Since no one present had any experience in building a house, Mo Yuming decided to go to the library to find some relevant books.

Fortunately, he saw on the map that there were two libraries in City E.

Mo Yuming decided to build the base first, and then move these books into the base. Human civilization must not be interrupted.

The crowd split into two groups, Mo Yuming and others went to the library in the west, while Cai Jianxiang and others went to the library in the south.

Huo Siyu was hanging in the sky, quietly following Mo Yuming.

After arriving at the library in the west, Mo Yuming used his skills to open the door, but after pushing it, he found that the door still could not be opened.

It's strange, this skill has never had any problems?

"Could it be that the door is stuck by something inside?" Ling Xuan also pushed it and saw the size of the gap in the door. He felt that it was not a failure to unlock the door.

"I'll go to the second floor and take a look." Xiaoyuan jumped off Mo Yuming's shoulder, climbed up along the pipe of the library, and then broke through the window to enter.

A few minutes later, there was a clang sound behind the door.

"Hey, shovel boy, I took down the iron pillar." Xiaoyuan's voice came from inside.

Mo Yuming pushed open the door and found a thick iron pillar on the ground after entering. He asked Xiaoyuan: "Did you see anyone when you came in?"

"No, but I saw a few bodies." Xiaoyuan jumped onto Mo Yuming's shoulders again.

Mo Yuming: No wonder I felt a hint of bad smell mixed with the unique smell of the library as soon as I came in.

"Where are those bodies?" After all, it has been such a long time, the books should be badly decayed. If they are left here, they will attract a lot of insects, which may even eat the books. Mo Yuming plans to clear out the bodies first.

"It's at the corner of the second floor." Xiaoyuan replied.

So, Mo Yuming didn't bother with the books on the first floor, but went up to the second floor first.

Following Xiaoyuan's hint, Mo Yuming found the rotten and smelly corpses. However, he was a little surprised that the four corpses were curled up together with their eyes closed. There were many books scattered around them, and it seemed that they did not struggle too much when they died.

"There is a notebook here." Li Binyi's angle was just right to see a notebook sandwiched between the two people. He walked forward and pulled it out, then opened it and saw that the contents were a handwritten diary.

Ling Xuan and Mo Yuming also leaned over to take a look out of curiosity.

The handwriting on the notebook was rather ugly. The four dead people all looked like adults, but their handwriting was crooked and jerky, as if they had just learned to write.

The first page reads:

It’s X/X/X, and the weather is fine.

What happened to this world? Why are there so many biting monsters on the streets? My begging companion suddenly bit me for no apparent reason. Although I dodged, Ah Shen did not. He was bitten in front of me and then turned into the same existence as those monsters.

When they saw this page, they knew that this was the experience of the other party before death. Li Binyi turned to the back first and found that there were only ten pages, which means that these four people did not live very long.

Mo Yuming felt that these four living people died in a corner of the library. If they had not appeared today, the names of these four people might have disappeared in the end of the world.

Out of some kind of sympathy, he continued reading the diary.

It’s X+1 day of X month of X year, and the weather is sunny.

I am a beggar in E City. I was abducted by human traffickers. I have no parents, no education, and no ability to survive. After what happened yesterday, I want to die today. There is no meaning in my life anyway. But I passed by this library. It is a safe haven that will accept me as long as it is still open. In the wind and sun, the security guards at the door of the library would let me in to enjoy the air conditioning, avoid the rain, and feel the warmth. So, for some reason, I came in. It was early in the morning when I came in. Yesterday was a closing day, so there was not a single monster in here. I locked the door and spent a peaceful day here.

The next few pages describe the story of the beggar who was waiting to die in the library while reading a book. Then he met several other beggars who did not break into the supermarket to collect supplies like those outside, but enjoyed the books they dared not to read. In the past, they were afraid that their hands were too dirty and that reading books would cause trouble for the librarian, but now it seemed as if the world was about to be destroyed, and they finally tasted the charm of books.

What particularly touched Mo Yuming was the words on the last page:

I am grateful that this place is so peaceful until death. It turns out that there is a golden house in the book. In general, we are luckier than the little match girl. The beauty of the little girl before her death is based on her own fantasy, while we can get the beautiful dreams woven by countless humans. No matter whether we are going to heaven or hell, we all hope there is a library there.

By the way, if someone finds us someday, I hope you won’t destroy this place or destroy all the books. Even if it’s cold and we need to burn books to keep warm, please keep an original copy of each book. Thank you!

At the end of the diary, there are names written in different handwritings: My name is Li Er, my name is Wu Yong, my name is Zhao Yi, and my name is Wang Ren.

……

Mo Yuming felt unusually heavy-hearted, and he suddenly thought it would be a good idea to let these people continue to sleep here.

He would inherit their will and keep all the books here in the base. Even if the task of building the base did not include a library, he decided to include this place in the scope later.

"I'll burn them into ashes and place them here." Li Binyi sighed.

"Okay." Mo Yuming looked at the four dead people seriously, and for the first time he was not afraid of the rotting corpses.

"I'll go find a container to put the ashes in." Ling Xuan ran out.

Mo Yuming sat on the ground, took out their water-based pen, opened the notebook, and drew a sketch of them leaning on each other on two consecutive blank pages. And on the last page of their diary, he wrote: I promise you.

Although it took some time, after placing the ashes of the four people, Mo Yuming and others still found books on architecture in the library.

After moving the books onto the car, Mo Yuming looked back at the tall and imposing library and suddenly smiled.

"What's wrong?" Li Binyi asked.

"Let's include this library in the base in the future. I'll also give the library a new name." Mo Yuming flipped through the notebook in his hand, his fingertips lingering on the painting.

"What's your name?" Ling Xuan was also a little curious.

"Let's call it the 'Legacy of the Four Beggars' Library."

Mo Yuming didn't know at this time that this library would be the library with the richest collection of human books after the end of the world, and would also make a huge contribution to the development of future generations.

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