God of Technology: Creating the Internet in Another World-Chapter 270: What Exactly Happened?

Chapter 270: What Exactly Happened?
"Just now, I suddenly felt that the number of magicians in the mortal realm might suddenly explode."
The Goddess of Magic sensed carefully: "It should be because of the Magic Net... because I can sense that some magicians can even teach knowledge to millions of magicians."
A traditional magician training a hundred standard magicians in their lifetime was already extremely rare. But now, one person could actually teach millions of magicians—this was something She hadn’t dared imagine before.
"Someone started selling courses."
Ren sensed briefly, somewhat surprised yet also pleased: "With results like this, a lot of people will probably follow suit."
"Selling courses?"
Ren quickly explained what was happening on the Magic Net. Listening to his explanation, the Goddess of Magic was clearly stunned for a moment. "I didn’t expect you could operate like this through the Magic Net... Wait, that’s not right. I released teaching videos before—why didn’t they cause a noticeable increase?"
"It’s probably because this Master Drinkwater is teaching systematically, rather than targeting a specific spell." Ren thought about it. "Actually, the schools I envisioned also do similar work—systematic teaching, large-scale teaching. That would definitely be better than the current system."
"But I think Magic Net Videos should still add some features to complement these courses. Otherwise, once there are more course options in the future, it won’t be very convenient."
"Book, come out for a second."
However, his words didn’t summon Book out.
"Has this guy been put in the penalty box by Betty again?" Ren was a bit suspicious.
"No, he probably went to play in your virtual divine realm." The Goddess of Magic released a wave of energy that instantly pulled Book from somewhere, though this guy was now floating there without any response.
When this guy entered the virtual divine realm, his situation was basically the same as mortals’—he’d fall into something like a comatose state, rather than being able to physically enter like the Master of Depravity.
Sensing carefully, this guy hadn’t entered the virtual divine realm but had entered the virtual lab instead. He seemed to be communicating with people there about how to set up new features so they’d like them.
Ren thought about it and decided to call this guy back directly anyway.
"Lord Ren, what did you need me for? I was just chatting with your believers. Honestly, they’re all so nice to talk to and so smart. I absolutely love spending time exchanging ideas with them. With their assistance, I can create features that are even more suitable for humans—I can create so many..."
"Alright, I’m calling you to have you develop a small feature—an emergency update." Ren cut him off directly. "Take your time with the new features. No need to rush."
"What feature?"
Hearing the word "emergency," Book clearly got much more serious and stopped rambling.
"Courses."
Ren thought about it and quickly explained: "In Videos, add a new channel called Courses. The Course feature can store a series of videos. The first video would be free for users to view. Starting from the second video, there’s a charge."
"People publishing courses can choose to charge per episode or for the whole set. The specific pricing is decided by whoever publishes the course."
"Also, these courses need to be categorized—magic, daily life, creation, basics, philosophy. You figure it out. You have more information than I do. Anyway, all knowledge can be taught here."
"Do the revenue split ratios and such need to be changed?" Book asked.
"No, keep the other features as they are." Ren thought about it. "Comments don’t need to be on every episode. Each course, each collection, just use one comment section. Otherwise, it’s easy to cause people to misjudge."
"Also, for the one who already uploaded videos—Grand Magician Drinkwater—notify him. Once the feature goes live, have him transfer his courses over there too... Users who already purchased should automatically have access. Can’t rip off people who paid."
After finishing, Ren thought it over, confirmed there were no oversights, then handed things over to Book to handle.
Seeing Book had already left, the Goddess of Magic spoke again: "I just looked at this Grand Magician Drinkwater’s recent activities and found something off."
As She spoke, a light screen appeared before Ren. It was clearly a projection of a video from the Magic Net.
It was the last day of Master Drinkwater’s Revenge Chronicles—on the northeastern coast, where the legendary magician’s enemy battled the black-robed magician from the Tulip Kingdom.
"What’s the problem?" Ren watched it carefully once through but didn’t see any issues. It felt like a normal three-way standoff where one legendary got taken out completely. That was all. Nothing strange about it.
"This black-robed magician isn’t right."
Seeing Ren couldn’t tell, the Goddess of Magic didn’t keep him in suspense and said directly: "I can be certain he’s not purely using magic. I can sense his magic received enhancement from a force that’s distinct from magic power, divine power, and battle aura."
"Hm?" Ren’s brow furrowed slightly.
A force distinct from magic power, divine power, battle aura, and the like, but it enhanced magic—did such special energy even exist in this world?!
He searched his memories but found no answer. Similar information exchanges across the entire Magic Net all discussed things from imagination—in reality, they were fundamentally still these few types of power.
"Wait, you mean..."
"Before the God of War died, he said Lady Dream was dead, that she’d been killed. But how exactly was Lady Dream, a deity who mainly lived in the mortal realm, killed? How could the War God do it? We were curious about that at the time."
Hearing this, Ren nodded slightly. "We were thinking at the time that when we had time, we definitely needed to go to the Tulip Kingdom and see what went wrong."
The Goddess of Magic slowly spoke her speculation: "I’m thinking—could it be that Lady Dream’s death wasn’t mainly because of the God of War, but because of that signal the God of War mentioned? Perhaps forces from beyond the planet already invaded long ago and have been in the Tulip Kingdom this whole time?"
"Or maybe at that time, Lady Dream’s side didn’t have problems yet. After the God of War killed Lady Dream, his Tulip Kingdom became corrupted by forces from beyond the planet?"
The Goddess of Magic made an extremely bold guess—so bold it startled even Her.
If that so-called signal, if forces from beyond the planet had already entered this world, then what did they want to do?
What exactly happened in the Tulip Kingdom?
What exactly did that killed guy discover? Why was he being hunted by people from the Tulip Kingdom, and why did he absolutely have to be eliminated?!
The moment one speculation appeared, a series of doubts came flooding in like crazy.
"Looks like we need to go to the Tulip Kingdom soon." After pondering for a moment, Ren finally spoke his thoughts.