After chatting with Lumine, Dehya asked, "By the way, what did that Nahida person say?"
Paimon repeated, "She said the Akasha runs on the Gnosis. It is the manifestation of the God of Wisdom's power. It integrates the wisdom of all the people and bestows knowledge upon them."
[Furina: Integrating the wisdom of all the people and bestowing knowledge upon them... what a wondrous power. Can the Hydro Gnosis distinguish good from evil and uphold justice?]
[Focalors: Furina, the Hydro Gnosis has no such function. Though you and I are the God of Justice, the Hydro Gnosis is not the manifestation of justice.]
[Paimon: I know. It is like how Ei is the God of Eternity, but eternity is Ei's ideal, not her authority.]
[Lumine: Zhongli is the God of Contracts. Contracts are also Zhongli's ideal.]
[Ningguang: Integrating the wisdom of all the people... Dendro power is truly a wondrous force.]
[Lumine: Geo power can create rocks and rare ores. That is also impressive.]
"Integrating the wisdom of all the people and bestowing knowledge upon them... wait a moment." Dehya noticed a blind spot. "Bestowing knowledge upon people is easy to understand—people have always been acquiring knowledge from the Akasha. But what does 'integrating the wisdom of all the people' mean?"
Paimon said, "Perhaps the Sages input knowledge into the Akasha."
Lumine shook her head. "The Akasha's knowledge comes from Irminsul."
Lumine suddenly thought of the fact that the people of Sumeru do not dream.
"I think the mental exhaustion might be caused by the Akasha."
Dehya said, "Is that so? Now that I think about it, I can also feel an abnormal mental exhaustion."
"I remember when desert folk sought knowledge, the Sages also said that knowledge is never free."
"Could it be that the Akasha is requisitioning our brains in order to integrate the wisdom of all the people?"
"Come to think of it, since it can feed knowledge to us, it can naturally tamper with our brains as well. It is not hard to guess."
[Dehya: Wait a minute. So the Akasha has this kind of ability? No wonder such an amazing device was given out for free by the Akademiya. If you put on an Akasha Terminal, you are being harvested by the Akademiya.]
[Cyno: As the Akademiya's General Mahamatra, I was completely unaware of this. Is it a secret known only to a few Sages?]
[Nilou: It sounds like there is a massive conspiracy behind the Akasha.]
[Cyno: What are the Sages trying to do?]
[Paimon: Whatever they are trying to do, they do not deserve to be called Sages. They are just a bunch of selfish petty people.]
[Lumine: Paimon is right. They do not deserve the title of Sage at all.]
Paimon was confused. "But what benefit do they get from doing this?"
Dehya quickly responded, "Think about it. If you integrate the wisdom of all the people, is that not the same as using all of Sumeru as a giant brain?"
"Even the smartest people cannot figure out some problems. Using this giant brain might produce new results."
Nahida looked at Dehya and nodded. "Excellent deduction. I like the metaphor of Sumeru as a giant brain."
[Paimon: So that is the truth?]
[Nahida: Yes. That is the truth.]
Paimon said, "Then, if we just take off our Akasha Terminals, maybe the problem will be solved."
Dehya nodded. "Yes. I was only wearing this as a formality. I never expected the Sages to be scheming like this. After this is over, I will definitely find the evidence and make this public."