CHAPTER 39: USER LEVEL

What Ren found somewhat boring—a ’2G’ network where you could only browse forums and chat—seemed like a whole new era to the magicians!

Lying in their mage towers, they could learn about things happening thousands of miles away.

Working for nobles in kingdom border territories, they could still keep up with various new developments in their associations.

They could even discuss spell models with like-minded friends, learn about local customs from people who liked to travel, and ask locals about conditions before going on trips...

It couldn’t get more perfect!

So many things they never dared dream of before were just happening now.

This totally exceeded everyone’s imagination.

But today, the Magic Net had changed again!

"My God! Magic Space actually categorizes different posts now!"

"Hahaha, awesome! I love discussing basic spell models, but it was really hard to find them in that pile of posts before."

"By the Goddess of Magic and God of Technology, the new version of Magic Space is fantastic! I take back my previous evaluation of you two because of the Magic Encyclopedia!"

"Bringing people interested in the same topics together for easier communication and mutual help—this idea is absolutely brilliant!"

"But bro, why is your username blue with a ’3’ after it? What does that mean? I’ve never seen it before!"

"You can even create your own ’category’! I’m planning to create a ’Magical Creature Taste Forum.’ Wonder if anyone shares my interests! I absolutely love those magical creatures—they taste so good, really!"

The forum-ization of Magic Space, where both mainstream and niche topics could create their own ’forums’ to precisely gather like-minded users and make connections, caused huge reactions the moment it was released.

Even a certain Grand Magician specifically created his own ’forum,’ leaving other magicians stunned.

Besides their surprise, these magicians gradually noticed something odd—many people’s usernames had changed colors.

Blue, green, yellow, orange, red... each different color followed by a number, seemingly representing levels.

After some exploration, they finally discovered that this update wasn’t just to Magic Space—the Magic Encyclopedia had also been modified.

Post Magic Encyclopedia entry, +1 point per entry

Delete Magic Encyclopedia entry, -1 point per entry

Posted entry viewed, +1 point per view

Posted entry referenced, +10 points per reference

Edit others’ entries (approved), +10 points

Incorrect entry coverage modification, -10 points

...

Level 1, 1 point

Level 2, 5 points

Level 3, 15 points

...

Level 17, 100,000 points

Level 18, 300,000 points

This information under a Magic Encyclopedia entry showed the complete point gain/loss reward system and level structure.

"I, the legendary druid Master Wrathwind, have a gray username just like most people—how infuriating!" Deep in the forests near the Elf Kingdom and Gray Fort Empire border, the legendary druid Master Wrathwind, retired for two thousand years, lay in his chair sunbathing and browsing the Magic Net, his expression suddenly darkening.

"To level up, you have to share your knowledge on the Magic Encyclopedia." His elf apprentice said somewhat helplessly: "Teacher, our druid magi... druid skills can’t be shared on the Magic Encyclopedia, or the Council of Elders will definitely cause you trouble."

"As if they won’t cause me trouble if I don’t share." Master Wrathwind waved dismissively: "I’m already hiding in this wilderness—do I still need to fear them?"

"..." You’ve been hiding in this wilderness for four hundred years because of gambling debts, not daring to return to the capital—aren’t you still afraid of them?

The apprentice looked strange but didn’t dare say it out loud...

"Alright, I know what’s appropriate. I can’t share druid magic, but I’ve accumulated plenty of other magical knowledge over these thousands of years, especially what I won from humans."

Master Wrathwind thought the apprentice was worrying about this and waved his hand.

But these words made the apprentice’s expression even stranger.

He still remembered when his teacher last played cards with a human legendary magician, he needed several days to think about each move, finally exhausting the other player who didn’t want to continue and left with his stakes...

Though humans and elves perceived time differently, who could handle someone taking several days to think about each move?

When Master Wrathwind took action, many high-level magicians also seemed angry about this system.

But they couldn’t possibly stop using the Magic Net... So one by one, they started sharing some unimportant knowledge they knew.

For a while, Book felt the Magic Encyclopedia was even more lively than Magic Space.

"Lord Ren, the appearance of the level system actually stimulated so many magicians to start freely sharing their knowledge—it’s simply incredible! Your idea is absolutely fantastic! I never thought..."

"Because you’re not human." Ren smiled and waved: "No, I should say, because you’re not an ordinary social intelligent being. Whether human or elf, as long as they live in hierarchical societies, comparison will always exist. Supernatural beings are even more so—they can’t accept an apprentice having a higher level than them."

"Seems I still have a lot to learn. Whether the Magic Encyclopedia or Magic Space reforms, they’re all very successful. They seem to have endless topics to discuss, endless ’forums’ to create. Some people browse over a dozen different ’forums’ in one go..."

Book’s endless chatter didn’t annoy Ren much, maybe because he was in a really good mood right now.

Though Magic Space still couldn’t post pictures or videos, after becoming forum-ized, it finally had a taste of his previous life. He could easily find interesting posts, which relaxed his tense nerves somewhat.

Though he didn’t actually have nerves.

"Really surging. If the activation frequency stays the same as when developing new features every day, faith could probably rise by several percent." Feeling the suddenly surging torrent of faith, Ren comfortably squinted his eyes.

The faith liquid in his blank godhead had accumulated over two-thirds—not far from being full.

Book’s voice suddenly got louder, startling him: "Huh! There was actually such a huge mithril vein in this world?! Eight thousand years ago in the northern territory of the Kingdom of Dawn, there was actually a duchy that organized over ten thousand people to mine mithril veins. Until the duchy’s destruction, this mithril vein was the duchy’s main funding source..."

What’s this? Why does this sound familiar?

Did that high schooler who made up Wikipedia entries also transmigrate?!

Different world, same rumor?

Ren had no idea of any mithril veins in the Kingdom of Dawn that would require ten thousand people to mine.

If there were, the kingdom would have acted long ago—why wait until now!

Roster Territory.

After finishing his patrol of the self-charging array, the Wild Mage quietly came to the array’s center, sat down and habitually pulled out his Magic Net to browse.

The moment he opened it, his face showed deep surprise. After quite a bit of exploration, he understood about seventy or eighty percent of the Magic Net’s changes.

"Seems like... He’s made another move." The Wild Mage couldn’t help muttering: "Maybe I should create a Magic Conductor forum and see if there are any kindred spirits. Viscount Roster seems really short-staffed here... But the name Magic Conductor hasn’t spread yet, and I don’t know how many people would understand. Maybe I should just use Magic Bomb for the name?"

"Right! That’s it! Establish a Magic Bomb forum, then post an announcement declaring that magic bombs are a type of Magic Conductor. That would be perfect!"

He had no idea how explosive the name "Magic Bomb Forum" would be!