The corridors on the fourth floor of the library are filled with various luxurious decorative ornaments, including an alchemical astronomical telescope with a complex structure, the "Antikythera Device" with a pure gold gear structure, and the complex and artistic "Edmonds Planetarium"
, there are also some people who don’t understand the efficacy of practicing gold instruments.
Many of these are classic astronomical instruments that are still in use today. Even after countless years, their appearance has not changed much.
Su Lun was walking in the corridor, and along the way he could see treasures placed in the glass showcases that made him want to run away.
Except for those "antique scrolls" and "manuscripts" that are collected like antiques, most of the books are carefully engraved collector's editions. The gilded book covers are neatly placed on the bookshelf, which is in harmony with the surrounding magnificent flower walls.
The decorations look very coordinated, and the pavement has a strong intellectual atmosphere, but it also has the unique luxury of the Royal Academy.
Probably because Su Lun had the chessboard in his hand, he had unimpeded access to every room on this floor.
Because he was worried about triggering some bad events, he did not put any classics in his bag for the time being.
Finally, he found the college's archives and walked in.
The stall room is larger than it looks from the outside, about three to four hundred square meters. It is obvious that space folding technology has been used inside to expand the original space by two or three times.
At first sight, you can see the densely packed kraft paper file bags piled up into more than a dozen bookshelves as high as three floors. In order to facilitate access to the files on the upper floor, there is also a movable mahogany staircase.
There are classification details on each bookshelf and labels on the files.
Here you can investigate the list of all personnel in the college, personnel transfers, and records of major events.
He wanted to find the "Herbert Silber" on the investigation file, and this was a possible place.
Su Lun looked at the densely packed stalls and smacked his lips: "There are so many stalls, but it's a hard job."
And time is limited.
Under normal circumstances, he only has about five hours, and then there will be a "void invasion".
He alone, no matter how multitasking he is, will never be able to read through the archives here in a few hours.
Thinking of this, Su Lun pinched the two surgeons' seals and said, "Space Alchemy·Void Swallowing."
The blue-black hexagram formation under his feet lit up. He looked at the black hole in space that was rapidly condensing in his hand, and muttered in his heart: "Sure enough, the space energy fluctuations in this academy are dozens of times stronger than the outside world, and the efficiency of spell casting is also faster.
Several times."
This is definitely a big plus for space professionals.
This is also one of the most important reasons why Su Lun feels that this cursed space is relatively less dangerous to him.
Here, his spatial ability will be several times stronger than outside.
In the blink of an eye, the black hole in his hand turned into an elliptical hole as tall as a person, and figures quickly jumped out.
His two disciples, Kama and Yabok, as well as Tani and Lolotta, who wanted to join in the fun and see the world, and various crew members from the Dawn Regiment who were talented in "speed reading", totaling more than a hundred
people.
As soon as these people came out, almost the entire stall was packed.
"teacher!"
"Mr. Sullen!"
"Well, thank you for your hard work, everyone."
Su Lun had already communicated with them using his consciousness before. As soon as these people came out and said hello to Su Lun, they didn't delay at all and immediately got into the task of browsing the files on the bookshelf.
Su Lun himself also unlocked the eight-armed spider spear and read through the files at a glance.
His goal was very clear, and he targeted some old files.
He speculated that since "Herbert Hilber" could issue a warning that there was a problem with the space channel, his identity was definitely not simple.
Moreover, the fact is that the "void invasion" really happened.
Then the question arises, why did he discover it when others didn't notice it? This means that either he has a stronger ability than others, or his status is unusual and he has access to some secrets that others cannot.
So Su Lun targeted the files of some "senior faculty members"
Su Lun knew that it was absolutely impossible for no one to know that he had entered this library.
At least some administrator-level NPCs must know what he is doing here. But no one has stopped him so far, which gives Su Lun the confidence to summon his friends from the Dawn Group to help.
In a monarchical society, the king's power is supreme.
Su Lun has [Steinitz's chessboard] in his hand, and his identity is a genuine investigator, so even if the college's senior officials know that he is here to investigate files, there is a high probability that they will not stop him, and they will not dare to stop it.
He did not notify anyone at the academy and went directly to the fourth floor to investigate. Those NPCs who were not very intelligent would probably assume that he was a "secret investigator" and would not be able to trigger too complex a response.
Of course, there are some small risks in doing this.
This "Toxte Void Royal Alchemy Academy" may have had ninth-level or even stronger professionals. But at least from the current information, even the dean only has about seventh-level warriors left.
force.
But the Dawn Regiment is not without its strength to fight.
After trying it, if the other party hasn’t come out yet, the risk is no longer a risk.
Things get done when there are a lot of people. More than a hundred people helped to look through the files together, and they quickly went through them roughly.
No one could find any record of the name "Herbert Hilbery."
Su Lun was not surprised at all.
Since I can't find any information in the college, it's normal that I can't find it in the archives.
What he is looking for are some relevant clues.
He guessed that it was very possible that the name was his real name.
It doesn't exist now, it's most likely been "erased".
This is an extraordinary world, and there are indeed some special methods that can directly erase all related text, but BUGs have also appeared.
Files can be erased, but it is impossible to completely erase "his" social relationships and some activity trajectories in this world.
as expected.
About two or three hours after flipping through it, Su Lun was still carefully checking the files of the faculty and staff. At this moment, Yabo Ke, who was looking through the old files in the corner, discovered something and whispered: "Teacher
, come take a look, I found something that may be what you are looking for."
Su Lun walked over and asked, "What did you find?"
Yabok pointed to a file and said directly: "Teacher, this is a file called 'Pedro Rona'. He was the second-placed student in the college's comprehensive assessment year in Tarcolu Calendar 3351.
student. At the same time, based on the records, I found the records of the third to tenth place. But after searching through all the files of the same year, I did not find any relevant information about the first place. Moreover, I also read
According to the archived records of the assessment that year, the assessment score for the second place was 754, while the assessment score for the first place was 996. It was almost a crushing gap."
After saying this, he paused, took out another file with the spider spear behind him, and expressed his analysis: "It stands to reason that such a 'genius' will never be an unknown person. Even if
There should be some kind of accident, and there should be records. Moreover, this person's research direction is very special. I saw a name mentioned in the ninth place's written description of the research topic he was awarded the prize, called "On the Void."
"The feasibility of integrating genes into the human body". This seems to be the same thing as the [Void Gene Potion] you mentioned before."
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Su Lun listened to his disciple's narration with a look of affirmation in his eyes.
Yabok's [Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart] talent has an outstanding ability to observe and analyze far beyond others. He immediately captured the key points of those files that others ignored and had already glanced at briefly.
Su Lun took the file from Yabok and found that his disciple's thinking was completely correct!
“The number one ranking thirty years ago should have been ‘Herbert Hilber’.”
Su Lun's eyes moved frequently, and he finally felt that he had found the key to breaking the situation.
Having strong research capabilities satisfies the conditions.
Moreover, it is also certain that this person's name was erased by some special means.
"Well done, Abel!"
Now that time is running out, Su Lun didn't say much, and instead said: "We don't need to worry about the archives for the time being. Please help us go to the library to find all the classics related to the 'Void Gene Project'!"
"Yes, Mr. Sullen!"
When everyone heard this, they left the stall one after another.
This "Toxt Alchemy Academy" is an academy that specializes in the study of void.
Almost everyone here is a space warlock.
But if the alchemist wants to fuse the void colonization equipment, he cannot avoid the problem of "distortion".
Therefore, the academy studies various topics to prevent distortion and improve void affinity.
There are many and results.
People from the North Sea Fleet had actually discovered clues before. They found a simple description of a [Void Gene Potion] in a few passages in some classics.
It's a "crazy subject" that allows people to gain super affinity to the void.
It is not some kind of temporary amplification potion, but directly allows humans to integrate into the void and permanently become semi-void bloodline creatures.
But because there is no precise information.
It may be a topic conjecture, or it may be a research project with results.
But Su Lun had been injected with "X serum" before and believed it was feasible.
This is also one of his most important goals when entering this cursed space this time. If the potion is really available, he needs it himself. Qianjiao just lacks some affinity fusion fifth-level breeding equipment, and other members of the Dawn Group also need it.
If you can dig deep into this clue, you must not let it go.
So when Su Lun saw the file just now, he immediately connected the clues.
That "Herbert Hilber" was most likely the "first" student in the assessment thirty years ago.
Moreover, as long as such talented students do not leave, they will usually become high-ranking members of the college in the future.
Su Lun looked through the personnel files for the years following that annual appraisal.
Only then did I discover that the Void Student Vice-President usually had six as standard, but in the years 3360-3365 of the Talkor Calendar, there were only five.
Seeing this, Su Lun was almost certain that Herbert was the erased vice president!
There is strength in numbers, and before long, almost all the books on the subject of "Void Gene" in the entire fourth floor were taken over.
None of them have that name written on them.
Moreover, it seems that there is no book on the same topic as that one.
But Su Lun did not give up and personally checked every copy.
The more talented you are, the more you like to "show off your skills".
When ancient great alchemists recorded certain secrets, they usually used special encryption methods. The Dawn Age was almost the pinnacle of cryptography.
But cryptography is almost always time-sensitive, and now most encryption methods have been deciphered.
Su Lun himself is proficient in at least hundreds of them, covering almost all encryption methods known in the modern era.
"Blood Gene Analysis of Void Manta Ray", "Dual Attribute Gene Inheritance of Void Electric Eel", "Magic Gene"
Su Lun read them one by one very quickly.
But because I am afraid of missing key information, I read almost every book to the end.
The omniscient child with his left eye scanned the ancient books line by line and saw a lot of content that said "special encrypted information".
However, it took nearly an hour and I read a hundred or two hundred books but still found nothing.
Su Lun didn't panic.
Even if the "Void Invasion" breaks out, now that we have this library, we are basically "guaranteed". If it doesn't work, we can just think of a way to come next time.
But at this time, he saw a book called "Research on the Void Zerg".
It doesn't matter what the author's name is, it can't be "Herbert Silber".
This is a manuscript. When you open it, it is densely filled with various texts, as well as some hand-drawn drawings of the Void Zerg, which are very detailed.
In the plane of the void, the Zerg are almost at the bottom of the food chain, and few people study those low-level creatures. This book records hundreds of species of the Void Zerg in great detail. There are also some interesting alchemy experiments at the end.
room records.
This was originally a normal book, but when Su Lun looked at it, a hint of "encrypted information" appeared in his eyes.
Then he interpreted it according to the decoding method, and interesting content appeared.
The notes are as follows:
"The Void Zerg are low-intelligent creatures? Most of them may be, but some are very terrifying existences."
"Ants are not scary to elephants, but they are scary when they become organized. I like this proverb very much."
"I studied the Void Bugs and discovered a problem. Our previous understanding seems to be wrong. Certain Void Bugs cannot be counted as individuals alone. Instead, a group of tens of thousands of them must be together to be considered one.
'Individuals'. They have a core 'brain' that directs the group of bugs to do some complex commands that a single individual cannot complete. I named it 'Mother Bug'."
"The reproductive isolation between heterogeneous organisms is actually not complete isolation, but the failure to find a suitable 'bridge'. The more advanced the life form, the smaller the scope of reproductive isolation. The fundamental reason is that the gene chain is complex enough and complete.
.So, what if I use an advanced life form as a carrier to establish a connection between two low-level alien creatures that have no intention of doing anything? For example, use some kind of god-level life form to connect the genetic chain of humans and void creatures.
"
"I succeeded in the first stage. I tried various void genetic materials, and finally chose the 'Marrow of the Void Mother Insect', which is a rare god-level material."
「」
When Su Lun saw these contents appearing in his notes, he knew he had found the right one.
There was a sharp flash in his eyes, and he thought to himself: "This must be that Herbert's note!"
It is also a very powerful encryption method. The content of the note is completely readable, but it hides what the author wants to leave behind.
Although this notebook does not record a detailed research report, it does record the truth about "sleeping in the void".
Su Lun frowned when he saw what he had written down.
"I have calculated that it is almost 100% likely that a 'mother worm' will appear among the billions of species. I informed the dean that there are high-level monsters among the 'Katetz Void Zerg' that recently appeared near the space passage.
The consciousness body may even exceed the divine level. The plane channel must be closed, otherwise it will bring unexpected disasters. But my proposal did not attract the attention of the empire's senior officials. The void plane is the main source of the empire's financial revenue. Those who rely on this
The congressmen who channeled wealth brought strong resistance. Those greedy guys would not easily give up the faucet of "black gold". They deliberately lowered the risk rating of my report and delayed it for several years. The imperial investigation team
He hasn’t come yet. I know that until the parliament comes to a resolution, I’m afraid the disaster will be unavoidable. Hey, greedy and stupid nobles.”
"I am deformed, both physically and mentally. I have also thought about dying. But I want to keep my research results. Facts have proved that my idea is right, the 'Void Gene Potion' can transform humans
Bloodline can greatly increase the void affinity of humans. As long as the side effects can be solved, I already have an idea. Unfortunately, because of those side effects, the hostile factions in the academic circle do not support closing the channel, because that will cause the entire academy to lose everything.
.They launched a fierce public attack on me. I lost everything. But I don’t care about that. I only care about running out of time. I want to research the final [Void Gene Potion]."
"Later I realized that it was not an accident, but someone had tampered with my experimental data, and I became distorted. It doesn't matter who it is anymore. After all, the people who can get close to my laboratory are the ones I trust the most.
Friend, I’m really not interested in power struggles, why involve me in it?”
"I might be locked up and sent to 'Lab Zero'. But I still informed the academy."
"Even if I become a monster, I still love this world and alchemy."
「」
Su Lun finished reading the contents of the notes.
The whole content is just three sentences.
A genius developed a [Void Gene Potion], and then was killed by his opponents in the academic world. His name and honor were wiped out;
It was probably a "warning" issued more than ten years ago, saying that there was a problem in this dimension.
Then, it took until now for the investigation team to arrive
"So, the master will of this cursed space is actually this person?"
After Su Lun read it, he frowned and fell into deep thought.
The intelligence previously obtained by the North Sea Fleet almost all points to the possibility that the dean may be the "main will" of the cursed space.
As a result, now that I have obtained this note, I discovered that "Herbert Hilber" is the one.
And now we have a new clue, which is "Laboratory Zero".
Going there is very likely to get [Void Gene Potion], as well as more space breeding equipment, materials, and even the ability to crack the entire cursed space.
Good things, it seems they are all in the experimental area...
But the problem is that the laboratory area is now a "T-level" area, and there has never been a living person, which makes Su Lun very confused again.
The "Void Invasion" broke out in less than an hour. Su Lun thought about it and still had no intention of taking the risk.
Now that you have these clues, go back and sort them out, and you may not be able to think of some other solutions next time.
After reading those classics, Su Lun took the summoned people into the small void world again.
He planned to wait for a big fight and then destroy the entire four floors of the library in one go.
There was still an hour left, and Su Lun had nothing to do, so he started wandering around the four floors.
Just now he was focused on finding the treasure and did not take a closer look at the things here. Now he plans to take a closer look in case there are any missing treasures during the search later.
From large crystal chandeliers, murals, sculptures to small door handles and teacups, every item has been identified.
Looking at it, I really found a lot of alchemy items with special effects.
We even found several dense grids.
However, after Su Lun opened it with a chessboard, he found that there was nothing inside.
But it’s not incomprehensible.
He guessed that those secret grids were most likely to be opened by the dean only. Therefore, the deputy dean knew that there were these secret grids, but could not open them and did not know what was inside.
It also confirms whether the main consciousness of this cursed space is the dean.
Su Lun was still looking for the "little surprise" happily, thinking that he would stay here until the battle started.
Suddenly, the omniscient eye once again identified a "space door" on the ceiling at the end of the corridor.
Just like before going up from the third floor to the fourth floor, identification permission is required.
Above your head is a grand, gorgeous and mysterious starry sky ceiling. If you look closely, you will find that the stars are all kinds of gemstones and magic crystal nuclei.
Luxurious and charming, but nothing special on this fourth floor.
Su Lun raised his head and looked at the identified information in front of him, with a cautious expression on his face, and thought to himself: "Is there a fifth floor in this library? Will you encounter an old guy when you open it?"
Thinking that he must have been discovered, he didn't have any psychological burden, so he took out the chessboard and activated the permission again.
The nine-pointed star alchemy array lit up, and Su Lun watched the light and shadow on the starry sky ceiling rotate for a while, and then turned into an exit that looked like an exit to outer space.
For a moment, Su Lun felt like there was no gravity and his whole body was floating.
Looking at the dense buildings in the space, Su Luntong shrank suddenly and was shocked: "T-level test area?!"
He never expected that on the fourth floor of the library, there would be an entrance and exit directly connected to the experimental area in the plane passage.
"In other words, the plane passage was closed after the 'Void Invasion'. But can you actually enter and exit the fourth floor of the library through this space door?"
At this moment, the adventurous heart that had been extinguished in Su Lun's heart suddenly burned brightly.