Chapter 3072: Underground Levels and Secret Entrance

Opening the door to the underground area of the library does not require spells or keys. The female Ringed Shushi raised her high heels and stepped on the ground with a little force. With a *thud*, a piece of silver light rose from the cracks in the floor tiles.

The female Ringed Shushi stepped back slightly, watching with Xia De and Emilia as a pair of silver metal doors rose from the ground in the light. The doors were dotted with silver and white gems and diamonds, and the surface of the two doors jointly constructed the scene inside the library with bookshelves.

"This is indeed the style of the witches of the Fifth Era... it is somewhat similar to the door of the 【Silver Moon Library】."

Xia De commented, and Daniste nodded:

"Yes, I suspect Miss Orlanod also opened that Silver Moon Door. Follow me, I hope the door you are looking for won't be hard to find."

The door opened inward, and behind it was a pure white light curtain to prevent others from peeking inside. After passing through that layer of light curtain, Xia De found that the surrounding environment hadn't changed much.

【Enhanced Space Perception】 indeed showed that this was underground from the previous position. Although the ceiling above his head became flat without an arc, apart from that, the style of the bookshelves, the floor with starry sky reflections, and the smell of spices after candles burned in the air were exactly the same as the library on the ground.

Because of the obstruction of the bookshelves, the area here also couldn't be seen at a glance. Xia De could sense that there were students and professors walking around in places he couldn't see, but compared to the number of people on the ground, it was almost empty here.

"The first underground level is built in imitation of the ground. Although the books here also belong to forbidden books, the content is only slightly dangerous, so under normal circumstances, professors sign a slip, and then get my signature and stamped note from the library manager's assistant, and they can enter directly. This place is usually called 'Library Level 1' to distinguish it from the ground part."

Daniste said:

"Emilia did similar work when she was an assistant."

The little elf nodded gently:

"However, pets are not allowed here. Little Mia is likely the first pet cat to visit here in a thousand years."

"Xia De, in which direction is the entrance?"

The female Ringed Shushi asked again, and Xia De sensed again:

"Not on this level, it's further down, but it's very close now."

"That's good, you two follow me closely."

At this time, the three were in the open space between the bookshelves. The only difference between here and Miss Daniste's office on the ground was that there were no furniture such as sofas and coffee tables here.

The female Ringed Shushi led the two toward a bookshelf on the side, pulled out a book called "Mind Control: Controlling the Mind" from the fourth layer, and then walked toward the bookshelf and walked through it directly.

Xia De and Emilia followed closely. Emilia had never entered the second underground level of the library either. She and Xia De were both looking forward to it, but what they saw after passing through the bookshelf was still the scene of bookshelves similar to just now.

"Starting from the second underground level, the library manifests abnormal spatial properties, and its area size is no longer the same as the ground part. In addition to books, the second level also contains some relics with low danger, as well as a large number of research records and papers of past academy professors that are regarded as taboo.

This place looks like a library, but there are many passages leading to other areas of this level. These areas are not limited to water areas, underground forests, underground ancient castle ruins, etc. This level is called 'Level 2', and many secrets you can't imagine are buried in these ordinary bookshelves.

Emilia, you have now become a chosen one, and the academy will arrange more learning opportunities for you. You will probably visit this level often in the future."

Emilia carefully recorded these contents, while Xia De continued to sense:

"No problem, the entrance is on this level. It's over here."

He pointed to the right side of the three. So Miss Daniste signaled Xia De to lead the way in front. At this moment, the number of students and professors appearing on this level was even smaller, but they would all greet Miss Daniste when they saw her, and for Xia De and Emilia, they turned a blind eye and were not curious about the library manager's current actions.

Xia De continued to walk through the bookshelves, but he didn't walk straight forward, but kept turning and changing directions. Emilia understood this point without Daniste's explanation. For areas with abnormal spatial properties, different walking methods to the same direction would eventually lead to different destinations.

"Here."

After walking for more than ten minutes, Xia De stopped:

"It's this one."

"Which one? 'Crossroads of the Labyrinth', 'Ancient Ruins Research: Chaotic Space', or 'Human Structure Space Splicing'?"

Xia De felt that Dorothy and Princess Lei Qianya might have already tried some of the content of the last book:

"All of them, or rather, this side of the bookshelf is."

According to the vague feeling in his heart, he reached out and quickly replaced the books on the six layers of the bookshelf in front of him. Emilia and Miss Daniste were both watching carefully. After Xia De finished changing positions, nothing happened.

However, when he summoned his life ring and the 【Time-Space】 spirit rune shone on the bookshelf, all the books he had placed began to glow and quickly exchanged positions with each other.

In the process of the flying books exchanging positions, a vertical white light appeared in the center of the bookshelf. The light expanded to the left and right and became larger and larger. Finally, after all the books stopped steadily on the bookshelf, the white light dissipated, and the center of the bookshelf, which was divided into left and right, was the "hidden passage" Xia De was most familiar with.

"Oh~"

Emilia sighed softly, and Xia De also sighed:

"It's really fancy. I have seen many entrances to the 【Space Labyrinth】, and only this one is different."

Xia De walked in front, and Miss Daniste and Emilia followed behind. After passing through the long and narrow passage, the area behind was exactly the same as other entrances.

The ancient god statue in the circular space manifested light after being watched by Xia De. Emilia was afraid for a while before continuing to walk inward, while Miss Daniste stood at the edge of the circular space, looking at the statue with great respect.

In addition to the ancient god statue, there were two boxes in the circular space, which should have been left by people who discovered this place in the past.

Xia De checked cautiously and found that the boxes were all notes written in the characters of the Fifth Era, so the last person who came here should be a witch who lived in the Fifth Era of St. Byrons.

"Don't flip through ancient texts of unknown content at will."

Seeing Xia De's action of flipping through the books, Miss Daniste warned immediately. However, Xia De touched them to confirm that there was no element reaction before flipping them open, and the content was indeed not dangerous:

"This is... a novel?"

He turned to the approaching Emilia and Miss Daniste and said:

"This should have been written by a student of the Fifth Era, a fantasy novel based on academy life.

The novel takes the rise and fall of the four major majors that were most prosperous in the academy at that time as the background, takes the noble girl who came to study from the Western Continent as the perspective, and takes the tragedy of love and marriage between her and the other two witches in the same dormitory as the main line, depicting the life of witch students, showing the true beauty of love and tragedy, and is a work that shows the good and evil of human nature and the social situation of the academic city of the Fifth Era from all angles."

Emilia blinked:

"You just flipped through it and read so much content?"

Miss Daniste was more curious about another thing:

"The tone you speak in, why does it sound like the explanatory text in a textbook?"

Xia De then smiled and raised the notebook in his hand to them:

"I just read the text written by the witch who left these novel manuscripts on the first page. This is a novel she created in her spare time. She seems to be embarrassed to share what she wrote with others, but hopes that these words will be passed down, so she copied them and put them here."

Xia De flipped back a few pages:

"Has anyone heard of a novel called 'The Harem Life of St. Byrons'?"

"Ah~ does this name have anything to do with the summary you just read?"

Emilia blushed. Although the little elf herself was involved in complex emotional entanglements, she was actually relatively pure.

Miss Daniste thought for a while and shook her head:

"I don't remember reading this book, but maybe the book changed its name later. This kind of name should not be able to pass through normal channels... are there other things in it?"

Xia De rummaged through the two boxes carefully and found that they were all novel manuscripts. However, although the quantity was large, for a witch who mastered extraordinary power, copying it once would not be too much trouble:

"Nothing else."

"Then I will seal this novel for the time being. I will find professors from the History Academy to identify the content and see if it involves the academy's secrets. If the content is safe, this should be an important document for us to study the history and culture of the academy in the Fifth Era.

Or at least these are indeed words written by a witch of the Fifth Era, and it is also good as a translation assignment or exam content for ancient languages."

She seemed interested in these novels, so Xia De controlled the boxes to fly up and let them fly to the entrance of the circular space:

"Then Miss Daniste, wait for us here. Emilia and I will return to my house first. After we finish handling the door of the 【Time Corridor】, we will come back together, and you will take us out from the second underground level."

The female Ringed Shushi, who had begun to take books from the boxes, nodded. She didn't have space-related spirit runes and couldn't use this place.

And Emilia, who had recorded the coordinates of St. Denis Square during her short stay in the summer, saw Xia De put away the cat and prepare to set off, so she reached out and touched the base of the ancient god statue with him:

"May the original crack protect me in infinite space." ===== CHAPTER 3073 =====