Darkness and frost descended, turning the yellow desert into a patch of black that was connected to the sky. It was already the end of the world outside Heiss City. Ordinary mages had no way of surviving in this kind of place. Anyone below the level of a mage would definitely die if they went outside, let alone survive the entire night.
Many people on Heiss City's walls had numb expressions, but they couldn't help showing fear when they saw the apocalyptic scene outside. They all quickly moved away from the walls.
Lin Yun walked on the street, but no one looked at Lin Yun, and no one paid attention to Lin Yun. But after feeling that Lin Yun was a mage, they all consciously avoided Lin Yun. Although mages were the strongest people here, no one cared.
Mages also had to leave Heiss City to hunt and look for things that could still be used. There were many places that only mages could go, and only true mages could go to places thirty kilometers away from Heiss City.
But there were a lot of mages who left Heiss City every day and never came back. No one knew if they would live to see the next day …
Lin Yun expressionlessly looked at the lifeless Heiss City and suddenly understood that Noscent had already perished. Only corpses were left behind. Those left behind were people waiting for their final liberation. They had already lost hope, and Noscent had also lost hope.
Under such circumstances, it didn't make a difference whether the real destruction came or not …
The chubby boy lay on Lin Yun's shoulder motionlessly. He was truly scared out of his wits. This was the first time the chubby boy was out on a mission and he had already encountered a terrifying opponent like Lin Yun. Then he followed him to the cryptic world of the Nightmare Kingdom. The world was about to collapse. Even the lifeless and numb faces of the normal people gave the chubby boy immense pressure.
The little fatty pretended to be dead and didn't move. Lin Yun didn't feel like paying attention to the little fatty. He followed the road all the way to the center of Heiss City and looked at that huge Shelter Tower, carefully observing everything about it. He had carefully observed it before, but his insight couldn't compare to now.
At that time, he had read a lot of books, but he hadn't put them into practice, so he was at most an Apprentice Alchemist. Moreover, he couldn't increase his mage rank, nor could he increase his alchemy skills.
Now, he saw the Shelter Tower once again. This seemingly simple mage spire was over a kilometer tall, and the level of technology it contained definitely represented the peak of Noscent. But even so, this Shelter Tower wasn't a complete Shelter Tower.
Carefully sensing the Shelter Tower, Lin Yun knew that the Shelter Tower's power had already been exhausted. It wouldn't be long before the last of its radiance dissipated and Noscent would be thoroughly destroyed.
The numerous runes on the Shelter Tower were now completely dusky. Lin Yun could even see that most of the runes had already lost their power and had thoroughly lost their effect.
If not for these runes losing their effect, the Shelter Tower wouldn't have only been able to protect the isolated island of Heiss City. It was still better during the day, at least twenty to thirty kilometers around it was very calm. But when night fell, the inside and outside of the city walls were two completely different worlds.
After observing the Shelter Tower for a while, Lin Yun turned and left. The most crucial part of the Shelter Tower's construction was the train of thought. As long as there were enough materials, it wouldn't necessarily be too difficult to construct it.
After leaving the Shelter Tower, Lin Yun turned and went to Heiss City's decaying library. At this time, the librarian could still see one or two people coming in to look for some materials, but they would quickly leave after finding the materials. The huge library was deathly silent most of the time.
This was the most precious treasure left behind from Noscent's peak. The most essence of the past few dozen millennia was in the management of this huge library, but now, it had turned into a pile of trash that no one looked at.
The magic books of the past had now lost all their magic and became ordinary books. The powerful incantations had become trash that no one went back to take a look at.
The meaning behind the construction of this library was to give Noscent a chance to rise again after the calamity. Moreover, there were many inheritances left behind by first-rate powerhouses. They hoped that someone would inherit their inheritance in the future.
Unfortunately, Noscent hadn't escaped its final destruction. But the knowledge left behind couldn't be said to be useless. At least, Lin Yun could use it, and it might even be able to avert the apocalypse. This was the greatest significance.
Seeing the decaying library once again, Lin Yun stood there in a daze for a dozen minutes before entering the library.
He flipped through the dust-covered books. The mana within the books had already thoroughly dissipated, and many of the books that hadn't decayed for ten millennia had become very fragile. They were like ordinary paper that had been stored for a long time, and a bit of force could tear them apart.
If not for the fact that this place was so desolate that not even an ant or a mouse could be seen, these books wouldn't have been able to remain intact.
He casually flipped through a book, and the things inside were things he had seen before. But these memories had already sunk into the depths of his memories, and even if he tried to recall them, he might not be able to recall them.
But now, he could look through them again. After flipping through the books, Lin Yun made sure that there was no problem with what he saw and started looking for records regarding the Nightmare Kingdom.
There were really too many books here. No matter how much they had been compressed and condensed over a few dozen millennia, it was still a huge number. From his arrival to his destruction, he had spent at least 70% of his time reading. After becoming an Apprentice Mage, he needed less and less time to sleep, and more and more time to read. Even so, a year before the apocalypse, Lin Yun had flipped through all the books here. The difference was that he had read some for self-study, while he had casually flipped through some.
But even if he casually flipped through them, the memories related to these things had already sunk into the depths of his memories, and he usually couldn't dig them out. But it was different now. In the world derived from Soul Imagery, these things had turned into books and reappeared here.
Wanting to find a book that he had once used as a leisure reading material after reading for twenty years was a bit difficult. After determining the approximate location, Lin Yun spent three days to find a book with records related to the Nightmare Kingdom.
It was a thick book that only had a few records related to the Nightmare Kingdom. Soon, Lin Yun found the approximate location based on his memories.
After reading about the Nightmare Kingdom, Lin Yun's expression didn't look too good.
This book recorded some matters of other planes, some special places, and the Nightmare Kingdom was naturally classified there. When he first read this book, Lin Yun had read it with the mentality of reading a novel. After all, everything in those endless planes was meaningless to Noscent at the end of the Magic Era.
As a leisure reading material, he would naturally just casually skim through the things he read. Being able to remember a general idea was already very good, how could he remember everything clearly?
When he first read this book, he was only a Low Rank Mage Apprentice and simply couldn't memorize it. The things he could memorize were things that could be used at the time.
As his strength increased, his soul became stronger and stronger. Things he had seen before would sometimes pop up from the depths of his memories, but most of them were buried in the depths of his memories. Even if he advanced to the Heaven Rank, he still wouldn't be able to dig them out.
Now that he saw the most detailed records, Lin Yun's face turned green.
After entering the cryptic world of the Nightmare Kingdom, one would naturally encounter a world that was based on one's own mental image. Everything here was basically a projection of one's mental image, there were very few things that were not part of one's mental image.
If he wanted to leave, he had to first leave this Soul Image and find something that didn't belong to this Soul Image. That was the key to leaving this Soul Image, the key to opening the door.
But what exactly was the key? Everyone was different. There was no definite answer.
The key to finding that key was in the most crucial place of this Soul Image, and it might be the place where he had stayed the longest. The key was hidden there.
It might be a small crack on the wall, or it might be a piece of paper, or it might even be an ant.
Lin Yun closed the book and raised his head to look at his surroundings. He couldn't help covering his forehead as if he had a headache.
There was no need to think about it. The key to leaving this Soul Image was in this desolate library, or even in one of the books …
The Soul Image couldn't be a completely sealed world without a way out, because everything here came from Lin Yun himself. Thus, there would inevitably be an exit, and there would inevitably be a way to find the key. There was no need to doubt this, it was just a matter of how much time it would take.
He had once flipped through all the books here, so he had a foundation. Lin Yun could find a book that didn't belong to this place, or the contents of a certain book that didn't belong to it.
He had spent twenty years back then, and even if he spent less time now, he would still have to spend half of that time.
Not to mention, with this opportunity, he would have to carefully read many of the books that he had been reading for leisure.
Shaking his head, Lin Yun laughed bitterly. He took out a book from the front of the bookshelf and started reading.
Thankfully, after entering the deep world, there was no need to rush. The time that passed in the Soul Image was equivalent to traveling through one's own memory. The time here was completely different from the outside world. No matter how long it took, it was equivalent to a nap.
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