Tranxending Vision - Chapter 861

Chapter 861: 861

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The dark-skinned shooter, the metal book, the Italian archaeologist and his student, Linda…

All these things were a mess in Xia Lei’s mind .

There was a soft sound from the next room . Footsteps .

It was late . Why was she up?

Xia Lei crawled from his bed . His left eye twitched and the walls disappeared .

In the next room, Linda exited through the door . She was clad in a thin nightgown . In the faint light, every curve of her body could be seen under the nightdress . It was provoking .

Linda opened the door and then walked towards her study .

Xia Lei hopped off the bed and tiptoed to the door . He only opened the door when she entered the study . Then, he inched towards the study keeping his eyes locked on her .

She closed the study’s door, then walked towards a bookshelf .

‘I don’t think she’s just looking for a book to read?’ thought Xia Lei .

He saw Linda squat down and open a wooden cupboard at the bottom of the bookshelf . Her nightgown stretched tightly around her bottom, shadows accentuating her every curve .

This was awkward for Xia Lei . She didn’t intend for anyone to see her in this state, yet here he was .

Linda did not know there was someone behind the door . Here, she took out a leather backpack from the cupboard . Bringing the bag to the desk, she opened it and took out something from within . She placed a passport, a notebook, a pistol and some miscellaneous items along with archaeological tools .

She had a gun . However, he did not find it odd that she had one . Although gun laws here were strict, it was still common to own one in the countryside . Even an old lady might have one . You’d never know .

She picked up the gun and checked its cartridge . Then, she put the rest of the stuff back in her backpack . She put the bag back in the cupboard and then walked towards the door, holding the gun .

Xia Lei hurried off soundlessly . He had just entered his room when Linda walked out of the study with her gun . He hid at the door with his left eye still locked on Linda .

She came to his door with her gun, then stopped .

“She wants to kill me?” Xia Lei was surprised but calm . He was prepared . With a hand on his waist, he was ready to pull out his army knife anytime .

However, just as he was poised for battle, Linda shook her head and turned around to leave .

Xia Lei froze, not sure of her intentions . Amidst his confusion, Linda went to the front door to put on a pair of sneakers, then left .

Xia Lei also opened the door and left . He saw her walking down the hill . Under the dim moonlight, she looked ethereal in her nightgown . She looked like a floating spirit lingering around the hills, maybe a ghost looking for her next victim .

“She’s going to Professor Oman’s house . So she just wanted to invite me just now?” Xia Lei guessed her intentions and started to think . “At his home last evening, she wasn’t looking for anything . Was it on purpose? Was she planning to retrieve it alone? Could it be the metal book? Or why would she bring a gun?”

This guess made Xia Lei anxious .

Linda was not walking fast . After walking a bit, she turned around to look .

Just before she did that, he dove behind the front door and also made a decision . He did not follow immediately and instead, hurried to her study .

There were no tall plants on the hill, it would be difficult for him to hide . If he followed her closely, she might see him . Based on her current speed, he could definitely catch up to her before she arrived at the town . During this time, he could investigate the notebook .

As he walked to the study, he quickly took her backpack out of the cupboard and the notebook inside .

He opened the notebook and read its contents .

Inside were some archaeological notes, annotations of her research of some artefact . While the contents were random, they looked very professional . He skimmed through and quickly reached the end of the notebook .

“Professor Oman wanted me to research the metal book with him . He told me it was the most difficult mystery in the world . The age of this book far exceeds recorded human history . There are mysterious texts written inside that till this day, no one can decipher . He estimates that the book had been here since the ice age . Did another intelligent civilization exist then, during another part of Earth’s history? Well, the earth is billions of years old, and humans have only about two million years . Perhaps there is a possibility of an advanced civilization before this period? I accepted his suggestion . This is an opportunity to witness an archaeological miracle .

I finally saw the metal book . It looks like any other book, just a little larger . Before I thought it would be iron but I came to realise it was made of bronze . I asked Professor Oman why it wasn’t called the bronze book . He said it was named by the owner of this book during Roman times and they kept the name . It had appeared during the Roman times? My goodness, it’s been two thousand years since its discovery, yet till today, no one has been able to decipher its secrets .

Professor Oman and I have tried many methods . Light spectroscopy, talking to linguists, but to no avail . Our research hasn’t made much progress and I am frustrated . However I know that this is a two-thousand-year-old mystery, how could I hope to decipher it so soon .

The people at the church are a little anxious . They sent people here to ask about its progress . This is a joke . They had this metal book probably hundreds, maybe thousands of years . Yet they hadn't been able to decipher it . How could they hope for me and Professor Oman and solve the mystery so soon? Why are they so impatient? I can’t guess the reason . The church is as mysterious as this book .

Professor Oman says he has been having hallucinations, yet he has been clean of substances . I asked what sort of hallucinations but he wouldn’t tell me . Never mind, it’s time for me to put down my work . I need to attend an academic exchange in China . I hope I’ll get some inspiration from the Chinese archaeologists, maybe I'll have an idea soon…”

When he finished reading, Xia Lei was stunned .

Although Linda did not include a picture of the metal book, according to her description, he was sure that the book was the same as the bronze book he had with him .

Two bronze books! What was going on?

He suddenly recalled the ‘I’ mentioned in the audio recording of the bronze book .

“You can decipher my voice, because you are The One . I left my voice in this bronze book to tell you my story . I had a box once, and that was how I gained immense power . My life is long, long beyond your imagination . I built my own kingdom, but even I do not know how large it is . I have conquered many, many women, so many that I do not remember their names anymore . My grandchildren have died before me, and even the grandchildren of grandchildren of my grandchildren have passed before me . A long life has become my torture, yet my subjects hail me as The One . I think they see me as a god — but I am not a god . Wine, women, and vast lands are no longer enough to satisfy my desires . I began to want to unravel the mysteries of the box . And so, I departed from my kingdom . I scaled the highest peak in this world, and crossed the deepest ocean . I don’t know how many places I’ve visited, or if there was any place in this world I had not yet visited . My kingdom was extinguished, but I was not concerned . Then, a continuous snow fell upon the land . I witnessed the extinction of tens of thousands of creatures, and I truly became The One . I despaired . I wanted to end my life in the place where the sun rose . I came to the East, to the place closest to where the sun rose . This was the end I wanted . I leave this bronze book to you, but when the time comes when I am prepared to end my life…”

The audio had stopped here .

The ‘I’ in the recording did not say what happened when his life ended . He once guessed that some accident or sudden incident must have happened . However, it looked more like it was cut into two parts, not interrupted!

The part Professor Oman and Linda studied was the other half!

“As long as I can find the other part of the bronze book, I’ll be able to understand the audio . Then I will know what happened as this person prepared to kill themselves . Maybe I can even crack the AE or ancient alloy’s mystery!” Xia Lei was extremely excited .

Two minutes later, he put the leather backpack in its original spot and left Linda’s house .

As he left the front door, he looked up and spotted Linda at the entrance of the town .

She was travelling faster than before . Her hand was behind her back, holding the gun . She looked very nervous .

Under a normal circumstance, she should have changed into more appropriate clothing . However, she was just in a nightgown now, it would be difficult to hide a gun . He could tell how anxious she was to return to Professor Oman’s house .

Xia Lei rushed down the hill quickly . He took two minutes to complete the journey that took her eight minutes to walk . As he entered the town, Linda had already arrived at the professor's house .

Street lamps lit the streets but there was no one around .

She ducked under the police tape and found a key under a flowerpot . Very quickly, she opened the door . Just as she stepped inside, a shadow leapt from the darkness!

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