A little earlier than Lu Tao's high school dropout, probably when he was in junior high school, Lu Tao is not like other ordinary junior high school students, who like to spend a lot of time on games and TV, but prefers to spend his time on books that contain the vast world.

At the beginning, there were not many books at home to see Lu Tao, I like to go to Xinhua Bookstore to rub books, the largest Xinhua bookstore in Anmen City, used to turn on the air conditioner when it was the hottest time in summer, so that the entire huge three-story library was immersed in coolness, and it was also Lu Tao's favorite place to go, not only him, there were many office workers who also liked to occupy a certain floor of the library on Saturdays and Sundays, although they couldn't bring a bench, they would still sit on the floor, while feeling the cool breeze around them, and slowly read the books in their hands。

Of course, there are junior high school students of Lu Tao's age, but there are not many of them, they are used to paying attention to those books with gorgeous covers, reading some strange stories and observations, just like those readers who liked "Strange Tales from Liaozhai" hundreds of years ago, but Lu Tao likes to put all his energy on those "100,000 Whys" , he always felt that as long as he finished reading those four thick books, he would be able to include all the knowledge in this world, these four books are very thick and expensive, Lu Tao once saw them at his friend's house when he was in elementary school, and he has never forgotten them.

Later, Xinhua Bookstore wrapped a thin layer of plastic film on all the books, but turned away all the people who went there to rub books, Lu Tao naturally understood the choice of Xinhua Bookstore, after all, how to say that bookstores also need to make money, some books that have been turned over and over are dyed with black traces, naturally there is no way to sell them as new books, maybe even the monthly air conditioning fee can not be earned.

Therefore, Lu Tao no longer went to Xinhua Bookstore to rub books, but directly found the library in Anmen City, although this small library has only been built for a long time, the books in it are like puppets with missing arms and legs, always not so complete, no one will turn on the air conditioner in summer, not even an electric fan, and the heating will not burn so much in winter, and you will feel cold hands and feet if you stay for a long time, but you can still borrow a brand new "One Hundred Thousand Whys" in the library, so this is enough.

Until the end, it was probably the first year of high school, and the library was not even complete with "One Hundred Thousand Whys", so Lu Tao gave up and continued to go to the library, after all, the library was far away from his home, and the library administrator had a bad attitude, always turning off the overhead light before the specified time, and if he wanted to borrow books, he had to pay some borrowing fees, and naturally Lu Tao did not meet a girl who also liked to read books in the library.

In the end, Lu Tao found that even if he finished reading the entire set of four "100,000 Whys", he still didn't know anything about the world, he couldn't see most of the things in the books, and the people and things he saw were things that he couldn't write about in that set of books.

Ah, having said so much, in fact, I just want to illustrate the fact that Lu Tao is a person who likes to acquire knowledge very much, although it is far from being like a sponge for absorbing knowledge, but it is almost a crumpled napkin.

Back to reality, although it is a little strange to say this, but the world in this book is indeed a reality to some extent for Lu Tao now, Lu Tao looked at the bookshelf full of books, and the different flavors of those books because of different materials, and suddenly felt very interesting, he had been

I have imagined that I can travel to another world, and then become a university scholar in that world, not to mention leading the technological development of a world, at least let them know that the planet they live on is round and not end up being burned on a cross.

Hawkers, it's still far away, Lu Tao took down a book directly from the side of the bookshelf, opened it to check the contents, some of these books are binding, just like those books that Lu Tao has seen in modern society, some books are simple with I don't know what animal leather as the cover, there is not even the name of the book on it, only when the first page is opened, can we know what is inside.

On this row of bookshelves, it seems that most of them are personal notes, that is, those contents that cannot be classified, or involve various aspects of content, after all, notes are such things, in fact, they are written wherever they want to go, and in the same way, these notes can be placed in this library, naturally there are some origins, at least the person who wrote these notes must be an accomplished alchemist.

As for one of these notes, will there be a treasure map in it, as many of them are written, there are always people who like to hide the treasure map in these books that no one checks, and the protagonist accidentally opens a book like this, and then discovers the secrets in it, and because of these discoveries start a legend, and finally go to the pinnacle of life, it doesn't matter if you win or not to marry Bai Fumei.

Thinking like this, Lu Tao grabbed the spine of the book in his hand, shook the open side down, and shook it back and forth, but found that except for some subtle sounds between the collision of pages, there was no extra paper falling out of it.

"Hey, boy, don't try again, all of these books have been tried, there are no treasure maps in them, and there are no secrets of alchemy!"

An old voice came from behind Lu Tao, startling Lu Tao, and when he turned around, standing behind Lu Tao was an old man he had never seen before.

The old man saw Lu Tao's gaze and continued to ask, "Who are you? Why have I never seen you?"

"I'm new to the Alchemy Society, you're a senior in Hatton, I've heard Anna introduce you earlier. Lu Tao replied truthfully, Anna said earlier that the alchemist Hatton didn't like other people to disturb him sleeping, Lu Tao always thought that Hatton's temper was not very good, but it didn't seem to be the case when he heard him talk at this time, at least now, it didn't seem that he would suddenly feel like thunder.

Hatton nodded, "Oh...... To be honest, I don't seem to have seen this little girl for a long time, and I always feel a little lonely...... Ah, it's fun to tease that little girl......"

"Anna seems to have something else going on, so he went back after bringing me here. Lu Tao then thought, Anna suddenly said that she had something to go back, could it be that she was afraid that she would stay in the library for a long time, so that Hatton's seniors would wake up? After all, the smile on Hatton's senior's face now, how to look at it is a little obscene, if there is a mirror in front of him, I really hope that he can see it himself, how to say it? Being stared at by Hatton's predecessor with such an expression, Lu Tao felt a little panicked.

"Well, let's not talk about Anna. Hatton's senior expression changed for a moment, and suddenly returned to normal: "Since you said that you are a new member of the Alchemy Society, and I haven't seen anyone's assistants before

You, you were recruited directly by President Douglas?"

"That's right, it was President Douglas who directly brought me into the Alchemy Society. This is a fact, and Lu Tao has nothing to lie, so he naturally replied truthfully: "I am very interested in the library of the Alchemy Association, so as soon as I joined the Alchemy Association, I asked Anna to bring me to the library." ”

"Yes, the most important thing for us alchemists is knowledge, and the books in this library are the biggest guarantee of our Alchemy Association, so don't look for any illusory treasure maps, study these knowledge, Anna told you the rules in the library, right?"

Lu Tao blushed a little, he really didn't expect that he just shook the book a little, so that the old man understood what he was going to do, and then he could only reply: "Regarding the rules in the library, Anna has already reminded me in advance, including which books can be borrowed, which books cannot be borrowed, and where not to go." ”

"Then you can go over there and ask me if you have any questions, but only when I'm awake, and if I'm asleep, don't disturb me, understand?"

Lu Tao nodded hurriedly, he had heard this more than once, and of course he would not forget it.

Hatton senior patted Lu Tao's shoulder with satisfaction, then took down a book from the bookshelf next to him, and returned to his original position by himself, Lu Tao breathed a sigh of relief, although Hatton's senior looked like an old man who was powerless, but the momentum on his body was still solid, at least Lu Tao felt a kind of pressure from top to bottom when facing him, although I don't know where this pressure came from, it is probably equivalent to the feeling of a college student meeting a professor on a college campus.

After thinking about it, Lu Tao took down another book from the next place on the shelf, stacked the two books on top of each other, found a seat and sat down, and then it was time to harvest knowledge.

......

Both of these books were the notes of an alchemist, and the content recorded on the notes was basically incoherent, as if he wrote down whatever came to mind, and sometimes contained some complaints from the alchemists of the time, such as complaining that his wife was too much in charge, or that his son was not smart enough, or that the wine provided by the royal family of the Bright Empire was not pure enough.

That's right, this alchemist is the alchemist when the Empire of Light still exists, and it was much earlier than the time when the Empire of Light triggered a demonic invasion, and the content of the research in it is also some strange things, after all, there are many strange phenomena in this world, for example, these notes use a lot of space to describe a river of abnormal gravity, the water in that river will flow from the bottom to the top, and the things floating on the water will also flow from the bottom to the top, this is not "Approaching Science" The illusion of visual discrepancy was also proved by the alchemist's spirit level, which was discovered directly below the river, and this black stone was found to have the effect of gravitational anomalies, that is, he caused the river to flow backwards.

In addition, the notes also describe many aspects of the Bright Empire in those days, or some local customs and habits, and if an archaeologist found this notebook, he would probably be pleasantly surprised, and even a new discipline could be born.

Oh yes, the owner of this notebook is named Abram.