Chapter 1539: Books and Library

Chapter 1539: Books and Library



Ning arrived at the library and met a Lieutenant who was standing by the door.

"Sir, I've been assigned the task of Freeing the books and reassembling the library," he said.

The lieutenant was a little surprised to see Ning as he was a bit too young for who he was. He looked at Ning's badge and could no longer doubt that he was a Chief Officer.

"Your Data Core, officer," the man said.

Ning produced his Data Core and handed it over to the Lieutenant who quickly checked Ning's identity through it. Once confirmed that Ning was indeed taking part in this job, he let Ning enter.

Before Ning entered, however, he turned toward the lieutenant once again. "I'm sorry, Lieutenant, but this is my first day as a Chief Officer, and this is the first task I've been assigned to. Could you tell me what I am to do inside?"

The lieutenant frowned. "Did your superior not explain?" he asked.

Ning shook his head. "I was told that I would understand what to do after seeing my fellow officers work inside," he said.

"That you will," the lieutenant said. "The task is simple. Before we left this place a decade ago, to protect the books inside of the library, we had them packed into small chunks, and had then surrounded that chunk by tough rock with the help of Carvers and Converters."

"Now, your job is to release the books that are inside the boxes of rocks and then assemble the library, properly sorted."

"Oh!" Ning exclaimed. Now that he heard what it was, he realized how simple the task was going to be. "Thank you, Lieutenant, for that explanation. I will get to work."

"Go ahead."

Once he felt the power growing inside of it, he quickly used it on the object before him. He focused, and suddenly the rock in front of him disappeared, turning into air.

The gust of air hit him in the face as though he was standing in the middle of a field in a storm. The push lasted momentarily, and so did the sound.

When it was gone, he heard the small clattering of the books on the ground that had come out from the protective rock cover.

Ning took the books and read their title. They were all books that started with the letter 'La', so he quickly found the section of the library where these books would go.

He only needed an approximate idea for now as the real assembly and sorting could only happen once all the books were out. He placed the books on one of the many shelves grabbed another block of rock and moved to the side.

Ning once again consumed a little bit of Spark and waited for the power to grow inside of him. Once it was there, he used it on the block and immediately made it disappear again.

He was ready for the strong wing that time and he wasn't even fazed by it. He also grabbed the books before they could clatter to the floor.

He grabbed the books and looked at the spine. The books were all protected in chunks, so they were all from the same section. This one had their titles beginning with 'Re'.

Ning found the section of the library where these would go and put them there. As he put the last book, he read its title.

Relics of the Forgotten Past.

"Relics?" Ning thought. He was slightly curious about what it meant. He took the book out and flipped to the very first page which explained what a relic was in this context.

Here, the relics were objects or drawings left behind from a time that was no longer recorded in any history books.

Ning got slightly curious.