"Nuojin's industrial pollution is getting more and more serious..."
As usual, Lin Jie got up early to open the door of the bookstore, looking at the dense fog outside and having a headache.
He often does not see a little sun for several days in a row, but Lin Jie doesn't mind. He has been an otaku for more than 20 years in the 21st century. After coming to Nuojin, he can just use the severe smog and isolation at home as an excuse. Don't go out.
But today's fog is really too big, it has reached the point of "three meters indistinguishable between men and women, five meters indistinguishable between people and animals".
The white mist that rises high is like a woman's white gauze skirt. This mist without vital signs is also like a skirt. It flows slowly against the ground in a special way, as if it is a living thing.
Lin Jie looked outside through the open store door, and the thick fog could not help but remind people of the "fog capital" of the earth.
There was no one in the bookstore, Moen had already gone to the branch in the central district to take care of things, and Joseph went to the equipment market to help purchase tools for the new store, leaving Lin Jie alone in the empty bookstore.
Lin Jie was very curious about Joseph's suspected performance beyond ordinary people's ability last time, but unfortunately Moen and Joseph have been busy, so he couldn't sit down and talk to them.
When Morn has completely set up a branch in the central area, the retired Joseph will be my new assistant in the old bookstore, and there should be a lot of time to ask him...
Lin Jie thought so, and then picked up a book from the bookshelf and turned it over like before.
But what surprised him was that he had read this book.
"Strange thing... Books taken at random from the bookshelf should not be repeated. This is a library of books on the entire earth."
Lin Jie picked up a few more books in disbelief, but found that they were still repeated.
He had read every book, and he knew exactly what should appear on the next page.
Lin Jie had to come up with a terrifying but reasonable idea - "Is it not because the books are repeating, but because I have read all the books?"
This is impossible!
It was a library of books from the entire earth. How could it take three years to read them all? Xiao Hei must have made a mistake.
"Well... It seems that I have to find time to ask Xiao Hei, otherwise the next day will be so boring."
Lin Jie nodded and put the book back again.
Then he frowned, and found that it was already past the early morning, and the sun should come out, but the fog became thicker and thicker.
At this time, looking outside again, this thick gray fog has become like a thick barrier, and it is impossible to even identify the road.
It seems that we can't open the store today... Lin Jie put down the book, walked to the newly installed second-floor rolling shutter door, stretched out his hand and pulled the shutter down with force, and the rolling shutter made a rattling sound.
Sudden-
A slightly larger than normal hand, wrapped in black gloves, reached in at the moment when the rolling shutter was about to close and stopped the rolling shutter from falling. His strength was so great that Lin Jie had to stop to avoid anything. Danger.
The roller shutters were reopened.
Lin Jie saw a burly man in a black cloak standing at the gate.
His whole face was completely hidden in the darkness, completely invisible, some wet mist was attached to his cloak, and he was holding a box in his hand.
He is a head taller than Lin Jie, faint muscles can be seen under the cloak, his hands are unusually thick, and he looks stronger than Joseph as a whole.
But his hands trembled slightly, and he seemed a little nervous and respectful for no reason.
"Such heavy fog today."
Lin Jie was a little surprised and said, "I thought I would not be able to wait for guests, but I didn't expect anyone else to come over to read a book?"
The man in black robe shook his head: "It's our rudeness to keep you waiting until today."
The man in black robe was unbelievably sturdy. A few days ago, he pinched a big living person to death with his bare hands, but now he is standing beside Lin Jie respectfully like a primary school student.
After he came from the lower city to kill Humphrey and got the "Dream of Chaos", he returned to the lower city and dedicated it to the top of the church. At that moment, they thought they had been waiting for all the beginnings of waking up from the dream. The beginning, the master of all things, the archetype of all chaos and order, is the master of this book.
So he came back here and came to the owner of the bookstore.
"Oh?"
Lin Jie raised his eyebrows: "So, have you heard of me? Came here for me?"
He then made a joke and said, "Actually, it's not that long. Time always flies by when I'm reading. Come in."
… Indeed, for this person, perhaps the change of times is as simple as turning a page of a book.
Fortunately, from the first era when human beings were still ignorant, after thousands of years, they finally waited for the master they should serve.
Naturally, the man in black robe did not dare to disobey Lin Jie's order, and hurriedly walked into the bookstore. Although he was tall and intimidating, he seemed very cramped.
Lin Jie closed the shutter and noticed the details on the black robe—
It was a gray mark, consisting of withered trees and two crossed long swords.
"Plague Church?"
The black-robed man nodded respectfully: "Yes."
Lin Jie returned to the back of the counter, with his elbows folded on the counter, leaning forward with a strange expression: "It seems that you came to me with a great determination."
Xiacheng District and the Plague Church, these two things he has been investigating, but he has never gotten more accurate information.
The reason is that the upper and lower urban areas are completely separated and traffic is prohibited.
And the mysterious black-robed man in front of him turned out to be from the Church of Plague.
So, that is to say, he actually crossed the obstacles between the upper and lower urban areas! I have to say, it's simply amazing... And in this way, wearing a black robe to cover up your identity is understandable.
The man in black robe trembled with excitement when he heard this.
Yes, because he was guided by the Lord, he ran from the lower city to the upper city twice. It was indeed very dangerous, so much so that he spent a few days with the help of the clan and the church's high-level officials, casting a spell from the original passage to release such a large amount of light. The fog hindered the exploration of those extraordinary people, just to safely reach Boss Lin's bookstore.
At this time, he really wanted to tell everyone in the Xiacheng District Church that everyone's efforts were not in vain.
Boss Lin knows everything!
"I came here under your guidance." The man in black robe said nervously, and then nervously took out a book from his black robe.
Lin Jie glanced at—
It reads "Myths and Legends" impressively.
"what?"
Isn't this the book I gave Gibonon? In all, Lin Jie gave Ji Bonong five books, among which "Myths and Legends" is Lin Jie's own work.
Ashamed to say, I feel a little embarrassed to think that he mixed private goods with books that no one likes at all, which may affect Ji Bonong's sales.
But he never expected that there would be readers who got the book and came to him to discuss it.
The main content of this "Myths and Legends" is some boring discussions originating from the ancient myths and civilizations of human beings. So interested
The man in black robe caressed the book carefully. In the shadowy place that Lin Jie couldn't see, his jaw full of octopus-like tentacles showed a slightly crazy smile. Dream".
Lin Jie couldn't help but smile: "You got this book from Ji Bonong's auction. It seems that you like this book very much, and you have a very unique opinion."
"More than just liking... This is a book that only a true god can write!"
The man in black robe held the book tightly in his arms, and his hoarse voice contained enthusiasm.
"Hahaha, this praise is too exaggerated."
… but I’m enjoying it, so I’m going to brag and brag a little bit more.
Although he usually gave away other people's works, this was the first time someone came to discuss his own book with him, and it was considered a compliment among his peers, which was even more precious.
"Speaking of which, I've always been interested in other people's opinions. What do you think of this book?" Lin Jie said with a smile, with his arms crossed.
The man in black robe trembled: "Magnificent, dreamy, great, unbelievable, the content of this is incomprehensible, but it is intoxicating, as if transcending the limitations of time and space and seeing another incredible world! "
His fiery gaze was looming under the black robe: "Not only me, but everyone in the church is looking forward to you!"
Lin Jie nodded knowingly, and it seemed that he was indeed traveling with him: "Your church? It seems that you are discussing this book well."
"Yes yes, it means a lot to us."
The black-robed man nodded again and again and said, "So the members of the church asked me to visit with gifts in order to thank you for your gift."
After that, the man in black robe slowly pushed the box in his hand to Lin Jie.
"Hey, why don't you come here? You are so polite! How can academic discussions be like this..."
Lin Jie said modest remarks, but in fact he had already opened the box. The contents of the box changed his face and his eyes, and immediately changed from business mode to work mode.
It was not some gold jewel, but a fragment.
That fragment Lin Jie was very familiar with, because he also had an identical one.
At that time, Ji Zhixu came to ask him for cooperation, and there was a fragment in the pile of gifts, which was a relic unearthed from the Xiacheng District.
And the black-robed man in front of him actually brought the second piece!
The Plague Church is not only interested in mythology and literature, but is also very good at archaeology in Xiacheng District... This black-robed man in front of him should be engaged in archaeological work.
I heard that Lin Jie is also researching these, so come to discuss it
"Do you know the origin of this fragment?"
Lin Jie asked with a frown. At the same time, he took out another fragment and put the two pieces together.
The broken and indecipherable words were finally barely recognizable.
The man in black robe immediately lowered his head and said respectfully and humbly: "It's not very clear, we can't understand the words above, but this fragment contains an ancient soul."
"An ancient soul? It is indeed the case. Time will bring souls to all things that are ancient. These items from ancient times naturally have the atmosphere of ancient times."
Lin Jie played with the shard, picked it up, and said, "The text on it means 'Monument of Fire, Wedge of Life'."
He narrowed his eyes: "Maybe you can't understand, in other words, this is a token of a witch named 'Life'."