The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"The Church of Primitives turned out to be the Church of True God?" Leo and Sylvia were a little surprised when they saw the information.

This primordial church is not only a heretical church, but an official church of true god, and it is also one of the most ancient churches of true god.

In addition, judging from the information they found, the Church of the Primitives has not been removed from the Church of True God so far. It is just the opposite. There are no traces of missions in the old and new continents, and the churches that they preached in the past should have been destroyed. From this point of view, it seems that they are treating heretical churches.

Because of this, Leo and the others did not find a lot of information in the Great Library of the Second City. Almost all the information related to the Church of the Primitives was fragmented, and it was impossible for them to see the whole picture of the Church of the Primitives, especially I don't know what the teachings of the Primordial Church are, and how they got into this situation.

After searching repeatedly and confirming that there are no other materials related to the Church of Primitives, Leo turned to Boer and asked, "Boer, where can I find more books about the Church of Heretics?"

Boer thought for a while and said: "This kind of banned books involving the Church of the True God and the Heretic Church are very sensitive, and they are generally not placed in the large libraries in the first and second districts. You can go to the large libraries in other districts to see if they can No further details could be found."

"Do the big libraries in other cities have different collections of books?" Sylvia asked.

Bohr explained: "Of course they are different. The large libraries in the five urban districts have different collections of books, and the restricted areas are also completely different. Except for the first urban area that does not have a restricted area, the number of books in the restricted areas of the large libraries in the other four urban areas is the same. There is a big difference. For example, the big library in the fourth district is completely forbidden books. There are no ordinary books. You need to submit an application to read the forbidden books there. After some tests, it is said that this is because there are some terrible things hidden in the forbidden books there. , as long as ordinary people read a little, they will go crazy and even become monsters."

Hearing this, both Leo and Sylvia had expressions of interest on their faces.

Leo also vaguely felt that if he wanted to find more detailed information about the Church of Primitives, he might need to go to the large library in the fourth district, so he asked again: "Is it difficult to apply to find information in the fourth district's large library? "

Boer shook his head and said: "It's not difficult, as long as you have a scholar status, you can apply even if you are not a scholar in the Academy City, but it will take time to pass the application, because there are too many people who want to go to the library of the Fourth District to look up materials. There are too many, and additional tests are required, so it takes a long time to pass the application," he said, and he seemed to feel that his explanation for the long time was not specific enough, so he gave an example: "My uncle also applied to go to the Fourth District It took a total of three months for the large library to check the materials, from the application to the final approval, and it took about half a month to queue up to enter the large library."

"Is there no other faster way?" Leo asked again.

"No, even if the dean is going to look up materials in the Fourth District Library, these procedures are still required." Bohr shook his head, and then suggested: "If you can't wait, you can also go to the Third District Take a look at the Seminary of Seminary, they have a religious history research room, almost all the materials related to religion, whether it is from the Church of the True God or the heretic church, you should be able to find some there, and they also have banned books related to the secret history of religion It won’t be much less than the collection of books in the Great Library. By the way, the Mr. Cormier who studied seals, badges and totems I mentioned earlier also came out of the Third City Seminary.”

"There is a seminary in the city of learning?" Sylvia looked at Bordao in surprise.

"Of course, there are many devout believers of various true God churches in the school city, but this does not prevent them from studying various knowledge," Boer explained: "The seminary in the third city is a combination of some very devout believers. They did not think that the knowledge disseminated by the school city was contrary to the teachings of the Churches of the True God. All kinds of knowledge studied to explain the reason for the existence of gods."

After listening to Bohr's explanation, both Leo and Sylvia felt that the academic city was more interesting than they expected, and thought it necessary to have a good understanding of the large and small laboratories in the academic city.

After knowing how troublesome it is to apply for the large library in the fourth city district to search for information, Leo was already considering other methods, but before he actually took action, he still decided to follow Bohr's suggestion and meet the man named Ke Mir's Seal Specialist.

After coming out of the large library, Bohr led the crowd to the Cormyr scholar's apartment, where he lived and where his research room was located.

Red Roof Street is at the outermost edge of the Second District, not far from the arch bridge leading to the Third District. In addition to the shortage of housing in the three urban areas, it is also to facilitate their research work.

It's just that this kind of arrangement is a bit taken for granted, because most of the assistant scholars don't want to go back and forth between the two urban areas, so even after work, they will stay in the tutor's research room to deal with it for a night, only for long holidays. Most of the apartment buildings in the Red Roof neighborhood are empty.

In this way, those scholars who have not been able to apply through the school city project but want to set up their own private research projects will choose to rent a few spare rooms in the apartment building where they live to conduct their own research. Now The Cormyr scholar Leo and the others were looking for was one of them.

The Cormyr scholar is not very old, he looks only in his thirties, but his gray temples make him look a little old. Like most scholars in the academy city, even if he is very down-and-out, he will The clothes on my body are tidy, especially when there are guests.

Boer had taken his course before, and the relationship between the two was not bad. When he saw Boer, he also asked about Boer's studies, exchanged a few words, and then asked why Boer came to see him.

When he learned of the identities of Leo and Sylvia from Boer, he was very surprised. Obviously, he devoted himself to his own research during this period, and did not understand the outside world, so naturally he did not participate in the research. So far, the debate in the Academy City has not been settled, and it is not known that two foreign scholars have just joined the Academy City and obtained the tutor status that almost all scholars in the Academy City dream of.

Now that he knew the situation, although he didn't hide the look of envy in his eyes, he didn't show much jealousy, and he didn't show any dissatisfaction or hostility. Asked Leo and Silvia: "Two mentors, why did you come to me?"

"I would like to ask, do you know the Primordial Church?" Leo asked directly.

Cormier frowned and asked, "Why do you want to ask the Church of Primitives?"

Through this question, Leo already knew that they had found the right person. The person in front of him knew about the Primordial Church, so he explained the reason.

And when Cormier heard that the school had come up with so many stagnant and abandoned research projects for Leo and Sylvia to choose at will, the envy and jealousy that had just been suppressed surfaced on his face again, and this time the jealousy was even more intense. Some.

It is no wonder that he feels jealous. You must know that since the day he became an official scholar, he has continuously submitted his own research project applications to the school city, but as a result, more than ten years have passed, and he has changed from an ordinary scholar to a An assistant scholar has become a teacher of elective courses again, and his application has still not been approved. However, these two foreign scholars who have just joined the city do not need to submit any applications. They can choose research projects at will and set up research laboratories. No matter how good the mentality is, people with such a gap may have abnormal emotions.

However, Cormier still controlled his jealousy rationally. After drinking a few more sips of water, he thought about it calmly, and then said: "The things about the Primordial Church should be available in the big library in the fourth city." Check it out."

Leo shook his head and said, "But the fourth city library needs to apply, and the waiting time is very long."

Cormier hesitated for a moment, and then said: "My research on the Church of the Primitives is not particularly deep, I just understand a little bit, if you want to know, I can tell you, but I can't tell you for nothing. There is a fee to be paid."

"Yes." Sylvia readily agreed.

Although Sylvia agreed, Cormier seemed uneasy. He turned his head to look at Leo, and when he saw Leo nodding, he showed a relieved expression. This kind of discriminatory behavior made Sylvia There was a look of dissatisfaction on Ya's face, but she didn't say much.

Afterwards, Cormier carefully told Leo and the others what he knew about the Church of the Primitives, and Leo also combined what he said and the fragments found in the large library to gradually sort out a Complete primordial church form.

As mentioned in those fragments, the Church of Primitives was indeed one of the earliest Churches of True God. At that time, there were no divisions such as Church of True God and Church of Heretics, and all beliefs were primitive.

It’s just that there is an essential difference between the Primitive Church and other churches, that is, the Primitive Church does not have a god of belief, or even an object of belief. Their fundamental teaching is only one, and that is to find the original place , because only by finding the original land, can they find their own roots and transform themselves into the original beings closest to the gods.

The Primordial Church believes that there is a place called the Primordial Land in this world, which is the birthplace of all intelligent creatures in this world, the root of human beings, and the residence of gods.

They believe that the ancestors of human beings were banished from the original land by the gods for some reason. During the process of exile, human beings continued to degenerate, with birth, old age, sickness and death, love and hatred, and finally became what they are now, so they They want to find the original land, and think that only by returning to the original land can they eliminate all the disadvantages caused by human degradation, and then make the human life form very close to the gods.

After hearing these contents, Leo and Sylvia couldn't help but glanced at each other. At this moment, they all thought of the content recorded in Lucius's scholar's notebook. In that notebook, it was recorded that those adventurers went to They have been to the Primordial Land. They were originally just the Primordial Land, but a storage place for a certain treasure. Its name is somewhat similar to the Primordial Church. They did not expect the two to be so deeply involved.

Although Leo and Sylvia were full of doubts at the moment, they did not interrupt Cormier's narration, but continued to listen quietly.

Cormier then talked about the development history of the Primordial Church. For example, the earliest writing in this world was invented by the Primal Church. It is said that the person who invented the earliest writing was created by referring to a certain divine language in the Primordial Land, so The earliest churches, whether they were the Church of the True God or the Church of Heretics, the language they first used to write their classics was the language invented by the Church of the Primitives.

Also because of this reason, when the primitive church began to split between the Church of True God and the Church of Heretics, the Church of the Primitives, a special church that had no object of belief, was not classified as heresy, but was classified as the Church of True God.

Cormier stopped when he was talking about this, and Sylvia couldn't help asking: "What happened later? Then why did the Church of the Primitives disappear again? All traces of its existence were erased by the Church of True God, and even the written records were also erased. considered taboo?"

"I also really want to know what happened later," Cormier shook his head, sighed, and said, "It's a pity that only mentors who have taken the oath of secrecy can read the relevant information." As he spoke, he paused again, Said: "Even if you can get the right to read in the big library of the fourth district, don't get too hopeful."

"Why?" Leo asked.

"I remember that four years ago, there was a theft in the Fourth City Library. The thieves stole several very important and dangerous banned books. The library management department wanted to prevent other more precious and dangerous banned books from being stolen. Go, most of the most important banned books have been sent to the great library in the Fifth City District, guarded by Secret Keepers."

Boer said with a look of surprise: "What? There was a robbery in the library of the Fourth District, why didn't I know?"

"You didn't come to Xuecheng at that time, how could you know about this matter, and after this incident happened, Xuecheng completely blocked the news, let alone you, there are no more than 30 people in the entire Xuecheng who know about this matter .” Cormier glanced at Bohr, and continued to say to Leo and Sylvia: “If the information you want to find is in it, I’m afraid it will be difficult to access these books by applying for such a method. According to According to the rules of the Academy City, only those who have made special contributions to the Academy City are eligible to read the forbidden books guarded by the Secret Keeper."