I can see experience bars after being transported to another world.

Lu Yuan paused, then added a sentence.

"There's one last step. You must follow me and recite an oath. Only then will you gain the protection of the Forbidden Society."

This was something Lu Yuan had planned long ago. Only by joining the Forbidden Society could Agnes truly have the protection of that forbidden entity.

In the future, she wants to explore the deeper parts of the sea of ​​knowledge; having shelter and not having shelter are two completely different things.

Moreover, for a nun to associate with the ocean of knowledge is, in the eyes of the Church, apostasy.

When the day actually comes, learning to use this sign might give her another option.

Although she was only an outer member, it was better than nothing.

Agnes did not hesitate.

"Read it."

Lu Yuan spoke slowly and deliberately, and Agnes followed along.

"I will not reach into the abyss, nor will the abyss swallow me."

"What has been forgotten, I will remember; what has been erased, I will bear witness to."

"Use yourself as an anchor, and accept being remembered."

As she uttered the oath, a golden light suddenly shone from her body.

That was the will of the angel rebelling. Her path was refusing the inscription of the oath. Golden light flickered in bursts, trying to drive those words away from her.

But it was of no use.

Her status in the church was not high.

An angel's gaze will not linger long because of the betrayal of an ordinary nun.

The golden light gradually dimmed.

A faint green chain appeared on her body, wrapped around her a few times, and then disappeared.

Lu Yuan watched this scene and understood. From this moment on, Agnes and the Forbidden Society were completely bound together.

He respected her choice. She must have had her reasons for making that choice.

Moreover, as a formal member of the Forbidden Society, it's perfectly reasonable for me to help my subordinates, right?

Agnes lowered her head, feeling the lingering energy within her.

After a long while, she raised her eyes, looked at Lu Yuan, and parted her lips slightly.

"Thanks."

For the next two days, Lu Yuan lived a fairly regular life.

I went to the newly built hall this morning to check on Lake's condition.

During the day, I lend a hand in the ruins, helping to rebuild the Bronze City. In the evening, I sneak into the branch's apothecary and begin to use the newly unlocked knowledge in my mind to concoct potions.

Since unlocking pharmacology, Lu Yuan has found that he is much more adept at making potions.

Of course, there were still some potions he didn't understand how they were made.

Anyway, the gray text provides clues, so he just follows along.

In the evening, after flipping through a few pages of a book, I would take out the ghoul brain core and try to carve more inscriptions on it to see if I could connect them more closely.

Because we're going to the Knight Academy, we need to have plenty of potions.

The sanity potion was the main item; Lu Yuan ordered dozens of bottles in one go, selected seven or eight of the better quality ones, and sealed them with corks.

Several portions of purification and detoxification agents were also prepared.

Finally, there were the few bottles of dark gold oak forest potion that Isabella had given him. He wrapped each bottle in a soft cloth and put them at the very bottom of his bag.

Although our family's wealth isn't particularly abundant, it's enough for us.

Lu Yuan also took stock of the items he had on him.

A gnawed crystal of consciousness, a sanity ring given by a pathfinder, and a parchment scroll obtained upon first crossing over, long since used up.

Further down are the revolver "Flame", a dwarven copper coin, a holy stone, and a dwarven copper whistle.

That's about it.

The shells have already been given to Agnes.

As for the insects of knowledge, they have been dormant since that sea of ​​knowledge.

His own worm of knowledge returned to his left eye, and both authority and the worm of knowledge returned to their rightful places.

The other knowledge insects had no intention of signing a contract with Lu Yuan; they followed the cracks in the Sea of ​​Knowledge back to their own homes.

Large-scale infrastructure construction continues.

The ruins are decreasing day by day, while the foundations are increasing day by day.

The framework of the first row of new houses has already been erected on the east side of the city, and there are even vendors setting up stalls along the roadside, selling baked flatbreads and pickled vegetables, and business is surprisingly good.

Days passed by like this.

The change began with Oden.

The old man is staying awake for longer and longer periods of time.

"Oh shit."

Lu Yuan was squatting by a section of street that had just been cleared, watching two newborns carry the entire broken beam onto their shoulders, when Oden's voice suddenly popped into his mind.

"Reality is good," the old man drawled. "The sun, the wind, and the dust. Ah, how long has it been since I basked in the sun?"

"You're not getting any sun anyway," Lu Yuan thought to himself. "You're just sitting on my lap."

"I'm suffocating being cooped up in that statue all day. Those old fogies bickering like that, going on and on for centuries without ever reaching a conclusion. Ugh, next time I go back, I'm going to tell them all about what's going on outside, and make them envious!"

Lu Yuan dusted off his pants and stood up.

"You've been waking up quite frequently these past few days."

"That's right," Oden snorted. "I call this 'recharging up.' But you, aren't you tired of carrying bricks here every day?"

"It's not bothersome," Lu Yuan said. "At least it's much better than dealing with taboos."

Oden fell silent for a moment, which was uncharacteristic of him. He truly couldn't find a way to refute those words.

After a while, the old man spoke again.

"Hey kid, who made those iron lumps? One person can carry an entire beam without even breaking a sweat. We didn't have these things in my day."

"Those born into the Ascension Society," Lu Yuan added, "those who replace their own flesh and blood with machinery. Most of them have lost their own consciousness and can only be manipulated by others."

"Replace it with a machine?" Oden clicked his tongue twice. "It actually works! What a brilliant idea! Some of us did consider this, but integrating machines into flesh and blood would have serious backlash, so there wasn't much progress for a while. I never expected it to actually work now."

"Wow, this thing is a real workhorse, I'm even envious. For example, you could turn someone you hold a grudge against into one of these, holy crap."

Lu Yuan listened to his rambling without replying, and slowly walked towards the branch, casually asking a question.

"By the way, how long have you been trapped? Aren't you going to die hiding inside the statue the whole time?"

"How long ago?" Oden paused, "Who remembers that? Anyway, when I went in, the Silver Empire still ruled the outside world."

That's over a thousand years ago, maybe even longer.

"However, staying inside that statue is indeed quite boring," the old man continued muttering. "Sleep, bicker, sleep again, bicker again. It's only because I have a good mindset; anyone else would probably have gone crazy by now."