Chapter 553: S-rank Library Area
It did not seem like he could make any progress through Song Junlang, and it had served to emphasize once again that Xiao Lin did not know much of the true inner-workings and secrets. He politely excused himself, and even though Xiao Lin was very suspicious, there was nothing he could do about it.
Of course, Xiao Lin did not forget to get Song Junlang’s signature on the application form before he left. It was a free S-rank library pa.s.s, and there was no reason for him to refuse it. Smoothly obtaining the golden, palm-sized pa.s.s from the president, he saw that his name and fingerprint was etched on top. The card was unique, and only Xiao Lin could use it. The usage period was for a year, and the president had told him meaningfully that, if he seriously violated the academy rules during that period, the student union had the right to take that card back.
How could someone as smart as the student union president not guess Xiao Lin’s intentions? However, Xiao Lin nodded and agreed. After leaving the president’s office, he threw that warning to the back of his head.
During the afternoon, Xiao Lin once again appeared at the library, and when he approached Gu Fantian, he caused that senior, and the dozen or so other people who were working there were so shocked that their jaws dropped.
The others were shocked because it was the first time they had seen such a prestigious library pa.s.s, and could not help but hold their suspicions on Xiao Lin’s ident.i.ty. It was not the first time Gu Fantian had seen an S-rank library pa.s.s; he was shocked because he still underestimated Xiao Lin’s abilities. Even if he really could get such a library pa.s.s made, Gu Fantian never expected it to be so fast, as it had only been half a day.
“I’ll bring you there.” Gu Fantian a.s.signed his tasks to some others before personally bringing Xiao Lin into the library. After finding a large magic carpet, the two of them headed straight for the deeper ends of the library.
The carpet was not slow, but it still took them almost half an hour before they stopped in front of an una.s.suming grey door. Gu Fantian said, “You’ll have to head in yourself, as only those with S-rank library pa.s.ses can go in and even librarians like me can’t.”
“Thank you.” Xiao Lin expressed his thanks politely before asking, “I want to ask as well, where is the restricted area!”
Bang!
Gu Fantian fell straight off the magic carpet. Thankfully, the two of them were already at a very low height, and Xiao Lin helped him up, also nonchalantly saying, “Don’t worry, I’m just trying to find out the location; you don’t have to bring me there.”
“I don’t know anything; it’s better if you ask someone else!” Gu Fantian said with finality before unhesitatingly climbing back on the magic carpet, escaping immediately. It was obvious the guy had been scared by Xiao Lin’s words.
There was a restricted area in the library — that was not a secret in the academy — but other than madmen, no one would think about barging in. It was impossible to even get any information, as the academy was extremely strict when it came to punishments in that regard, and if anyone was caught, they would be interrogated at the special investigation department in Dawn City, or held and locked up for a long time.
That was right, they would not be exiled back to Earth or have their memories removed. The academy felt that those who entered the restricted area could not be safely ignored, even if they were sent to Earth forever. After all, those who had their memories removed would occasionally retain fragments of their memory, so the academy was more willing to lock them up in prison forever. No one came to the New World to be locked up indefinitely, so no one dared to lightly violate that rule.
Xiao Lin was actually afraid as well. If the dean was still in power, he would not be that worried, but now that it was the defense minister standing in the dean’s place, things were not as simple.
However, Xiao Lin still had to make it to the restricted area, as it was currently his only clue. Even though the dean had asked him to go check out Ivan’s old home, the problem was that he did not know where that was. He had already been prohibited from entering the colonist territories by the old man who was the new dean. After returning to the academy, the president had deliberately pulled him aside to emphasize the point regarding that, telling him it was not a game, and that the people working at the spatial carriage had also received similar orders.
That meant that if Xiao Lin wanted to continue investigating, he could only rely on finding the relevant clues in the restricted area. The dean had told him about the dangers Earth was facing, and Xiao Lin cared about that a lot. He could even be said to be extremely anxious. He thought about his parents; how could he sit idle when the Earth could completely disappear from the universe at any point?
Yet, regarding that matter, the president and Department Head Song could not help him. Xiao Lin, who had no one to turn to, was running around like a headless chicken. During the week that he had his S-rank library pa.s.s made, he spent most of the time in the library’s S-rank area.
As the public area with the highest clearance level, the area was surprisingly bigger. Other than books, there were also many tools and strange, unknown things displayed. Those things were not replicas or models; they had all been collected from Planet Norma. They all had dangerous elements to them, and were placed there after being placed into special containment units. The ones who came here were all researchers and professors, so they could use those objects during their experiments.
The books there were incredibly profound, and most of them had something to do with s.p.a.ce, time, or astrology. There were even introductions to Legend-ranked skills and objects.
It was all just fine though, as Xiao Lin felt like he could ignore the Legend-rank skills, but the books on astrology had piqued his interest. The dean had mentioned that the dean used a special astrological skill to somewhat predict the future, and the third eye Silverlight had given him also had the ability to pierce through time. He had even personally interfered with history before.
All of that definitely caused Xiao Lin to be extremely interested. Before he could enter the restricted area, his free time was all basically spent there.
The knowledge of time and s.p.a.ce was built on extremely high foundational knowledge, including understanding the elements and various energies. The relevant materials were possibly only taught in the fourth year, but that did not stop Xiao Lin from reading it. Even if he only had half-baked foundational knowledge, Xiao Lin could still somewhat understand the contents of the books.
Such as the ill.u.s.tration of the wall of time, it was just an theoretical understanding for others, but Xiao Lin had personally experienced it before. After looking at the explanations, he could not help but sigh in realization.
There were actually quite a few people in the S-rank area. After all, the academy had gathered many researchers and professors throughout the years. Xiao Lin quickly attracted everyone’s attention as a little junior that had suddenly appeared.
It was not that Xiao Lin did not maintain a low profile; it was that he just had no choice. Everyone there had pretty high clearances, and with the appearance of such a foreign and young looking man in the S-rank area, they would naturally be curious. After checking through the central computer, all of them could find out that Xiao Lin was a first year student.