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Chapter 4219 The Void Layer
Chapter 4219 The Void Layer
"time to go."
"Based on the previous situation, it can be basically confirmed that the Wall of Sighs in Normefens is most likely the most difficult level in the Mechanism Corridor. There shouldn't be any more difficult puzzles like this in the future." Angor: "Gray Porcelain saved us so much time, we can't waste it."
The group nodded and followed Angell's footsteps, walking forward.
As Angell had predicted, things then unfolded exactly as he had envisioned.
All the puzzles and mechanisms encountered were very simple. The clues were mostly obvious at a glance, but solving them might take a little time.
But with the combined efforts of the three of them, each puzzle was solved in no more than three minutes.
Twenty minutes later.
They emerged from the narrow, long corridor and entered a hall paved with triangular geometric tiles. This hall had ten doors, each leading to different branching paths.
Seeing this, everyone understood that they had walked out of the mechanism corridor.
The entire corridor took about fifty minutes, bypassing the usual four-hour route, so it was a great deal.
Moreover, this place is already very close to the border area.
Even the nearest entrance is just two corridors away.
However, Angel did not choose to step into the border area at this time; they still had things to finish.
Searching for the Book Demon.
And to find more book sprites!
……
Over the next half hour, they encountered two book demons.
Gabriel and Angor each faced the challenge once, and ultimately obtained two new proverbs from the crystal and mirror in the hidden space, respectively.
"I analyze the formula in order to find the hidden patterns within it."
"I copied the manuscript in order to continue His unfinished thoughts."
It's still all big, empty information.
However, based on the information found so far, every hidden piece of information points to His wisdom. If nothing unexpected happens, this "He" is most likely a being with a vast and profound knowledge base.
Goddess of Wisdom? Or perhaps the goddess of knowledge?
Angor made random guesses in his mind, although he didn't know if these two gods existed.
Then, Angell asked Gabriel and Gray Porcelain to wait in a large hall near the border area, and he left alone.
Twenty minutes later, when Angel returned, the positioning cursors on the guidance radar had increased from two to four.
The four cursors compressed the position of the boundary area to the extreme.
The area being pointed to is only the size of a small square.
If you're lucky, this range is enough to lock down the rift.
Instead of searching for the book spirit, Angor led the three of them toward the border region.
The boundary area this time is a large area of simulated water with floating and sinking water.
On a small seashell island in the middle of this body of water, they found a crack in the second floor of the library.
"Leave the guardianship of this rift to me," Gabriel volunteered. After speaking, it looked around and said, "This place is surrounded by water on all sides. I'll just use the Dark Word of Power to drown all the invading book demons!"
Angel nodded. They had already discussed the assignment of those who stayed behind: the rabbit girl would be on the first floor, and Gabriel would be on the second floor.
There's no need for anyone to stay behind on the third level, because by the time the third level rift is found, all three rifts will be closed.
"Then this level is yours. But if you can win through combat, do so. Don't use your Dark Word of Power unless absolutely necessary..."
Although Gabriel's Dark Words are targeted at Book Demons, the process of the Dark Words taking effect may affect them as well.
For example, if Gabriel curses the book demon to drown, the process of its effect might be: a deep flood falls directly from the sky, submerging the entire library.
The book demons drowned, but they might also drown as a result.
Therefore, it's best to avoid using Dark Words of Power if possible, and if you really can't, use them sparingly or in a restricted manner... unless you enter a separate battle space, in which case you can use them freely.
For example, the testing space of the Book Demon and the Book Spirit is an independent space, and you can use it however you want.
However, the Book Demon does not create independent spaces when attacking towers, so you have to be careful when using Dark Words of Power at this time.
Gabriel, controlling the illusion puppet, nodded: "I understand."
"I'll leave this to you. When we go up to the third floor, the Book Demon will spawn here. Remember, don't be stingy with your illusion nodes; use them when necessary."
Whether it was the rabbit girl or Gabriel, Angor always left them illusion nodes when he left, just in case.
After saying goodbye to Gabriel, Angell headed towards the entrance to the third floor with the gray porcelain.
With a full view of the map, finding the entrance is naturally a breeze.
A few minutes later, they arrived at a staircase. Yes, this time they didn't take a shortcut to get upstairs, but found a set of stairs leading upwards.
"Notify the team leader and Gabriel in the team chat that we're going up to the third floor," Angell said to Gray Porcelain.
Once you reach the third floor, another wave of Book Demons will attack the tower, so you definitely need to notify others in advance about going upstairs.
"We've been notified!" Gray Porcelain raised his hand.
Angell: "Then let's go."
……
The stairs leading upstairs are looped.
At first, there were walls on both sides of the stairs, but after they walked through five loops, the walls disappeared, leaving only the stairs standing in the air.
The area around the stairs turned into a dark void.
Only through a few book lamps suspended in the void can one see this vast, dark sea that stretches to the horizon.
Although Ingres had already witnessed this scene from God's perspective, he was still deeply shocked when he actually saw this boundless void...
The third floor of the Echo Library is very different from the first two floors.
That is the true void layer.
Even Angell sighed inwardly, let alone Gray Porcelain. Staring at the empty space between the floors, it was completely bewildered.
It had heard Laplace mention before that all the copies of the Dream Crystal have a prototype in the material world.
In other words, this Echo Library also exists in the outside world.
"What kind of library could be built from the earth all the way to the void? How tall and how big is it?" Gray Porcelain murmured softly as he gazed at the void illuminated by the lamps of books.
No sooner had he finished speaking than Gray Porcelain heard Angell's teasing voice beside him: "That's a typical stereotype."
Gray Porcelain: "Huh?"
Angell: "Many people think that the void is high in the sky. Earth, clouds, high sky, the void beyond the sky... This is how many people understand the void."
"But in reality, this is just a stereotype about emptiness."
With a gentle wave of his hand, Angell conjured an illusion of a small wooden house in his palm.
"Take this little house for example, its state remains constant. But it can exist on the earth..."
The cabin is surrounded by lush green forests and fertile land.
"But it can also exist in the void."
The cabin vanished from the earth and appeared in a pitch-black void.
"At the same time, it can be both on earth and in the void."
The cabin is divided in the middle; the left door opens into the forest outside, while the right door opens into a dark void.
"Therefore, the void coexists with the world; they are two parallel lines. So it is not necessarily high in the sky. Even if you are on the ground, as long as you are strong enough, you can tear open the gap and enter the void."
The idea that emptiness is high above the heavens is just a stereotype.
The gray porcelain was stunned; it had never before considered the relationship between the void and the world. Gazing at the boundless void around it, a strange sense of awe and curiosity welled up within it.
"So...that's what the Echo Library is like?"
Angel nodded: "That's right, the first two levels stand on the ground, while the third level enters the void..."
At this point, Angel paused suddenly: "However, the dungeon is just a simulation. I suspect that the real Echo Library's third level may not actually be in the void, but rather in the space between the real world and the void."
"Many superhumans like to build structures in mezzanines because they are stable and there are fewer void disasters."
"However, this is precisely why strange things often appear in the void interlayer... some are garbage, some are dangers, and of course, there are also some opportunities."
This statement is not false.
When Angell was taken through the mezzanine by Sanders before, he had encountered "garbage" floating in the mezzanine.
It refers to literal garbage, such as waste materials or damaged tables and chairs.
Sanders even mentioned that he had encountered undead banished by exile spells in the mezzanine...
Angell: "So, although the building constructed on the mezzanine may seem magical, if an accident occurs, such as exiled undead, then..."
Gray Porcelain: "So that's it?"
Angell: "Then we'll just have to exile it to another mezzanine..."
Gray Porcelain: "..."
So the void interlayers are actually layers of garbage cans?
Angor: "However, what if we encounter not undead, but some void calamity..."
The mezzanine is not without void disasters, it's just less frequent.
However, if a building constructed in a mezzanine encounters a void calamity, whether it be a natural disaster or void creatures, then it's all over.
It's even possible that some of the calamity will creep into the world through the buildings.
Of course, under the suppression of the world's will, the calamity is unlikely to spread, but it may still cause harm... For example, some areas of the Southern Devil Sea clearly show traces of the void disaster.
"However, these are mostly low-probability events. Generally speaking, buildings with mezzanine floors are relatively safe."
After a brief explanation, Angell gestured for Gray Porcelain to continue climbing the stairs.
They hadn't even reached the top of the winding staircase yet; they hadn't reached the actual third floor of the library.
Gray Porcelain nodded and followed.
After climbing about ten loops, just as Gray Porcelain was about to continue climbing, he discovered there was no path left.
At the same time, two messages came through the team chat.
Gabriel: Monsters are spawning!
"Rabbit Hole Chief: A book demon has arrived on my end too."
From the information that their teammates encountered the Book Demon attacking the tower, we know that they have already reached the third floor.
"But... this is the third floor?" Gray Porcelain looked around at the scene in confusion.
It is still emptiness, endless emptiness.
There were many more lamps than the void below, floating like fireflies in the air, illuminating their path ahead.
The road beneath our feet has become a pile of flying books.
The flying books formed bridges, creating a network of crisscrossing roads. They stretched as far as the eye could see, as if the entire floor was paved with countless flying books.
These flying books, or levitating books, are not simply "roads".
Gray Porcelain picked up a book at random and could still see the densely packed words inside.
Yes, Feishu here is both a road and knowledge.
Walking on the Flying Book is truly embarking on the "path of knowledge"—literally.
However, this place is not entirely empty space; there are also some clearly enclosed buildings. For example, there is a long, enclosed corridor on their left, which is quite large.
In the distance, large buildings can be vaguely seen.
It can be said that although this is a void layer, it also incorporates some real buildings. These buildings float in mid-air and have a strange... ruin style.
Combined with the undulating Flying Book Path and the constantly flickering book lamps, the third floor has a kind of post-apocalyptic romance.
However, although the third floor looks spacious and doesn't have many walls to cover it, it is still a "maze" for most challengers.
Because the paths of flying letters are numerous and dense, and not straight—sometimes undulating, sometimes winding—they are multi-layered trails. Add to that the complete darkness, and it's easy to lose your way. Even if you see your destination, reaching the other side might require circling hundreds or even thousands of meters. Furthermore, with numerous forks in the road, discerning the correct path becomes extremely difficult.
But this was not too difficult for Angell.
Firstly, he can fly, directly traversing the void.
Secondly, even inside buildings that cannot be flown, he has a full-view perspective.
Therefore, the third floor of the Echo Library might be the floor where they can find their way the fastest.
“Let’s go, let’s go first…” Angel looked around, originally wanting to choose a spot, but suddenly his eyes narrowed.
A moment later, he lowered his head and coughed lightly twice.
Gray Porcelain looked over in confusion: "What's wrong? Where are we going?"
Angel lowered his voice: "I... suddenly have no inspiration. You lead the way on this floor."
Gray Porcelain: "???"
Angel gave Gray Porcelain a "it's all yours" look, and then simply washed his hands of the matter.
Although Gray Porcelain was puzzled and wanted to ask the reason, Angel had already turned his head away. After hesitating for a moment, it silently used its talent to sense the surrounding Flying Book Path.
What Gray Porcelain didn't know was that Angell, despite his seemingly calm expression, was actually silently complaining inside.
His sudden lack of "inspiration" is obviously fake.
The reason they didn't lead the way was because... the observers were once again peering curiously into the glowing bubble they were in.
In order to get a higher observer rating, Angell thought it best to follow the rules first... Fortunately, even without his "inspiration", Gray Porcelain could easily lock onto the book spirits and book demons with his talent.