Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor.

Chapter 243 The Path to Forging a Spirit God

Lin Bo had already bought the corresponding knowledge fragments when the Machine Soul Destiny Calculation Manual had just been upgraded to Lv2.

Now take it out of the backpack.

The Tower of Babel Ruins Illustrations (Red)

Type: Knowledge Fragment

Item Effect: Consuming this item allows you to break through the level limits of certain skills. When training Arcane (True) related skills, your base proficiency will permanently increase by 1. This effect cannot be obtained repeatedly but can be stacked with other fragments of the same type.

Description: Comprehend the fragments to gain the secrets hidden within. Each attempt requires a contribution of 6000 Disaster Coins.

This work is dedicated to all the great ideals of the world. —Message on the title page

The light gathered in Lin Bo's hand, condensing into a black-covered sketchbook. It exuded the scent of various inks and colored pigments, and a red ribbon bound the sketchbook, making it impossible to open.

When Lin Bo smelled the scent and touched the cover of the album, he heard the voice of the tattered scroll, which was telling the story of the painter's brushstrokes in dragon language.

The carriers of these fragments of knowledge are ancient and majestic objects, the dragons of books, who once remained silent before Lin Bo, but now speak out. Similarly, the invitation to the instance also speaks in the language of dragons.

However, what they carried was far more sublime, their immense power imbuing their vessel with the essence of dragons. Lin Bo could not detect a single sound, but they must also possess a language, speaking words far more powerful than dragon speech.

Perhaps when the mage completes the Exemplary Quest and ascends to become an Ancient Saint, he will be able to hear such sublime magical language; he is not yet qualified.

Lin Bo opened the integrated network panel, looked at the flickering "Machine Soul Destiny Calculation Manual," and silently chanted, "Upgrade."

Ding--

机魂命理算经：Lv3（0/1800）（知识残卷0/1）满足意识上传的前提条件下，获得与机器之灵深度沟通的亲和力，可获取最清晰的预言
This skill is suitable for players who have undergone cybernetic modifications, or those with specific talents such as mechanical lifeblood or digital soul.

In short, players must be able to upload their consciousness to the virtual space and engage in equal dialogue with the machine spirit and intelligent agents; otherwise, they will no longer be able to trigger the proficiency assessment.

Lin Bo doesn't need any additional human modifications or bloodline abilities; he can already communicate face-to-face with intelligent life forms.

It's time to study the third fragment of the Arcane (True) Realm. This will bring my basic proficiency in Mantra to +4, and my leveling speed will increase again.

The monk, holding the "picture book" in his hands, did not rush to offer the disaster relief money, but instead vibrated his vocal cords and chanted the dragon language.

"(Incantation) Activated."

A muffled rumble of thunder sounded, and the power of the curse was projected. The blood-stained ribbon binding the picture book trembled violently, writhing like a living snake.

[Important Notice from the Network: External interference has been detected with the knowledge fragment "The Babel Remains Painting Collection," and an unsealing check is underway.]

“My dear, are you awakening one of your own kind?” the Tower Dragon whispered. “You don’t yet know its true name, so you may very well fail.”

“(In magical language) I know, failure is no big deal.” Lin Bo nodded. Even if this incomplete scroll was destroyed, he could just buy another one. As a wealthy man, he didn’t care about such a small expense.

“Let me help you,” Ta Zhilong said solemnly.

[Important Notice from the Network: An abnormal disturbance to the probability flow of fate has been detected. You have gained a temporary luck buff (↑↑↑), and the chance of unlocking Knowledge Fragments has been greatly increased.]

The fragments of knowledge have awakened from their slumber; they are observing you...

[The "Babel Ruins Painting Collection" witnesses your colors, appreciates your actions that influence the world, and chooses to proactively reveal its deepest secrets...]

[Important Notice from the Comprehensive Network: Verification passed, the Knowledge Fragment has been unlocked, and you have learned the key to unsealing.]

—All Towers of Babel are destined to become ruins, yet the heroes and people of all worlds still choose to build them, failing first, then failing again, until they fail countless times.

The ribbons on the album came off, the pages unfolded, and countless paintings fluttered, revealing towering pagodas of various shapes.

Each tower has four images. The first image depicts members of various intelligent races gathering and forming alliances.

The second picture shows a towering pagoda under construction, with construction in full swing.

The third image shows the construction workers scattered and the giant tower collapsing.

The fourth image shows a new construction team starting to build on the ruins.

A vast array of images flooded Lin Bo's vision. He glimpsed the artists from various worlds, each using their own brushstrokes to depict this shared history. [Detection indicates the [Machine Soul Destiny Calculation] skill has reached a critical bottleneck; a fragment of knowledge will provide the answer.]

The Lv4 Mech Soul Destiny Calculation Manual unlocks the trait "Mechanical Intelligence," which transforms the consciousness uploaded to cyberspace into a Mech Soul form. It can receive raw information streams, perform data calculations and analysis, and can temporarily merge with other Mech Souls.

In the third-order Word Spirit Resonance state, Lin Bo's avatar in the electronic universe was selected by the Knowledge Fragment. Originally just a mass of forcibly gathered data, it now began to spontaneously compile neural network structures and instantly became a real intelligent life.

He felt that parts of his mind had changed.

Silently calculating an algebraic equation in his mind, the corresponding geometric structure almost instantly pops into his head—precise, efficient, and beyond the physiological limits of the human brain.

"Mechanical Intelligence" can run as a program in a computer system, thus giving Lin Bo extremely high computing power.

[Network notification: There is new progress in your Exemplary Mission, please check it promptly]

Exemplary Quest: The Path to Ascension to the Ancient Saints (Exclusive to True Name Mages)

Progress: Forging a spirit deity (in its initial stages)

Staring at the message that popped up on the information board, Lin Bo was surprised, not expecting that it would unexpectedly trigger the progress of the exemplary mission.

Could the so-called spirit or deity refer to a kind of mental structure?
Just as I was pondering this, a new notification popped up on the information board.

[Temporary features have been added. Please find out the true nature of these features before resealing the knowledge fragments.]

The "Collection of Paintings" is slowly closing, leaving Lin Bo with little time. After all, it wasn't opened by offering disaster coins, but rather by forcibly commanding it to open through the power of words; the unsealing time for the fragments of knowledge is extremely short.

In the electronic universe, Lin Bo's data avatar reached out to the white dragon in front of him. The noble being bowed and placed his palm against the dragon's. Neurons began to exchange information.

The white dragon transformed into a flowing stream and surged towards humanity. The two temporarily merged into a new entity, with wings on its back, a long tail like a whip, a humanoid body covered with fine dragon scales, and black pupils in its eyes.

With the blessing of the White Dragon, Lin Bo's ability to accept and process data was further enhanced.

[Network notification: There is new progress in your Exemplary Mission, please check it promptly]

Exemplary Quest: The Path to Ascension to the Ancient Saints (Exclusive to True Name Mages)

Progress: Forging the spirit (approaching perfection) (not yet fully developed)

“My dear, now, you are me.” The Tower Dragon chuckled. “If you want to know what prophecy you want to know, try to find the answer yourself. Don’t worry, I will help you.”

A massive amount of data flooded into Lin Bo's persona.

The information collected by the prosthetic seagull divided Lin Bo's field of vision into hundreds of parts.

A multitude of images simultaneously surfaced in his mind, yet they were not chaotic at all; all the information remained quiet, awaiting his sorting, analysis, summarization, and conclusion.

After several attempts, Lin Bo successfully deduced an accurate conclusion from the clues. He estimated that the defeated troops stationed in Shita Town would escape around 4 a.m. the next day.

He predicted that the two young men from the town would have a boxing duel in ten seconds, due to their long-standing grudges.

Eleven seconds later, a fight broke out at the bonfire party.

At this moment, he no longer seeks answers externally, but creates prophecies for himself.

[Network notification: Successfully deciphered the knowledge fragment "Collection of Paintings of the Tower of Babel Ruins"]

[Skill [Mech Soul Destiny Calculation] Level Limit Break: When training Arcane (True) skills, base proficiency permanently increases by 1]

The "Mechanical Intelligence" trait is locked; upgrade skills to unlock it.

With the features locked, Lin Bo's avatar exited the fusion state, the neural network collapsed, and it reverted to the original large, messy data structure.

[Network notification: There is new progress in your Exemplary Mission, please check it promptly]

Exemplary Quest: The Path to Ascension to the Ancient Saints (Exclusive to True Name Mages)

Progress: None
Lin Bo looked at the mission panel and couldn't help but smile. He had already seen the path ahead.

(End of this chapter)