Internet forums, also known as electronic bulletin boards.
You could say they were the very first widespread application of the internet—no contest.
The structure was incredibly simple.
Even so, getting the "book" to understand it took Ren quite a bit of effort.
By the time they had the "app" figured out, the doll had already finished several prototypes.
They looked like mirrors.
"This isn't the mortal realm—magic power is everywhere here. Conoscenza, try establishing connections with these magical devices."
"Of course, no problem! Honestly, Lord Ren, your wisdom is truly admirable. Even someone blessed by the God of Wisdom probably couldn't compare to you. There was once a person who..."
"Book, Conoscenza, I'm ordering you to connect with these mirrors right now."
The moment Ren's voice dropped, purple light emanated from the book and flashed by.
"Connection complete. Lord Ren, even if you hadn't ordered me, I would have eagerly connected them. I'm really looking forward to this amazing magic succeeding. I long to help the Goddess, just as she gave me life. Of course, I'll definitely obey your orders—you're the person with the second-highest authority in this divine realm..."
The book kept rambling on, but Ren ignored it completely and focused on the mirror.
The moment the connection was established, the image in the mirror changed.
A blank forum with no posts appeared before him.
Very simple.
It didn't even have separate sections yet.
After all, they were in another world—no need to make things too complicated right now.
Ren figured the more complex it was, the harder it would be for people to accept.
Once they built up some users and people started discussing things, then they could organize it better.
As for other features, that was way down the line.
"You can use it directly—I've already input magic power." The doll noticed Ren's gaze and explained: "Take a look and see if it matches your vision. Is there anything that needs changing?"
Ren nodded slightly and reached out, quickly filling in username information, then created a post—[I Want to Collect All the World's Magic, Please Help Me Everyone!]
Posted successfully.
Then he quickly opened the post and wrote a reply—[Fireball, Ice Freeze, Entangle...]
Reply successful!
Just as he was about to test it with another mirror, a second reply had already appeared—[Soul Devour, Annihilation Bullet, Doomsday Judgment...]
"I suspect you're targeting me, and I have proof..."
Ren looked up at the doll who was messing with a mirror not far away and sighed: "Whatever. Go somewhere in the divine realm as far from us as possible and test whether it works normally at long distances."
"You can also test the friend system and private chat features."
"Sure." The doll showed a mischievous smile of success and instantly disappeared.
Friend request accepted.
"I'm now 30,000 meters away from you. Can you receive this?"
The moment he got the message, Ren's face broke into a huge smile: "Yes! Are the other features working normally?"
The book seemed extremely excited too, its massive body floating around nearby.
Usually so chatty, it was now too excited to speak.
30,000 meters away, the doll's face was also full of excitement.
It really worked!
Using magic power and Conoscenza, they could let people within magic power range communicate with each other and save text information for later users to browse.
The entire spellcaster community would change because of this!
Not a single spellcaster could refuse such a tool.
She could already imagine countless spellcasters praying to it.
After a simple test confirmed all functions worked normally, the doll instantly reappeared beside Ren and the others.
"How was it, doll?"
"Not bad, though it feels like it lacks some fun..."
"You're lying, Betty. I can clearly feel your excitement. Your wisdom can definitely imagine that as more and more people use this... this... this thing, both its entertainment and functionality will improve dramatically. It's not good behavior to lie to Lord Ren like this. You must also see the huge potential of this magical device..."
The doll's expression changed subtly. Seemingly worried the book would keep running its mouth, she quickly spoke up: "We haven't named this thing yet, which makes it inconvenient to refer to."
"Internet. Magic Internet."
Ren said a name almost without hesitation: "And this forum... bulletin board, let's call it Magic Space."
"In...Internet? What a damn tongue-twister! How did you think of that?" The book tried to say "Internet" but got stuck several times before managing it: "Magic Space is a decent name—a space for discussing magic. Lord Ren, In...Internet, damn that name is really too hard to pronounce. How about we change it? Maybe just call it Goddess of Magic's Conoscenza..."
Ren, who had originally wanted to explain the meaning of the term, instantly lost interest.
Even the satisfaction from his little prank was greatly reduced by this thing's constant chatter.
"Book, shut up! This In...thing was invented by Lord Ren, so naming rights belong to him. That was the Goddess's original directive!"
The doll scolded angrily, then turned her gaze to Ren: "I really want to crack open your skull and see what's inside—why you have such good ideas and such weird names."
"Actually, I've had ideas like this for a while. I just need to connect myself to the magic core, and I can spread teachings to the world, surrounding them with hypnotic whispers..."
"Enough! I don't want to hear proposals the Goddess rejected." The doll seemed thoroughly annoyed by the book too: "I'll go report to the Goddess outside the realm right now. You guys wait here..."
"Fine, as long as you're not going to get milk, I'll wait however long you want."
Ren nodded with a smile, but when he realized no one got his reference, he could only sigh helplessly: "Before that, I have one more question. Can this transceiver device change its appearance? Mirrors are too inconvenient."
"We need to design a more portable shape, preferably accessories like bracelets or rings that create this kind of 'display area' when activated."
"If that won't work, then design it as a smaller, more portable mirror..."
"That's not a problem at all." The doll shook her head: "Appearance is the simplest thing. Even the rings you mentioned would just need some simple magical runes carved on them."
She didn't understand why mere appearance was worth Ren mentioning specifically, but considering everything was Ren's invention, maybe humans had some particular requirements about this?
It was possible.
Nobles in the mortal realm always liked to complicate simple things.
The doll looked deeply at Ren. This guy seemed to be a major noble too.
Soon.
The doll returned.
She brought back several pieces of news.
"Due to insufficient faith, the Goddess needs to maintain the divine realm barrier and can't get away for now. This matter is entirely in Lord Ren's hands—we'll assist you."
Despite looking unwilling, the doll still conveyed the Goddess's message: "Also, regarding the prayer words, according to the Goddess, each activation requires praying to the Goddess of Magic and the God of Internet to activate."
"God of Internet?" Ren was somewhat stunned: "I just invented the internet—where's this deity coming from?"