A question often used to test newcomers is: What is the most important treasure for a seeker? reef
If the answer is something like power or a mysterious legacy, then the questioner can conclude that the answerer has not thought deeply enough about the question.
Because after enduring mystical trials and tribulations, all veterans have the same answer to this question: knowledge. The most important wealth is knowledge.
Only by mastering knowledge can we eliminate risks, save our lives and even achieve our goals in the dangerous and evil environment. Not only that, for a certain branch of divine art to develop into a complete form or even enter a deeper field, it also requires the experience accumulated by predecessors...
Explorers seem to have endless ways to use them, but in the final analysis, their most important weapon is knowledge.
Although curiosity about knowledge may lead to terrible disasters, explorers need knowledge and cannot stop delving into the unknown.
The top leaders and veterans of the association all understand one truth: the core wealth that supports such a huge organization is not the spiritual network system, nor the Ace-level or even two ghost cards that have never been seen, but the accumulation of "knowledge" - A "book collection" hidden deep underground.
Going further back to the source, there is the secret room called "Root" in the deepest part of the underground library, which contains two hundred "core books". The vast amount of mysterious knowledge is almost all derived from these two hundred "core collections". reef
The knowledge preserved in the "root" is the closest to the original and the most dangerous. Therefore, only explorers of King level and above can make an appointment to enter the museum. It is a "sanctuary"-like existence that almost all practitioners are eager to see its true appearance.
On the other hand, it is probably the safest place in the mysterious world that humans can create. Known as "the book thief even the gods cannot become".
The precious information brought back by Arthur Merlin and his party this time, "Clark Stella's Notes", also known as "Stella's R'lyeh Guide", is of immeasurable value as a secret exploration material and will undoubtedly Be taken into the root.
After understanding the value of knowledge to explorers and the preciousness of the books in the root, we can also understand why Arthur and his entourage immediately started the process of "collecting books into the cabinet" as soon as they arrived at the association after a long journey. Ordinary books, even rare books included in the Queen-level library, will go through a process of about a week before they appear on the bookshelf. As for Stella Notes, the safest way to deal with them is of course to collect them as soon as possible and the safest way. Where it is, in the root.
So the group took the elevator and arrived at the Queen-level library on the second underground floor. Arthur, Sean and their group, Vice President Elliot, President's Secretary, and Director of the Library Management Department, stood in front of the bookshelf tangled with tree roots. The man wearing a traditional suit and a rodent face with glasses " "Original Copy Collector" came out of the darkness, obviously feeling uncomfortable with the sudden appearance of so many people in the quiet museum.
Even if there were the vice president and his immediate boss in the crowd, his impatience would be obvious. He summoned all the book searchers who were climbing on the bookshelves and stared closely at these noisy guests.
"It's really a violation of the rules - how can so many people come here at once..." Although he complained, he could only turn around and lead deeper. reef
After passing through rows of bookshelves, they came to the wall at the end of the library. There seemed to be a towering tree on the ground above this wall. Ancient and strong roots spread down from the top of the wall, following those natural root systems. , a huge bronze relief sculpture appeared on the wall - "The Reading Man Under the Tree of Knowledge".
Roots grow along the ravines of the relief, merging nature and man-made objects.
Below the bronze relief, six bronze armors more than two meters tall stand. Rather than being a decoration, Sean saw burning spiritual power in it.
There was a workbench placed next to it. The orphan collector took Stella's notebook from Arthur and began to conduct a series of checks...
"Make sure that there are no hidden curses or evil spirits in the books collected in the cabinet, otherwise it will cause a huge accident..." As he said this, the lone book collector penetrated his thin spiritual essence into the pages, almost Check each ink dot one by one.
After a moment, he closed his notebook and nodded to the person behind him. The director of the library management department, a woman with silver hair, walked to the base of the wall and placed her hand on the relief. A little bit of spiritual essence soaked through it, and the seamless copper wall suddenly opened from the middle. The roots above meander and shrink like living things, making way for holes. Behind him, the long-haired animals climbing between the bookshelves in the distance opened their eyes wide and cast their timid gaze into the rare darkness...
"Root" appeared in front of everyone. reef
A little faint light can be seen in the sinking fog caused by the low temperature.
Elliot turned to Sean's team: "As a explorer, you must be at least King level to step into the root."
Led by the unique collector, the vice president, Arthur and others stepped inside. Sean looked at his teammates and followed them. Yue Guang, who stopped, turned around and folded his arms without looking.
There are lights coming on in the roots, and interestingly, the lights installed in this historic core library are actually electric.
Before paying attention to the precious books on the bookshelf, Sean discovered that there was a person standing in the secret room.
After looking carefully, I realized that it was not a person. The man wearing a black librarian's uniform and holding a weak bull's-eye lamp in his hand turned out to be a corpse. There was no trace of human blood on his face, and it was almost dry. A pair of dull eyes reflected light dullly.
"The previous librarian, Denzel Wallen, continued to serve the library after his death. Reef
"Since there are almost no souls left in the corpses, they can be used as artifacts to get along with those dangerous books..." The vice-president knew that the King behind him was visiting Gen for the first time, so he turned to Sean and introduced .
"Thank you, Warren." Elliot smiled and patted the administrator's dry shoulder, seeming to find this a bit funny.
Varun had no reaction.
The group ignored the vice president's "humor" and continued walking inside.
The main part of the root is a dodecahedron space with a cubic glass room in the middle. There is a huge desk placed in the glass room. All the bookshelves are against the wall, silently facing the central glass room.
Sean found that the bookshelves placed around the center seemed to be divided into different areas, and each area presented a different style. After careful observation, he discovered that the so-called different "styles" were not artificially designed, but seemed to be formed by the books on the bookshelves...
For example, one of the bookshelves has the symbol of Naija's Feather on top, with eleven books placed on it, and the whole bookcase is filled with that black mist-like atmosphere. Not only that, the black grass from the "Forgotten Wasteland" spread out from the bookcase and spread on the ground in front of the bookshelf...
Closely adjacent to the black grass is a scarlet soil. In front of the bookcase marked with the symbol of the City of Double Suns, scarlet scorched earth is spread on the ground. The red sun's rays seem to shine on the ground through the window, closely adjacent to the black grass next to it.
"The core collection of books is indeed more pure..." Sean couldn't help but sweat slightly. He had only seen bad visions when looking at the books that recorded evil knowledge. He never thought that the books themselves would extend those creepy scenes in the Kingdom of God into the real world.
It's like those legendary names are coming to this place at any time.
