Chapter 25: Does Internet Divine Magic Have This Function?

After double-checking that there were no issues in the basement of the Forest of Magic, Yu Sheng’an’s consciousness returned to his body.

He planned to update the Internet.

Over the past half month, his number of Internet users had surpassed 10 million, with peak hours seeing over 6 million users online simultaneously.

In the propagation simulation drawn by Yu Sheng’an, the spread of Internet Divine Magic was much like a plague game.

From the simulation, dozens of propagation lines could be seen radiating out from Willis City, spreading to major cities.

Each city reached by a radiation line would then generate new lines, spreading to the next administrative level.

The red dots representing users densely spread around the terminal points of the radiation lines! In just half a month, 16 red blotches had appeared in the Kewell Empire, representing the 16 major cities of the Empire!

In the wilderness, forests, deserts, and hills between cities, there were scattered red dots.

These were either solitary villages, hunters, or mercenaries.

With such a massive user base, his original Internet framework was no longer adequate.

Especially the Forum.

He still remembered how, when the Forum first launched, he stayed up several nights spamming posts to create an active atmosphere for users.

Almost every novel he remembered had been plagiarized by him to some extent.

But now, without him doing anything, the Forum’s activity level was exploding.

Every second, tens of thousands of posts would pop up, and any previous posts became buried forever with just a single refresh.

This wasn’t a good user experience.

So Yu Sheng’an decided to split things up.

He decided to emulate Blue Star’s Tieba, dividing the Forum into dozens of sub-forums based on interests and regions, thus spreading the traffic and making browsing easier; it would also make the Forum more specialized.

In addition to this, he decided to fine-tune the other modules, but overall, there wouldn’t be many changes.

To be honest, the feature Yu Sheng’an most wanted to add was image and video support.

However, since the Divine Spark of Contracts only controlled languages and text, he would need to seek other means to add image and video functionalities.

As it stood, his online courses were merely ultra-low-quality voice versions.

Thankfully, the netizens of this world hadn’t seen anything better; otherwise, they’d mock him to death.

“In the end, what I’ve got here is essentially the unrestricted 2G text era. Upgrading to the 3G image era or even the 4G video era is still a long way off!”

Yu Sheng’an sighed, feeling a bit stressed about it.

After a moment, he pulled himself together and sent an update notification to all users before immediately proceeding with the online update.

Instantly, the Internet was abuzz! What Yu Sheng’an saw as the boring-to-death 2G text era was, in the eyes of Kewell Empire’s netizens, a groundbreaking innovation!

To many, it had already become another virtual world.

People could find out news from thousands of miles away here.

They could learn about major events in the Empire.

They could even directly lodge complaints to the Archmage or the Monarch!

But who could have imagined that this virtual world could also be upgraded? This was beyond many users’ wildest imaginations.

Many imagined that this must be some kind of super magical tool bestowed by the Internet God.

After all, once a magical tool is formed, isn’t it difficult to modify it?

“Everyone, go online and check it out! The Forum has been revamped and updated!” Some customer suddenly slapped the table and cried out in the ‘Wizard’s Hat’ Tavern.

“What’s this? Revamped and updated? What does that mean?”

“Oh my god! The Forum has split into dozens of sections!”

“Our Empire’s 16 major cities each have their own independent forum!”

“Hahaha, this is great! There’s now a Magic Forum, so we finally have a dedicated place to discuss magic.”

“Long live the Internet God!”

“Whoa! There’s even a Women’s Forum! What do they talk about? Gems? Clothes? Makeup?”

For a moment, people in the real world began calling their friends and spreading the word.

All kinds of surprised comments flooded the Internet.

Yu Sheng’an, watching this scene, was also quite amazed.

He hadn’t expected that splitting the Forum would cause such a stir.

If he were to introduce images and videos, wouldn’t they be so excited they’d ascend on the spot?

Yu Sheng’an chuckled and activated the God’s perspective, randomly clicking on a user near the boundary of the Kewell Empire to observe.

It was an elderly man dressed in tattered clothes.

After using the Prayer to summon the Internet Phantom Scroll, the man didn’t proceed to the next step. Instead, he lowered his head and began weaving something with vine strips.

The night couldn’t hide the elder’s skillful technique.

The vines danced in his hands and soon became the rudimentary base of a small basket.

Yu Sheng’an watched this scene in surprise, puzzled by why the elder would summon the Internet. Was he just using it for weaving? “Old man, stop weaving and get some rest!”

An old woman brought over a bowl of water.

“I’ll weave a bit more; I’m not tired.”

The old man took the water, drank it down in one gulp, and offered a brief explanation before getting back to work.

The old woman seemed to know how stubborn the old man was and didn’t urge him further.

She sat beside him, helping to sort the vine strips, and suddenly remarked, “Ah, the Internet God really is a merciful deity. No wonder the Archmage has us chant his name.”

“Indeed. With this thing providing light, I can weave an extra basket every day. Our grandson can even have quail eggs every now and then. Life has some hope again! Ah, if only it had come out sooner, maybe our life would be better than it is now.”

The old man agreed with a nod.

Yu Sheng’an, watching all this, was completely astonished. Suddenly, he understood why the old man had summoned the Internet.

It turns out he was using Internet Divine Magic as a lighting tool! At the same time, the old man’s words also made Yu Sheng’an realize something.

The literacy rate in the Empire was actually quite low. By Yu Sheng’an’s estimate, it must be at least 95% illiterate. Considering the Empire has a population of around 60 million, the number of active users is actually above expectations and doesn’t match the reality.

Previously, he had thought it was a miscalculation on the Empire’s part, assuming they had underreported the population.

Now it seemed clear that a significant portion of people were using the Internet simply as a lighting tool.

It makes sense, too. In this magical world, although there are all kinds of magical lighting tools, they are not something commoners can afford.

The moment night falls, even big cities don’t have street lights, not to mention remote rural areas.

Yu Sheng’an fell into deep thought.

Maybe I should develop a flashlight function. No, it’s a must! With so many potential customers, simply creating a flashlight feature could pull them all in. On Blue Star, this would be the kind of dream come true that people talk about.

If heaven gives you a chance and you don’t take it, you’ll regret it! Starting tomorrow—no, starting right now—I’m diving into Light element magic! Yu Sheng’an made a solemn vow in his heart! But just two minutes into reading, a private message completely shattered his motivational mood.

The message was from Felix, sent by a female apprentice who studied Wood Spirit element magic. She had sent a very detailed suggestion on crop cultivation.

When Yu Sheng’an opened the chat, he was dumbfounded.

The blue chat bubble had turned into a golden cudgel, packed with words. Even without reading, he could sense from the Divine Spark’s power that there were exactly 36,263 words.

Wow! He had just held a meeting yesterday afternoon to make some initial arrangements.

It hadn’t even been 12 hours, yet she had already sent over 36,000 words. Do you know what that means? It means she probably did nothing else during this time but write.

What’s more, out of the 374 Wood Spirit element apprentices, she was the only one who had sent in any ideas or suggestions so far.

Regardless of content, based solely on her attitude, Yu Sheng’an decided she definitely deserved some sort of reward tomorrow.

With this in mind, Yu Sheng’an carefully reviewed her ideas.

As he read, Yu Sheng’an was stunned.