These believers of the Church of Technology present were basically people with eight hundred schemes each, tons of ideas, even more ideas that could bring huge profits. On the surface they were all friendly with each other, but behind the scenes there was plenty of calculation going on.

However.

Just as they were battling wits and courage, suddenly the geometric shapes in the sky began rapidly changing. Then a flash of light appeared, and a book materialized in front of each person. Written on it was "Literacy Campaign, General Education, and Magic-Tech Industrialization."

Originally, one of Ren's goals today was to make them understand the importance of education. He never expected they'd already bring it up themselves.

It was just that between them, it was really... Whatever, Ren decided to speed things up a bit.

Currently, in the mortal realm, the illiteracy rate exceeded 90%. The rural illiteracy rate was over 99%. In some places, within a radius of ten miles and eight villages, aside from the manor lord's family at the knight's manor, there wasn't a single other person who could read.

This would limit the development of the magic-tech industry and also limit the development of the Magic Net... Hell, to put it bluntly, with such a low literacy rate, even the upcoming agricultural production would become incredibly difficult. Names, farming tools, fertilizer and potion instructions, scientific planting methods—if they couldn't read any of it, how could they adapt to the new era?!

The literacy campaign was urgent!

Viscount Roster, the dwarf elf Labrechaun, and others looked at the books before them with some dullness. Sure enough, the god was paying attention to everything they discussed?!

So their performance just now?

Quite a few people showed worried expressions.

However, the well-traveled Roster, and special individuals like Labrechaun who wasn't even a true believer but had been pulled in, reacted quickly. With a light cough, Roster quickly opened the book before him. "Everyone, look quickly. Once these books leave the Tech Lab, we definitely won't be able to view them anymore."

As he spoke, he'd already opened the book in front of him. The first page had a single sentence: "Promote literacy education, gradually reduce illiteracy, enhance production efficiency, enter the technological era." A simple sentence, yet it made Viscount Roster's imagination run wild, thinking of many, many things.

The book elaborated in detail on the impact of literacy and general education on production and daily life. It focused on describing what kind of talent was needed during magic-tech industrial development, how to cultivate such talent, including "factory schools," "mine study groups," "field study groups," "night schools," "elementary schools," "vocational schools," and so on. There were even specialized detailed chapters like "Literacy Program for Working-Class Amateur Schools" and more.

Starting from basic information like recognizing numbers, calendars, and clocks, to keeping accounts, recognizing Magic Conductor equipment, recognizing druid potions, and so on—different educational programs for different groups of people... Even Viscount Roster and the others were dumbstruck watching this.

Even a place as strong as Roster territory would probably need a huge investment to accomplish all this. Moreover, they knew that everything described here didn't encompass everything—it was just some directions the god gave them. In reality, there were even more areas that needed them to think through, perfect, and expand themselves.

Fortunately, what benefits would come after achieving these things was also written clearly, giving them plenty of motivation. Plus, it also proposed many cost-saving plans like "the people teach the people, the capable become teachers," "family teaches family, neighbor teaches neighbor, lover teaches lover, son teaches father," which also made them breathe easier.

Hiring enough scholars as teachers would cost a fortune. But if they taught each other letters, and everyone who learned and taught could receive a small gift, the cost would instantly decrease a lot. It seemed like something they could actually accomplish.

"Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! I've thought about how cultivating talent is important, but I never thought it could be done like this! Build schools, have all children enter schools, accept learning and shaping of the same knowledge and values between different groups of people! This way, when these kids finish their studies, they'll become excellent magic-tech talent!"

Viscount Roster finally couldn't help but cry out in amazement. "As for adults, their learning ability has greatly declined, so just lower what they need to learn. Let them complete some basic knowledge, that's all. With just a little stimulation, they'll definitely be willing to work hard to learn all this after finishing a day's work! Before long, we can cultivate a large group of people who can promote Magic Conductor development!"

"Yeah, same as what I was thinking, but the god's is more comprehensive..." Labrechaun also couldn't help but sigh. "But speaking of which, Viscount Roster, when you build schools, remember to provide meals for students. According to observations by druids of my race, most commoners of your human race suffer from malnutrition, causing their brains to not fully develop, preventing them from unleashing their full potential."

At these words, quite a few people showed skeptical expressions.

Commoners only have low intelligence because of eating problems?

This obviously didn't quite match many people's understanding.

But Viscount Roster nodded very firmly. "Of course, I know about this."

Compared to Labrechaun staying on the surface, Viscount Roster was even already thinking about how to use his first-mover advantage to get more nobles to voluntarily conduct this kind of education. The magic-tech industrial era couldn't be completed by just one territory. He needed to drive more non-believer lords to make the same choice too!

The divine realm.

"Is this really all it takes?" Betty watched Ren's operation with some confusion. "Just by having them look at this book, the literacy rate in the mortal realm will skyrocket? Throughout this whole process, it seems like they need to pay a huge price. Even if believers of the Church of Technology are willing, will other lord nobles be willing too?"

Just now, she'd watched Ren take less than a minute to write this book, then project it into the Tech Lab, after which he stopped paying attention. So she also used speed-reading magic to quickly browse through it, and then became even more confused.

Although there were many plans inside and the importance was described very clearly, she could also see the huge cost involved. During this past period, Roster and them had been producing Magic Conductors wishing they could split one gold coin in half to spend. Let alone this huge investment in education—especially in some areas, it looked like there'd be no returns in the short term, possibly never any returns, requiring continuous transfusions forever. Under such circumstances, how could it influence more lords to do this?

"This is just the method. What really influences them is Magic Conductors." Ren smiled and waved his hand. Mining-type Magic Conductor machinery, ore transport Magic Conductor trains, magic-powered spinning machines, magic-powered tractors... Images of Magic Conductors rapidly appeared before him. "These devices will push those nobles to make the right choices! For profit, they'll do many things that would seem pretty bizarre in the past."

The Magic Conductor era, though no longer requiring large numbers of magicians like before, needed lots of literate "high-grade laborers" throughout the entire production and usage process. These "high-grade laborers" obviously cost way, way less than mage apprentices.

Those lords, just thinking about the profits, would make appropriate choices.

As for what comes after... Once the Magic Conductor era started, the entire society would enter high-speed transformation. The demand for literate people would keep increasing. You could say that from the moment they accepted Magic Conductors, everything was already destined.

"Then why not publish 'Literacy Campaign, General Education, and Magic-Tech Industrialization' on the reading app?" Betty was still a bit confused. If they published it directly, presumably even more people could see it, just like the previous "Magic Conductors from Beginner to Buried." So why this time was it only shown to a few people?

"Because publishing it directly would be meaningless. On the contrary, it would hinder subsequent development." Ren shook his head slightly. "As for the reason, think about it yourself. Don't make me explain everything in detail to you."

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