Sword of Dawn

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Chapter 0731 Difficult to research ancient items

Daniel stopped in a square.

He sat on the bench with his eyes closed and meditated, but his fingers lightly tapped the armrest beside the bench.

Intangible data flowed through the network, and a consciousness that was on standby in the distance responded to the bishop's call. With slight fluctuations in the air, a female believer in a long white dress appeared in front of Daniel, bowing and saluting: " Bishop, you summon me?"

"Well," Daniel opened his eyes slightly and nodded - the female believer in front of him is his subordinate in the Eternal Sleeper Order, who has been trained by him for many years, his loyalty is beyond doubt, and he has been promoted to the network security department, But even so, she is not qualified to know the existence of the master, she is just a satisfactory assistant, "Dana, there seem to be some rumors on the Internet recently."

"Rumor?" The female priest frowned, feeling confused for a while.

Daniel presented the few messages he had just seen, and the clear text floated in front of Dana.

To be honest, Daniel himself didn't pay much attention to this information at the beginning: there are a large number of believers linked in the spiritual network, and among the many believers, there are also many who are extremely boring or too neurotic. Countless useless information is flowing in this huge network, and too horrifying and unimaginable spooky information is often a part of this kind of useless information.

However, when he casually retrieved the statistical data of these pieces of information, he couldn't help but pay attention.

These seemingly strange rumors... have appeared more than once in the past half a month.

The female congregation carefully read the information displayed by Daniel, and nodded after a little recollection: "Yes, Your Excellency, there are indeed rumors about this on the Internet recently, but after verification, they are all just nonsense."

Daniel raised his eyelids: "Check?"

"Yes," the priestess nodded, "The inspectors patrolled around the Dreamland City and found no so-called abnormal voids. The priests who manage the network checked all the records connected to the network, and no one suddenly disappeared from the network or Abnormally disconnected—and the believer who claimed to have lost his memory was later found, and it is said that no brain problems were found after the examination, and the so-called memory loss may be a mental imbalance and delusional phenomenon after long-term connection to the network.”

"Is it all delusions and rumors..." Daniel muttered softly, "But there is more than one piece of news..."

The priestess opened her mouth, as if she was about to say something, but stopped together with Daniel.

An invisible wind blew in the city of dreams, and a global broadcast announcement spread from the Great Temple in the center of the city to the entire network. All the eternal sleepers who were active in the city raised their heads and looked in the direction of the Great Temple. Daniel also No exception.

In his field of vision, a notice from the Pope appeared:

"The news about the abnormality of the spiritual network, the hole in the network, the sudden disappearance of the connection, and the memory loss after disconnection are all rumors, and the compatriots in the church cannot believe it..."

After the announcement, the priestess Dana blinked and looked at Daniel: "Bishop, it seems that the investigation of the Archbishop's Conference has come to a conclusion. These are indeed rumors."

"Rumor..." Daniel murmured softly and waved his hand, "Okay, I have nothing else to do, go and do your own thing."

"Yes, Your Excellency the Bishop." The female priest lowered her head, bowed and stepped back half a step, her figure disappeared in a fluctuating flash of light.

Daniel shook his head and scanned the square in front of him.

A whirlpool of shimmering light was cruising around the square, moving quickly against the ground, swiftly and silently.

That is the so-called "Patroller", which is not controlled by humans, but is rooted in the spiritual network and operates according to a specific logic. It is similar to the phantom of self-discipline of a puppet. They patrol the entire network day and night, checking this dream city. , Their range of activities is even wider than that of the Eternal Sleepers Cultists in the City of Dreams.

The inspector came to the bench where Daniel was sitting, and lightly bumped into the latter's leg. When there was no response, the twilight retreated a little, and then bumped forward again.

Not very smart, but dedicated to his duties.

Theoretically, inspectors will not let go of any anomalies in the mind network. Those news may indeed be rumors made up by boring people, but... let's report to the master.

Daniel stood up, took a step forward, and his figure disappeared in a wave of phosphorescent light.

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Cecil City, in the high-end laboratory of the Institute of Magic Technology, a group of senior magic technicians, rune masters, and traditional mages and scholars seconded from other places are gathered in front of an experimental table, staring at the display. Things in the middle of the bench:

A heavy book with a black cover and no age.

Gao Wen was also standing in the laboratory, looking at the big black book with experts and scholars from various fields. On his left stood Rebecca and Jenny, who were also staring wide-eyed, and on his right were those who couldn't read. Kamel, who showed his face, and Veronica, who was always faceless, also had Tyre, who was forcibly dragged over to make up the count, lying on his feet, but was now sound asleep.

No one knows about the Ultimate Book, and no one can explain its principles. Even the most knowledgeable scholars can only be at a loss when facing this thing.

Therefore, Gao Wen can only call together all kinds of experts, and let these professionals who have made achievements in their respective fields judge and judge, and see how to crack the secret of this book—it is not necessary for these people to know or To analyze this book, you must at least think of a way to break the game.

For this reason, he dragged Tyre over here, hoping to get help from the sea monster's mysterious knowledge—but this seems to be a wrong way of thinking.

This salted fish came in and looked at the ultimate book and said that she didn't recognize it, and then began to sleep. Now she has slept for almost an hour, let alone cold water, even boiling water can't wake her up.

Gao Wen tried it, and it really didn't wake him up...

Moreover, she coiled up on the ground and took up extra space.

Gawain shook his head, stretched his legs and kicked Tyre's tail aside a little, and walked forward: "Everyone, what are your thoughts?"

Pittman, who was standing in front, turned his head when he heard the sound, and twitched his beard, which he brushed almost every day but never seemed to shrink: "Your Majesty, this... To be honest, it doesn't look like it at all."

Gao Wen sighed: "Even your experience can't tell the way of thinking..."

The implication is that you are a two-year-old boy, and you don't have enough experience as a double apostate?

Pittman was not ashamed at all, and he was very frank: "That Bertila and a lot of high-level officials who have spent hundreds of years studying it have not made a name for themselves. What is the use of my experience?"

The implication is that a job like the remnant of a cult should not be judged by the number of shifts, but by the time of duty—although he has jumped around in two cult groups, but the real work experience is not enough to add up Look, naturally you can't get in touch with the top artifact of the sect, such as the Ultimate Book.

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry, but we haven't found a way." Jenny walked up from the side and said with her head down, "Although there are runes engraved in some parts of this book, they are rune systems that no one knows at all. , and there are too few samples, it is difficult to analyze the rules. In addition, I also suspect that those runes are not the real effective structure of this book, and its function should be realized through a more complex and advanced mechanism."

Kamel nodded, and his buzzing voice came from the shining arcane brilliance: "The manufacturing technology of this book has been lost, and it is difficult for us to understand how it works—it may come from a higher level civilization, this civilization is far more advanced than ours, or it may come from a civilization whose technological route is completely different from ours. If it is the latter... then our analysis of it will become more difficult, and we may not even be able to see it Whether the pattern on the page is decoration or functional structure, it is unclear whether its cover is to protect the book or has other mysteries..."

Holding the platinum scepter, Veronica said regretfully: "What's more, it's broken now - the way of using the Death of All Things may be too rough, so that it lost such an inestimable ancient heritage .If it still works properly, it might be a lot easier for us to analyze it."

The expression on Gao Wen's face was a bit embarrassed.

But luckily most of the attention here is on the book on the bench.

"Kammel's guess is very reasonable, maybe both of his guesses are right," he coughed dryly, in case everyone's attention was focused on "it's a pity that the sample is broken, and it's not advisable to use it roughly", "The Doom Society found the Ultimate Book from a very old subterranean ruin, which was then protected by an ancient device that no one could understand and whose manufacturing technology was long lost.

"There is a point of view that before the first major expansion, or even before our season of mortal civilization, there have been many reincarnated civilizations in the world, so we can boldly guess that this book is a civilization of a previous season. The advanced products left behind."

The technicians in the laboratory couldn’t help discussing in a low voice. This kind of prehistoric civilization conjecture is somewhat deviant, but in Cecil’s academic field, it is not new to challenge the routine deviant, and everyone may find it incredible. But if it is beneficial to the research, the researchers don't mind having some discussions under this premise.

"It's a pity that there is only one copy, if it is broken, it will be gone," Rebecca sighed aside, "otherwise, if you cut it open, you might be able to understand something..."

"Hey, hey, isn't this book already broken?" Amber immediately started to stir up, "You might cut something that's broken..."

Gawain took the half-elf aside before he finished speaking, "Don't make trouble!"

"Now we can only use some indirect means to study the structure and principles of this book," Kamel said buzzingly, "first use the crystal resonator to test whether it contains crystallized rune structures, and then use Arcane detection circle to test whether it will respond to specific arcane energy stimulation... This is a relatively conservative but relatively effective solution. If our current equipment is accurate enough, we may be able to describe its hidden Even if only a part of the magic pattern structure can be depicted, it is still a huge improvement."

This seems to be the only way to get it right now -- and while it might be inefficient, at least it can be a start.

The temporary research plan was quickly finalized, and the technicians began to leave in order. Soon, only Gao Wen was left in the laboratory.

And a salted fish that fell asleep the whole time and was accidentally stepped on several times without waking up.

Gawain stared at the Ultimate Book on the experimental platform for a few moments—after the personnel left, a solid steel fence was raised around the experimental platform, and a shimmering shield shrouded the inside of the fence. With armed security forces outside the facility, the book should be fairly safe here.

He withdrew his gaze, turned around and prepared to leave, but just as he took a step, a slightly cold touch suddenly came from the outer edge of his palm.

Gawain looked down and saw a long snake tail dangling around him, and the cool tip of the tail was poking his hand.

The owner of the tail was rubbing his eyes and getting up from the ground.

The salted fish woke up.

"Actually, I have a suggestion," Tyre yawned long, and when Gawain thought she just got up to say hello and go back to sleep, she said solemnly, "Why don't you ask the Mithril Treasury Woolen cloth?"

Gao Wen frowned: "Mithril treasury?"

"We sea monsters don't know much about the change of civilization on land, and I'm really not good at things like ancient relics," Tire retracted his tail, coiled himself up seriously, and said lazily, "But There is an equally ancient race that has been paying attention to the land... Behind the Mithril treasury is the Dragon Clan. They keep the client's entrusted items in name, but from the perspective of history, they are actually storing the relics of civilization, so... What do you think? Is there another 'Ultimate Book' in their warehouse?"

Tyre paused for a moment, his eyes fixed on Gao Wen: "Or, it is something of the same era as the Ultimate Book."

Just as Gao Wen had guessed earlier, for an ancient and powerful ancient civilization like the Siren, the dragon clan behind the Mithril Treasure... is not a secret.

He looked at the guy who was still sleeping soundly a moment ago, looking particularly lazy: "It seems that you didn't sleep just now."

"I'm sleeping, but I'm naturally sensitive, and I can think when I hear things in my sleep."

"That's really amazing," Gao Wen smiled, then nodded slightly, "Thank you for your suggestion—maybe I should contact the agent."

"That's your business," Tire shook his body, his tail stretched out, and he arched towards the door while waving his hands, "In short, I wish you the best of luck."

Gawain watched the lady siren step out of sight, and after a while, heard the other party's voice from the corridor: "Hey, why are there footprints on my tail!?"

...Who said just now that the perception is sharp in sleep?

Chapter 0732 Stealing Knowledge

Although Tire often gave people the impression that she was not very reliable, at least this time, the advice she gave was quite reliable in Gao Wen's opinion.

Even if the "Ultimate Book" is really a relic of an ancient civilization that has been completely lost, the group of giant dragons who rely on keeping property for others and then wait for the client's death to make a fortune probably know its origin—maybe they still have it. To be able to dump an unbroken copy from the warehouse...

To be honest, Gao Wen was quite brooding about his accidental collapse of the Ultimate Book.

After returning to Cecil Palace, he immediately contacted the senior agent lady through the Mithril Ring.

Then, as expected, the blue dragon lady appeared in front of him in less than 10 minutes—as always, she came to him immediately and responded quickly.

"Mithril Treasure House is very happy to serve you," Melita Pernia stood in front of Gao Wen, her face was covered by a lavender veil, and only her slightly curved eyes showed a smile, "This time you need to save Pickup, or consulting, or...still express?"

"Let's not talk about this first," Gao Wen waved his hand, and couldn't help asking a question that he wanted to ask a long time ago, "Why do you come here so fast every time—as if you have always lived near me? There is no history now. Don't you have anything else to do when you need to observe a big sexual event?"

Melita's professional smile seemed to stiffen for a moment, but it was just an illusion when she looked at it again. Her smile was still as warm as a spring breeze: "You are a key customer of Mithril Treasure, of course you will receive extra attention-but It's really a coincidence that I was near you this time. Please don't worry, my work will not be delayed, and every employee of the Mithril Treasury is dedicated to their duties."

Looking at Melita's trustworthy and steady eyes, Gawain could only believe the other party's statement, but he couldn't help but look up and down at the other party, and asked: "I have another question—maybe it's a bit offensive. , but do you only have this one piece of clothing?"

Even in this cold winter, Melita is still wearing the iconic purple gauze dress with a touch of coquettish feeling. In the past, Gao Wen didn't pay much attention to it, but today the street lamps in the city are hanging. When the icicles came up, almost everyone I saw was wearing winter clothes—except Kamel and Nicholas Danzong—so when I saw the agent lady in front of me again, the sense of disobedience was particularly obvious.

Melita probably didn't expect Gao Wen's questions to be so sharp today, she was stunned for a moment, and then smiled a little bluntly: "...you should know that I am a giant dragon. The current human form is only for the convenience of moving in human society, I... am not very keen on modifying my human posture."

"So that's the case," Gawain nodded, "Sorry, I asked some impolite questions."

"It's okay, just treat it as a small talk among friends, I don't care," Melita smiled and shook her head, "Then why are you looking for me today?"

"It's a consultation. We got something recently, but no one knows its origin, but I think if it is a dragon with a long history... maybe it can provide some help."

"Thank you for your trust, but I still want to remind you in advance that the Dragon Clan may know more things, but they don't know everything, and they can't tell you everything," Melita said, her eyes showing Out of curiosity, "So... what exactly is it?"

"A book, but it's not here, you have to come with me," Gawain stood up, motioning for Melita to follow him, "I'll tell you how we got it on the way..."

Gathering a team of followers, Gawain led Melita all the way out of the Royal Quarter, and soon came to the vicinity of the Institute of Magical Technology. On the way, he briefly introduced the origin of the Ultimate Book to the other party, and by the way, Let’s take a look at what happened near Sorin Castle—Miss Dragon is obviously very interested in the latter. After hearing Beltira’s transformation into the giant tree of Sorin, she couldn’t help shaking her hair and sighing: “Oh! ...I saw that giant tree when I was flying through the sky, it was really incredible, even the dragons were amazed...but I didn't expect that tree to come like this."

"Everything will die with their own life and flesh and blood, but what remains in the wasteland is still disturbing. A group of mutant druids who can survive in the magic tide environment, I really don't know that they are brewing at this moment. What?" Gao Wen frowned and said, "With your ability, there is no way to fly over the magnificent wall to investigate the situation inside?"

Gawain wanted to use the power of the giant dragon, Melita, to explore the Gondor wasteland. After all, the wasteland was entrenched with a powerful interference energy field, and even his satellite monitoring could not see its internal situation clearly. But he also knew that he and Mithril Treasury only had a close "friend relationship". Just casually, without much expectation.

Melita thought seriously for two seconds after hearing Gawain's words, nodded and said, "Actually, I can fly over that barrier—it's not a problem for me to fly over the barrier at the limit flying height."

Gao Wen immediately raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and couldn't help raising a trace of expectation: "Then..."

"But if you fly in, you will die." Melita continued.

Gao Wen: "..."

So what else is there to say!Humans can also do it—connect with the control center on the elf side, and open a temporary entrance on the barrier. Gawain and a team of infantry can walk into the barrier swaggeringly, but it doesn’t matter—it’s okay dead...

"In fact, it may not necessarily die," Melita seemed to feel that her answer was not professional enough, and then added, "It's just that the danger is very, very high, and the chaotic magic energy environment is also very harmful to the dragons. The thunderstorm environment is the biggest threat to entering the wasteland from the air, and there are countless aberrations and energy hurricanes on the ground. According to our estimates, even young dragons who have received combat training will not be able to enter the middle of the Gondor wasteland. The 24-hour mortality rate in the region is close to 90.00%..."

Gawain thought for a while, and felt that what Melita said was the same as before—she was still dead.

"Forget it then," he waved his hand, "I just mentioned it casually, so I don't have to take it to heart."

While speaking, they had arrived at the door of the laboratory where the ultimate book was stored.

The accompanying guards and attendants took over the defense at the entrance of the laboratory, and the staff in charge of guarding the facility opened the door of the laboratory. Gawain led Melita into this tightly guarded room, and the ultimate book was still in the room. Lying quietly on the round table in the center of the room, protected by a fence and a shield.

Gao Wen pointed to the big black book on the round platform: "That's it, you..."

While speaking, he looked at Melita beside him, but the last half of his sentence was stuck in his throat.

Melita was staring at the ultimate book on the round platform. The calmness that this Miss Dragon had always maintained had disappeared at some point. She barely concealed the solemnity and vigilance in her eyes. His appearance made Gao Wen instantly realize one thing——

Melita knows the secret of the "Ultimate Book"!

"Looking at you, you probably know the origin of the Ultimate Book." Gawain quickly restrained his surprise, and called out Melita's attention again, "It seems that I really found the right person this time."

Melita woke up from the state of trance in an instant. She turned her head and stared at Gawain suddenly, her eyes were burning, and her tone was extremely serious: "You just said that this book was found in the lair of the End of Everything? In the past hundreds of years, you have been using this book to develop yourself and make various plans that can affect the situation on the mainland?"

Gawain looked at Melita seriously, deliberately silent for two seconds before slowly nodding, and asked in a deep voice, "What is the origin of this book? Why are you so nervous?"

At this moment, Melita seemed to be caught in hesitation and entanglement. After half a minute of thinking and silence, she shook her head slightly: "...I don't know whether I should tell you this...but I I want to tell you that it is very dangerous, very, very dangerous to the progress of civilization, and you should stay away from it as much as possible, and those believers of the death of everything... Fortunately, their thinking is distorted and their behavior is illogical, maybe that’s why they don’t Can fully play the role of this book, otherwise this continent... will be in much greater trouble!"

The agent of the Mithril Treasury was obviously already nervous and vigilant to a certain extent, so much so that she even forgot to add the professional "you" when she was talking to Gao Wen.

Gawain didn't care about the small change in Melita's title, he just reminded Miss Dragon who seemed a little too nervous: "It has been scrapped."

"No matter what, it's best not to continue contacting..." Melita said subconsciously, but she reacted halfway through, "Huh? You said it was scrapped?"

"Yes, although I don't know the reason, it is completely unusable," Gao Wen said without changing his expression, "If you don't believe me, you can see for yourself."

As he spoke, he lifted the safety barrier of the experimental platform. After the steel railings and energy shields were closed, he reached for the big black book, but before handing it to Melita, his movements stopped suddenly. Come down: "Let me make sure first—you didn't destroy this book as soon as you got it, did you?"