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Chapter 408: "Librarian - X0230302047"

The pillars here aren't all of the Doric style, those white ones with a hint of creamy yellow; there are also some black pillars, somewhat like obsidian or some other unknown, mysterious metal.

However, although countless pillars stand here, they don't reach the dome. This place still maintains that inner spherical surface structure, and the gravity system that defies understanding has turned this place into a mysterious field beyond comprehension.

At the top of the pillars stand sculptures, each with a different form. Some are in the likeness of angels, while others resemble demons.

The angel sculptures fold their wings, weeping while covering their faces, while the demon sculptures have their bat wings spread wide, looking furious and ferocious. The former are located on top of the white pillars, and the latter on top of the black pillars. They restrain each other, making this entire floor look like a giant game of chess.

Iron chains hang from these pillars, and at the ends of the chains are small angel or small demon sculptures, but their bodies are all incomplete and uniformly missing their wings, as if they had been violently torn off. If not for the traces of wing roots in the area extending from their shoulder blades to their backs, it would be really difficult to distinguish whether they were little people or little angels, little black devils or little demons.

Around the pillars, bookshelves are scattered. There are far fewer bookshelves on this floor than on the first floor, like small villas in the Nordic wilderness, with only one or two rows visible from a distance.

Although they are still distributed in a tile-like pattern, due to the issue of quantity, it is really difficult to easily determine the path to leave the bookshelf area through them.

Rather than calling this a book storage area, it would be better to call it a pillar forest.

The old man runs here, as if shuttling through a classical and abandoned Greek temple. However, no matter how he runs, the passage remains at a distance from him, like a mirage.

It's like Kuafu chasing the sun.

"Layer"… "Node"…"

"Huff… Huff… Huff…"

"Twelfth Segment Sequence"…"

"Argeseide Wave-Point Layer Penetration Theory"…"

"Huff… Huff…"

"Space Bridge"…"

"What exactly… How can I get close to it?!"

The old man muttered to himself, like a top student who can't find a way to solve a problem, constantly whispering everything he knows, trying to stimulate his thinking and see through the flaws in the problem.

But he can't see through it.

It's like an elementary school student unable to solve advanced mathematics.

What is presented in front of him is completely beyond what he has learned!

[Layer…]

[Node…]

[Twelfth Segment Sequence… ]

[Hee hee hee hee… ]

[Hahahaha… ]

As the old man shuttles through, the broken little angel sculptures hanging from the pillars next to him somehow moved. They captured the old man's murmurs and then imitated him like parrots, giggling and laughing.

They chattered like a swarm of insects, like flies, making the old man's face look ugly, and he couldn't concentrate for a long time.

[Node… ]

[Twelfth Segment Sequence… ]

[Hee hee hee… ]

[Argeseide Wave-Point Layer Penetration Theory… ]

"Don't be noisy… Don't be noisy! It's so noisy! It's so noisy!"

The old man stopped and roared at the empty surroundings.

On the pillars, the little angel sculptures are still petrified, as if they have never changed.

However, in the old man's mind, those voices kept echoing.

For a moment, he couldn't tell whether it was something that existed in his imagination, or something that really existed but deliberately avoided his attention…

"Space Bridge"…"

"Dimensional Penetration"…"

"Spacetime Pulse"…"

"What exactly is it, what exactly is it…?"

The old man squatted on the ground, his dry hands painfully grabbing his tousled hair.

[Of course, it's asking us… ]

[We can help you find it… ]

[We always can… ]

[As long as you… ]

[As long as you unlock our chains… ]

[Hee hee hee hee… ]

[It's penetration… Hahahaha… ]

[Hee hee… Do you believe it? ]

[Daydreaming… ] The little demon sculptures also seemed to join this feast of language, arguing with the little angel sculptures.

The little angel sculptures ignored them, just whispering in the old man's ear, full of bewitchment.

[You should believe it… He's coming… He's coming… Hahahaha… ]

[You can't lock me up… ]

[He will free us… He definitely will… ]

[Hee hee hee… ]

[The truth of the ancient times will not be buried by the dust of history… ]

[When the wind blows… ]

[The weirdness under the dust… ]

[Will reappear… ]

[He's coming… ]

[He's back… ]

[Hehehehe… ]

The old man's ears were polluted by these noisy voices, but he also seemed to be reminded of something, and suddenly raised his head from the ground.

"That's right… You're right…"

"Something is coming back…"

"Something must be coming back!!!"

"Otherwise, after so many years, the library wouldn't have any record of its appearance…"

"But at this time, the 'Pathway' unfolded, allowing it to appear over there…"

"It won't appear for no reason…"

"It must have been 'summoned' by something!"

"Is it 'it'? But who is 'it'… what is 'it'?"

His eyes were filled with the pain and madness of obstructed thinking. The little angel sculptures and the little demon sculptures were whispering and arguing in his ears, but he couldn't pay attention to them.

[Take me away… ]

[I can take you to find it… ]

[I can… ]

But no matter what these little angel sculptures said, the old man just muttered to himself. He heard their voices, but he chose absolute ignorance, as if this ignorance had been engraved in his bones.

He raised his head, and in just a moment, his eyes were already covered with bloodshot veins.

He began to search frantically for something. Finally, at the other end of the passage, he vaguely discovered a figure holding a bookshelf - it was Lin Yi in the Dream Studies sector on the first floor of the library!

"There's a… person?"

"That kid… huh, could it be that kid?!"

"Could it be him?!"

"Could it be him!!!"

At this moment, Lin Yi in the Dream Studies sector also saw his fleeting figure.

Soon, Lin Yi at the entrance of the passage withdrew from that state and began to leave…

"He's leaving?"

"Wait, wait… How can he just leave like that?!"

"Don't go, don't leave!"

"What to do, what to do, what to do… What should I say?"

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He kept pulling his dry, grass-like hair…

"I've got it! I've got it, I've got it!!"

He frantically pulled out a tattered notepad from his pocket, constantly flipping through it. The pages seemed to be filled with messy words like "Tomato is the heart" and some strange doodles. Finally, he flipped to a certain page.

Then, he looked at certain symbols on the paper, composed himself, and slowly began to speak:

"Nr den svarte... mnen vissner... kommer srgemoerne... tilbake fra det... uendelige dyphavet..."

After reading it twice, he no longer stumbled, pronouncing the words relatively clearly:

"Nr den svarte mnen vissner... kommer srgemoerne tilbake fra det uendelige dyphavet..."

The sound permeated the passage, reaching Lin Yi's ears, but by then, only fragmented pieces of the sound remained.

Lin Yi still turned and left.

Seeing this, the old man immediately panicked and frantically shouted, "Don't go!! Don't go!!"

He immediately realized that the passage was also beginning to dissipate, and this "pathway" to "The Lawmaker's Sayings" was also disappearing.

"Not good, the 'pathway' is disappearing!"

"No, this won't do..."

"That's right, he's still in the library! Still there!"

Just then, a long buzzing sound rang out, the lights in the library turned red, and the old man seemed to remember something, suddenly realizing, "The first floor! He's on the first floor! That bookshelf... that's the layout of the first floor!"

He ran frantically and clumsily towards the elevator, his finger jabbing at the elevator button as if convulsing.

The elevator slowly ascended, and as soon as the doors opened, he rushed inside, panting and coughing violently, repeatedly muttering words like "Don't go, don't go, wait for me."

When the elevator reached the first floor and the doors opened, he charged out like a wolf, stumbling and falling to the ground.

Despite this, he stared intently at the space in front of him, but all that remained before him was a dim field; Lin Yi had just left.

He slumped to the ground, his eyes suddenly losing their luster, and he looked much older.

"Missed it..."

"I actually... actually missed it just like that..."

"Cough cough..."

"Why... why..."

"The security guard usually stays for 15 minutes..."

"15 minutes... it was clearly enough time for me to come down... why..."

"Why didn't you wait for me..."

"Cough cough cough..."

"My time is running out..."

"Cough cough... cough cough cough cough..."

He coughed violently, first covering his mouth, then his chest.

He seemed to sense something, reaching into his chest to pull out a badge.

The badge was somewhat faded, but the serial number on it could still be seen:

"Librarian - X0230302047."

......

May 10, X023, 5:03 AM, in an unknown and silent dark field.

"Da... da... da..."

"Whirr... whirr... whirr..."

The sound of footsteps and rattling chains echoed in the darkness. Gradually, a soft yellow field emerged from the darkness.

The security guard, carrying an old kerosene lamp, led the black-aproned chefs through it, with Zhao Lingxiao and Lin Yi following at the ends of the chains.

The atmosphere was very oppressive. Light seemed to be a luxury here, with only the old kerosene lamp in the security guard's hand opening up a field, barely illuminating a small area of distorted and deformed surroundings.

Lin Yi vigilantly gripped the chain, maintaining constant focus, and did not recklessly expand his senses, lest he cause unnecessary trouble.

He was very curious about this place, but he did not look around haphazardly. Instead, he imitated the black-aproned chefs and Zhao Lingxiao in front of him, following the security guard stiffly like a wooden puppet.

The scene had a somewhat strange "corpse-driving" feel to it.

With each step, Lin Yi could feel the ground beneath his feet wriggling and undulating irregularly as if it were alive. Without affecting his concentration, he instinctively captured some of the surrounding environment with the corner of his eye.

The distortion of space and the already dark environment, coupled with only using the corner of his eye, meant that he couldn't see anything clearly. He only felt that there seemed to be some vague shadows all around.

Those shadows were like flowing mist, appearing under the lamplight due to differences in density, constantly changing shape like a wrinkled bed sheet.

Lin Yi could clearly hear Zhao Lingxiao's breathing in front of him, and he could faintly smell her scent. In such an atmosphere, every subtle perception would be amplified.

Zhao Lingxiao's scent was a bit strange. Lin Yi found it difficult to compare it to any existing scent. Even if she couldn't shower or sleep because she was a dorm manager, she shouldn't have that kind of smell. However, he hadn't noticed this scent on Zhao Lingxiao when he first came into close contact with her.

After walking for a while, Lin Yi suddenly noticed that the ground beneath his feet was gradually losing its "activity" and beginning to become somewhat normal...

And in that silent darkness, movement other than their own began to appear.

"Swish swish..."

"Swish swish..."

It sounded like wind blowing through leaves.

Lin Yi suddenly felt that something familiar seemed to appear beside him.

He really wanted to take a look, but he suppressed it with reason.

A glance from the corner of his eye startled him.

It was a lamppost.

A tilted, abandoned lamppost.

"Green Belt?" Lin Yi guessed in his mind. Could it be that they had arrived in the Green Belt?

The moment he thought of the Green Belt, the words Tian Bufan had once said floated into his mind:

"After coming out of the cafeteria, I found the 'Library - 001' lamppost, and then followed the general route on the campus map towards the library. When I came to the 'Library - 102' lamppost, what appeared before me was... the Green Belt."

"Could this Green Belt be the same one that Young Master Tian saw before?" Lin Yi wondered in his heart. If that were the case, wouldn't that mean that Young Master Tian was right in the first place?

No, I can't think like that... If that were the case, it would only re-verify that the 'Student Handbook' is correct.

"Student Handbook" Article 4:

【The position coordinates of each building on the map are absolutely accurate, and all campus buildings have been marked on the map. If you see a building that is not on the map, especially the Art Building, do not panic, mark the location on the map and report it to the homeroom teacher. Going there is prohibited.】

Although the "Student Handbook" is a one-size-fits-all solution, its value seems to be constantly increasing...

Sure enough, Lin Yi noticed that a faint light seemed to appear on the road ahead...

In the endless darkness, that light was like a lighthouse.