The Gentleman at the End
Chapter 576 - 574 Academic Trust Brain Network

Chapter 576: Chapter 574 Academic Trust Brain Network

What William cared about was not the changes in his illness or the title of a Complete Shaper; he was quite clear about those matters.

In comparison, the changes in the Profession related to human society and the Professional Ability "Education" were his prime concerns... In William’s view, the real function of Education had not yet been brought into play, but once it was, it would directly affect him.

"Associate Professor, Academic Trust Brain Network, five advanced study spots? Are you certain this isn’t about taking on graduate students?"

Brimming with curiosity, William couldn’t bother to check the rest of his body, nor did he care to climb out from the bathtub. He immediately started to connect to the so-called "Academic Trust Brain Network."

A neural net-like substance spread out rapidly, collecting information on students within the range of the Old World.

[Library of Thought Palace]

William’s consciousness projected here, sitting at a wooden table.

As the Academic Trust Network expanded, stacks of tangible student records started to pile higher and higher on the table... after all, William had recently turned a bunch of Circus audience members into students during a performance.

William casually browsed through a record, roughly understanding the way student information was documented.

It was divided into three sections:

1.[Basic Information]- Including name, age, height, and current approximate location, among other foundational details.

2.[Learning Direction]- Including the type of illness the student has, and the type of knowledge they are pursuing.

3.[Personal Evaluation]- Based on the total time since becoming a student, this period’s knowledge absorption and transformation to evaluate the student’s merit, grading them on an E, D, C, B, A, S scale. Although noted to be for reference only and that rankings could be surpassed later, the grades given by Madness Brain were essentially trustworthy.

Currently, among these students, 90% are below D grade, and the highest level is Candle Puppet Thirteen. Madness Brain’s assessment shockingly reached A and suggested that Thirteen undergo further training.

Of course, William thought the same.

As William earnestly surveyed the stacks of student records, Yi Chen, completely drenched, emerged from the Aquarium without William knowing when, and was already seated across the desk.

He had absolutely no interest in the details recorded about the students; in Yi Chen’s eyes, these students were all worthless, and a second glance would be a waste of his time.

"William, your Education ability has improved quite a bit, huh~ and you have even opened up interesting stuff like an internal network. With your development, who knows, maybe you’ll build a mental school later on.

As the number of students increases, there must be some who are not smart enough to be fumbling in this group, wasting your time. Maybe you should consider setting up a special Orphanage in the future to rigorously train and internally filter your students; the worthless don’t deserve to work for us."

"Orphanage... Yi Chen, do you want to become the next Director Cao?"

At these words, Yi Chen’s aura changed in an instant.

It was as though he might leap across the table any moment and twist William’s head off, but he quickly composed himself, revealing a sinister smile.

"No, no, no~ don’t mention such a lowly, impure fellow in front of me. The place I intend to establish will be more perfect, truly capable of cultivating students."

"Alright, let’s talk about future matters later. Yi Chen, don’t distract me for now."

"Sure thing, Teacher William~ By the way, when are we heading back to the human side? I can hardly wait to slaughter left and right with our brand-new bodies. Moreover, those blood citizens should explode with more blood than ordinary creatures when slain—just the thought of it feels thrilling!"

"We’ll leave after completing the boss’s task... Who doesn’t want to try a bloodbath?"

"Good."

Yi Chen whistled, staggered back to the deepest part of his consciousness in the Aquarium, swaying as if he were drunk, and voluntarily imprisoned himself.

He chose to seal himself to avoid his subjective consciousness affecting William too much, and also to guard the sealed Dark Memory.

As for William, he didn’t mind Yi Chen’s free activities. After all, the other had helped a lot during their meeting with the Tenth Abyss... and besides, William had far deeper Thoughts.

His attention returned to the present, continuing to try out his new abilities.

"This Academic Trust Network not only allows viewing of the students’ information, it seems it can also issue a general directive to the students. Let’s give it a try."

William selected a student named Moses Azmi, who suffered from "Congenital Night Blindness" and had a high affinity for darkness. The student’s evaluation had also reached C+.

Thus, in the remarks section of this student’s file, he wrote ’Suggested to pursue learning with the purpose of meeting the Tenth Abyss.’

Having received the suggestion, the student would focus on learning about darkness. Once ready, he would head to the Tenth Abyss, volunteer to become an Abyss dweller, and serve the Tenth Abyss.

Additionally, two students, both with a certain talent for performance and a grade of C or above, were selected to audition at the circus in hopes of becoming ordinary members of the theater.

"Thirteen!"

Following William’s call, Thirteen, who had been guarding the theater’s door, quickly entered the bathroom and knelt before the teacher.

"Show me your brain."

"Yes, teacher."

As the entire candle appeared above her head, William reached out and gently touched the surface of the candle where the brain’s gyri and sulci were, suddenly plunging his finger into the candle, engraving a much more intricate "Madness" character in the depths.

Throughout this process, Thirteen shook violently, her entire body spasming, causing the bathroom to flicker between light and dark.

More than ten minutes later, the finger was withdrawn.

Thirteen felt an unprecedented sense of refreshment; her consciousness became clearer than before and she even had an urgent desire to learn more knowledge. Most importantly, she felt that her Skull Candle now had the potential to ’evolve,’ possibly into a Madness Brain structure like her teacher’s.

"Don’t let me down. Strive to build your own Madness Brain as soon as possible."

"Yes! Thank you, teacher."

Thirteen left the bathroom with cheerful footsteps, holding the books she had brought from the Chamber of Commerce and began to read from the beginning again.

William also slowly stood up from the bathtub and began communicating with the Yellow Skin within his body, asking about a doubt he had after his promotion.

"Yellow Skin, after completing the Path, why is there even no definition for ’epidemic value’... The four epidemic values of the Open Source Stage were a good reminder of which stage I was in, and when I reached the Open Source Limit."

Yellow lines emerged between his retinas,

≮In the Open Source Stage, there are plenty of exemplary data to collect, allowing for a numerical definition and division of the entire Open Source process into 1 to 4 epidemic value stages.

In the Old World, the number of Patients who can reach the Silver Circle is limited and the Skin Factory even rarer, not enough exemplars to utilize, hence the grading of the Silver Circle is more ambiguous and cannot be directly numbered.

Moreover, the next stage after the Silver Circle is the Plague Master, which is extremely challenging.

Even the existing materials do not record how to achieve the "Ultimate Ascension" or how to become a Plague Master. It seems not only does one need to reach some kind of limit, but also requires ’the World’s permission.’

You still have a long way to go, at least develop the Abyss first.

However, you are quite capable! With such a Silver Circle aura, our common goal is even closer.≯

"Shall I first return to the human side to see what the situation is? If those Blood Citizens don’t realize what’s good for them, I am prepared to attack the Skin Factory directly soon."

≮Hmm... When you attack the Skin Factory, try to collect high-quality Skin, even Apostle Skin, until I can display a true Skin form to perfectly assist you.≯

"Alright."

As William and Yellow Skin were deep in conversation, a black mass squeezed itself out from his shoulder and landed on the floor by itself.

Ever since William’s promotion, the little grape had not spoken, but after much thought, it had made an important decision.

"William! Your current body’s senses are now almost as sharp as mine... You should be able to resolve the matters on the human side by yourself. I plan to stay behind in the Old World and blaze my own trail.

After you’ve dealt with the human affairs, we’ll meet again when you return to the Old World."

William, too, could tell what the little grape was thinking, "Where’re you planning to go? Will you stay at the circus for quiet cultivation or somewhere else?"

"The circus is tough to navigate, I’d better honestly head somewhere else... Places like Light City and the Bonfire Mountain Range, related to kindling, are my main targets."

"Leaving now?"

"What else? To keep wasting time with you here..."

"Fine, I’ll see you out then. Also, take this with you."

William handed over the member’s card of the Black Worm Organization and a sum of money to the little grape, as after all, there was another card at Price’s end.

"When this grape meets you again, I will definitely stand out from the rest!"