Chapter 408 Librarian X0230302047
Chapter 408 "Librarian-X0230302047"
The stone pillars here are not all the white Doric stone pillars with a milky yellow tint. Some are black stone pillars, a bit like obsidian or other unknown mysterious metals.
However, although there are countless stone pillars here, they do not support the dome, because this is still the structure of the inner surface of a sphere. The gravity system that transcends cognition makes this place a super-cognitive mysterious place.
On the top of the stone pillar, there are sculptures one after another. These sculptures have different shapes, some of which look like angels, and some look like demons.
The angel sculpture has its wings folded and is weeping with its hands covering its face, while the devil sculpture has its wings spread wide, looking angry and ferocious. The former is located at the top of the white stone pillar, while the latter is located at the top of the black stone pillar. They restrain each other, making the whole floor look like a huge chess set.
There are some iron chains hanging on these stone pillars, and at the end of the iron chains there are some sculptures of little angels or little devils, but their bodies are all incomplete and all lack wings, as if they were violently torn apart. If there were not some traces of wing roots in the area where their shoulder blades extend to the back, it would be really difficult to distinguish whether they are little people or little angels, little black devils or little devils.
There are some bookshelves scattered around the cylinder. The bookshelves on this floor are much fewer than those on the previous floor. It is like the small villas in the wilderness of Northern Europe. You can only see a few rows from a long distance.
Although they are still distributed in a tile-like manner, due to the number of them, it is really difficult to easily determine the way out of the bookshelf area through them.
Rather than calling this a book collection area, it would be more accurate to say that this is a group of columns.
The old man ran here as if he was traveling through a classical and abandoned Greek temple. However, no matter how he ran, the passage kept a distance from him like a mirage.
It's like Kuafu chasing the sun.
“‘Layer’…‘Node’…”
"Hu, hu, hu..."
"The twelfth sequence..."
“Alshed’s Polka-dot Layer Penetration Theory…”
"Huh, huh..."
"Space Bridge..."
"What on earth is this... How on earth can we get close to it?!"
The old man began to mutter in a mysterious manner, like a nerd who couldn't find a solution to a problem. He kept mumbling everything he knew, trying to stimulate his thinking and see through the flaws in the question.
But he couldn't see through it.
Just like an elementary school student cannot solve advanced mathematics.
What was presented to him was something completely beyond the syllabus that he had not even learned!
[Layer...]
【node…】
【Twelve-segment sequence...】
【Hehehehe…】
【Hahahahaha...】
As the old man walked around, the broken angel sculptures hanging by iron chains on the pillars beside him began to move somehow. They caught the old man's mumblings and then imitated him with giggles like parrots.
They chirped like a swarm of insects or flies, disturbing the old man and making him look unhappy and unable to concentrate.
【node……】
[Sequence 12…]
【Hee hee hee……】
[Alshed's Polka Dot Layer Penetration Theory...]
"Don't make noise...Don't make noise! It's too noisy! It's too noisy!"
The old man stopped and roared at the empty surroundings.
On the pillar, the little angel sculpture still looks petrified, as if it has never changed.
However, in the old man's mind, those voices continued to echo.
For a moment, he could no longer tell whether it was something that existed in his imagination, or something that really existed but deliberately avoided his attention...
"Space Bridge..."
"Dimensional penetration..."
""Pulse of Space and Time"..."
"What on earth is this, what on earth is this…?"
The old man squatted on the ground, pulling his messy hair with his dry hands in pain.
[Of course you ask us...]
We can help you find it...
【We can always...】
【As long as you...】
[As long as you untie our chains...]
【Hehehehe…】
[It’s infiltration…hahahaha…]
【Hehe... Do you believe it? 】
[Daydreaming...] The little devil sculpture seemed to have joined in this feast of language and started arguing with the little angel sculptures.
The little angel sculpture ignored them and continued to whisper in the old man's ear with a bewitching tone.
[You should believe it... He's coming... He's coming... Hahahaha...]
[You can’t lock me up…]
[He will liberate us... He will definitely...]
【Hee hee hee……】
[The truth of ancient times will not be buried by the dust of history...]
【When the wind blows...】
[The secret beneath the dust...]
[Will reappear...]
[He is coming...]
[He is back...]
【Hey hey hey...】
The old man's ears were polluted by the noisy sounds, but he seemed to be reminded of something and suddenly raised his head from the ground.
"That's right... you are right..."
"Something is coming back..."
"Something must have come back!!!"
"Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so many years and there wouldn't be any record of it appearing in the library..."
"It just so happened that the 'path' unfolded at this time, allowing it to appear over there..."
"It doesn't happen for no reason..."
"I must have been 'summoned' by something!"
"It's "ta"? But who is ta...what is ta?"
His eyes were filled with the pain and madness of obstructed thinking. The little angel sculpture and the little devil sculpture were whispering and quarreling in his ears, but he was unable to pay attention.
【Take me away...】
[I can take you to find it...]
[I can do this…]
But no matter what these little angel sculptures said, the old man just muttered to himself. He heard their voices, but he chose to ignore them absolutely, as if this kind of disregard was engraved in his bones.
He raised his head, and in just a moment, his eyes were already filled with bloodshot.
He began to frantically search for something, and finally, at the other end of the passage, he vaguely spotted a figure leaning against a bookshelf—Lin Yi, who was in the Dream Studies section on the first floor of the library! "There's... someone?"
"That kid... Hey, could it be that kid?!"
"Is it him?!"
"Could it be him!!!"
It was at this moment that Lin Yi from the Dream Studies sector also saw his fleeting figure.
Soon, Lin Yi at the entrance of the passage came out of that state and began to leave...
"He's leaving?"
"Wait, wait...how could he just leave like that?!"
"Don't go, don't go!"
"What should I do? What should I do? What should I say?"
He kept pulling at his dry hair...
“Got it! Got it, got it!!”
He fumbled around in his pocket and took out a worn notepad, flipping through it. On the pages there seemed to be some random words like "Tomato is the heart" and some strange doodles. Finally, he turned to a certain page.
Then, he looked at some symbols on the paper, brewed his emotions, and slowly spoke:
""Nr den svarte... mnen vissner... kommer srgemoerne... tilbake fra det... uendelige dyphavet..."
After reading it twice, he stopped stuttering and spoke relatively clearly:
""Nr den svarte mnen vissner...kommer srgemoerne tilbake fra det uendelige dyphavet..."
Such sounds penetrated the passage and reached Lin Yi's ears, but at that time, only intermittent fragments of the sounds remained.
Lin Yi turned and left.
The old man got anxious when he saw this, and shouted in panic: "Don't go! Don't go!!"
He immediately discovered that this passage also began to dissipate, and the "path" leading to "The Lawmaker's Theory" also began to disappear.
"Oh no, the Path has disappeared!"
"No, this won't work..."
"By the way, he's still in the library! Still here!"
At this moment, a long beep sounded, and the lights in the library turned red. The old man seemed to remember something and suddenly became aware: "First floor! He is on the first floor! That bookshelf... that is the layout of the first floor!"
He ran quickly and awkwardly to the elevator, and started jabbing the elevator button with his fingers like a convulsion.
The elevator rose slowly, and he rushed in as soon as the door opened, gasping and coughing violently, repeating words like "Don't go, don't go, wait for me" over and over again.
When the elevator reached the first floor and the door opened, he rushed out shouting "Wolf" and fell to the ground in a mess.
Despite this, he still stared closely at the space in front of him. However, in front of him, there was only a dim area, and Lin Yi had just left.
He slumped down on the ground exhausted, his eyes suddenly lost their luster, and he looked much older.
"Missed..."
"I actually... I actually missed it like this..."
"Cough cough..."
"Why... why..."
"Security usually stays for 15 minutes..."
"15 minutes...it's definitely enough for me to get down...why..."
"Why don't you wait for me..."
"Cough cough cough..."
"My time is running out..."
"Cough cough...cough cough cough..."
He started coughing violently, first covering his mouth and then his chest.
He seemed to sense something and reached out to take out a sign from his chest.
The sign was a little faded, but you could still see a string of numbers on it:
「Librarian-X0230302047」.
……
X023年5月10日，5:03，一片未知而寂静的黑暗场域之中。
“Da…da…da…da.”
“Clatter… clatter…”
The sound of footsteps and swinging chains swayed in the darkness, and gradually, a soft yellow field emerged from the darkness.
The security guard was holding an old kerosene lamp and leading the chef in a black bib through the crowd. At the end of the chain, followed by Zhao Lingxiao and Lin Yi.
The atmosphere around was very depressing, and light seemed to be a luxury here. Only the old kerosene lamp in the hands of the security guard was left, which supported a space and barely illuminated a small distorted area around it.
Lin Yi held the chain tightly with caution, staying focused at all times, and not expanding his perception recklessly, for fear of causing unnecessary trouble.
He was very curious about this place, but he did not look around. Instead, he followed the actions of the chefs in black bibs and Zhao Lingxiao in front of him and followed the security guards like a wooden man.
That scene had some flavor of an alternative "corpse-driving" performance.
With every step he took, Lin Yi could feel the ground beneath his feet moving and undulating irregularly as if it were a living thing. 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 the fact that he could only see out of the corner of his eye, meant that he could not see anything clearly. He only felt that there seemed to be some vague black shadows all around him.
Those dark shadows looked like flowing fog, which appeared under the light due to different densities, and like a wrinkled sheet, constantly changing shape.
Lin Yi could clearly hear the breathing of Zhao Lingxiao who was walking in front of him, and could also faintly smell the scent on her body. In such an atmosphere, all subtle perceptions would be magnified.
There was a strange smell on Zhao Lingxiao, and it was difficult for Lin Yi to compare it with some existing smells. Even if she couldn't take a shower or sleep because she became a dormitory manager, there shouldn't be such a smell. But when he first came into close contact with her, he didn't notice that Zhao Lingxiao had such a smell.
After walking for a while, Lin Yi suddenly found that the ground under his feet was gradually losing its "activity" and began to become somewhat ordinary...
And in the silent darkness, movements other than theirs began to appear.
“Swish…”
“Swish…”
Like the sound of wind blowing through leaves.
Lin Yi suddenly felt that something familiar seemed to appear around him.
He really wanted to take a look, but was suppressed by reason.
He was startled when he saw it out of the corner of his eye.
It's a lamppost.
A leaning, abandoned lamppost.
"Green Forest Belt?" Lin Yi had some guesses in his mind. Could it be that they had come to the Green Forest Belt?
The moment he thought of the Green Belt, the words that Tian Bufan had said came to his mind:
"After coming out of the cafeteria, I found the "Library-001" street lamp pole, and then walked towards the library according to the general route on the campus map. When I arrived in front of the "Library-102" street lamp pole, what appeared in front of me was... a green belt."
"Could this green forest belt be the one that Master Tian saw before?" Lin Yi began to guess in his heart. If so, then didn't Master Tian have been right at the beginning?
No, you can't think like that... If that's the case, then we can only re-verify that the "Student Code of Conduct" is correct.
Article 4 of the Student Code:
[The location coordinates of each building on the map are absolutely accurate, and all the buildings on campus have been marked on the map. If you see a building that is not on the map, especially the Art Building, don't panic, mark the location on the map and report it to the class teacher. Do not go there. ]
Although the "Student Code" is a one-size-fits-all policy, its value seems to be constantly improving...
As expected, Lin Yi discovered that there seemed to be a faint light on the road ahead...
In the endless darkness, the light is like a beacon.
(End of this chapter)