I upgraded and added points in the Holy Inquisition

The former dean said that he had never conducted a "deep dive" and Lloyd believed it.

Although Mizkatok Asylum is at the forefront of academia and often makes bold attempts and innovations, its overall tendency is still conservative and stable.

Otherwise, [Thought Dive] wouldn't be banned, and there wouldn't be only two people left in the [Distortion] subject...

As a result of the former dean's move, the clues about the group of [Brilliant Gold] were cut off.

Still no one knows what happened to them? Where did their bodies end up after they died? And why did they mention the "Book of Madness" in their last words?

Lloyd didn't even know in which direction to speculate and guess, and the former dean and Hiltina couldn't give any suggestions.

"In my opinion, you should stop thinking too much. It's getting late. Resting early and working hard to become stronger will be more useful than playing puzzle games."

The former dean said this and floated leisurely towards the window.

"Okay, okay, I should go back too. The party is still waiting for me."

Although he appeared to be calm and composed, Lloyd always felt a sense of loneliness and sadness hidden in the back of his toy when he looked at it.

Those [Brilliant Gold] were also his acquaintances back then, right? They also invited him to join this project. Now that the news of their deaths has been confirmed, it is inevitable that he will feel depressed.

Fortunately, Lloyd still had Hiltina by his side. As soon as the former dean left, she quickly snuggled into his arms like a clingy kitten and said softly,

"Then... let's go to bed early, right? You've just been through something so troublesome, so you need to rest more and calm your mind."

"Um……"

Lloyd nodded and felt a wave of fatigue coming over him. He didn't even bother to allocate his attribute points. He just lay down on the sofa and fell into a deep sleep.

Hiltina lay down beside him with a gentle look on her face, snuggling tightly in his arms, fearing that he would feel cold and lonely.

The next morning, Lloyd woke up in a daze and saw that Hiltina was still clinging to him, sleeping soundly with a peaceful and lovely face.

It was a rare occasion to wake up and see her still there.

Does this mean that she was really worried about me, so she didn't leave early?

Lloyd did not rush to alarm Hiltina, but returned to the [Thinking Realm] as usual.

Although there is no need to go to the giant flower bud to complete the daily sign-in, after all, Xildina is right next to me, but I can still go to the palace foundation to try and see if I can get some forbidden knowledge.

The time in the academy is not synchronized with that in the real world, so not every time you come here you will learn all the forbidden knowledge.

But as Lloyd was walking, he suddenly felt that something seemed to be wrong?

After looking around, he found that the tentacle grass did not dance towards him to welcome him as usual. Instead, it curled up into a ball, hiding in the weeds, and was still trembling, as if it had encountered something terrible?

Lloyd walked over, lifted the glass cover, and asked:

"What's wrong with you?"

"Hey!"

The tentacle grass let out a surprised cry, pounced over, wrapped itself around Lloyd's thighs, and then kept making a "weeping" sound.

Although I couldn't understand what it was saying, but judging from its body language, it seemed to be saying that there was something dangerous in the foundation of the palace.

"Okay, I'll go over and take a look."

"嘤嘤!"

The tentacle grass seemed to be reminding him to be careful, and then quickly retracted into the glass cover.

In fact, this cover was originally set up to imprison it, but later it turned out to be its home and safe house...

Lloyd did not dare to take it lightly. He first called out another panel from his memory and then pressed various functions on it, such as invincibility, teleportation, and one-hit kill. There was a burst of "ding ding ding" sounds in his ears.

Then he approached cautiously, but did not see any monsters as expected. Instead, he saw a few pages of books floating in the air in the middle of that magnificent foundation?

But it is not the common taboo page that records forbidden knowledge, but more like... some kind of ancient book?

Not the kind in the library, but the kind in his head.

At this moment, the "Great Book" in Lloyd's mind began to become unusually restless, or excited?

The several parts that make up this book, "The Book of Truth", "The Book of Falsehood", and even the single page "The Cover Page of the Future", all look impatient and are being flipped through frantically.

Even the inspiration and strange intuition in Lloyd's mind were joining in the fun, urging him to move forward as quickly as possible.

This may represent the view of "The Book of Madness" and convey Lloyd's own deep desire.

What's there to hesitate about?

Lloyd immediately took a step forward and walked towards the floating pages of the book.

As he approached, the pages became lively and cheerful, and began to spin and rotate in place, conveying their cheers and joy, giving an atmosphere of returning home in glory.

When Lloyd approached, they were like the previous drifting bottle. There was no need for him to reach out and take them. They automatically gathered next to Lloyd's hands.

But Lloyd did not rush to reach out and grab it. Instead, he took a deep breath and kept muttering to himself:

"I am a human being... I am a human being... I am a human being..."

"No matter what the future holds, no matter what I become, I am still a human being, and I will protect humanity!"

At the same time, he was rapidly recalling his relatives, friends, and lovers around him, and recalling the sorrows, joys, pains, excitement, and happiness he had experienced.

It was obvious that he had sensed something from the spirituality conveyed by these pages.

That’s why we need to reaffirm our beliefs and positions.

This was not just his own thought.

It is also the mission and responsibility carried by "The Book of Madness".

Finally, Lloyd slowly moved his fingertips and touched the pages of the book.

[Ding~The Great Book has been completed]

[Ding~ Life form has been upgraded]

[Ding~ Welcome back, the first and last humans]

Following these three prompts, Lloyd's vision became blurred and the scene around him changed rapidly.

In an instant, he seemed to have crossed over a long period of time and returned to the original place.

Once again I saw my 'good brother', the towering stickman, wandering aimlessly in the desolate and lonely land.

No one knows what He is thinking or what He is pursuing. It seems that He is just wasting His almost endless life in this way.

Until one day, his eyes, towering into the clouds, saw a speck of dust floating towards him.

To be precise, it should be a soul from another world.

It was the first time that the stickman saw some different colors in the world.

He tried to raise his hand clumsily, but put it back because it was too big and too strong. Perhaps the strong wind generated by just raising his hand would be enough to blow out this fragile soul.

And that soul is so fragile that there is no need to consider things like consciousness and memory. Just being able to survive is already a miracle.

The giant stickman could only stand there motionless, watching the wisp of soul drifting aimlessly for a long time like an endless floating duckweed, just like himself before.

After an unknown amount of time, the soul finally calmed down and slowly fell onto His shoulder.

The giant stickman tilted his head slightly, observed for a while, and fell into deep thought.

Then, He started walking again and began to look for prey in this barren land.

There are not many things that can survive in this world, and each one is not easy to deal with.

But they are no match for the giant stickman.

Soon, the only mushroom in the world was stepped on by the giant stickman. After devouring some of the flesh and blood of the prey, he selected the most essential and reliable part and placed it on his shoulder.

The soul seemed to be attracted by the scent of flesh and blood, and moved closer driven by its survival instinct.

After hesitating for a while, he pounced on it and started to eat it.

The essence and nutrients from the blood rapidly nourished this fragile soul and helped him to condense a little bit of entity.

The giant stickman nodded and continued walking to look for his next prey.

So, under His careful care, the soul is also thriving.

His body grew slightly larger, his vitality became much stronger, and he even regained some consciousness and thinking, and was able to try to speak:

"Brothers! Let's charge!"

"Bah, bah, bah! Why is it so fishy and salty?"

"Brother, where are we going?"

"By the way, do you originally look like this? Or do you look like this in my eyes? Because this is the image I can understand?"

"Brother, this is delicious! Do you have any more?"

The incoherent words add a bit of noise to this world which should be silent.

But the giant stickman did not respond because He did not know how to respond.

I can only keep moving forward silently and look for anything else to eat.

Just like that, after countless years, the previously weak soul gradually became like a book.

A book made up of flesh, blood, bones and organs.

His consciousness has also become much more active, and he speaks more and more every day.

"Brother, why don't you ever talk to me? Don't you like me?"

"Then would you like me to tell you some of the stories I remember?"

"The story takes place in a place called Earth. What is Earth? Why do I remember such a weird word?"

"No matter what, in any case, this place called Earth is inhabited by a group of creatures called humans. They are small, weak, and noisy, but they are also very interesting and can create many new things and interesting toys."

"Ah? Why do I know this? Am I one of them?"

"Uh...what should I say next? I can't remember..."

"Phew~ I'm so sleepy, I want to take a nap..."

In this way, a great giant and a small book have been maintaining such a one-sided communication.

They traveled to almost every corner of the world, but apart from a few rare prey, they did not find any other living creatures.

"It's so lonely here... It's not as lively as on Earth..."

"If you can come back to Earth with me, you will know that you will definitely be worshipped as a god by humans. Haha, then I will also be able to benefit from it."

"But where is the Earth? And what connection does it have with me?"

"Eh? Wait! Brother! The sea ahead looks a little strange. Don't go in!"

Although the small book tried its best to dissuade him, the mighty giant still took a step forward and resolutely stepped into the scarlet deep sea.

Soon, the sea surface began to boil, and white tentacle-like monsters began to emerge and pounced towards the giant.

"Get out! Get out of here! Do you believe I will kill you all?"

"No, brother! Move! Those things are eating you! Move!"

"Damn it, I'm going to fight you!"

The small book rushed forward without hesitation towards the monsters that were climbing onto the giant's body.

As soon as the monsters saw him appear, they all froze in fear, then began their familiar mad twisting movements and uttered crazy chants.

"Falling... into the abyss..."

"Touch...reality..."

"Embrace...mania..."

"Enjoy...Disorder..."

"Facing...chaos..."

With rounds of repetition and chanting, the shapes of these monsters began to change.

The body, which was originally just a set of tentacle, began to evolve into a head, limbs, and even various organs.

The parts left behind began to evolve into tails, claws, wings...

Shuben stared at the scene in a daze, so shocked that he was speechless.

Until two monsters that climbed the highest and evolved the fastest came in front of him.

They have evolved the general outline of humans, although they still lack many details. They don't even have a face, let alone fingers and feet. They can only be barely considered humanoid monsters, looking like dough figurines casually made by children.

But it didn't stop them from kneeling down and worshipping the books...

The soul in the book was stunned for a moment and looked down at its hands.

The five fingers are still separated, and the palm lines are clearly visible.

This is Lloyd's own hand.

He was about to say something, but he felt that the book made of flesh, blood and bones in his mind opened up and wrote a sentence:

"Protect them well."

Then, the giant stickman, who had been in the sea of ​​blood for who knows how long, began to move again.

But the steps are no longer light and agile, but start to become slow and staggering.

Finally, He came to the edge of a sufficiently majestic mountain ridge and sat down helplessly.

In the distance, monsters that have evolved legs and feet are running towards this side at a rapid speed, preparing to continue eating frantically.

But the stickman sat there motionless, allowing them to approach and begin to devour the last bit of his existence.

Lloyd, who witnessed this scene, could only sit helplessly on the giant's shoulder, wiped away his tears, and then said resolutely:

"Yes, I will protect them."

After saying this, his eyes went dark, and with a dizzy feeling, he returned to his luxurious dormitory.

At this time, Hiltina beside him also noticed something and asked in surprise:

"Honey, why are you...crying?"