"Zzz..."
The ear - piercing sound of some kind of metal rubbing against each other woke Jolian up from her coma, or rather, her unconscious state.
She struggled to get up from the cold floor.
"What on earth is going on?"
Jolian looked at the unfamiliar environment in front of her and recalled what had happened before...
"I remember that at that time... I seemed to see Fu Xinyue punch Yimansha and say how she could have the nerve to die before atoning for her sins?"
"And then there was the purple light... the castle was rebuilt into a strange shape... and it pulled us in!"
After clarifying the general sequence of events, Jolian decided to look for the others first.
But at this moment, the sound that had woken her up came again!
Jolian immediately took out the Jihuali and looked around warily. Although she didn't know what it was, she felt that the sound was very close to her...
"Zzzzz..."
The sound of metal rubbing became louder and more intense. Finally, the walls around her seemed to come alive.
Countless incomprehensible patterns divided them into small squares, and they twisted like a Rubik's cube.
"Is this... a door?"
With a final loud noise, in the middle of the originally smooth wall, a door covered in blood appeared.
Then the door opened, and a pair of big black hands stretched out from inside, firmly grabbing Jolian.
Before she could resist, she was dragged into the door.
When Jolian woke up again, she found herself in a place similar to a study?
The floor was piled with torn - up books...
"What the hell is this situation?" Being pulled into an unknown place twice in a row made Jolian feel a bit uncomfortable.
This kind of situation where she was forced and had no ability to resist made her very uneasy...
But at this moment, the pile of torn - up books suddenly showed some movement, and the only intact book flew out from it.
It floated into Jolian's hand and automatically opened a page written in strange characters.
"I seem to be unable to move!"
Jolian held the book in a posture as if making an offering. She tried to throw away this strange thing in her hand, but her body wouldn't listen to her.
"Could it be that I can only move after reading the book?" she thought uneasily, turning her gaze to the strange characters.
["The nauseating music of the roar plays a solo in the broken sky. On the road to the end, it's crawling with rotten maggots."]
["Tremble, shudder! Fear is their best breeding ground! I tear open the human shell and achieve eternal life!"]
"So it's actually this!" She was a bit incredulous. Even before she could recall the appearance of the words in her mind, they appeared.
Then, as if some strange reaction occurred between the two, the words on the book were instantly scrambled, and a brand - new passage of text appeared in front of Jolian.
["The Underworld, there lies the answer you seek!"]
The words stayed for about five seconds, then disappeared along with the book, and Jolian regained control of her body.
She moved her somewhat stiff limbs, and the content she had just seen kept swirling in her mind.
What on earth is going on with this book?
And what's this about the Underworld? The last place the original owner had been to before her death...
"There lies the answer you seek..." Is it referring to the original owner or me?
On the other side
Yimansha also slowly woke up from her coma. Unlike Jolian, she didn't hear any strange sounds.
Instead, the book was floating right in front of her!
"This is! [The Book of Endria]!" Yimansha took the book in shock, and her body immediately assumed an offering posture.
[The Book of Endria], also known as the Book of Answers!
It was created by Endria, a mage who mastered eternal life and was infinitely close to a god.
It is said to record all the answers in the world!
A pale golden light flashed, and the book automatically turned the page again. Yimansha's eyes gradually became fervent. She was finally going to get the method to repair her eyes!
"Ding~"
["The way to regain sight in the lost eye is... Jolian"]
"Huh?" Yimansha was completely stunned. Just as she was about to check further, the book had disappeared...
"The way to repair my eyes is related to Jolian? Do I really have to dig out her eyes?"
Before she could think more, the ground beneath her feet suddenly cracked, and Yimansha was dragged down by a powerful gravitational force...
"Darn it! What the hell is this! How dare you sneak - attack me!" Wumulian cursed, rubbing the bump on his head that was hit by the suddenly - dropped book.
Just as he was about to burn it, he suddenly knelt down on the ground.
"What the...?"
"What on earth is this! Why can't I move? Damn it! The book is turning pages by itself!"
The pink - haired guy opened his mouth wide, looking at the [En... Book] that was flipping pages rapidly with a horrified expression. Then a strange line of text appeared.
["The person you want to see is right beside you..."]
"What...?"
Wumulian's mind was filled with question marks again. What person do I want to see? What the hell is this writing?
"Where is this? Lian?" Fu Xinyue slowly got up, leaning against the wall, searching for the figure of the pink - haired guy everywhere.
Well... indeed true love...
Just as she was looking around aimlessly, the Book of Answers suddenly blocked Xinyue's way.
However, it soon moved away, without stopping its page - turning.
"Was that the [En... Book] just now?"
"So you're here!" Lady Vissier gracefully lifted the hem of her dress, curtsied to the floating book in the air, and then reached out to catch it.
But unlike Jolian and the others, she didn't need to assume an offering posture to read it. She just remained standing as she was.
["Jolian's identity is... the emperor of the old era, today's catastrophe, or perhaps the savior?"]
"Heh... so that's how it is..." Vissier closed the book. Golden flames slowly rose from her eye - patch, but she ignored them.
"Xiao'an~ I'm becoming more and more interested in you~"
As she spoke, a faint, almost imperceptible smile curled up at the corner of her mouth, and a terrifying oppressive force emerged from her body.
The golden flames were instantly extinguished, but the eye - patch had been burned away, revealing the empty socket on one side.
The lady had only one eye!
"What a day! Why am I lost again!" Zuo Meng was a bit抓狂. Ever since she entered the castle, she had been going around in circles.
Well... it wasn't entirely her fault. After all, she had a rather serious sense of direction problem!
She often got lost even when doing a commission. So it often happened that just as she arrived, she was told that the commission had already been completed by someone from another guild.
It was really absurd!
"Hmm? What's this?" Just as she was making her 345th circle, she suddenly saw a book emerging from the wall.
The moment she touched it, she plopped down onto her knees.
"This feeling is unmistakable. Besides the [En... Book], there's no other book that makes people kneel to read it!"
Zuo Meng silently complained about the book. Then, the turning of the pages stopped.
["Those with a screw loose in their heads, please don't pick up this book. Brain - damaged people are beyond salvation!!!"]
"What...?"
"Who the hell are you calling brain - damaged! Do you believe I'll tear you apart!"