I, the leader of the esoteric sect, am doing great things in the infinite world!

They literally turned the year into a useless dumpling.

Li Lin squinted and looked Wilting up and down: "I didn't expect you to be so dexterous."

Li Lin then turned his gaze to the slumped Nian Tuanzi, recalling her spirited appearance in Rostock not long ago. Time really flies, giving him an urge to compose a poem.

314 Let's go ride in a convertible!

The next morning, at the villa entrance.

Our goal is—

"Fuck Governor Roland!"

Our policy is—

"Steal the entire forbidden library, block the respawn point, and hack the way to summon more players!"

Our identities are—

"The Hand That Reshapes!"

"Nian, your abilities are precise movements and powerful strength!" Nian Tuanzi jumped onto Li Lin's shoulder.

"Star Antimony, her abilities are alchemy and rock music!" The girl wearing a polka-dot scarf and an A-line skirt stepped forward and pulled down her sunglasses.

"Mr. Apple, your abilities are optical and gravitational influences!" After applying plant care solution in the morning, the apple, with its lush green leaves, flew to Star Antimony's side.

"Veltin, your ability is to provide just the right amount of support on the fringes, and to be the mind that turns the tide of battle at crucial moments!" Veltin sighed discreetly and took a step forward.

“Lester, your abilities include the precise use of pistols and rifles, and the ability to shoot a bullet through the governor’s heart with the mind of a beast!” Lester stepped forward in silence.

Li Lin pointed ahead: "Let's go!"

At the crossroads, the crowd split into two groups and went their separate ways.

Leicester had already made an appointment with the University of Algiers. As Professor Said, Li Lin was not only qualified to enter the forbidden library, but also qualified to bring an attendant in—such blatant behavior was no secret among the colonial elite.

Walking through a long path paved with palm trees and white stones, they entered the library, which was shaded by stone angel sculptures on both sides. After Lester showed his reservation confirmation, the two quickly walked through the rows of bookshelves inside and continued into the library.

There weren't many students inside the library at the time, and Li Lin and Lester's actions didn't attract much attention. They walked through the bookshelves with normal paper books, past the shelves with yellowed parchment scrolls, and across the open area with stone tablets and walls—it seemed as if time was constantly rewinding as they moved forward. Fine dust particles had somehow risen in the air, glittering under the lights on both sides.

Finally, they saw the closed stone wall ahead, with only a heavy stone door. There were no other signs or mysterious librarians.

[Obstacle: A locked door]

This door has stood firm for a long time. Unless we bring the Casting or the Opening, it will hold us back for just as long.

An engineer, or apprentice, ensured that the door wouldn't open easily. Casting or opening, however, could open it.

Lester took a purple card from his jacket pocket and swiped it lightly in the groove on the right side of the door.

The access card instantly turned into a puddle of liquid in his hand, flowing softly into the groove of the door and filling it.

In an instant, a purple scratch appeared on the surface of the door, followed by a rumbling sound from inside, as the door to the sealed forbidden library swung open along the purple scratch.

“This access card is only valid for two hours,” Lester said. “I’ll keep watch over it for you here.”

The Forbidden Library resembled a giant coffin, with eternal torches burning on the stone walls on both sides, and a faint aroma of wine wafting in the air—logically speaking, one shouldn't be drinking here.

The little dumpling jumped off his shoulder at some point.

The stone walls were carved into holes, and in each hole was placed something—some were documents, others were more tangible objects, stolen from the tribe's offerings by the colonists and placed here for selection.

Li Lin took out the fragments of "The Book of the Sun" from the dark green tabletop. The nine manuscripts shimmered faintly in the brightly lit forbidden library, their light as cold as dawn.

"The Book of the Sun?" Nian leaned closer to look. "Hmm, this seems to be the section on dawn."

Dawn, another name for the God of Dawn, is revered as the God who departs before the sun, the God who arrives before the sun, the God who quells all noise, and the God who maintains eternal balance.

The Book of the Sun was divided into four parts. Anyone with a brain can figure out that each manuscript of the Book of the Sun must correspond to a certain Sichen.

The moment Xin Dan's manuscript flashed, another chilling aura emanated from the depths of the forbidden library. Li Lin and Nian exchanged a glance and took off running in the direction from which the aura came.

The two arrived at the foot of a stone cave. Li Lin looked up and saw a dark red scroll placed high above the cave.

"Squat down and let me climb up," Li Lin said to Nian, gently guiding her.

"Why didn't you squat down and lift me up?" Nian retorted, "Look how small I am."

"Don't you not have hands?" Li Lin asked sharply, looking Nian Tuanzi up and down.

"Yeah, that's true." Nian looked sadly at her short legs and arms.

Seeing this, Li Lin was secretly pleased and raised his foot to step on it, but Nian looked up alertly and dodged: "Don't you have a spear and seven swords? Just sweep them down with them."

"Tch." Li Lin curled his lip in dissatisfaction as his plot was exposed.

Seven swords appeared, and the white viper slithered along the blades from Li Lin's shoulder, climbed onto the stone wall, bit the blood-red scroll with its teeth, and then turned and handed it to Li Lin.

The surface of the blood-red scroll was somewhat sticky, clearly indicating that this unusual red pigment was not simple, but Li Lin didn't care and grabbed both ends of the scroll and pulled hard.

stab-

Nine dark red manuscripts drifted down from among them.

At the very top of the first page of the manuscript, a sun with a somewhat blurry face stares straight at Li Lin, looking rather eerie and terrifying.

Nian suddenly frowned: "I sense the aura of a curse..."

"What are you looking at?" Li Lin said impatiently, pulling the manuscript out of his pants and holding it up to his head. "Subordinates are not allowed to kiss their superiors!"

The curse of the fifth eye has dissipated.

The sun wisely closed its eyes.

[A rare and precious artifact: fragments of the Book of the Sun]

[Sexual characteristics: Lamp, Blade]

[Appearance/Symptoms: Remnants of a painting. History did not originally unfold this way; things still remain, and their traces are far more numerous than imagined.]

This wasn't the original plan; something was left behind, and it's completely unrecognizable.

[Sexual quality: Comfortable. There are some things that money can't buy; this is just one of them.]

[A manga fragment, adorned with ornate illustrations, torn from its original form to conceal the truth. The language is incomprehensible—Persian? Arabic? Yet, somehow, it can be deciphered under sufficiently bright light. Conflicts among the celestial beings, hidden bloodlines, secrets that destroy loyalty… Perhaps little practical information is available, but there is something about “the voice that tempers the soul.”]

[Collect all four fragments of the manuscript of "The Book of the Sun" to reassemble it into the complete book!]

It is definitely an authentic product.

"I'm going back to Mansu now. You take good care of my body." Nian didn't waste any words, closed her eyes, and collapsed into Li Lin's arms.

......

Outside the Forbidden Library, Lester waited as Li Lin emerged.

Upon seeing the motionless dumpling in Li Lin's arms, he respectfully lowered his head: "Should we report to the Governor now?"

“Both the governor and the National Liberation Front need to report,” Li Lin said. “Let’s go back to the villa and wait, and see if he has a ‘rush’ tattooed on his forehead.”

315 Kicking the Door Team

I'm getting anxious, I'm getting anxious.

If Governor Roland could hear what Li Lin said, he would definitely rush to answer like that.

The moment Li Lin walked out of the library with the fragment of the manuscript of "The Book of the Sun" from the University of Algiers, someone relayed the news to Governor Roland.

Logically speaking, Li Lin should have handed this over immediately. Whether he contacted his superior through a channel and gave it to Ali, the leader of the National Liberation Front, or did what a spy should do and secretly passed it on to Governor Roland, he should not have kept it in his hands.

It's practically obvious: I'm going to use this to my advantage and see who offers the higher price.

Despite it being daytime, all the curtains were drawn, plunging Governor Roland's study into darkness.

Even he didn't expect that an indescribable emotion—impatience—had arisen within him.

Like moths drawn to a light, they fluttered their wings eagerly.

This is normal for Moth-type extraordinary individuals, because their hearts are like fallen leaves distorted by a storm, with intense emotions constantly influencing them. These emotions have in fact become an important part of them, gradually becoming more alienated as their desires deepen.

So, do we need to suppress him?

The answer is naturally no.

Roland not only had no intention of suppressing this impulsive desire, but also intended to act upon it. He was well aware that ever since he arrived in Algiers, the named moth known as the Heterodactylus had been watching him.

The path to ascension is not always the same. One must climb the White Gate, the Stag Gate, and even the higher Spider Gate step by step, and then pass through the Three-Pointed Gate to become an immortal. The Crimson Cup in the Divination teaches His named ones that human preferences are varied and diverse.

Preferences are varied and diverse, so naturally desires also differ, and the paths to ascension brought about by different desires are also different.

Even within the same church, conflicts arising from doctrine can lead to factionalism and the suppression of dissidents. Saint Lepicus, one of the three saints of the Sisters of the Knot, was strangled on the altar by Saints Triphon and Nymph, who were also among the three saints, simply because he led a group of people to convert to the Night Watchman, Pupil.

Saint Lepis's ascension method involved climbing through numerous gates with a thirst for radiance, finally passing through the highest three-pointed gate of Mansor with sufficient light.

Saint-Tréphon, however, needed to make the old male self give birth to the new female self in order to replicate the great achievements of the past.

Saint Ningfa is closest to the Orthodox Church. She must bind herself to a cross and sever her breath through various horrific rituals. The power of the woodland will then descend upon her body, turning her body left behind in the waking world into a sprouting zombie.

Right now, obtaining the fragments of the Book of the Sun and assembling the complete Book of the Sun is the key to Roland's ascension.

During this period, he needs to let go of his inner restraints and allow his wild and chaotic emotions to erupt.

Although those with the moth-like appearance may have many faces, the blood torn from each face is different, and each new self requires a completely different emotion to drive it.