The 1773 Secret Library is located in the first area.
It is very close to Jiujie Station. It only takes an hour's drive to cross 180 kilometers of basalt caves and arrive at Moho. When you see the colorful gabbro, the First Transportation Department is not far away.
Early in the morning, Jiang Xueming made a video call with brother Ye Bei from his hometown to say goodbye to his past years, and then boarded a train with Meteor to the area under the jurisdiction of the Transportation Department.
It is a pity that this intercity express does not have a VIP carriage. There is also no transfer station. The name of the destination is [Magic City·Balazon].
On this special day of the Lunar New Year, apart from Xueming and Meteor, there were only the crew members left, and no other passengers were traveling with them.
Looking at the road signs outside the car window, the colorful gabbro intrusive rocks look like stars in the sky.
Xueming had a lot of thoughts, but only one thought in her mind——
——I hope I can gain something from the big library.
Meteor was still catching up on his sleep. He received a call from Mr. Jason last night and was scolded for half an hour. He received a call from Teacher Victor and was scolded for another half an hour.
Jason hates cockroach jokes.
Victor received the news and was very dissatisfied with Meteor's disciple's behavior of deliberately destroying copies of the manuscript.
But these are just trivial matters.
Ah Xing was very quiet when he slept. You could see his strong and strong chest rising and falling slowly. There was no snoring or dreaming.
During this leisure time, Jiang Xueming sat in the staff lounge and asked the flight attendant about the area under the jurisdiction of the Transportation Department.
The flight attendant was a man in his thirties, with a tough face, a clean face, and a very neat and neat uniform with short hair. When he saw Xueming, an Asian, he immediately said hello.
"Happy New Year! What's up?"
Jiang Xueming walked into the employee lounge, found a folding seat, and sat down.
He took out his notebook and prepared to sit down and talk in detail.
"Happy New Year, Brother Flight Attendant, I would like to ask, why is this transportation department built in Nansha? There is only one station? Is there no other station?"
"Yes, there is only one station. As for why it is built here? The Transportation Department usually chooses a location in Jedi. If the railway reaches a place where it cannot be repaired, and engineering equipment cannot dig new roads, it means that the terrain here is steep.
, the geology is complex, like the junction of the Pacific Plate and the East Asian continent. Due to plate movement, there is a huge depth difference underground. This is a natural hazard that is difficult for humans to break through. The secret library was chosen here to provide future engineering teams with breakthroughs in natural hazards.
Prepare technical support in advance and carry out environmental scientific research and investigation work."
"Why is it called Balazon?"
"Balazon was the bluestone people's favorite insecticide. It is a powerful insecticide. A thousand years ago, the Lapis Guards used it as an enchanting agent for weapons. It smelled very strong.
The smell of garlic - which later became a popular rumor that garlic can repel vampires."
"So that's it?"
"It wasn't until seventy years ago that this magical insecticide finally had an official name, and the area under the jurisdiction of the Transportation Department where the secret library is located was renamed Magic City Balazon."
"The red stone people used mustard pheromones to drive away Lady White, and the blue stone people used pesticides to deal with Lady White."
"That's right. Is there anything else the guest would like to ask?"
"I saw part of the railway route map in my passenger logbook. These places..." Jiang Xueming turned to the new page in the logbook. Only pupating passengers are qualified to take a look at part of the Abyss Railway route: "These places have already been
Abandoned old city.”
Xueming's fingers followed the markings on the diary page and moved to the boundary of the Pacific plate.
Starting from Nansha, we go all the way up, passing through Hokkaido, Japan, to the Bering Strait.
"Why are these junctions black?"
The steward's tone was strangely calm: "Because they are close to the kingdom of the dead, these stations are often lost in spiritual disasters. The closer to the station in the Pacific sector, the higher the concentration of spiritual disasters."
Jiang Xueming has a strong curiosity: "What is under the Pacific seabed?"
The flight attendant thought for a while and searched for relevant information in his head: "There are oil and volcanoes."
Jiang Xueming asked: "What about further down? Further down is the excavation area of the Abyss Railway, right?"
Flight Attendant: "No one has ever gotten there..."
Jiang Xueming: "Can't dig anymore? Or is it that the special geology makes it difficult for engineering equipment to operate?"
Flight Attendant: "It is difficult to dig through the Moho. The most human burrowing ability can reach is a deep pit more than 10,000 meters underground. At this depth, the temperature of the geothermal environment will reach 100 degrees Celsius. Engineering equipment has begun
Plasticization, it simply won’t work properly. This is a great undertaking created by the former Soviet Union.”
Jiang Xueming: "But BOSS can build a station 17,000 meters underground."
Flight Attendant: “That’s because it has spent countless time transforming underground ventilation caverns and underground water circulation channels - and the ancient giants who opened roads and built buildings for it. But now only with the wisdom and strength of us humans, it is
For those who cannot conquer the Moho, it may be difficult to go from deeper places to the underground world of the Pacific Ocean."
Jiang Xueming was silent.
The flight attendant then explained the detailed reason.
"We have now found an entrance, a dangerous level similar to an epic legend. It can take us to the seabed of the Pacific Ocean."
"Where?"
"Further north in the Siberian tundra, close to the North Sea, there are continuous huge snow peaks in the underground world. They are completely different from the natural environment. This is what you often hear from the radio station. Northern Areas 68 to 79 -
-These underground mountains are bone-chillingly cold. Following the seasonal changes, the temperature fluctuates from 11 degrees above zero to around 50 degrees below zero. There are eight-level winds blowing in three seasons of the year. It is like arriving at the border of the kingdom of the dead.
The home of the frost giants. Not even geothermal heat can affect its natural temperature."
"Has anyone been exploring here?"
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "They were the pioneers of the Soviet era. They crossed this cold and crazy mountain range and discovered giant ruins as numerous as stars, and finally stopped at the Red Star Hills."
"Red Star Mountain? This is where my friend is going. Why did he stop here? Is this place dangerous?"
"It's very dangerous. As for why we stopped exploring - because there is no road. This place is the entrance to the underground world of the Pacific. It is a vast, almost invisible quagmire Dead Sea. It is the ocean under the sea and the darkness in the shadows.
, just like what is described in the myth, this place is filled with thick smog containing dioxin all year round, which can make people hallucinate. Newborns cannot live here for more than a week. Adults will die after living here for up to seven years. It is
Northern Europe has another name, called Niflheim. The roots of the World Tree are here, and it is also the country of the dead."
"Is there anything else..."
"The range that humans can explore is the tens of kilometers of continuous fossil forest land near the beach of Hongxing Mountain. The lighting conditions are poor and the climate is cold. The machinery here becomes fragile due to the cold brittleness of the metal. Some scientific researchers are trying to salvage the ocean
The precipitate in it is filled with highly toxic chiral molecules."
"Chiral molecules..." Jiang Xueming has a background in chemical batteries. He knows the meaning of this word, which refers to molecules with left and right asymmetry but similar structures. To explain in detail, he has to use an analogy.
Just like when people look in the mirror, the reflection in the mirror is by no means the reality of the real world.
When a human figure is turned upside down and transformed into a chemical molecular formula, the result of the left and right reversal of the molecular structure is often the birth of strange, novel, weird and terrifying substances.
"If you know something about chirality, in fact, based on my many years of experience in going back and forth in the secret library -" the flight attendant brother smiled mysteriously: "-the blue morpho butterfly in nature and the red morpho butterfly in the underground world may be the rules of chirality.
Two creatures, they are similar, but completely different."
There is one chiral carbon atom in methamphetamine.
If it is in the left-handed state, it is a panacea for mental illness.
If it is in a right-handed state, it is an addictive hallucinogenic drug.
A molecular structure similar to it is catecholamine transmitter, which is also a drug for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
According to the flight attendant brother——
——In this Dead Sea where the poisonous fog spreads, its mudflats are made of materials composed of such chiral molecules. I am afraid that a huge amount of racemic agent must be invested to return it to a natural environment suitable for human survival.
After a long time, the flight attendant slowly spoke: "Actually, this is nothing. We just found the entrance to hell. What is really difficult to break through is the gatekeeper of hell."
"Is there any living thing living in this ocean?" Jiang Xueming could not imagine what kind of life could be born in this miserable and evil soil.
The flight attendant made gestures and explained patiently.
"To be specific, it shouldn't be considered a living thing, but something like a dead thing that is imprisoned by runes - Troll monsters and giants of different sizes wandering here. They move in the offshore area, and the flesh and blood on their bodies follow Vita.
The mark was corroded and decayed, and huge mad butterflies grew from it. These pure black butterflies have a minimum wingspan of six meters and a maximum wingspan of more than thirty meters."
Jiang Xueming thought of the Blood-giving Church of Skull and Bones. He originally thought it was just an exaggerated religious sculpture technique, but he didn't expect that the crazy butterfly flying out of the giant's body could really achieve such a physique.
The flight attendant continued:
"——When these crazy butterflies were born, they died due to the harsh environment, fell into the mudflat and became part of the chiral molecules. The feet of the giants stepped on the cold sediment, absorbing the dramatic changes in the mudflat.
Poisonous essence, broken flesh bodies are constantly recovering and collapsing, and the insect nests in their bodies drive them to continue to act. Provide more human sediment for the mudflats, and serve as gatekeepers for Niflheim. Perhaps behind them
That pitch-black ocean is the legendary golden gallon, the legendary star realm, and the beginning and end of life on earth."
The scenery outside the window slowly changes over time.
There are more and more man-made buildings, initially scattered post stations and depot power towers.
Later, it became a satellite township and artificial vegetable garden greenhouse in the jurisdiction.
The view along the railway line suddenly opened up, and one could see the intercity road several kilometers away in the distance.
After listening to the flight attendant's description of the Red Star Mountains, Jiang Xueming took a deep breath and broke into a cold sweat for Mr. Jason.
If it is true as the flight attendant said, Mr. Jason's journey may be a disaster, with a narrow escape from death.
Jason's keen inspiration will see hordes of ancient creatures and the door to the kingdom of death.
The brave Slavs built the railway to the gate of hell, but were eventually blocked by these giants. Perhaps one step forward would lead to an infinitely smooth road, or to the underground Dead Sea with no value for exploration.
Silently writing down this information, Jiang Xueming thanked the flight attendant and prepared to get up and leave.
The train is about to pull into the station, and the conductor would like to say a few more words.
"Let's go back to the secret library! Young man, this is the city of the Lapis Guards and the territory of the Bluestone people. After you get off the bus, follow the rules. Don't ask too many questions, and don't wander around. There are thousands of criminals in the underground world.
There are so many tricks, and the Laijins who are responsible for escorting don’t like to gossip with strangers – if you are just here to read, just read quietly.”
Jiang Xueming could understand the implication of the flight attendant brother's words and thought to himself.
According to the BOSS's temper, the criminals who can be spared alive, escorted all the way by Qingjin, and sent to Balasong for trial are probably not good people. They are [big shots] who have special characteristics and need to be beheaded as a warning to others.
Just dealing with the escorts has exhausted Qing Jin's energy. If I go gossip with them again at this time, I'm afraid these hot-tempered police officers will directly send me to detention for obstructing official duties.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Think about Mr. Victor’s waiter, the bloodhound, who also acts like someone owes her millions all day long. He has been dealing with criminals all year round, and his life is full of negative energy.
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Xueming nodded his thanks and immediately ran back to the carriage to wake up Ah Xing——
"——Get off the car."
Ah Xing turned over in a daze, blinked his eyes hard a few times, and immediately shouted: "We're here? We're here? I'm going to see Grandma Wolf?"
Xueming advised me sincerely: "When we enter the city later, don't run around and don't talk to others casually."
Axing pouted: "Why?"
Xueming told Meteor completely the reason and also told everything about the Red Star Mountain Range. Ah Xing immediately became serious, no longer thinking about other things, and prepared to concentrate on serving Grandma Wolf.
Axing looked worried: "Do you want to talk to Brother Jason about this?"
Jiang Xueming shook his head: "His stone is lapis lazuli. He knows more about Hongxing Mountain than we do. I believe he has realized it long ago."
Xueming didn't bring any luggage, so the trip to the library was very safe. This was the backbone of Jiujie Station and the transportation department of the scientific research station. There was no need to bring a gun when traveling.
Axing followed Xueming out of the car and heard that Jason was going to such a ghost place. This kid was in a state of disbelief all the way.
"Brother Ming, Brother Ming, Brother Ming..."
"Yes. I'm listening." Jiang Xueming followed the station announcement and led the way.
Balazon is called the Magic City. The city's front train station also looks like the old British platform in Harry Potter. It is surrounded by gold and silver pipes of brass and chromium steel, regular platforms and towers standing everywhere.
The observation tower is like arriving in Azkaban, a gorgeous prison where felons are held.
When the two walked out of the train station, they did not see a square, but a stone alleyway with gradually higher terrain. As they climbed up the slope, they saw winding roads on both sides, as well as various old wooden facade signs.
Occasionally there are gorgeously decorated ones, but most of them sell some weird luck charms or holy objects, special ammunition, and heavy ballista explosive pots, used to deal with blood-giving monsters.
Commercial medicines used by hunters can be seen everywhere. Guangling San Xiaolongbao, which increases body activity, was also developed and produced at the scientific research station and sold all over the world.
The trademarks of the Blue Stone School are divided into two families.
One clan is the totem of the great wolf Van Cleef, representing the Lazuli Guard.
The other group includes rulers and compasses, both of which are drawing tools. The name of the school is Fool's Square.
Most of the Green Gold Guards are hunters who capture criminals.
The Fool's Workshop is a group of people who draw hunting guides, produce hunter equipment, and engage in biological research in the underground world.
Jiang Xueming glanced at these shops and saw that there was also a wand workshop that made special designs for pyroxene and customized modifications for sticks - but he didn't have time to wander in. He could come and take a look if he had a chance in the future.
The two of them started climbing along the sparsely populated stone path, heading to the municipal center 700 meters away. They looked directly at the map given by the guide, then boarded a mounted police carriage there and headed to the east side of the city to find the secret text.
Library.
During this section of the road, Bu Liuxing talked about Jason.
"Brother Ming, I want to go to Red Star Mountain with Brother Jason."
"Well, it's dangerous there."
"I know it's dangerous, but if we go together, there will be a way!"
"You're not going to persuade him? Instead, you're going to persuade me?"
"Because I like 3301."
"Your leaping thinking is too outrageous. Please speak slowly."
"I like Teacher Sansan. I think that Wendy Mills, Brother Jason's former waiter, is also a very important person to Brother Jason. I will never persuade him to give up this journey.
"
"That makes sense."
"I think there is strength in numbers. Why don't we make an appointment and go to this hellish place with him! Crush his inner demons!"
"good."
"Brother Ming, did you promise me?"
"accepted."
"It's that simple?"
"if not?"
"Hehehe... I thought you would give me a lecture first, and then tell me something aggrievedly... Life is important, safety first and so on."
Jiang Xueming and the staff handed over their passenger IDs, yawned lazily, and turned around to mutter to Ah Xing.
"Jason Megan is the cook in our store. He cannot die. Moreover, during the trip to the Skull and Bones Society, he has a life-long friendship with us. I must sacrifice my life for justice. This is not a time to be afraid of death, but a time to share weal and woe.
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Meteor's eyes lit up and he slapped Brother Xueming on the shoulder hard.
"Wow! Brother Ming! Every time you talk more, I get really angry! Please say more, please say more!"
Jiang Xueming shrugged, pursed his lips, put on a strange expression, and stopped speaking.
Until the two of them boarded the carriage, the driver Hunter in the front seat also looked decadent and resentful of poor sleep.
Meteor finally couldn't help it and wanted to have fun and make friends.
"Brother! Why do you need a horse-drawn cart? Can't you drive a motorcycle? Can't you use an electric car? Is your city government extremely poor? Isn't that right? Aren't all scientific research cities extremely rich?
This doesn't make sense! Is it just because it's handsome? It's indeed very handsome...Does your horse have a good temper? Will it kick me? If it doesn't kick me, can I make friends with it? Brother, you
What zodiac signs are they? What are the zodiac signs of these two horses?"
Xueming wanted to stop him, but he didn't, and he felt regretful in his heart.
The coachman's eyes were bloodshot, and he could clearly feel the strong pressure of inspiration from his wide-brimmed hat and dark passenger coat.
The elder brother was very unhappy and almost wanted to be driven crazy by this enthusiastic red stone man.
Finally, a hoarse growl came from the scarf, like a demonstration. He suppressed his manic mood and answered with a thick smoky voice.
"This is a dead place. In order to reduce carbon emissions, reduce pollution, and create a good environment for the vegetable garden of the scientific research station, most people travel by horse-drawn carriages. The freight station occasionally uses large diesel-powered vehicles to haul goods. Our passenger station
, every aspect of clothing, food, housing and transportation is very retro.”
Xueming quickly said: "Thank you!"
Meteor wanted to ask a few more questions, but Xueming immediately covered his mouth.
When we arrived at our destination, the secret library was a different scene.
Among the intricate low-rise buildings, there is a comprehensive building area covering an area of 35 square kilometers. It is almost the area of a provincial capital university town.
The living area and study area are fully functional and diverse. You can see a huge sign hanging on the door of the main building called [Galahad Magic Academy].
Bu Liuxing was almost crazy with excitement and almost told the guard about enrolling in school.
Jiang Xueming grabbed the big dog and headed towards the secret library. The big carriage was replaced by a small carriage. In the dark environment of the campus road, one could see the mottled luster of gabbro in the buildings, and the
The deep dome is painted in starry sky colors.
After only a few minutes' drive, the two of them walked into the gatehouse of the big library and headed to the main hall.
The staff at the director's counter were neatly dressed and ready to ask the two passengers for their IDs.
The giant cotton chair behind the counter is about thirty meters wide——
——The big wolf Van Cleef is lying on the chair, like the patron saint of this city, welcoming every little one who comes to visit the secret library.
Meteor stammered, barely able to restrain his inner excitement.
He saw layers of fine hair all over Van Cleef's body that looked like blue, gold and gray spinning yarn, a wolf's snout and wolf's jaws, and golden wolf eyes. He almost wanted to throw himself into his grandmother's arms and touch her.
Xueming had already raised his fists, preparing to deal with emergencies - he regretted not bringing a gun, at least when Ah Xing went crazy, the bullets could break the kid's legs.
"Grandma! Grandma! I'm here to see you! I'm here to study in the big library!"
Van Cleef immediately jumped off the cotton chair, moved his huge wolf head to the director's counter, squeezed away the two clerks, and inhaled sharply at the shooting star.
At that moment, Meteor couldn't laugh anymore.
He felt as if his whole body had been licked by a fishy tongue.
When this ferocious ancient creature stared at its prey, the spiritual pressure it generated almost made him breathless, and patches of wheals and red spots quickly appeared on his skin, which was an allergic reaction to stress.
A deep female voice came from the big wolf's throat: "I don't know you, why do you call me grandma?"
Meteor immediately said: "3301 is my waiter! I want to marry her as my wife!"
Van Cleef tilted his head and thought carefully, as if searching for more than two hundred names in a family tree, and then searching for more names of grandchildren from more than two hundred direct descendants, and finally remembered this strange man.
's granddaughter.
"Oh, I know." It said, retracted its body, jumped onto the big chair, and continued to maintain its elegant and noble paralyzed posture.
Meteor: "No more? It's over?"
Xueming reminded in a low voice: "What else? I have so many children, and each of them wants to talk to it for a few words? No matter how strong its mental quality is, it will go crazy. It is a shame for you to be able to reply to you. Meteor, you
Be sober, it has already recognized you without asking you to send a betrothal gift."
"You don't need to discuss it privately, I can hear it." Van Cleef said immediately: "But the nameless person is right, Bu Liuxing - your physical body is very excellent. I think you are qualified to join my clan. Your blood is
The best betrothal gift.”
Van Cleef, an ancient beast, expresses his desire for marriage in a very straightforward way without any euphemism.
Meteor didn't know how to answer the question for a while, so he could only nod his head vigorously, and was immediately dragged by Xueming to the back hall to look for books.
The process of meeting Grandma Wolf is like a simple formality. If there is another opportunity to come to the library for further study in the future, or to study at [Galahad Academy of Magic], there may be a chance to understand her in depth.
After explaining the purpose of his visit to the library's guidance assistant, Xueming also learned that this [Galahad Magic Academy] is an exclusive academy for passengers——
——After the passengers obtain the Soul Power, there is a long window period. During this period, it is difficult for them to understand the Soul Power’s true ability, or they cannot skillfully use the Soul Power to fight and survive.
During the four stages of pupation, cocoon, emergence and adult, you can apply to BOSS to go to this school for further study.
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The process of finding the book records won’t take long——
——This quaint secret library, in addition to the paper original text, also has an e-book version that is convenient for circulation.
According to the reading assistant, ancient books that need to be preserved for more than a hundred years must use lead, aluminum, copper, and nickel to draw the books.
After all, electronic hardware like hard drives is very easy to damage, and sectors can easily become damaged during data relocation. Even if one of the compressed packages is damaged, it will be a huge loss. Therefore, physical documents and electronic files are needed to preserve these precious knowledge.
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The book that Jiang Xueming wanted happened to be the art of slaying dragons that most passengers wanted to learn.
Homo sapiens are apex predators, and their hunting nature makes passengers very concerned and concerned about the [death door] of other creatures.
This type of book is easy to find——
——Someone made a bound edition based on ancient books from different eras.
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Author: King Hunter
Book name: "The Great Split of Everything·1984 Combined Edition"
[There are cracks in everything, that’s where the light comes in]
[——Leonardo Cohen "Carol"]
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The e-reader was delivered to Jiang Xueming, and the book opened with this simple and concise title and preface, which is a textbook from forty years ago.
Meteor also got a copy, and the two of them found a seat nearby and began to suck hard at the book, which talks about the weakness of underground creatures, the Door of Death.