Chapter 401: Chapter 350: Advancing Toward the Starry Sky

In the long period that followed, Jeming took the phrase "mad learning" to the extreme.

With his exceptional learning ability and the vast reservoir of knowledge he had previously acquired, Jeming absorbed an enormous amount of real-world knowledge in this world.

This exaggerated learning efficiency also allowed him to demonstrate a terrifying pace of progress on the academic path.

University courses that would typically take years to complete were conquered by him one by one with astonishing efficiency.

Papers, projects, exams—all obstacles seemed like a smooth path before him.

Finally, he completed his studies in physics ahead of schedule with the best grades in the entire school, achieving remarkable accomplishments.

He even caught the attention of some senior professors in the school, who regarded him as an academic genius rarely seen in decades.

His "parents" were naturally "overjoyed," with flawless smiles of pride on their faces.

They held a celebration party for him, speaking words of encouragement and expectation.

However, the overly perfect response and emotional expression at that moment only made Jeming feel a profound sense of falsehood and discomfort.

Especially as his experience distinguished "real people" increased, the flaws in his parents’ behavior became more apparent in Jeming’s eyes, like watching a meticulously choreographed but soulless puppet show.

During these years, Jeming did not confine himself to campus alone.

After nearly two years of effort, he used the convenient global transportation network of this highly developed civilization to travel across almost every continent, major city, and natural wonder of the planet during his spare time.

He used his own eyes to confirm that the planet beneath his feet was indeed real.

The physical scale, geological structure, and ecological characteristics all matched those of a normal living planet.

Most of the billions of human beings living on it were real, flesh and blood, with independent lives and emotions; they were not mere background fillers.

Yet Jeming’s exploration "depth" halted there.

Aside from that, he found nothing more.

As the deadline drew closer soon after the graduation ceremony, Jeming proposed a plan to his "parents."

He intended to take an interstellar flight to the famous "Frontier Star"—a planet on the edge of human territory known for its unique interstellar port and emerging technology industry—to embark on a "graduation trip" cum "career exploration" to search for inspiration and opportunities for his future development.

His "parents" agreed almost without hesitation, with a consistent supportive smile on their faces.

They quickly prepared his luggage and booked his ticket, a process so smooth it made Jeming sigh and further confirm the falseness of his parents.

Days later, Jeming stood on the boarding gangway of the massive interstellar spaceport, took a final look back at the familiar blue planet behind him.

Then he turned and stepped onto the interstellar cruise ship "Long-distance Voyager," which resembled a giant silver whale.

The interior space of the spaceship was much more expansive than it appeared from the outside, using mature space expansion technology.

The passengers were diverse in appearance but mostly human.

Some were business professionals in suits on business trips, others were families with children visiting relatives or traveling, and there were curious young students like himself.

They conversed, read, and admired the scenery outside the windows, completely immersed in their own lives.

Jeming found his room and waited silently for the ship to take off.

When the spaceship took off, there was hardly any vibration felt; only the rapidly receding port facilities outside the window and the scene gradually replaced by the deep universe indicated that they were escaping planetary gravity at an unimaginable speed.

Once the ship stabilized, Jeming began to carefully observe the cabin facilities and the screens displaying navigation data, even the visible sections of the engine structure through specific observation windows.

Comparing the knowledge he had acquired over the years with his previously accumulated understanding, Jeming quickly recognized that the technology used by this spaceship was entirely different from the Element Rune Technology he knew.

It also differed from the scientific paths of classical physics and relativity-based technology he had known on the Earth in his previous life.

It focused more on gravitational control, space folding, and some special efficient matter-energy conversion principles.

Although there was a considerable gap from the element system, it was sufficiently self-contained, logically rigorous, and highly coherent.

The long interstellar journey lasted for several months.

Most of the time, Jeming roamed various corners of the spaceship, verifying the knowledge he had learned with the equipment on the ship.

Occasionally, he would visit the observation cabin, gazing at the boundless darkness outside the window.

The visual effects brought by trans-space travel were fantastically twisted, like swimming through rivers of color.

During this period, the spaceship would approach other planetary ports.

Jeming would also take advantage of the few days of rest for the ship to stroll around these planets. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

This journey took Jeming across several colonized planets occupied by humans, from bustling commercial centers to remote mining worlds.

He stood in alien deserts, feeling the peculiar light and dry winds under a binary star system; he dived into the ocean-covered worlds, observing buildings and lifestyles in deep-sea cities entirely different from the main star; he traversed asteroid belts and witnessed giant industrial ships devouring mineral-rich rocks like whales.

He measured the land with his own feet and confirmed the starry sky with his own eyes.

Ultimately, Jeming confirmed that the star systems were not mere textures, and the planets not just backdrop panels.

This ruled out the possibility of the world being a "small-scale simulation" or a "planet-level illusion."

The real extent of this plane indeed encompassed multiple, even dozens of galaxy-sized star systems!

This was in the true sense an ultra-mega-cosmic-type plane!

Standing on the highest peak of an unfamiliar planet, gazing at the strange constellations scattered across the sky like shattered diamonds, Jeming felt no romantic sentiment of a traveler, only a weightiness in the face of endless unknowns.

In front of this genuinely real and boundlessly vast star sea, the force that could silently cover such a vast domain and suppress nearly two million wizards along with their original cognition and powers within the operational rules of its society seemed increasingly unfathomable and utterly terrifying.

It was like an invisible gigantic net enveloping every inch of space and every living being within this plane.

But this vastness and terror did not make Jeming despair; in fact, they acted like a powerful tonic that completely eradicated the last trace of fluke in his heart.

He took a deep breath of the thin and cold extraterrestrial air, his gaze sharp as a knife.

No matter how powerful the entity behind the scenes, since it is "real," there must exist "rules" and "logic" governing its operation.

What Jeming needed to do was the wizard’s fundamental job.

Observe, understand, and then... control!