I think about three months have passed since the day I first entered the library. I haven't left the entire time to see the day and night cycle and verify that myself, but somehow, someway, Mr. Wright got wind of my presence in the library, and since the second day, he has brought me three meals a day, every single day.

I have no clue who told him to start doing this or even how he found out, and I even reminded him that he didn't need to keep walking over here three times a day, but the old man wouldn't be denied, so I left it alone.

Plus, it's not like I was complaining.

The food was amazing.

And it made reading all the books a whole lot easier to do when it was accompanied by amazing meals and tasty beverages.

The problem is, after three months of this, I don't know how I'm going to give it up for long periods of time.

Can I bring Mr. Wright on trips?

Oh, maybe he can cook a bunch of meals to keep in a storage ring just for meals… yeah… I think I need that.

Anyway.

I've done a lot of reading.

If I studied like this in school, perhaps I would've made the dean's list or something.

Some of the first couple of books I read were on planets, galaxies, universes, and how they all fit into the Multiverse. Which was all very interesting.

Humans on Earth roughly understood how the first three worked in a way. Planets were a part of a galaxy, and that galaxy could be one of many that are located in a universe.

The scale of that is kind of mind-boggling to think about, and that feeling only gets worse when you consider the fact that multiple universes exist, which is where Humans on Earth fell short in the knowledge department.

The different universes weren't different dimensions of Earth-2 and things like that. No, it was quite literally its own existence separated by thousands of light years of the void.

Part of me thought this void was the space I saw in the night sky, but that wasn't the case. The 'space,' as we know it, contains celestial bodies that sustain life and thus, in and of itself, contains life.

The void, on the other hand… according to the books I read, it was never-ending. And it was completely repulsive to all forms of life. Even if I had an oxygen mask, I would likely die from just gazing upon the void at my current level.

The books didn't specify which cultivation realms can traverse the void, but it had to be quite high up the ranks.

Anyway, void-capable ships were one of the most expensive things to purchase in existence, and even the cheapest ones could technically bankrupt entire planets in cost.

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And I've been on two so far.

Wonder how long it will take to be able to build my own?

Not only would we need materials, but we would need the people to acquire the knowledge to do exactly that.

Good thing some of that could be found here in the library.

Not necessarily void-capable ships, but how-to's on regular flying ships were among the many books in the library.

There were literally thousands of manuals and teaching materials in the library. Ships, blacksmithing, making potions, medical stuff—so many other things were available through books, and I don't think we were taking advantage of these books as a City in the way we needed to.

I'm going to have to tell Richard to push some of this stuff a bit more.

Anyway, system cities are something I read up on as well.

Elder Zal hadn't told me a whole lot of information there, and Jrino didn't seem to have a good grasp on things either when I compare the explanation he gave me at the end of the Tutorial and the information I've read in here.

Now, the books here are all from those weird sand people and could be filled with nothing but lies and misinformation, but I highly doubted that when Elder Zal mentioned we once burned their holy sands or something along those lines.

So, I highly doubted they wanted that to happen again.

Which means, if I were to believe the books I read, the explanation Jrino gave me about system cities wasn't really accurate.

Instead of whatever he told me, a system city was only a system city if the system played a part in its creation. Just going out there and building a City is not going to just trigger that notification in which the system asks if the City should be integrated or not.

That is different from what Jrino explained.

Part of me wishes he was still here to be asked about it, but that's alright.

From there, I read plenty of books about techniques, fighting capabilities, how to actually fight, different weapons, methodologies, and many different things surrounding combat.

I read books on beasts, stuff on minerals and geology, things about nature and plant life, dungeons, and anything I could get my hands on.

Most of it was very high-level stuff and kind of just generalizing their respective topics. But that was expected of the first floor. Things will get more specific as I ascend higher.

In the meantime, though, I've reached a break point. Not because I'm done reading, but because some real updates actually require my attention.

There were a couple things.

Firstly, the Infernal District was pretty much done. There were still a few things that needed to be built there still, but for the most part, it was completed, and every single person had somewhere to sleep.

Next, a few different mineral deposits have been located to the North and West of the City. Work prioritization needed to be set.

And finally, an update regarding the Ash Guard.

The training for the boys and their respective squads was still ongoing, but the Ash Guard training has apparently reached a critical point, and decisions needed to be made.

It was all very interesting.

Because the report Vrusha delivered to me this morning made it seem as if some of them were quitting the Ash Guard.

Something about Elder Zal waking them up to the reality of being bodyguards to an Infernal Patriarch for 100 years.

Honestly, it sounds like one of those old TV shows where they scared rebel children into behaving by bringing them to prisons and things like that.

What the hell did Elder Zal show them to make them want to quit the Ash Guard altogether? And why does it feel like she told them things even I don't know?

Either way, it was time for a break to learn what resources were found and which ones to prioritize, the state of the Infernal District,

and finally, potentially dissolving the Ash Guard.

Beyond that,

it's probably a good idea to get some more organization going with the Infernals about now. Some more official roles and things to work towards.

If the Ash Guard is dissolving, then a replacement needs to be configured—and many other things.

Lidaz will have a lot of work to do.

Huh.

I just realized I've found my second Richard.

This is good.

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