Libraries have been a symbol of civilization since ancient times, as they carry human knowledge, wisdom, experience, and questions. Ancient wonders such as the Library of Alexandria, for example, can be said to be the coordinates of Mediterranean civilization over the centuries. And this small school library is more than meaningful to people who have traveled into this world. It is not only the only link between these outcasts of Earth and their native civilization, but also the foundation of their existence in this strange world. Selinda Nerazel Arias was right, knowledge is power, and libraries are the source of power. This fire not only burned the wealth of knowledge, but also directly burned the foundation of Xiao Chen's existence.

When people enjoy convenient Internet inquiries in the modern world, lying down and reading books on tablets, libraries seem to be somewhat outdated and forgotten, but here, this represents the advantage of civilization for thousands of years, and it is the biggest hole card for everyone, allowing them to stand on the shoulders of giants to move forward.

So although Xiao Chen and Luo Ling were very tired, they still tried their best to run to the door of the library, and the small square outside the library was full of people rushing back and forth, some people brought fire extinguishers from afar, some people carried water with buckets, some people rushed out of the fire with books, some people were hoarsely asking for help, and some people were standing there at a loss, not knowing what to do at all.

The heat wave was rolling in the air, the tongues of fire on the houses were spitting, and the atmosphere of tension and panic was spreading among the crowd, Xiao Chen could imagine that if these books were burned, the disaster would shatter everyone's newly established confidence.

The fire started from the stack on the first floor on the west side of the building. At present, it has just spread to the reading room on the west side of the second floor and the office on the third floor, and has not yet burned to the lobby and the east side of the stacks.

When Xiao Chen was thinking about what to do, he met several people who were blackened and stumbled out of the library, one of them looked very seriously injured and was carried on his back, he ran up and asked, "Classmate, are you injured by the fire?"

"Mao Kai took us to open the bookshelf and separate a gap to delay the fire, but he was hit by the fallen bookshelf and may have injured his leg. One of them said.

"I see Dr. Feng over there, you should hurry up and let her take a look. Xiao Chen pointed them in the direction, and the people ran towards the doctor with their arms.

"Their efforts may have saved a few more books, but the fire didn't slow down much. Xiao Chen said in a deep voice, he looked at Luo Ling, "Give me those two scrolls." ”

"You don't know the effect of the scroll, don't rush to the doctor. Luo Ling disagreed.

"Listen, I can feel that one of the scrolls is filled with the power of water. Since all those storms, no one knows what water feels like better than I do. Xiao Chen stretched out his hand, "Trust me." ”

The two looked at each other for a few seconds, and Luo Ling knew that Xiao Chen would not change his mind again, so he had to take out the scroll from his bag and hand it to Xiao Chen, "Go ahead...... But don't do anything stupid. ”

Xiao Chen handed over the "Knowing the Sea Shadow Scroll" to Luo Ling, snatched the bucket in the hands of the students who carried water on the side, poured it on his head, and then rushed into the fire with the scroll.

The fire hadn't reached the lobby on the first floor, but the air was already scorching. Many people were busy fighting the fire, and Xiao Chen stood hesitantly at the gate leading to the library, where the choking smoke and fierce fire obscured all vision, just like the legendary gate of hell.

He didn't have any confidence in his heart, although he could feel that the power of water in the scroll was real, but how could he know what kind of magic it was, let alone what effect it would have when activated. He felt like a schoolboy, holding a small pistol and facing an ancient beast.

The only thing he was sure of was that with no fire trucks, no fire hydrant water supply, and with the means of their people at the moment, the only end of the library was to be burned to the ground tomorrow morning.

This is a gamble, Bo is not only life and death, but also an opportunity for civilization inheritance, but when all this is pressed on Xiao Chen, the weight is heavy.

However, history needs some people to move forward with a heavy burden at any time, Xiao Chen didn't feel this way before, because he was just a beneficiary of the protection of martyrs and heroes, but here, the burden was picked up by him. So, Xiao Chen went in.

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When Li Jia rushed to the door of the library, her heart was full of worry and doubt.

Today was a good day for him, when Selinda was leaving, Li Jia was impulsive and gave her a jade pendant hanging around his neck, the pendant was engraved with a statue of Guanyin, the color was good, the water head was very full, it was Li Jia's first birthday, his grandfather gave him a birthday gift.

Selinda took a chain off her neck and gave it back to him. The chain looked plain, the pendant was made of white shells, and it was simply worn with a metal chain. I don't know what kind of shell it is, and the surface may be polished smooth due to long-term wear. Although the valuable jade pendant was exchanged for this seemingly worthless thing, Li Jia wanted to howl happily, isn't this just an exchange of tokens?

When he returned, he still fantasized about where he and Selinda would go in the end, but as soon as he stepped out of the door of the storage room, he saw the library on fire in the distance.

He couldn't believe that this was Selinda's tricks, she was so innocent and lovely, and she didn't have any means to set fire, Li Jia denied it over and over again in her heart, but she couldn't get her figure out of her mind. At this time, two people came in front, carrying a stretcher, and the person on the stretcher made Li Jia a little familiar.

"Mao Kai?" Li Jia ran over, stopped the stretcher, eagerly pulled the hands on the stretcher and asked, "Tell me quickly, what the hell is going on? How did the fire burn?"

The boy carrying the stretcher in front of him said angrily: "What kind of nerves do you have!" Mao Kai broke his legs in order to put out the fire, and the pain was so bad that we had to rush to the hospital. ”

Li Jia didn't listen to him at all, and asked Mao Kai, who was half-closed in his eyes, "You were in there at the time, where did the fire start?"

"Library...... The one we came across...... The library, the fire suddenly came up, very fierce, and the other ...... I don't know. Mao Kai endured the pain and replied reluctantly.

"Hurry up, ignore this madman. The classmates in the back pushed Li Jia away and hurriedly carried Mao Kai away.

Li Jia walked to the library in despair, recalling the scene where Selinda disappeared along the way. A voice in my heart said: It could never be Selinda's doing. Another voice asked, "What's impossible?" and another voice defended, "It's none of my business." Another voice smiled wryly: You brought the person, how can it have nothing to do with you?

The more Li Jia thought about it, the more confused he became, and when he saw Luo Ling staring at the door with a serious expression, he grabbed her and said with a crying voice: "Teacher Luo, Teacher Luo, the fire can be stopped." ”

Luo Ling turned her head to look at him, a little strange Li Jia's expression, and Li Jia felt weak in her heart under Luo Ling's gaze, and took a step back uneasily.

"Xiao Chen hasn't come out yet, I have to go in. She said, handing over "Knowing the Sea Shadow Scroll" to Li Jia, "Take it for me, don't watch it." Then, she also drenched herself in water and rushed into the fire, leaving Li Jia to look at her back engulfed in smoke and dust in fear.

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Xiao Chen covered his lips and nose with his wet sleeves and ran all the way from the lobby to the third floor, he thought that the water was flowing downward, so he should release the scroll at the highest place. The smoke was so loud that his eyes were watery and his throat was coughing, but he still hunched over and groped towards the burning offices at the end of the hallway.

However, when he walked four or five meters away from the open flame, Xiao Chen felt dizzy and powerless. He knew that if he went any further, he would not be able to concentrate on releasing the scroll, and he would be more likely to suffocate to death.

He opened the scroll, held it flat on his chest, and then put all his mind into it, distracting from it. Although he felt the power of water in the scroll, he could not understand the meaning of the intricate array on the scroll. They wanted him to run his mental power according to certain rules, and he didn't understand it. The lines depicted in those layers were like shackles to him. Xiao Chen tried to break these rules, but the spiritual power he controlled was far from enough.

Xiao Chen was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, like a very hungry person, sitting down at the table, but he was told that he couldn't eat until he finished his prayer. He even forgot the heat of his body, but he felt the anxiety from within.

If my own strength is not enough, can I use that uncontrollable power? He remembered the cultivation in the sea of illusions, the lawlessness and boundlessness of the violent power, and he thought about it, and realized that the sea was slowly generating and churning in his mind, and he endured and accumulated, and that sea became stronger and stronger. Until he had a splitting headache and couldn't bear it anymore, a floodgate was rushed open, a shackle was broken, and endless spiritual power poured into the scroll in his hand like an overwhelming sea water.

The array in the scroll was suddenly shattered, and only the part that summoned water was activated, amplified, and exploded by this domineering spiritual power! If ordinary magicians used scrolls like lighting lamps with oil, then Xiao Chen's actions were like throwing matches into oil drums.

There was a burst of blue light, and the first drop of water appeared in the void, and then the rushing water turned the surrounding area into a world of water.

Luo Ling saw from behind Xiao Chen, his hand seemed to open a floodgate in the void, connected to a big river, the water dragon swept in, and immediately knocked her to the ground, Luo Ling knew that the momentum of the water was extremely strong, she quickly retreated to the corner of the wall and broke the wall. Soon the water was flooding, and she heard the office door burst open, followed by the window breaking.

The water came too fast, and the speed at which the elevator shafts, stairs, and windows poured water down was simply not as fast as Xiao Chen's summoning of water. In about a minute, the water overflowed Luo Ling's neck.

"Xiao Chen, that's enough, stop quickly. Luo Ling shouted to Xiao Chen, who was still standing in the water, but after several calls, the other party did not react. Xiao Chen seemed to have fallen into a state of high concentration, deaf to his surroundings, and even the water gradually overflowed his nose without realizing it. Luo Ling wanted to swim over to pull him, but the huge momentum of the current made it impossible for her to swim against the current.

Luo Ling gritted her teeth, dived down and touched for a while, and found an ashtray that had been washed over in the corner of the wall. She tread hard to reveal one arm, looked at Xiao Chen's back and threw it.

I heard a bang, followed by screams and a big gulp......

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Li Jia, along with many others, witnessed this miraculous spectacle. Suddenly, there was a strange sound of water in the burning library, and after a while, the water burst through the windows and gushed out, first to the third floor, then from the inside and the outer walls to the second and first floors, and finally a huge wave of water rushed out of the door of the library, and many people who were fighting the fire inside were swept out in one go. The fire was quickly extinguished, but the water lasted for a long time, and by the time the library stopped bubbling out, the water in the small square in front of the door was ankle-high.

Saved?

Li Jia suddenly rushed to the library like crazy, stepped on the water, and when she ran to the door, she saw Luo Ling walking out with Xiao Chen in her arms.

Li Jia hurriedly hugged Xiao Chen, "You...... Why is your head bleeding?"

Xiao Chen glanced at Luo Ling helplessly, only to exchange for a roll of her eyes, and she snorted: "What a fuss, haven't you ever seen a work injury?"