Coordinates: B-404, City of Light - Central Archives.
Outside, massive infrastructure projects and arms trading were in full swing, but inside this archive built from glowing crystals, it was so quiet that the only sound was pages turning—though they were actually magical light screens.
Ever since Fang Ce issued the research directive, this place had been packed with science and engineering prodigies recruited by the Imperial Dynasty Guild, military scientists from the Great Wall Watch Guild, and professors and scholars who studied so obsessively they forgot to eat and sleep. With furrowed brows, they frantically recorded all kinds of materials, magical data, and formulas.
A closer look revealed the title of the book they were poring over:
Junjun's Magical Primer: Discovering Light
But in one corner crouched a player who was completely out of place.
ID: Someone on the History Book
Level: LV.9
Class: Spirit Pivot Envoy
In real life, Zhu Yan was a third-year history major. As a newcomer from the sixth beta test, he seemed somewhat out of place. He did not go grind monsters and level up, nor did he study how to make lightsabers like those science students. In the few days since entering the game, he had only done one thing—listen to stories.
"...And then? After that battle, where did your High Priest go?"
Zhu Yan sat cross-legged on the floor, holding a notebook woven from fiber as he recorded everything with rapt attention.
Floating before him was a somewhat hunched adult Luminous One—[City of Light Librarian (LV.33)].
While the other players asked the librarian for blueprints and formulas, this level-nine human alone asked about its name and its past.
"The High Priest..."
A trace of nostalgia and sorrow flashed through the librarian's originally clouded eyes.
"To maintain the final vestige of energy in the