night.
Laboratory, main laboratory.
Sitting down at the long experimental table in the laboratory, Richard took out the book "My Autobiography - Moratos" that he bought from the Forbidden Bookstore and placed it on the table.
After that, he took out the previous three books with the logo of the Black Spirit Empire and put them together.
Among the three books, except for the repeated "My Autobiography - Moratos", the remaining two are "Towards Nobility" and "Blood and Fire".
"Towards Nobility" is a book that mainly talks about various noble etiquettes. The number on the Black Spirit Empire's logo is 34. In addition to etiquette, this book also covers some knowledge about family emblems, clothing, etc. It is much more ordinary than "My Autobiography - Moratos".
After all, "My Autobiography - Moratos" is at least a book related to wizards. It ignores the content of training male slaves and tells many useful magic tricks. "Towards Nobility" is purely a popular book.
"Blood and Fire" is even worse than "The Road to Nobility". It is a knight novel, and the number on the Black Spirit Empire's logo is 11. The content mainly tells the story of a tall and mighty knight and his entanglement with a noble lady.
This kind of story has always been very popular in a world similar to the Middle Ages. Stories about nobles having an affair and stories about knights slaying dragons are among the most popular types and are constantly spread by bards. But the problem is, apart from the story, there is nothing in it related to the so-called Black Spirit Empire, let alone any clues related to the Black Spirit King and the secret of the White Stone Tower.
"11, 34." Richard arranged "Towards Nobility" and "Blood and Fire" on the table in order of size, guessing the contents of the other numbered books.
"The number on the logo of "My Autobiography - Moratos" is 9." Richard picked up the book he got from the White Rock Tower Academy Library and put it on the far left, thinking about "My Autobiography - Moratos". "Moratos" and "Towards Nobility" only differ by two numbers, so the content is so surprising.
"Could it be that the first 10 numbers are all wizard books, and the 11 to 20 numbers are tool books. The 20 to 30 numbers are another type of books. The 30 to 40 numbers are useless novel books." Richard He said to himself, eyes flashing slightly.
After finishing speaking, Richard picked up the books he bought from the Forbidden Bookstore and put them to the far left, preparing to stack them together.
Just as he was about to put it down, Richard saw a gap opened on the last page of the book. He subconsciously glanced at the numbers on the last page and was suddenly startled.
Then his eyes sharpened and he stopped putting down the book.
"Huh?!" Richard said, his eyebrows rising little by little.
"Snapped!"
With a soft sound, Richard placed the book "My Autobiography - Moratos" bought from the Forbidden Bookstore on the table alone, and opened the last page completely. I saw the logo of the Black Spirit Empire on it. Although it was a little blurry, I could still make it out. The number written on the logo was not 9 at all, but... 27.
27
27!
For a moment, Richard suspected that he had bought a fake book, but he quickly denied it. The Forbidden Bookstore is so special, with many banned books on display, so it obviously has the support of a lot of power. Under this premise, it is unlikely to deliberately sell fake books.
This is equivalent to a nobleman, who can collect taxes and make money openly without any need to do things such as theft and fraud that damage his reputation and make minimal profits.
And the most important thing is that this book can heat up the ancient ring worn on the finger, but the heating effect may be weak due to poor preservation.
So if this book with the number 27 "My Autobiography - Moratos" is regarded as a book really related to the secret of the White Stone Tower and the secret of the Black Spirit King, what does it mean
Richard thought.
First of all, his previous conjecture about the number corresponding to the type of book was wrong - the number was obviously not to classify the type, but should carry more special information.
What could that be
Why is book number 27 the same as book number 9? Is there any connection between these two numbers? It can't be because the number of the former is three times the number of the latter. Or maybe, just because both books are divisible by the number 3, that doesn’t mean they are the same book
In this case, the number 11 in "Towards Nobility" is a prime number. The number 34 in "Blood and Fire" is the product of 17 and 2. 17 is also a prime number...
After thinking for a long time, Richard rubbed his eyebrows and said: "It's a bit confusing, it's really a bit confusing. What is the relationship between 9 and 27? How can everything be the same..."
"Binary? Hexadecimal? Sexagesimal?"
"ASCII code?"
"Morse code?"
“…”
Richard was puzzled and felt that his current state was very similar to when he visited the great scholar Surades during the day and was unable to answer the question of the thief's secret room.
It seems that everyone encounters difficulties sometimes, so...
Um? Wait a minute!
Richard suddenly raised his head and looked into the empty air with burning eyes. Then he stretched out his hand, raised a finger, and moved meaninglessly in the air.
While paddling, he muttered to himself, as if he was hallucinating: "Back up, back up, keep backing up!"
This was the feeling that Richard had when he had a flash of inspiration amidst many thoughts he was trying to retrieve.
"Retreat, retreat, retreat..."
"Stop! Right here, stop!"
Richard's fingers stopped moving in mid-air.
"Visiting a great scholar? A problem for the great scholar Sucrates? A difficult problem?" Richard said to himself, "Hmm...could it...be like this? But..."
Richard's eyes flickered, and he looked at two "My Autobiography - Moratos" with different numbers, and he had a guess in his mind - a guess that was somewhat unacceptable, but could explain everything cleverly.
"In this case, we must find more corresponding books handed down from the Black Spirit Empire to verify it. In this case, we must go to the Forbidden Bookstore and enter the interior.
Going back now is a bit too anxious, and testing matters must be treated with caution. Then... let's wait until the next underground market opens, which will be three days later..." Richard said to himself and made a plan.
After finishing the book matter, Richard felt relieved and exhaled. Then he cleared the desktop and started to continue working - conducting research on magic patterns.
As before, Richard's research on magic patterns was mainly to decipher the magic patterns on the magic patterns on magic props that were auctioned from the auction house.
I have cracked the magic pattern of the "Paralysis Ring" before, and this time I am preparing to crack the magic pattern of the freezing bracelet.
After lighting the candle, adjusting the light intensity, and taking out the papyrus scroll, everything was ready, and Richard started to take action.
After that, Richard spent a whole night's work to complete the crack.
One night later, Richard cracked the magic pattern of the venom pendant again, and it took him a whole night to succeed.
Two nights later, Richard spent the whole night trying to improve the magic patterns on the cracked paralysis ring, freezing bracelet and venom pendant.
Three nights later, Richard spent the whole night erasing the original magic patterns on the paralysis ring, and then carved the three cracked and improved magic patterns on it.
In a flash, it was night four days later—the day when the underground market opened again.