Chapter 1170: Library and Earth Power

Behind the gate was endless white fog, but when Xia De and Miss Danister stood side by side, silver starlight extended from under their feet toward the end. The background of the boundless starry sea appeared all around, and bookshelves outlined by starlight were arranged neatly, constantly extending toward the surroundings with the two as the center.

At the end of the field of vision, a huge yellow moon floated above the starry sea. And no matter where the field of vision moved, that moon of clear yellow always followed the line of sight, becoming a part of the library in the starry sea.

The white fog didn't disappear completely; they still existed at the end of the field of vision, just like the walls of the library.

【Note: Due to entering the library via ritual, the library only opens the lowest level of permission to you:】

【Enter the library, clear some negative statuses.】

【Gain "Dark Vision" status, lasting until the next sunrise.】

【Limited to once, query history and stories recorded here / Limited to once, query things that will happen in the near future from the starry sky / Limited to once, seek blessing from the moon. (Choose one of three)】

The Old God "Silver Moon Sage" possessed the power of a "Recorder," so although the library theoretically had all knowledge created, it was actually more inclined toward historical records.

The hint "She" gave Xia De at this moment was also mentioned in the wordless black book that recorded the ritual. It's just that that book didn't mention that the current "Silver Moon Library" only had these functions, because the way to enter the library was a ritual rather than finding the "Gate."

Moreover, in the past when entering spaces left by Old Gods, besides normal functions, Xia De could sacrifice divinity or other things to open special functions. But this time entering the "Silver Moon Library" didn't have these hints, clearly they could only use part of the library's functions at this time.

Miss Danister had been seeking this moment for who knows how many years, and she immediately stretched out her hand. A giant book with a dreamy, semi-transparent cover like the starry sky immediately flew from the bookshelf in the starry sea into her hand.

"Then, what should I query... information about the doomsday coming to the material world."

Xia De thought in his heart, but there was no movement at all. Frowning slightly, he then felt the wonder 【Library Retrieval】 given by the Old God 【Gray-Robed Sage】 take effect actively:

【Hint from the Guardian of the Library:】

【This information is sealed by the Old God, you have no right to view it.】

"She" whispered.

"Ha, the Old God 【Gray-Robed Sage】 was indeed the librarian of 【Silver Moon Sage】's library!"

Xia De thought in his heart, continuing to try:

"Information about the past - Sixth Era."

【Hint from the Guardian of the Library:】

【This information is sealed by the Old God, you have no right to view it.】

"She" reminded again.

"Meow"

The cat meowed boredly, very interested in this place, but unfortunately Xia De didn't let it go. Xia De had no time to take care of that cat, he was still pondering:

"It seems that the so-called doomsday involves more than just the Sixth Era... Information about the poem 'Whispering Poetry' written by the Witch Emperor of the Fifth Era!"

【This information is sealed by the Old God, you have no right to view it.】

"Sure enough."

Xia De was not surprised at all. "Whispering Poetry" was indeed related to the important future of this world. So, while intending to query the identity of the Chosen One of the "Earth," he believed such information must exist. Even if not, at least he could get some hints.

But he hesitated while stretching out his hand, and finally made another request:

"Information about the center of the earth - Randall Valley - Crazy Earth."

A subtle pulling force appeared in his hand, and the next second, a small book with the color of a semi-transparent starry sea flew into Xia De's hand from afar.

【Hint from the Guardian of the Library:】

【Allowed to borrow the Book of Earth.】

【This book is not allowed to be taken out of the library.】

【Allowed to record the content you see in any form.】

【The content of this book is recorded up to 1854 AD of the Sixth Era of human common calendar.】

The continuous gentle voice in his ears didn't end. Having obtained this book, Xia De vaguely felt that he seemed to understand something.

【Outsider, you have touched a "Miracle."】

【You have gained the wonder "Moon Library." Manifest your own memories as books in semi-solid form, books cannot be far from you. The degree of manifestation depends on the clarity of the memory itself. Can only manifest text.】

This was a wonder associated with the core spirit rune 【Silver Moon】.

"Useful ability, but this name..."

Xia De thought in his heart, and then opened the semi-transparent small book in his hand. He originally thought the letters on this kind of book would be very difficult to recognize, but after opening it, he found the letters were unusually clear.

The palm-sized book had nearly fifty pages, divided into three parts, namely "Causes of Crazy Earth," "Manifestations of Crazy Earth," and "Solutions to Crazy Earth."

Just like the unknown man who helped Xia De in the "Emerald Dream" said, the book regarded "Crazy Earth" as a natural phenomenon, caused by the world moving toward decay. This was somewhat like various diseases frequently appearing when humans are old, so it was not caused by Relics or evil objects in Randall Valley City.

The earth moving toward madness was an extremely long process, and the problems Xia De had noticed recently were probably troubles that had accumulated for years and reached a point where they had to be dealt with.

Of course, the man in the dream told Xia De "this is just a small matter," but currently, the "Witch of Earth" Miss Bernice was right; if this matter was not handled well, it was highly likely to lead to problems even greater than the evil objects in the Pantanal.

"So, the dead soul that appeared in the Emerald Dream was..."

The manifestation of Crazy Earth was that more and more land appeared with alienation phenomena. These were all secondary; the most important thing was the black mud Xia De had seen in his dreams and in reality. That was the pure malice of the earth, possessing both physical and non-physical properties. Even if a mortal touched a tiny bit, their soul would be polluted immediately, and their body and soul would turn to stone... Xia De had divinity and the protection of the First Fire, so he ignored it.

And those black muds could not be completely eliminated. They themselves represented natural phenomena, representing the diseases of the earth. Therefore, after Xia De and Miss Lasers purified the land of the manor, those black muds didn't need them to deal with them and disappeared on their own.

And the First Fire in Sister Devlin's hand could also burn those black muds. But the black mud was just something produced by the "disease" of the earth, and burning the black mud couldn't completely solve the problem. Fortunately, although this was a natural phenomenon, since it was almost a disease of the earth, there was naturally a way to completely solve it.

Seeing this, the thin little book in his hand had almost been flipped to the end. The information given in the previous description of "causes" and "manifestations" was very sufficient, but it seemed there was very little content about "solutions."

"Is it because this kind of thing has not been solved in history, so there are no many records?"

Xia De thought anxiously in his heart, and looked at the last page of the small book with the cat poking its head on his shoulder.

Sure enough, just as Xia De thought, there was no record of a specific solution here at all. But the last page was not a blank page either. The upper half page recorded the supernatural ability of "Earth Power," which could greatly suppress and delay the problem of Crazy Earth in some aspects.

The description of "Earth Power" was the divine art of the Old God 【Earth Mother】, and Xia De's Earth Power Healing Spirit was only a part of the complete divine art.

And the lower half page had two simple lines of text:

【Believers of the Earth Mother believe that the ritual of the Old God can completely eliminate the madness of the earth.】

It was a pity that it didn't record what the specific ritual was.

【At the end of the Fifth Era, the Half-Woman also discovered this problem. They could not invoke the power of the ancient earth god, so they combined the ancient ritual with the "Earth Chosen One" ritual. When the Chosen One performs the ritual, the power of the Old God will be manifested, thereby completely solving the problem of Crazy Earth.】

"In the end, it really circled back to the Chosen One. The Chosen One ritual can eliminate the problem of Randall Valley, which is convenient, not worse than me doing two things at once. So next, while using 【Earth Power · Healing Spirit】 to delay the spread of Crazy Earth, look for the Chosen One to perform the ritual."

Xia De sighed slightly, flipped the book to the end, and then unexpectedly found that the back of the book also had a sentence.

The content of the book was all in the Delarion language of the Sixth Era, but only the last sentence was in some kind of ancient alphabet Xia De didn't know the source of:

【May the earth be with you and me.】

He released his hand thoughtfully, put the book back into the starry sea, and the book flew back to its original position. Touching the cat that had been very quiet since entering the library, Xia De looked at the yellow moon in the distance again.

At one moment, he seemed to see a huge female figure curled up and sleeping in that moon. The heartstrings seemed to be touched at this moment, and the soul seemed to want to cheer for a moment. But looking closely, the moon was just the moon, and what he saw just now seemed to be an illusion.

Just as he was sighing that it seemed all things could be linked to the Chosen One, he suddenly heard Miss Danister beside him groan. Turning his head to look, he happened to see this lady spit out a mouthful of blood. The red blood fell into the starry sea under her feet and disappeared.

If Xia De hadn't reached out to support her in time, Miss Danister would have almost fallen directly.

The book in her hand was chosen by herself, so Xia De couldn't see any content. But the female sorcerer becoming like this must be inseparable from the content on this book.

He hurriedly closed the book and pressed his hand on Miss Danister's forehead:

"Cynthia's Silver Moon Gift."

This wonder, specifically used for treating mental damage at night, immediately exerted an astonishing effect in the 【Silver Moon Library】. The holy moonlight appeared between Xia De's palm and Miss Danister's head, and the lady who had almost been in a semi-comatose state realized what had happened:

"Help me leave here, it's enough, I, probably was too greedy." ===== CHAPTER 1171 =====

This miracle, specifically used at night to treat mental trauma, immediately produced astonishing effects within the 【Silver Moon Library】. Holy moonlight appeared between Xia De's palm and Miss Danister's head; the lady, who had been nearly semi-conscious just moments ago, finally realized what had happened:

"Help me leave this place. That is enough. I... I was perhaps a bit too greedy."