Technological practice: leading the human race to the stars

Chapter 52 The Nature of Knowledge

The second quarter assessment is over, and nearly 8% of the students were sent back on the grounds of "unsatisfactory independent learning ability". The remaining students will go to a transparent assessment tower in the training camp for a three-month assessment training.

"My strength is increasing so fast. I'm already an official ninth-level Source Warrior." Yuanze talked to Astra in his mind.

"But we also wasted a lot of source crystals last time."

"That's because you ignored the bottleneck of the official level promotion to the body tempering level in the last few days."

"Then I can't do anything about it. The information on Source Warrior training is basically top secret. Your master didn't give me much information, so I have to rely on self-study. Next time, take me to the library of the training camp and see if I can learn something."

"Isn't it time?"

In front of us, a magnificent tower of knowledge stands quietly in the center of the training camp, like a giant of wisdom standing firm in the torrent of time.

In Yuanze's eyes, this giant is no longer a physical building, but a towering structure without boundaries, beyond physical limits, switching between virtual and reality, constantly blending between the present and the future, and wandering back and forth.

The Giant is connected to the galaxy, and each of its floors symbolizes a different field of knowledge, from natural science to future science. The Giant is not a static building, but a living organism that is constantly changing and growing. New fields of knowledge and research results are like new floors, constantly adding bricks and tiles to the top of the tower, pushing the Giant to extend to higher positions.

"What did you see?"

The sudden question interrupted Yuanze's viewing. A virtual figure appeared in front of Yuanze and became clearer and clearer as it walked towards Yuanze.

This virtual image ignored the other students' exclamations. A network of circuits gradually extended from the soles of his feet, instantly instilling junk information that was difficult for the brain to process quickly into everyone, causing their expressions to become dull.
Only when Yuanze activated his "Flow" ability passively, filtering out a large amount of invalid information, his expression remained calm.

"What an amazing ability!" The virtual image clapped its hands excitedly, "I finally encountered it."

"Hello, Yuanze. I am Mingtu, the intelligent system of this assessment tower. Perhaps you have noticed that everyone who enters this place for the first time will witness a unique scene presented by the tower. This is not accidental, but the embodiment of their understanding of knowledge in their hearts."

"It's been more than ten years since I woke up, and this is the first time I've been affected by a human's mental power. The amazing thing is that I can actually see the embodiment of your mind."

"What do you mean..."

"Wow, I wish I could learn so much knowledge." Astra sighed in Yuanze's mind before Yuanze asked a question, interrupting him.

Mingtu frowned slightly, as if he had sensed something: "Sir, the artificial intelligence in you is more advanced than mine. But it is still a juvenile AI and still needs a lot of learning. It is most appropriate for you to come here."

"Can you sense me?"

Since everyone around him was caught in this stagnation, Astra no longer concealed his presence and projected his image.

"Yes, although you are more advanced than me, you have learned too little. In our world, you are still just a child, so I can sense your presence."

"Bah, bah, bah, you are the child." Astra crossed his arms across his chest in dissatisfaction, and then ended the projection.

"It seems that your AI did not feed her too much data during the development stage. The developers probably want you to grow with her." Mingtu looked at Yuanze with appreciation and grabbed Astra from where she disappeared.

"Here, you only need a consciousness to go to any knowledge field you want. I won't bother you any more. Please come in and study slowly."

"Humph! Just a rookie."

Ming Tu, who was wearing a tuxedo, did not show any anger. Instead, he bowed to Yuan Ze and Astra like a gentleman, then turned around and walked calmly into the assessment tower, gradually blending into the assessment tower.

As the knowledge field he activated gradually dissipated, the other new students next to the assessment tower gradually regained consciousness. But they could still vaguely feel that the virtual character was talking to Yuan Ze, and there was a little more awe in their eyes when they looked at him. Yuan Ze didn't care much about these looks. He closed his eyes and entered the tower through the stream of consciousness. He felt like he had broken through the boundaries of time and space and came to an independent network composed of data streams like the pulsation of blood vessels.

He opened his eyes and was immediately shocked by the scene before him. Every wall in the tower was precisely compiled with data and information, and a dense network of light connected these walls.

Yuanze reached out his hand to touch them. These information nodes and networks seemed to have life. They jumped and flashed at his fingertips, transmitting all kinds of knowledge. The information contained in these knowledge was instantly stored in his brain.

"Here even a fool can be forced to become a well-educated professor." Yuan Ze felt this advanced technology, as if he was suddenly hit by a powerful impact, and stood still.

“So, no wonder we have to eliminate those who can’t learn independently. These people are destined to not have a very high learning ability ceiling.”

"Hahaha, this is my home court." Astra began to think about how to hack into this system and gain access to this database of massive knowledge.

But who would have thought that Mingtu suddenly appeared and pulled Astra out of the virtual space. Astra was like a small toy in his hand, looking very angry.

"You are still too young. Just behave yourself here. I am not like those old systems in other assessment towers. Don't underestimate me."

Mingtu kicked Astra's butt, and she acted like a dog eating shit next to Yuanze, causing Yuanze to cover his mouth and laugh.

"What are you laughing at? You, Mingtu, are just a fake gentleman." Astra patted his clothes and suddenly found something very interesting, "I can actually materialize here."

"Not only can virtual characters be materialized here, but all knowledge, even extremely abstract mathematics, can be materialized. No matter how difficult something is to understand, you can find examples here."

"You mentioned mental power just now, and you said it was human mental power. What does that mean?"

Mingtu raised his head, then lowered his head to look at Yuanze, feeling a little conflicted: "It's not right to say this..."

"Don't say it if you don't want to."

Yuanze rolled his eyes at Astra and told her to be quiet.

"You should also understand that these assessment towers are not actually products of the Blue Planet. They were all excavated from some alien ruins. Therefore, during the Great Cataclysm, human technology made rapid progress and resolved the First Origin Beast War."

"My database contains very limited information about the alien civilization I belong to. My main mission is to store and impart knowledge, but the historical records of my origin civilization have been almost completely erased, leaving only some theoretical information."

Yuanze frowned and squinted at Mingtu: "What about mental power?"

"If my data tells me that your mental power is not only powerful and pure, but can also act on actual objects."

"so what?"

"In this way, you will be able to release your mental power and quickly absorb the knowledge I have stored. Because knowledge is actually a form of mental power. By studying here, people's mental power will be trained and improved, becoming more cohesive and powerful."

Mingtu looked at Yuanze's thoughtful expression and felt the infinite potential in his body.

"First, learn the knowledge related to biology, the field of neuroscience." Astra gave Yuanze a hint.

Yuanze nodded, and these silk threads carrying knowledge wrapped around him and wrapped him up.

Busy today, go home and revise

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(End of this chapter)