His Name

The dust-sealed cellar was opened, and the wooden stairs creaked sharply under their own weight.

The four of them slowly entered.

Grand Scholar Ian had been an important member of the Ancient Text Society back then. Of course, he understood the importance of blocking Deep Sea detection. This basement completely cut off information monitoring from the Central Continent... There were no connected circuits and no network access. Every entry and exit was a "top secret" beyond information surveillance. Great stacks of blueprints were piled inside sealed bookcases.

The moisture-proofing measures here had been excellent. Not a single blueprint had been damaged in twenty years.

Carrying the old man on his back, Hooper picked up a smokeless kerosene lamp and prepared to light it. Gu Shen stopped him, brushing two fingers across his brow.

"Psst."

A faint sound of burning rang out.

Blazing Fire illuminated the pitch-black underground space.

That wisp of Blazing Fire made both Hooper and Ian pause. Stunning, gentle light bloomed through the underground chamber. The Blazing Fire shifted freely according to its owner's will, soon flowing into the shape of a lantern.

Gu Shen snapped his fingers.

It slowly floated upward and hung from the cellar ceiling. Its soft glow lit up the dark, damp place as brightly as day.

"No wonder you're the Key..." Hooper sighed.

Gu Shen merely smiled faintly.

"These... are some of the blueprints we managed to decipher."

Hooper took out a stack of papers from a bookcase in the corner, nearly a hundred sheets in all... Gu Shen made a rough estimate. The effort required to decipher these blueprints was probably equivalent to one-fifth of the array patterns Master Chino had taught him?

Master Chino was an ancient human from the Old World, and his speed of comprehending ancient texts was naturally