Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor.

Chapter 1 Login to the Zongwang, True Name Mage

The town of Shita is located five miles west of the third largest port in the Kening Empire.

This place was once a fishing village, but it developed into a small town with the influx of city workers.

At daybreak, the lighthouse on the cape on the coast went out.

The previous lighthouse keeper died the day before yesterday, and the newcomer Lin Bo took over old Tim's job.

A month ago, Lin Bo, who had traveled through time alone, was picked up by this old man on the beach. After being brought back to the lighthouse, he has been staying there ever since.

After that, he learned Knin from old Tim and began to familiarize himself with the work flow of the lighthouse.

A week ago, Lin Bo was able to operate the lighthouse on his own. Yesterday morning, Old Tim's body was buried, and last night was his first night officially guarding the lighthouse.

He did a great job, and many of the townspeople didn't even notice anything was wrong.

After finishing all the finishing touches, it was already dawn, and Lin Bo, who had been up all night, retired to bed. He locked the doors and windows, washed up quickly, and lay on the damp single bed, listening to the sound of the waves outside the wall.

The life of a lighthouse keeper is solitary and almost like that of a hermit. Only widowers living alone are willing to take on this life. What's worse, the keepers of some remote lighthouses are actually criminals who have been exiled there.

As an undocumented and unconnected illegal immigrant, Lin Bo is essentially impersonating Old Tim's job. If discovered by authorities, the consequences are uncertain.

"Let's keep doing this job first, and then try to find other ways out. The workers and farmers of this era are very miserable, and sailors and seamen also need professional qualities, so I won't consider them. I still have to think of ways to make a living in business, technological patents, and literary creation..."

After a month in this world, Lin Bo still misses the modern life of the 21st century. Although the Kening Empire has entered the second industrial revolution, the living conditions of the people are quite worrying.

Child labor, excessively long working hours, poor working conditions, and wages barely enough to survive have reduced the average life expectancy of the people to no more than fifty years.

Not to mention the heavy taxes and exploitation by the aristocracy, which would empty every pocket of the common people to support the upper class's extravagant and luxurious life.

Lin Bo is powerless to change the people's situation. He is not a politician or an opinion leader. This path, which could lead to a lifetime of anonymity at best and imprisonment or execution at worst, is too difficult and bumpy.

His current idea is only to make money to improve his living environment. This damn lighthouse is like a bloody altar, which will sooner or later make every administrator sick and mentally ill.

……

A few hours later, Limbaugh was awakened by the afternoon sun.

He didn't get enough sleep, and in a drowsy state, he suddenly heard a crisp reminder sound in his ears.

[Connecting to the Multiverse Integrated Game Network (abbreviated as the Integrated Network), reading version information]

[Successfully connected to the comprehensive network ver25.0231 - Dawn of the Diligent]

Version limited:
1. This version disables the character attribute point addition function, skill point addition function, and item exchange channel.
2. In this version, the proficiency mechanism is open. Players can improve their skill proficiency through training and professional behavior. After meeting the upgrade conditions, they can upgrade their skill level.

3. This version closes the daily and weekly dungeons. You need to consume an invitation letter to open the dungeon portal. For specific ways to obtain the invitation letter, please see the appendix.

4. This version opens the free team formation function, virtual communication channels, and cross-border trading channels for friends. For details, see the appendix.
The automatic search system across the multiverse is undergoing scheduled maintenance. Please do not panic... Try your best. - Pillar of the Ring, Sachilpenne

According to the recommender's designation, the player's initial profession is limited to True Name Mage (Multiverse Legend).

【Player Information】

Name: Lin Bo

Occupation: True Name Mage Lv1 (0/450)

Faction: Old Ones

Health: Good (poor environment↓, insufficient nutrition↓) (Health status affects the efficiency of proficiency acquisition)

Occupational characteristics:
Word Spirit (True Name Mage): The magical language spoken from your mouth can work wonders, allowing you to gain control over the essence of all things by speaking a true name.

Professional skills: None
General skills: None
Lin Bo was lying on the creaking bed, now fully awake.

He spent five minutes reading the 99 supplementary articles on the website. He couldn't say that he fully understood the game, but he had a relatively clear understanding of it.

The core mechanism of this limited edition game is the skill proficiency system. You can keep upgrading until you hit a bottleneck.

"Players are encouraged to study hard and acquire as many skills as possible. They can then use the combat power gained from these skills to level up and break through the skill cap, forming a cycle.

There are two main ways to acquire skills. You can activate professional skills by performing actions consistent with your profession. You can learn general skills by consuming general skill books. Professional skills have a higher level cap.

"Important cultivation resources such as experience points, comprehensive network disaster coins, general skill books, and knowledge fragments are mainly obtained by clearing dungeons.

"To obtain a dungeon invitation, you must sacrifice a 'relic with a reverberating history.' This reverberation condenses intense emotions: lost family ties, shattered ideals, and vanished aspirations. The more people place their emotions on a specific symbol, the deeper the remaining obsession, and the higher the reverberation level.

"The online gaming platform encourages players to improve their social status in the real world. The native world is like a player's garden and base. It's worth spending time and effort to manage and build it.

"A high-level real-world identity that facilitates the collection of reverberation relics from around the world, and even promotes the creation of reverberation relics.

"If you only collect low-level reverberations, as your level increases, the benefits of low-level dungeons will gradually decrease.

"Therefore, as personal strength increases, players should strive to advance the progress of civilization in their world. The great tides of history, the rise and fall of civilizations, and their rise and fall, affect the fate of countless people and are most likely to condense high-quality reverberations.

"Only high-level reverberations can unlock high-level dungeons, epic raids, divine wars, dimensional wars, and more, driving players' further growth.

"Legend, becoming a god, and even surpassing the gods, the Zongwang network gives players unlimited possibilities.

"Players of the current version of the Zongwang are destined to become the leaders of civilization... This empire, this planet, and all the living beings on it are no longer my peers, but my future people."

This is what the bland yet formal action suggestions in the appendix to the comprehensive network told him.

No matter how players view this game, whether it is a blessing or a curse, unless they quit or give up, as long as they still want to move forward in the endless conflicts of the multiverse and find the opportunity to transcend eternity, they will do their best to climb up.

No matter what the player's previous identity was, beggar, noble, farmer, blacksmith's son, or a small lighthouse keeper, he must now embark on the road to becoming a king.

Becoming a king is only a small step before becoming a god, and becoming a god is far from the end of the road.

"Huh, I feel so much pressure all of a sudden." He rubbed his forehead. "Let's start with small goals, like...stealing the country."

It’s not that being a lighthouse keeper is a bad life, it’s just that being an emperor would give him a wider range of opportunities.

A person's appetite is determined by his or her appetite. For an undocumented person, simply finding food and clothing and making a name for oneself is a lifelong goal. But for a mage who possesses the truth, it would be a great sacrifice not to think about controlling the world's military.

The current emperor of the Kening Empire, Kevin Evin, was the regent ten years ago, then he proclaimed himself the Duke of Protector of the Country, and finally ascended the throne to become the emperor. He can be regarded as Lin Bo's predecessor on the road to usurping the country.

Now the emperor has only one heir, a lonely princess. I wonder how many ambitious people are eyeing the position of the empress's husband.

The dangerous road of stealing a country has always been crowded with people since ancient times.

Compared with these nobles, warlords, and big capitalists, Lin Bo’s only and biggest advantage lies in the surreal power of the Internet.

He checked his player information.

“My profession is… a True Name Mage?
"This seems to be a type of spellcaster originating from the worldview of Tales from Earthsea, casting spells by speaking magical language, which is different from the spell slot casting in DND and the blue bar mages in various RPGs.

“It does have some similarities to the wizards in Harry Potter, who mainly rely on chanting spells to cast spells.

"The most important knowledge for a True Name Mage is undoubtedly the magical language. As long as one masters the true names of everything and speaks the true names in the magical language, one will have powerful control over that thing.

"Calling down strong winds, dispelling torrential rain, curbing earthquakes, increasing lamb production, healing wounds, creating lifelike illusions, and transforming into birds and beasts—this is just the tip of the iceberg of True Name Mage... This system has an extremely high ceiling and depth.

“The miracles brought about by magic are worshipped by the people and feared by the nobles. They can easily help me seize great worldly power and wealth.

"But, I don't even know a single word of magic language right now. Even a good cook cannot cook without rice.

"If you want to gain professional knowledge, besides the knowledge fragments dropped in dungeons, you can also buy it from other players using disaster coins through the friend trading channel on the Zong Network.

"I must first obtain a dungeon invitation. After clearing the dungeon, everything will be on track."

Limbaugh sat up and decided to search the lighthouse first, especially Old Tim's belongings.

Since the previous Night's Watchman passed away due to old age and illness, he hadn't had a chance to properly sort through old Tim's assets. Most of his personal belongings were stored in a holly chest under the bed.

Old Tim had few material desires during his lifetime and had saved up a considerable inheritance. There were almost 10,000 copper coins in the wooden box, as well as a thick stack of loose banknotes, all wrapped in waterproof kraft paper.

In addition, there is a box full of conches, shells and beautiful stones, which is one of the few hobbies of the old night watchman.

Finally, Lin Bo dug out an ugly little wooden sculpture from the pile of shells.

It looks like a cylindrical trash can with limbs and eyes and a mouth painted on the front.

As soon as Lin Bo touched the wood sculpture, a ding-dong sound rang in his ears.

[Historical reverberations detected, sacrifice relics to retrieve the space-time slice collection.]

The network's tips were very pleasant to the ear, but Lin Bo's mood was quite complicated.

Old Tim helped him again, and even though he was dead, he still helped him go further in this other world.

"Confirm the sacrifice."

Lin Bo activated the sacrifice function on the Internet, and the relic in his palm emitted a faint glow, as if some essence was extracted from it. Then the entire statue was covered with fine cracks, and it shattered into a pile of debris with a slight force from his fingers.

【Reverberation: Tiny Tim's Robot Doll Collected】

Reverberation level: Weak

Affinity: Mechanical 61%, Childlike 22%, Blood 17%
Description: This is a handmade work given by an elder brother to his younger brother. In his first month as a mechanic, misfortune and risk took away his young life.

[Whether to consume reverberation, the comprehensive network will search the corresponding time and space slice based on the reverberation affinity and create a dungeon invitation letter]

"Use reverberation." Lin Bo did not hesitate.

[Searching the collection library...]

[Time and space slice matching is successful, invitation letter generated, and has been sent to the player's backpack]

Lin Bo took out the invitation letter from his backpack. The firefly light gathered in his palm and turned into a brown paper envelope stained with reddish-brown rust.

When I opened it, there was a plastic card with a lot of words printed on it.

The content on the card is exactly the copy information.

Dungeon Name: Abandoned Ancient Machinery Factory (Number of Challenges Remaining Today: 3)

Grade: 1-3
Difficulty: easy

Clearance Rewards: 5 Comprehensive Disaster Coins, 25 General Experience, Gray Quality Equipment (low probability)
[Comprehensive Network Tips: Death in this instance will cause the player to fall into a state of soul weakness (1 natural day)]

[Please clear the dungeon to unlock more difficulty levels]

Lin Bo flipped through the dungeon invitation in his hand. According to the description in the appendix, the difficulty level of the dungeon ranged from easy to purgatory, with a total of six levels. Depending on the difficulty level, the rewards for completing the dungeon would also vary.

The virtual communication function of Zongwang was officially launched as Lin Bo obtained the dungeon invitation letter.

An invitation to join the chat now appeared on the originally empty chat interface.

"[Abandoned Ancient Machinery Factory Strategy Channel] invites you to join, do you agree?"

As a chat channel, players do not need to display their real names, so Lin Bo gave himself a nickname specifically for chat.

"I agree to join."

【Network Tips: Player "Lighthouse Guest" joins the current channel】

【Chat text translation module has been loaded】

[Current number of people online in the channel: 20]

[The weather is great]: Newcomers release photos

[Duolian Duoyi Network - Merchant Agilent]: I am purchasing dungeon products for a long time. Newbies, remember to move the machine wreckage out after completing the dungeon. You can contact me to sell it.

[Barrier]: Welcome new friends. If you want to know any information, you can first check out the shared files in the channel.

[Lighthouse Guest]: Hello
[Nightingale]: Dude, what's your profession? What level are you? Are you some big shot who's come down to earth?

[Confused Rabbit]: Wow, a big guy is coming, group status -1
Next comes a string of funny people repeating “Group status -1”.

Since crossing into the other world, Lin Bo hadn't felt the peace of mind of surfing the water group for a long time. However, he was still more accustomed to diving in. He quietly opened the shared files in the chat channel, which contained dungeon guides compiled by enthusiastic players.

Dungeon Information (Human Race Only): Abandoned Ancient Machinery Factory (Simple)
Description: This instance resembles the ruins of a city from a wartime dimension. The air quality is good, and no gas filter is required. In single-player mode, only the factory's outer perimeter is accessible. The enemy is a standard bionic robot wielding a long-handled knife.

Suggestion: "For level 1 beginners, whether ranged or melee, go straight for the robot guard's back. The robot guard's weak points are all on the back. The exposed neck and joints have circuits and pipelines distributed. Just cut them off and you can defeat it.

"Generally speaking, this dungeon is quite suitable for complete beginners. Bring a shield and a sharp and sturdy machete, and go for it boldly."

Lin Bo counted out a dozen banknotes from Old Tim's belongings. He needed to borrow this asset temporarily for the next adventure.

Then he walked into the pawnshop on the old street of Shita Town.

They buy everything here, so naturally they sell everything. It actually functions as an underground black market.

"What a rare guest. Hey, night watchman, are you planning to sell something or buy something?" The hunchbacked fat man behind the counter had a smile on his face and a very muddy voice.

Lin Bo pointed to the small harpoon gun on the wall, "This."

A harpoon gun is a weapon used by sailors to shoot medium to large fish underwater. The barb at the head of the harpoon can prevent the prey from escaping, and the chain at the tail makes it easier to drag.

"This treasure is not cheap." The boss let out a series of tsk tsk tsks, and did not ask why a lighthouse keeper bought such a dangerous weapon as a harpoon gun.

"I want this, three spare harpoons, ten rounds of whale oil ammunition, and this axe as a bonus. How about it?" Lin Bo picked up a well-maintained and nice-feeling felling axe.

"Deal, the price I offer is just a friendly offer. Please come and do more business with us in the future, hehe." The boss accepted the money with satisfaction and threw away the coins for change reluctantly.

A moment later, Lin Bo returned to the lighthouse carrying a canvas bag.

[Selected copy - Abandoned ancient machinery factory]

[Current Difficulty: Easy]

[Opening the dungeon portal, players please be prepared]

According to the tips in the supplementary rules of the comprehensive network, no matter how long the player spends in the dungeon world, he will always return to the moment he left the original world, so Lin Bo does not have to worry that conquering the dungeon will delay the work of the Night Watch.

A large number of purple fireflies appeared in the void. They gathered in the open space in the room, circling and dancing, and turned into a deep purple spherical vortex.

Lin Bo tentatively stepped into the whirlpool, and the scenery in front of him suddenly changed. His feet felt empty, and he stumbled before stepping on solid ground again.

In just a moment, we arrived from the lighthouse to an open factory concrete floor.

"(Unknown language) Buzzing - Intruder detected, executing procedure - physical elimination."

Ten meters away, a white-painted robot guard, with a scarlet light emitting from the photosensitive lenses on his face and a long-handled knife covered with welds in his hand, approached the newly arrived Lin Bo step by step.

The True Name Mage raised the harpoon gun in his hand and said, "Brother, try this. This one is very powerful."

boom!
The moment the trigger was pulled, the exploding refined whale oil pushed the harpoon out of the barrel rapidly, and the powerful kinetic energy directly penetrated the solid chest armor of the mechanical guard.

Lin Bo grabbed the iron chain and began running around the mechanical guard until he wrapped it into an immobile iron dumpling.

"(Unknown language) destroy—destroy—"

Lin Bo kicked it over like stepping on a fish on a chopping board, then aimed at the alloy spine on the back of the robot's neck, raised his lumberjack axe and chopped it hard!
(End of this chapter)