Chapter 297 University Town Civility Code (XVII)
Transportation?
here??
The four of them immediately reacted: "Classroom!"
Qiu snapped his fingers: "Bingo!"
After the girl's brief explanation, 606 finally understood that even the local ghost students often don't understand the flow pattern of the university town space, so they mostly travel between classrooms for daily travel.
Qiu Li said confidently, "Time is money. We're already very tired working part-time on various exam dungeons every day. How can we waste more time on the road?"
606: “…”
No wonder they haven't encountered many ghosts on the road since they entered this exam.
Who would have thought that the means of transportation in your university town all started with "one classroom"!
At the classroom door, the taciturn girl stretched her neck to look outside, then turned around, nodded, and opened the classroom door.
The group reached the door, but didn't rush out. Qiu first took a look around the corridor and said disappointedly, "My luck is not good today. I misplaced my location. It's not here."
Guo Guo : "Where?"
Qiu: "The key to the library. I remember the spare key I stole last time was hidden under the third balcony on the right side of classroom 122 on the 17th floor. I hope it hasn't been taken away by other students. By the way, where are your keys hidden?"
606: “?”
The four of them looked at each other, and Tang Xinjue said truthfully, "We don't have the key."
"Impossible." Qiu shook his head and categorically denied, "You can't enter the library without a key. My intelligence shows that you entered the library not long ago. Um... I don't need to ask you, I know who you are. They all say that you never tell the truth and are the ultimate deceiver."
After saying that, Qiu decisively abandoned the conversation with Tang Xinjue and turned to ask the others: "Where are your keys?"
Tang Xin Jue: "..."
The other three: "..."
Those who like to fool people and those who don’t like to fool people are all silent.
Finally, under 606's insistence, Qiu reluctantly accepted the possibility that they really didn't have the key. He said doubtfully, "But if you didn't steal the key, how did you successfully enter the library? Unless the library actively invited you..."
Its expression froze as it carefully observed the four people's reactions before letting out a long, drawn-out "oh," a mixture of disbelief and sudden realization: "So that's how it is."
606:? How?
Fortunately, the other party didn't intend to be a complete riddler. He just smiled and said, "The library doesn't invite anyone in casually. To some extent, it can be seen as the embodiment of the university city's will, just like the Ministry of Education. But if you just want to go home, it might be troublesome..."
606 seemed lost in thought, but Qiu didn't continue. She closed the door again and said, "Anyway, let's try a few more times. Even if we can't find the key I left behind, we should be able to find one hidden by someone else."
Zheng Wanqing: "...Does everyone have a key to your library?"
Qiu Yizheng said, "How is that possible? The library key is very precious. There is only one in the entire university town."
Then she added: "Unless the last one was stolen."
The girl pinched her chin and thought: "According to my understanding, there are probably about 80 to 100 keys hidden on each floor of a teaching building. If all else fails, blind searching should be quick enough."
606: The people in your university town are indeed very simple and honest.
Before he could finish his words, something happened outside the classroom again. The door dinged like a microwave oven. Guo Guo reached out to open it, but the heat from the doorknob made him step back!
Qiu: "I forgot to mention this. There's a limit to how many times you can manually switch classroom locations. The temperature is a reminder. You can think of it as an anchor point, but compared to the exam instance, these classrooms are just low-level anchor points. You can only create them, but you can't control their formation or location. And after using them a certain number of times, it will directly trigger the underground miasma. So our chances are limited, so we have to hurry."
After saying that, she grasped the doorknob. Although her palm quickly became so hot that it gave off a burning smell, she pushed the door open as if she hadn't noticed anything and looked around sensitively: "Let me see, there should be..."
Tang Xin Jue: "There's a key in the cement sealant in the corner of the fifth balcony on the left."
Autumn:"?"
Tang Xin Jue added: "There is no second key in the area about one-third of the corridor nearby."
Autumn:"!"
She slapped her head and said, "Yeah! I forgot, your powers are amazing."
With regard to mental vision, even without moving, one could still take in every inch of distant space. If they had known there was such a thing as finding the key, they would have been able to successfully open the door last time.
Following Tang Xin Jue's instructions, they retrieved the key hidden by an unknown classmate. The moment the cold metal touched their hands, an inexplicable wave of goosebumps quickly spread across their bodies.
The four of them turned around at the same time, and sure enough, the library door quietly appeared at the end of the corridor behind them.
"My mission is accomplished!"
Qiu clapped his hands in satisfaction. "Next, I have to go back and argue with those paranoid fellows. Sigh, there's no time to rest every day. Being a ghost is really miserable. You are lucky. You should be good people!"
"Don't worry, we will cherish it."
Tang Xinjue agreed seriously. When they turned around, Qiu and the other girl had disappeared: it was unclear whether they had returned to the classroom and headed to their next destination, or gone to someplace they couldn't see.
Guo Guo scratched his head: "I haven't had time to say goodbye yet."
Although they were only together for a few minutes, the other party did help them in a real sense. They did not expect that they would separate in such a hurry, without having time to say goodbye or thank them.
Tang Xin Jue: "The time we truly meet again is often the time we don't say it out loud."
This time, the library door did not open automatically for them. After unlocking it with the key, the scene inside seemed a little unfamiliar.
There is no narrow entrance and librarian, and the door is directly connected to a circular passage with a very modern feel.
Guo Guo walked in tentatively, and just as he took one step inside, his expression suddenly changed:
Danger... lots of danger!
"There are so many monsters down there, too many to count, right under this passage." Since starting the graduation exam, this was the first time Guo Guo felt the pendant on his chest so hot.
This was definitely not the entrance to the library. The key randomly opened an unfamiliar area for them.
In the library map, there is only one place in the entire library that has hostile creatures.
"Outside the archives."
Zheng Wanqing pressed the tip of her tongue against the back of her teeth, her eyes cold and serious .
A protected area populated by countless monsters.
If you enter, you will take the risk of facing monsters head-on.
If you quit, you have to start looking again and take the risk that the situation will not change.
Tang Xin Jue made a quick decision: "I'll go take a look inside the corridor first. Zhang You will accompany me, and Guo Guo and Wan Qing will cover the rear."
While this area takes up quite a bit of space on the library map, the actual passage isn't long, and you'll quickly reach the center. The walls on either side will transform from solid glass to semi-transparent glass, revealing a dense swarm of creatures of various colors below the windows.
However, when the four saw them, their first reaction was more of shock.
If they were not mistaken, these "monsters" assigned to guard the archives were nothing more than elves that had grown into adults!
