Chapter 1052: [Book of Fools] and [Source of Chaos]

Noticing that Sir Pulin's right hand behind his back made the agreed-upon gesture, Xia De, who was walking behind the two, suddenly coughed and said to Mr. Book:

"Mr. Book, do you know what this is?"

His left hand touched the "Heart Crystal Ring" on his hand. While Mr. Book turned his head, he looked directly into Mr. Book's eyes. Under the strong mental impact, this chubby balding man fainted directly, but after falling to the ground, he twitched all over, and then with his eyes closed, stood up strangely in a posture as if manipulated by silk threads.

"He was indeed controlled by 【Book of Fools】."

Sir Pulin said, and then nodded to Xia De:

"Mr. Hamilton, according to the plan, I will stop him, you go find the book."

Because Xia De said in advance that he had a special ability to find things, so Xia De conducted the search.

"No problem, but do I not need to help here?"

Xia De asked. At this time, the 5th-ring life ring behind Sir Pulin had already appeared.

While the core spirit rune 【Finger】 revealed spiritual light, a huge seven-fingered palm whose skin looked like it had been soaked and rotted appeared in the void.

This seemed to be an undead summoning ability, and after cooperating with the core spirit rune, its power became even greater.

"Detective, you finding that book as soon as possible is the greatest help to me."

While speaking, Sir Pulin had already met Mr. Book, who was twitching all over, his body being turned over layer by layer like paper pages.

Xia De nodded, left the basement along the stairs, and had just confirmed that the book was not in the basement.

And seeing that Xia De had already left, the middle-aged nobleman from the south took out a small pocket book and threw it toward the life ring behind him.

"Obviously, the relic-level book has great resistance to my 【Library Retrieval】."

Xia De, who returned to the first floor of the library, tried to cast the spell, but nothing happened. This was not the nothingness of having no results, but feeling very obvious resistance, which represented that the relic was indeed here.

"Can you find the source of the resistance?"

Xia De asked in his heart.

【Can only perceive the approximate range of the location of the resistance with you as the center.】

So Xia De walked a few more positions in the library and tried to call the book continuously. And "She" recorded the range of possible sources of those resistances, and finally determined the overlapping range in the southwest corner of the library, which was the reception room where Mr. Book entertained them just now.

And once the general location was determined, there was no need to use 【Library Retrieval】 to explore the relic. Xia De reached out to touch every object that might hide the relic, perceiving the traces of "whisper" elements at close range.

Judging from Mr. Book's current state, the relic was approaching a semi-out-of-control state. The whisper elements of relics in this state would be more obvious.

So just as Xia De thought, he didn't spend much effort before he perceived the traces of elements near the chair where Mr. Book was sitting just now. After careful inspection, he cut open the soft lining of the chair back and took out the book hidden inside.

"Found it!"

The book cover was brownish-brown, looking like a new book printed last week, without any stains or folding traces. The book title written on the book cover was 【Book of Fools】, and below it was a complex diamond-shaped geometric symbol. Xia De had heard Luweiya introduce this symbol, which represented the "Gnosis School" in divination, that is, capturing the blurred fate directly by one's own inspiration without relying on divination tools.

In Luweiya's view, the 【Spirit Cultivation Sect】 to which Sister Daifulin belonged was likely the "Gnosis School." Although the sister had never shown any divination ability, Luweiya learned many things Xia De didn't know when she talked to the sister in detail last time.

【Do you want to open it and see? Try it, see if you are a fool who can only see the paper pages.】

"She" suggested with a smile. Xia De placed the book on the table, took out a bottle of holy water from his pocket, and pressed the book that was constantly trembling, as if something inside wanted to rush out:

"This is what Sir Pulin wants. Without permission, I won't open it casually. Besides, I'll ask him in a while, he won't mind me opening it."

"She" smiled, and Xia De took out the containment items Sir Pulin had given him in advance. First, he used a red thread to bind the book in a cross shape, and then wrapped the book with the skin of a triangular antelope.

Feeling the obvious reduction in the book's trembling and whisper elements, Xia De pressed his hand on that piece of sheepskin:

"Prophets are all liars, and diviners are all people who talk nonsense."

He said softly, and the book became completely motionless.

Of course, for safety's sake, Xia De didn't take the book out of that piece of sheepskin, but took it to the basement. At this time, the battle in the basement had also ended, and Sir Pulin was using a miracle to modify Mr. Book's memory.

Xia De also stepped forward to help. When the Sir saw Xia De pouring holy water into Mr. Book's mouth, he also smiled and sighed that the detective living in St. Deran Square was indeed rich enough.

Mr. Book's luck was still okay. Just like Professor Manning back then, the relic's influence on him was not irreversible. Although after this incident, he would have headaches and neurasthenia for a long time, at least he still had the possibility of recovering to normal.

But unlike Professor Manning's time, Mr. Book's memory of this matter was completely erased. Since Sir Pulin would leave Tobesk the day after tomorrow with the visiting group, Xia De would come to visit him from time to time in the coming period to confirm his recovery symptoms.

As for 【Book of Fools】, it was naturally taken away by the two, just as a reward for saving him. And this short one-and-a-half-hour operation was enough to be called a standard relic containment operation.

"I didn't expect it to be so smooth. In the past, containing relics often encountered trouble."

On the carriage back, Xia De was still sighing, while Sir Pulin checked the book, opened it, and revealed a thoughtful look. But after flipping through a few pages, he showed a disappointed expression.

"Why, this book is useless to you?"

Xia De asked curiously, and the Sir shook his head:

"Useful, but not as useful as imagined."

He hesitated, and handed the book to Xia De:

"This belongs to you, detective, just as a reward for helping me contain the relic this time."

"Hmm?"

Xia De took the book hesitantly:

"Are you sure? I came to help you contain the relic, and the reward is the relic itself?"

"I have already seen the content of this book, and I have found what I wanted to find. This book has no use in my hands. Next, I have to go on a long journey, which is not suitable for carrying such an unfamiliar relic."

The middle-aged gentleman from the south said helplessly:

"Besides, knowledge itself needs to be passed on. Do you want me to learn from the collector just now and lock the knowledge firmly in the basement?"

Seeing him say this, Xia De accepted the book, but he insisted on giving Sir Pulin another sum of money as if he had bought 【Book of Fools】, while thinking in his heart that he could give this book to Luweiya as a Year-End Festival gift.

"Giving Dorothy the demon relic 【Pen of Itrain】, giving Luweiya 【Book of Fools】, giving Iluna 'Sun Fire', what to give Princess Lei Qianya..."

The carriage moved slowly forward, and Xia De also learned from Sir Pulin's appearance, opening the book to check the content inside.

What was displayed in front of him was of course not blank paper, but a short paragraph of information about the relic:

【Sage-level relic 【Source of Chaos】, also known as 【Yellow Moon Pearl】, appears as a round bead with a round, flawless, and self-luminous characteristic. Containment method: hide in a dark place, the time of direct sunlight in one day should not exceed three hours, otherwise the probability of solar eclipse and associated disasters in the area will increase significantly.

Note: The associated disasters of solar eclipse usually have immeasurable consequences.

Positive characteristic 1: Moon

This item can be regarded as a yellow moon in any scene. Throwing it above the head can make it float and follow. The light of this item can be directly suppressed by very few methods, and it cannot be extinguished under any other circumstances.

Note: The original moon was a silver moon, but the yellow moon inherited the meaning of the moon itself.

Positive characteristic 2: Guidance

Carrying this item, when in complex scenes such as labyrinths, primeval forests, and large cities, the item will give correct direction guidance.

Note: It can only guide the direction to find a way out, and cannot be used to find a target that even oneself does not know.

Positive characteristic 3: Chaos

If this item is embedded in the right eye, the magic eye characteristic is obtained, and the self obtains at least five spellcasting abilities such as 【Chaos Spell】 without materials or consumption, and significantly enhances any ability that directly causes intelligent creatures to fall into madness and lose their minds. Embedding in the left eye is invalid.

Note: In occultism, it is believed that the left eye is related to the sun.

Positive characteristic 4: Moon Holy Residence

This item is placed in a closed or semi-closed location for a long time, and the location gains the characteristic of Moon Holy Residence. Using moon rituals or learning related knowledge in this scene will improve efficiency and success rate.

Note: Because it needs to be placed continuously for a long time, using the relic in this way is very wasteful.

Negative characteristic 1: Confusion

When this item is directly irradiated by the light of the real yellow moon for a long time, the light of this item will have an effect similar to "group chaos halo."

Note: This effect ignores most resistances and is very likely to lead to group accidents. When the time of continuous direct irradiation by moonlight exceeds three years, ten months, and 3 days, any mortal object will not be able to approach this item.

Negative characteristic 2: Nightmare

Carrying this item for a long time increases the probability of entering nightmares. The specific content of the nightmare cannot be described, suspected to be related to the splitting of the original moon and the departure of the Ancient God 【#￥@%】. Nightmares increase the probability of Transcenders losing control. If encountering a nightmare, you need not contact this item again within three lunar cycles.

Note: This relic is very likely from (unreadable).

Message: For astrologers and moon worshippers, this is an immeasurable treasure.】

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