Chapter 3871

When Xia De was packing his things, Luweiya didn't say a word the whole time. Only when Xia De entrusted the cat to her care did she open her arms and hug Xia De.

Xia De felt a bit inexplicable:

"I'm just going to explore the way, there won't be any danger. Luweiya, you can read books at home or prepare some late-night snacks, I promise I won't delay too long on the other side."

"I just want you to know that there are still people and cats at home waiting for you to come back. Go quickly and return quickly, I hope everything goes well."

So after saying goodbye to Luweiya and the cat, Xia De touched the ancient god statue and officially entered the white fog world with a small path.

【Outlander, you have stepped into the "Space Labyrinth."】

【Message from the Ancient God "Primordial Crack":】

【Existing space signposts: 13.】

Thirteen old wooden signposts were inserted on the small path, Xia De didn't touch any of them, but used 【Body of Courage】 to make himself bigger, then threw the apple directly into his mouth.

After chewing a few times, Xia De swallowed the whole apple with effort. While "She" reminded him with a smile that "luck has risen significantly," Xia De, who had returned to his original appearance, rubbed his throat with his left hand and held up the white crystal in his hand with his right hand:

"Sacrifice a white stone crystal, locate direction—southeast."

So as the crystal in his hand merged into this thick fog, the small path was swallowed by the white fog, and then the white fog immediately dispersed, letting Xia De return to the circular hidden area.

Although the ancient god statue was still by his side, the supplies he stored here had disappeared, which proved that his current position was no longer his own basement. And there was nothing in this space, and Xia De didn't need to pay extra attention to who had been here before.

"Then, the specific location this time is..."

The hidden passage opened, and the darkness outside the passage had no human voice and no heartbeat. After Xia De walked out of the passage, he used 【Enhanced Space Perception】 to determine that this was indeed underground, and then summoned moonlight to illuminate the surrounding scene.

The moldy smell was quite pungent, and the brick-structured basement and the sundries piled up in the basement made Xia De sure that this was the basement of some modern building, because he saw the gas pipes on the wall.

"Finally, the entrance and exit of the labyrinth appeared in a normal building again!"

Xia De was pleasantly surprised. The entrance and exit of Fatumunster Island were in the ruins under the tower in the mountain top area, the entrance and exit of Vistalyn were under the ruins tree in the depths of the dense forest, and the entrance and exit of the Moon Bay area were at the bottom of the dragon nest outside the city. The last time the 【Space Labyrinth】 entrance and exit were under a normal building was during the Green Lake period, when the entrance and exit were located in the basement of the Green Lake Hotel.

And the entrance and exit of the space labyrinth being located in a building probably meant that he wouldn't need to spend too much time on the road in the future.

"However, this basement looks like it hasn't been used for a while."

The area of the basement was quite large, divided into different parts by brick walls, but the different areas were not completely blocked. Xia De didn't rush to the ground, but explored underground. The overall structure of the basement was relatively simple, with six areas opposite each other distributed on both sides of the large rectangular space.

The six rooms were not blocked by doors from the large space, and the basement was open as a whole.

Besides old furniture such as tables and chairs, Xia De also found some abandoned bookshelves here. And in the subsequent exploration process, in the room on the right closest to the basement exit, he saw an old rusty printing press.

This was a manual flat-press printing press, which didn't need steam power and could be used only by manpower, adopting a compound lever design, which could not only print letters but also illustrations of copperplate engravings.

The machine body was made of cast iron, the volume was not large, and although it had rusted, it still looked particularly exquisite, with a kind of pure mechanical beauty.

Besides the printing press itself, there were typesetting trays, lead type boxes, paper drying racks, paper cutters, etc. in the room, looking like only the tools here could complete some simple printing work.

And in the room next door, Xia De sure enough found a large batch of printed matter wrapped in oil paper. He unwrapped the packaging and took a look, discovering that those printed matters had everything, both booklets and leaflets, both advertisements and pirated books.

"Could this be the basement of some abandoned publishing house?"

Although there were many sundries, Xia De didn't find other valuable things in the subsequent inspection, so he went up along the stairs trying to leave from the basement. However, the basement door was locked from the outside, so Xia De cast a spell and "jumped" out directly.

The basement was located at the end of the corridor, and there were six rooms on both sides of the not-so-long corridor. The doors of the rooms were all open, and it was a mess inside, and the windows were sealed, so Xia De couldn't see the situation outside.

And after pushing the door out from the end of the corridor, Xia De, who took a deep breath, finally understood what this building was.

Bookcases stood in the dark library one by one, and the floating dust under his feet and the moldy smell in the space explained that no one had been here for a long time. Only one-third of the books were placed on the bookcases, and most of them were covered by spider webs.

Xia De wiped the table against the wall casually, and sure enough, he wiped off a layer of dust.

"An abandoned library?"

He explored simply and determined that his guess was correct. The ground part of this building had two floors, both floors were libraries, and the east area of the first floor was separated from the short corridor just now, which was obviously used as the office area of the library.

There were no footprints on the dust on the ground, and 【Echoes of the Past】 couldn't hear the sounds that had appeared in the room recently. Xia De roughly estimated that the area of the first floor of the library was about four times the area of the first floor of No. 6 St. Deran Square. No matter which city it was in, this scale was not small.

Although all the windows were sealed, Xia De was still very curious that the books here hadn't been stolen. The price of books in this era was very high.

The library door was firmly locked by chains from the outside, so after determining the spatial state around him, Xia De came directly to the alley behind the library from the library.

"Hoo~"

There was no such choking moldy smell and dust smell outdoors, Xia De took a deep breath. Although this alley was narrow, the ground was still clean. He looked up at the starry sky again, although there were a few dark clouds floating, the weather in this strange city tonight was still quite good:

"It's really great that the entrance and exit can be in the city, and the air here is much better than in Tobesk and Willandale."

He thought to himself, and unfolded the simple Old Continent map he carried with him to perform 【Enhanced Space Perception】 again, and then determined that he had indeed arrived at the City of Scholars - Arcadia City.

"Very smooth."

There were people at home worrying about him, so Xia De didn't go to explore the city immediately. He carried his sword and returned to the library, and after returning to the basement all the way, he soon returned home.

Because Xia De didn't leave for too long, Luweiya was still waiting for him in the basement with the cat that was reluctant to leave. Seeing that he returned smoothly so quickly, the girl with purple eyes finally showed a smile:

"Welcome home~ How was the effect of Ellie's apple?"

"Very good. Arrived in Arcadia City smoothly, this time the entrance and exit are inside the city, it looks like an abandoned library. I haven't gone to determine the situation around, since it's in the city, it's not good to appear abruptly during the day, I plan to go around the library again, and will be back soon."

Xia De issued an invitation:

"Luweiya, do you want to go to Arcadia City to see together? I can let Grace and Helen come over to help open a portal."

The girl with purple eyes holding the cat shook her head:

"I won't go, don't disturb them so late, and since the entrance and exit are in the city, I feel much more relieved. You go by yourself, I'll go upstairs to prepare late-night snacks, you also be careful."

"Will be back in twenty minutes at most, then see you later."

After reporting safety at home, Xia De set off again, but this time 【Night Watcher】 was left by him in the basement.

After appearing from the back alley of that library again, there was still no one in the alley. Xia De thought about going to the front door of the library to see if there was a sign, so he walked along the alley toward the east side. There was the light of a gas street lamp at the exit of the alley, which was also the reason why Xia De was sure he was in the urban area.

The street was not very wide and had a slope. After arriving under the street lamp, Xia De took a deep breath. At this moment, looking toward the left, he saw the road tilting upward, and the lights outlining the outline of this city in the distance extended upward from the position where he was at this time, proving that his position at this moment was in the middle part of the mountain side wall where Arcadia City was located.

And the highest point of the lights, which was the brightest position in the night view of the city, was not the Curia of the Church of Creation, let alone the local City Hall. That was the Candle Fortress Library - the largest library existing in the entire Old Continent.

And surrounding that "Candle Fortress Library," below were the various universities and research institutions existing in this city, further below was the "Upper City Area" where the nobles lived, and then the "Lower City Area" where the commoners lived spread out from top to bottom on the mountain.

The street block where Xia De was located was part of the Lower City Area. This was not the lowest place in Arcadia City, and the position at this moment was not far from the Upper City Area. As for the way to distinguish the Upper City Area, just look at the style and pattern of the buildings.

And when Xia De came to the roof of the library and looked toward the right side of the street, that is, further below, the starlight-like firelight together composed most of the area of this city in the true sense.

The outline of the city was outlined by lights until it extended to the plain under the high mountain. The Arcadia City of the current era was no longer limited to that part on the mountain side wall. Of course, the area of the city located at a high place was still the most important part of this ancient city.

The plain part under the mountain was called the "Outer City Area." Xia De looked into the distance and saw that the entire Outer City Area was shrouded in gray haze in the dark night. It seemed that most of the steam factories and poor people in the local area were there.

And looking further into the night, the famous "Gray Rock Pass Fortress" was vaguely visible.

Candle Fortress Library (mountain top) - Upper City Area (high place) - Lower City Area (low place) - Outer City Area (under the mountain) - Gray Rock Pass (far away), these five parts together composed the "City of Scholars" Arcadia City of this era. There was no magnificent natural landscape like Fatumunster Island here, this was a human city purely constructed by civilization.