, Zhou Changqing realized he should show his colleagues the content of that book; otherwise, they might not be able to understand what magic is.

After going back and forth in and out of the game several times, he finally managed to compile the introductory chapter of the book and uploaded it to the work chat group.