Returning from the abyss

Chapter 473 Between Light and Dark
"It's Tuoben."

There was also a sigh from the person who came first.

Although this rubbing is better than the one copied by the Twilight Thieves in the past, but the rubbing is just a rubbing, not the original magic book, and it doesn't have the ability to directly enlighten people.Doing so is naturally safe, and it also makes many people who want to see the true content of the magic book feel a little disappointed.

But soon, some academically focused people were attracted by the words reflected on the crystal ball.

It is said that this is brilliant not only because the carrier looks luxurious, but also because the transcribers are all above the level of a famous great magister, which is enough to present the contents of these magic books through the current circulating text.Even if many of the advantages of the magic guide books are lost, the knowledge and experience contained in them are enough to benefit these students and teachers a lot.For example, Geoffrey was lying in front of the pedestal of a magical magic book, unable to move at all, staring fascinatedly at the words emerging from the sphere.

Lu Ning did not stop her. She noticed that there were some pillar-like things covered by black cloth in the darker corners around, but the black cloth was not completely covered, and steel-gray feet were revealed near the bottom. A magic stone is embedded in the knee.It is the Titan Guard, the highest masterpiece of alchemy artificial life, and this is the only security method that Lu Ning can recognize. Its strength is about the level that three of them can kill a magician emperor together, and Lu Ning alone With a casual glance, he saw at least nine similar "pillars".

"Good morning, Lillian."

"Good morning, Miss Pengshan."

After the people from the rear came in, they also dispersed and entered the deep library.The lights here are not too bright, which sets off the glowing pedestals where the spheres are placed.Although this also allows people to focus more on the most valuable things, Lu Ning finds that things 20 meters away are more difficult to observe.

Pengshan Yuanzi and Garcia seem to have separated as soon as they entered.She walked straight to Lu Ning, and Lu Ning knew in her heart that it was for the agreement that day.

Lu Ning actually didn't know what she wanted to do, but since the other party invited her, she wasn't afraid to respond.

After the two of them greeted each other symbolically, they both moved their eyes to a direction where no one had passed.

Lu Ning judged the position from the memory provided by Soigo, but it seems that she is not the only one who has the channel to obtain the prototype distribution in the library in advance, and Pengshan Yuanzi obviously came prepared.

"Please." Pengshan smiled.

The magic guide books that should have been placed in that direction included several that were stolen before.Lu Ning walked past a few pedestals, and saw the rubbings of "Garden of the Gods", as well as the rubbings of the soft armor magic book "Window of the Soul" woven with silver silk threads.

"Miss Lilian, are you interested in this book?"

Lu Ning just stayed in the "Garden of the Gods" for a few seconds, and was noticed by Pengshan Yuanzi. She walked to the side and took a look: "This book is one of the five magic books lost for the first time. One, after such a long time, the Magic Council must have recovered many parts, but they will definitely not be in a hurry to recover all of them."

"How to say?"

"Because taking it all back will make some people happy." Pengshan Yuanzi glanced at Lu Ning, "Miss Lilian, I think you must know about this, after all, not everyone will - hide something privately."

"Miss Pengshan, prying into other people's secrets is not a good thing."

"But some secrets are still revealed to reduce some obstacles. Don't you think so? Miss Lilian, I didn't invite you for my own reasons. My friend chose you, so I also hope to consider yours." Reliability."

"What is this consideration?"

"You don't need to be overly nervous, we know many things well." Pengshan Yuanzi turned his head and touched the base of the rubbings in front of him, and lines of text emerged from the surface of the sphere.

"Do you think the library today is also..."

"First, the council already knows that there is an insider among them. Second, they have not yet confirmed who the insider is. Although the twelve councilors believe that Dulemond is the leader, the official ranks are equal. There is no suspicion Before people, they cannot restrict the authority of anyone. Rules and regulations will bring benefits, but also constrain the decision-making of those at the top."

"That's it."

"Then if you want to identify the identity of the inner ghost on the open day of the library, there are two ways. One is that Dulemond gathers a few absolutely trusted members to secretly set up traps to lure the inner ghost to act. But this method is too It's too obvious to be fooled." Pengshan said in a low voice, "Then Lilian, what do you think is the second way?"

"...to publicize the results of the investigation, let 12 people confirm the existence of the ghost, and then jointly set up protective measures for the library. However, the selection of the person responsible is not made public. While reducing his vigilance, he has to use the position of the person in charge to induce him to do something. action."

"Correct answer. Therefore, the first move must not be played by an insider." Pengshan nodded, "The Magic Council has been in the top position for a long time. Compared with the first method of passive investigation, it will definitely choose to take the initiative to control the overall situation."

Lu Ning frowned: "Will this not cause accidents to the people who come to the library?"

"I'm sorry, the information and inferences I can know can only go so far, and I haven't been able to pry into the decision of a member of the Magic Council. But the person in charge of these three days must be the target of suspicion. Eti, Green, Heinz."

"You tell me what these are trying to do?"

"It's nothing, you must have something to do." Pengshan walked around the pillar, and at this time she had come to the opposite side of Lu Ning, her calm and deep eyes came through from the opposite side, still carrying that wonderful sense of deterrence and awe. attraction.

"You mean..."

"Lilian, I know some things about you, and it's not difficult to deduce your actions from them, but I certainly don't know everything about everyone. I need to define your ability to consider whether it meets my expectations, but those are just my own. It is a test of whether to deliver another backup method to you. On the premise that you are my friend's friend, you are almost [-]% our ally."

"...Is it Garcia?"

"Half right, half wrong." Pengshan Yuanzi smiled lightly, "Now, Lilian, we still have eleven places. What I want to ask is whether you need one."

"What quota?" Lu Ning froze for a moment.

"A quota that can at least save one's life."

"what……"

"I asked Garcia a little bit, and I also got a general understanding of the purpose of your visit to her a few days ago. When you left, you probably noticed something strange inside, so you lingered at the door. After a few days, you figured it out ?"

"Yes." Lu Ning took a deep breath. She already knew that Pengshan Yuanzi was a third-tier tourist, and she was still familiar with an acquaintance of hers, but it was still not clear who it was.

"We asked some questions, but those questions could have been answered by any of the dead people present."

"Yes, Garcia said, you immediately understood what she meant, and changed the question to a general question that would not arouse the soul's hatred and recollection, but in this way, as long as the soul present can answer those questions .”

"Then Catherine is dead or not?" Lu Ning directly asked her question.

"Catherine is one of the possibilities we have found after a lot of investigation and screening. We will not let her die."

"But Catherine has indeed turned into a corpse. I will do the autopsy myself, and it won't go wrong." Lu Ning stared at Pengshan Yuanzi, "Have you made preparations in advance?"

"You are a rare person who is good at top-down control, but we prefer top-down control." Pengshan Yuanzi went around again, "Catherine is unfortunate and lucky, unfortunately she is just One of the 'certain' victims of the countless events that have taken place in Ewalong today, and luckily she was one of the nine places in the only round of screening that we are conducting urgently."

"The quota you mentioned..."

"If you are curious, please choose a day to go to the Penglai House." Pengshan Yuanzi raised his finger on his lips, "Since we have already understood, after the library is opened, it should be the time for the second half of the journey to begin. At that time There may be many kinds of accidents, no one can assert that they are safe."

"Okay." Lu Ning nodded, "But I don't understand what you want from me..."

"I don't need to get anything. You can regard me as an intelligence house. I just need to be responsible for distributing the information I handle to the right people. And you...whether you have done the right thing or not, it has nothing to do with me .”

Lu Ning smiled.

"Because what you have to do yourself doesn't lie in these details?"

"Yes. If our actions overlap, I will give you some help, but if it is urgent, I will not be able to support you."

Lu Ning walked to the next pedestal.

"You're not like a lot of people I've met. Oh, maybe there's one like you."

"Appreciate further details."

"When a person's strength expands, his ambition will also expand. Even people who understand the principle of self-denial will still maximize the maximum possible benefits. In other words, even if there is only a 50.00% possibility, they will Will make a move."

"It is not a bad thing if the desire to win is not used in evil ways."

"But why don't you have such a mentality?" Lu Ning turned around and asked.

"Why do you ask this?"

"Pengshan, you can clearly do more. What you communicated with me, what you told me, and the places and plans you mentioned fully show that you are still in a state of ease. The most obvious One thing is that you already know who the person in charge of the three days is, but you still insist that you can't continue to spy on the thoughts inside the Magic Council."

"So what?"

Lu Ning fell silent, indeed, so what?Pengshan Yuanzi is willing to do this, and no one else can force her to make any changes.

"Everything is born, people have various states, and the principles of nature. Maybe we can meet in a stable place for an interview at a suitable time, but now is not the right time."

"That friend..."

"She was once defeated by you, so she has a little more desire to win. As I said before, it is not a bad thing if it is not used in evil ways."

"Understood, thank you for letting me know."

Pengshan Yuanzi nodded, and pointed to the end of the road: "Finally, there is a piece of news. At the end of this road, there is a rubbing copy of the alchemy magic book "Chaos Cauldron". There are needs, but at least I can help you a little bit."

"Okay. After the opening of the library, I will definitely visit the Penglai House."

Pengshan Yuanzi saluted, turned and left.

Lu Ning walked to the end according to her instructions, and sure enough, she found the rubbings of the alchemy magic book near the wall.

Among all kinds of magic, alchemy can be said to be one of the magic that is very suitable for magic books.

After all, there are only three basic guidance books, and most of the so-called notebooks are written on the market. Most of the so-called notebooks are travel notes, experience, and experimental records, and these are combined into a magic book without a soul. Guide book-although the analogy sounds bad.

In Soigo's memory, he didn't read this magic guide book at all. After all, he was critical of all alchemy techniques nowadays, and he would not take the initiative to read this type of magic guide book.This "Chaos Cauldron" is a fairly orthodox magic guide book, which comes from an emperor-level alchemist. It naturally contains a lot of things that Soigo called "garbage". Lu Ning doesn't care about these problems. She knew that although Soigo had advanced ideas, she couldn't completely listen to him, otherwise she would become a rootless tree.For example, most of the theories in classical physics have been proven to be inapplicable to the microcosm, but people still follow the "theorems" when learning.

What's more, the life experience and alchemy experience of an emperor-level alchemist are much richer than that of Soigo. Lu Ning can see the mistakes in it according to Soigo's theory, and naturally he can find out the valuable places in it.

And there are more and more people in the library.The function of the pedestal is not to image images on the sphere, but to create illusions visually through magical sympathy, so there is no problem for the same rubbing to be read by multiple people.

But soon, Lu Ning rubbed her temples and left the position of the rubbings, her mind was a little stiff.

This is also the reason why the Magic Council obviously has rubbings but does not spread them or open more libraries for students to learn.After all, the knowledge of the magic book is too profound, even if it is transcribed, reading it consumes a lot of energy, not to mention that the magic power sympathy also requires the reader to pay some magic power.The safety of the rubbings is only relative to the magic guide book, and it is not the person who has not read the rubbings and the madness before.

Lu Ning walked towards the rest area a little dizzy. Considering this situation, some drinks and food were also provided there to restore energy and strength. As soon as she arrived there, she found that White Rose was carrying a tray from the ordering counter. come back.

"Hey, are you happy reading?" Bai Meigui smiled at her, and she could vaguely see Shang Wenxue's shadow inside.

"My head hurts, do you have any recommendations?" The two have known each other for a long time, and Lu Ning didn't bother to maintain the etiquette with others, so she directly asked about the food here.

(End of this chapter)