Chapter 425 World War Fifteen
The wooden biplane propeller planes slowly approached, one of which landed on the top of Mount Mades, while the other two passed by us, and then disappeared on the other side of the mountain after a quick sweep.
An old man with gray hair pushed away the hand of the young man beside him, jumped off the plane with great agility, and stepped onto the land with both feet.
"Rod, I really didn't expect that I would face the gods again at this age." The old man looked at Mr. Rod in the crystal wall with a smile and said.
While I was still confused, Kate Winthrop, who had short hair on the side, was already nervous and stammered, saying, "Hello... Hello! Dear Professor Henry Armitage!"
"What's going on? This old man has a big background?" I asked the woman next to me quietly, but she elbowed her waist without hesitation.
"Note your words... Professor Henry Armitage is the most senior professor at Miskatonick University. He also serves as the director of the library. He once turned the tide in the Dunwich incident and saved the world from the brink of destruction..."
Kate Winthrop seemed to want to introduce it, but I looked at the sporty elder in front of me, wearing a flat suit, and suddenly felt the image in front of me suddenly became mysterious.
Professor Henry Armitage looked at me with a smile, opened his mouth and said, "This young man, Rhodes seems to value your role very much. I heard that you can still be resurrected from the dead. I don't know if you are interested in studying at Miskatonick University, and also listen to some of my life experiences as an elder..."
"It's not that! Just listen to life experience and forget about it. I always feel strange numbers appearing on my head!" My back chilled, and my intuition told me that I would regret it in the next second if I simply agreed to him.
However, Professor Henry Armitage did not give up and continued, "Forgive my recklessness, young man. I am already very old and always feel that the next second will come to an end. Therefore, seeing talented young man can't help but pass on the shallow experience of my mediocre life. The mysticist and poet Algeron Blackwood once wrote a poem, which is what he said..."
"As long as you don't recite poems, you can say anything!" I quickly stopped the more dangerous actions of the energetic elder. If you open your mouth and read a poem, I may not be able to live better than him!
So I immediately showed a humble and studious expression and said with a wry smile, "Professor, I'm just kidding. Miskatonick University is a holy place for knowledge that I longed for! I will be admitted whenever you want me to enter!"
Mr. Rhode looked at me strangely and asked in a low voice: "I know you now, but I have never found that you have the thirst for knowledge..."
I quickly waved my hand and said, "Mr. Rhodes, you misunderstood. The warlike and rude Vikings all have a famous saying: If Odin fails, you can try Christ. As long as you can not be prolonged... no, as long as you can improve yourself, what is it to learn more knowledge!"
Professor Henry Armitage nodded with satisfaction, and a dazzling light reflected from the black-framed glasses, then he looked at Mr. Rhode.
"Professor Henry Armitage, you don't have to wade into this muddy water." Mr. Rod said helplessly.
Professor Henry Armitage lowered his head and glanced at his wrinkled hands, and said sadly: "Rod, I have been in the Orn Library for a lifetime, and I am as lonely as those obscure book knowledge. However, until I encountered Wilbur's incident, I knew where my destiny was..."
Mr. Rod lowered his eyes and said, "Professor, that horrible incident is a taboo. Everything that happened in the middle was also by chance. Are you worried about a comeback?"
Professor Henry Armitage shook his head: "My spirit is still strong, my memory has not declined, and I can even eat the food of two graduate students for each meal. But the dark knowledge in my mind has been whispering, pouring the crazy knowledge of the universe into my mind. Apart from you, I don't believe that anyone else can restrain and cautiously study the objects in the collection."
I asked directly: "Professor, isn't Mr. Rhode's plan considered a dangerous radical act?"
Professor Henry Armitage looked at me carefully, and after confirming with Rhode's eyes, he whispered: "Young people, the purpose of the school board may not be as simple as it seems. Their cautious decisions are simply out of the mutual checks and balances of rights and their fear of the unknown. When I open the cursed books, I know that this unnatural and dangerous force will be the last means for humans to protect themselves..."
Mr. Rod seemed to hear the implicit sound and asked vaguely: "Professor Henry Armitage, are you here just because of a fantasy plan?"
Professor Henry Armitage looked at Mr. Rod meaningfully, until his figure behind the phosphorescent crystal showed a violent disturbance, he slowly said: "I once thought that as long as I maintain virtue and reason, I could defeat these evil and crazy nightmares. However, the research over the past few years has made me deeply feel the malice hidden behind it. Our miracle back then was only destined in the dark, and this destiny could not always be with humans. We need almost infinite opportunities to seize a glimmer of vitality that belongs to the future..."
The energetic elder took a deep breath for a while, calmed down his inner turbulence, and called a male assistant teacher who got off the plane behind him, "bring my collection here."
The thin man walked off the plane, but his face was full of fear, as if a heightphobia had been on the roller coaster for an hour. His neck was covered with sweat, soaked in his silk shirt - it was obvious to everyone that he was afraid of the ordinary old box in his hand.
"Calvin Marin, don't be nervous, just bring the box over. The process of pursuing knowledge is higher than the result of gaining knowledge, right?" Professor Henry Armitage took the box in his hand without fear and let go of the poor man who was covered in cold sweat.
In front of us, Professor Henry Armitage held a metal box with a strange asymmetric shape. Its flipped to the back, and the contents buried under the dust of the box looked like an egg-shaped or irregular spherical object about 4 inches in the size of a fossil of unknown mineral crystals.
Professor Henry Armitage, who was gray-bearded, was caught in deep memories, as if he had returned to the night he remembered. He hurriedly put on a few clothes, ran out of the door, crossed the street and the lawn, and rushed to the school building in the night.
Then, Professor Henry Armitage covered the lid of the metal box.
Chapter completed!