I saw the old man take the book with a puzzled face, and look at the title of the book in the dim light of the mast, holding the slightly hard cover. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Codex?" The old man pointed to his chest pocket in confusion, "If you want to talk about the canon alone, I also have a copy here." ”

No one could answer him - the crew member who had just given him the book had disappeared into the night, never to be seen again.

Puzzled, he returned to his room below deck, on crutches, holding two different books of different folios, different bindings, different paper bindings, and even different printing methods.

Compared to the extreme scarcity of supplies in the Lancas, the conditions on these ships are actually much better. The hunchbacked old man tapped the pink lamp on the table with his cane and wand, and the long-lost light immediately illuminated his face.

"This edition of the Bi-Moon Canon is based on the 'Old Canon' provided by the 'Servant of God' Neu Esas, and the publisher is not responsible for its contents...... If there is a printing or proofreading error, please contact this publisher for a change. ”

Neither the copyright page nor the title page is a form that is rarely seen in the Church of the Two Moons' printed books and magical copying books—at least in the eyes of the hunchbacked old man at this time.

This canon is undoubtedly a "book from another world". The hunchbacked old man who pinched the pages of the book with his fingers and turned it to the other side coughed lightly twice, as a member of the church history of the Double Moon Church, he could be regarded as having seen a few pages of paper printed by people from other worlds, and knew that this special histogram was not made by any of the forces that originally belonged to this world.

"Huh? What is this? ......But when he turned over a new page, the lettering on it made him surrounded by new doubts. “

"For all of you who have been living in the Bilunar World and have been searching for the truth of this world, I would like to apologize to you very deeply."

It was the "affectionate apology" written by Neu Esas at the top of the volume. The Mendong Literature Publishing House, which published this volume of the Bimonthly Codex, decided to make a photocopy of his apology letter directly in the original text before the table of contents of the canon, so that it should be the frontispiece that the author of the canon who "sees the beginning but does not see the end" may write on the book.

"All the while, I stayed away from the political maelstrom of my friends in the world (sic, the publisher did not make any alterations or so-called corrections), thinking that this would solve the problem. But I seem to be wrong, some people and my fellow gods have somehow modified the contents of the canon to make it more in line with the needs and ideas of some people, while my companions are happy to see it, thinking that this will make the Lancas Islands the center of the world, and then spread the majesty of the Bilunar Cult from this archipelago to every corner of the world......"

This is indeed the dream shared by almost everyone in the Lancas Islands - whether they are sincere believers in the Bilunar Religion or not, in the power of the present gods and even in the true gods, the inhabitants of the Lancas Islands want the land beneath their feet to become the center of the world - and this is what the secular part of the Bilunar Church has always been committed to.

As long as the Bimoon Church can gain the status of the global center, then whether it is a true believer or not, as long as it is a Lancasian, it can be regarded as the first to get the moon, and it can also sit on the whole world to receive the benefits offered by believers all over the world, which can really be described as a muffled fortune!

"But if the Bilunar Sect does not serve the entire Bilunar World and all mankind in the Bilunar World, and is confined to a small archipelago to cherish itself, how can we expect the whole world to accept the Bilunar Sect and accept the 'values' of the Bilunar Sect? As the saying goes, 'respect is mutual', if the church on this side of Lancas does not respect Elta, then can the people on the continent of Elta be expected to trust the church of the two moons? What my friends think and do is undoubtedly a fool's dream to me today! ”

A thin layer of oil sweat oozed from the hunchbacked old man's forehead. Although Neesas is a living god and a servant of the true God, it is rumored that he does not participate much in the administration and rituals of the Bilunar Church, but has been present all over the world for a long time - it is not wrong to say this as a "traveling god", and his persuasive power to the people in the church is very indestructible.

"This ancient textbook, which has been silent in my backpack for a long time, has probably been hidden in the still sea of time and space for thousands of years. Now, when I compare it with the current standard version of the canon in circulation of the Bimonthly Church, I am surprised to find that there are many differences between the new version and the old version, and many unnatural sentences have been perfectly interpreted in the ancient text. ”

"It turned out to be ...... Ancient books? The hunchbacked old man sighed. In his memory and on the shelves of the library, there were never any "ancient books", and all the texts available on the market were the same edition, with the same stories and fables, and the exact same teachings.

“…… Therefore, in the new Bi-Moon Church, I will list this 'canon' in the name of a servant of God as the only legitimate version of this 'canon' that is closer to the truth than other canons. Of course, our quest for the truth will not stop, and if there is a version that is earlier than this ancient book and closer to the 'coming of the true God,' I would be happy to take its place. ”

"Your companion and best friend on the path of truth, Neu Esas, March 26, 2nd year of the new century in Mendong City."

Underneath the inscription is the "original" signature of Neuesas, as well as a magical imprint that looks genuine. The hunchbacked old man looked closely, and there was a handwritten arrow and a line of small words in the blank space under the imprint:

"Unverified, I don't know if it's true or not, I'm waiting in the book, I'm in a hurry!"

So the hunchbacked old man pondered for a moment, folded his hands and said a few words, then carefully laid the book flat on the ground and pressed the tip of his wand against it.

The red imprint responded to the effects of the magic and turned a distinctive purple color. The previous owner or reader of this book should not have the ability to verify it, so I made such a mark and hoped that future generations would verify it - the hunchbacked old man who thought so took out a quill with his suitcase and wrote this passage in beautiful flower script in the blank space of the message:

"Thank you, the imprints here are true in terms of color and image, but there are tens of thousands of copies of this book according to the title page, and if all of them are true, what else can be called true? Encourage you. ”

As the "basic reading" to subvert the old bi-monthly canonical system, the printing volume of the Bi-monthly Canon of Noysass-bon has long exceeded the 100,000 mark. As for the imprint problem that the hunchbacked old man would think of when he read the "ancient book", this kind of magic imprint mass production technology was used in the printing and production of the Elta Empire's legal tender El Ta Yuan in the Mendong City Comprehensive Printing Center, and it was not a big news in the Elta Empire for a long time.

"I really don't understand why you should put a blot like this everywhere." Chen Heng, disguised as an elf, proudly handed out a "Elta bill", leaned on the counter of the bookstore and whispered to Lumi Lana, who was traveling with him. "You can't use the terminal to identify it, and you can't read much useful information, so why not just change it to a QR code, and let this thing and the barcode coexist?"

The cashier, who was sliding his finger back and forth over the cash register, was about to look up at the rare brand new bill, and when he looked up, he saw two customers with long ears from the hand that handed the bill. He didn't dare to make a sound, so he had to open the drawer of the cash register and pull out the cash change one by one.

"When you arrive in Rome, you have to be like a Roman, Mr. Chen." Lumi Lana shrugged helplessly, "If you want to make the banknote made of plastic, or bury a soft label on it, these Chinese can do it." You have to know that the other side of the portal is now also in the era of electronic payment, and it is not the technical and resource conditions on the earth that do all this, but the only means of verification outside of Elta and Elta. ”

With that, Lumirana took the two books into her hands, ripped off the wrapper tape of one and flipped to the frontispiece of Neaesas, and walked as she went, holding her finger against the magic mark on it.

"Theoretically, the manufacture and use of this seal requires the living identification and authentication of the subject, which is a personalized part of the original 'magic game' of this planet, and the pattern on it is not important. In fact, because they can't change their appearance, their current seal patterns are all randomly produced. ”

"At the end of the day, it's not about burdening your central processing center." Chen Heng thought for a moment, then came to a conclusion with a crooked mouth, and at the same time raised a new question: "Identify the identity of the object of use, then do you know who the owner of the pattern on these big banknotes in our hands is?" Is it Chinese or ......"

"Neither." Lumirana shook her head with a smile and threw the book back to Chen Heng. "Chinese used in the manufacturing process of the stamp, which is still naïve, the stacking printing technology is used, and the control terminal of the system in the whole process from manufacturing to use fails to recognize the decisive biological characteristics of even one human individual, so its owner is naturally the printing press......"

"Holy!" Chen Heng, who received the "Comparative Annotations of the Bilunar Canon" thrown by Lumirana, woke up like a dream, "That's right! Printing technology can make the shape they want, so what they printed on the book is the seal of the 'living gods'......"

"It's fake."

"No, it's true, right?" Chen Heng re-fastened the artificial leather buckle on the cover of the book and put it in his handbag. "As you say, Elta, no, there is only one means of verification for magicians all over the world, so just as this book was first distorted from the armistice into the Two-Moon Canon, it is the real thing without it, and it is more convincing than the real thing!"