The Legend of Fangren

After a while, seeing no change, perhaps the person outside hadn't woken up yet, Fang Shi simply sat down on the ground and started reading.

He was certainly very familiar with the Book of Knowledge, but this item was originally just a game auxiliary function in the game, and now that it has become a physical object, it must have changed.

I just glanced through it and found that most of the back pages were blank, except for one blank square grid of four or nine squares.

It doesn't matter if it's empty. After all, not every blocky is born with a recipe. In that game, to get a recipe, you have to get one of the ingredients in that recipe.

The problem now is that we don't know how to get the Book of Knowledge to recognize these materials.

If this were still a game, he would only need to disassemble the block items and put them in his inventory. But in reality, he has disassembled hundreds or thousands of trees, yet he still cannot find the most basic [plank] and [stick] recipes.

So where exactly is his backpack?

When Master preached, he often said that the body of a living being is called the Small Four Realms. After building the Spirit Platform and cultivating the Qi Pool in the Nourishing Realm, one can store one's natal artifact. Isn't this just a portable space backpack?

But now it seems that his small square realm is empty, and he doesn't know if this large square platform is the spiritual platform. If it is, then where did all these things go?

Please, these are all my own bodies, there's no need for me to keep them for myself.

So he turned to the first page and started reading from the beginning.

"In the beginning, there was only chaos and oneness. It was first divided into two, and then there was yin and yang."

The latter two merged and leaned against each other, giving rise to chaos, which was different from the original state and was called Hunyuan (Primordial Chaos)...

After reading through the first few pages, Fang Shi nodded: "The localization of this alternate world is quite good."

The principles behind this are quite similar to those taught by his master, and they are not far apart. Even his special abilities have corresponding principles in this mysterious world.

Since there is a reason to follow, we can act accordingly.

Influenced by novels from his previous life, he often took such "golden fingers" for granted as cheat codes. Even without a ready-made system, he only needed to know how to use them, but not how to understand them, just like other characters in novels.

Fortunately, Fang Shi did not lose his habit of studying.

"I see."

Fortunately, he had the Heavenly Ring in hand, and he already knew the feeling of connecting to the storage space in advance. Now, in this small four-dimensional world, although he could no longer perceive the space of the Heavenly Ring, he sensed several spaces within his body after following the principles in the book.

No, there are dozens... These spaces are connected to him, each closely related to the other, whether it is his hands, feet, head, or body.

Close your eyes and quiet your mind, let your thoughts sink into your heart.

The four sides are perfectly aligned, and the space is clearly visible.

The strongest sense of connection is between the two hands. The left hand has only one, which corresponds to the square pattern on the palm, while the right hand has nine, with the square pattern on the palm being one of them. However, it is also nine because it can change with thought and move freely within these nine spaces.

I'm very familiar with this; it's just the blocky character's off-hand inventory and nine quick-access inventory slots in the main hand.

Therefore, the other spatial dimensions of the body are also easy to understand. The number 3 is 9, which equals 27. These 27 spaces circulate throughout the body and can only be perceived through further contemplation.

This is familiar with the history; in the game, there are 27 slots in the backpack, arranged in three rows and nine columns, and the player cannot move once the backpack is open.

In addition, there are several spaces fixed within the muscles and bones of the body, which must be the "equipment slots". Upon inspection, the spaces are indeed firmly fixed and closely connected to the muscles, bones and skin. Although they are also square-shaped, their internal spaces are shaped like the body, and only items that fit into them can be placed inside.

In plain language: You can only equip the corresponding items.

Because these spaces are all gathered together, Fang Shi only needs to calm his mind and focus to connect the spaces and transfer the items within them.

"It really is here."

After a general overview, Fang Shi focused his mind into each space and indeed found the pieces of wood that he had deconstructed.

However, there were no branches or leaves inside; the branches and leaves were broken down and transformed into fruits, sticks, and saplings.

Hmm... It feels like a reskinned game. Although the visual experience has changed drastically, the logic is still the same. It's a real-life version of the game content he's familiar with, not much different.

"Huh? Something's changed."

Just as he discovered the object inside his body, the Book of Knowledge emitted a faint light.

Is this considered a successful identification?

Upon opening it, I found that there were indeed new recipes related to raw wood.

"Now that I have the formula, how should I use it?"

Fang Shi's fingertip touched the page, tracing the images and text.

Suddenly, four closely spaced squares appeared on the page, forming a four-dimensional space that could connect with the internal space.

He placed his left hand on the space, connecting with it, and realized that the space was not static, but constantly flowing and regular. When external objects entered, they would change shape along with the space.

It is worth mentioning that the logs contained within Fang Shi's body did not retain their natural shape, but were deconstructed and recombined into a square shape with a side length of one meter, and the number of stacked items was also sixty-four, corresponding to the innate trigram number, commonly known as a set of items.

No wonder the space isn't full even after knocking down so many trees over the past two months; it must be because some small trees require several to combine into a standard log block.

"Understood."

Throwing a set of logs into it is like throwing them into a saw; in a flash, they become four sets of plank blocks.

"Wow~ the corners of this wooden board are flat and the cuts are smooth. Even the best carpenter would have a hard time making it."

Upon examining the space, the disassembled wooden plank blocks resembled those in my memory, appearing to be a texture made up of a pile of small wooden planks.

But then Fang Shi thought again that many blocks in the game are not subject to gravity, and even sand can be used as pillars. Now that it has come to reality, perhaps the behavior of some blocks will also change.

In particular, the crafting and dismantling of some items and blocks do not adhere to the balance of matter, and this may be different in reality.

Take this wooden plank, for example. If a log is broken down into four equal-sized planks, the volume increases fourfold. Wouldn't the planks be lighter? Or looser?

Thinking of this, Fang Shi wanted to take out the cube to test it, so that he could be prepared.

"so……"

As he flipped through the Book of Knowledge, he stretched out his right hand, and a phantom of a cube emerged from his palm, gradually growing to a meter in length before stopping upon landing. At that moment, one of the cubes was released from it.

With a snap, a pile of wooden planks appeared in front of him. Fang Shi kicked them, loosening the planks, the force from his toe being quite light.

Sure enough, what appears as a single block of wood in the game is actually a pile of wood planks in reality, matching its appearance and texture.

Each stack of planks consists of eight thick planks, each 0.5 x 1 x 0.25 meters, stacked in four layers, with two planks on each layer, staggered.

Fang Shi picked up one of the wooden planks and found it to be very light.

Knowing he was quite strong, but lacking a comparison, he released another log block and tried to lift it.

The solid wood, a full cubic meter in size, felt heavy to him when he lifted it. In comparison, this small plank was indeed as light as a piece of cotton wool, somewhat like the cheap laminated wood he remembered.

However, this small wooden board is a single piece, and its structural strength is much better than that of pressed wood boards.

Such a lightweight yet sturdy wooden board will have many uses.