One month later.
Star Network returned to the Land of Chasing the Sun.
After leaving the Spatial Node, his body dissolved into a torrent of pitch-black particles and headed toward the Mechanical Legion's next stronghold.
After finishing his investigation of the Sun Clan's ruins, he had spent the month traveling between the various regions players had explored.
He had gathered information on multiple lost civilizations.
His focus had been on civilizations possessing devouring rules.
The knowledge they had left behind was, in Star Network's eyes, a piece of the puzzle for perfecting his devouring rule.
Before returning to the Earthshaking Continent this time, he had withdrawn 10 billion in working capital from the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce, increasing his freedom particles to ten million.
At the same time, he had raised his Guide's Blessing to level 1.
The Four Gods' Blessing was undoubtedly the most terrifying money sink for growth in the Player Faction at present.
Each blessing cost 10,000 points of sacrificial power and granted only 0.01 blessing experience for the corresponding god's ability, with 100 points required to complete one level.
Thus, raising the blessing by one level had cost him 100 million points of sacrificial power.
But he considered this a necessary expense.
Players currently had only two ways to improve their deductive analysis and intelligence: Brain Overclocking and Guide's Blessing.
Brain Overclocking's characteristic effect was to integrate and utilize past memories.
It did not create new intelligence, but allowed players to access what they already possessed more efficiently.
Books they had read, battles they had experienced, knowledge they had accumulated-all could be rapidly retrieved and connected under Brain Overclocking's enhancement, then put into practice.
However, it offered very little assistance with deduction.
This meant that the deeper a player's reserves of memories, the greater the