Exploring the Image World

Shi Fen obtained new operational permissions for the Eight Trigrams Reincarnation Mirror.

Through the Eight Trigrams Reincarnation Mirror, Shi Fen could intuitively see everything within the Image World. Not only that, but he could also use the mirror to teleport himself to any location he desired.

Shi Fen moved his mind.

He stood beneath the ceiling of the Main Hall, with the dazzling Starry Sky Map pressed against the ceiling above his head.

Looking down, a full one hundred "Forging Plazas" were scattered across the vast Main Hall. The newly appeared Forging Plazas were almost identical to the one Shi Fen had originally occupied in the corner of the Main Hall; there was no significant difference.

The current Main Hall was 100 kilometers long and wide, and 33 kilometers high. It could be called a small world; it was only because Shi Fen's eyesight was exaggerated that he could see it all, as an ordinary person would never be able to see the end of it at a glance.

It was precisely because the Main Hall was now 33 kilometers high that the 1-kilometer-high archway of the Side Hall looked like a "mouse hole."

What was the concept of 33 kilometers high?

The height of Mount Everest is only a little over 8.8 kilometers. 33 kilometers is about four times the height of Mount Everest.

And what was the concept of 100 kilometers in length and width?

A standard football field is generally about 110 meters long and 70 meters wide. An adult already looks somewhat insignificant inside one. A one-kilometer-long Forging Plaza is equivalent to the size of about 130 standard football fields.

This was already extremely large.

The current Main Hall, 100 kilometers long and wide, had an area 10,000 times that of a Forging Plaza, reaching a staggering 10,000 square kilometers, which was roughly the same size as a base city.

The island of Taiwan, which had long belonged to China, has an area of about 36,000 square kilometers; the Main Hall was about one-third the size of Taiwan.

Shi Fen, with his height of nearly 1.8 meters, stood inside like an ant. In fact, calling him an ant was a compliment; at most, Shi Fen was a "speck of dust" inside.

The one-kilometer-long Forging Plazas looked like isolated little square cities within the Main Hall. These little cities were distributed extremely evenly.

The 100 little cities felt like special "floor tiles" evenly distributed throughout the Main Hall, making the Main Hall look as if it were paved with white and silver square floor tiles in an intricate, orderly fashion.

Because of this layout, the small world of the Main Hall became extremely unique.

Shi Fen raised his hand to look at the Starry Sky Map overhead, reached out, and touched the surface of the map with his fingertips.

The texture of the Starry Sky Map was a bit strange; it felt like touching an elastic block of ice—chilly, extremely bouncy, and silky smooth.

Shi Fen shifted his figure and went to touch the various colored light orbs beneath the Starry Sky Map. He chose a red monochromatic light orb, but his hand passed through it without any tactile sensation.

"What a pity. I thought it was some kind of treasure, but it turns out to be just a decorative light."

Shi Fen was slightly disappointed. Shifting his figure, he controlled himself and landed carefully on the Black Disc.

"Hm? It's not illusory."

Standing on the Black Disc, Shi Fen said with slight surprise.

Shi Fen stood firm on the Black Disc and scanned it quickly. The various items here had a very "transcendent and refined" aura. At a glance, Shi Fen recognized that these items were all tools for refining treasures.

There was neither too much nor too little of each item; there were exactly ten of each. A total of ten sets.

Shi Fen did not try to move them. He had suffered a loss once a long time ago and had learned his lesson. Finding the information given by Yi and obtaining Yi's guidance was the only true path.

Shi Fen stood on the Black Disc and looked up at the ceiling of the Main Hall. Here, his view was unobstructed; he could see the entire Starry Sky Map and every single multi-colored light orb without exception.

The Starry Sky Map embedded in the dome of the Main Hall depicted a Dazzling Star Universe. The map had a deep blue tone, and in the sea of countless blue giant stars, various colored planets were interspersed.

The Starry Sky Map on the ceiling emitted points of light, like special lamps, illuminating the entire Main Hall.

The colors and artistic style of the Starry Sky Map made Shi Fen feel it was particularly real, like a dazzling galaxy. The galaxy covered the entire ceiling of the Main Hall, and anyone who saw it would feel shocked.

Shi Fen was already immersed in it.

As he watched, Shi Fen unexpectedly discovered that the various light orbs beneath the Starry Sky Map actually had a regular arrangement.

The numerous light orbs floating beneath the Starry Sky Map could be completely divided into 10 identical areas.

Beneath the ceiling, it was as if there were 10 identical sets of "lighting fixtures."

In the center of each "lighting fixture" was a milky-white light orb flickering with rosy light, while the other light orbs were faintly arranged in 4 circles.

The innermost circle consisted of 5 multi-colored light orbs, each with a different color: one with 10 colors, two with 6 colors, and two with 4 colors. The multi-colored flow was truly beautiful. The middle two circles were both composed of 9 light orbs flickering with two colors. The outermost circle consisted of 10 monochromatic light orbs.

One "lighting fixture" contained a total of 34 light orbs.

"Why is everything related to the number 10?" Shi Fen did not understand.

After thinking for a long time without reaching a conclusion, Shi Fen went to look at the Silver Disc. There was almost no difference between the Silver Disc and the Forging Plaza; all kinds of tools were available.

"Let's check the Storage Cabinet next to the 'trash can'..." Shi Fen went to inspect it, full of anticipation.

For the 99 newly appeared Forging Plazas, there were 11 cabinets next to each "trash can."

Shi Fen took a deep breath and opened the cabinet with high expectations. Seeing the contents inside, his eyes immediately lit up, and he opened the other 10 cabinets in one breath.

The 2-meter-high storage cabinet was still divided into 5 layers internally, exactly the same as the storage he had seen earlier.

The five layers were packed tightly with small transparent boxes. The side of the outermost layer that could be seen still contained 100 small transparent boxes. Shi Fen swept his Spiritual Force over them and immediately knew that the storage cabinet was full.

The 5 layers of the storage cabinet, with this "wall of boxes" visible from the outside, were stacked 10x10, totaling exactly 100. There were 10 such "walls of boxes" inside the storage cabinet.

The number of small transparent boxes inside one storage cabinet was still a full 1,000.

All 11 storage cabinets were packed full of small transparent boxes containing storage cards.

Shi Fen hurriedly took one small transparent box from each storage cabinet to inspect the labels on the boxes.

One storage cabinet contained a Storage Card with dimensions of "100 million kilometers in length, width, and height," while the other ten cabinets held Storage Cards measuring "10,000 kilometers in length, width, and height."

Overjoyed, Shi Fen opened all the storage cabinets in the other 98 Forging Plazas in one go. To ensure nothing was missed, he checked every cabinet again, and the results left him grinning from ear to ear.

Including the previous Forging Plaza.

There was still only one storage cabinet containing the "1 trillion kilometers in length, width, and height" class Storage Cards, which held ten million top-tier Storage Cards.

There were now 100 storage cabinets containing the "100 million kilometers in length, width, and height" class Storage Cards, totaling one billion high-grade Storage Cards.

There were now 1,000 storage cabinets containing the "10,000 kilometers in length, width, and height" class Storage Cards, totaling ten billion entry-level Storage Cards.

"Teacher Yi is truly generous. I won't be lacking Storage Cards for a long time now." Seeing so many Storage Cards, Shi Fen could not have been happier.

As a "basic accessory," the function of a Storage Card is far more than just storing items.

Storage Cards are not merely basic accessories for Tech Tools; their applications are extremely broad. They can serve as energy cores for weapons, "ammunition magazines" for armaments, bridges for rapidly transporting supplies, integrated spatial storage devices for tech products, expansion modules for spaceship cabins, and top-tier storage devices for raw materials...

The uses are simply too numerous to count.

It can be said that having enough Storage Cards means that future development can proceed at a sufficient pace.

The importance of Storage Cards is like the foundation of a house; it is absolutely vital.

Shi Fen did not believe he would have the ability to refine Storage Cards anytime soon. Let alone refining Storage Cards, one would need world-level strength just to refine a World Ring. If he had to rely on his own refining, it would take until the end of time.

Shi Fen was extremely excited. He bounced all the way to the Side Hall to inspect the current Library Hall.

Shi Fen possessed the ability to overlook the Image World, so he could see everything within the other Side Halls with perfect clarity.

There were now nine Side Halls in total: the Treasure Hall, Library Hall, Meditation Hall, Collection Hall, Experiment Hall, Inheritance Hall, Mortal Hall, Plant Hall, and Heaven-Reaching Hall.

Among them, the Treasure Hall, Collection Hall, Experiment Hall, Inheritance Hall, Plant Hall, and Heaven-Reaching Hall were all empty.

The bookshelves that were originally in the Meditation Hall were gone, leaving only the two sets of sofas.

The Mortal Hall was filled with numerous quaint, detached villas, looking much like an ancient city. Shi Fen had no interest in houses; he didn't believe "Yi" would hide treasures in there for him to painstakingly search for.

What remained was the most eye-catching one: the Library Hall.

The interior space of the current Library Hall was many times larger than before, with its area having increased significantly. There was a reason for this massive expansion; it was now filled with endless bookshelves, upon which countless books were placed.

"Oh my god." Seeing the countless books with his own eyes, Shi Fen was still dumbfounded. "How many books are there? If I really had to read them myself, I feel like I wouldn't finish in this lifetime."

The Library Hall was now several kilometers long and wide, and this massive space was packed with giant bookshelves standing 33 meters tall.

These 33-meter-tall giant bookshelves were much taller than typical ten-story buildings; the previous 2-meter-tall small bookshelves looked like "matchboxes" in front of these giants.

Moving between the bookshelves was almost no different from moving through a building.

The width of the bookshelves remained the same as before; the two sides combined were less than 1 meter wide, making the giant bookshelves look like "paper-thin towers."

It is no exaggeration to say that the collection here exceeded the combined holdings of several national libraries. If someone were tasked with learning and memorizing so many books, they would surely commit suicide; it was an impossible mission.

Shi Fen walked inside and sped along the central main aisle of the Library Hall.

"Huh." After reaching the center of the Library Hall, his peripheral vision caught a Golden Light Sphere slowly wandering among the bookshelves.

Under his current inspection permissions, he had never discovered this Golden Light Sphere before.

Until seeing it with his own eyes just now.

"As expected, I don't have to struggle to read them myself." Shi Fen secretly rejoiced. Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately changed direction, chased after the Golden Light Sphere, and reached out to grab it.

The Golden Light Sphere continued to wander slowly in a daze, not accelerating in the slightest due to Shi Fen's pursuit.

The moment he touched the Golden Light Sphere.

A massive stream of information rushed directly into the depths of Shi Fen's consciousness. The golden ocean within his sea of consciousness was struck by this powerful information flow, immediately whipping up wild winds and giant waves, as if the golden ocean were about to trigger a tsunami within his mind.

At the same time.

His Inner World began to evolve!

Feeling the information transmission, a smug smile couldn't help but hang on the corner of Shi Fen's mouth; he had guessed correctly.

This time, the beginning was not text, but a burst of unbridled, joyful laughter.

"Hahahaha..."

"Yi" seemed extremely happy and satisfied. He laughed for a long time before continuing to speak in his own voice.

"This kind of soul always brings unexpected surprises; it is truly excellent. I gave you three years, but I didn't expect you to meet my requirements in just over a year. It seems I underestimated you.

Not only did you complete the task quickly, but you also gained additional insight into the soul domain.

Since that is the case, I won't waste any more words. Your original rewards and special rewards have all been issued. Given that you have given me such a surprise, for the next stage, I will open a special trial for you in advance.

If you pass it completely, the benefits you receive will exceed your imagination. I have already given you my signature techniques; you must not let me down.

Once you enter the Treasure Refining World again, you will understand.

Hahaha..."

Following the brief words was a variety of secret manual information. The vast majority of his consciousness, while receiving the information, gradually entered a state of semi-coma, lost in the massive flow of data, and lost the ability to perceive the outside world.

Shi Fen's body, sitting cross-legged outside, suddenly opened his eyes.