The Modern Age of the Mysterious

After receiving the mask and completing the task settlement, Sean took the elevator to the "Explorer Library" located underground. Yueguang wanted to go back to his room to rest, and the two separated while waiting for the elevator.

The Quest Library is located on the first to the fourth floor underground. The deeper the layers, the more classified, rare and...dangerous the collection of books and materials.

Almost all explorers are curious about the mystery, or, like Sean, have mysteries that need to be solved. Not only that, some mysterious knowledge itself will tempt people to explore deeply.

If there are no reading permission restrictions, many explorers will go crazy because they forcefully read books that are not mentally strong enough to handle.

Restricting the viewing rights of the explorers is not to create poor information, but the real purpose is to protect the explorers!

Sean's mask "The Unknown Sea" has the viewing authority of the entire negative layer, which is also the largest authority among masks of the same level.

The elevator descended to the first floor and opened the door. Several supervisors wearing red masks glanced at Sean and let him walk into the quiet library on the first floor.

Although the Explorer's Library is located underground, the size of the space is completely beyond Sean's expectations. Within the six-meter-high space, there are rows of super-large bookshelves that almost touch the top.

In order to get the books high on the bookshelf, there are two floors of air corridors above the ground.

Sean looked into the depths of the library and found that he couldn't see the end: "There is such a large area on one floor? Then there are three floors below... How many books are there?"

As he walked, Sean thought about it carefully, and found the mistake in his thinking just now: "There must be less rare materials, so the collection of books on the negative level is the most. As expected, the number of books in the collection will decrease with the depth of the level... "

There is a circular space in the center of the library, where there is a map of the entire negative floor and a book index function.

The floor plan of the ground floor is like a giant cross. Sean walked from the elevator in the south to the center of the circle of the cross, and the book of signs and semiotics he was looking for was in an area to the west.

However, when he was looking at the map, he found a strange place.

On the floor plan, the names of each area are marked according to the classification of the books, such as "Signs and Semiotics" and "Sacred Art Materials" and so on. However, in this cross-shaped northern area, there is a blank space.

Sean raised his head and looked towards the blank area. The layers of bookshelves blocked the view, and nothing could be seen.

A explorer wearing a white ape mask next to him noticed Sean's actions. He turned his attention from the index book in his hand and said to Sean, "There is an old book cemetery over there."

"That blank area on the map?"

The white ape nodded: "That's right. The former site of the Explorer's Center was the State Library. For some reason, that library sank into the ground.

"The books that have sunk to the ground are a mess, and no one has cleaned them up.

"There are rumors that in the old book cemetery, you can find a lot of out-of-print materials - I went to see it, it's too messy, and it's mixed with many ordinary books, it's hard to find anything of value."

"But some people are very superstitious about this and stay there all day long..."

"I won't go out again after soaking in it, wandering in the old book cemetery without the sun all day long, looking for books, reading... It's like becoming a lonely ghost."

"Look at me..." The white ape's eyes flickered in the light of the electric light, and he pointed to his head, "It's better not to go there, there is a magic power that makes people demented..."

In order to find the abstract symbol of the "Seraph", Sean read a lot of books on semiotics and salvationism.

In addition to eating in the middle and solving internal emergencies, he spent the whole day soaking in the stack of books.

However, he has never been able to find any further clues, not even a pattern similar to that.

In the growing restlessness and aimless browsing, he turned to an ancient book of Salvation Church, a page with a picture of a seraph, and suddenly realized that he had made a mistake.

He stared at the pattern on the page, his eyes widened: the wings of the seraph in the ancient book, one pair covers the face, the other covers the feet, and the other is used to fly, showing a very special posture, like A blooming flower is not a gesture with wings spread behind you.

The pattern that Aaliyah drew is not an "angel" at all!

Thinking of the blasphemous speech in the record of "Midnight Elopement", Sean suddenly realized that he was looking in the wrong direction: he shouldn't be looking for symbols and Salvationist logos!

He immediately got up, picked up the unfinished book and put it back in place, then hurriedly changed to another area - "The Blasphemy Crime File".

Every book here is dark red, and the title page is marked with a warning that it may cause mental shock.

Sean ignored these, his eyes quickly browsed through the books, his hands and essentia took out one book after another, and he began to flip through it quickly...

After hurriedly browsing through many maddening illustrations, Sean stopped quickly turning the book.

He saw a sign—in the ring formed by a black snake, stood a human-shaped thing, two pairs of giant horns and a pair of bat-like membrane wings exactly corresponded to the pattern drawn by Arya.

"The Ring of Judas?" The devil Sadar, who was restricted by the black snake's circle, used the symbol of the organization called "The Ring of Judas".

"It turned out to be an anti-Salvationist organization..." Sean turned to the next page nervously, but found that the information about the Judas Ring was blank, and all the blank pages had a red sign with a finger on his mouth - "Silence", a common symbol in the explorer industry, means that relevant materials must follow the three no principles: no discussion, no dissemination, no mention...

Sean smashed the table angrily: "The Judas Ring is an organization banned by the court of God! All information is banned!"

He raised his head with complicated eyes, both excited to get new clues and annoyed that the investigation was blocked: "Arya is controlled by the Judas Circle organization. And that Mr. Kennedy is a member of Judas Circle!

"The so-called Utopia should be a religion created by Judas and intended to shake the Salvationist belief."

After learning about the other party's situation, Sean felt a little cold in his hands: "A blasphemous organization notorious enough to be banned by the court of God kidnapped Aaliyah. They either want to recruit her as a member or sacrifice. She as a sacrifice...

"On an optimistic note, they treated Aaliyah with courtesy and played brainwashing records repeatedly after they controlled Aaliyah, and they also induced Aaliyah's evil-minded personality...

"Judging from all indications, they are more likely to absorb Arya!

"However, it cannot be ruled out that they will sacrifice Aaliyah in the future!"

Knowing that it was impossible to find any information about the Judas ring in the quest library, Sean hurriedly left after returning the book to its original place.

"Don't be too pessimistic!" Sean walked fast, his face grim, "The most important breakthrough has been made - I have already learned the other party's name and basic situation.

"With a name, it will be easier for the investigation to progress..."

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After undergoing a mental assessment the next day, Sean and Moonlight were allowed to leave. After saying goodbye to Jasmine, who still needed to be observed, the two walked out of the quest center. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

In a deserted place downstairs, Sean told Moonlight about the progress of his investigation.

Moonlight, who was standing by the flower bed, took out a cigarette from the silver cigarette case - this time he didn't hand it to Sean, but directly put it in his mouth.

Sean looked at the cigarette in Yueguang's mouth, and a strong desire surged in his heart. He opened his mouth and used strong willpower to control the urge to ask for a cigarette from Yueguang, but his body moved unconsciously.

Click, click! The steel lighter in Sean's hand was lit, and the heart of the flame carried a little white flame, before Moonlight lit the cigarette with a match, and sent it to the front of the cigarette.

Moonlight lit a cigarette with a white flame, and said deliberately coyly: "Oh, what a gentleman - unfortunately I'm not a lady...

He deliberately sarcastically said: "Sean, there are many opportunities to show off in the task. You don't have to be in such a hurry to show off your baby..."

Sean held his forehead: "No, it's not showing off, this **** thing, it wants to light a cigarette!"

Moonlight suddenly said, "So that's how it is..."

"Try not to smoke in front of me," Sean sighed. "Otherwise, I will often light you a cigarette, which is really strange for others to see."

Moonlight smiled, his eyes narrowed, and his teeth were a little sharp.

Sean knew his advice backfired.

Moonlight took out the metal "Jack" playing card that was in the inner pocket of the suit, the brass mirror between the black lines reflected sunlight: "There is something directly connected with the poker - if you want to carry out any dangerous investigation, remember call me."

With just a little spiritual power, simple team communication can be carried out through playing cards with magic spells attached.

Although the investigation is still foggy, the current Sean is much more at ease than before.