I can see experience bars after being transported to another world.

"By the way, Auden," Lu Yuan suddenly remembered something, "could you tell me some details about the Sea of ​​Knowledge? I'd like to hear a little about it now."

"No problem." Oden composed himself slightly before speaking slowly. However, instead of immediately explaining, Oden asked Lu Yuan, "What is your understanding of the Sea of ​​Knowledge?"

Lu Yuan thought for a moment, "An ocean that possesses the most knowledge in the world does not exist in this world; it belongs to a place that is both dangerous and full of opportunities."

"And then?" Oden asked.

"It might contain immortals, something like that, and some creatures that originally came with it."

"You're half right," Auden said slowly. "The sea of ​​knowledge is, in essence, a prison."

Lu Yuan was taken aback. "A cage? Why a cage? Shouldn't it be a knowledge base, or something like a library?"

Auden smiled upon hearing this. "You don't think that the knowledge in the Sea of ​​Knowledge enters on its own, do you? Or that its duty is to collect knowledge, for example, if someone dies or someone acquires new knowledge, then that knowledge will be automatically collected into the Sea of ​​Knowledge."

"Isn't that right?" Lu Yuan asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Of course not. The knowledge in the Sea of ​​Knowledge did not enter on its own initiative, but was gathered by a special being. It imprisons many, many things, not only knowledge, but also forbidden knowledge, all knowledge about the extraordinary, and perhaps even immortal beings, all of which are immersed in it."

"What it imprisons is the very essence of existence, can you imagine?" Auden continued, "A forbidden being, all the knowledge and existence he is involved in are gathered up by the sea of ​​knowledge and then imprisoned, and all information about him in the real world will be erased. He will forever sink into that boundless sea of ​​knowledge, with no possibility of ever waking up."

"They will never die, and this method can greatly curb the regeneration of taboos. Therefore, when the Sea of ​​Knowledge was first discovered, it was not actually called the Sea of ​​Knowledge, but the Prison of Taboos."

"Back then, someone even developed a method to deal with taboos. The principle was very simple: throw the taboo into the sea of ​​knowledge, kill everyone who knew about it, and destroy all books containing that information. And he succeeded."

Lu Yuan paused, wondering if it was true or not.

Once the sea of ​​knowledge is opened, what happens when knowledge overflows? The damage it causes might be no less than that caused by taboos, right? Especially without any assistance, how much power would be needed to break down the barrier between the sea of ​​knowledge and the real world?

"So, no one can say for sure what is currently sinking in the sea of ​​knowledge," Auden said with a hint of seriousness.

"Now that you have established a connection with the Sea of ​​Knowledge, you are qualified to enter it and may be qualified to explore some secrets of existence that you could not know before. But this does not mean that you can do whatever you want inside."

"Especially since our taboo studies are already hated enough, if you look around in there, you might very well get strangled."

"After all, for a child, possessing a weapon that shouldn't be in their possession is a disaster."

Lu Yuan remained silent, because what Auden said was indeed true.

However, the sea of ​​knowledge itself is a cage, which actually gave Lu Yuan some ideas. No wonder his path had yielded this power, so he could use it with confidence.

"But I have a question," Lu Yuan asked, "was your Ocean of Knowledge already widely known at that time?"

“Yes,” Auden replied, “at that time, the Sea of ​​Knowledge was already one of the forbidden places to be explored.”

"One of them?" Lu Yuan seized on this word decisively. "Besides the Sea of ​​Knowledge, what other forbidden lands have been discovered?"

Auden nodded. "You remember that forest, don't you? That green world that was swallowed up by the sea of ​​knowledge."

Lu Yuan certainly remembered the battle at Bronze City, where the forest wanted to come to the real world, but was swallowed up by the Sea of ​​Knowledge.

"That place is considered one of the forbidden areas, but that makes sense. But doesn't that place have a name?"

Auden glanced at Lu Yuan with a hint of helplessness. "If I could say the name, I would have told you already. Can you please stop calling out names randomly in the real world? Especially since you know the meaning behind them. What if you know the meaning and then try to call it out, and it happens to appear in the real world?"

"That makes sense, I'd better keep quiet."

The snow started falling again at night, and the room looked rather desolate in the firelight.

In his room, the cup of tea in front of Lu Yuan had gone cold. He picked it up, took a small sip, frowned, and then put the cup back on the table.

Listening to Oden's explanation, he still had some doubts and confusion.

Since there was still some time, Lu Yuan decided to ask again.

"Oden, I have two more questions."

"Go ahead," Auden said lazily, nestled inside the Seeker's body. "I happen to be free, and while I'm still relatively sober, I can explain it to you."

Lu Yuan hesitated for a moment, then added, "My connection with the Sea of ​​Knowledge now is only with those brightly colored words. But those words made of black not only have no connection with me, but also give me a very dangerous feeling."

After Oden fell silent, he said, "You've stumped me." Oden's tone revealed a hint of surprise. "I thought you knew it yourself, which is why you dared to touch those black words."

"You don't know either?" Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow.

"I don't know," Auden answered readily. "My initial research on the Sea of ​​Knowledge boiled down to one thing: how to protect yourself once inside. Everything else comes after that. So if you insist on asking me deeper questions, I'm actually not very clear on that either."

"Moreover, the way I got in is completely different from the way you got in. What we're doing here is essentially a shortcut to enter the sea of ​​knowledge. As for the proper way, to be honest, I don't know it either."

Oden's voice suddenly paused, carrying an indescribable emotion.

"To be honest, I dreamed of having your way of openly and legitimately entering the sea of ​​knowledge back in the day. But it's no use talking about it now, since I'm already dead anyway."

"Hmph." Lu Yuan smiled but didn't reply.

Although Oden was telling the truth, it's best not to respond to that.

"As for those black words, I can't give you an answer either, but just don't touch them." Oden's tone was somewhat serious. "When they almost welded that crack shut, you should have noticed it yourself. Just keep that in mind."

Lu Yuan was well aware of the situation. The intuition he had developed from his authority still served as a warning to him: those black words were not to be touched, or there would be extremely unpleasant consequences.