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

Lu Yuan stared blankly at the gray and white text in front of him.

Unexpectedly, the Imperial language, which had been stuck for so long, actually started moving here.

Moreover, there's this extra entry.

Pollution, damage, distortion, assimilation, halved.

A very useful term.

He suddenly remembered the texts in the sea of ​​knowledge, many of which were not meant to be read.

Lu Yuan had long been very dissatisfied with this.

During that trip inside the corpse, when the insects were devouring knowledge, he was somewhat wary of those things that crawled along the text.

Now that we have this entry, we have a different level of confidence in dealing with those kinds of texts.

And at that very moment, Lu Yuan was stunned.

"You don't understand, do you?"

Eli seemed to notice Lu Yuan's gaze, pulled the book back a little, and smiled.

"This is Quraysh."

"Gulaine?" Lu Yuan asked.

"You can understand it?" Eli was taken aback.

"I can't understand it." Lu Yuan shook his head. "But I can recognize a few words; it is indeed ancient Lai language."

Lu Yuan wasn't exactly lying. Those words were translated into gray-white script, which he genuinely didn't recognize.

"That's quite impressive." Eli's eyes brightened, and he moved to the side. "Sit down. This language is very niche; I've been learning it for so long, and I still can't find anyone to chat with."

Lu Yuan sat down next to him.

"My method is also extraordinary knowledge, but it's relatively niche, relying on written language," Eli said simply, without elaborating further.

He patted the book in his arms.

"This book is called 'The Book of Light.' The name sounds intimidating, saying that it contains some legends and forbidden things. But after reading it, I found that it is just a very old book that tells about the early days of the empire, as well as some miscellaneous anecdotes."

"The earliest interesting story?" Lu Yuan said. "That kind of thing is very valuable."

"Yes, so it seems very worthwhile." Eli smiled. "It cost me a lot of money to get my hands on this book."

"Besides, if there were really anything taboo hidden inside, it wouldn't be my place holding it here looking at it."

That's very true. If it were truly related to taboos, Eli might have been corrupted long ago.

Lu Yuan felt a bit more favorably disposed towards Eli's frankness.

As the two were talking, a noise suddenly came from the doorway.

Lu Yuan looked up.

Two knights entered.

The man in front of me was a middle-aged man who looked very gentle.

As he entered, he glanced around the hall and noticed that the voices in several places unconsciously quieted down.

He wore a full set of jet-black knight armor, but it wasn't the bulky, imposing kind of heavy armor. Instead, it was a slender suit that hugged his body, resembling a leather armor.

The armor didn't have many patterns, only some gray marks, one after another, hidden in the black shadows, somewhat like they had been smoked.

He wore a half-armor mask on his face.

Its mouth was covered by armor, leaving only its eyes and light brown hair on top of its head visible.

Those eyes swept across the hall, lingered on Lu Yuan's face for a moment, and then looked away.

The two knights didn't utter a single word from beginning to end.

"The one in front is called the Knight with the Lantern," Eli lowered his voice. "The one behind him is called the Silent Knight."

Yes, he lives up to his name.

Lu Yuan thought to himself.

"It is said that the two have a very good relationship," Eli continued. "Whatever the Silent Knight wants to say, the Lantern Knight will relay it on his behalf."

He paused.

"I don't know if it's true or not."

Several more people arrived at the door.

The first few to arrive spotted Eli in the corner and walked straight over.

"Eli, you've finally arrived."

Eli stood up, a smile on his face.

Lu Yuan watched from the side.

Clearly, they knew each other.

They greeted Eli, then their gaze fell on Lu Yuan standing beside them.

Eli then proceeded to introduce himself.

"This is Lu Yuan, also a member of the Night Watch, who came from Bronze City."

"Lu Yuan?" The tall leader paused for a moment, then smiled. "The one the Night Watch promised? I've seen the portrait in the files, but I never expected to meet him in person today."

The group was clearly delighted to see Lu Yuan, showing no signs of formality. Lu Yuan stood by, responding to each of them.

Dean was the one who started the self-introduction.

"Dean Rosenthal." The tall man was very familiar with him. "He's from the interior of the Empire, a member of the Rosenthal family, and he also occupies a Night's Watch position."

"Blanca Solheim." The speaker was a girl, her voice crisp and clear. "From the North, the Solheim family, who also occupy a Night's Watch position."

Rosenthal and Solheim.

People from both families arrived much faster than expected.

Lu Yuan sized up the two people in front of him.

Dean was very tall, with a typical Western appearance: blond hair, blue eyes, and remarkably fair skin.

In an era where everyone needs to work, maintaining such fair skin suggests either wealth or power, or at least being well-cared for, exuding an air of scholarly nobility.

Blanca, the girl in question, is not very tall; in fact, she is rather short.

But he has a very athletic physique; you can tell from the muscle definition that he must be someone who exercises regularly to have that kind of physique.

Compared to Dean, Blanca is a much more experienced girl.

Her skin was somewhat rough, and there were obvious calluses on her hands, suggesting she had considerable experience in physical training.

Then, with Eli in front of them, the three of them were finally together.

Including myself, there are four people.

That means we've gathered all the people Norbert mentioned.

Following behind the two, the remaining people also gave brief self-introductions.

Lu Yuan didn't bother to remember them one by one because there were too many people.

Everyone gathered together, and they were all very happy, exchanging a few words.

As the conversation progressed, it turned to the selection process.

"Alright, hold your excitement. Let me put this out there." Dean plopped down. "That statue in the first level—no one has been able to solve it yet. If it works, it works; if it doesn't, it doesn't. There's nothing more to say."

"So," he said, glancing around, "there's no point in hiding things. Everyone can speak their mind. In some ways, we're not even competitors."

"If we really want to compete, it should be on the second stage where we each rely on our own abilities. But if we can't even get past the first stage, how can we compete in the second? Besides, we're all Night's Watchers."

This makes perfect sense, so no one objected.