But looking at it another way.
If Lu Yuan could tame the Worm of Knowledge, it would become an incomparable weapon.
Devour knowledge, refine it, and feed it back.
That cycle itself was a complete Transcendence advancement system, more efficient than any path he knew.
The Worm of Knowledge could even be used against enemies.
The problem was how to get one.
Lu Yuan leaned back in his chair and stared at the ceiling.
The fragments of scenes from Laurina's Laboratory were still circling in his mind.
One of them had been blurry, but its core message had been clear.
The Worm of Knowledge was neither an alchemical product nor something artificially created.
It was a native species of the Sea of Knowledge.
In Laurina's research notes, she had used the word "capture," not "cultivate."
If he wanted a Worm of Knowledge, he had to get one out of the Sea of Knowledge.
At least, that was the only method he knew.
Lu Yuan closed his eyes.
The image of that sea surfaced in his mind.
Infinite colors churned, words swam through the depths, and the oppressive force felt like a mountain collapsing.
And there had been that voice.
"You are still not enough. You are not qualified to see those things."
"Go back."
Lu Yuan opened his eyes.
How could he get in?
The only thing he had that could connect to the Sea of Knowledge was that Knowledge's Male.
The damaged shell he had obtained from the Viscount's Residence had dragged him straight to the edge of the Sea of Knowledge the last time it activated.
But that time had nearly been a disaster.
The instant the shell was activated in the Viscount's Residence collection room, Bronze City's sealing system had been triggered.
The Inscription on the city