The whole world has fallen into a nightmare.

The pale blue moonlight shone from the sky, illuminating the world that had suddenly become hideous, and also illuminating the scarlet water at his feet.

Behind Tower Bridge, the city reveals its sharp silhouette in the darkness. But the silhouette is completely different from the way it looks in the daytime.

It was as if it had become another city in an instant, and after losing its light and color, the silhouette of that city became sharp and hideous, like the palm of a demon reaching out to the sky.

In the distant mist, it fluctuated in silhouette, constantly changing, like a reflection from hell......

And in the silence, suddenly a sharp voice sounded.

In front of the young man, the bronze gate that was originally slightly closed was pushed by an invisible force, and the hub made a sound of metal rubbing, and the hole opened with a bang!

The wind mixed with the smell of decay blew from the city on the other side of the Tower Bridge, and the cold breath in the wind instantly drained Ye Qingxuan's strength, almost causing him to fall to his knees.

"What the hell is this?"

In the silence, he lowered his head and looked at the 'water pool' under his feet. Under the reflection of the blue moon, the 'water pool' reflects the scarlet color.

The bright red liquid came from the other side of the bridge, still flowing, like a river.

It sloped down from the very top of the city, and along the whole city, meandering from top to bottom, over the Tower Bridge, silently over the boy's feet, and finally into the thick fog behind him.

Blood-colored water snaked silently, leaving behind a ...... dyed crimson Bloodway!

"Bloodpath?"

Ye Qingxuan's face turned pale, and his body staggered back.

He finally understood what this place was.

Legend has it that the 'Shadow of Avalon', where King Arthur's treasure is buried, is hidden in the shadow of this city. But for thousands of years, no one has found it.

Because if you want to find the city hidden in nightmares and shadows, you must find the key to it, a path of blood.

A ...... Bloodway!

"It's all true?"

Ye Qingxuan lowered his head, he looked at the blood flowing quietly under his feet, and felt that he had fallen into an extremely realistic nightmare.

It turns out that those legends are true, it turns out that those people say are true, it turns out that the Shadow of Avalon really exists, it turns out that ...... I really have a way to enter the shadow of Avalon!

It turned out that he spent a day and escaped for a day, but he embarked on this bloody road and walked from the world to hell.

Originally......

"What the fuck is going on!"

He roared angrily in the direction of the other side of the Tower Bridge, "I don't want to see you at all! Why are you pulling me in! I don't want any bullshit treasures! You take it!"

In the distance, the shadow of Avalon remained silent, rightfully unresponsive.

The Devil's City under the moon was still hideous, but the blue moonlight in the sky gradually dimmed, like a tired eye.

In the midst of his glare, Ye Qingxuan suddenly felt that his eyes were blurred, his will was drowsy, and an invisible force shook his body.

In the gloom, the pale blue moonlight went out. The blood under his feet was cut off, dried up, and vanished. The thick fog stirred wildly, as if disturbed by some outside force.

"Leaf!

He heard his name being called.

The surrounding scene was rapidly shaking and changing, as if a nightmare was about to be awakened, and the devil's world began to collapse.

The fog is rapidly dissipating.

For a moment, his eyes went black.

When he opened his eyes again, everything was back to normal.

"Yezi, are you alright?"

In front of him, Charles grabbed him by the shoulders and shook the distracted boy vigorously: "Yezi, Yezi, can you hear me?"

He looked at the sluggish young man, stretched out his hand and shook it in front of him: "What's wrong with you?"

"Senior brother?"

Ye Qingxuan looked at Charles's stupid and cheap face blankly, and wanted to punch him, but he felt in his heart that this guy had never been so cute.

"You've finally replied, are you alright?"

Seeing that he was back to normal, Charles breathed a sigh of relief: "Why are you gone in a blink of an eye? Are you sure you're okay? Look at you're covered in wounds......"

Ye Qingxuan turned his head and looked at the familiar night around him, but he felt that this place was very unfamiliar.

"Senior brother, where am I?"

Charles couldn't help but sigh, "Stupid, of course you're in Avalon." ”

"Which Avalon?"

"Is there a second Avalon in the world?"

“...... It's better not to have. ”

Ye Qingxuan smiled hard, but felt that his eyes were dark. When the tense nerves finally relaxed, I couldn't help but fall into a fainting.

He's had enough of this terrible day—

Downtown, in layers of thick fog, silent streets.

In the darkest places, there is also a lonely moonlight.

In the white moonlight, the professor waited in silence.

Behind him, darkness stirred, a hideous figure slowly emerged, and the butcher returned silently. He carried a broken bone saw in his left hand, and nothing in his right hand—as agreed, when he should have brought the Oriental imp back in its entirety.

But now he came alone, with his right hand empty. It's just that behind the donkey's head mask, the pupils of those eyes are no longer scarlet, but they are still violent, like a tired beast.

"You missed?" the professor looked at him, his eyes mocking.

"There will always be a first time. A hoarse voice replied.

"Really?" said the professor lightly, "I always thought you were a monster. ”

"Isn't it because of the needs of humans that monsters exist?"

The butcher looked at him deeply, threw the stack of bills of exchange as an advance into his bosom, and turned to leave—

Two days later in the study of Abraham of the Academy.

"From the portions of the Voynich manuscript that have been decoded so far, we can understand some of the events that took place before the Dark Ages.

Unfortunately, most of the information in the manuscript is astrological and geographical, and it is very different from what we have observed today. ”

In front of the blackboard, Abraham stretched out his hand and wrote on it: "According to the Voynich manuscript, the starry sky above us is a different kind of image."

There is no mention of the existence of a 'star ring', but a band of light composed of a large number of stars, which is called the Milky Way. And there is only one celestial body closest to the earth, the 'moon', which is specifically marked among them, and there is no mention of the phenomenon of the 'blue moon'.

And most importantly, many of these stars are unobservable to us. For example, Mercury, which represents mysteries, and Mars, which represents war.

This fault phenomenon also occurs often in the astrology of the East, for example, the Hoshino branch that has been handed down from ancient times, the Sangaki 28 Nakshatra, which is no longer observable at all.

The 'Nandou' that represents life and the 'Beidou' that represents death have disappeared without a trace. It is possible that this part of the mystery is preserved in the undeciphered part of the Voynich manuscript, but this is always a mystery. 、

From ancient times to the present, the discrepancy between records and reality has led to the confusion of many archaeologists, and even many 'astrologers' have doubts about life and commit suicide in a long period of depression. This is especially important for scholars of ancient texts. We need ...... Leaves, leaves, are you listening?"

Abraham looked back and saw the distracted student behind the desk, and raised his voice:

"Leaves, leaves!"

The young man was awakened from his stupor, quickly got up from the table, and rubbed his face: "I'm sorry, teacher, I'm distracted." Where are we now?"

"Interpretation of the Voynich Manuscript. ”

"Uh, sorry. ”

Ye Qingxuan said embarrassedly: "I don't seem to have heard this part clearly, can you re-talk about it?" ”

Abraham sighed, put down the chalk, and sat back opposite Ye Qingxuan: "Your condition has not been very good recently, is something wrong?"

"Well, it's not really. Ye Qingxuan smiled dryly: "Maybe it's a lack of sleep." ”

"Did you read all night again?"

Abraham was a little helpless.

In the past half a month, after Ye Qingxuan relaxed his study of musical notes, he officially began to learn from him the interpretation and decipherment of ancient documents.

He was amazed at the progress of the boy in this area, and he made rapid progress.

After studying the 'interpretation method', Ye Qingxuan has been able to preliminarily decipher and interpret some of the more recent documents.

As long as you train for a while, you can directly use it as your assistant to help you with your current interpretation work.

In just a few days, Ye Qingxuan has completed what ordinary people need two or three years to basically grasp.

On the one hand, it is because of Ye Qingxuan's talent, and on the other hand, it is also due to the kind of accumulation that is not bad compared to famous scholars.

After all, there aren't many perverts with a good memory who can memorize all the Order's books in their heads, and this guy is basically running out of Abraham's study right now.

As for the language that takes a lot of time to learn and practice, Abraham was even more worried.

As early as when Ye Qingxuan was a scribe, he had already mastered most of the current language systems.

In addition to the common lingua franca and the Latin language writing within the Order, he even learned from Father Bane about the Asgardian family, known as the 'Living Fossil'.

And at a young age, he had already learned the same ancient oriental languages. At present, most of the research literature does not have any dyslexia for Ye Qingxuan.

It stands to reason that having such a student is enough for any researcher of ancient literature to wake up from a dream with a smile.

But Abraham is just a little worried now.

In the past two days, Ye Qingxuan's whole state has become very wrong.

When he was carried back by Charles two days ago, he was covered in blood and had a high fever. Finally, the fever subsided, but when I asked him what happened, he didn't say.

And I don't know what I'm thinking in my head, I'm depressed, and I'm always in a daze. Often, one person locks himself in his room.

Everyone was a little worried about him, but Charles secretly opened the window to look, only to find that he was just reading some books in his room. Look at it, look at it...... As if looking for something, I saw that day and night were indistinguishable.

Abraham shook his head:

"That's all for today's interpretation research, you can go and rest first.

He got up and packed his things, but when he turned around, he found the boy still sitting where he was.

"Teacher, are these things we learned really useful?"

He asked suddenly. (To be continued.) )