"Literary Rank" Library

What exactly was the system?

Shen Qian had been pondering that question for a long time.

Judging from all the system's manifestations, its greatest strength was not how much it directly enhanced Shen Qian's power, but its information processing and gathering abilities, comparable to the strongest CPU in the universe.

No matter how powerful a martial artist was, they could not do what the system did—always choosing the optimal solution from billions upon billions of possibilities.

Because people would inevitably make mistakes and be swayed by emotions, while the system would not.

It was only after understanding this that Shen Qian realized the system itself posed no harm to him. It was not some old schemer disguising itself and parasitizing his body.

The Sea of Learning was a place that was both real and unreal, fundamentally composed of rules and knowledge. Book Mountain was the same. Shen Qian was not yet strong enough to destroy the rules covering its exterior—perhaps only Emperor-level experts could do that—but he could shake the knowledge within and destroy Book Mountain from the inside.

Rumble!

At that moment, Book Mountain began shaking violently under the system's influence. Countless books within it began to disintegrate, turning into clusters of pure radiance of knowledge before becoming a visible torrent that all poured into Shen Qian's palm.

No one could understand this scene, just as no one could understand Shen Qian's past achievements. Everyone had gradually grown accustomed to it, merely watching in horror as the enormous Book Mountain was hollowed out bit by bit.

Without knowledge to support it, Book Mountain began collapsing. Even the barrier on its surface could not stop it. Many martial artists who had arrived later had no idea what was happening and could only stare blankly as the mountain, ten thousand zhang