Mystery: Survival from the Secret Doll

Chapter 237 236 Taboo Information

"On May 5th, Tang borrowed a book about the Quaternary Period from the library. This historical document talks about the 'Underworld Emperor' of the Quaternary Period... Goddess, this was the emperor who once ruled the Southern Continent!"

“I believe this will be very helpful for my thesis.”

"Thank you, I'll treat you to stinky tofu tomorrow!"

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"On May 5th, Welch contacted me and said he had obtained a secret document from the Fourth Epoch of the Gods, and hoped that Naya and I could help translate it. I've been a little exhausted lately from my double degree thesis, but this is indeed good news..."

"I don't know where Welch found this notebook. Welch and Naya were very surprised, and so was I. I'm deeply addicted to the weight of exploring history. Much of the history of the Fourth Epoch is hidden behind thick fog. Deciphering it and discovering the secrets within is a great satisfaction..."

"Well, I can't tell anyone about this secret document just yet. I have to work on my graduation thesis. I promised Welch that I would help him translate this document after I finish my graduation defense..."

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"On June 6rd, Mr. Azik wanted me to apply for his graduate program... I should work hard. I rejected the offer from this teacher who helped me so much during my university years. I'm sorry, Mr. Azik, but I have to consider family matters. My mother's treatment, even with medical insurance coverage, will still cost a considerable amount of money..."

"If there is a chance..."

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"June 6th, graduation."

"Goodbye, Tingen University!"

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"On June 6, I wanted to invite Don, after all, he helped me a lot, but Welch stopped me."

"He said that the secret document couldn't be shown to Tang, nor could he be invited."

"Mysterious..."

"On June 6th, at Welch's house, I finally saw the secret document. It was then that Welch told me that the secret document came from the restricted area of ​​the Tingen University Library. It was a notebook from the descendant of a great noble from the Fourth Epoch..."

"The restricted area of ​​the Tingen University Library?! Goddess, how dare Welch?!"

"This is a taboo, an absolute taboo!"

"I finally know why Welch didn't invite Tang. I must tell Tang and Mr. Azik!"

"This is a responsibility to Welch, and also to myself. Those who have violated school rules are the best example!"

"On June 6, Welch persuaded me and showed me the mysterious document... My curiosity overcame my control, and I was ashamed."

"Welch promised me that after we completely translate this notebook, we must bring it, along with the translated materials, back to Tingen University! And I will accept whatever the school decides to do..."

"On June 6nd, after analyzing the word structure, root grammar, and grammar of the entire notebook, we discovered that the language recorded was a variant of the ancient Feysac language... To be more precise, the ancient Feysac language has actually been undergoing subtle changes over its thousand-year history."

"This depends on the local culture, the differences in users, and the languages ​​used in each place. Even in the regions of the Feysac Empire where the ancient Feysac language is used the most, the writing styles, writing rules, and pronunciations of different places are different..."

"But as an expert in this field, I quickly grasped the corresponding evolution rules and made the correct translation."

"We've deciphered the contents of this mysterious document. The author of this notebook is indeed a member of a family of considerable status in the Fourth Epoch. That family is called 'Antigonus'."

"This family called 'Antigonus' held an extremely prominent position during the Solomon Empire of the Fourth Epoch. The notes written by family members mention the 'Black Emperor'. Is this the Black Emperor from the Fourth Epoch? No, Mr. Azik once mentioned that the Black Emperor seemed to be a pseudonym, and that every emperor was called the Black Emperor."

"This seems to have a certain mystical universality. Hmm, let me record it first..."

"June 6rd, oh, by the way, there's another symbol here..."

It was blank, the page marked with the symbol torn out.

There are traces of violent tearing in the middle.

Klein raised an eyebrow, intuiting that this was quite important. However, he suppressed the sudden curiosity about the unknown that welled up in his heart and continued to read the second half of the diary.

"June 6th, I have to prepare for my next job interview! I don't know why, but after returning from Welch's yesterday, every time I close my eyes, a symbol like that appears in my mind... What does it represent? Is it a symbol with mystical significance?"

"I can't sleep, no, no..."

"I controlled myself not to think about the notebook or go to Welch. I have to prepare for tomorrow's interview! This is a very important matter!"

"I have to fall asleep!"

"On June 6th, Naya told me that they had deciphered the symbol. I thought I should go and take a look, just one look, yes, just one look..."

"I don't know why, but I feel very tired, really tired, like I had a nightmare. But I shouldn't have dreamed anything last night. Is it because I stayed up late..."

"..."

"I passed the interview and will be able to join the High School Affiliated to Tingen University in September. It's a good job."

"On June 6th, according to the newly deciphered notes, the Antigonus family member accepted a mission to the main peak of the Hornachis Mountains."

"He wants to visit the 'Kingdom of Night' located at the top of the main peak of the Honachis Mountains, to visit the Land of the Living and the City of the Dead...the Land of the Living...the City of the Dead?"

"This seems to align with the traditional customs of the Southern Continent during the Quaternary Period regarding the worship of the God of Death. However, the main peak of the Honachis Mountains is six thousand meters high. How did the people of the countries up there withstand the severe cold and lack of oxygen..."

"It's not scientific, but it has a strong mystical quality."

"In the 'Kingdom of Night', is there a city of the dead in the mystical sense?"

The notes have no content at this point.

“No, you can’t say there is no content.”

Klein traveled through time in the early morning of June 6th.

"The Kingdom of Night, the land of the living, the city of the dead, contains documents and materials concerning the mysterious history of the Fourth Epoch..."

He stared carefully at the words "Honachis Mountains", "Land of the Living", "City of the Dead", etc., and recalled the notebook soaked in brain matter and blood that was spread out on the desk after his original body died.

There was only one sentence on the notebook, which was the last sentence left by the original body before his death.

"Everyone will die, including me."

It sounded like a statement, yet also like a curse imbued with strange power. Especially since Klein knew this was a world with a certain transcendence.

"Hiss." Klein couldn't help but take a breath.

There's obviously something wrong with that notebook.

He couldn't help but connect the thing Welch took out from the Tingen City Library with certain things before he traveled through time.

"Originally, Klein's condition became increasingly abnormal after he saw the notebook. It became increasingly bizarre, with more and more problems arising until, in the end, he shot himself..."

Could that notebook be the kind of thing that would make one's SAN value plummet just by looking at it?

"This is a world of mysticism, and not long ago, I returned from a strange space..."

He felt a little bit of a toothache.

Because the world before crossing over was a hodgepodge of information, as an amateur keyboard expert, Klein had actually studied Cthulhu and "The Return of the Stars".

Klein had also bought things like the "Book of the Dead", although he eventually placed them at home as decorations. However, from the perspective of Cthulhu mythology, those magic books could indeed control the soul and body of those who looked at them.

Klein tidied the things on the bed. "If I want to unravel why the original body committed suicide, I must read that notebook..."

But that's definitely not safe.

no Zuo no Die.

Moreover, Klein didn't know whether traveling across time would reset this contamination and free him from that state.

Although judging from the current situation, the original Klein's condition at the time of his death was definitely not right, Zhou Mingrui, who had now "resurrected from the dead", did not have the urge to read or look for those notes.

"call……"

Klein took another deep breath. He subconsciously glanced at the diary on his lap, wondering whether he should use a pencil to reconstruct the symbol.

"Even though the paper with the symbol on it was torn off..."

Klein wasn't sure if it was torn off from the original body, so he just assumed it was.

When he was reading these diaries, the memory fragments in his brain were lit up, but he found that he had no memory of the torn part, and the memory fragments about the mysterious information also seemed quite vague.

But obviously, the original body in that state did not put a hard object under the paper with the special symbols when drawing the symbols, nor did it deal with the traces left on the paper after writing.

Anyone who has been to a crime scene knows that in this situation, a pencil in the room can be used to recreate the symbol that was originally drawn but has disappeared.

But Klein felt vaguely uneasy about this.

"That symbol might be one of the main culprits that led to the original body's death..."

He made a reasonable guess. After all, apart from the last sentence that sounded like a curse, the only thing in the diary that looked the most abnormal was the missing symbol.

And the secret of his time travel may also be related to that symbol.

Klein hadn't figured out what to do next, but judging by the current situation, he had plenty of options.

One option to find out the meaning of the symbol at that moment is to ask the professors at Tingen University directly.

Since this is a world of extraordinary power, there must be people with the same power within Tingen University.

The mysterious information from the Fourth Epoch had previously been in the library of Tingen University. He informed the professors of the details and sincerely admitted his mistakes. Even if his diploma was revoked, Klein would accept it.

It is better to be alive than to live in fear, not knowing when and why you will die.

"Welch and Naya, um, we have to remind them to go tomorrow, no, this afternoon."

He didn't know the current situation of Welch and Naya. Their original bodies were dead, and the two people who had stayed with the notebook for a longer time would definitely not be in the best condition.

Klein rubbed his forehead. He had obviously not considered whether there would be any unexpected situations with his original body's two friends who were deciphering the notebook together.

After all, even the memories of the original body that he received were fragmentary, and they were not fully connected until he saw the diary written by the original body.

"That notebook must also be returned to Tingen University as soon as possible. If Welch and Naya disagree, then we can only tell my original teacher, Mr. Azik, the history professor, to get rid of that obviously problematic notebook as soon as possible."

But there’s a problem…

Once it is discovered that he is not the original owner, or the changes brought about by the original owner's death have not completely disappeared and cannot be purified, then he will be dead.

This is a world of the extraordinary, and Klein can't gamble that others won't discover his secret.

He exhaled again, put the diary on his lap into the pile of diaries, and prepared to get up to relax his tense nerves a little. At this moment, the door of his four-bedroom residence was suddenly knocked.

"Who?"

Klein subconsciously felt doubtful. His brother and sister were not at home right now, and it was impossible for them to come back early at this time for no reason. Besides, they both had keys.

"The old landlady?"

Klein felt that the possibility of it being the landlady wasn't low. After all, that kind-looking old lady had always been very caring towards the tenants here.

He walked out of his room quickly, closed the door, covered the messy diaries inside, then walked to the front door and looked out through the peephole in the house.

Klein said silently in his heart, "Thank you to the unknown senior time traveler."

Through the cat's eye, the first person Klein saw was a figure wearing a police officer's uniform and a soft hat with a badge. He looked a little bloated and had a large beard.

He was one of the police officers in charge of Golden Rose Street. Klein had seen this officer several times in the original owner's memory fragments. His name was Beach Mountbatten.

"Police? What does he want with me?"

This was Klein's subconscious reaction. After all, he didn't seem to have done anything bad, right?

But the person who came was not just this bearded policeman. There were two others behind Beach Mountbatten.

He was about thirty years old, with light brown hair hidden under a hat, and a pair of seemingly deep gray eyes, which was very impressive.

One of them was quite young, with black hair and green eyes. He was good-looking and had the romantic temperament of a poet. What caught Klein's attention most was that this young man with a peculiar poetic romantic temperament wore a crystal-carved monocle in his left eye socket.

(End of this chapter)