Chapter 97

Chapter 97: The Literary Sea

“Knowledge?”

Inside the side chamber of the underground tomb, the last surviving member of the sacred relic retrieval team, Vania, was somewhat shocked as she looked at the word “knowledge” printed in the “Glorious Holy Scripture” in her hands. In her memory, she had never written such a term in her own holy scripture.

The “Glorious Holy Scripture” was a classic that every member of the Radiant Church carried with them. Many devout believers kept one at home, and both clergy and believers often read and contemplated it. Such an important religious text naturally did not allow for private writing or drawing on it. Vania was no exception; she had never written such a word in her holy scripture before.

Then… how did this word suddenly appear?

“Could it be… this is the revelation from God to me?”

This was the first thought that came to Vania’s mind. The reason for her thinking this way was simple: she had already been praying to God for a way out before opening the book, and then she saw this word shortly after opening the holy scripture.

“Could this be what the senior cultivators meant when they said that a devout person could find enlightenment in the holy scripture? So… so enlightenment can come in such a direct way? I originally thought it was all about pondering the meanings between the lines of the scriptures…”

Vania thought as she looked at the sudden appearance of the word in the holy scripture. She had never imagined that “enlightenment” would come in such a form.

After receiving the revelation, Vania was first excited, but then she became confused. Receiving a revelation was certainly good, but at this moment, Vania did not understand the meaning of this revelation.

“Knowledge? Is the method for saving myself through knowledge? What… what does this mean? Holy Son, Holy Mother, Holy Father, Savior… whoever among you gave me this revelation, could you… explain it more clearly…”

Vania thought in confusion, and at this moment, another voice of complaint came from outside the side chamber.

“Cursed… there are so few things in this room? There are so many bottles and jars, searching through them one by one is troublesome.”

“Then don’t search slowly, smash everything! Don’t dawdle, let’s finish this quickly!”

“Alright…”

As she spoke, the sound of breaking glass echoed from outside the wall. Hearing this sound, Vania couldn’t help but feel both anxious and angry.

“Don’t break them, those are artifacts! d*mn it… if this continues, they will come over! God, how can knowledge save me? Could your revelation be clearer? What exactly is the use of this knowledge?”

Staring at the sudden word on the holy scripture, Vania questioned in her heart, and the more she concentrated on that word, the more she felt a strange sensation.

This feeling made Vania suddenly have an inexplicable idea, which was to write a response with a pen.

“Write a response with a pen…”

Muttering… Vania decided to follow that inexplicable idea, took out a steel pen she always carried, and wrote down the sentence under the word.

“Lord, please enlighten me, what is the use of knowledge?”

Vania wrote these words on the holy scripture, and then she saw a strange scene. Her own words seemed like water droplets falling onto soil, directly seeping into the pages of the book and completely disappearing, while the word still left on the page of the holy scripture emitted an unusual purple light.

…

Night fell in Igewent, next to the flower path on the apartment building.

After dinner, Dorothy was sitting at her desk, using the light on the table to look at the list in her hand, trying to choose a social practice project.

After choosing for a while, Dorothy had basically determined the project and put a checkmark next to the chosen project.

The name of the project was, Tutor at an Orphanage.

“Hmm… after much consideration, this is the only option. Dorothy used to be a governess and has some experience, so there shouldn’t be any problem…”

Looking at the list in her hand, Dorothy thought. In her memory, Dorothy learned to read very early on and excelled in her classes. She often used her knowledge to earn some money, mainly by helping villagers read and write letters and working as a governess in town, tutoring the children of wealthy families. She had also been a small teacher before. Because of her experience as a governess, Dorothy chose this social practice project as a tutor at an orphanage.

“Mm~ Finally decided. I’ll go check it out this weekend. Hopefully, I won’t run into any troublemakers.”

Dorothy thought, then she put away the list, stretched, and prepared to go for a walk.

However, at this moment, the system in her mind suddenly spoke up again.

‘Detection of a prayer guided by a medium, please check the medium to confirm the content of the prayer.’

‘A prayer guided by a medium? What the hell is this?’

Hearing the system’s voice, Dorothy was stunned, then sat up straight in her chair and asked the system, and the system immediately responded.

‘There is a prayer sent through the medium.’

‘Medium… what medium?’

‘Locating the position of the medium.’

With the system’s response, Dorothy immediately sensed something in her mind. It was precisely the handbag she usually used to store esoteric items, hidden in her wardrobe.

Dorothy immediately walked to the wardrobe, opened it, took out the handbag from deep inside, placed it on the ground, entered the password, and unlocked it with a key. After opening the handbag, she searched inside for a while and found the item accurately marked by the system.

It was a book with a copper-embroidered cover, precisely “Navigation of the Literary Sea.”

“It’s this thing…”

Picking up the book, Dorothy placed it on the desk and flipped through the pages one by one. Finally, she stopped at a certain page.

On this page, an unfamiliar handwriting suddenly appeared.

“Lord, please enlighten me, what is the use of knowledge?”

“This… is a prayer? Why is there a prayer appearing suddenly on this book? What happened?”

Looking at the text that appeared on the page, Dorothy couldn’t help but wonder, and suddenly she recalled the words she had written on the book a few days ago.

“Knowledge.”

Combining the content that appeared in the book this time, a thought suddenly emerged in her mind.

“Could it be that the wandering character was seen by someone else in other texts, and they wrote back to me? Does this mean that the text and the book are always connected? Information written to that character would be fed back into this book? But there were no such functions mentioned during the appraisal before?”

Thinking this way, Dorothy opened the Identification Technique again to look at the book in front of her. She realized that most of the previous appraisals were done without injecting “Enlightenment,” and after injecting “Enlightenment” into the book, its functions should increase. At this point, opening the Identification Technique again should show different results.

Sure enough, this time, Dorothy saw a more detailed appraisal result for “Navigation of the Literary Sea.”

“Navigation of the Literary Sea”

“A harbor of words, capable of guiding words to navigate the literary sea. Words sail in the literary sea powered by ‘Enlightenment,’ and when ‘Enlightenment’ runs out, they stop at the current text, establishing a connection with the navigation log. They can communicate through writing, and the words that stop on the text provide inspiration, allowing the observer to understand the use of the text.

“The more ‘Enlightenment’ injected, the farther the words can travel. After mastering ‘Navigation of the Literary Sea,’ the user can control the direction of the words, making them enter specific texts accurately.”