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Su Mingan stood in front of the Central Library.
This is his fourth return.
He never thought that there would be so many books in the Central Library that he would not be able to find all the clues before five o'clock in the morning.
In order to achieve absolute success in completing the level perfectly, he did not directly pass over this location, but chose to do it over and over again.
He couldn't let go of any clue.
Every time he went back, he was seizing all the time to look for clues. Now, he has eliminated three-quarters of the library's books, and this will be his last search.
He looked up.
The spire building seems to reach into the sky, standing in the wind and snow, like a dark beast in the night.
Just as he was about to enter, a female voice came from beside him.
"Don't go in, Su Ming'an."
The man called out his name.
In fact, every week, she would sit here and watch him walk in.
He turned around and saw the girl sitting on the bench nearby.
He recognized her appearance. She was Luna, the leader of the Yellow Rose Sword, who he had met on the Ater.
"I have been observing here for a long time, and few people who have entered the library in the past two days have come out." Luna said: "It is said that the dungeons inside are very targeted at players, and even the strongest players may have trouble. You are the first As a player, you have a heavy responsibility, and I don’t want you to die here.”
Su Mingan glanced at her.
During the week when Noel committed suicide, Luna was one of the people who participated in the attack on the Flower House. She used the Forbidden Magic Gem on him, which almost allowed the man in white robe to succeed.
But in the following weeks, she sat here all the time.
Perhaps because Su Mingan left the cabin early and avoided the attack of the group, the group chose to give up the action.
After all, the core skill of this group of attackers is a fire explosion skill. If Su Mingan leaves the flower building, there will be no space for the fire explosion to be used, and it is reasonable to give up the action.
Su Mingan ignored her advice and wanted to walk in directly.
"Wait." Luna called him.
She stood up and quickly walked towards him with her tall figure. In her hand, she held a thin sword with a cold light:
"Don't you remember me?" Luna asked.
"If you say you are one of my foreign classmates in junior high school, or an exchange student, I don't think I have any impression." Su Mingan said.
She had to ask this question every week, and he was already a little tired of it.
"What a pity." Luna sighed: "I just recognized you. I still remember the way you spoke under the banner in school. It seems that you have changed a lot."
Su Mingan ignored this guy.
He stepped in.
There were no lights on in the library, and there were many books on display. Looking around, there were at least tens of thousands of books. If players are forced to search for needles in a haystack, all their time may be spent on it.
He directly followed the clues and insight skills all the way, and then continued to look through the books.
On the last bookshelf, he saw a book that had been pulled out and looked suspicious.
As soon as he got close, he noticed a fluctuating space energy around him.
...Teleportation array.
He finally found it.
[You are about to enter the seventh world·Special copy·Praya Royal Treasure House]
[This level is extremely special, please proceed with caution. 】
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Su Mingan turned out the map in his hand.
He asked why he hadn't found the treasure house even though he had arrived in the previous week. It turns out that this is a special copy that requires a teleportation array to enter.
A white light lit up all around.
He saw a closed door.
[You have entered the seventh world·Special copy]
[This dungeon is customized for players and will generate an exclusive dungeon that is more difficult for players. 】
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He tried to push the door open.
It is said that this is an exclusive dungeon that is more difficult for players. I don’t know what problems he will face, whether he will fight against a powerful enemy or...
"Ding dong!"
The moment his hand touched it, the door in front of him disappeared.
[It is detected that the player's identity is "Su Lin", and the special copy is automatically cleared. 】
Su Mingan entered without any hindrance without going through the so-called extremely difficult special level.
Su Lin's identity, in addition to huge troubles, finally gave him some intuitive benefits.
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The scene in the treasure house was somewhat unexpected.
There were no other players inside, it was empty, with only some scattered corals, pearls and other objects. As well as resource stones similar to the Art Stone placed aside.
It was very dusty inside and it looked like no one had cleaned it in a long time.
The ground was dusty, but there were no footprints. It seemed that no player had successfully entered here before.
Su Mingan relied on clue insight skills to find a secret door in the treasure house.
He pressed the square brick on the wall, and the secret door began to creak, and a small entrance was opened, revealing a dark space inside.
Su Mingan bent down and the watch on his hand began to light up.
In this dim room, he saw a corpse lying on the ground. Next to the corpse, gold and silver jewelry were scattered everywhere.
Among them, he even saw a potion with a label that was said to be able to relieve the influence of the sea monster - this was a big gain. As long as he came here again at a good time, Noel would be saved.
He was not interested in the gold and silver, he just looked at the corpse.
The corpse was completely unrecognizable, revealing its bones. He approached the body carefully, guarding against possible traps, until he finally reached the body.
He noticed that there was a broken parchment roll in the hand of the corpse that had rotted into pieces of flesh.
The front of the parchment could no longer be seen clearly. When he turned the parchment over, he saw a series of small words.
[If you can read this, it means I am dead. 】
Su Mingan glanced at the rotting bones next to him.
These should be the last words this dead man wrote before he died.
I don’t know who the person who can die in the secret door of the treasure house is.
He continued to read.
[I don’t know who you are, but I have set up a special circle on this letter. Only non-royal members can see my words when they touch it. 】
[I don’t care who you are, are you a local resident who accidentally stumbled into the treasure house, a traveler returning for adventure, or the next king who will seize this land? None of this matters. 】
【I just want to ask you one thing. 】
[I hope that you can permanently seal this secret door, blow it down, or use any other method. In return, you can choose any treasure in the secret door. Of course, this is also your choice if you take the treasure from the secret door without looking back. 】
[Before I die, I want to write down some of my words. 】
[People always say that people will realize something before they die. I think maybe this is a lie. Until now, I haven't been able to figure out whether there is any meaning to everything I did? 】
[The story about me is long, very long...and there are many things I regret. 】
【——What is the best way to protect the people I love? Sacrifice, balance, or hatred? 】
[What exactly is the driving force for maintaining the survival of a group of people? And are they who have lost their faith and are living in illusory dreams still considered the people I love so much? 】
[At the moment before I died, I couldn’t figure it out. 】
[In our blood, there is always a desire to survive, a desire for life, and even...a desire for eternal life. 】
[But after getting it, I gradually understood that it was just a shackle that bound me. What supports us, what encourages us, only turns us into a bunch of pathetic coelenterates desperate for survival. 】
[I have experienced the most prosperous and most hopeless times in Praia. The old, the past, I have witnessed so many struggles and made the greatest and most shameful decisions. 】
[But I gradually understood. 】
[...Perhaps only death can make us regain our dignity. 】
[Before leaving, I once told the young princess that no one is born a victim. 】
[However, when sacrifice comes, the victim will not be spared just because it is unreasonable. 】
【……】
[I have decided to disappear from this land, and I will die full of guilt. 】
[I deceived the Pope and Princess Tulip, saying that I was going to sea to find a way to break the barrier. 】
【However, I just want to die alone. 】
[That person...that kid who calls himself a soul hunter, when he used the knife on me, I didn't resist. 】
[When he wanted to kill me with full of justice, I did not argue. 】
【I'm lying here. 】
[He seriously injured me and tore half of the map in my hand. 】
[…However, he probably didn’t think that I just wanted him to kill me. 】
[I don’t want to take on such a heavy responsibility anymore...it is almost crushing me. I can no longer tell whether I am the Michael of the past or the 'Su Lin' of today. 】
[Let the kid who killed me, who calls himself Kaiya, become the next 'Su Lin'. 】
[I heard that he also has a wife, a son and a daughter. 】
[But unfortunately... the moment he killed me, he had already taken over my responsibility. 】
[No matter what choice he makes in the future, whether he chooses to take over this important task or not, this will be his decision. 】
【……】
【...Who am I? 】
[I know people's despicability, and I also guide their nobility. 】
[I have slaughtered the people I love most, and also saved their relatives and friends. 】
[I have seen thousands of scars carved on the land of Praia, belonging to my compatriots. 】
[I hurt them, destroyed them, but somehow became a hero in their eyes. 】
【……】
[The God in the sky, with his poetry and thoughts that are the same as mine, will he write my glorious name? 】
[How long will this sad and meaningless persistence last? 】
[If the Siren is still alive, will she regret trading with me? 】
[If disaster strikes this land again, will my dearest heir choose to stay for this land? 】
【if……】
【……】
【……】
[That’s it for now, my blood is almost drained. 】
[You who see this piece of paper can make your choice. Whether you destroy the paper or keep it is up to you. 】
[If you want to ask for my name. 】
【My name is Su Lin. 】
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Su Mingan rolled up the paper in his hand.
Various thoughts were fighting fiercely in his mind. After a moment of thinking, he took out the clue grid and the "fuzzy map" obtained from the Ater, and pieced it together with the paper in his hand.
The two are perfectly combined without missing a beat.
After combining, he saw the paper in his hand floating up automatically and sticking to the corner of the hidden grid.
He followed and found a book in another secret door that opened.
This is a translation reference book.
It was written with complex sacred texts, the same texts he had seen in the church.
He opened the reference book, searched on the pages, and finally found the words that the gods wrote to him that day, which could not be directly expressed as words.
Translated, there is only one sentence:
[Kaia, welcome back. 】
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At this moment, Su Mingan had figured out all the causes and consequences.
The clues in his mind connected from dot to line, and he laughed.
As if to put the pain of repeated death behind him, he laughed heartily.
It's time to end.
He put his finger to his temple.
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