Chapter 732 Stealing Knowledge
Although Tyre herself often feels unreliable, at least this time, the advice she gave was quite reliable in Gao Wen's opinion.
Even if the "Ultimate Book" is really the relics of an ancient civilization that has long been completely lost, the giant dragons who rely on keeping their property for others and waiting for the client to die to make a fortune may also know its origin - maybe they can still make a copy of the unbreakable one from the warehouse...
To be honest, Gao Wen is still quite resentful of his accidental collapse of Ultimate Book.
After returning to the Palace of Cecil, he immediately contacted the senior agent Miss through the Ring of the Mirs.
Then, as expected, the Blue Dragon appeared in front of him in less than thirty minutes - as always, he came and responded quickly.
"Mestinal Silver Treasures are happy to serve you," Melita Pernia stood in front of Takawan, her face covered by a lilac veil, with only slightly bent eyes showing a smile. "Do you need to deposit and retrieve items this time, or do you consult business, or... still a quick shipping?"
"Don't talk about these," Gao Wen waved his hand, unable to help but ask a question he had wanted to ask long ago, "Why can you come so quickly every time - as if you have been living around me? Now there are no major historical events that need you to observe, so do you have nothing else to do?"
Melita's professional smile seemed to be stiff for a moment, but when she looked at it, she was just an illusion. Her smile was still as gentle as the spring breeze: "You are a key customer of the Mitsun Silver Treasure House, and of course you will receive extra attention - but it is really a coincidence that I am near you this time. Please don't worry, my work will not be delayed, and every employee of the Mitsun Silver Treasure House performs his duties."
Looking at Melita's trusty and steady eyes, Gao Wen could only believe the other party's statement, but he couldn't help but look up and down a few times and asked, "I have another question - maybe a little offensive, but do you only have this piece of clothing?"
Even in this cold winter day, Melita was still wearing the iconic purple gauze dress with a hint of charm. She didn't care much about it in the past, but today there were icicles hanging on the street lights in the city. Almost everyone she saw was wearing winter clothes - except Carmele and Mr. Nicholas Egg - so when I saw the lady in the agent again, the sense of incongruity was particularly obvious.
Melita probably didn't expect Gao Wen to have such sharp problems today. She was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then she smiled a little stiffly: "...You should know that I am a giant dragon. For me, the current human form is just to facilitate the movement of human society. I... am not very keen on modifying my human posture."
"So that's the case," Gao Wen nodded, "Sorry, I asked some rude questions."
"It's okay, just treat it as a chat between friends, I don't care," Melita smiled and shook her head, "So what's the matter with you coming to me today?"
"It's considered a consultation. We have recently got something, but no one knows its origin, but I think if it's a dragon clan with a long history... it might be able to provide some help."
"Thank you for your trust, but I still need to remind you in advance that the Dragon Clan may know more, but they don't know everything, let alone tell you everything," Melita said, with a hint of curiosity in her eyes, "So...what exactly is it?"
"A book, but it's not here. You're going to go with me," Gao Wen stood up and signaled Melita to follow him. "I'll tell you on the way how we got it..."
Taking a team of followers, Gao Wen led Melita all the way out of the Royal District and soon came to the vicinity of the Magic Technology Institute. On the way, he roughly introduced the origin of the Ultimate Book to the other party, and also talked about what happened near Castle Solin - Miss Dragon was obviously very interested in the latter. After hearing the passage of Belltila transformed into a giant tree of Solin, she couldn't help but shook her head and sighed: "Oh... I saw that giant tree when I flew past the sky. It was really incredible, which surprised the dragon... But I didn't expect that the tree came from like this."
"All things will eventually die and pay the price with their own lives and flesh, but what remains in the wasteland is still unsettling. A group of mutated druids who can survive in the environment of demons, really don't know what they are brewing at this moment," Gao Wen said with a frown. "With your ability, can't fly over the magnificent wall and investigate the situation inside?"
Gao Wen wanted to use the power of Melita, the giant dragon, to explore the Gondor wasteland. After all, the wasteland was entrenched with a powerful interference energy field, and even his satellite surveillance could not see the internal situation clearly. However, he also knew that he and the Mitsunian Treasure House only had a close "friendship relationship". He could neither order Melita nor could he issue such a "exceeding service" commission to the Mitsunian Treasure House. So at this time he just said casually and did not have much expectation.
However, after hearing Gao Wen's words, Melita thought seriously for two seconds, nodded and said, "Actually, I can fly over that barrier - it is no problem for my extreme flight altitude to cross the barrier."
Gao Wen raised his eyebrows immediately after hearing this, and couldn't help but feel a little expectation: "Then..."
"But you're dead when you fly in," Melita continued.
Gao Wen: "…"
Then what else can be said about this! Humans can do it too - connect with the control center of the elves and open a temporary entrance on the barrier. Gao Wen led a team of infantry to walk swaggeringly and could walk into the barrier, but what's the point - he's 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. The chaotic magic environment also damages the dragon clan. The thunderstorm environment in the wasteland clouds is the biggest threat to the wasteland from the air. There are countless aberrations and energy hurricanes on the ground. According to our estimates, even the young dragon clan who has been trained in combat will have a mortality rate of nearly 90% after entering the central part of the Gondor wasteland..."
Gao Wen thought about it and felt that Melita's words were no different from what she said just now - she was still dead.
"Then forget it," he waved his hand, "I just mentioned it casually, and didn't have to take it to my heart."
While speaking, they had arrived at the door of the laboratory where the Ultimate Book was stored.
The accompanying guards and servants took over the defense at the door of the laboratory. The staff responsible for the care of the facilities opened the door of the laboratory. Gao Wen led Melita into the closely protected room, while the Ultimate Book was still lying quietly on the round platform in the center of the room, protected by a circle of fences and a layer of shields.
Gao Wen pointed to the big black book on the round platform: "It's it, you..."
He said as he looked at Melita beside him, but the half of his words were stuck in his throat.
Melita was staring at the Ultimate Book on the Round Platform. The clouds and winds that the dragon lady had always maintained had disappeared at some point. She hardly concealed the solemnity and vigilance in her sight. Her serious look made Gao Wen realize something instantly-
Melita knows the secret of the "Ultimate Book"!
"Looking at your appearance, I probably know the origin of the Ultimate Book," Gao Wen quickly calmed down and spoke up to attract Melita's attention again. "It seems that I've really found the right person this time."
Melita woke up from her trance instantly. She turned her head and stared at Gao Wen with a burning gaze and an extremely serious tone: "You just said that this book was found in the nest of the Death of All Things? The Death of All Things has been using this book to develop itself for hundreds of years and formulate various plans that can affect the situation in the mainland?"
Gao Wen looked at Melita seriously, deliberately silent for two seconds before nodding slowly, 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 in hesitation and entanglement. After half a minute of thinking and silence, she shook her head gently: "...I don't know if I should say this to you... But I want to tell you that it is very dangerous, very dangerous to the process of civilization. You should stay away from it as much as possible. Those deceased people... Fortunately, their thinking is distorted and their behavior lacks logic. Perhaps it is because of this that they have not been able to fully play the role of this book, otherwise this continent... will be much more trouble!"
The agent of the Mithril Treasure House was obviously nervous and alert to a certain extent, so that when she talked to Gao Wen, she even forgot to add the professional word "you".
Gao Wen didn't care about the slight changes in Melita's name. He just reminded Miss Dragon who seemed a little too nervous and said: "It's scrapped."
"Anyway, you'd better not keep in touch..." Melita said subconsciously, but in the middle of speaking, he reacted, "Ah? You said it was scrapped?"
"Yes, although it is not clear why, it is completely useless," Gao Wen said without changing his face. "If you don't believe it, you can take a look at it yourself."
He said as he lifted the safety barrier of the laboratory bench. After the steel railing and energy shield were closed, he reached out to grab the big black book, but before handing it to Melita, his movement suddenly stopped: "I'll confirm it first-you won't destroy it immediately after you get it, right?"
Judging from Melita's nervous and vigilant reaction, Gao Wen is really worried about this.
"I swear by the glory of the dragon and my name," Melita said immediately, "I will not do this without authorization - I just confirm its status."
Gao Wen decided to trust the other party.
On the one hand, it is because Melita's vow does sound quite serious, on the other hand, this Miss Dragon doesn't look so reckless. Of course, the more important reason is that she is confident in her own strength - to destroy an ancient artifact before a legendary strong man reacts, even if the dragon takes action, it is not so easy to succeed.
Melita got the big black book, her breathing accelerated slightly, and her expression was as serious and nervous as if she was holding a half-ton bomb in her hand - and the bomb had been released from insurance.
She opened the book and saw a message indicating that the connection was disconnected, and red warning characters filled her field of vision.
Gao Wen felt that this feeling was probably the same as the 404 in the eyes...
"...It's really unusable," Melita finally breathed a sigh of relief after turning it over several times quickly, and said in a light tone, "But you made one mistake, it was not broken, at least in terms of physical structure, but... the end result is almost the same, it is no longer usable, and in theory no one can restore it to its previous state unless... no, nothing."
Although Gao Wen was curious about the other party’s “unless” content, he was more concerned about what this Ultimate Book was: “Then now you can tell me, what is the origin of this book?”
Melita pondered for two seconds, and through the thin veil, Gao Wen vaguely saw that she must have bit her lip. After this obvious hesitation action, the senior agent let out a gentle breath: "You should know that a war broke out in the ancient Dragon Clan and a certain season of civilizations on the Loren Continent..."
"A battle against the tide?" Gao Wen immediately reacted.
"Yes, I mentioned it to you..." Melita said in a deep voice, "and I have told you that in the history of the Dragon Clan, that war was called "Tide Rebellion". The reason why it was called "chaos" is because it is far from a war. It is because a too reckless race embarked on the wrong development route, which brought about the crisis that almost made the whole world go to an endless disaster, and the book you found..."
Melita gently raised the big black book in her hand and shook it in the air.
"It was made by the Anti-Tide Empire."
Gao Wen's eyes widened.
This ancient secret that made him curious for a long time and was suspected to be related to the black trap actually unveiled a veil in this way at this moment!
"Can I ask more?" He looked into Melita's eyes. "Why do you say this book is very dangerous - what is the book made by the Anti-Tide Empire for?"
"Stealing knowledge," Melita said calmly, "stealing knowledge beyond their control, and this knowledge beyond their control will eventually destroy the future of the entire world."
Stealing knowledge!!
This simple word seemed to flash across Gao Wen's mind like lightning, causing a storm to set off in his heart.
If it were someone else, he probably wouldn't think of anything from the simple word Melita, but he knew what the data source linked to the Ultimate Book was-
It is a satellite array in space!
(Recommended this new book, fantasy category, "Revealing the Coffin", yes, I believe someone has discovered that the author's previous book is gone... But this should be very stable, no problem, and the creativity is also good, worth a look.
Chapter completed!