Chapter 58

And.

Over these years.

He studied the Divine Book day and night and had mastered all the knowledge in it!

Under heaven.

There was absolutely no one more learned than him!

Thinking of this.

The fifty-year-old man, full of spirit, left the imperial palace directly.

Heading to the temple.

Kneeling devoutly before the temple.

"Great Yan Kingdom Emperor, Yan, requests to see the deity!"

He lowered his head and stated the purpose of his visit.

Unfortunately...

A few minutes later.

In the temple, there was no abnormality.

He was not anxious or annoyed, and continued: "Yan has been on the throne for twenty-two years, has read the Divine Book, and implemented various policies..."

Immediately after.

He told all his achievements over the past twenty-two years.

"Deity, Yan has mastered the heavenly book and knows everything in the world."

"Under heaven, the most learned person is none other than Yan."

"The person qualified to listen to the deity's teachings is also none other than Yan."

"Therefore..."

He took a deep breath and bowed again: "Yan, I implore to see the deity!"

And at the very front of the temple.

Above the statue, Qin Mu was floating in the void, gazing at him.

It must be said.

Yan had done an incredibly excellent job in these twenty-two years.

But...

"A bit too arrogant, having learned some middle school knowledge, he dares to claim to know everything?"

Qin Mu shook his head helplessly.

In that volume of the "Book of Civilization".

He only added the most basic knowledge.

At most, it was equivalent to the level of a middle school student on Earth before crossing over.

They were political systems, economy, people's livelihood, military strategy, and the manufacture of wonders.

Regarding the manufacture of wonders...

It was also just giving some basic scientific knowledge.

Because he was worried that the humans on Blue Star would advance too fast and not be able to digest it.

Didn't expect...

This Yan actually learned all the knowledge in the Divine Book so quickly.

Thinking slightly.

He decided to knock Yan down a peg.

Therefore...

With a wave of his hand.

A line of text appeared out of thin air in the sky.

"Do you know the shape of the earth under your feet? And what is the shape of the sky above your head?"

As soon as this question appeared.

Yan became excited instantly.

Since the deity's manifestation twenty-two years ago, this was the second time the deity had sent down a divine revelation!

And it was still a question.

Obviously, this was the deity testing him.

He took a deep breath.

And began to think carefully.

"Everyone knows that the sky is round and the earth is square, but the question asked by the deity is obviously not that simple!"

"According to the world map, the land where the Great Yan Kingdom is located is roughly an irregular square..."

Soon.

He frowned again.

"No! Since the deity asked this, the scope of the earth is definitely not limited to land!"

"Even if there is a vast ocean outside the land, under the ocean... there is still earth!"

"It is just submerged earth!"

"If it were someone else, they would definitely not be able to answer this question, but my Great Yan Kingdom has spent more than ten years sailing and has long found the boundaries of the ocean!"

Thinking and thinking.

Yan's eyes became brighter and brighter.

He slowly raised his head and said with great confidence: "The earth under our feet is pentagonal!"

Above the statue.

Qin Mu, who was floating in mid-air, twitched his mouth: "..."

God, a pentagon.

The Blue Star he evolved was clearly a sphere!

This Yan didn't even discover the truth about Blue Star, yet he had the nerve to claim he knew everything in the world.

And under the statue.

Yan waited for a long time and found that the deity had not answered him.

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The confidence on his face gradually disappeared.

Then he looked at the second half of the question.

He comforted himself: "Maybe the deity saw that I didn't answer the question completely."

Therefore.

He took a deep breath and answered again: "The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, with a circular arc, hanging high in the sky, so the sky... is circular!"

After speaking.

He waited expectantly.

This time.

He got a reply from the "deity".

That question gradually disappeared.

Replacing it...

Was a brand new line of text.

"Go back, and when you find the answer, come to the temple again."

Seeing this line of text.

Yan's face turned pale instantly.

He didn't expect...

That he didn't get a single one right!

"Wrong? Both wrong? I actually got them all wrong?"

For a moment.

He suddenly doubted life.

He claimed to have read the Divine Book and knew everything in the world.

As a result...

He couldn't even answer the two questions given by the deity!

Such a person as him.

What face did he have to request to see the deity?

I don't know how long it took.

Yan slowly stood up and left the temple staggeringly.

Imperial palace.

Yan left the temple in a daze and returned here.

The first thing he did was to bring over that huge world map.

The land of the Great Yan Kingdom was in the middle.

Surrounded by the vast ocean.

And the boundaries of the ocean...

According to the exploration of the long-distance fleet, it was indeed pentagonal!

But the answer he gave...

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Was obviously wrong.

And.

It seemed to be a bit ridiculously wrong.

"Where exactly did it go wrong?"

He sat blankly in front of the world map, staring at it without blinking.

Outside the land.

Thousands of islands had been marked.

Connected to each other.

And corresponded to the maps of other fleets.

There was no discrepancy.

So...

This map should be correct!

"But the deity said the earth is not this shape... doesn't that mean the world boundaries drawn on the map are not the real boundaries?"

He stood up abruptly and realized it instantly!

"Are there more world boundaries than this?"

He widened his eyes.

And fell into confusion again.

In the later years of navigation exploration, the islands explored by the long-distance fleets were almost all duplicates!

There were no more new island discoveries!

If the world still had boundaries.

Then where were the boundaries?

He frowned and fell into long contemplation.

A full night passed.

The next morning.

He stood up abruptly, his tired eyes flashing with light: "No matter where the boundaries of the world are, as long as I persist in sailing in one direction, I will eventually reach the boundaries of the world!"

After a night of thinking.

He gradually figured it out.

Those fleets sailing the ocean were all following his orders to explore new islands.

Therefore...

The direction was not fixed.

They might have wandered around and lost their way.

So they never explored the real boundaries!

Thinking of this.

He immediately convened the morning court.

And issued an edict: "Order, immediately organize a long-distance fleet; this time, do not search for islands, only explore the boundaries!"

"This fleet will set sail from the east coast and head straight east; do not turn back until you reach the boundary!"

"Name it, Explorer!"

The twenty-second year of the Great Yan Calendar.

The fleet named Explorer was successfully formed.

The whole fleet had twelve large ships, carrying a total of over 500 people!

The Explorer set sail from the east coast of the Great Yan Kingdom, following the footsteps of the rising sun, and headed east all the way!

And Yan...

Waited quietly in the imperial palace for news.

Above the endless ocean.

Qin Mu saw the Explorer set off and head east.

He nodded slightly.

"The system's deduction was really not wrong, this Yan... is very suitable for developing a technological civilization."

The spirit of exploration is extremely abundant.

And very smart.

Only one day passed.

Yan found a way to explore the boundaries of the world.

"Just don't know what Yan's reaction will be when he sees the Explorer return from the west coast..."

Qin Mu curled his lips and showed a smile.

Blue Star is a sphere.

As long as you keep sailing in a straight line...

You can definitely return to the starting point!

The twenty-third year of the Great Yan Calendar.

It had been a year since the Explorer set off.

Yan waited for news of the Explorer every day.

But...

Since the Explorer sailed east, there was no news.

There was no word.

Therefore.

Every day after dealing with state affairs, he would order people to go to the east coast to check the situation.

Once the Explorer returned, report it immediately.