Siheyuan: Living in the People's Community, with a Heart for the Red Star

The bookshelf on the left is very huge, reaching the roof, and is made of silver-grey metal. There are books made of metal one by one, and each book weighs more than 100 kilograms. Without some skills, it is really impossible to read these books.

Pudar introduced to Lao Yang: "Sir, the most recent books here are the latest ones that are recognized as permanent books. The further you go into the bookshelf, the older the books are. What is recorded here are some rumors about knights and folks, as well as some poems, legends, and stories written by wandering poets.

The books on this floor are not judged for authenticity, but for novelty. They will be collected after being recorded. After several years or even decades of sedimentation, they will be evaluated by the temple missionaries. Once they pass the review, they will be made into metal books and permanently preserved in the library. Stone carvings, wood carvings, and paper books that fail to pass the review will be lost in history as time goes by. "

Old Yang casually pulled out a metal book with the title "How Farmer Haier Tamed the Speckled Bear" written on it. The name of the book gave Old Yang a feeling of biting a dog. Just the name and the things recorded in it were worth creating a golden book to preserve. It seemed that the culture in the temple had reached the brink of collapse. The limited space restricted the imagination of the believers. This was a sign that the temple was heading for destruction!

Old Yang casually pulled out a few more books and flipped through them. They were all about trivial matters and family matters. As he walked, Old Yang observed the timestamps on the metal books. It had been more than 40 years since the last book with some meaning.

Lao Yang no longer looked at the metal books in front of him, but went straight to the innermost bookshelf, wanting to see what the first recorded book was about and how old it was.

The two walked to the last row of bookshelves and climbed to the top via the inclined ladder. The book with the longest record was called "Hailil Song Recitation", which was dated 4,800 years in the divine calendar.

Pudar looked at the song book and explained to Old Yang: "Master Yang, this book is the earliest book in the library on the first floor. According to the current calendar, it was probably more than 5,000 years ago, which means that the divine calendar was born at least 10,000 years ago, and the temple has existed for at least 5,000 years.

There are missionaries in the temple who specialize in studying the calendar and have a more accurate calculation of time. I don’t know how they keep time, but in my opinion, it is always daytime in the temple and I can’t tell the time. I can only determine the time and date through the timer in the temple.”

Old Yang immediately became interested and asked, "Pudal, where is the temple timer you mentioned? What date is it showing now?"

Pudar immediately replied, "Sir, at the exit of each floor of the library, there is a huge clock hanging on the wall with the date and time displayed on it. You didn't notice it just now, but you will see it when you go out. This is also a time reminder for those who enter the library. The clock will ring once every 24 hours."

Old Yang continued to ask: "What year is the calendar used in the temple now?"

Pudar answered without thinking: "It is now the 3000th year of the Temple Calendar!"

Old Yang silently calculated in his heart that the 3,000-year history of the Temple was equivalent to more than 1,000 years before Christ in the outside world. If so, it would be the Shang and Zhou dynasties! Was this foreshadowing the Conferred God War? It seemed that this Temple also had many secrets hidden, and once they were figured out, it would be of vital importance to his own tampering with history!

Old Yang took out the scripture and started to read it. It was full of unfamiliar characters, piled up like ghost drawings, with no trace of hieroglyphics at all. It would be a stretch to call it cuneiform.

Pudar saw Lao Yang's confusion and explained, "Sir, the words used here are the sacred words used by the gods, and all the words recorded here are praising the gods.

Before 2,000 years of the Temple Calendar, everything was recorded in the Divine Script. After 2,000 years of the Temple Calendar, a simplified version of the Temple Script appeared. It was easier to remember and write, and had richer grammar!

In the temple, only those who have reached the level of bishops and daylight knights are required to learn the divine text, and others are not required to do so. Of course, there are also some literature lovers who study the divine text and use it to express their admiration for the gods. They believe that only in this way can they get closer to the gods and be recognized by the gods! "

Old Yang suddenly lost interest in the books in the temple, turned around and jumped from the high platform to the ground. He walked towards the door of the library, and suddenly saw a stone tablet in the stone carving area opposite. The shape was very strange and familiar. So he stopped and walked over. When he got closer, he saw that the stone tablet was written in official script. Although there were some characters that Old Yang didn't recognize, he could still recognize most of them.

Old Yang was scratching his head when he saw the introduction of the stone tablet. This stone tablet introduced the decree for the administration of the North issued by the Northern Town Division. According to the last date of the decree, which was the fourth year of the founding of the new country, it was estimated that it was the decree issued in the fourth year of Wang Mang's founding of the new dynasty. But how could this thing appear in the temple?

At this time, Pudar, who had just climbed down from the elevated platform, came over. Seeing that Lao Yang was interested in the stone tablet, he introduced it, "Sir, this stone tablet was brought back to the temple by a Sunlight Knight who had gone out for training. According to what he said at the time, he encountered a war with Orientals in the northern part of the east, so he helped the locals to fight against the Orientals and finally won! Because of this, he got this stone tablet and brought it back to the temple without hesitation. The knight also wrote a knight adventure novel because of this, which was also sung by many wandering poets, and finally made into a metal book and put into the second-level collection!"

Pudar's eyes sparkled with desire, and he said enviously: "When our team went out to travel, this deed was used as a teaching material for our training. When we go out to experience, we must be chivalrous and righteous, eliminate all injustices in the world, drive out all darkness, and restore a clear and bright world!

Unfortunately, all I saw during my travels were wars and death. I killed too many people who deserved to be killed, but there is not a single thing that I could be proud of and record in a book.

In the war-torn era, we had no choice but to do it to survive. I cannot put the blame on one person!"

Old Yang had no time to pay attention to the self-pitying Pudar, but looked at the stone tablet and thought. For thousands of years, the temple's trainees must have been to any part of the world, and they must have done some chivalrous deeds and helped the weak, but they never spread the faith of the Holy See, which was a problem!

Such a good opportunity, for thousands of years, has not been seized. What was the Holy See thinking at the time? Is there still a force that the Holy See fears? But it is very strange that such a force has not discovered the temple living in the Arctic for thousands of years.

Isn't this world a modern urban world, but a world with myths and legends? If there are cultivators, they must have been exposed to people long ago. It's really weird, but the existence of the temple makes Lao Yang confused!

Old Yang forced himself to wake up from the confusion and casually put the stone tablet into the space.

"Sir, if you take the stone tablet away, the missionaries who manage the library will soon find out, which will cause unnecessary trouble. If you have an idea, you can throw some stones here to create the illusion that the stone tablet is broken or damaged. The missionaries will register that the stone tablet is damaged, and then crush the stones and throw them on a random floor."

Pudar saw Lao Yang put away the stone tablet and hurriedly reminded him.

Old Yang accepted Pudar's suggestion and put all the stone tablets and stone sculptures around him into the space. After some operations, he took out a large number of stones from other stone tablets and stone sculptures to make up the weight of a stone tablet. Then he put all the stone tablets and stone sculptures out. If you don't weigh them, you can't tell that a stone tablet is missing!

Pudar was relieved to see Lao Yang doing this, and followed Lao Yang out of the library. Lao Yang looked up and saw the clock above the exit, which was marked with a series of special symbols.

Pudar translated it promptly: "Temple calendar: 3000, August 21, 32:."

This time is also different from the time in the outside world, with a difference of several months. It seems that the temple has its own method of timekeeping.

"Pudal, take me to the top floor. I want to enter the floor reserved for the gods' messengers and see what's inside!"

"Yes, sir, as you wish!"

Pudar led Lao Yang to a blank wall on the side. There was a unique protrusion on the wall, which looked very much like the identifier on the door inspection equipment.

"Sir, this is the identifier for identification. My identity token can only reach the fourth floor, so you have to go to the fifth floor to check it yourself. I will wait for your return here!"

Pudar stopped before the identifier and introduced its usage to Lao Yang.

"If I'm not back in an hour, go do your own thing. After I come down, I'll wait for you at the entrance to the first floor for a day. If I don't see you, I'll leave the temple alone!"

Lao Yang didn't know how long he would be gone, and he couldn't let Pudal stay here forever. After all, Pudal also needed to eat and sleep normally, so Lao Yang had to leave enough time for Pudal before going up.

"Okay sir, I'll keep track of the time!"

Lao Yang took out the God's Token from the space and pressed it on the identifier. Then, the blank wall instantly melted away to reveal an entrance. Inside, like the transmission ladder, was a small room that could only accommodate one person. After Lao Yang walked into the room, the entrance instantly disappeared and turned into a smooth wall.

Several lines of characters instantly appeared on the wall. Based on his experience of taking the elevator, Lao Yang looked at the location of the green light, which should be where he was now. There were five symbols pointing upwards, and Lao Yang reached out and selected the top symbol. The fifth symbol instantly turned green, and then the entrance that had disappeared before quietly reappeared.

Old Yang walked out and saw that he had entered a huge space. Although it was not as big as the first floor, it was not much smaller. It was estimated to be about 15 meters high. The most eye-catching thing was the two huge swords that Old Yang saw. They were placed diagonally in the room, and the handles directly touched the roof. The length of the swords was definitely not less than 20 meters. I don't know who can wield them!

Old Yang looked back at the rows of bookshelves. The left side was full of golden books, and the right side was full of silver books. It was unknown what material they were made of. Old Yang approached the bookshelf and reached out to take the silver book, but was met with a strong resistance force, and the book could not be taken out.

Old Yang observed it and found that there was a groove at the bottom of the book that was very similar to the God's Messenger Token. He pressed the God's Messenger Token in his hand into the groove, and saw the silver book slowly withdraw. Old Yang reached out and took it down. The characters on it were all divine texts. When he opened the book, in addition to the divine texts, there were also some illustrations. I don't know what kind of metal it was made of. The illustrations were colorful and lifelike, just like the real thing.

Old Yang flipped his hand and put the silver book into the space, and saw that the groove where the token was placed before emitted a red light and began to flash non-stop, and the speed was getting faster and faster! Old Yang frowned and quickly took the silver book out of the space. The flashing red light quickly went out, as if nothing had happened! I didn't expect it to have an anti-theft function, which really opened Old Yang's eyes.

It seemed unrealistic to take all the books from the temple, so another method had to be found. Old Yang put the silver book back on the bookshelf, took back the divine token, and began to search for special items on the fifth floor.

Walking past the bookshelves row by row, he occasionally found some special stone slabs with divine texts engraved on them. Old Yang took the stone slabs down and tested them, and found that they were indestructible. This might be a recording tool that is more precious than metal books.

In addition to the giant sword leaning against the middle of the fifth floor, Lao Yang also found some short blades and armor emitting a dark aura, all of which were separated by a transparent crystal cover and placed in the passage as trophies. There was a text description under each weapon, but Lao Yang didn't recognize it!

After Lao Yang went through all five floors, he still didn't find anything he could use.

Old Yang walked around and finally came to the innermost row of bookshelves. He climbed up the inclined ladder to the top of the bookshelves and found that the top rows of bookshelves were empty, without a single book.

Old Yang frowned and thought, there should have been books in these spaces, otherwise there would be no date and other information. There must be a reason why these books were taken away, but he didn't know where the missing books were sent.

According to Pudar's information, the books here cannot leave the library. Based on my years of reading novels, there must be a secret room on the fifth floor, or there is a sixth floor. After all, above the bishop there are the leader, the pope, the gods, and there may be saints and sons in legends!

Old Yang began to search the fifth floor bit by bit, especially observing the walls carefully. Unfortunately, after searching around, he did not find any clues.

Lao Yang always felt that there was nothing wrong with his thinking, but maybe he was using the wrong method!

Finally, Lao Yang retreated to the two giant swords and observed carefully. Among the five layers, only two giant blades connected to the previous layer. According to Lao Yang's inference, if there is a sixth layer, it will be in the place of the giant blades. The surrounding area is very empty, and there is enough space for the sixth layer passage.