Chapter 12: Harvest

Unlike the previous two times, where only fragmented bits of information were injected, this time a massive influx of information poured into his mind.

If it weren't for the fact that Wang Shuo's brain had already been strengthened twice, such a huge amount of information entering the brain all at once could have easily caused Wang Shuo to faint for another two or three days, or even result in permanent brain damage.

But now, Wang Shuo only felt a slight feverish sensation. He was even curious about this feeling, closing his eyes and carefully experiencing it.

It was a very peculiar sensation.

It was as if... after much contemplation and being unable to find a way, one day he suddenly achieves enlightenment.

With every passing moment, Wang Shuo was gaining insights; with every moment, new words would flash through his mind, quickly fading away to be replaced by the next sentence or image; with every moment, Wang Shuo's mind was filled with chaotic thoughts, but these thoughts would become organized and orderly in the next moment...

Wang Shuo felt like his brain had turned into a huge factory, absorbing everything he knew and didn't know, understood and didn't understand, and then processing and refining it all into something familiar.

If he had to find a word to describe it, Wang Shuo thought it should be "enlightenment."

Wang Shuo had seen novels and TV dramas where, in historical dramas, there were many instances where senior members of a sect would force their internal energy into their juniors to greatly enhance their abilities in a short period of time.

Wang Shuo felt like he was experiencing something similar now.

In fact, the methods of the humanoid race were even more incredible than enlightenment.

This was a collision between data and the brain, the crystallization of the humanoid race's civilization in the realm of the spirit.

If previously Wang Shuo had thought the shadowy figure was exaggerating and had scoffed at its words, after this data infusion, he was now somewhat convinced.

The human brain is a mysterious place. Despite the rapid development of science and technology, the brain remains a scientific taboo. Any casual touch can lead to unpredictable results, and there's no logic to it.

Looking around the world, which country, organization, or individual dares to claim they have thoroughly understood the brain?

But what about the humanoid civilization? They can strengthen the brain as they please, transfer data effortlessly.They even found the brain's performance lacking and directly separated the spirit, allowing consciousness to exist without relying on the brain.

This is simply... incredible.

This incredibility was now being manifested in Wang Shuo.

The data influx, which had lasted for more than ten minutes, finally came to an end. It was only when no more bright ideas emerged in his mind that Wang Shuo opened his eyes and exhaled softly.

He then realized that he was drenched in sweat from head to toe, and his nosebleed had stained the sheets at some point. He quickly took several pieces of paper, rolled them into a ball, and plugged his nostrils.

What was going on?

Wang Shuo was a bit dazed, but he was no longer the same as before. The brain enhancement from the humanoid race quickly helped him understand this process.

"The brain's temperature must have been too high, triggering the body's protective stress response mechanism."

It was actually quite simple: sweating to cool down.

But now, the clothes soaked with sweat and blood were not the most important thing.

Reflecting on the information that had just been transmitted to his mind, Wang Shuo thought he understood what the shadowy figure had meant by "a gift."

It was... the entire language and script of the humanoid civilization! With the support of these languages and scripts, he had no barrier with the core and could fully understand its contents.

If Wang Shuo had to learn these things on his own, even with his brain's enhanced state, it would have taken him at least half a year to grasp them.

But now, it had only taken a few minutes.

In just these few short minutes, the humanoid civilization had, through their incredible technique, enabled Wang Shuo to fully master their language. He could now write a book solely in the humanoid language, without using Chinese characters at all.

This was the true great gift from the shadowy figure.

"Unfortunately, no one on Earth can understand it."

Wang Shuo marveled internally at the不可思议 (incredible) nature of the humanoid civilization.

This method of directly transmitting knowledge, experience, and abilities into the mind through the spirit, thus saving time on learning, was very common in the humanoid civilization. It was a new learning method developed by the humanoids to improve learning efficiency.

After all, the accumulation of knowledge in the humanoid civilization is too vast. If a new member had to start learning from scratch, they might not be able to fully understand the humanoid's knowledge base even if they studied until their death.

This would be a tremendous waste of resources and could easily lead to a gap in the civilization's continuity.

This method, after thousands upon thousands of years of optimization and improvement by the humanoid civilization, has become very mature and safe. However, for Wang Shuo, it has turned into a guillotine that could take his life at any moment.

The process of spiritual transmission is a continuous stimulation of the brain. This stimulation can strengthen the brain slightly but also poses additional dangers. The speed, flow, and volume of data are closely related to the degree of brain stimulation. A sudden surge in flow or a large volume of information being transmitted can cause Wang Shuo's fragile brain to shut down.

The consequences could range from bleeding from the seven orifices, unconsciousness, and shock to direct brain death, a situation where even the humanoid civilization couldn't save him.

For instance, if it weren't for the second enhancement of Wang Shuo's brain by the shadowy figure, his reckless method of absorbing information would have likely resulted in his immediate demise.

The root cause is that Wang Shuo's brain domain is currently too fragile. If his brain domain could reach the level of the shadowy figure, then absorbing all the data in the core would be no problem. But unfortunately, for now, he can only proceed cautiously, absorbing information bit by bit. This speed, in the face of the planet-sized information of the humanoid civilization, is almost unimaginably slow. It's like a snail trying to cross the entire equator or Yu Gong attempting to hollow out the entire planet.

It's a colossal task.

"@#￥%..."

Wang Shuo spat out a sentence in the language of the humanoid civilization.

This sentence, translated into Chinese, meant: "It's really dangerous. I guess I need to exercise my spiritual power and strengthen my brain."

The language of the humanoid civilization seemed to be even more advanced than Chinese. Not only did individual words convey richer meanings, but they also had a certain compiling ability. When words formed sentences, their expressive power was even greater.

A simple sentence might only convey the approximate time, place, and characters in Chinese, but in the language of the humanoid civilization, a whole story could be told.

That was the difference.

Wang Shuo had also acquired a unique skill of his own, although this skill might never be used.

After testing his learning effectiveness, Wang Shuo, full of enthusiasm, shifted his attention to a segment of data that had suddenly appeared in his mind. To Wang Shuo, it seemed like a book waiting to be explored.

"What is this?"

Wang Shuo curiously focused his attention on it.

"Exercise methods for spiritual power? What's this?"

After careful consideration, Wang Shuo finally understood that this was a method to exercise spiritual power. It listed two methods: the first was to strengthen spiritual power through genetic medication, which required advanced biotechnology to configure genetic optimization medication, targeting specific genes for optimization and thus achieving the goal of optimizing the brain.

The second method was to first exercise spiritual power through special means, and then continuously stimulate it to increase its strength. This increase in spiritual power would in turn enhance the strength of the brain.

Wang Shuo found that neither of these methods seemed suitable for him at the current stage.

Firstly, there was the issue of the genetic optimization medication. This type of medication might be readily available in the humanoid civilization, but for Wang Shuo now, it was a dead end. At least in the current stage, he was unable to produce targeted genetic medication for himself. What if he grew a tail after drinking some random genetic medication? What if he developed gills on his face?

Secondly, there was the issue of spiritual power. This was even more complex. What exactly was spiritual power? How could one condense it? How could one use spiritual power? This left Wang Shuo, who had grown up in the material world, completely at a loss.

Both paths seemed impassable, and Wang Shuo had no better solution at the moment.

The vast treasure trove of information from the humanoid civilization had indeed given him knowledge, but the most important thing was how to turn this knowledge into his own resources.

This required substantial funds and resources.

And what he lacked now were precisely funds and resources. Without funds and resources, he couldn't transform the knowledge in his mind into real-world achievements to strengthen himself. Without strengthening himself, he wouldn't have a strong enough brain to learn new knowledge.

It seemed like an unsolvable dead end.

Wang Shuo sighed.

He was indeed still very young.

Life was indeed very frustrating.

Ideals were indeed still out of reach.