You're Not Playing by the Rules!

Ye Jin slowly let out a breath, truly at a loss for words.

Was it really this hard to be a savior these days?

One hurdle after another.

It was like an old sow wearing a bra.

One set after another.

Just like nesting dolls.

Never-ending!

He sighed. Every job was so hard these days.

Even saving the world was so hard.

Billions of viewers around the world watched him, somewhat baffled.

What had happened?

How could he have nearly cried reading such an obscure, difficult book?

They had seen some of its contents through the camera, but they couldn't understand any of it.

It was far too complicated.

Ye Jin had also flipped through it quickly, turning the pages after they had barely gotten a glimpse.

They still hadn't understood many of the terms.

They distinctly remembered that the book contained nothing but theoretical knowledge and some practical applications.

There hadn't even been any unnecessary filler, so how had it made him cry?

Was Ye Jin really moved that easily?

The viewers from the Nine Domains Nation were completely bewildered, unable to make heads or tails of it.

Viewers from other countries were just as puzzled.

In their minds, Ye Jin had already become a god.

Now he had actually nearly cried reading a book. Just what kind of book was it?

They opened their browsers and started searching for it.

But they found they couldn't find it at all.

They couldn't find either the book's title or who its author was.

In fact, Li Hu had published the book at his own expense because no publisher had been willing to take it.

It would have been a miracle if they could find it.

"Why can't I find this book? It must be pretty interesting, right? Even God Ye cried reading it, so there must be some mystery hidden inside."

"I've checked every channel. Heavenly Dog, Dangdang, and Milk Tea East don't seem to have any information about it."

"This book seems a little familiar. I think one of my seniors wrote it. I'll go ask."

Besides that...

Viewers overseas also asked people they knew in the Nine Domain to buy the book for them.

Without meaning to, Ye Jin had made a book popular.

Its popularity exploded in an instant.

It even made the trending search rankings for a time.

The publisher that had originally rejected the book was green with regret. They had never imagined events would take such a dramatic turn, with the book becoming a huge hit in a way they had never expected.

Given how popular it was worldwide,

even the hottest current bestsellers couldn't compare.

Its sales could reach at least several million, or even ten million copies.

It was too late for regrets. Li Hu had brought a physical manuscript with him at the time, and they hadn't kept a copy.

When they went looking for Li Hu again,

they found they could no longer contact him.

Li Hu watched the heated online discussion about his book without a ripple of emotion. He even felt like laughing.

"Yesterday you ignored me; today I'll make you unable to reach my heights."

"Thirty years the river flows east, thirty years it flows west. Don't bully a poor youth!"

The more he thought about it, the brighter his eyes grew. Inspiration struck in an instant.

He began typing furiously.

Ye Jin carefully studied the star cruiser in his mind.

The warship, rendered as a tangible 3D model from the blueprints, was tremendously striking.

Although it was only a small warship that could carry no more than a hundred people,

it was still enormous, an incredibly striking sight.

Its wild exterior and intimidating weapon system design were enough to drive anyone completely mad.

This was a warship beyond its time.

This was technological might standing at the pinnacle of the world.

Legend had it that Area 51 in the Sea Eagle Country concealed a spaceship built by aliens, and countless brilliant scientists worked there day and night.

The Sea Eagle Country's technological might also came from there.

So if he built this star cruiser of his, could it instantly crush theirs?

His eyes gleamed.

For the great battle a hundred days from now, he finally had the resources and strength to put up a fight.

Otherwise, before a powerful invading race, his body of flesh and blood would ultimately be no more than an ant.

Those devastating weapons were ultimately flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in water, utterly illusory. Even if he could find them, let alone that he couldn't, he wouldn't be able to use them.

Only something he could touch was something he could truly grasp.

That was what gave him confidence.

A cruiser warship with an intensely futuristic, science-fiction look had materialized in his mind.

In his mind,

although the warship had been rendered as a 3D simulation, it was not a physical object. It was made entirely of lines and had an illusory quality.

The warship was divided into seven major sections.

Each section contained thousands of points of light.

From the information transmitted to him, he knew what those points of light meant.

Whenever he gained different basic knowledge skill points through reading,

the skill points he gained from each book varied according to its contents, ranging from one to as many as four or five.

He had 280 Talent Points left.

Even if mastering each book cost only twenty Talent Points, he could light up only a dozen or so points of light.

But the warship displayed a densely packed array of them, more than ten thousand in all.

The burden was heavy, and the road was long.

He stood up.

He returned the book in his hands, "Conceptual Design and Applications of Interstellar Cruising Vessels," to the shelf.

He even made a point of putting it in the most prominent spot.

How could such a terrifying work be left to gather dust on the bottom shelf?

It belonged in the most prominent, dazzling position.

Sadly, in this era, he was the only one who could understand it.

The viewers saw him walking toward the door and thought he was getting ready to leave.

"He's leaving after just a few minutes? Heh, Ye Jin came to the library just to read a totally unrelated book? That's hilarious!"

"I heard young people of the Nine Domain people don't really like reading. Now that I've seen it today, it's true. Unlike our Iris Country, where everyone on the subway reads. Meanwhile, all the young people on the Nine Domains Nation's subways have their heads down, playing on their phones."

"The facts prove that people from the Nine Domains Nation don't really like reading and studying. And I hear their college entrance exam is the most inhumane of all. Students are kept like they're in prison, with no human rights or freedom, and they can't go out and have fun."

"That's the Nine Domains Nation's exam-oriented education. It utterly tramples human nature and isn't humane in the least."

Quite a few haters immediately became active.

Viewers from the Nine Domains Nation watched these jumping clowns spout nonsense,

imagining that they were being exploited.

They were utterly speechless.

"Stop trying to make yourselves look good. Is it that hard to admit someone else is excellent?"

"The only reason everyone on your subways reads is that your internet infrastructure is trash and there's no signal underground. What's there to brag about?"

"You're like jumping clowns, spewing shit as you attack our exam-oriented education. But what you don't know is that for countless children from poor families, it's a path upward."

"Even if that path isn't perfect, it still lets us see hope. Studying is useful!"

"Should we be like the Peacock Country next door? Its class system is rigid to the extreme. The poor will never have a chance to rise, and the descendants of sewer cleaners can only ever clean sewers. How ignorant!"

Just as they were furiously trading barbs,

Ye Jin reached a bookshelf by the door.

He picked up a copy of "Principles of Computer Organization."

He sat back down at the desk and began studying.

Viewers from every country: ...

The haters in particular were left speechless.

Were books really that good?

You weren't playing by the rules!

Another day's almost over! If you have any unwanted, discarded old recommendation tickets, I'm buying them for one yuan a pound! Come on, come on!