It was already late at night, and the Bryce believers who went to bed early and woke up early would not get up to provide room service, so there was only one bed left for the two of them.
However, originally Frost didn't need to rest, and he was wearing armor, so it was inconvenient to lie on the bed. In the end, this bed belonged to Xiao Zhi as a matter of course.
Xiao Zhi lay on the bed neatly, and said to Frost: "Good night."
Frost sat on the edge of the bed, staring down at him: "Good night."
It was so natural, because they had said goodbye so many times.
When Xiao Zhi fell into a deep sleep, Frost still sat quietly. After experiencing the darkness in the first half of the night, the clouds in the sky dispersed a little at this time, and the cold white moonlight fell down and quietly sneaked into the room.
It also added a touch of translucence and tranquility to Xiao Zhi's sleeping face.
Frost couldn't help getting closer, he stretched out his hand that took off his glove, and gently stroked Xiao Zhi's side face.
Xiao Zhi's temperature came from the fingertips, with a soft touch, and he could feel the slight changes in his breathing. The sleeping person still had his eyes closed tightly, and he didn't seem to be disturbed in the slightest.
Like, the same as before.
Just like in many lost memory fragments.
For some reason, Frost suddenly felt that he was in a very good mood. His fingertips were lingering on Xiao Zhi's cheeks, and he refused to leave. The temperature that belonged to a living person was transmitted to his fingertips little by little, as if he could touch Xiao Zhi's cheeks. His cold heart warmed up.
Unknowingly, Frost's eyebrows and eyes were slightly curved, with a satisfied smile.
The moonlight stained his eyes, which looked a little more confusing than the bright moon in the sky.
The room was still silent.
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the next day.
Xiao Zhi was awakened by the sound of prayers everywhere.
This is not a high-end hotel, and naturally don't expect it to have any good sound insulation. Coupled with the open windows, the sound of prayers coming from all directions, broke into Xiao Zhi's ears one after another when the sky just dawned, and continued, it was more effective than any alarm clock.
Xiao Zhi opened his sleepy eyes, and sat up unsteadily from the bed, his hair was a little messy, and his thinking ability had not yet returned to normal.
He deeply felt that - feudal superstition is bad.
Frost got up and closed the window to make the sound a little quieter. He turned his head to look at Xiao Zhi, and stretched out his hand to help him comb his messy hair: "Xiaoqi, do you want to sleep for a while?"
Xiao Zhi shook his head slowly: "No... let's pack up and go to Huo Lan."
After eating a bland breakfast and checking out with the boss's smile hiding some kind of deep meaning, the two of them embarked on the teleportation array to the capital, Holland.
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After stepping out of the teleportation array, he did not reach Huo Lan immediately.
Instead, they arrived at a square near Holland, where there were guarding paladins everywhere, and there was also a magic circle with strong light energy under their feet. Don't even think about it, if any undead creatures try to step here, they will definitely suffer. violent attack.
A paladin stopped Xiao Zhi and the two, with a gentle smile on his face: "Excuse me, is this your first time in Holland?"
Xiao Zhi: "Yes."
Frost nodded without speaking, maintaining his taciturn persona.
The paladin took out a golden compass and pointed it at the two of them, saying something in his mouth. As his words fell, the pointer turned slowly, pointing to Xiao Zhi for a while, and Frost for a while.
Xiao Zhi's heart also went up and down with the rotation of the pointer, afraid that the alarm would sound suddenly, and then a group of people would rush towards them.
After a while, the pointer on the compass stopped.
The pointer stopped in the middle, not pointing to anyone.
The paladin glanced down at the compass in his hand, and saw that the pointer was normal, so he took the compass back: "Please follow me."
Following the guidance of the paladin, the two entered an exclusive passage, and after several careful inspections, they finally saw Blaise's gate.
Brace's building is also white, with a lot of gold decorations on it, the walls are spotless, and there are no scratches, and it looks full of holiness.
The sun symbol of the Brace religion was placed at the gate of the city so brightly, and the flag representing the emperor could only be stepped aside. It can be seen that although Brace is still an empire in name, it is actually no different from a religious country.
Xiao Zhi couldn't help feeling in his heart, it was really not easy to come in.
However, Blaise's security check also provided him with inspiration. As Blaise's rival, isn't Hesse's security check too relaxed? Even such an important event as the selection of the clerk can be placed as a puppet by Blaise.
If it weren't for the difficulty of disguising the undead, and it would be difficult for the devout believers who have been brainwashed to transform into undead, it is estimated that Blaise has already infiltrated Hesse.
When you go back, you need to plan carefully.
The two walked in the direction of the book tower. The location of the book tower is easy to find. As long as you follow the flow of people, the direction with more and more people will definitely go to the book tower.
On the way, Xiao Zhi saw what the players meant when they said, "When you get to Huo Lan, you can see even more exaggerated ones."
In the spotless city of Holland, the buildings are neat and orderly, surrounded by carefully arranged green plants, and the passers-by who come and go also have gentle smiles on their faces, looking happy and content.
But in some corners of the street, there are always some beggars in shabby clothes. They are the same as the poor in Gladys Town before, all of them are haggard and look like they are about to starve to death.
But they had satisfied smiles on their faces. Facing the people coming and going, there was no jealousy or self-ashamedness on their faces. Instead, there was a trace of disdain and arrogance that was hidden deeply.
As if they were the well-dressed party.
There are more or less some food in front of these people, which are given to them by outsiders, but the beggars turn a blind eye to these, even if the bread is left to dry and the pie is left to grow mold, no one goes to see it. touch.
Because in their eyes, food from unbelievers is dirty and defiles their souls.
Only when the priest in white uniform brings food, these people will take it with ecstasy, and swallow the food gratefully. Then they began to pray to the sun, thanking God for the gift, thanking the priest for his kindness, praising Blaise, and telling their own piety. After praying, they continued to retreat to the corner, waiting for the next alms.
This kind of scene is played out on almost every street, over and over again, as if it is constantly replaying.
Seeing the smiles on their faces, Xiao Zhi always felt uncomfortable. He couldn't bear their numbness and ignorance, and was also angry at the mind control imposed on them by Brace Cult.
He doesn't like any religion that lures people to give up their pursuit of happiness in this life with the imaginary afterlife.
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All the way forward, the book tower finally arrived.
The book tower is still in Blaise's traditional white and gold intertwined holy style.
It is said that many high priests and great magisters participated in the construction of the book tower. That's why it was built towering into the sky. The current total height is 1072 floors. When the collection of books in the book tower increases again, Blaise will increase the number of floors again according to demand.
After passing through three strict checkpoints, the two were finally allowed to enter the book tower.
Each floor in the book tower is also extremely wide, and the indoor area of thousands of square meters can accommodate a large number of books in it.
Almost all the books that have ever appeared on the mainland can be found here, whether it is sacred scriptures, history books, miscellaneous notes, scientific research books, or parenting methods, experience in planting flowers, even gossip magazines, and roadside novels are included. is truly everything you need.
However, with such a large area and so many books, where can I find them
Xiao Zhi pretended to be looking for a book, but looked around cautiously.
He saw many paladins in armor, guarded by a paladin at a certain distance, each paladin's position would not exceed the line of sight of the two nearby people, and there were strict rules for changing shifts, almost There is no loophole to exploit.
Even their actions are almost under the surveillance of the paladins, it is difficult to make any small moves, let alone explore the secrets of the book tower.
Xiao Zhi's eyes lingered on a certain paladin for a little longer, and the other party immediately turned his head sharply, and looked at Xiao Zhi with a gentle but implied gaze.
Xiao Zhi hurriedly pretended to look for a book.
He randomly picked a book from the bookshelf, and said to Frost beside him, "I think this one is pretty good."
Frost: "..."
Seeing that Frost didn't respond, Xiao Zhi was still a little puzzled. At this moment, he noticed that the expression on the face of the paladin next to him was also a little strange, as if he had to keep smiling when he saw a rogue.
Realizing something, Xiao Zhi looked down at the book in his hand—
"Top Secret Files: How to Become the 100 Types of Men That Rich Women Love"
Xiao Zhi: "..."
The collection of books in the book tower is too rich.
But at this moment, there is a paladin staring at him, and it would be very suspicious if he put it back, so Xiao Zhi had to bite the bullet and continue acting, and he said to Frost: "Let's go, let's study it together, when I get rich, I will introduce you to the sister of the rich woman."
As he spoke, he skillfully pulled Frost away.
Frost: "..."
He's glad he's wearing a helmet.
When I came to the reading area, there were relatively few guards here, and the distance between the seats was relatively loose. There were also Athanasi whispering with their companions as a cover, which was a good place for whispering.
Xiao Zhi pretended to study "Top Secret Files: How to Become the 100 Types of Men a Rich Woman Loves", half covered his face with the book, approached Frost and whispered: "It seems that it is difficult to find opportunities during the day."
Frost nodded: "I have observed that every bookshelf is exposed to the sight of at least two paladins."
Xiao Zhi turned the page: "I think there should be fewer guards here at night, but in such an important place, there will be no fewer guards, there must be patrolling people."
Frost: "Then come tonight."
The discussion between the two was very serious and serious, like two poor people who were thinking carefully about how to get the favor of a rich woman.
·
During the day, the two wandered around the book tower, and figured out the layout by the way.
Taking advantage of the abundant time during the day, Xiao Zhi checked the address book and learned that the higher the book tower, the stricter the entry requirements. Even ordinary believers are not allowed to enter above the 1000th floor, only priests or above are allowed, and they cannot be found in the address book of the upper floors.
Xiao Zhi asked Li Daye again, and Li Daye said that according to his experience of infiltrating in disguise many times, only the bishop level can enter the area above 1050, and each bishop has an exclusive identity mark, so he failed to get in.
Blaise's Book Tower is only open until dusk, at which point the paladins will begin clearing the area.
Xiao Zhi and Frost took advantage of the brief confusion when everyone left, and quietly hid in an inconspicuous corner of the reading area, and successfully escaped the final inspection of the paladins.
After dark.
Similar to what Xiao Zhi had guessed before, after dark, the number of guards in the book tower was indeed reduced. But there are still many paladins on patrol, and there are still many paladins on patrol, and they have strict routes and handover sequences, so they cannot be taken lightly.
Xiao Zhi and Frost walked up while avoiding the patrolling paladins.
Xiao Zhi whispered: "The secret of the book tower should be above the 1050th floor, we must find a way to sneak in."
Frost: "How?"
Xiao Zhi thought for a while: "Let's see which one is suitable for knocking out."
Frost nodded, not feeling that Xiao Zhi's idea was dangerous at all.
The higher you go up, the smaller the area of each floor, but the number of people patrolling does not decrease, which makes it more and more difficult to avoid patrolling.
Going around the group of people behind him, Xiao Zhi counted the gaps where the paladins patrolled, and was about to pass through an intersection to go to the upper floor, but he heard footsteps not far away.
It was the paladins on patrol, and the speed of this group of people was actually a little faster than before, just blocking the route of Xiao Zhi and the two of them.
Right now, a team of paladins was approaching, trapping the two of them.
Xiao Zhi cast a glance at Frost, and before the paladin appeared within sight, Xiao Zhi used the flame phantom to leave the spot in an instant, Frost took a step slower, and cut Xiao Smash the phantoms that stay in place, so as not to be exposed.
The moment the figures of the two disappeared completely, the two teams of paladins on patrol met.
The leader of one of the teams was obviously displeased: "Your speed is too fast."
The leader of the other team quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, my lord."
The man who seemed to be in a higher position looked around, years of experience seemed to tell him that there was an unusual smell in the air, but after careful perception, there was nothing.
He shook his head, and attributed this feeling to the rash subordinate in front of him. After repeatedly instructing the other party to strictly follow the rules and patrol, the two teams separated again.
Xiao Zhi breathed a sigh of relief when the visitor left.
Fortunately... not found...
At this moment, he caught a slight sound of cloth rubbing not far away, Xiao Zhi became alert instantly, and pointed his staff in the direction of the sound.
Frost's movements were faster, and he disappeared instantly. The long sword in his hand flickered faintly in the darkness, and almost in the blink of an eye, he stabbed in the direction of the sound.
"etc-"
A somewhat familiar voice came from the darkness.
Then, a firefly lit up in the darkness, too faint to attract the attention of the patrolling paladins in the distance, but enough to illuminate his face.
"...Senior Brother Luo Ye?!" Xiao Zhi was a little surprised and asked in a low voice.
Luo Ye is Bai Yan's ID in the game. Why does this head senior of the history department also like to run into the book tower at night
Bai Yan nodded: "It's me."
Xiao Zhi cautiously approached: "Brother, why are you here? You scared me."
Seeing that it was someone Xiao Zhi knew, Frost quickly put away his sword. The smooth movement caused Bai Yan to look at him more, this kind of freely retractable movement, the knight in black cloak in front of him should be very good at swordsmanship.
There was a bit of helplessness in Bai Yan's tone: "I was just reading a book. I was the one who was taken aback by your sudden appearance."
Xiao Zhi asked: "At this point, read a book?"
"The book tower is only open during the daytime. It's so unreasonable. If I don't finish reading a book, how can I go offline with peace of mind?" Bai Yan helped his monocle, "So I can only refill it by myself. It's time."
Xiao Zhi thought it was a bit amusing, but he never thought that Senior Brother Bai Yan, who is usually full of stars, black-bellied and poisonous, actually has such a side in private.
Xiao Zhi: "Do you often sneak in?"
Bai Yan thought for a while: "It's so-so, there are always a few days in every month."
Xiao Zhi: "..."
Why does this sound so strange
Xiao Zhi said, "Have you ever been to the 1050th floor and above?"
Bai Yan nodded: "I've been."
Xiao Zhi suddenly felt hopeful: "Brother, let's discuss something, can you give me some advice?"
Bai Yan pointed to the book in his hand: "Yes, yes... But, can I finish this book? I feel uncomfortable if I don't see the ending. It won't take long. I can finish reading the finale in about ten minutes. Time to take you there."
"Okay, let's wait—" Xiao Zhi said, looking at his fingers, and then got stuck because he saw the words on the cover——
"The Domineering Lord Loves Me: Heartbeating Memories of the Lord of Hesse and the Clerk".
Bai Yan said: "I don't know who this author is. The suspense in each chapter is so good that people can't help but keep chasing it. This is the first time I have read such a novel."
Xiao Zhi: "..."
Frost: "..."