Chapter 1646 - Findings from the Books (1/2)

Noobie’s new talent was not a really big surprise. At least, Hao Ren thought so. There was nothing more incredible than Noobie’s existence. A muddleheaded Malevolence, having been schooled by Raven 12345 for over a month and having an inextricable relationship with Vivian, it seemed like Noobie had been prepped for big things. With that in mind, even if Noobie suddenly turned into a mouse that could discharge 100,000-volt lightning with its tail, it would not surprise Hao Ren anymore.

Hao Ren and Vivian had studied the nature of Noobie as a summoned unit and determined her three characteristics. The first characteristic was that Noobie was still Noobie. Her biggest trick was “biubiubiu”. The second characteristic was that she was brainless and would not follow any instructions except when she wanted to eat. The third characteristic was better than the first two; her energy would be obscured entirely when she coalesced into Vivian—a useless but less annoying setting, unlike the first and second characteristics.

“Hiak!” Noobie shrieked and returned into Vivian’s body. She had become impatient and resentful when she found out that Hao Ren was not giving her any food.

“She’s a little upset,” Vivian said with a shrug. “I can feel that she’s a little frustrated because she thought that she could scare you.”

“She has such complicated emotions already?” Hao Ren looked at Vivian in surprise. “You can feel her emotions too?”

“I can vaguely feel it when she is in my body as if it is some kind of shared emotions,” Vivian said with a frown. “It is a bit like having just absorbed those Malevolences minus the ‘digestion.’ Noobie is still an independent individual. It is incredible that she is growing up.”

Hao Ren thought for a moment. “I think it is a good thing. Maybe this little guy could already say good morning when we wake up the next morning.”

“I hope so.” Vivian smiled and shifted her attention back on the book in her hands.

She flipped through an old book that she took from a rack filled with a large volume of folklore titles. This book was about some heroic story, not well-documented and mostly a mix of myth and legend, and exaggeration and embellishment. But most of the time, a story such as this always had made a connection with those dangerous places that ordinary people had no access to. One such example was The Great Pit that Leah had mentioned.

Of course, there was a world of difference between what could be found in the book and the reality, and you could not seriously treat this book as a reliable source of information. But Hao Ren’s priority was not to find out what was the truth of the history but first figuring out what place like The Great Pit was all about.

It was already the seventh book of similar themes that Vivian had picked up. It mentioned many place names that were unheard of and also some seemingly well-known historical events. One such place was The Great Pit, which was found in many books in the library. Most historical, geographical, and heroic titles had records of the name.

It seemed to be something so famous that the historians and geographers had solemnly recorded it in their works, and a place that the heroes of the past and the present were particularly fond of exploring. Like the characters of most fantasy stories, they had to kill a dragon—recently, marrying the dragon had become an in-thing—before they could claim to the protagonists. In the legends of this world, it was the essential requirement to go to The Great Pit and come back alive to be qualified as the braves.

But Hao Ren could see through the phenomenon at the real faces.

The more vulnerable the thing in the novel, the more horrifying it was in the real world. It was as if nine out of ten brave men had become barbecues when challenging the dragon, no one was brave enough to go into the Great Pit. It must be a dangerous place.