'As expected... this should be the true ability of this book-sea navigation record. I didn't expect it to be a communication tool, a mystical version of QQ or WeChat?'
Looking at the information newly identified by the Appraisal spell, Dorothy thought this. At this moment, she already understood why this message appeared on the book-sea navigation record. It was clearly because the word she had written before had stopped on a certain text, and then someone saw it and wrote a response.
It felt like throwing a message in a bottle via QQ, someone seeing it, and then replying...
Dorothy thought this, then began to carefully examine the responding message, and also furrowed her brows.
'Lord? Please enlighten me? What is the use of knowledge? This... Is the person who replied some kind of believer? Is he treating my message as a divine oracle? How did his thought process turn into this line of thinking?'
Looking at the words on the book, Dorothy couldn't help but scratch her head and think. She didn't know the situation on the other side, and naturally didn't know what kind of situation that "netizen" had encountered to respond with such words.
Another point she was quite concerned about was the system. Based on the previous situation, Dorothy had already confirmed that the system could help receive prayers. She didn't expect it could also use the book-sea navigation record as a medium to receive prayers written by the other party.
'This written prayer doesn't seem to have a specific recipient. After being transmitted along the book-sea navigation record's "internet cable," the system sensed it and notified me?'
After a period of thought, Dorothy roughly figured out that the current situation was a result of the interaction between the book-sea navigation record and the system. The book-sea navigation record acted as a medium to transmit distant prayers, and the system received this prayer that had no specified recipient. Now, the question was how she should respond to this prayer.
"Although I don't know why you are writing prayers in a book, since you asked what the use of knowledge is, I can only answer..."
While muttering, Dorothy thought. After a moment, she reached out and picked up the pen, continuing to write below the responding text the words her teacher had taught her in elementary school.
"Knowledge changes destiny, and knowledge is power."
Then, the words Dorothy wrote melted into the book page.
...
Inside the tomb beneath the Red Creek Town Church, Vanya, huddled in the corner, stared at the Holy Scripture in her hand with fear and expectation, watching the spot where the characters she had just written disappeared.
'It's gone? The words are gone? What, what's going on? Could it be that my prayer has been transmitted to the Lord?'
Just as Vanya was thinking in confusion, ink blots appeared out of thin air on the Holy Scripture in her hand, then connected into sentences, appearing below the word knowledge. Looking at the appearing sentences, Vanya couldn't help but be startled.
'Knowledge changes destiny, and knowledge is power? Is this the Lord's teaching? It seems to make some sense. By learning more knowledge, one can change the destiny of life. At the same time, knowledge is also an invisible force that can play a role in various aspects. My work also requires accumulating more knowledge... As expected of a divine oracle, it's very philosophical... Ah no! Now is not the time to discuss scriptures and philosophy, my Lord! Can you give some substantial help!'
Vanya shouted loudly in her heart, then picked up the pen and wrote in the book again.
"Lord, please enlighten me, what tangible effect does knowledge have, that can save me who is in danger?"
...
'In danger? Save?'
Sitting at the table, seeing the words appearing on the book, Dorothy's expression couldn't help but become serious. Judging solely by the description, the other party should be facing some kind of crisis and praying to a deity. Although she didn't know why they were praying to her, she felt she couldn't just ignore it.
'System, can I know the current situation of the person praying?' Dorothy asked the system in her mind, and the system quickly gave a conclusion.
'Detecting the current state of the person praying, please wait... Detection complete... The current connection with the person praying is too weak to display an image. In addition... detected that the person praying currently holds high Spirituality knowledge, recommended for cultivation.'
The system finished answering, but Dorothy couldn't help but be stunned again.
'The person praying currently holds a secret transmission? But... I don't even know where the person praying is? They might be very far away from me, how can I cultivate their secret transmission?'
Dorothy continued to ask the system, and the system's answer was also concise.
'Consuming 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) or Silence Spirituality can open an information interaction channel with the person praying, interacting information through sacrifice and bestowal. In addition, since the information channel can only carry information, the material carrier of the sacrificed information will be destroyed.'
'Information interaction channel... sacrifice and bestowal...'
Listening to the system's answer, Dorothy was slightly startled, and then suddenly had an idea in her heart, so she immediately asked the system again.
'Hey, system, can I engrave the Book of Souls for others and bestow knowledge through this channel?'
'Affirmative...'
After hearing the system's words, Dorothy stroked her chin with interest. She now wanted to conduct an experiment.
'System, now tell me how to make the person praying perform a remote sacrifice.'
...
Inside the ground tomb of the small Church in Red Creek Town, Vanya continued to look at the Holy Scripture in front of her with fear and trepidation, waiting for the response of the "Lord" she believed in. Because the waiting time was a bit long this time, her heart was even more panicked at this moment.
'What's going on... The words haven't appeared after so long, Lord... Could it be that you have abandoned me? Don't!'
Just as Vanya was panicking, words finally appeared on the Holy Scripture again.
"Sacrifice knowledge... obtain grace..."
"Place your hand on the secret transmission, meditate on sacrifice."
'Sacrifice knowledge... obtain grace? Sacrifice a secret transmission? Does the Lord need a secret transmission?'
Seeing the information appearing on the Holy Scripture, Vanya couldn't help but be startled. In her impression, although the Shining Light Church Three Saints all had routine sacrifice rituals, they were almost entirely ceremonial in nature, and generally didn't involve sacrificing anything substantial. Sacrifice was not an important tradition in the Shining Light Church, unlike the greedy evil god cults of many heretics.
More importantly, even the cruel and bloody sacrifices to evil gods mostly involved sacrificing living beings or evil items. Vanya had never heard of needing to sacrifice a secret transmission.
'This Lord I am praying to... seems a bit strange, not quite the same as what's written in the Holy Scripture. Why don't I ask now, which of the Three Saints is He? Or is He an angel under the Holy See of the Three Saints?...Or is He the will of Save the World himself?'
As Vanya was thinking this, there was suddenly a loud crash of a bottle being broken from next door. Startled, Vanya immediately didn't dare to waste any more time.
She immediately placed a worn book with a yellow cover that she carried with her on the ground in front of her. This was the secret transmission that Vanya had previously taken from Deekt's Stone coffin, buried with Deekt. She had just taken it out when the fighting started outside, so Vanya quickly hid with the secret transmission still in her hand.
And now, what she was about to sacrifice was this secret transmission written by a Shining Light Church bishop three hundred years ago. Vanya herself hadn't read it and had no idea what was inside.
'Sir Deekt, please don't blame me. Your secret transmission has been chosen by the Lord. This is your glory and also my honor.'
After silently reciting these two sentences, Vanya closed her eyes, placed her hand on the secret transmission, and then meditated.
'Sacrifice...'
At this moment, using """wen hai hang zhi""" as a medium, Dorothy, who sensed Vanya's sacrificial action, consumed a bit of """enlightenment""", allowing the system to open an information channel linking her and Vanya, bypassing """wen hai hang zhi""" for a direct connection.
Suddenly, a faintly glowing magic array appeared beneath the secret transmission Vanya was touching. The array was layered, and the runes were complex. If Vanya were to open her eyes at this moment, she would find that the Spirituality symbol on the array was not the "Light" symbol she was usually familiar with, but an open eye, which is the symbol of """enlightenment""".
Suddenly, the secret transmission in the center of the magic array began to crack bit by bit under a mysterious force, shattering into ash. Its material carrier was slowly being destroyed, while the knowledge within was transmitted through the information channel to Dorothy at the distant end.
Sitting in the room, after receiving the secret transmission knowledge that Vanya had sacrificed, Dorothy used the system to redeem it without hesitation.
"So... what kind of card you will draw, and whether that card can save you from danger, will depend entirely on your destiny, devout believer..."