Infinite Mask Game.

Chapter 398 Ultimate Knowledge
The experience of getting a free ride on a so-called wormhole car is not pleasant.

The vehicle, which was several tens of meters long, carried only Wei Miao and the shadowy figure, while the long-barreled robot stood below watching.

When the car started, it was smooth, quiet, and without any noise.

But the sudden acceleration makes the push-back feeling very strong.

When Wei Miao's face was frozen by the wind, she estimated that the speed of the flying car had reached at least 180 miles per hour.

She glanced out of the corner of her eye at the shadowy figure sitting next to her, who was equally expressionless.

As the flying car traveled to the point where the track broke, a circular hole suddenly appeared in front of the car. The edge of the hole was glowing with a bright white light, which contrasted sharply with the darkness inside the hole.

The flying car crashed straight into the cave.

A sudden feeling of weightlessness overwhelms you, along with the loss of sensation in every part of your body.

It seemed like only a moment had passed before the flying car emerged from another hole, running on a track that was not on the same horizontal line as before, and rushing towards the finish line in various ways.

The digital body doesn't experience motion sickness.

Both of them stepped out of the car with steady steps and without making a sound.

As for what one truly feels inside, only they know.

The long-barreled robot has disappeared, presumably having "left early."

Wei Miao and the shadowy figure paid no attention and wandered around on their own.

According to the map provided by the terminal street module, they are currently in the "Dark Amusement Park" of the cultural and entertainment area.

The map can display their current location, much like a real-world navigation map.

Amusement parks cover vast areas and have abundant facilities, and while they may resemble some real-world entertainment venues, they undergo significant changes due to extraordinary intervention.

It was deserted and seemed unusually desolate at the moment, with no one watching over it.

Wei Miao carefully observed everything and found that the entire amusement park had a fairly consistent style, leaning towards the technology side.

The two occasionally exchanged words as they walked.

"Um... what's your opinion on the community?" the shadowy figure asked calmly, and Wei Miao sensed a hint of shyness in his voice.

Is she a rather introverted person? A few guesses flashed through Wei Miao's mind, but she knew that appearances were easy to deceive.

She thought for a moment and replied, "It is a public place that is launched along with the game mechanics, and it also performs auxiliary functions such as social interaction, secondary gameplay, and combat power enhancement, similar to the main city in other online games."

The shadowy figure stared at her for a few seconds before asking, "Are you a game industry professional in real life?"

“I can only say I’m a game enthusiast.” Wei Miao smiled and asked in return, “So what do you think?”

Shadow Man: "I don't have any particular feelings. It's a fully functional living area with no pressure, no need to deal with anyone, and I don't even have to worry about food... Actually, I'm quite satisfied."

Although the answer was casual, it was very sincere.

The fact that he could appear in the community faster than Wei Miao is enough to show that reality doesn't matter to him at all.

Neither of them directly mentioned the permanent residency right, but players who have fought their way to the front lines are unlikely to choose to give up the permanent residency right, which means they are voluntarily giving up the competition.

With community resources doubled, this resource gap is no joke.

Shadow Man: "So what are your goals? I get asked this a lot in real life, as if you can't live without goals."

Wei Miao had never thought about this kind of question on her own, or rather, her goal was clear from the beginning, so she didn't need to think about it specifically.

She remarked, "It's probably like a level-based game."

Every player's initial belief when entering the game is pretty much this simple. Of course, if it's an online game, the goal can be slightly changed to "graduation".

“At first, I was just bored and wanted to find a game to play. I didn’t have any specific goals. I didn’t think about ‘beating’ the game, because it’s hard for me to maintain my enthusiasm for a game for too long,” the shadowy figure said. “But now it seems like I can’t quit even if I want to.”

Wei Miao: "What's the game you've played for the longest time before?"

Shadow Man: "Could it be Persona?" Wei Miao: "Which one?"

"..."

The two hit it off quite well, talking about games.

They had already left the amusement park by then.

Next to the amusement park is a striking giant inverted cone-shaped tower, all white with ornate gold and blue patterns, its top hidden in the hazy clouds, appearing and disappearing intermittently.

When you stand close by and look up, you feel a sense of oppression and danger as if the building is about to collapse.

Several flowing, dark blue characters floated atop the arched gate.

The facility names here seem to adapt to the player's identity; for example, what Wei Miao sees is Federation text.

"The Imaginary Library... Shall we go take a look?" Wei Miao asked the shadowy figure.

If the shadowy figure refuses, she will choose to part ways and go alone.

Fortunately, the shadowy figure responded.

But when the two entered a ten-meter radius around the library, a system notification suddenly popped up.

[You have been detected to possess the item "Community Pass". Do you wish to use the item to enter the Imaginary Library?]

Wei Miao chose "Yes".

The next moment, a thick, azure beam of light descended from the sky and enveloped her.

A familiar sense of teleportation.

Wei Miao glanced at the shadowy figure beside her and noticed that he was also surrounded by the blue beam of light.

The central hall on the first floor of the Imaginary Number Library.

The spacious hall is grand and bright, surrounded by multi-level corridors and bookshelves supported by towering columns.

The first floor alone is twenty meters high, and the numerous bookshelves divide the space into extremely deep sections.

Wei Miao stood alone on the scarlet carpet in the hall, gazing at the magnificent object before her.

In the center of the hall stood a giant golden scale.

It is constructed of an unknown metal, exquisite and enormous. When you look up, you can see the soft white light that blocks the view from the top of the tower, while the top of the scales is hidden in the light and cannot be seen.

The ground surrounding the base of the balance scale is a circular abyss area, which is wider than the entire balance scale.

The moment Wei Miao saw the scales, certain information naturally came to her knowledge.

This balance scale is one of the core components of the library, and it is called "Zhi Shi".

When a player stands on the balance scale, this side measures the player's strength, encompassing all factors that can affect combat power. Even abstract forces such as fate and will are quantified, ultimately calculating the player's strength, or "combat power."

The other end measures the weight of knowledge.

A player's knowledge of the world and their understanding of rules and knowledge in various fields will be counted in the weight of their knowledge.

After being quantified by a certain standard, if knowledge is greater than combat power, the greater the gap, the higher the player will be promoted; otherwise, they will remain at the bottom of the library.

The library has ten floors; the higher the floor, the more advanced the knowledge it contains.

The books are stored on a circular platform around the perimeter, with one-way passages between each level. Higher levels can be accessed via built-in stairs, but lower levels can only be accessed via a balance scale.

In other words, the number of readable layers is backward compatible.

Each person's balance hall is an independent space, separate from the others, where they complete the weighing process independently.

The space on the platform is shared, allowing players to meet other players.

With a thought, Wei Miao moved from the ground to one of the pans of the balance.