Library of Heaven's Path

The viewers shook their heads as they watched him walk away.

"He must be feeling hopeless, right? The production team went too far. There's no way off the island at all."

"Other than that giant liner, there are only those few small fishing boats. Otherwise, he'd have to swim back to land."

"He could either fix the liner or modify the fishing boats and add a few engines. That would be a little less risky."

"Forget about fixing the liner. Repairing that massive gash alone would be an impossible task. Besides, I don't believe that huge hole is the only damage to the ship. They must have tampered with something else inside."

"Then the only option left is to modify the fishing boats. That won't be easy either, but at least it's a lot better than swimming."

Every one of those tasks was a nightmare of a challenge.

Without careful consideration, there was no way to even get started.

Not like that dimwit from Africa, who practically had a hole in his head.

He had put out to sea without making a single modification.

What good was bringing all that food?

Once a storm hit and the boat capsized, he'd be done for anyway.

If it were up to them, they would rather cling to life on the island than head out to sea and face such terrifying danger.

After all, the island had excellent facilities and wasn't some barren wasteland. Even growing a few things there would be enough to keep them from starving.

They watched Ye Jin's retreating figure.

They thought he had given up on the idea.

But even if he did give up, his performance so far was enough to put him in first place among the eight contestants.

That meant more than a hundred million US dollars in compensation.

At the thought, their hearts burned with excitement.

A hundred million US dollars.

It could buy practically anything in this world that money could buy.

"Where's he going? He's not going back to lie down, is he?"

"His performance has already been amazing enough. I hope he gives up on going to sea. Otherwise, once a storm hits, he won't have any way to protect himself from danger."

Some, however, hoped he would go to sea.

They couldn't wait for him to die out there.

Then the humiliation they had suffered would vanish like smoke, and no one would bring it up again.

Otherwise, every time Ye Jin did something astonishing, those viewers would drag them out and whip their corpses all over again.

"Ye Jin of the Nine Domains Nation is giving up just like that? He gives up way too easily!"

"He doesn't even have the courage to try. He spotted the difficulty and turned straight around. Is this the national spirit of the Nine Domain people?"

"Once a person loses courage, no matter how astonishing their actions are, they're still fragile inside."

"His performance before was amazing, but when it comes to courage, I don't think he's as good as the Black Flame Country contestant. If he gives up so easily, he might as well give up on the competition too. Wouldn't it be better to just withdraw?"

Quite a few people posted malicious speculation in the comments.

They wanted to ruin his reputation this way.

"Clowns with darkness in their hearts always think everyone else is just like them. Whatever they lack inside, they hope others lack too!"

"What do you call courage? Doesn't racing at top speed on a mountain road count? Doesn't low-altitude wingsuit flying count?"

"Look at you dogs. Stop coming out here and embarrassing yourselves. Go home!"

Under the gaze of billions of eyes around the world,

Ye Jin arrived at the entrance to the city library.

"Library of Heaven's Path."

Ye Jin glanced at the words above him, a strange expression on his face.

When the viewers from the Nine Domains Nation saw the library's name, the corners of their mouths twitched.

This name... why was it so chuuni?

"That sounds like the title of a novel. Looks like the production team's designer must have read it."

"6666..."

"This move is 6 to the max!"

The other viewers watched them getting so excited and had no idea why.

Wasn't it a pretty good name?

It sounded grand and magnificent, with depth to it.

Why were the comments so strange?

"Speaking of which, what did Ye Jin come to the library for? Is he trying to learn about machinery?"

"No way. Is he planning to repair that liner? If that's true, this move is 6 to the max."

"No way. Repairing that liner would be hell difficulty. There's no way to do it without a complete industrial system. Ye Jin can't even get the ship to a repair yard right now, much less when there probably isn't even a shipyard on the island."

"Then what's the point of coming to the library? What the hell good will it do?"

"Not necessarily. If he finds out how engines work in the library and combines one with that fishing boat, maybe he really can restore its power and go to sea."

Everyone made all sorts of guesses.

Ye Jin walked through the library doors.

He called out a few times to see if anyone was there, but it was still completely empty.

He found the main switch.

The moment he flipped it, the entire library lit up, floor by floor, row by row.

The library had three floors in all. Its interior was unremarkable, with countless books arranged on rows upon rows of shelves.

Every section was categorized, so things were fairly easy to find.

Just as they had expected, he had come to the library to restore power.

He had briefly examined the liner earlier. Aside from the huge gash in its front, it had countless other injuries.

Even if he had a factory capable of restoring the liner,

he still couldn't haul such an enormous ship into a repair yard.

So he had ruled that idea out entirely.

What he had in mind was to use the small fishing boats, combine them, and add equipment to reinforce them, giving them a basic means of protection.

For the sake of this idea, he had made a special trip to the library.

He wanted to find some material on ships.

With the Born with Knowledge Talent Points skill, even the most obscure and difficult skill was no problem in his hands.

That was what he was counting on.

He went into the library to look for material.

Traditional literature, online literature, culture and science, education, history and geography, medicine and health...

He searched row by row.

When he saw the ships and ocean category, his eyes lit up.

If he learned everything in this section, modifying a little fishing-boat combination would be a piece of cake.

"International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea"

"International Load Line Convention"

"World Time Zone Map"

"Nautical Chart"

"Nautical Symbols"

"Nautical Almanac"

"Table of Solar Bearings"

Ye Jin felt a headache coming on as he looked at the rows of obscure, difficult books.

He had no use for any of these.

He wasn't a student of navigation and shipbuilding.

When he looked through the rows all the way to the top, he finally found what he wanted.

"Fundamentals of Hull Construction"

"Ship Dynamics"

"Ship Drafting"

When he saw these, his eyes finally lit up.

Although learning these things to recombine boats and produce power was using a sledgehammer to crack a nut,

they suited him perfectly.

Just as he was about to reach for them...

He noticed another book at the very bottom of the shelf.

It caught his eye.

Title: "Conceptual Design Theory and Applications for Interstellar Voyaging Cruisers"