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In this age, knowledge was very expensive. Because of this, there were secret knowledge and private libraries. It was said that before the cataclysm, there were large public libraries in many human cities and places. The books in those libraries could easily be tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of books. At that time, people only needed to spend little or no money to obtain the knowledge they needed from the sea of knowledge. Such a thing seemed like a dream to the present. It was simply unimaginable.
According to Zhang Tie's knowledge, there was no such thing as a public library in the entire Andaman Alliance, even in the entire Blackson Human Clan Corridor. In this age, all the libraries were private. All the books were very important assets. Running a private library was as profitable as running a factory or a store.
There were two private libraries in Blackhot City, both of which were run by the families that once dominated the Coal, Steel, and Iron Federation. Zhang Tie had stayed in Blackhot City for more than ten years, but he had not entered one yet. When he had time, he had no money; when he had money, he had no time.
The position of the head of the No. 9 Equipment Section was not important to Zhang Tie now. After seeing the hope of recovering from the Fruit of Redemption, Zhang Tie left his rented apartment early the next morning. Zhang Tie had many questions in his mind, as well as some vague ideas. These questions and inspirations needed to be answered with knowledge.
If he was still in Blackhot City when Donder was still there, Zhang Tie would definitely ask Donder about his questions. Zhang Tie would definitely ask Donder about his questions; however, in Blapei, Zhang Tie almost had no acquaintance. Nobody could solve Zhang Tie's doubts and enlighten him.
Only knowledge could solve his doubts and enlighten him. If he wanted to gain knowledge, the simplest way was to go to the library. After all, he had a lot of time now. He could go to the library to spend some money. In the words before the Catastrophe, he could "recharge" himself.
Although he had not fully recovered, the one Fruit of Brilliance and the one Fruit of Judgment that the small tree gave him last night cheered him up this morning. He looked pretty spirited. Finally, Zhang Tie no longer felt that he was too weak to even truss a chicken. With the effect of that god rune, 'binding', Zhang Tie now had a means to protect himself without relying on his own hands.
After putting on his clothes and washing up, he closed the door and left the room. Zhang Tie ran his spiritual energy as the skill attribute list of the god rune binding skill appeared in his mind.
God Rune Skill – Binding Spell!
Level – Beginner.
Current Number of Binding Chains/Maximum Storage – 2/18.
Attack radius – 17 cubits.
Attack Effect: Mental Attack. It can temporarily cut off the opponent's brain's neural control reflex chain, blocking the connection between the opponent's brain and body, causing the victim's body to stiffen and be unable to move.
Suitable targets — — LV 7 and below humans who have the same brain structure as Castle Lord.
The duration of LV 1 binding chain was equal to — — Castle Lord's spiritual attack strength minus the effect of the opponent's defense against spiritual attack, divided by the opponent's spiritual attack strength. Multiplied by the basic duration of Beginner Binding Chains of 10 seconds.
The maximum number of stacks that the attacked individual can withstand: 3.
This was the skill attribute of the binding skill that appeared after the god rune produced the first binding chain. It seemed that this skill could be upgraded. Last night, after Zhang Tie almost ran out of his spiritual energy, the god rune produced two binding chains. Now, the two binding chains were swimming around the god rune in Zhang Tie's mind sea like two small snakes.
Zhang Tie prepared to work hard in the following days. After filling all the 18 binding chains, the god rune was like a processing plant. As long as Zhang Tie constantly poured his spiritual energy into it, it would be able to process his spiritual energy into binding chains. According to Zhang Tie's estimation, the distance of 17 cubits was about 7-8 meters. Needless to say, besides humans, other things with different brain structure would not work.
As for the duration of the attack, Zhang Tie finally figured it out. As long as the opponent had not been blessed with some secret method or equipment to defend against spiritual attack, the "effect of the opponent's defense against spiritual attack" in the formula was basically equal to zero. This formula could be simplified to the ratio of the spiritual energy between Zhang Tie and the opponent, multiplied by the duration of 10 seconds.
If Zhang Tie's spiritual energy was twice that of the opponent, the opponent would not be able to move for 20 seconds; if it was three times that of the opponent, it would be 30 seconds; if it was four times that of the opponent, it would be 40 seconds, and so on. As for the beginner binding skill, as long as the opponent had not reached level 8, even if the opponent had the same mental strength as him, the opponent would not be able to move for about half a minute after being stacked with three binding chains. During this half a minute, even if his body was weak, he could still stab the opponent to death with a dagger.
On the other hand, if he were to encounter an ordinary person with the same mental strength as when he was in school, the duration of his Binding Spell would basically immobilize that person for nine to ten minutes. Even Huck and Snade would not be able to move for at least three minutes if they were knocked down by the binding skill.
As for the secret method to strengthen one's defense against spiritual attack, Zhang Tie had not heard of it until now. He estimated that it was a very rare thing that could not be seen by commoners.
When this binding skill was launched, Zhang Tie would be able to penetrate through the opponent's forehead. As long as Zhang Tie fixed his eyes on someone, he would be able to pierce through their forehead. It would be able to complete a long-distance attack in a way that Zhang Tie could not understand. As for Zhang Tie's current physical condition, this skill was definitely a hidden trump card of Zhang Tie.
Although this primary binding skill was only effective on people below LV 7 and its effective range was very short, which was far less than that of Zhang Tie when he was healthy, no matter what, this binding skill enabled Zhang Tie to protect himself since he couldn't fight anymore.
Feeling that he was "useful" again, Zhang Tie was in a very good mood today.
Early morning. The tenant on the third floor was still nowhere to be seen. The door was tightly closed. When Zhang Tie came to the second floor, he saw the 20-odd man out of the room. It seemed that he wanted to go to work. A 20-odd woman saw the man out of the room with a child and was bidding farewell to him. At the sight of Zhang Tie walking downstairs, the couple became a bit dumbfounded. Not until then did they know that the tenant who had moved in yesterday was a young military officer of the Norman Empire. Being a first lieutenant, he looked very young.
Seeing Zhang Tie coming down, The young woman stealthily pulled her child to her side.
Zhang Tie revealed a smile. After slightly nodding towards them, he walked downstairs.
In the early morning, the landlords, Mr. and Mrs. Green, were watering the small garden outside their house. They were taking care of the flowers and plants in the small garden and the small vegetable field of onions and bracken that they had planted to amuse themselves.
"Good morning..." Zhang Tie greeted the landlord and the couple politely. Most of these relics were human cities and living areas that had been hit by the pieces of the God's Star. After being hit by the pieces of the God's Star, these human cities and living areas were in a special force field and existence state brought by the pieces of the God's Star. All the lifeless things in the cities were still the same even after thousands of years as if they had been there yesterday.
The dream of becoming rich overnight after discovering the relics of the humans before the Catastrophe was the biggest motivation for tens of thousands of pioneers to explore the remote areas on the continent.
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