The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 287 - 276 Teaching Room

Chapter 287: Chapter 276 Teaching Room

Manbao asked, "Is it like the simulation display, where I can simulate the selected text?"

Manbao had previously used this feature when she wanted to learn how to grow Chinese yam.

Keke said, "There is a fundamental difference; the teaching room is more like a privilege that the encyclopedia gives to the host."

It said, "In the future, wisdom species have many ways to learn knowledge, and buying books and courses in the encyclopedia is the simplest one. The teaching room I was talking about is the course offered within the encyclopedia."

"If the host wants to learn medical skills, then it’s not enough to just self-study by reading books. Using the teaching room is the most efficient method," Keke stated.

Manbao looked down at her elder brother, Zhou SiLang, and asked, "Can I quickly learn about injuries like brother’s?"

"If the host chooses to learn from the book ’Orthopedics Basics,’ you will learn it very quickly."

"How expensive is the teaching room? How many points does a book cost?"

"It’s calculated based on the duration of the teacher’s class," Keke explained. "All the books in the encyclopedia, as long as they have been taught by a teacher, can be searched for. The price is based on the class’s value, duration, and other comprehensive factors—it varies."

After pausing for a moment, Keke continued, "That’s why I suggest that the host purchases the lifetime entitlement of the teaching room. It’s a discount privilege available only to hosts bound by all universes. Once purchased, no matter what course you want to learn in the encyclopedia in the future, it won’t charge again."

Manbao rolled her eyes and asked, "Does it include learning about things like people flying in the sky in the future?"

Keke chuckled, "Yes."

But what’s the use?

If you learn how to pilot a flying vehicle, you need to have a flying vehicle, right?

If you learn how to build a flying vehicle, then you also need to learn about mechanics, materials, sensory nerves, and chips, etc.

But even if you learn all of the above, you won’t be able to make it happen because all these things don’t exist in this era. If you want to create them, you’ll have to study further back, which falls into the category of historical development of each science, and you’ll need to trace back at least six thousand years.

Therefore, many hosts, even if they have the system, won’t be able to use the technology in the encyclopedia unless their era is very close to it or they are in a remote area of this era.

The main system and the wisdom species that control the main system aren’t afraid of the encyclopedia’s technology being learned by others.

Because the truly advanced part is never found within the encyclopedia, nor is it something they can learn just by obtaining the data.

As a system that has had several hosts and seen both success and failure, guiding hosts to choose the correct direction of development has become its most important task.

No way around it; although its main data only has the task of recording rare species, the system knows that to complete this task, it must ensure the host stays alive, lives well, and lives powerfully.

So to a certain extent, the former depends on the latter for existence, just as it depends on the host.

Therefore, Keke quickly dispelled Manbao’s idea of learning impractical high technologies, but still told her that she could learn, as long as the encyclopedia had the relevant class recorded.

"What if I search for the course and don’t buy the book?"

Keke’s reply could not help but contain laughter, "Of course."

If you can understand without the textbook.

Excited, Manbao asked, "How many points will that cost?"

"As it’s a discount for all hosts, it only requires eighteen thousand points," Keke stated.

Manbao: ...

"However, we are currently having an event for the 499th year of peace in the Interstellar Union, and the encyclopedia is offering a half-price discount. If you want to buy, I will report it to the main system and let you enjoy this offer too. Then it will only cost you nine thousand points," Keke continued.

Feeling it was expensive, Manbao puckered her lips and said nothing.

Keke then said, "Host, this is a privilege that even the wisdom species of the future can’t enjoy. Think about it, how many lessons and knowledge are there in an entire interstellar encyclopedia? An electric baton costs a hundred thousand points, but the teaching room that encompasses these courses is only nine thousand points."

Now Manbao felt it wasn’t expensive. She tilted her head and thought about it; learning indeed seemed to be an expensive endeavor. "Okay, but why is the electric baton so expensive?"

"Because that’s a weapon, and it’s a weapon far beyond the technology of this era," Keke explained.

"Don’t forget, I belong to the encyclopedia, and one of the main functions of the encyclopedia is to disseminate knowledge."

So, it’s very friendly towards the hosts of various systems who are learning knowledge. From Keke’s perspective, Manbao learning from the encyclopedia is the most valuable.

Because the knowledge of this world is too precious, and the knowledge within the encyclopedia is too vast.

Even the most profound noble families of this world, with their collection of books and knowledge, can’t compare to the encyclopedia.

If the people of this era knew of the convenience Manbao had, their jealousy would be unimaginable.

With her humble background, she has gained a cultural foundation beyond that of noble families.

That’s what others have taken a thousand years to accumulate.

Meanwhile, Manbao was completely unaware, caught between the pain of spending and her amazement.

The pain came from having nine thousand of her recently earned ten thousand bonus points spent, and the amazement was due to the arrangement of the teaching room.

The system acted quickly; once Manbao confirmed, Keke swiftly obtained the encyclopedia’s consent, sold the teaching room to Manbao at half-price, and then took a sizeable commission, cough cough... Of course, this need not be told to Manbao.

Manbao bid farewell to Zhou SiLang, who was dozing off, returned to her room, and immersed her consciousness into playing in the teaching room.

The layout of the teaching room was a bit like a school classroom but not quite.

Because there was only one table and one chair in a classroom, and besides a table on the podium, there was a dark object on the wall.

Square-shaped.

Since the walls were all white, that one big block of black was quite conspicuous. Out of curiosity, Manbao watched it for a while, even poked it, found it was just a hard wall, and then went back to sit down properly.

Keke said, "The host can now choose a course for learning."

A search box appeared before her eyes, and next to it was a column of vertically listed text displaying her purchased books. Some were highlighted, others grayed out.

Manbao noticed that the gray ones were all the various storybooks she had bought, like ’The History Scumbag’ Keke recommended.

Keke explained, "The highlighted ones indicate that the encyclopedia has relevant courses recorded, while the gray ones do not."

Manbao was curious, "Why don’t any of the storybooks have courses?"

Keke: "...Those are for entertainment purposes, written in vernacular, what else is there to explain? Didn’t you understand the stories?"

"I did understand them."

"See, even you at seven understand them, what do we need teachers for?"

Manbao thought Keke made sense.