Translator: AnubisTL
For a long time to come, Jieming would embody the very essence of "crazed learning."
Leveraging his already superhuman learning ability and the foundation laid by his previous vast knowledge, Jieming absorbed a staggering amount of true knowledge in this world.
This astonishing learning efficiency also allowed him to make terrifyingly rapid progress on his academic path.
University courses that would normally take years to complete were conquered one by one with astonishing efficiency.
Theses, projects, exams—every hurdle before him was as smooth as a paved road.
Ultimately, he completed his physics studies ahead of schedule with the highest grades in the entire school, his achievements truly remarkable.
This even caught the attention of several senior professors on campus, who considered him an academic genius, a once-in-decades rarity.
His "parents," naturally, were "overjoyed," their faces beaming with flawless, proud smiles.
They threw a celebratory banquet for him, showering him with words of encouragement and high expectations.
However, their overly perfect reactions and emotional displays now only filled Jieming with a deep-seated sense of falseness and discomfort.
Especially as his experience in discerning "True Lords" grew, the flaws in his parents' behavior became increasingly obvious to him, as if he were watching a meticulously choreographed yet soulless puppet show.
Over the years, Jieming had not confined himself to the campus.
Through nearly two years of effort, leveraging the highly developed civilization's convenient global transportation network, he had spent his spare time visiting almost every continent, major city, and natural wonder on the planet.
With his own eyes, he had personally confirmed that the planet beneath his feet was real. Its physical dimensions, geological structure, and biosphere all matched the characteristics of a normal, living planet. The tens of billions of human individuals living on it were also, for the most part, real, flesh-and-blood beings with independent lives and emotions—not mere background filler.
But Jieming's exploration had only gone so deep.
Beyond this, he had found nothing.
As the final deadline drew near, shortly after the graduation ceremony, Jieming presented a plan to his "parents."
He intended to take an interstellar flight to the famous Frontier Star—a planet located on the edge of human territory, renowned for its unique spaceport and emerging technological industries—for a "graduation trip" and "career exploration," seeking inspiration and opportunities for his future development.
His "parents" agreed with almost no hesitation, their faces wearing the same supportive smiles as always.
They swiftly packed his luggage and booked his ticket. The entire process went so smoothly that Jieming sighed, once again confirming the artificiality of his parents.
A few days later, Jieming stood on the boarding bridge of the massive Interstellar Spaceport, glancing back at the familiar blue planet behind him.
Then he turned and boarded The Voyager, an interstellar passenger ship that resembled a giant silver whale.
The spaceship's interior was far more spacious than it appeared from the outside, utilizing advanced spatial expansion technology.
The passengers were of all shapes and sizes, though most were human.
Some were businesspeople in suits on a work trip; others were families with children visiting relatives or traveling. There were also young students like him, filled with curiosity.
They chatted, read, and gazed at the scenery outside the portholes, completely immersed in their own lives.
Jieming found his cabin and waited in silence for the ship to depart.
The takeoff was almost imperceptible, with only the rapidly receding port facilities outside the window and the gradually encroaching deep space signaling their departure from the planet's gravity at an unimaginable speed.
Once the spaceship stabilized, Jieming began to carefully examine the cabin's facilities, the screens displaying flight data, and even parts of the engine structure visible through a specific observation window.
Comparing this new information with the knowledge he had acquired over the years, Jieming quickly realized that the technology tree used by this ship was completely different from the Elemental Rune Technology he knew. It also diverged from the technological path of his past life on Earth, which was based on classical physics and relativity. Instead, it focused on gravity manipulation, space folding, and a certain highly efficient matter-energy conversion principle.
Though vastly different from the elemental system, it was a complete system in its own right—logically rigorous and highly self-consistent.
The long interstellar journey lasted for several months.
Jieming spent most of his time exploring every corner of the ship, using its equipment to verify the knowledge he had learned. Occasionally, he would visit the observation deck and gaze out at the infinite darkness beyond the window. The visual effects caused by hyperspace travel were surreal and kaleidoscopic, as if he were gliding through a river of colors.
During the journey, the ship would occasionally approach other planetary ports. Jieming would take advantage of the few days of maintenance and rest to explore these planets.
This journey took Jieming to several human-occupied colonial planets, from bustling commercial hubs to remote mining worlds.
He stood in the deserts of alien planets, feeling the strange play of light and shadow under binary star systems and the dry wind on his skin. He dove into a global ocean planet, observing the architecture and lifestyles of deep-sea cities that differed wildly from those on the main star. He traversed asteroid belts, watching colossal industrial ships devour mineral-rich rocks like whales.
He measured the land with his own feet and confirmed the starry sky with his own eyes.
Finally, Jieming was able to confirm that the galaxy was not a mere texture map, nor were the planets just backdrops.
This ruled out the possibility that the world was a "small-scale simulation" or a "planet-level illusionary realm."
The true extent of this plane did indeed encompass several, if not dozens, of galaxies the size of the Milky Way!
This was a truly super-giant, universe-class plane!
Standing atop the highest peak of an alien planet, gazing up at the unfamiliar constellations scattered across the sky like shattered diamonds, Jieming felt no traveler's romance—only the solemnity of facing the endless unknown.
Before this vast, boundless sea of stars, the power that could silently envelop such an immense territory, suppressing nearly two million wizards along with their original knowledge and strength, and perfectly embedding them within its societal operating rules, seemed all the more unfathomable and terrifying.
It was like an invisible giant web, shrouding every inch of space and every living being on this plane.
Yet, this vastness and terror did not plunge Jieming into despair. Instead, it acted as a potent stimulant, completely washing away the last trace of hopefulness in his heart.
He took a deep breath of the thin, cold alien air, his gaze as sharp as a blade.
No matter how powerful the being behind the scenes was, as long as it was "real," it must have its own "rules" and "logic" of operation.
What Jieming needed to do was the fundamental duty of a wizard.
Observe, understand, and then... control!
(End of the Chapter)
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