booktalesy Chapter 4239 The Ancient Holy Scroll
Chapter 4239 The Ancient Holy Scroll
Chapter 4239 The Ancient Holy Scroll
—Ancient sacred scrolls.
That's the name of that floating piece of paper.
At that moment, after Angell and the rabbit girl got closer, they saw the basic information of the floating paper in the text box.
According to the information, this page is a page from the Old Scriptures. Although it is called the "Old Scriptures", it can also be understood as a "Fragment of the Old Scriptures".
The Old Scriptures are a sacred relic left behind by a great figure in the Abyss.
This important figure was not shown by name, but rather by a black code, just like the initial censorship of "Cruel Scholar".
The abyss's nature allows them to perceive places of no utmost importance simply by using their true names.
Therefore, discussing or even knowing His real name could potentially lead to a connection with Him and draw His attention. This is why the black code exists.
Based on this situation, this important figure's status is at least similar to that of the Cruel Scholar, or perhaps even higher.
This ancient holy scroll was somehow lost from the holy scriptures, and then passed through many owners before finally being obtained by the book fairy.
Yes, it's the book fairy again.
As mentioned before when we visited the Prison of Myriad Knowledge, it is a special area created by the Book Fairy.
Now, this ancient sacred scroll mentions book fairies again.
Based on this information, it can be basically confirmed that both the Myriad Knowledge Prison Palace and the layout here are likely closely related to the Book Fairy.
This is also the only level among all the levels where the scene and the observer are closely connected.
This also shows the special nature of the Book Fairy as an observer.
Angel even felt that the powers of the fairy realm were specifically designed to deal with a wisp of divine thought from the cruel scholar, and that they had deliberately brought out the book fairy and related things...
This made Angell even more curious about the Book Fairy's identity.
There must be some connection between her and the cruel scholar.
I just don't know how deep the connection is.
Let's set aside these irrelevant thoughts for now and continue with the old sacred texts.
Although the ancient sacred scroll was only a fragment, it held an extremely high status. The book fairy was worried that keeping it by her side would affect her because of the fragment's owner, so she sealed it away and left.
Later, after a long time, something happened, and the Book Fairy reopened the seal and took away the old sacred scroll.
Using this as the core, a ritual array was constructed to isolate the cruel scholars from their perception, and placed inside the Hall of Omniscience.
This ritual array can isolate demons from perception; however, if a demon's divine thoughts fall into it, it can also seal those thoughts to some extent.
The above is the background information for the Old Holy Scrolls.
The explanation was vague, and many key points were not mentioned, but at least we know it's related to the Book Fairy; perhaps we can get answers from the Book Fairy after we leave.
In addition to the background information, the text field also records the method of setting up a sealing ritual array using ancient sacred scrolls.
The method is quite simple, and it should be a simplified version of the divine power: just activate the remaining power of the ancient holy scroll, and then arrange the ritual props step by step, and you can successfully complete the arrangement.
Next, the bunny girl, representing the "Rabbit Hole" team, clicked "Confirm Activation" in the text bar.
Then, the scene we just witnessed occurred.
A dome of light appeared out of thin air, projecting nine points onto the field.
……
The bunny girl explained the situation simply to Gray Porcelain and Gabriel.
After listening, although they were also curious about the unsolved mysteries in the background information, they knew very well the priorities. With the countdown ticking away, their most important task now was to set up the sealing array.
"How should we arrange the ritual props?" Gray Porcelain asked.
Rabbit Girl: "You can probably guess what the ritual props are... they're the books here."
Apart from a large number of stacks of books, there was nothing else in the main hall. Therefore, it's easy to guess that the ritual props were books.
But the key question is, with so many books here, which one should be chosen as the ritual prop?
“A book that explains the most fundamental theorems of any subject can be used as a ritual prop.” Ingres: “For example, ‘Number’ is the most basic arithmetic theorem that I encountered when I was in school. If this book is here, it can be used as one of the ritual props at the eight points.”
Simply put, the theories in this book allow for the infinite extension of a discipline, thus solidifying the foundational knowledge of that discipline.
As soon as Angell finished explaining, Gray Porcelain raised his hand.
"Any questions?"
Gray Porcelain: "I'd like to ask, do these nine locations that require setting up ritual props correspond to the nine challenges that Normefens mentioned?"
Angel nodded slightly to Gray Porcelain: "Although the old holy scrolls don't explicitly say this, it's pretty much true."
After all, the golden spot has already appeared.
Gray Porcelain: "If these locations are related to the challenges, then will the books we place at those locations be related to the challenges that follow?"
For example, if a book on mathematics were placed at this location.
Does that mean the challenge after that will be solving math problems?
Gray Porcelain was very worried about this. If such a change really happened, wouldn't it and Gabriel be left only to watch helplessly?
Angell pondered for a moment: "Your guess is not impossible. But since Normefens mentioned that there are four combat tests and four knowledge tests here, I personally feel that this book of fundamental theorems is not so closely related to the tests."
Perhaps there is a connection between the questions in the knowledge test.
However, in the test of combat, this connection should be weakened, or even eliminated altogether.
"So, it's still possible for a connection to exist?" Gray Porcelain's eyes flickered. "Then when choosing fundamental theorems, it's best to choose those that we already know."
For example, gray porcelain brings to mind disciplines related to "porcelain".
It understands these things!
If the challenge is related to porcelain, even if it involves knowledge of the Book Spirit, it should be able to pass.
As the gray porcelain figure drifted into thought, the rabbit girl slowly said:
"You two are just going through a combat test anyway, so don't worry too much. The key is to find books on fundamental theorems first. Maybe there aren't that many fundamental theorems at all."
Gray Porcelain thought about it and agreed.
Despite the various books piled up in this hall, only the books related to "fundamental theorems" can be used as ritual props.
There might only be nine books here... oh no, maybe only eight basic theorems, which correspond to the other eight points besides the golden ones.
With that in mind, Gray Porcelain stopped worrying about the relationship between fundamental theorems and challenges, and began flipping through the book with Gabriel.
"You're in charge of the five outermost rings; the inner rings are ours," Angell said.
The five outermost aperture points are outside the coverage area of the "All Things Under Heaven" sensor, so the gray ceramic and Gabriel sensors will not be affected. However, the inner aperture points are unaffected.
Gray Porcelain gave a "no problem" gesture, then began casually flipping through the surrounding books. But suddenly it paused, turned its head, and said dejectedly, "I seem to... have no way of determining whether this book contains fundamental theorems..."
After opening the book, it discovered that it was filled with dense formulas, which it not only couldn't understand but also couldn't determine whether they were fundamental theorems.
Rabbit Girl: "If you don't understand it, don't read it. Just put the book inside the aperture. If the aperture reacts, it means it's a fundamental theorem; if it doesn't react, it means it's not."
Gray Porcelain's eyes lit up. So that's how you can tell?!
Without hesitation, it lowered its head, ready to pick up the book at its feet.
But the next second, the bunny girl added, "However, you can't put multiple books in at once, because it won't be able to detect multiple books."
In other words, only one book can be placed at a time.
I originally planned to put the gray porcelain in together and then slowly sift through them, but now it seems I can't do that. I can only experiment with them one by one next to the aperture.
Gray Porcelain picked up the books, chose an aperture, and began trying them out one by one.
Seeing this, Gabriel also found an aperture and followed suit, since it couldn't understand it either.
Meanwhile, Angell and the rabbit girl also began their search.
Their search method was different from Gray Porcelain and Gabriel's exhaustive search method. The Rabbit Girl would basically look at the book title first, and then flip through the books that might contain fundamental theorems.
And Ingres didn't even bother to flip through the book, directly scanning it from a god-like perspective.
When Angell first saw that the ceremony involved simply placing "books," he considered taking on the entire task himself. After all, his godlike perspective would allow him to easily scan all the books in an instant.
But when he found out that he had to choose a book on fundamental theorems, he gave up.
He can scan all the books, but he can only roughly remember the titles; he can't possibly read the contents instantly... An excessive flow of information would crash his brain.
Therefore, he could only slowly select, just like the rabbit girl.
However, due to his God-like perspective, he was able to select candidates faster than the bunny girl.
As Angell moved through the hall, he sensed the books around him and discovered that they might contain fundamental theorems. He then used his phantom limb to pick up a book from the ground and placed it in the light circle.
Each aperture requires a two-second detection response. Once it is confirmed to be irrelevant, Angell removes it and tries again.
About five minutes later.
The first fundamental theorem was deduced by Ingres through trial and error.
The book is titled "The Birth of Species," which seems to be related to biology.
Not long after Angor placed it in the aperture, a dark mist emerged from it, somewhat similar to the black mist surrounding the Book Demon, swirling and condensing within the aperture.
The others also witnessed this scene, and Gray Porcelain immediately reacted: "It's set up successfully already? This is... a black dot?!"
The golden dot is undoubtedly the spot in the very center where the Ancient Holy Scroll is placed.
Now that black dots have appeared, it means their guess was correct!
The eight apertures correspond to eight node positions!
However, after confirming this guess, Gray Porcelain's face suddenly turned pale: "Oh no, the black dots represent combat tests, but now they've appeared in... the inner circle."
According to the previous assignment, the combat test was to be handled by Gray Porcelain and Gabriel.
Because of the myriad phenomena of the universe, they couldn't get close to the inner circle, so even if they participated in challenges later, they could only participate in challenges in the outer circle.
But now, the black dots have appeared in the three circles in the middle. What should we do?
Surely its battle test with Gabriel can't be replaced by a test of knowledge?
The thought of taking a knowledge test made Hui Ci's face turn deathly pale.
Hui Ci's words were naturally overheard by others, who quickly understood what was going on after a moment's thought.
"What's there to worry about? We can just change it," the rabbit girl said.
She manipulated the illusionary hand that Angel had left her, and took out the book "The Birth of Species" from the inner circle again.
As "Birth of Species" departed, the black mist in the aperture disappeared, returning to its original state.
Immediately afterwards, the rabbit girl placed the book "The Birth of Species" on the outer circle's designated spot, and as the book, which dealt with fundamental theorems, landed, thick black mist once again surged from the circle of light...
Seeing this, Gray Porcelain's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down.
If the fundamental theorem can be shifted to change the challenging position of the black and white dots, then it and Gabriel will no longer have to worry about being forced to face unfamiliar knowledge challenges.
Angell naturally saw this scene as well. Since the color of the points could be changed by moving books, the situation was now clear: the three points in the inner circle had to be white, because Angell and the rabbit girl had to take on the knowledge test, and only the two of them could enter the inner circle.
The five points on the outer ring are four black and one white.
With this in mind, Ingres continued his search for the fundamental theorems hidden in the main hall.
About ten minutes later, Angell found two more books on fundamental theorems, and the rabbit girl also found one.
Judging from the results, Ingres was more efficient, but in reality, Ingres had already scanned all the books in the entire hall from a god-like perspective before making his choice, and his speed was almost at its maximum.
The rabbit girl flipped through the books one by one, and even with the help of the illusionary hand given to her by Angor, her speed was still very slow, but even so, she found a book of basic theorems.
This shows that the rabbit girl is superior in terms of examining the "quality".
With only about 1 hour and 20 minutes left in the countdown to the Demon God's divine thought repair, everyone found all the basic theorems. Angor found five, Rabbit Girl found two, Gabriel found one, and Gray Porcelain... zero.
Gray Porcelain was very dissatisfied with this result, because Gabriel, by waving his tentacles in mid-air, occupied multiple apertures at once, throwing books into the apertures every second, and that's how he found a fundamental theorem.
As for myself, because I only occupied one position and had bad luck, so...
"Just accept zero, don't make excuses." Gabriel's smug voice reached Gray Porcelain's ears, and its face immediately turned red. It opened its mouth to retort...
But just then, the rabbit girl spoke with a serious expression.
"It took half an hour just to set up the sealing array."
“Angol, Gabriel, and I each have to go through three challenges. The difficulty and time of the challenges are unknown, so we can’t waste any more time.”
"The sealing array is now complete. The outer ring has four black and one white pieces, the inner ring has three white pieces, and the center has one gold piece." The rabbit girl said, "The four black pieces are for Gabriel and Gray Porcelain; you two can distribute them yourselves. The rest are for me and Angor."
“Let’s move on to the next step immediately.”
"Each person selects their own location, places the imprinted proverb on the location, and then activates the challenge!"