I Will Teach You How to Hunt Gods-Chapter 524 - 128: tomori

"Master Zero, what do these books really represent?"

Yun You picked up an azure-colored ancient text, reading it while asking curiously.

This ancient text contained no words but was filled with binary symbols like "01," yet it was entirely different from normal binary language.

However, Yun You still felt that this thing must symbolize some kind of "program."

It’s quite strange.

Because the books and bamboo scrolls around it were either filled with long passages of text that seemed novel-like or were illustrated, also having narratives.

How did it turn into "programming" here?

Could it be that the functions of the books are entirely different from one another?

[I can’t figure it out either]

Master Zero sighed.

[But I feel these aren’t important. Words are complex; you might think it’s playing with programming, but it might also be telling a story]

[Think from another direction—what you think is a storybook might actually be some kind of exam or workbook if you look at it the right way, who knows...]

[This place inherently doesn’t emphasize logic, or rather, its so-called logic is beyond our comprehension. What we can do now is simply watch and read patiently, seeking that ’fated’ character]

Yun You nodded softly, then put down the book in hand and continued ascending the staircase.

Slowly, she began to realize one thing—the size of this library might truly be infinite because no matter how she walked, she couldn’t see the end and couldn’t perceive the top of this spiral staircase.

In less than five hours, she had already climbed nearly twenty thousand steps, which, according to height and angle, would be over 4000 meters high, approaching the limit for ordinary man-made structures.

But perhaps for the staircase, it’s just the beginning.

Moreover, this library had four whole corridors and countless branching paths within them.

And corresponding to this endless road were bookshelves that never lay empty.

It’s hard to imagine how many books the library’s builder collected and how they organized these books together.

In any case, it was quite an extraordinary feat.

The only flaw was...

Those murals repeatedly appearing on the library walls.

"It’s that guy again."

At yet another turn, Yun You saw the painting of a young girl—once again in the "Mona Lisa" style, but her expression had subtly changed. The slightly curved mouth was now a wider, more evident smile...

[Feels a bit narcissistic]

Master Zero couldn’t help but comment.

[It’s fine to have one painting, but why so many, with the same posture and expression? It’s almost visually exhausting...]

[I bet whoever placed the paintings loves showing themselves a lot]

"Indeed a bit narcissistic..."

Yun You nodded in agreement, quietly acknowledging, then ignored the painting and continued forward.

Yet she still didn’t notice that after she left, the painted girl’s smiling mouth slowly fell back, and a hint of discontent appeared in her eyes.

The girl rolled her eyes, as if pondering something...

So a moment later, when Yun You saw the painting for the 199th time, the girl’s pose finally changed.

She was no longer the classical and dignified figure but was now kneeling beside a vending machine, dressed in a black hacker hoodie, holding an opened canned drink, her small mouth with a faint smile. Though her appearance remained as exquisite as before, it now exuded a sense of danger.

[Such a modern-feeling oil painting!]

Master Zero couldn’t help commenting again.

"Indeed unappealing."

Yun You nodded, affirming, "Perhaps the painting’s owner thinks it’s great, but it really is strange, as if lacking any aesthetics."

"Cough, cough, cough...!"

As they were ridiculing, a sudden cough with a hint of embarrassment came from behind Yun You.

Yun You was slightly startled, and a feeling of unease rose in her heart.

"Master Zero, could the Cosmic Library possibly accommodate two ’visitors’ simultaneously?"

[I... I don’t know either]

[Look back?]

Yun You felt a bit overwhelmed.

But with no choice, she turned around obediently.

And that turn made her see an incredible figure...

At some point, the spiral staircase behind Yun You had vanished.

Replaced by a dimly lit "lounge" filled with neon lights.

Inside, a white-haired girl was silently kneeling by a vending machine flashing dim light, her long hair like auroras in the night sky, transitioning from pure white to light purple, split into two strands gently resting on her shoulders.

Her eyes were light purple, shimmering with peculiar light, faint stars twinkling within, seemingly perceiving all thoughts in the world. With just one glance, Yun You was somewhat dazed, as if everything she had thought and previously ridiculed was heard by the girl.

Looking this way, Yun You suddenly remembered.

This girl was precisely the oil painting girl she saw moments before, having the same appearance, posture, and actions.

The only difference was that the girl in the painting was holding a can of drink, casually leaning by the vending machine, like a little girl coming to buy something.