Chapter 3091 - 104: Bookworms

Chapter 3091: Chapter 104: Bookworms

Bang!

The red high heel swung up hard and sent a Flower Cat flying.

"—Oh, this goddamn boot! I’m gonna shove it straight up Zheng Zha’s ass!"

The Yellow Flowered Cat was happily cursing away, but you couldn’t hear even a hint of anger in its tone.

What a cheap cat.

Zheng Qing shook his head, ignored the Flower Cat’s noisy yammering, and just shot the Big Wizard beside him a weird look. Su Shijun, on the other hand, reacted late; only when she heard the cat’s swearing did she realize who she’d kicked, and she instinctively covered her little mouth, looking stunned.

The Big Wizard boots a Legend—if that gets out, that’s a Legend in its own right.

Considering that spreading this around could, to some extent, boost Su Shijun’s beautiful Legendary Level—things like "even a legendary aberration in cat form couldn’t resist a single kick from her"—Zheng Qing found himself rather tempted.

"—Sorry, I just saw something darting by my feet and kicked on reflex." Su Shijun immediately bowed her head to apologize, very sincere: "I really am very sorry!"

Zheng Qing suspected that if he weren’t holding her hand right now, she’d already be doing a dogeza.

Jiang Yu had just opened her eyes. She hadn’t seen the earlier scene and had no idea what had happened.

The boy leaned to her ear and quietly explained.

Then the Registered wizard miss got a scare too.

Unlike Zheng Qing, Su Shijun and Jiang Yu, both from clans, had a much stronger sense of what the word "Legend" meant, so inevitably they looked a bit ill at ease.

The Yellow Flowered Cat flicked its tail and sauntered over to the three of them, acting all high and mighty: "Mm, since you’ve apologized with such Sincerity, I’ll reluctantly accept... but you did kick me and hurt me just now. I can’t walk anymore, so someone needs to carry me."

It looked at the Big Fox with puppy-dog eyes.

This time, it was Zheng Qing’s turn to send something flying with a kick.

Only the Yellow Flowered Cat clearly had no desire to make contact with a stinky old man’s foot, so it bent its body and nimbly dodged. Zheng Qing then flicked ’Primordial’ out with a backhand and snapped, "—You really are everywhere! Instead of staying put in the bookstore, you trail after us to this kind of backwater? Can’t walk, then let Primordial carry you! You don’t look like an elder at all!"

Crash!

Primordial was wreathed in blood-red Karmic Fire, and the thick iron chains slowly crawled over His body, scraping out a piercing sound. The Yellow Flowered Cat cocked its head and stared for a while; in the end, worried that its beautiful fur might get singed, it chose to trot along on its own.

"I’m a cat! Don’t use Human rules on me!"

The Yellow Flowered Cat flicked its tail and lifted its chin in pride, clearly unconcerned with this whole elder-or-not business.

"—Which is why I say, when a person gets shameless enough, they’re invincible." Zheng Qing sighed to the two Witches, then paused and added, "Same goes for cats."

Su Shijun gave him a very subtle look.

Jiang Yu chuckled.

Zheng Qing felt a stab in his chest, like he’d just taken a boomerang to the heart.

Ah, how did the World get this bad!

"—You actually put a library in a place like this?" the Yellow Flowered Cat’s picky voice sounded from not far away. "Magic Power density is extremely low, the environment is awful... there’s not even a single bird. How are you supposed to raise books?"

Zheng Qing had no idea what raising books had to do with birds.

But he agreed with the Flower Cat that the environment here sucked.

This Half-plane had been affected by the shattering of that Small World back then; Magic Power had bled away badly, and life was almost entirely gone. The whole plane looked like something between a gobi desert and a wasteland: endless red earth strewn with stones big and small, not a single speck of green in sight.

In the middle of the land stood the ’Order’ library.

A tall Wizard Tower.

If Master Bao Yangzi were here, Ding Ran would be able to see that this tower looked seventy to eighty percent similar to that Babel Tower owned by that department. Because most of the library’s collection had been donated by Babel Tower, when they replicated the materials, they replicated the look of that tower along with it.

Of course, it only looked similar on the surface; inside, it was a whole different story.

"—The inside of the library isn’t fully built yet. For anything above the third floor, just don’t go for now."

Standing under the tower, Zheng Qing briefly introduced Jiang Yu to her work and the taboos, going into quite some detail: "Above the third floor is where we mainly store some ’Containment Items’ Babel Tower sent over, basically illegal experiment products related to dimensional experiments. If they can’t be destroyed or have certain value, we collect them... If you can avoid contact, avoid it as much as possible."

As he spoke, he finally let go of the two Witches’ hands, planted both palms on the tall, heavy wooden door at the base of the tower, and gave it a shove.

The door boomed open.

A rich scent of books washed over them.

Both Witches couldn’t help taking in a deep breath. This was the smell of knowledge. In the Wizard World, nothing is more precious or more valuable than knowledge.

"—As for managing those Containment Items above the third floor, usually you only need to pay attention to the ’physical books’ section under ’special barcodes’ in the library’s catalog. If you see any physical book’s label turn red, contact me immediately. Absolutely do not act rashly!"

Zheng Qing slightly hardened his tone: "Those Containment Items carry high-dimensional pollution. If you slip up, they can cause irreversible damage to your Magic Power or your body..."

Jiang Yu nodded solemnly.

"—Below the third floor, most of the collection is books or materials related to Forbidden Curse and dimensional experiments, gathered and organized by the department. My personal opinion: before you become a Big Wizard, you’d better not touch that kind of knowledge. Without a clear Dao marker, it’ll interfere with your understanding of this World... The Clean work and shelving in the library are handled by Puppets. The Protect Legal Formation runs automatically and is linked with the Xuanhuang Wood Array outside, so you don’t need to adjust it either."

"—Then what do I do most of the time?" Jiang Yu’s eyes showed a hint of confusion, and she even looked a little cute.

Zheng Qing blinked.

"Sit in a chair spacing out... and collect a paycheck?" he said, sounding a bit unsure.

Pff.

From the other side came the Big Fox’s barely stifled laughter.

It made Jiang Yu’s ears flush a little.

"Ahem, you can also set up your own lab here,"

Zheng Qing quickly pointed at the floor under their feet: "The entire level under the tower is empty. You can do some Magic experiments you like in there... Oh! Right! And these guys!"

Something seemed to occur to him. He raised his hand and beckoned.

A fat, soft-looking bug with clearly defined whisker-like legs appeared in his palm.

"—Is that a Bookworm?" Jiang Yu asked cautiously.

"Strictly speaking, it’s a special breed of Bookworm... Special Experiment Body modified from Bookworms as the original organism by the department. They can gnaw off Curse words that occasionally go out of control in those Magic Forbidden Books... Correspondingly, once they eat the Curse, they also die accordingly. The library’s Puppets will Clean up these Bookworms’ corpses, but you’re responsible for collecting them and handing them over to me."

"What are these bug corpses good for?" Su Shijun picked up that Bookworm, watched it squirm between her fingertips, and asked with interest.

"All I know is that powder ground from their dried bodies can be used to mix ink for painting the restriction inside Primordial and Taiyi. As for other uses, I don’t know." Zheng Qing answered honestly.

"—And they taste great!"

The Yellow Flowered Cat’s head suddenly popped out over the young Warlock’s shoulder, eagerly adding, "Fried, they taste like char-grilled dragon tenderloin... Perfect as bar snacks! Of course, I mean live bugs—uh, to be precise, bugs that have eaten some Forbidden Curse and Curse but haven’t had time to die yet. Those taste the best!"