Mysteries: Arcana Wars

Backlund underground ▇▇▇ meters

Dungeon·Gales Library.

With a slight sound, the brick in Klein's hand fell off, revealing a small hole that was only wide enough for one person to pass through.

It was not an easy journey for Klein. It was hard to imagine how much effort the Tesla twins had put into finding this lost library and figuring out a route.

The flashlight was fully charged, and its bright light illuminated the high ceiling, where the chandelier was finely crafted but simple in style, with broken glass fragments covered by a thick layer of plaster.

Compared to the grandeur of the major old libraries in Backlund, the Gales Library was obviously very simple and plain. The sudden extraordinary disaster made the Gales Library a mess. Whole pieces of ceilings or walls divided the originally empty corridors in all directions. Microorganisms and water vapor from the soil made some structures very brittle. Klein did not see any carvings or sculptures in the ruins. It seemed that this library maintained a simple style when it was built. However, these broken building ruins have not turned into powder in the long river of time, which is enough to show that this library has invested a lot of money in the quality of the building.

This makes sense. Putting together the information in the illusion and the information given by Scott and Tesla, we can roughly know how difficult it is to build such a library after the apocalypse. As the dean, Melissa Moretti tried every possible way to make the university open as soon as possible after the apocalypse and restore normal teaching order as soon as possible. As Melissa's "investor", the Steam Church also wanted to turn a well-known university into its own power at this special moment and seize the initiative in the chaos after the apocalypse. Therefore, the Steam Church donated a library in the name of teaching donation to the university reconstruction work, which is the Gales Library in front of us now. In that tense and material-scarce era, it was not easy to build this building with quality and quantity, and all aesthetic requirements gave way to the most basic functional requirements.

Later, the Gales Library became the legendary place of the Mansteins in the Sixth Epoch. During the period from the post-apocalyptic era of the Sixth Epoch to the outbreak of the Second Steam Revolution, the Mansteins were like two tireless typewriters, frantically writing many mechanical books at an incredible speed. From practical technical applications to classroom subject materials, they laid a solid foundation for the development of engineering in the Kingdom of Loen in all aspects, and their works can be said to be as numerous as those of the Mansteins. Legend has it that every time the Mansteins finished writing a book or revised a book, they would put the finalized book on a bookshelf specially set up for them in the Gales Library. Works One Textbook Two Applications Three, Fourth Edition Fifth Edition Sixth Edition, not to mention those crazy and chaotic manuscripts, these books alone can fill an entire cabinet.

Unfortunately, most of the works of the Mansteins disappeared in the long-term turmoil. The only books that remain and are published today can only be the tip of the iceberg of their contribution to the world. More brilliance has disappeared along with the genius couple.

If the Gales Library could still exist intact above ground, it would surely be the place with the most comprehensive collection of the Mansteins' works.

So, Melissa, who was the principal at the time, should have known the Mansteins and even had a close relationship with them, Klein thought. The reason why Melissa knew the old language that even Klein didn't know was probably because she was taught by the "time travelers" Mansteins.

It seems that Melissa was also a very influential figure in her time, and she was also a master of stamp collection, and she knew many legendary figures of the time.

The air in the ruins was dull and turbid, as if it was about to turn into substance and block Klein's five senses. After exploring the ruins like a headless fly for a while, Klein decided to take out the topaz pendulum to determine the direction of the fork in the road.

Should I turn left now?

The topaz stopped under the palm without any movement.

The divination failed.

He then found a wooden stick and started divination, but the result was the same: the stick stood firmly on the ground.

Good news, divination works; bad news, divination fails.

This Gales Library can interfere with divinations targeting the library and its contents, but it does not isolate extraordinary powers and spirituality.

Yes, if it was really that easy to find, Scott wouldn't have made a wish to the automatic wishing machine to find Manstein's notes.

The people who were left here had long since decayed and disappeared, leaving behind only a few vague traces and fragile fibers as thin as a cicada's wing. Dust mercilessly covered all traces.

The lingering spirits are only protecting the information here from being destroyed, but they cannot guarantee that the people guarding them can survive.

After climbing over a piece of ruins, Klein finally came across a relatively well-preserved room. After entering, he discovered that this was just the library's newspaper lending room.

Compared to the ruins outside, the newspaper room had no major damage except for the furniture and documents that fell to the ground. The only major damage was on some of the walls, and the gaps gave Klein the opportunity to enter. The entire room was very clean, as if time had stopped forever on the day when the library sank and fell. The heavy dust outside could only stain the floor at the gap, but could not move into the room. Only Klein's visit left a series of dusty footprints on the messy floor.

He picked up a few newspapers and examined them carefully. The documents here were well preserved, almost the same as fresh newspapers. From these newspapers, Klein could learn about the shortage of materials and social unrest in the post-apocalyptic era of the early Sixth Epoch, but civilization was still gradually rebuilt in the chaos. The king exercised special powers to urgently form a special cabinet for the Kingdom of Loen, Backlund Technical University resumed classes smoothly, the refugee riots in the northern cities were suppressed, a gang of gangsters was shot dead while robbing a bank in Backlund, the distribution of materials was still in progress, and the out-of-school college students protested and demanded to return to school but were suppressed by force, and there were various natural disasters in various places...

It is worth noting that, in contrast to these social news, some luxury magazines were still on sale during this period, which shows that the aristocrats and the upper class were still trying to maintain their dignity. I don’t know who put these magazines in, but for those radical college students, it was like a raging fire, turning the already suppressed and dissatisfied psychology into a raging fire of resistance.

This is a good start, Klein thought. The integrity of the newspaper room also proved that the focus of protection here is the place where books and materials are stored. Other libraries should also be well preserved in this way. At least there is no need to worry about notes being stuck in the cracks of the wall.