179: The nascent encyclopedia and the warning of "knowledge pollution"

As soon as the "cloud court encyclopedia" plan was proposed, it attracted the attention of the Research Community and even more onlookers, like a magnet. The Logic Federation, Holy Land Alliance, and Artifact Spirit Collective, these three main forces, quickly took action. Following the preliminary drafted guidelines, they began to continuously inject their respective "living water" of knowledge into the still-under-construction shared knowledge base, which was reliant on the "dao rhyme compiler".

The Logic Federation contributed a massive amount of initially validated environmental monitoring data, physical rule models, energy conversion algorithms, and their analysis reports on "special samples" such as the spirit net of artifact spirits and the Golden Koi papers. This data was uniformly formatted and logically rigorous, acting as the sturdy "skeleton" of the knowledge base.

The Holy Land Alliance entered an immense collection of cultivation scripture abstracts, insights from past sages, descriptions of various Heaven And Earth Treasure and rule anomalies, and new understandings they gained through recent "Cloud Studies" research. This knowledge was full of Concept and subjective color, like the flowing "blood" and "Spiritual Qi" within the knowledge base.

The Artifact Spirit Collective, connected through the spirit net, provided their most direct and purest data streams of perception regarding the entire outer Cloud Court rule field, as well as unique "experiences" accumulated during their own evolution, based on rule resonance. This information was raw and complex, like uncarved "raw jade" within the knowledge base.

The "dao rhyme compiler" operated at full capacity, like a tireless weaver, attempting to interweave these knowledge threads of different natures. The embryonic form of the knowledge base, a virtual information aggregate radiating a chaotic luster and with constantly flowing light and shadow within, began to slowly rotate and expand in the Void Realm.

Researchers from all sides could connect to this knowledge base with specific permissions for querying, retrieval, and limited interaction. The Early Stage experience was full of pleasant surprises.

When a Federation scientist was researching the topic of "the rate of material erosion by Chaos Qi Flow," through a knowledge base search, he not only found the Federation's own observation data but also linked to Myriad Grass Everlasting Spring Valley's records of a certain "Erosion World Moss" stubbornly surviving in a chaotic environment, as well as the Artifact Spirit Collective's perception fragments about specific rule frequencies that could slow down erosion. The multi-source information mutually confirmed and supplemented each other, allowing him to instantly Break through his Bottleneck.

When a Holy Land Disciple was comprehending a profound escape technique, through the knowledge base, he unexpectedly found the Logic Federation's mathematical model for "instantaneous changes in local spatial curvature" (enhanced with Concept by the compiler). Although he couldn't fully understand the formulas, the spatial distortion imagery outlined by the model gave him a sudden enlightenment regarding the core Profound Truth of the escape technique.

The knowledge base seemed like an omnipotent intermediary, dissolving knowledge barriers between different civilizations in its unique way.

However, with the explosive growth of input data, some potential problems also began to quietly emerge.

The first to notice the abnormality was the Logic Federation's quality control team. They found that some information retrieved from the knowledge base, especially those originating from the Holy Land Alliance and carrying strong subjective intentions and Sect imprints of "insights," occasionally contained some imperceptible "information residues" that were not knowledge itself.

For instance, in an Elder of Heavenly Secrets Pavilion's insights on "stellar trajectory deduction," besides the methodology, there was also an implicit strong belief in the "supreme" nature of his Sect's deduction techniques and a hint of exclusiveness; in a Thousand Illusions Sound and Rhythm Mansion Disciple's "Dao Sound Listening Notes," there remained a persistent fondness for a specific musical style... These "information residues" themselves had no substantial content, but were more like emotional, intentional "background noise." They had little impact when read individually, but when a massive amount of such information converged in the knowledge base and was continuously interacted with and fused by the "dao rhyme compiler," these subtle "noises" began to produce strange superposition and resonance effects!

Dr. Li named this phenomenon—"Knowledge Pollution."

"This is not malicious, but an unconscious 'leakage of intention,'" Dr. Li solemnly pointed out at an internal meeting. "But when these intentional fragments, carrying personal or Sect biases, accumulate to a certain degree in the knowledge base, they may invisibly influence the thought tendencies of other retrievers, and even... distort their perception of objective knowledge!"

Almost simultaneously, the Holy Land Alliance also discovered similar problems. Several Elders with keen spiritual perception, when reviewing some cutting-edge technological theories (processed by the compiler) entered by the Federation into the knowledge base, vaguely felt a cold, spirituality-rejecting "logical oppressive sensation." Prolonged exposure made them restless, as if their own "Dao Heart" was being subtly "formatted"!

"This is not the meaning of the Great Dao encompassing all things!" The Master of Heavenly Secrets Pavilion said with a grave expression. "It seems that a foreign 'Dao Mark' has infiltrated the knowledge base, attempting to assimilate our Dao foundation!"

Both sides realized that while the "cloud court encyclopedia" brought immense convenience, it also hid risks that could not be ignored. If this "Knowledge Pollution" was left unchecked, this Holy Land of knowledge, intended to integrate the wisdom of all realms, might eventually turn into an ideological battlefield that distorts cognition and even triggers civilizational conflicts!

"A purification and filtering mechanism must be established!" Dr. Li and the Master of Heavenly Secrets Pavilion almost simultaneously reached this conclusion.

However, how to purify? Who would set the standards? What kind of "intention" counts as pollution? What kind of "logic" counts as oppression? This itself was an extremely sensitive and complex issue, and a slight misstep could lead to accusations of "cultural hegemony" or "Dao lineage cleansing."

Just as the Research Community was racking its brains and arguing endlessly over this, the Golden Koi in the Cloud Court Pond once again demonstrated its extraordinary "wisdom."

It seemed to sense the increasingly complex "information ecosystem" and the faintly transmitted "pollution agitation" in the knowledge base. This time, it didn't spit out analysis bubbles or navigation bubbles, but instead, facing the direction of the knowledge base, it spat out a series of extremely tiny, yet incredibly precise and complex "purification bubbles."

These bubbles, like living nanobots, silently merged into the vast information flow of the knowledge base. They did not directly delete or modify any data, but rather, like efficient "immune cells," they specifically sought out and "neutralized" those strong, exclusive personal intentional fragments and rigid logical framework residues mixed within the knowledge!

The core knowledge content of the information visited by the "purification bubbles" remained unchanged, but the accompanying "emotional noise" and "thinking inertia" were greatly weakened, becoming more "pure" and "neutral."

The overall atmosphere of the knowledge base was instantly cleared!

Researchers from both the Logic Federation and the Holy Land Alliance clearly felt that when retrieving knowledge again, the invisible "sense of oppression" and "inducement" had greatly diminished, and the process of acquiring knowledge became smoother and more peaceful.

"It's it! It's that Golden Koi again!" Dr. Li exclaimed in astonishment, looking at the peculiar purification effect trajectory in the monitoring data. "It seems to inherently understand how to maintain a... 'ecological balance' of knowledge!"

The Master of Heavenly Secrets Pavilion also sighed with emotion: "The Sacred Koi's action aligns with the Heavenly Dao's ultimate impartiality! Removing the dross and preserving the essence, retaining its spirit and eliminating its impurities, it truly is the 'Guardian Spirit' of the knowledge base!"

With the unintentional help of the Golden Koi, the crisis of "Knowledge Pollution" was initially brought under control. The Research Community also took the opportunity to formulate stricter knowledge input norms and review procedures, and decided to add a continuously running "background purification module" to the "dao rhyme compiler," based on the principle of the Golden Koi's "purification bubbles."

Inside the Star Gazing Hall, Yun Feng sensed that the knowledge base had returned to stability after a small disturbance, and his gaze once again fell upon the indispensable Golden Koi. It was leisurely swallowing and spitting water from the Pond, as if it had just done something insignificant.

"Governing a large country is like cooking small fish," Yun Feng murmured softly, a slight smile on his lips. "Governing knowledge is also like this."

A wisp of Chaos Qi escaped from his fingertip, not heading towards the knowledge base, but merging into the water of the Pond.

The Pond water rippled slightly, shimmering with the luster of wisdom.

After experiencing initial Chaos and purification, the "cloud court encyclopedia" entered a healthier and more stable development stage. This treasure trove, which gathered the wisdom crystallization of all realms, was shaping the perception of the world for all its connected users in an unprecedented way. And its guardians, besides the diligent researchers, also included a fish hidden deep within the Cloud Court, yet always able to set things right at critical moments.