Chapter 1427 - Freedom (1/2)
Chapter 1427: Freedom
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
That was also the most important reason why the powerful mages frequently visited the Kingdom of Nightmares after it was discovered. They could experiment on anything here. It was just a dream anyway.
They did many crucial experiments in this place to avoid the waste of precious materials and increase their experience.
A lot of mages also came to this place when they had trouble remembering things from a long time ago.
Days went by as Lin Yun read the books. There were fewer and fewer people in Heiss City. The number of babies dwindled too. Most people were numbly waiting for their eventual destruction.
Lin Yun stayed in the decaying library without any rest, and read the books in this place. Each of the books, including those which were written for enjoyment, could cause a war in Lin Yun’s age.
Even the most rudimentary book on magic knowledge could disrupt the mindset of those mages. However, there were plenty of such books in this place.
The curses that could horrify all lives in the boundless planes were just esoteric information that few could understand.
However, the books that he only skimmed through in the past became the most important things. It wasn’t easy for him to dig out what was buried deep in his memory. It was possible that he might hurt his own soul if he tried too hard to dig it out.
The stronger a mage was, the longer they could live. The mages who were as strong as gods were basically immortal. They couldn’t remember everything that happened in their long life, or their souls would be destroyed by all the impurities.
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The best solution was to sink most memories in the deepest part of the mind. Some powerful mages would even erase memories that were useless to them.
Although it wasn’t easy to read the books all over and search for the key, the task was not entirely unrewarding.
Inside the decaying library, Lin Yun read all the books on the shelves one after another. This time, he wasn’t just skimming through them. He seized the opportunity to connect all the knowledge in the books.
Besides, it was possible that he might find leads on the apocalypse of Noscent from the books that recorded unusual events.
Time flew quickly. While Lin Yun read the books carefully, the fat kid could only sleep. When he woke up a year later, he found that Lin Yun was reading. He fell asleep and woke up again, only to discover that Lin Yun was still reading…
The fat kid fell asleep 10 times, and woke up 10 times. Then, he discovered that Lin Yun had walked to the other side of the decaying library.
Realizing that Lin Yun was close to finishing reading all the books, the fat kid didn’t dare to sleep any longer, fearing that Lin Yun would be gone when he fell asleep again.
A dozen days later, Lin Yun picked up the last book that was covered in dust, and read it in silence. It was the last book in the decaying library that he hadn’t read.
Lin Yun, too, found it very inefficient to scan all the books one shelf after another during those 10 years. What if the key was at the very end? However, after jumping and reading books from other shelves first, Lin Yun realized that it was impossible for him to find the key just with luck. He could only read all the books one by one.
Holding the last book, Lin Yun opened it without hesitation.
No matter how long he stayed in this illusionary world, it would just be a dream. When he left this world, it would be the time he woke up. The 10 years he spent here might only be half a day outside.
Having spent 10 years reading the books as a Heaven Rank expert and a Saint Alchemist, he found them a lot different from before. The things he didn’t understand could be understood, and the things he forgot came back to him.
For a mage, knowledge was power, and truth was everything. Thanks to the filling of knowledge, Lin Yun’s eyes became as deep as a bottomless lake. He was calm and unreadable.
Lin Yun didn’t doubt himself, even though it was the last book. It didn’t matter whether there was a key in the book.
Opening the book, he found complicated descriptions of time and space. Also, the descriptions were incomplete. It was impossible to predict time and space completely anyway.
The book was supposed to be a magic one. The writer’s understanding was poured into the words through the power of magic. By reading the book, the reader could feel the power of laws clearly.