The Homeless Man of Teyvat

Sumeru, the Palace of Wisdom.

A huge library standing in the center of the Church Order. In the distant past, it was praised as a treasure house of all knowledge on earth because of its rich and all-encompassing collection, but now its status has been replaced by [void].

Despite this, this ancient library is still a symbol of Xumi as the [country of wisdom].

However, since it is a symbol, it means that most people will choose to come here in their spare time. After all, knowledge can be obtained directly from [void]. Coming to the Palace of Wisdom to read books is just to recall the past and think about the present, and lament the difficulties and inconveniences of the predecessors in obtaining knowledge.

As early as a hundred years ago, the essence of the Palace of Wisdom changed from a "library" to a "museum".

But even if it is a museum, even if Xumi is a country of wisdom, most scholars in the Church Order are more devoted to research and are unwilling to let mundane things take away their time, so there will not be too few people coming to the Palace of Wisdom every day.

It will not be like these few days, which can almost be described as "deserted".

Secretary Elhaisen closed the slightly yellowed book, frowned, and glanced at the empty Wisdom Palace.

What happened to the Order Institute again... Was the cause of the spread and deterioration of the magic scale disease found, or was there a clue to the [God Canned Knowledge] that was lost more than ten days ago?

He thought about it and felt that the latter was more likely.

Xumi Magic Scale Disease has existed for hundreds of years. Scholars have hundreds of speculations about the origin of the disease, but there has been no significant progress in how to cure the magic scale disease.

The magic scale disease seems to be a curse from the gods, or a shadow that always hangs over the country. No matter how hard the Xumi people try, they can't get rid of it.

The unfortunate people who are entangled by the curse or shadow of the magic scale disease can only watch their bodies deteriorate little by little. Whether they are ordinary people or nobles and wealthy people, at the moment of diagnosis, their lives have entered a countdown of rapid decline.

How could something that had not been answered for hundreds of years suddenly have a result at this time, even if the demon scale disease has changed a lot now, and the pressure on the Xumi people has become even greater.

So it can only be [God Canned Knowledge]... Elhaisen thought for a while, got up and walked into the rows of bookshelves, returning the books in his hands to their original places. He walked deeper into the Wisdom Palace's library, his eyes casually swept across the spines of the books, seemingly casually looking for the titles of books that would interest him.

Since the advent of [Void], most Xumi people have acquired knowledge in a different way from other countries, and the way they store knowledge is also different: Xumi has a container that can be connected to [Void] and [Void Terminal], which can store knowledge.

The stored knowledge can also be directly absorbed and mastered by people with the help of the Void Terminal, without having to spend energy to learn.

And God Canned Knowledge... As the name suggests, it is naturally filled with knowledge related to gods, or knowledge in fields that only gods can get involved in.

If mortals can absorb this knowledge, they may know the secrets that only gods can know, or directly master the power of gods, or have the qualifications to embark on the road to becoming gods.

But obviously, these are just rumors, and there is no guarantee of authenticity.

In simple terms, if [God Canned Knowledge] contains secrets that only gods are qualified to master, then mortals who try to become gods through it are more likely to face a sudden death when they come into contact with and try to absorb this knowledge, rather than ascending to heaven in one step.

So [God Canned Knowledge] must be a scam, but it is not known what the purpose of the Order or the Great Sage is to achieve, and which force is targeted.

But what is certain is that the targeted force has responded, and the loss of [God Canned Knowledge] is very likely the work of this force.

Maybe it was to interrupt the plan of the Order Court, or maybe the two parties were in collusion, and the final plot was closely related to [God Canned Knowledge], so they took the initiative to "inspect the goods" in advance, or maybe they wanted to cross the river and demolish the bridge...

Elhaisen stopped and his eyes flickered.

The situation in Xumi is now complicated, as if it was covered with a thick veil, surging like waves, but it is hard to see clearly.

What does the great sage want to do, who is his partner, and how many forces are lurking in addition to the two confirmed forces, waiting for the opportunity while not forgetting to cause trouble for other forces.

All of these are unknown.

Elhaisen took a light breath, turned on the Walkman, raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows in the soothing music, and was about to turn around and leave, his eyes suddenly swept to a corner of the bookshelf, and his eyebrows slightly raised.

There was an extremely old book there, the cover of the book was damaged beyond recognition, and the whole was brown, giving people a feeling that it had weathered to the point that it would be completely broken if it was touched slightly.

Interesting... Elhaisen's lips curled up slightly.

He was sure that this book had never been included in the Wisdom Palace before. It was new and placed in a corner that only he, the clerk, could see... So, this was a book given to him by someone or some force.

It was just unclear whether this book represented an invitation or a provocation.

...

"Sir, the location of [God's Canned Knowledge] has been confirmed. It is indeed in the cave in the Demon Mountains."

"Well, let the Thirty-Man Group send an elite team with mental protection devices to the Demon Mountains immediately and bring back [God's Canned Knowledge]. Remember, except for telling them that the mission is to retrieve a highly polluting dangerous object, no other information is allowed to be disclosed."

"Yes, I understand!"

"Go."

The great sage Azar waved his hand and looked down at the peaceful and lively Xumi City below. His expression was calm, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.

"Finally, we found the [God Canned Knowledge], and it seems that we can complete the last step soon... Scaramuzi is getting a little anxious waiting."

A voice came from behind. Azar did not turn around, still looking down, and said in a cold tone: "It's just a weapon. His attitude is not worth caring about."

"Hehe, he is my colleague. It's not appropriate to slander him in front of me like this, right?"

Dottore smiled softly, came to Azar's side, glanced down, and then retracted his gaze.

"Colleague..." Azar turned to look at him, as if he heard something ridiculous: "Do you care about this 'colleague'?"

"Of course, before the final result comes out, he will be the colleague I care about most."

Dottore nodded, not paying attention to Azar's sneer: "When are you going to take the final step after the things are found?"

"Naturally, it is the [Flower God Birthday Festival], the day when the gods are born. Whether from the perspective of allegory, mysticism, or faith, there is no better time than it."

Azar retracted his gaze and looked at Xumi City again : "Plus, festivals and celebrations can make people's spirits active, and this activity can also increase the possibility of success."

"Good choice."

Dottore nodded, and also looked at the prosperous city below: "Before coming here, I didn't expect you to be so bold that you would directly designate Xumi City as an experimental site... I'm curious why you chose this."

Xumi City may not be the most prosperous place in Xumi, but it must be the most important city in Xumi. It is really puzzling to put Xumi City in an experiment with unknown success or failure and extremely high risk.