Investigation II

Thud.

Lu Sheng slowly closed the thick book before him, his eyes faintly sore and swollen.

"Book of Gray Darkness."

Four large characters were clearly engraved on the book's cover, written in E Language.

At the center of the cover bulged a lump of dark-red flesh like a heart, slowly rising and falling as though breathing.

"I never expected this library to allow even forbidden materials like this to be consulted. Anyone a little weaker would probably have their soul collapse and perish from a single glance."

Lu Sheng reached out and stroked the cover. It felt just like human skin, smooth and warm.

He stood, picked up the book, gently slid it back into its place on the bookshelf to his right, then took down the second Book of Gray Darkness beside it and returned to his seat to continue reading.

He had kept up this process for two days. During those two days, Zhao Sheng Ying had not come looking for him; she had vanished without a sound or trace.

According to one of the physicians who had been with them, Zhao Sheng Ying seemed to have been escorted by members of the Zhao Family onto a teleportation array home.

After Lu Sheng had talked Zhao Sheng Ying into it that day, the more he thought about it after returning, the more something felt off.

So he immediately went to the city library. After paying a certain fee, he began searching for information about the Child of the Original Nucleus.

To his surprise, information related to it had been classified as high-level forbidden information and required an additional fee.

Lu Sheng had spent more than eight thousand Ice Coins on inquiries alone.

Amid the rustling of pages, one Book of Gray Darkness after another was turned as time