Transform into a human

On the eve of the sixth retrospective, no one spoke in the Cube Pavilion.

Gods and saints do not question previous decisions because of a single failure, but Sibel truly sensed that the flame of hope in the lake of fate was growing weaker.

Unfortunately, none of the living gods in Andromeda could exert their authority to interfere after the Time Cage was formed.

"What a pity. If the Prodigal Son's Path had hatched a god, things wouldn't have been so embarrassing."

The speaker was Defense Minister Saint Niola, which immediately alerted Wuma Saint and Qing Saint.

The Prodigal God Rank is the exclusive property of the Empire system.

The two powers of time and space, the former being nowhere to be found and the latter being the "Siren's Divine Power," both indeed have the ability to interfere with the Time Cage.

"Don't talk nonsense, Niora," Qing Sheng said coldly. "You know very well who contributed the most and who suffered the most casualties in the Battle of the Raging Waves."

The Siren Queen was one of the strongest adversaries humanity encountered during the Age of Exploration. Had they not resorted to some underhanded tactics, the planet beneath their feet would still be a paradise for sirens to this day.

Saint Neo twitched his lips, about to say something, when Qing Sheng directly activated the sixth time travel.

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As the sixth retrospection began, elven dragons and airships departed from Lejedale one after another, choosing a direction completely opposite to that of the human fleet, which the elders pretended not to see.

We should leave some embers behind, so they won't have to come forward to organize it.

The elves had completely given up hope on Yue Lai, because the elven scholars had analyzed the general outline of the situation in just a few minutes:

The story is roughly that one party wanted to create a tragedy and then frame them (not excluding the possibility that it was orchestrated by humans). The murderer isolated the internal and external causes and effects, and even placed a curse on the predetermined fate.

Yue Lai, due to the special nature of the Great Library, sensed the tragedy in advance. Even if he could retain his memories after leaving the Great Library, they would be physically erased by the causal prohibition spell the moment he left.

Most importantly, the Great Library's nature only allows information to flow in, not out, leaving every elf without hope.

Even the Elf Queen, who held the power of hope, did not know where the last glimmer of hope lay.

In the grand library, the familiar melody of "Chasing Light Years Away" echoed in my mind once more, and "The Detective Story Collection" effortlessly generated new chapters:

"Between Life and Death"

"The lives of millions rest on his shoulders..."

"The Bureau of Timing is perpetually presided over by a holy figure..."

"As for what the answer is, Yue Lai already knows."

As Yue Lai pondered deeply, a sudden thought struck him. He had sensed something was amiss during the last time he retraced his steps. According to the original timeline, the "Detective Story Collection" required certain sacrifices to obtain crucial information, but last time...

He understood; it was the power of "knowing"!

A secret is only a secret when no one else knows it. Since he has preserved his memories from the past timeline by relying on his roguish nature, the fact that "Yue Lai already knew the answer" is no longer a taboo.

In the current timeline, the other party's causal seal was clearly intact, but he managed to break it by exploiting a bug!

When a secret is no longer a secret, the Helena Detective Stories series can obtain this information without paying a price.

He knew how to break the deadlock!

"I see……"

Since the human saints have chosen to rewind time and place their bets on themselves, there must be a solution to this situation from their perspective. And the Great Library, as a synonym for "omniscience," cannot possibly be unaware of the only "possibility."

So why doesn't it just tell us directly?

The Great Library has three rules: no noise inside, knowledge has a price, and don't get carried away with success. But that doesn't mean this relic of civilization only has these three rules. The other party keeps emphasizing "money," which is also emphasizing the constraints they are subject to.

The most obvious hint comes from the sentence: "You know quite a lot, but not enough."

If he's right, the Great Library must have a fourth rule, one specifically designed to constrain it and keep it neutral among civilizations!

Indeed, as soon as the prototype of the "Memory" authority appeared, the major civilizations forced this Level 5 civilization relic to conclude a treaty and inscribed it in the form of a forbidden spell on the underlying logic of the Great Library, namely "not to favor any party to the treaty," which is "knowledge knows no borders."

As for the Great Library helping him access the Memory Library... coincidentally, he's not from any mainstream civilization that made a treaty with either side; he's an Outcast!

What this strange person wanted to do next had nothing to do with the Great Library, since it wasn't ordered by it.

This is why, despite Li's unique status, the human race never counted on her for the Holy Position—the Great Library could not offer her any effective assistance.

After figuring all this out, Yue Lai sighed inwardly:

"Your Excellency, I wish to deposit knowledge with you."

In addition to "borrowing," libraries also have the function of "collecting"!

The aged voice echoed in my mind again, in a businesslike tone:

"You have to pay to store books!"

"..."

Yue Lai laughed in exasperation. At this crucial moment, every single second was critical, he managed to utter a sarcastic remark:

"So this is what 'There are houses of gold in books' means—it means there's so much gold in a library that you could build a house with it!"

Even in the interstellar age, gold remains a precious metal and a scarce commodity.

"Knowledge has a price. The more money you pay, the higher the value of the knowledge you want to preserve, and the more worthwhile it is for me to keep it—the great library doesn't accept trash."

Yue Lai was unable to refute it.

"Six..." he said wearily, "Let's just transfer it from my linked account afterwards."

"Tell me, what do you want to record? Friendly reminder: all knowledge in the library must exist in the form of books."

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

He glanced at "The Helena Detective Stories," lightly scribbled the title of Chapter Four on the page with his fingertip, and left a question:

"The Infiltrator"

"Helena, tell me the identity of Rancho Odysseus."

The detective story collection trembled violently, but she sensed her master's determination—to know the answer at all costs.

The pages of the book began to spontaneously combust without fire, burning much faster than before. Almost instantly, even the cover was burned away, leaving only a piece of white paper the size of a fingertip with only three words on it: "The Heartless Society".

Existing for only a fleeting moment, the last page of the "Story Collection" also vanished into nothingness. This third-level relic sacrificed itself to help Yue discover the last piece of the puzzle.

Li stared at the scene in astonishment. She couldn't understand why Yue Lai would suddenly destroy the "Detective Story Collection," a relic that held great significance for him!

After Yue completed these tasks, the sixth time travel came to an end, and the prelude to "Battle Age" began.

The world was plunged into darkness once again.

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The changes in the Great Library were synchronized to the six planets of Lejedale, and the elves, who had completely lost hope, suddenly discovered that things could still turn around.

"Rancho Odysseus... I found out. He is a human [Great Inventor] who holds an important position at the Federal National University."

"He's a member of the Deranged Society? Could he be the mastermind behind this tragedy?"

The moment the Holy Throne descended upon Tianweisan, all the secrets there were revealed to the human race's high command. However, in order to ensure the legitimacy of future wars against foreign powers (and to retain the right to shift blame), they deliberately kept the matter a secret.

As part of the whole event, Rancho is also experiencing a time rewind in the Time Cage.

"That guy was just standing there the whole time, and they found the killer just like that?"

"How can we guarantee he'll be able to find it again next time he uses backtracking? Besides, even if he does find it, there's no way to notify the federal government!"

The elves began to discuss nervously, so familiar with music that they didn't even notice that their goddess's singing had become a bit more hurried.

Meanwhile, inside the Cube Pavilion, the saints were also filled with doubt.

"What's going on? How did he know Odysseus was acting strangely? Did he actually deduce it?"

Qing Sheng found it absurd. Could someone deduce the whole story of a case on another planet using only their own brain? He knew he absolutely couldn't do it!

"There's no other explanation, is there?" Wu Masheng sighed. "He didn't know that he was in the cycle of reincarnation, yet he was willing to burn a third-level relic for people who had nothing to do with him—he was just a special kind of charlatan himself."

The other cabinet members also nodded in agreement.

The nine leaders naturally knew Yue Lai's identity, and to them, the top-secret file on extraordinary individuals was no different from any other document.

They understood better what a level-three relic meant to any martial arts master: the rapid expansion of human society and the improvement of its overall strength had led to a rapid increase in the number of superhumans, which inevitably made relics even scarcer.

"This is more than just loyalty; it's beyond words!" the finance minister exclaimed.

Hiber also sighed inwardly:

"Is this the centripetal force of human culture? Even a foreign race is willing to abandon relics that are a level higher than their own..."

They never considered the possibility that a martial arts master could be immune to the effects of the Time Cage without relying on relics!

Compared to before, Qing Sheng's complexion was much better:

"The Grand Library must have tampered with that book; there's hope for the seventh time travel."

The different behaviors of "Helena's Stories" during the retrospective were observed by the giants. As for the reason... they thought it was simple: "Stories" is a book, and the Great Library is a library. It must be the latter that influenced it, thus bypassing the Fourth Rule.

After a brief discussion, the final regression began.