Act XVIII. Paradise Library

It is well known that the supply depots in the wasteland are usually places for travelers, revenators, and scholars to rest temporarily, and some of the supply depots have become strongholds for outlaws due to the concentration of robbers and criminals, and it is even said that in the wasteland between the Pan-Western Sea and the Holy Alliance, there is also a sin city developed from the supply depot.

However, these are the exceptions, and most of the supply stations have simple structures such as lighthouses, water storage stations, living houses, and observation posts.

Eris deserves to be so.

As a supply depot a hundred kilometers away from the city on the edge of the wasteland, Eris should be just one of the ordinary supply depots, and there is nothing special about it.

However, now, in front of Bai Ge, a library appeared in this supply station.

“...... Eris shouldn't have a library plan for this supply depot, right? ”

Bai Ge checked his notes in the manual, which were briefly marked with information on some important supply stations, including those that might be occupied by criminals, those that might have been destroyed, and those that were relatively safe.

Eris is clearly not one of these people, just a regular supply depot.

"So, this library must be some kind of anomaly?"

The bamboo frost lowered its nose and moved slightly, like a puppy sniffing around, but it didn't smell anything abnormal.

"What are you talking about?"

Wilbur is a person outside the situation, although he knows that Bai Ge and Bamboo Frost Fall are both ascenders, and it is estimated that he has a deeper understanding of the current situation, but as an ordinary person, he has too little understanding of this transcendent world.

"...... [Nether] is a very strong monster, but it can make it choose to retreat immediately, I'm afraid the light of this lighthouse is not the main reason, and this library."

Only stronger monsters can drive away another monster.

Bai Ge briefly checked the other buildings of the Eris supply depot, and found no trace of humans, and there was no human habitation here for at least three months.

Records of the library's existence are not mentioned in the journal that the supply depot was cut off three months ago.

"The last day of this log was recorded on February 16? Business as usual, a traveler travelling through the wasteland arrives and the next day there is no record? From the point of view of time? This traveler may have been the cause of the change. ”

Bai Ge put down the supply station log with a mottled cover? Glancing again at the gray library.

"And, Paradise Library ......"

As a former librarian, Bai Ge had never heard a similar description? There is no such thing in the records of the Abyssal Relic? Obviously, if it is this transcendent item, it should be a new breed that has not yet been discovered by human cognition.

His [Assassin Vision] also has difficulty penetrating walls? See what's in it.

Got it on track? An invisible dagger appeared in Bai Ge's right hand? Meantime? In sight? A little crimson appears.

[White Rainbow Sun]!

He took a step forward? The dagger in his hand stabbed out towards that little crimson, which was the flaw in the library.

If it were replaced by an ordinary building, Bai Ge would only need to attack this place to be able to cause the entire building to collapse.

Buzz –

There was a buzzing sound in the air, and Bai Ge's invisible dagger pierced through that red light? Hit the weak points of the building.

A distortion of space? It's like a mirage, and it's fleeting.

However? Nothing happened.

That library is still standing in place? There was no collapse or breakage.

Bai Ge frowned slightly, although this was expected, it was a premonition after using [Assassin's Vision] to observe the library without success? But he was still a little uneasy about the fact that such a situation had occurred.

This means that the library is a very high person, at least a creation close to the level of a demigod.

As for the degree of danger, it needs to be analyzed in detail.

After all, Bai Ge is an existence that used to talk and laugh with natural disasters, there are the most dangerous mortals, and there are also very safe natural disasters, and it can't be generalized, since Atlas dares to let the contestants come here to hunt for treasures, it means that this library at least does not have the danger of crushing the form.

"How?"

Bamboo Frost fell around Bai Ge as he investigated the library, but he didn't gain anything more.

"It's not very good, I'll ask first."

Bai Ge said in a deep voice.

Then he pulled out his phone.

The signal of the [Panda Council] here is also very good, and people can't help but wonder what this thing is relying on to transmit information.

Bai Ge's previous journey caused a lot of discussion in the group, but since it was during the event, more people discussed the game.

[Lao Tzu's world's first cute]: There won't be anyone who hasn't drawn a limited Koluwa, right?

[No one knows faith better than me]: I can't control the word limit when I see it, no wonder others call you a kryptonite sow.

[Lao Tzu's first cutie in the world]: Get out, I'm happy, I'm rich, can't I?

[Do Not Disturb in the Abyss]: However, this limited strength feels like it is only reflected in the event, and the natural disaster contract is a bit of a chicken rib, so it can only be said to be a countermeasure card.

[In doing it]: Hey, originally we designed a card of average strength, but I didn't expect it to be changed to like this, these guys really want to rob it every day.

Seeing that the big guy who might have tied the knot with the abyss relic and the idle water group, Bai Ge immediately chatted privately.

[Goo-goo]: Big guy, do you have any impression of the supply depot in Eris?

After waiting for a while, Bai Ge saw that the other party showed that he was typing, and then sent a reply.

[Doing it, doing it]: I do seem to have passed by this supply depot once, but only for a short time, what's wrong?

Seeing this, Bai Ge immediately informed the big guy about the Heavenly Library.

[In doing it, doing it]: ...... On the 16th of February, it was true that I seemed to be a supply depot on the Trans-Western Sea border that I passed near that time, but when I left, the supply depot was still normal...... Could it be that the influence of the Abyssal Relic had already appeared at that time?

The big guy also seemed a little confused.

Bai Ge thought about it, and suddenly had a guess.

Won't it ...... This big guy has really loved this abyss relic as a family, but he doesn't know it, and he thinks he is suppressing the abyss relic, right?

Or, the existence of chatting with Bai Ge now may be a fully activated abyss relic, which occupies the personality of this big guy and makes such a response, tricking Bai Ge into going over to die?

Of course, it is also possible that as the big guy said, the initial activation of the abyss relic had an impact on the supply station, but this effect was difficult to detect, so he didn't notice it at the time, and it wasn't until the big guy left that the mutation took root and became what it is today.

[In doing in doing]: However, since Atlas placed the treasure of the game in this thing, it means that at least it is not dangerous, I guess, it may be because of the nature of the abyss relic itself, the external characteristics of this abyss relic are evolution, anything, whether it is alive or not, as long as it comes into contact with the abyss relic for a period of time, it will begin to evolve undirectionally, although I sealed it, it is possible that the supply station is still polluted.

"Evolution......

The abyss relic in this big man's hand should be some historical fragment related to rockets, as for why it has evolutionary properties....... Because rockets represent the evolution of humanity?

Bai Ge didn't quite understand the reason, but if that abyss relic really had similar powers, then it seemed understandable that its remaining power affected the supply depot and caused the current situation.

Bai Ge's own [Trojan Horse] told him the same thing, although the person of this library is high, it is not as dangerous as [Nether].

It's just that the characteristics of "evolution" still make Bai Ge worry about whether he will suddenly have an extra pair of hands or three eyes as he walks.

"I'll go in and check it out, and you'll be waiting outside."

After briefly explaining the situation, Bai Ge made such a decision.

Wilbur was scribbling or something with his notebook, and when he heard Bai Ge's words, he raised his head.

Bamboo frost fell, but did not agree.

"I'm with me, too."

She said and came to Bai Ge's side.

Seeing Bai Ge's eyes, Zhu Shuang explained seriously.

"I'm not willful, according to the senior, even a demigod can ignore the mutation, no matter who the two of us are, after entering the library alone, there is a possibility that we will be polluted and unconscious, so the best way is to go in together and be able to take care of each other."

"Then I'll go with you, or if I encounter some monsters outside after you go in, it won't be over."

Wilbur jumped.

“...... Isn't that completely unchanged? ”

Bai Ge secretly complained to himself, however, what the bamboo frost fell said was also reasonable, since the demigods were difficult to detect, if Bai Ge was polluted after he went in but didn't know it, and brought it out, maybe it would hurt the bamboo frost.

In that case, it's better to be together.

With their decisions made, the three of them arrived at the door of the library.

Bai Ge pushed it gently, and the seemingly heavy door was pushed open.

There was no attack from any monsters, and Bai Ge could only see the bookshelves crammed with books like the Library of Alexandria in the middle of the empty hall.

This reminded Bai Ge of the blonde girl who lived on top of the tower.

As I walked forward, I was greeted by a boxy table.

and a man seated at the table.

He was dressed in a suit, looking like a mixture of Pan Xihai and Zhuxia, his figure was thin, and he was quite tired with one hand supporting his head, flipping through the books on the table.

"People?"

Bamboo Frost was a little unsure, as she didn't feel any human breath from the man in front of her.

It's more like an alchemy doll than a human, but it doesn't have the feel of a philosopher's stone.

Bamboo Frost tries to analyze it through pheromones, but suddenly discovers that since entering this library, she has never perceived pheromones other than Bai Ge and Wilbur.

Whether it is the man in front of him, or the book, or the entire room, there are no pheromones produced.

For Bamboo Frost, it's like telling her that everything is false.

"Huh? I didn't expect anyone to visit here, and I thought no one else would come until I died. ”

The tired man quickly noticed the three, and he lowered his hand and raised his gaze from the book.

"Where are the rest of the people in this depot, and who are you?"

Bai Ge asked in a deep voice.

In Bai Ge's field of vision, he didn't see the flaws of the person in front of him, he was like a machine that was tightly fitted and had no loopholes, looking scattered, but he had no weaknesses in himself.

It's like this library.

"Me? I'm the last person left in this world, well, our world. ”

The man smiled bitterly.

"Your world?"

Wilbur couldn't help but ask.

Isn't this really some kind of time-traveling plot?

"Yes, my world is in ruins, at the end of civilization, we created this library, this body, hoping to send you the message of our civilization, fortunately, in the last moment, you came."

The man spoke lightly, without the slightest sense of urgency.

"What the hell does this mean?"

A question mark appeared on Zhushuang's head, and she looked at Bai Ge and didn't quite understand.

“...... Your world...... Could it be that your civilization was built only a few months ago? ”

Bai Ge had an astonishing guess.

"Yes, one hundred and twenty days ago in your UTC, on February 16, our civilization was born."

The man nodded and looked at Bai Ge with appreciation.

"After one hundred and twenty days of development, our civilization has finally been destroyed, and this is the tombstone of our civilization."

"Wait, wait, what does that mean, Mr. Heinlein?"

Wilbur was confused, feeling like he was watching some legendary movie or.

"It's the power of evolution."

Bai Ge glanced at the man and the library, and continued.

"For some reason, a creature in the depot has been contaminated by an abyssal relic, favored by a supernatural power, and has evolved."

"Maybe what they gained was the ability to evolve at high speed, so in a short period of time, these creatures developed rapidly, had their own civilization, and built all of this in just over a hundred days."

"However, I don't know if it's because the influence of the Abyss Relic has disappeared, or because of some other reason, this new civilization has been destroyed, and you are the only one left, is that right?"

Bai Ge roughly stated his conjecture.

As bizarre as it may sound, it is not difficult to come to such a conclusion if one can truly understand the power of historical fragments and abyssal relics.

"That's right."

The man smiled and nodded slightly.

"You may have encountered something strange outside of here, like a black film or something, right?"

"That thing is a creation made by our civilization, and at the same time, it is also the fundamental cause of the destruction of our civilization."