808 The Devils (2/2)
After quite a while, Lucien finally saw the magnificent palace at the tip of the peak, which was built from gold, shining in the remaining glory against the dusk sky.
After carefully checking around, Lucien landed in front of the palace and pushed open the heavy gate. He then walked into the boundless darkness.
According to the information provided by Douglas and Rhine, once he stepped in, things that every single individual would face would vary depending on what they believed was the most dreadful.
In the dark corridor, there was only dim candlelight providing the last touch of brightness, like lamps in a tomb.
As Lucien walked in deeper, the numbers of candles increased. Then, he saw a hall in front of him. In the hall, there were lots of silver candlesticks, and there were also crystal lamps hanging down from the ceiling. The entire hall was thus very well-lit, to the point that Lucien could see everything here.
It was a library!
A library that was full of bookshelves and books!
The arrangement looked very, very similar to that of Lucien's spirit library!
Lucien was a bit amused and speechless. Was this the place he was afraid of?
He walked in the library silently and went toward the biggest bookshelf.
”The Periodic Relation between the Nature of Elements and Prediction of New Elements”
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”The Energy Distribution of Black-Body Radiation”
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”New Alchemy”
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”On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies and Mass-energy Equation”
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”A Relativistic Interpretation and Geometric Description of Gravity and a System of Relativity Under a More General Frame of Reference”
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”On Quantum Mechanics”
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Those were all papers that Lucien once published, and all of them triggered all his memories. However, there was only one difference. The author of the papers all remained unknown. The big, scarlet question marks were sharp and intimidating!
Lucien reached out his hand and gave the papers and books a gentle stroke as he smiled. ”Several years ago, I would definitely feel extremely shameful seeing this, but now, I can say proudly that, by standing on the giants' shoulders, I've got something valuable of my own, and I finally have some of my own understanding of the world.”
Then he bowed solemnly. ”Your exploration and study have led to us approaching the truth of the world. Without you, the great minds, all the human beings here in this world, and I would have lived in ignorance and darkness much longer…
”… I will keep going while bearing your will.”
Suddenly, all the books fell from the shelves as the entire library started shaking fiercely.
Lucien just stood there silently and let the books fall on him. Of course, none of the books could break the protection from Space Staff.
After the library was gone, there was a dark, black gate in front of Lucien.
Lucien realized that he was in a place that looked like a civil court in Holm.
There was a handsome, young man who was wearing a top hat and a double-breasted suit sitting up there. The smile on his face was warm and gentle. The judge was Lucien himself!
He smiled. ”Welcome to the real primeval hell!”
On the one side sat six plaintiffs. And they were all Lucien!
One looked extremely arrogant; one kept checking his treasure; one looked rather pissed with everything; one was soaked in agony; one was burning in the flame of envy; and the last one's eyes were full of lust.
They were all shouting, ”He's sinful! We accuse him! We're witnesses!”
Lucien was a bit speechless. Without a doubt, the primeval devils were fans of roleplay. However, he was a bit surprised that the seven primeval devils were all here, which was completely different from the information he got from the president and Mr. Rhine.
Facing the seven top legendaries, even if their powers did not last, even if Lucien was also a leading top legendary, he would not be able to handle it. He had better retreat for now.