Chapter 291 University Town Civility Code (XI)
After confirming that there was no malicious aura of ghosts inside, 606 walked in with caution and suspicion.
The moment they saw the room, the only word they could describe was "strange."
It was extremely long from side to side, yet incredibly narrow in width. Taking just two steps forward would easily lead to bumping into the gray walls. Within this corridor-like, gray rectangular room, countless long chandeliers hung, making it resemble a small prison.
Before entering, the four people thought that the owner of the female voice opened the door, but after entering, they looked around and saw a small wooden table about ten meters away on the left side, and a young woman sitting behind the table .
They looked several times before they were sure that the person sitting there was indeed a person, a normal living person, not some disguised eyeball or ghost.
Woman: "I didn't open the door. It opened because you were coming in. If you hadn't come in, it wouldn't have opened."
After saying this, she pushed the paper and pen on the table forward:
"Register before entering the museum."
"Is there a charge here?" Out of caution, Zhang You asked about the precautions in advance.
The woman blinked calmly. "1. The library is open to all students free of charge. 2. All books and materials in the library must not be damaged, left lying around, or taken away. 3. Visiting hours are determined by the library."
"The library decides?"
Tang Xin Jue repeated .
In other words, the time they can stay in the library is completely uncertain and they may be asked to leave at any time.
But at least, it seems to be a more "peaceful" place inside.
Zheng Wanqing had already taken a step inside and asked, "Why don't I see any bookshelves?"
For a library, it would be fine if it didn't have several floors and a vast space, but now there aren't even any bookshelves as far as the eye can see. So where are all the "books" placed?
The registrar raised his hand and pointed at the wall in front of them: "Keep going."
Go up the wall?
Zheng Wanqing tried to take a step forward, but just as she took a step forward, she disappeared from the spot in full view of everyone.
Guo Guo: "??? Where are you, Miss?"
At this moment, Zheng Wanqing's voice came from the spiritual connection that had always been open: "I'm still here."
Out of sight of the other three, Zheng Wanqing looked at the bookshelves before her. She turned back the way she had come, but there were still rows of bookshelves behind her, with no sign of the entrance or anyone else in Room 606.
"I'm stuck here."
Zheng Wanqing accurately described what she saw: "Right now I am in a room with about dozens of bookshelves. There is no exit, and I can't see you."
"The library won't hold anyone captive," the registrar interrupted to clarify. "When it's time for you to leave, the exit door will appear."
Tang Xin Jue had a guess: "After we all pass through this wall, we will enter different areas of the library, right?"
This time the registrar did not object.
After a quick discussion, the three of them decided to go in together. But before leaving, they were suddenly stopped by the registrar:
"Wait, you can't all go in, there's one person missing who hasn't registered yet!"
606: “?”
The four of them have just finished registering, so how come there is still someone missing?
The registrar was very confident: "There is still one missing, it's in your bag."
Following her direction, Zhang You took off his backpack and suddenly understood something: "You mean... it?"
The backpack opened, and a snoring white ball came into view.
The registrar nodded and said, "Yes, come and register."
After being woken up, Baituanzi chirped twice sleepily, looked left and right, and then jumped onto the registrar's desk with curiosity.
"Pah", the pen and paper were pushed off by its butt.
Registrar: “…that’s why I hate working.”
She silently picked up the registration paper, pressed the elf upside down on the paper, and a bunch of unfamiliar characters automatically filled in the blank column.
"You can go in now."
After saying that, the registrar forcibly drove away the elf that was trying to get on her head.
Zhang You had just received the white ball when she turned around, only to find that the other two members of 606 had disappeared. When she turned around again, the scenery around her had also changed.
The long, narrow entrance space opens into a spacious, towering library, its number of floors unknown. Gazing from the central, spiraling staircase, one can see countless layers of glass, each filled with a dazzling array of bookshelves, seemingly connected by a swirling cloud of mist, with no end in sight.
There is no doubt that if they were trapped in one of the floors or even a library room, Zhang You believed that even if 10,000 people were scattered in, they would probably not be able to find each other.
But she is special because she is not on any of the levels.
…She was stuck on the stairs.
This spiral staircase is suspended in the middle of the library, with no village in front and no shop behind. It is so transparent that you can see that there is no one up and down the 200 meters!
Fortunately, the mental link still existed. After seeing Zhang You's current situation from 606's internal chat room, Guo Guo couldn't help but be silent for a moment: "...Thank you, Sister You. Now I feel that the place I came in is not too strange."
When other people looked over, they saw either the vast and open Sky Library or a large reading room with numerous bookshelves - only she had a study room that was as small as it could be.
In the middle of the study sat a wooden table. On top of it lay a well-worn computer, keyboard, and mouse, seemingly unremarkable. Behind the desk, a row of scattered small bookshelves seemed even more shabby in contrast to the other three people.
Tang Xin Jue said in his sea of consciousness, "Let's observe the surrounding environment first to see if we can find some useful information. Our position on the map is slowly shifting. I'll look for a pattern first. You should also pay attention to safety."
"Don't worry." Guo Guo patted the pendant to assure himself that there was absolutely no problem.
Although the university town was rife with danger, the library had a distinctly different atmosphere. Especially in this small room, Guo Guo had an inexplicable feeling: even if the sky fell outside, she might be fine staying here.
This can't be an illusion, right?
She touched her nose and cautiously walked to the bookshelf. To Guo Guo's surprise, there were no strange books like "The University Town is So Beautiful" or "One Hundred Ways to Eat for Candidates" on the bookshelf, but rather very normal books - at least with very normal titles.
The Four Great Classical Novels, Tang and Song poetry, the Xinhua Dictionary... He glanced at them one by one, and finally a book with a more unusual title caught Guo Guo's attention:
"I found a book here that I think might be useful. It's called 'One Hundred Ways to Get Rich Quickly'!"
Zheng Wanqing: "...Are you sure it will work?"
"If you want to practice divine skills, you must first castrate yourself. The method of getting rich quickly focuses on criminal law... Hmm, it seems that the practicality is a little bit poor."
Guo Guo sighed and stuffed the book back with regret.
Behind this book, there were a few unremarkable storybooks that didn't quite make anyone want to read them. Guo Guo glanced at the titles: "The Great Escape from the Women's Dormitory," with four stick figures on the cover; "The Great Escape from Overtime," with a cover depicting a tormented office worker; and "30 Days to Prepare for the College Entrance Exam," with a cover depicting a group of distressed students. At the very end of the shelf was a reference book called "A Guide to Visiting Happy Island," but the pages were a bit worn, suggesting it had seen better days.
Finding nothing new, Guo Guo informed the other three of the situation. However, even after Zhang You and Wan Qing responded, Tang Xin Jue remained silent.
"Heart Jue?"
Guo Guo asked sharply.
A few seconds passed, and there was still no response.
"Something happened with the Heart Technique?"
Zheng Wanqing immediately put down the book in her hand and held the positioning dragonfly in her hand.
Zhang You stopped him: "It should be fine. The information bar and health value of the Heart Sutra are normal, and the spiritual connection is still open."
If Tang Xin Jue really encountered an accident, the mental connection would definitely be the first to break. On the other hand, as long as there was no reaction from the mental power, it meant that there was most likely no problem.
So the current situation is more like...
Zhang You frowned, unable to find the right words. Guo Guo added, "Looks like the microphone is turned off?"
"Oh, sorry."
In a space unknown distance away from Guo Guo and the other two, Tang Xinjue was adjusting his mental power.
In front of her, a girl scratched her head and suddenly realized:
"Sorry, I just remembered that I'm a ghost from another place and I might have disturbed your magnetic field. How about this, I'll stay away for now and not disturb your chat."
After saying that, the girl straightened her bloodstained collar and hair, then in a strange manner, she leaped onto the ceiling and crawled several meters in the opposite direction from Tang Xin Jue. "Is this distance enough? Is the signal good?"
Tang Xin Jue: "..."
