Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 398: Important clues

The void will always be involved in astronomy.

The corridors on the fourth floor of the library are filled with various luxurious decorative ornaments, such as the complex alchemical astronomical telescope, the "Antikythera Device" with a pure gold gear structure, the complex and artistic "Edmonds" Planetarium", and there are also some gold-trained instruments that cannot understand their functions.

Many of these are classic astronomical instruments that are still in use today. Even though they have been used for countless years, their appearance has not changed much.

As Su Lun walked along the corridor, he could see treasures placed in the glass showcases that made him want to run away.

Except for those "antique scrolls" and "manuscripts" that are collected like antiques, the vast majority of books are carefully engraved collector's editions. The gilded book covers are neatly placed on the bookshelf, which looks very harmonious with the surrounding splendid withered flower wall decorations. The pavement has a heavy intellectual atmosphere, but it also has the unique luxury of the Royal Academy.

Probably because Su Lun had the chessboard in his hand, he had unimpeded access to every room on this floor.

Because he was worried about triggering some bad changes, he did not put any classics in his bag for the time being.

Finally, he found the college's archives and walked in.

The stall room is larger than it looks from the outside, about three to four hundred square meters. It is obvious that space folding technology has been used inside to expand the original space by two or three times.

At first glance, I saw densely packed kraft paper bags piled up into more than a dozen bookshelves as high as three floors. In order to facilitate access to the files on the upper floor, a movable mahogany staircase is also provided.

There are classification details on each bookshelf, and there are also labels on the files.

Here you can investigate the list of all college personnel, personnel transfers, and records of major events.

He wanted to find the "Herbert Silber" on the investigation file, and this was a possible place.

Su Lun looked at the densely packed stalls and smacked his lips: "There are so many stalls, but it's a hard job."

And time is limited.

Under normal circumstances, he only has about five hours, and then there will be a "void invasion".

On his own, no matter how multitasking he is, he will never be able to read through the files here in a few hours.

Thinking of this, Su Lun pinched the two surgeons' seals and said, "Space Alchemy·Void Swallowing."

The blue-black hexagram formation under his feet lit up. He looked at the black hole in space that was rapidly condensing in his hand, and muttered in his heart: "Sure enough, the space energy fluctuations in this academy are dozens of times stronger than the outside world. Casting a spell The efficiency is also several times faster."

This is definitely a big plus for space professionals.

This is also one of the most important reasons why Su Lun feels that the danger to himself in this cursed space is relatively low.

Here, his spatial ability will be several times stronger than outside.

In the blink of an eye, the black hole in his hand turned into an elliptical hole as tall as a person, and silhouettes quickly jumped out.

His two disciples Kama and Yabok, as well as Tani and Lolotta who want to join in the fun and see the world, and various crew members in the Dawn Regiment who are talented in "speed reading", a total of More than a hundred people.

As soon as these people came out, almost the entire stall was packed.

"Teacher!"

"Mr. Sullen!"

"Well, thank you for your hard work, everyone."

Su Lun had already communicated with them through his consciousness before. As soon as these people came out and said hello to Su Lun, there was no delay at all and he immediately got into the task of browsing the files on the bookshelf.

Su Lun himself also unlocked the eight-armed spider spear and flipped through the files at a glance.

His goal was very clear, and he targeted some old files.

He speculated that since "Herbert Hilber" could issue a warning that there was a problem with the space channel, his identity was definitely not simple.

Furthermore, the fact is that the "Void Invasion" really happened.

Then the question is, if others didn’t notice it, why did he notice it? This shows that either he has stronger abilities than others, or his status is extraordinary and he has access to some secrets that others cannot.

So Su Lun targets the files of some "senior faculty members"

Su Lun knew that he had entered this library, and it was absolutely impossible for no one to know.

At least some administrator-level NPCs must know what he is doing here. But so far, no one has appeared to stop him, which gave Su Lun the confidence to summon his friends from the Dawn Group to help.

In a monarchical society, the king's power is supreme.

Su Lun has [Steinitz's chessboard] in his hand, and his identity is a genuine investigator, so even if the college's senior officials knew that he was investigating files here, they would most likely not stop him, and they would not dare to stop him.

He went directly to the fourth floor to investigate without notifying the people at the college. Those NPCs who are not very intelligent will probably default to him being a "secret investigator" and will not be able to trigger too complex responses.

Of course, there are some small risks in doing this.

This "Toxte Void Royal Alchemy Academy" may have had ninth-level or even stronger professionals. But at least judging from the current intelligence, even the dean only has about seven levels of combat power left.

But the Dawn Regiment is not without its ability to fight.

After trying it, the other party hasn’t come out yet, so the risk is no longer a risk

One thing is done when there are many people. More than a hundred people helped to look through the files together, and they quickly went through it roughly.

No one could find any record of the name "Herbert Hilbery".

Su Lun was not surprised at all.

Since I can’t find any information in the college, it’s normal that I can’t find it in the archives.

What he is looking for are some relevant clues.

He guessed that it was very possible that the name was his real name.

It doesn’t exist now, it’s most likely been “erased”.

This is an extraordinary world, and there are indeed some special methods that can directly erase all related text, but BUGs also appear.

The files can be erased, but it is impossible to completely erase "his" social relationships and some activity trajectories in this world.

As expected.

About two or three hours after browsing, Su Lun was still carefully checking the files of the faculty and staff. At this moment, Yabo Ke, who was looking through old files in the corner, discovered something and called out softly: "Teacher, take a look, I found something that may be what you are looking for."

Su Lun walked over and asked, "What did you find?"

Yabok pointed to a file and said directly: "Teacher, this is a file called 'Pedro Rona'. He was the year 3351 of the Tarcolu Calendar. He was the No. 1 student in the comprehensive assessment year of the college. The second student. At the same time, based on the records, I found the records of the third to tenth places. But after searching through all the files of the same year, I did not find any relevant information about the first place. Moreover, I I also looked at the assessment records of that year. The assessment score for the second place was 754, and the first place was 996. It was almost a crushing gap."

After saying this, he paused, took out another file with the spider spear behind him, and expressed his analysis: "It stands to reason that such a 'genius' will never be an unknown person. Senior. Even if there is an accident, there should be records. Moreover, this person's research direction is very special. I saw a name mentioned in the ninth place's written description of the research topic for which he won the award. "On the Feasibility of Integrating Void Genes into the Human Body". This seems to be the same thing as the [Void Gene Potion] you mentioned before."

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Su Lun listened to his disciple's narration with a look of affirmation in his eyes.

Aberke's talent of [Seven Apertures and Exquisite Heart] has an outstanding ability in observation and analysis that far exceeds that of others. He immediately captured the key points of those files that others had ignored and had already glanced at briefly.

Su Lun took the file from Yabok and found that his disciple's thinking was completely correct!

“The number one ranking thirty years ago should have been ‘Herbert Hilber’.”

Su Lun's eyes turned frequently, and he finally felt that he had found the key to breaking the situation.

Have strong research capabilities, which meets the conditions.

Moreover, it is also certain that this person's name was erased by some special means.

"Well done, Aberke!"

Now that time is running out, Su Lun didn’t say much, and instead said: “We don’t need to worry about the archives for the time being. Please help us go to the library to find all the classics related to the ‘Void Gene Project’. !"

"Yes, Mr. Sullen!"

When everyone heard this, they left the stall room one after another

This "Toxt Alchemy Academy" is an academy that specializes in the study of void.

Nearly everyone here is a space warlock.

But if the alchemist wants to fuse the void colonization equipment, he cannot avoid the problem of "distortion".

So, the academy studies various topics to prevent distortion and improve void affinity.

There are many and results.

People from the North Sea Fleet have actually discovered clues before. They found a simple description of a [Void Gene Potion] in a few passages in some classics.

That is a "crazy subject" that allows people to gain super affinity to the void.

It is not some kind of temporary amplification potion, but directly allows humans to integrate into the void and permanently become semi-void bloodline creatures.

But because there is no exact information.

It may be a topic conjecture, or it may be a research project with results.

But Su Lun has been injected with "X serum" before and believes that this is feasible.

This is also one of the most important goals for him to enter this cursed space this time. If the potion is really available, he needs it himself. Qianjou just lacks some affinity fusion fifth-level reproductive equipment, and other members of the Dawn Group also need it.

If you can dig deep into this clue, you must not let it go.

So when Su Lun saw the file just now, he immediately connected the clues.

That "Herbert Hilber" was most likely the "first" student in the assessment thirty years ago.

And as long as such talented students do not leave, they will usually become high-ranking members of the academy in the future.

Su Lun rummaged through the personnel files for the years following that annual appraisal.

It was then discovered that the Void Student Vice-Dean usually had six as standard, but in the years 3360-3365 of the Tarkolu Calendar, there were only five.

Seeing this, Su Lun was almost certain that Herbert was the erased vice president!

There is strength in numbers, and before long, almost all the books on the "Void Gene" subject on the entire fourth floor were taken over.

None of them have that name on them.

Furthermore, it seems that there is no book on the same topic as that one.

But Su Lun did not give up and personally checked every copy.

The more talented you are, the more you like to "show off your skills".

When ancient great alchemists recorded certain secrets, they usually used special encryption methods. The Dawn Age was almost the pinnacle of cryptography.

But cryptography is almost always time-sensitive, and now most encryption methods have been deciphered.

Su Lun himself is proficient in at least hundreds of them, covering almost all encryption methods known in the modern era.

"Blood Gene Analysis of Void Manta Ray", "Dual Attribute Gene Inheritance of Void Electric Eel", "Magic Gene"

Su Lun looked at them one by one, very quickly.

But because I am afraid of missing key information, I turn to the end of almost every book.

The omniscient child with his left eye scanned the ancient books line by line, and saw a lot of content that showed "special encrypted information."

However, after nearly an hour and reading a hundred or two hundred books, I still found nothing.

Su Lun didn’t panic.

Even if the "Void Invasion" breaks out, now that we have this library, we are basically "guaranteed". If it doesn't work, we can just find a way to come next time.

But at this moment, he saw a book called "Research on the Void Zerg".

It doesn't matter what the author's name is, it can't be "Herbert Hilbery."

This is a manuscript. When you open it, it is densely filled with various texts, as well as some hand-drawn drawings of the Void Zerg, which are very detailed.

In the void plane, the Zerg are almost at the bottom of the food chain, and few people will study those low-level creatures. This book records hundreds of species of Void Zerg in great detail. And there are some interesting alchemy laboratory records at the back.

This was originally a normal book, but when Su Lun looked at it, a hint of "encrypted information" appeared in his eyes.

Then he interpreted it according to the decoding method, and interesting content appeared.

The content of the note is as follows:

"The Void Zerg are low-intelligent creatures? Most of them may be, but some are very terrifying existences."

"Ants are not scary to elephants, but they are scary because they are organized. I like this proverb very much."

"I studied the Void Bugs and discovered a problem. Our previous understanding seems to be wrong. Certain Void Bugs cannot be counted as individuals alone, but require thousands of them to form a group. They are considered an 'individual'. They have a core 'brain' that directs the group of bugs to do some complex commands that a single individual cannot complete. I named it 'mother bug'."

"Reproductive isolation between heterogeneous organisms is actually not complete isolation, but the failure to find a suitable 'bridge'. The more advanced the life form, the smaller the scope of reproductive isolation. The root cause is that the gene chain is complex enough Complete reasons. So, what if I use an advanced life form as a carrier to establish a connection between two low-level alien creatures that have no intention of doing anything? For example, use some kind of god-level life form to connect humans and void creatures. "gene chain"

"I succeeded in the first stage. I tried various void genetic materials, and finally chose a kind of 'marrow of void mother worm', which is a rare god-level material"

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When Su Lun saw these contents appearing in the notes, he knew he had found the right one.

A sharp light flashed in his eyes, and he thought to himself: "This must be that Herbert's note!"

This is another very powerful encryption method. The content of the note is completely normal and readable, but it hides what the author wants to leave behind.

Although this notebook does not record a detailed research report, it does record the truth about "sleeping in the void".

Su Lun frowned when he saw what he had written down.

"I have calculated that it is almost 100% likely that a 'mother worm' will appear in a group of billions. I informed the dean of the 'Katetz Void Zerg' that recently appeared near the space passage. A higher consciousness has appeared, perhaps even beyond the divine level. The plane passage must be closed, otherwise it will bring unexpected disasters. But my proposal did not attract the attention of the empire's senior officials. The void plane is the main source of the empire's financial revenue. Those who The congressmen who have made a fortune from this channel have brought strong resistance. Those greedy guys will not easily give up the faucet that flows out of 'black gold'. They deliberately lowered the risk rating of my report and delayed it for several years. The Empire The investigation team hasn’t come yet. I know that until the parliament decides, the disaster may be unavoidable. Hey, greedy and stupid nobles."

"I am deformed, both physically and mentally. I have also thought about dying. But I want to keep my research results. Facts have proved that my idea is right, 'Void Gene Potion' It can transform human blood and greatly increase human affinity to the void. As long as the side effects are solved, I already have an idea. Unfortunately, because of those side effects, the hostile factions in the academic circle do not support closing the channel, because that will make the entire The academy lost everything. They launched a fierce public attack on me. I lost everything. But I don't care about that. I only care that I don't have time, I want to research the final [Void Gene Potion]"

"Later I realized that it was not an accident, but someone had tampered with my experimental data, which caused my distortion. It doesn't matter who it is anymore. After all, the people who can get close to my laboratory are all me. My most trusted friend. I’m really not interested in power struggles, so why involve me?”

"I might be locked up and sent to 'Lab Zero'. But I informed the college anyway."

"Even if I become a monster, I still love this world and alchemy."

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Su Lun finished reading the contents of the notes.

The whole content is just three sentences.

A genius developed a [Void Gene Potion], and then was killed by his opponents in the academic world. His name and honor were all wiped out;

It was a "warning" issued probably more than ten years ago, saying that there was something wrong with this dimension.

Then, it took until now for the investigation team to arrive

"So, the main will of this cursed space is actually this person?"

After Su Lun read it, he frowned and fell into deep thought.

Previous information obtained by the North Sea Fleet almost all pointed to the possibility that the dean was the "main will" of the cursed space.

As a result, now that I have obtained this note, I discovered that "Herbert Hilber" is the one.

And now we have a new clue, which is "Laboratory Zero".

Going there is very likely to get [Void Gene Potion], as well as more space breeding equipment, materials, and even the ability to crack the entire cursed space.

The good stuff seems to be all in the experimental area...

But the problem is that the laboratory area is now a "T-level" area, and there has never been a living person, which makes Su Lun very confused again.

The "Void Invasion" broke out in less than an hour. Su Lun thought about it and still had no intention of taking the risk.

Now that you have these clues, go back and sort them out. You may not be able to think of some other solutions next time.

After reading those classics, Su Lun took the summoned people into the small void world again.

He planned to wait for a big battle, and then take away the entire four-story collection of the library.

With an hour left, Su Lun had nothing to do, so he wandered around the four floors.

I was focused on finding a stall just now and didn’t take a closer look at the things here. He planned to take a closer look now to avoid any missing treasures during the search later.

From large crystal chandeliers, murals, sculptures to small door handles and tea cups, every item has been identified.

Looking at it, I really found a lot of alchemy items with special effects.

We even found several secret grids.

However, after Su Lun opened it with a chessboard, he found that there was nothing inside.

But it’s not incomprehensible.

He guessed that only the dean had the authority to open those dense grids. Therefore, the deputy dean knew that there was this secret compartment, but he could not open it and did not know what was inside.

It also confirmed whether the main consciousness of this cursed space is the dean.

Su Lun was still looking for the "little surprise" happily, thinking that he would stay here until the battle started.

Suddenly, the omniscient eye once again identified a "space door" on the ceiling at the end of the corridor.

Just like before going from the third floor to the fourth floor, identification permission is required

Overhead is a grand, gorgeous and mysterious starry sky ceiling. If you look carefully, you will find that the stars are all kinds of gems and magic crystal nuclei.

Luxurious and charming, but nothing special on this fourth floor.

Su Lun raised his head and looked at the identified information in front of him, his face full of caution, and thought to himself: "Is there a fifth floor in this library? Will you encounter an old guy when you open it?"

He thought that he must have been discovered, and there was no psychological burden on him, so he took out the chessboard and activated the permission again.

The nine-pointed star alchemy array lit up, and Su Lun watched the light and shadow on the starry sky ceiling rotate for a while, and then turned into an exit that looked like an exit to outer space.

For a moment, Su Lun felt like there was no gravity and his whole body was floating.

Looking at the dense buildings in the space again, Su Luntong shrank suddenly and was shocked: "T-level test area?!"

He never expected that there would be an entrance on the fourth floor of the library that was directly connected to the experimental area in the plane passage.

"In other words, the plane passage was closed after the 'Void Invasion'. But can you actually enter and exit the fourth floor of the library through this space door?"

At this moment, the adventurous heart that had been extinguished in Su Lun's heart suddenly burned brightly.