Chen Fei sent a wisp of his mind to touch the newly generated illustrated guide in the panel.
"Buzz..."
With a soft hum perceptible only to the soul, the illustrated guide slowly unfolded within his consciousness. There were none of the complex, profound textual explanations he had expected, nor any meridian diagrams showing the circulation of cultivation arts. What entered Chen Fei's sight was a strange and intricate map.
This was not an ordinary map depicting mountains, rivers, and terrain. Its background was a sea of ever-shifting chaos, dotted with countless tiny points of light that flickered between brightness and darkness.
They resembled stars in the night sky, yet also seemed like foundational nodes in some vast structure. Across this chaotic backdrop ran clear yet mysterious lines and zones.
These lines were neither straight nor curved. They resembled the paths of energy flow instead, winding and twisting, interweaving with one another to form an area so complicated it made the eye swim.
Chen Fei fixed his mind upon the map, trying to understand its meaning.
The map as a whole gave off the peculiar impression of containing information from multiple dimensions. It seemed to indicate more than simple planar locations; it also contained spatial layers, energy attributes, and perhaps even hints regarding the flow of time.
After studying it for a long while, Chen Fei's gaze shifted slightly. He stared at a network node near the map's edge, where a tiny silver-white point of light had been flashing all along.
A moment ago, Chen Fei had been unable to understand it, but now enlightenment dawned on him. This indicated their current location.
Following that train of thought, Chen Fei used this coordinate as the center and swiftly examined the map's other sections, gradually beginning to grasp its flavor.
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