Douluo Continent: The Twin Holy Dragons of Light and Darkness, the Dragon Emperor Breaks Through the

By the light of the oil lamp, he copied the map on the storefront in its entirety, confirming the position and direction of every line, and then retraced his steps.

He laid out the two maps side by side under the lamp and compared the direction of the lines and the positions of the marks one by one.

He found that the two maps were largely the same, but there were slight offsets in the positions of a few marked locations, as if they were different versions of the same area.

He marked the locations of the differences on a piece of paper, closed his notebook, stood by the window for a while, then walked back to the table and began to plan which location to check first the next time he entered.

Jin Chen received the letter four days later.

He sat on a stone bench: "He said he had copied a second map and compared it with the first one. He found that the two maps differed in several marked locations, as if they were different versions of the same area."

He's planning which areas to prioritize checking next time he enters, based on the locations of those discrepancies.

Ling Feng said, "Those different locations might be the key to the entrance to the next level."

Qian Renxue said, "He is gradually narrowing down the search area."

Chen Yuan said, "Then his next step should be to prioritize checking the locations of those discrepancies."

Tang San said, "He should have already determined the order of priority for inspection."

Jin Chen said, "He said he plans to go in two days to prioritize checking the locations of those discrepancies."

Ling Feng said, "Let him do it at his own pace."

Chapter 399 Deciphering the Text

The letter from Haifeng City arrived five days later, in the evening.

The wind was light that day, and the old locust tree in the yard stood quietly, its leaves edged with a touch of twilight, as if it were about to blend into the approaching night.

Jin Chen sat down on the stone bench, opened the letter, read a section, and then looked up, his voice carrying the tone of someone who had just confirmed something: "He said he went to check the locations of those discrepancies today."

No obvious abnormalities were found at the first and second locations; the ground and walls were intact and showed no signs of being disturbed.

But at the third location, near the end of the passage, he found a small area that was slightly darker in color. When he touched it, he felt that the wall there was slightly warmer than the surrounding area.

He ran his finger along the edge of the area to confirm it was a single, large stone slab, about the size of a person passing through.

He put down the letter, as if waiting for the sentence to be finished. He carefully felt along the edge of the stone slab, found a tiny indentation, pressed it with the tip of his knife, and the stone slab contracted inward a short distance, then slid to the side, revealing a passage behind it.

The passage was short, about twenty steps long, and it ended at a square stone chamber. Light streamed down evenly from the dome above, illuminating the entire chamber.

The four walls of the stone chamber were covered with inscriptions, using the same writing system he had seen in his notes before, but in greater quantity and denser arrangement.

Ling Feng said, "That stone chamber was probably used to store records."

Qian Renxue said, "If all four walls are covered with text, it is very likely that it records the construction process or purpose of this space."

Chen Yuan said, "Then he may need some time to decipher those words."

Tang San said, "The way those characters are arranged may be more complex than what we've seen before, and it will be slower to decipher them."

Jin Chen said, "He said he stood in the stone chamber for a while, confirmed the orientation of the characters, and then went back the way he came."

He plans to bring paper and charcoal pencils in tomorrow to trace the text line by line, then take it back to his cabin to decipher it slowly.

Ling Feng nodded: "Taking it slow is the right thing to do."

The larger the amount of text, the longer it takes to decipher.

As long as the direction is correct, it can be deciphered.

Lin Mu arrived the next morning.

He stood still under the eaves, not in a hurry to release the leaf, as if waiting for his breathing rhythm to stabilize. Then he raised his hand and stretched out the leaf. After it lit up, he began to try to control the brightness and direction at the same time while moving.

He walked around the yard, and the leaves maintained a stable brightness and direction under his control, as if the three had formed a harmony that did not require any additional adjustment.

He gathered the leaves: "I tried moving them in different directions today, and the leaves stayed steady."

Ling Feng said, "Then you can now control it stably in all directions."

Next, we can try to achieve control in more complex paths.

Lin Mu thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll go back and plan a route and try again."

Ling Feng said, "Okay."

Tang San came over in the evening.

He sat down on the stone bench: "If he can decipher the inscriptions in that stone chamber over in Sea Breeze City, it might change our understanding of this space."

Ling Feng said, "The larger the volume of text, the more complete the content will be when it is interpreted."

He's already reached this point, and further progress should continue to accelerate.

Tang San said, "Then his current progress is already faster than expected."

Ling Feng said, "He is indeed walking quite fast."

The next morning, the boy, carrying paper and charcoal, walked along the passage into the stone chamber.

He stood in the center of the stone chamber, looked up and around the four walls to confirm the arrangement of the text and the direction of reading, and then began to copy it line by line, starting from the upper left corner of the first wall.

He meticulously recorded the spacing, character size, and shape of each line of text on a piece of paper, and marked its position and order next to it.

It took him the entire morning to complete the copy of the first wall, stopping only once to make sure the charcoal lines were still clear before continuing his work.

When he put down the charcoal pencil, he had confirmed that all the text on the first wall had been completely recorded.

He didn't rush to start on the second wall. He first put away the pages he had copied, then went back the way he came. Under the lamp, he spread out the pages and read through the text on the first wall from beginning to end, confirming that some words and content that had already been interpreted in his notes were repeated.

He circled the repeated words, marked their positions and the number of times they appeared, and then closed the notebook.

Jin Chen received the letter six days later.

He sat on the stone bench: “He said he had finished copying the first wall and found that some words were repeated with the content that had already been interpreted in the notes. He was inferring the possible meanings of the unknown words based on those repeated words.”

Ling Feng said, "Inferring unknown words through repeated words is a robust interpretation method."

Qian Renxue said, "If he can confirm the meaning of those repeated words, he can gradually advance the interpretation of the entire wall."

Chen Yuan said, "Then he should now prioritize interpreting those recurring words."

Tang San said, "Once the meanings of those words are confirmed, the structure of the entire text will become clearer."

Jin Chen said, "He said he plans to spend about a week completing the initial interpretation of the first wall before starting to copy the second wall."

Ling Feng said, "No need to rush."

If one week isn't enough, use two weeks. Once you've laid a solid foundation, the subsequent progress will naturally accelerate.

In the days that followed, the boy sat under the lamp every night, comparing the content he had already studied with the text, and gradually confirmed the meaning of the recurring words.

By the fourth day, he was able to recognize the structure of some sentences in the text. The beginning of each sentence contained a description of time, and the end contained a description of space, as if recording a series of correspondences between locations and times.

He marked the corresponding positions between those time points and spatial points in his notebook, closed the notebook, stood by the window for a while to confirm that the correspondence was indeed stable in the text, then walked back to the table and wrote a short summary at the bottom of that page: "The text records the correspondence between multiple time points and spatial coordinates, possibly recording the placement time and location of a batch of items."

Jin Chen received the letter on the seventh day.

He sat on the stone bench: "He said he had made a preliminary determination of the text structure on the first wall and was inferring the meaning of the remaining words based on those correspondences."

Ling Feng said, "If we can confirm that set of correspondences, we can understand the main idea of ​​the entire text."

Qian Renxue said, "Recording the time and location of items might be a record of the function of this space."

Chapter 400 Long-Term Observation Station

Chen Yuan said, "If those items are related to the components in the space, then recording the placement time and location can help him determine which components are original and which were moved later."

Tang San said, "He now has enough information to plan the next step of the verification."

Jin Chen said, "After completing the interpretation of the first wall, he plans to enter the stone chamber to copy the second wall and verify whether the correspondence is consistent in the text."

Ling Feng said, "Then let him continue at the current pace."

Night had fallen, and the light in the courtyard was fading.

Ling Feng stood up, and Qian Renxue followed suit. The two walked into the house, and the wooden door closed with a very soft sound.

The moonlight outside the courtyard wall was slowly sliding down the edge of the eaves. The night wind passed through the courtyard without lingering. It passed through the old locust tree, past the fallen leaves at the corner of the wall, and then continued to sweep away into the distance.

The texts being deciphered are becoming clearer than before, gradually revealing the complete record behind them.

And the boy will continue to sit under the lamp, confirming and matching each of the copied characters one by one, until the entire text is presented in its whole form, until the next hidden position is revealed.

The paths were still there, and he continued to walk along them, simply waiting for the next hidden compartment to be opened, or the next sentence to be read in the twilight.

He is now walking toward that wall that has not yet been copied, toward the blank spaces between those sentences that have not yet been confirmed.

The moonlight was slowly descending along the edge of his windowsill, as if telling him in its own way that the unread parts were still there, waiting for his next step.

The letter from Haifeng City arrived in the evening fourteen days later.

It was already getting dark that day. An oil lamp was lit in the courtyard. Jin Chen sat under the lamp, opened the envelope, and pulled out a thick stack of letters. He looked at them for a long time, then looked up and said, "He said he had completed the copying and interpretation of the three walls."

The first wall is a record of time, the second wall is a record of space, and the third wall is a record of objects.

After piecing together the contents of the three walls, he discovered that they all described the same event: the construction process of the space.

The builders were an exploration team from afar who discovered this underground structure near Sea Breeze City and decided to transform it into a long-term base and observation station.

The notes mention that this space was not only for living, but also for observing the flow of divine power on the continent and recording the slowly changing ley lines.

At the core of the space, that continuously glowing sphere, is the core equipment of the observation station, used to monitor the flow of divine energy across the continent.

Ling Feng said, "Then the true purpose of this space is more specific than we thought."

Qian Renxue said, "If it was indeed used to observe the flow of divine power, then its very existence is a recording device."

Chen Yuan said, "Those components and stone discs were probably used to adjust the observation equipment."

Tang San said, "If that sphere can indeed monitor the flow of divine power, then it should still be operating now."

Jin Chen said, "He saw a record on the fourth wall that said the core equipment of the observation station needs to be calibrated regularly. The calibration method is to put the corresponding components into the designated slots in sequence and then observe the reaction of the sphere."

He re-examined the installed components according to the description in the record, confirming that their positions and order were consistent with the description.

He said that after the calibration was completed, the brightness of the sphere began to fluctuate continuously, and then it stabilized at a new level, one level higher than before.

He said he could feel a continuous change happening inside the sphere, as if it was recalibrating its state.

He stood there for a while, confirming that the sphere's condition had indeed stabilized, then walked back down the stairs.