Thanks to the guide, the next journey was much easier. Ten minutes later, we had left the outer area of the archives and entered its logical area, which was like a decadent metal Gothic style in the outer area.
Compared with the same dark and rusted corridors, the section here looks no different from the corridors in normal Xiling buildings, and is more spacious and brighter. The surrounding silver-white alloy walls also have many more pipe networks with blue light wandering around.
There is sufficient light in the passage of the entire logical area, which shows that Sylvia has not had time to take the next step after turning off the energy in the outer area. Also, just because of that mechanical idiot, even if she knew this in detail
The secret of the ruins is that it will take a while to successfully shut down all the energy systems here.
"This is the direct route to the first core control room. There are two core control rooms in the Archives. One of them is the main control room, which is at the end of this passage. However, its second control room is a bit troublesome," Tavel
We obtained the structure diagram of the Documentation Hall from Aura's memory core and are now analyzing our next direction. "This shows that the second control room has no fixed location. It is always semi-connected to the main material plane.
state, only authorized persons can enter that place, and the authorized persons can immediately leave the second control room after entering, and its entrance and exit will be randomly connected to any place in the library. If Sylvia is in the third control room
As for the second control room, we are wasting time now."
"At least try your luck in the first control room first."
I said casually, and the hundreds of leader bees were flying quietly behind us, making almost no sound when moving. Each of them holds part of the keys to the archives. These keys not only include those in the outer area.
, there are also logical areas and core areas. Sometimes when encountering a door that is still locked, these librarians have to be responsible for opening the door. Pandora's bombardment and shallow kicks can be saved.
To be honest, if I encounter another cheating god, such as an extremely strong door or a wall that can fall down with a kick, I might just go through it...
"Ola, what is this archive for? Is there anything more you can tell us?"
On the way forward, I finally couldn't help the myriad of thoughts in my mind and once again raised this question that I had already asked once before.
"The key data is locked and the librarian has no right to call it," Aura replied stiffly. "The full text of the public data is as follows: The library is the final place of record, the final watcher, a tomb, and a monument.
It originates from the end and ends from the beginning. The world is born for this archives, and the archives is born for the church. When the church is launched, the mission of the archives will come to an end. The guardians should always remember the mission, even if
The void is coming to an end, and we must fight for the Archives."
"It's these weird explanations again," I scratched my hair angrily. These things that make people feel uneasy after listening to them. Ola has already said it once, and it's still word for word, "God knows what's in the archives."
Who is the designer? But he must be an average person. He can even write a product manual so average."
"The first storage area," Tavel's voice suddenly sounded, interrupting my complaint. It turned out that we had reached the end of the passage unknowingly, "There is a huge database that runs continuously here. Maybe I can
Find something from its underlying data."
"Hurry up, every minute is precious until you figure out what Sylvia is planning to do."
I reminded Tavel, who immediately nodded vigorously at me: "Please rest assured, my Majesty, my subordinates know their mission."
The first storage area is a very wide hexagonal hall, shaped like a silver-white honeycomb lattice, with a radius of probably two to three hundred meters. In the center of it, there is a huge hole with a radius of 100 meters, and the edge of the hole is
There are circles of blue and white halos, and the inside of the hole is pitch black. The so-called giant database is floating above the hole. It is a large hole with a radius slightly smaller than the ground. It is shaped like an upside-down pear and is completely black.
The metal "gall", occasionally a red light flashes across the surface of this metal "gall", just like the blood that occasionally bursts out of a dark heart.
Tavel was obviously stunned when she saw the database, but she immediately came to the console in front of the database, connected her probe to the console, and started reading the underlying data.
"It looks... a little oozing, Ah Jun, why does it seem like your heart is still beating? Is it alive?"
Qianqian couldn't help but hugged my arm tightly. The huge, life-like black pear-shaped metal object in front of me exuded a strange aura. This was the first time I had seen Xiling Technology produce such a thing. It
Why is it different from my common database?
"The Lagman database is an extremely rare thing," Sandora whispered, with a gloomy expression. "This database is reshaped from the memory core of the fallen Xiling apostle. It has an astonishing capacity and readability.
Writing speed, and the soul imprints left by those Xiling apostles whose lives have dissipated will actively protect the things in the database, giving it incredible reliability. Even after eternity, not a single byte of data will be lost.
, Qian Qian's intuition is correct, the Lagman database is alive, and it deserves our respect. This structure represents the highest form of Xiling apostle's dedication to the empire: sacrificing the soul forever, but... this makes the warrior
Very few emperors would order the construction of things that are not peaceful, even if the soldiers are willing to do so. Why is there such a huge thing here..."
Before Shandora could finish speaking, she was interrupted by a soft "bang" sound coming from nowhere, and then the lighting system in the storage area hall flickered on and off twice, then suddenly went out, even the
The Lagman database suspended in mid-air made a loud noise, lost power and fell into the big hole below. A soft female voice then rang in our ears: "Attention, the backup storage area ring belt energy has been interrupted, all Lagman databases have been suspended.
The Geman database has entered an abnormal offline state... Continue to close the energy group. Warning, there are dangerous options in your subsequent operations, which will make the library permanently unable to be repaired. Please confirm your operation... Operation confirmation, the main storage area energy will
Offline after thirty minutes, the core eventually enters its lowest power standby state."
The AI went silent after broadcasting several more warning messages. Then, the walls of the hall slowly glowed orange. These things that consume almost no energy are the emergency lighting systems here.
At this time, I saw that Tavel had fallen in front of the database platform, and his personnel was unknown.
"Tavel!"
With a hurried cry, I ran over, completely forgetting the fact that this was just a mass projection, and even in the worst case scenario, Tavel would not really be injured. I just rushed up to pick up the researcher who had fallen into a coma.
, when I found that the soft touch felt a little unnatural, I realized that it was just a clone.
"Subordinate...it's okay. The data was suddenly interrupted, interfering with the projection signal."
Tavel stood up hard, and the mass-projected image shook in the air twice before stabilizing, "Sylvia is still moving. It's not that she is slow, but that the archive will automatically set itself when it closes itself.
A long delay is set to give the operator a chance to repent. In less than an hour, all the secrets here will be buried forever as the total energy is cut off. My subordinates have just cracked some
Regarding the information about the archives, it may be a bit too sensational..."
Tavel showed a rare look of hesitation, as if she had doubts about her research for the first time, but in the end, she still said firmly: "The Documentation Library was established after the empire's 'catastrophe'.
Within a year - in theory."
Tavel's words were no less shocking than a frontal bombardment from a Galaxy main gun, and even Qian Qian, an out-of-mind girl, let out a low exclamation.
"The empire... was established after sleeping?!" Sandora jumped directly to Tavel's side with a space jump, grabbed the latter's shoulders and shook him, "Are you sure?!"
"The timeline of the basic data records an event called the 'Great Catastrophe' that caused the collapse of the entire empire overnight, and records the completion date of the Archives as the 'First Year of the Sunset'. These are unmistakable things.
I am absolutely convinced.”
This time I won’t even say that this is the case in theory.
"The empire is sleeping, the empire is sleeping, is it in the records?! Is there any record of that disaster?! How did everything happen? How many Xiling apostles survived after the disaster? Where are they now!? You..."
"Sandora, if you keep shaking Tavel, your soul will return to the Shadow City."
"No... I'm very sorry, Your Majesty Sandora, your subordinates... couldn't find those records. They are not the main records in the archives. The things recorded in this building have little to do with the disaster... cough
Cough..." The unlucky girl with glasses, who had been almost turned into a phantom by Sandora, took a long time to regain her physical form and explained with some embarrassment.
"Is it...? I'm sorry, Tavel, I'm too excited," the disappointed expression on Shandora's face flashed away. I originally wanted to comfort her, but Her Majesty the Queen, who has experienced countless storms, simply couldn't
She didn't need that kind of thing, and she instantly regained her usual composure, "Keep going, we are close to the truth. Even if there is no record in the archives, Sylvia must know something, otherwise she would not try to destroy this place -
—Tavel, don’t worry about the information along the way, let’s go directly to the first control room.”
Knowing that her Majesty the Queen was now truly serious, Sylvia immediately obeyed the order without hesitation: "Yes, my Majesty."
The next journey went very smoothly. As a librarian, Aura has direct monitoring authority over the real-time situation except the final core area. She helped us avoid internal monitoring and sentries, as well as those who were locked for unknown reasons.
Passage, after walking in the complicated maze-like corridor for nearly thirty minutes, we finally entered a special area.
The corridor with alloy walls has ended here. After crossing a light door, we found ourselves at the edge of a metal cliff. There was endless chaos in front of us. The cliff under our feet was bottomless, with only a blue-white light bridge coming from
The metal cliff extends out and connects to a mysterious place on the other side of the chaotic fog.
Science comes to an abrupt end, and ahead is a mysterious realm - this is what Tavel told me.
"The librarian has insufficient authority to enter the core of the library."
Aura stopped at the edge of the cliff, and the six crystal wings on her back also hung down and entered the standby mode. Due to the cover of the visor, I couldn't see the expression on her face, but somehow, I always felt that the long hair in front of her
There was a slight struggle in the girl's tone.
Who did the order she received millions of years ago come from, so that she still has a vague obsession with protecting the archives?
"Stay here with your sisters, we will be back soon."
Let this dedicated guard wait here quietly, Shandora and I stepped onto the light bridge that didn't look very reliable.
Due to the imbalance in the strength of the emperors under my command, I don't have much contact with the mysterious side of Xiling, but they are definitely several times more powerful than any otherworldly mage's tricks. In many cases, even my abilities are not enough.
You can't understand how the raven's magic works. The mysterious side of Xiling perfectly interprets the word "mysterious". Even if it is so nakedly opened in front of you, you can't understand what is about to happen.
matter.
This thick fog of chaos was like this. The moment I walked into it, I didn't even feel the energy changes around me at all, but I found that everything around me had changed.
We came to a magnificent crystal hall.
Looking at it, it seems that this huge hall has been set up with spatial attributes, making it look endless. Only the dome with countless crystal clusters hanging above reminds us that this is still an indoor space and not an indoor space.
Another world, this splendid place feels like a mixture of natural and artificial caves. It is full of clusters of crystals and crystal prisms that are more than ten meters high. Energy sparks leap and dance between these crystal clear things.
But there was no sound. Within sight, there was a crystal obelisk suspended in mid-air every hundred meters, more than three meters high, with vaguely identifiable text symbols floating on it. I curiously came to the nearest obelisk.
I struggled to read the text above:
"...Everything...recorded...the empire's collapse...rebirth...the archives started...the world unfolds..."
Along the way, the information I learned and the clues I encountered were constantly being combined in my mind. Something called the truth seemed to be ready to be revealed, but because this truth was too sensational, I still couldn’t find it until now.
I'm not sure, but the fragments floating on the obelisk...well, the words are not fragmented, they are the fragments I know - have the words confirmed all the conjectures?
"This is the central control room?"
Qian Qian walked cautiously in the splendid crystal hall, her eyes full of stars, "If I knock it off secretly, it shouldn't cause a system crash..."
No matter when and where, leading this girl always makes people feel happy.
We have arrived at the control room, but we find that this place is an endless space, but Sylvia's figure does not appear in front of us.
No...there is a figure.
When I looked carefully, I finally found a small black figure far ahead, standing in front of a huge crystal obelisk. His back was turned to everyone, and he seemed completely unaware of our rapid approach.
It wasn't until we were less than twenty meters behind him that this man of medium build wearing a black cloak slowly turned around. What appeared in front of me was an ordinary, almost forgettable face.
The middle-aged man's face was as ordinary as the neighbor's uncle who had just moved here two or three days ago, but it made me alert for a moment.
"Long time no see, His Majesty the newly crowned Emperor, His Majesty Sandora, ah, and you, lovely 7535. It seems that you are very satisfied with your new life. This dress suits you really well...
"The ordinary-looking middle-aged man said very unpleasant words with a seemingly friendly expression and kind words, but he still bowed slightly to us, "It seems that you, like me, are also looking for that stupid woman, but
Unfortunately, I am the only one here."
Occam!
This cunning and fallen apostle who once had a relationship in the Black Sun, tormented the emperor to disgrace and finally ran away, now appears in the core of the ancient ruins?! Why is he here? Since when has he been here?
Are we here? Could it be that our battles with the rebels and our actions in the Great Nebula so far are all the conspiracy of this old fox?
Huge doubts flooded into our hearts, but each of us had a calm expression on our face - of course it's hard to say whether Qianqian was calm or not, but I was very calm anyway.
There is even a bit of joy: the energy response of the fallen apostle in front of me is clear and stable, and his body has no erratic feeling like mass projection. This shows that this guy appears here in his true form!
Last time you only sent a mass projection, but I couldn't kill you. This time, I don't care what plots you have, I'll just beat the catharsis fire first! The anger that has been suppressed in Black Sun will now be rekindled.
It’s so easy! And based on the other person’s tone just now, are you looking for “that stupid woman”? He is undoubtedly referring to the former fallen apostle Belavera and the current idiot Silver-haired Sylvia, although there is absolutely no way to deny that this guy is interested in
Sylvia's definition, but just that impolite tone is enough for me to give him a death sentence!