The Human War - 31

Zhou Fan walked over to the left side of the library.

"The left side and the middle contain information about the elves' history. The right side has the elves' research, the geography at the time, and many many other things."

Zhou Fan nodded his head at her and picked up the first book on the first bookshelf. He finished it very quickly and moved on to the next one.

It wasn't long before he had finished the first bookshelf.

As he continued on, the elf queen, Penny, had a dumbfounded expression on her face. She had never seen someone flip through a book for a couple seconds then move on to the next. Many thoughts filled her mind. At first, she thought he was playing a joke on her. However, when he didn't stop she threw that theory away. She then thought that maybe he wasn't all there. Perhaps his brain had suffered damage as a child.

However, she then thought of his incredible acts earlier.

'Perhaps he is actually reading all those books!' She thought.

'Maybe it is a perk of being a... a cultivator?' She continued. She had almost forgot the word he had used earlier.

After 100 bookshelves, Zhou Fan was feeling surreal. The information he had gained in these few minutes changed his world view. The info dated back to thousands of years ago. The earliest record he had read in the Yang Lang library was 500 years old.

Maybe it's because the older information is on higher floors?

Nevertheless, Zhou Fan kept reading. And reading. And reading.

Zhou Fan didn't stop for 33 hours. By that time, the elf queen had taken multiple naps and food breaks.

In fact, it only took Zhou Fan that long because the book's conditions were old and he had to be extra careful. Afterwards, many of his unanswered questions were solved.

Firstly, Zhou Fan wondered where the prophecies came from. It turns out, when the elves moved down here, the oldest tribe member said it. However, there was nothing magical about it. It was simply a logical prediction according to her own words.

Speaking of the elves coming down here, they did so a whopping 3500 years ago. For reference, the oldest current empire was the war empire ranked 2nd. Although he had seen no records, rumor says that it was founded 1500 years ago.

However, that was not all he found in the library. He had also learned about the elf empire and the other empires at the time. In fact, the other empires were also ran by different races. For example, the barbarian tribe ranked 1st. It was composed of a race that called themselves 'Barbarians.' Each barbarian was at least 6 foot and 200 pounds.

However, they suffered from the same problem as the elves. Reproduction rates. It was said for every 100 attempts, 3 babies would be successfully born. Even at their peak, the barbarian tribe only had 100,000 members. In fact, every top race at the time had the same issue.

That was the only reason why humans would end up on top. Zhou Fan also learned about what was referred to as the human war by elves.

Humans used to be considered as the weakest race due to their innate blandness. However, they had one thing other top races did not. Incredible reproduction rates. Before the human war, the estimated human population was 100 million!

The top races, seeing this, decided that they could become a threat and tried to eliminate them. However, they were too late. A human had risen up and secretly inspired the race to revolt. His name was Lu Bing. He was later referred to as the freedom king. Back then, the human race was reluctant to go against the top races. What opened the floodgates was the massacre of humans from fear that they would grow too powerful.

Unknown to the top races, they were already far too powerful. The first uprising happened quickly. Humans had taken out the top races' branches. After the first success, other human settlements started an uprising. The final battle began not long after and the leader was none other than freedom king Li Bing. Although outnumbered a million to 100 million, the top races put up an incredible fight. However, in the end, numbers won. The 10 races were beaten to escaping and fleeing to unknown places, likely assumed to have been killed. Afterwards, the human race ruled the world as the only sentient race left.

One question that Zhou Fan had was why hadn't he heard of this. However, he recalled the records of the greatest human libraries being burnt or destroyed 2500 years ago. Many records had been lost.

Also the humans had not spared even a bit of the buildings of the 10 races. Libraries, castles, and houses were burnt to ashes. Then, their ashes were burnt again.

Zhou Fan had also learned of the inventor of the 2 year burning substance. However, he died in the war and all records of the substance's creation were destroyed.

Surprisingly, he found no records of the beasts. Not even legends. He had also seen no records of the underground caves. When he asked queen penny, she said that they randomly stumbled upon this place while retreating. The surviving elf members had ran through the snake tunnels since it was their only hope of survival. Most had died, and out of 1000 runners, 30 survived. Just from that, it can be seen how terrifying the snake tunnels are.

That sums up the most important information down here. After reading it all. Zhou Fan went back outside the hidden area.

However, when the doors were opening up, he saw a familiar face.

"Xiaolong!" Zhou Fan said.

As soon as Zhou Fan stepped out of the hidden area, Xiaolong coiled around him in what seemed like a hug. Of course, the other beasts weren't an exception.

Queen penny was almost shocked to death when she saw the beasts. It has to be remembered, they were each the size of elephants. It's actually incredible that she didn't pass out. At the very least, she was a trained queen.