When the plot-skips players into the game world Chapter 1401 - 112: The Path of Wisdom Is the Most Anxious P

Sherlock is planning to go to the Holy Nation this ti to ask Lady Haibasha about his ancestor Hers.

If it’s for the pursuit of truth, then it cannot be considered a waste of ti.

Besides, Sherlock is also calculating the trajectory of asteroids in his mind—ever since Professor Moriarty passed away, Sherlock has decided to inherit his mantle in astronomy. Just as well, when he switched professions earlier, he had read books on astronomy... and back then, the textbooks included several written by Jas.

As for the remaining computational power, Sherlock also used it to calculate the specific paraters of the reservoirs and railways in the Avalon area.

As long as the data volu is large enough, calculations like these can push deeper alignnt with the Path of Wisdom.

Because he had previously lacked the Heart of Devotion, Sherlock had been stuck at a level for too long, having fallen behind his friends for too long now.

To barely catch up with Aiwass and Isabel in terms of promotion speed, Sherlock is now doing calculations for the Path of Wisdom every mont. Although the degree of computation he is doing only provides a little alignnt, or as Aiwass put it, "drizzle-level experience."

But little by little, it adds up—

This is how Sherlock has always gotten through.

His wisdom is not innate but rather a fine wine brewed from his knowledge; and his knowledge was accumulated, book by book, this way.

Since his talent is not particularly high, he compensates with intensity and dedication—this is how he’s done it since childhood. In this way, he finds his original intention again.

This restless emotion might be considered a heart demon in other paths, but in the Path of Wisdom, it is nothing significant.

This is fundantally the concept of the Great Sage—to spare no expense to seek higher truths, even willing to abandon everything for a complete understanding. This competitive and curious obsession is one of the path’s concepts.

Without madness, one cannot live. This is also why the upper transcendent beings in the Path of Wisdom are usually cold, crazy egoists. Because in their pursuit of higher truths, they no longer have much computational power left for maintaining social relations.

Although, in relation to the total computing power, the amount used for socializing is insignificant.

However, if you don’t devote yourself entirely, can you still dare to say you have "nothing but truth in mind"?

But Sherlock is not too crazy. Because Aiwass had long realized he would be like this, so he gave him a preemptive warning—

In Aiwass’s words, the Great Sage is not the kind of deity that values attitude over substance at all.

The reason why grand mages use all their soul in calculations is actually to extinguish the fires of anxiety in their hearts. Because only by giving your all might you understand that the reason you can’t catch up to others is due to an actual lack of ability, thus comforting yourself that "there’s nothing to regret anymore."

"—The Path of Wisdom is the most anxious path. It’s quite normal."

Lady Haibasha saw through Sherlock’s thoughts and rely chuckled, "If you want to pursue the truth, naturally you would be impatient. I also ca through this path back in the day.

"Every second of pause could an that soone has already reached your level, or even surpassed your calculations. The technologies we develop, the theories we study, could be deciphered by soone else at any mont.

"Falling one step behind ans you could fall another step behind, thus lagging ’behind the next step of exhausting the truth’..."

If the upper transcendent beings in the Path of Devotion are madn with their own paths of devotion, if those in the Path of Authority are sticklers for rules above all else, and if those in the Path of Balance are diators contemplating world balance and peace... then the upper transcendent beings in the Path of Wisdom are all shut-ins and nerds.

This is determined by the basic logic of the Path of Wisdom—the definition of wisdom is "the exploration of unknown truths." In other words, if sothing has already been invented or discovered, then even if those who co later obtain it, it is rely "learned" and not "developed."

To put it more clearly... with the sa research, if there’s already a predecessor’s mark there, the "experience" gained is different and vastly different. Even if soone researched a mathematical theorem only a day later than soone else, the path experience differential could take the forr ten years of hard study to fill.

For transcendent beings at the fourth power level and below, even just "learning" can grant them enough experience... but from the late fourth power level to the start of the fifth power level, obtaining experience requires calculating what others have not and developing what others have not.

And here’s the sleaziest part about the Path of Wisdom—they differ from Balancers in that they keep things "mysterious."

This ans their inventions are unlikely to be made public.

Because learning is faster than research, and their research could potentially serve as hints for others, helping them overtake. To ensure that they are the "notable mark" of the next portion of truth, mages usually tend to keep their research progress a secret.

Until they no longer intend to proceed in this field, they may then release their "summit record" as victors—it’s also a sche, planning to teach more people and draw them into the field to ensure their advantage and head start in a new field.

If you understand this, then you can understand the coldness, shut-in nature, selfishness, anxiety, and mania of grand mages: for ordinary people, it’s rely an invitation to a party or celebration, but for them, it may be perceived as "soone trying to harm , attempting to waste my ti"; any unnecessary guest may waste their ti and energy, potentially enabling others to overtake them by seizing new truth fragnts.

"This kind of head start is addictive."

Lady Haibasha stated calmly, "Especially when you are competing against the smartest people in the world, with the validation of capturing the truth fragnts being absolutely fair and correct... it becos even more addictive."

There’s no such thing as "publishing without proven completion" or "stealing soone else’s research results," nor is there "I proved part of it, so this part is mine too" or "your proof referenced my research," whoever completely proves it first, it’s theirs.

And for other transcendent beings on the Path of Wisdom researching the field, after going through painstaking effort to complete a proof, they can clearly see that the truth fragnt has already been marked by soone else—a first arrival.

The feeling of bringing others to frustration is a great satisfaction.

Aiwass actually understands them quite well—aren’t these the top players competing to clear the dungeon first?

Even the detail of "deliberately keeping a few key details undisclosed to prevent others from overtaking my record" is identical. These mages are in a frantic race to the top daily, naturally leaving no room for mundane desires.

But if Sherlock also becos such an obsessed individual, it’s sothing Aiwass wouldn’t want to see.

Aiwass nodded, "So I gave Sherlock another perspective—

"Truth is not static or immutable but can increase. In certain special situations, it can even decrease."

For example, in eras without electricity, research into electrical systems wouldn’t be considered truth, much like how only after machinery was invented could the optimization of machinery beco a truth.

The Fla Celestial Marshal gradually transitioning to the chanical Sky Departnt actually indicates a change in the domain of ’fla, steel, and forging’ it holds—what used to an a blacksmith now likely ans machinery and factories.

"You an..."

Lady Haibasha was sowhat surprised.

Her research direction, the Codex Book—many of the books she sells are written by herself. This is the approach of Dream Traversing Monks; the Codex Books they write are most likely "novel knowledge," which naturally counts as a truth.

"I handed over the tasks of laying the railway and constructing reservoirs in Avalon to Sherlock, letting him perform various calculations."

Aiwass stated lightly.

Sherlock’s current computational power is comparable to a supercomputer, and this level of data volu is just a breeze.

"These things accumulate slowly, but although they’re not impressive theorems, if the wonders are grand enough, the aning of these calculations will elevate. It’s equivalent to increasing the weight of truth."

As long as Aiwass, Isabel, and Yulia continuously feed him so customized data only he can access, letting him handle calculations for the latest, or even non-existent, architectural and engineering data... although each ti the experience gained isn’t much, it prevents multi-year research from being quietly overtaken by others, a scenario that could otherwise raise one’s blood pressure significantly.

——Why couldn’t this be considered truth?

Pioneering and truth are always hand in hand!

"This perspective... I think it’s feasible."

At first, Lady Haibasha found it sowhat unbelievable, but after serious contemplation, she slowly nodded, "Perhaps it really can work..."

"...It really worked?"

Even Sherlock found it hard to believe.

This loophole-exploiting thod, could it really be effective?

"But you—"

The elf girl said with a smile, "Even if you’re unsure if it would work, you still followed Aiwass’s words?"

"...Because he neither has the possibility to harm nor the necessity."

After a mont of silence, Sherlock answered earnestly, "If I had to choose soone I trust most in this world... then it definitely wouldn’t be my father, nor my brother. Rather, it’s that sly fox full of tricks, whose every word is a lie."

Aiwass was taken aback by these words. He didn’t even have ti to correct Sherlock on the detail of "I actually haven’t lied before."

He just felt incredulous—after all, their interactions shouldn’t be considered too nurous.

Was he really considered that trustworthy in Sherlock’s eyes?