Chapter 2616

Before the apocalypse, 1 Saint Teresa Plaza belonged to an old gentleman who also kept a pet cat, but now only half of the building remained, near the direction of number 6, and the yellow sand had already left severe wind erosion marks on the cross-section wall of the three-story structure.

When Xia De, clutching his head and frowning, walked to the side of that half-wall, the Xiewu, with its back to the plaza, left only one final sentence:

"Professor, I have seen true wisdom!"

With the puncture wound as the center, its body rustled and turned into sand, falling beneath the wall corner where withered grass grew, and was soon scattered by the wind.

"What just happened? Why do I remember myself meowing?"

Xia De was still clutching his head, while "She" laughed softly. He then used his left hand to pull out the long staff pinned deep into the wall and caught the playing card that appeared from the scattered dust:

"The professor he mentioned, it wouldn't be Professor Manning, would it?"

【Outlander, you have mastered the spell "Speed Reading."】

【Outlander, you have mastered the spell "Psychography."】

【Outlander, you have mastered the spell "Memory Enhancement."】

【Outlander, you have mastered the spell "Telepathy."】

【Outlander, due to the effects of the spells "Speed Reading," "Psychography," "Memory Enhancement," "Telepathy," and "Library Search," as well as the "Language Comprehension" you possess, the miracle "Moon Library" has sublimated.】

【You have mastered the miracle "Moon Library": The original effect remains unchanged, you gain all effects of the spell "Library Search," and when casting, you are allowed to record books you touch directly into the "Moon Library," and can read the contents within at any time via the miracle. Corresponds to the "Silver Moon" and "Water of Wisdom" spirit runes.】

"The miracle sublimated and even merged with a spell. It's now associated with two spirit runes, but what does this have to do with my mystery?"

【It is not about the mystery, but about wisdom.】

In other words, Xia De could now instantly obtain all the contents of any book the moment he touched it. This miracle didn't even need to worry about unknown knowledge harming Xia De's mental health, because the library only "records" these books; Xia De would still need to read them himself later to know the knowledge within.

"But where did these four spells come from? Does this Xiewu have the characteristic of granting spells after being killed?"

【Speed Reading】 and 【Psychography】 are both relatively basic spells, and their effects are exactly as the names imply. Dorothy and Princess Lei Qianya are both Ringed Shushi who excel in this, or rather, all Ringed Shushi dedicated to developing in the "Enlightenment" element will master these two spells.

【Telepathy】 allows the caster to perceive the general mood of the target's inner heart, but if the opponent's mental power is very strong, they will also perceive this probing; if the caster's own mental power is strong enough, they can even achieve "mental dialogue" through this spell.

Doctor Shi Nai De is a Ringed Shushi proficient in this 【Telepathy】, but because of the existence of his core spirit rune 【Light of the Mind】, 【Telepathy】 is actually a miracle for him.

As for 【Memory Enhancement】, the effect of the spell is exactly as the name implies—enhancing memory—but in the Sixth Era, few Ringed Shushi will specifically learn it.

The mastery of miracles and spells occupies soul power, so Ringed Shushi actually have a cap on the number of spells and miracles they can have. Therefore, for those aspiring to higher rings, they avoid learning low-level spells if they can.

And for the profession of "Ringed Shushi," because of the existence of the "other me," even if others don't have Xia De's exaggerated photographic memory, memory is still the thing they lack the least.

"Are you alright?"

As Xia De was deep in thought, Adele walked over, very worried. Xia De shook his head, feeling the headache from just moments ago beginning to ease:

"What happened just now? I seem to remember meowing, and then fighting it as if playing, but what exactly happened... is the 'Moron Aura' that powerful?"

He hadn't completely lost consciousness just now; rather, he was managing his body as if in a dream, or perhaps sleepwalking would be more appropriate. In those brief few minutes, he didn't think at all, acting only on instinct and "sudden whims," and he felt very happy.

Even thinking about it now, besides lingering fear, he actually still felt that strange state was quite good.

Hearing Xia De mention "meowing," a suppressed smile appeared on the demigod witch's previously worried face:

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone, but you really sounded like it just now."

"How was the Wisdom Bone Prophet defeated by me? What happened at the end?"

He asked again. Adele hesitated, originally wanting to hide the silver arm she had seen, but as she supported Xia De, she suddenly realized there was no need to hide it. She had nothing left now; if she were to lie to Xia De out of caution, then she would truly have fallen for the "Moron Aura":

"Let's go back into the house and talk. You say you're fine, but you look very pale... That Xiewu wanted to extract all your wisdom and knowledge from your body, then a silver hand counterattacked it, and then it went mad."

She gestured for Xia De to look at the plaza:

"Look at these books piled into a small hill; they flew out from its body."

After finishing, she felt nervous again, fearing that an arm would extend from Xia De's body again and pierce through her chest. But in fact, nothing happened, and even Xia De was not surprised.

He understood where those four spells came from; this should be the harvest from counterattacking the "Wisdom Bone Prophet":

"A silver arm... I probably know what it is, don't worry about it. So I was still too careless, thinking that because I could defeat enemies the previous few times, I let my guard down. *Cough, cough*."

He had ultimately been injured in the battle just now, and coupled with the environmental influence of the apocalyptic era, although this battle was won easily, it was definitely not without cost.

But thinking of the sublimation of the miracle, he reached out and let a book at his feet fly into his hand, attempting to record it with the sublimated "Moon Library," only to be surprised to find the casting failed. After opening the book, he discovered that it was filled with blank pages.

"The contents of these books will disappear with the death of the 【Wisdom Bone Prophet】. It is a mad seeker of knowledge, but also the greediest miser."

Adele explained softly, while Xia De was more inclined to believe this was the Tree Father not letting him exploit loopholes.

But this time was at least better than the last time he fought Miss Brown, the "Prayer of Light," and fell directly into a coma. The two returned together to the second floor of 6 Saint Teresa Plaza, simply tidied up the dilapidated living room, and lit the fireplace to sit down.

Fire is a source of warmth for people in any era. Snuggled on the sofa in front of the fireplace, Adele first checked Xia De's body, then was naturally embraced by him, listening as he slowly recounted everything that happened after she left the Battle of Moon Bay, the appearance of Miss Feilian, and up until Xia De entered here again on the first day of the Month of Withered Leaves in 1854.

The witch listened very intently, and the shadows clinging to the wall had at some point become intertwined.

She kissed Xia De's neck lightly, then rested her head on his chest, continuing to listen to him tell those stories that were similar yet had become better. By the time Xia De finished, the golden-haired demigod witch with a tear mole at the corner of her eye had curled up in his arms like a puddle of water:

"Miss Mana Feilian... in the stories we experienced, the ladies of the past never appeared. I cannot say too much about this, but if those ladies from the legends of the Fifth Era could truly come to your era, this would be of great help to you."

"You don't mean to say that they could contend with Luweiya, do you?"

Xia De joked, but did not expect the girl in his arms to give an even more exaggerated statement:

"Even if they all went together, they might not win against Annette in her final stage... Why are you so surprised? Luweiya Annette can restart an entire era; you don't think that's something a few demigods could do, do you?"

"This... alright, I'm just too ignorant. But since you don't know much about the Creekwood incident, is there anything else you want to tell me about those tree holes and paradox bugs?"

"I have many experiences of the Sixth Era in my head now, but somehow, I have never personally participated in the affairs of that city. Regarding the tree holes, most of my knowledge comes from understanding after the fact. In the only instance where Annette did not act and others also failed, the collapse of the tree holes caused a terrible disaster."

She hugged Xia De's neck, not thinking at all that the two were already too intimate, craving this moment and hoping time could stand still:

"The entire Vista Woodland, centered on Creekwood, was lost in time. The woodland disappeared entirely, and then various Xiewu with time-travel capabilities from the ancient times to the apocalyptic era came to our time from that 'fracture.'

You cannot imagine how terrible that was. The Five Gods Sect and the three major academies formed a coalition army to blockade the place, but after paying a heavy price, they failed completely after blocking it for only two weeks. Subsequently, those ancient and future Xiewu, during the period when the other Chosen Ones appeared one after another, caused the time stability of the material world to become disordered bit by bit.

Although the final safeguards left by the Tree Father acted to seal the woodland, the material world lost one-fifth of its effective area after that chaos."

"So for safety's sake, I had better get Luweiya to Creekwood as soon as possible?"

Adele did not respond to this question; she would not offer suggestions to Xia De to prevent falling into the trap of Luweiya, who knew her very well:

"I actually have a method to deal with 【Rapid Curse】, but that elf's miracle seems more effective. Also, regarding the Tree Hole Society, this organization has never been taken seriously by the Zhengshen Sect, but believe me, Xia De, their danger is absolutely no less than the 【Dragon Feast Sect】."

"Can they also summon evil gods?"

In Xia De's view, whether one could summon a god was the true standard for determining whether a Ringed Shushi organization was dangerous, because only gods were something mortals absolutely could not contend with.