"Huh, it's really more peaceful here..."
As soon as he returned, the recorder leaned back and leaned on the armrest of the chair behind him.
Although none of them were injured in this story, their mental states were always tense under the harassment of various terrifying and strange monsters that may appear from time to time in the fantasy world. Dare to relax even a little bit.
After finally returning to the library, as soon as her mind relaxed, Mianxiang's sleepiness followed her.
In this story, they stayed for nearly three days in total, and during these three days, the total time she spent sleeping and resting was less than four hours.
"So I've already said that committing suicide directly with your backhand is the fastest way to clear the level. Who told you to choose the first option?"
Bai Zhi glanced at the other party with a look of disgust on his face.
In that story, the fantasy world was born based on the real world, and they were based on the anchor point of that fantasy world. As long as the anchor point did not exist, the fantasy world would naturally collapse.
Just like in the previous nesting doll world, this is the fastest way to pass the story... but no one dares to try.
After all, how many people would be willing to risk their lives if there are other options
… So each of them became a spiritual mentor for a time.
"One treats the symptoms and the other treats the root cause, so that the story score can be higher... Anyway, didn't you agree in the end?"
As he spoke, the recorder yawned involuntarily.
"I hope the story interval can be longer this time. It feels a bit unbearable to keep it like this..."
"Indeed, although the things unlocked by the destiny cards that appear in each round are very good, if this continues, sooner or later we will not be able to stand it."
Yeyue Yingxue nodded in agreement.
"Although elite-level items are very good, we must also consider our... What's wrong?"
Looking at Bai Zhi who suddenly waved his hand to stop her words, Ye Yue Yingxue and the clouds dispersed and couldn't help but look a little confused.
"Let me ask you a question."
Looking at the empty seat next to him, Bai Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly.
"How many players participated in this dungeon at the beginning?"
"Isn't it just the five of us?"
Putting one hand on the table to support his head lazily, the recorder reached out and put on his hood again.
"You're in a group with Xiaren, the twins here are in a group, and I'm in a group... huh? I'm here alone?"
At the end of the sentence, the recorder was slightly stunned at first.
"It started with five people."
Xia Wen, who was sitting next to him, nodded firmly.
"The people involved in the first story are you, me, and Yeyue Yingxue Yinyunsan. The people participating in the second story are the recorder and Yeyue Yingxue Yinyunsan. The third story is us. Everyone was in it together.”
"Is it because there is an extra empty seat?"
Glancing at the empty seat next to Bai Zhi, Ye Yue Yingxue frowned slightly.
"But this doesn't mean... the memory in your mind is different from ours?"
"No, the memory in my mind is the same as yours. We only had five players from the beginning, but the key point of the problem is not that."
Shaking his head, Bai Zhi took out a sticky note from under the table and placed it on the table.
"Before entering the third story, I specially posted this sticky note under the table. Since we only have five players from the beginning, can any of you tell me... I wrote on this sticky note Who is the player named [Setsuna] above?"
"Setsuna...is there such a player?"
The moon reflected the snow and the clouds dispersed, making him look a little confused.
"See for yourselves, I can still recognize my own handwriting."
Shaking his head slightly, Bai Zhi handed over the sticky note.
"According to what I recorded on the sticky note, [Setsuna] should have come together with [Recorder]... Even you yourself have no memory at all?"
As he spoke, Bai Zhi looked at the recorder.
"No... has the memory been blocked or sealed?"
As if he suddenly thought of some bad memory, the recorder's face looked slightly gloomy.
"If this is the case, it means that the library itself is not safe. We..."
Before she finished her sentence, in the book suspended in the middle of the square table, a new blank page was opened, and new handwriting slowly appeared on it.
[Story 3? Lie]
[Overall score: 9.7]
[All surviving participants will receive 10 story points, which can be used to purchase specific products in the story store. ]
[The fourth story will start in one hour, please prepare yourself. ]
After these writings appeared, just like the previous situation, a destiny card of different colors appeared in front of each of them.
"Ignore these things for now, let me tell you my guess."
Glancing at the red destiny card that appeared this time in front of him, Bai Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly.
"To be honest, I doubt that we are now in this scene of the big library itself... Just like the stories we have experienced before, the big library we are now in is also a story."
"!!!"
After Bai Zhi said these words, everyone fell into silence.
After a long time, Yeyue Yingxue and the clouds dispersed, and then he reluctantly asked.
"You mean, we are in a story, participating in the story within the story... similar to a Möbius strip?"
"Otherwise? Otherwise, do you really think that elite-level items are so easy to get? Until now, I only have a few elite-level items on my body, and in this copy, four or five elite-level items were produced in one breath. Do you think this is possible? Not even S-level dungeons can achieve this level."
After curling his lips, Bai Zhi continued to speak.
"Things in the story can be taken outside the story, but there is a corresponding price to pay. This is stated in the rules announced by the system. This is the information that previous players have explored... In this copy Before the mutation."
"Wait, so the items we obtained are all fake!?"
The reporter suddenly stood up from the chair and put his hands on the table. The recorder looked like I couldn't accept it, and so did everyone else.
- Frankly speaking, Bai Zhi's next words were far more lethal than the previous words.
"It's not false. After all, there are detailed attribute descriptions in the system."
Bai Zhi shrugged slightly and spoke in a relaxed tone.
"But if you want to take those things out of this story, you will probably have to pay a considerable price... probably?"
"..."
Volume 1: The Gap between Imagination and Reality: Chapter 589 Chapter 581 The Librarian
In the quiet big library, the atmosphere unconsciously became weird because of Bai Zhi's words.
"Uh... Things like these should just be guesses, right?"
He took out the gold coin he had obtained before from his pocket and looked at it several times, with a look of reluctance on his face as the night moon reflected the snow and the clouds dispersed.
Elite-level props are already the highest-level items she has on her body, and she doesn't have many of them herself. She was so happy before, but now she is so disappointed.
"Although it is just a guess, I have a few pieces of evidence to support it."
Bai Zhi stretched out a finger in front of him and spoke seriously.
"First of all, after you entered this dungeon, you should have seen that there should be information about three players in this dungeon, right? To be honest, they are my companions, and I came into this dungeon to find them. , but they are not here."
"so what?"
She looked up at him with a smile on her face and a shy look on her face.
"I suspect that they, like us, are trapped in the story of this library and are reincarnated endlessly."
Bai Zhi raised his head and looked at the book floating above the table, with a noncommittal look on his face.
"In this big library, we need to go in and complete the stories one after another. Although there is a short break in the middle, although we can get rewards after each story is cleared... But don't forget, we are People come in to conquer the dungeon, not here to buy equipment and props."
"But this story forces us to enter. We can't resist anyway, so we might as well get more equipment and props."
The recorder spoke slightly unconvinced.
"No matter how much you grind, what's the use? You can't take it out anyway. Greed will sometimes push you to the abyss of destruction."
With the fingers of his hands crossed in front of him, Bai Zhi leaned back on the armrest of the chair and spoke in a deep tone.
"In addition, one of the players among us disappeared, and we all lost the memory of him. If it hadn't been for it before, I would have roughly written down all this information on a sticky note and secretly posted it on the table On the back, we wouldn’t even notice it.”
"I really don't remember a player named Setsuna."
He frowned slightly, and spoke with a shy smile.
"I don't remember either, but he does exist...or once existed."
Bai Zhi glanced at the empty seat next to him and curled his lips.
"It can't be said that Setsuna captured Mirai, or that Mirai captured Setsuna, right? Since a bizarre disappearance occurred in the library, it means that the library is not safe. Combined with the previous two times, Judging from the fact that no one has disappeared... there should be a rule that a person will disappear when alone in the library."
Bai Zhi reached out and touched his chin, with a thoughtful look on his face.
"If that's the case, then the number of people who can participate in the fourth story should be four... Let's talk about this in an hour."
"...Then what should we do next?"
Subconsciously, he raised his head and glanced at the book in the air. Yeyue Yingxue and the clouds dispersed and asked Bai Zhi.
- The injury-free performance in two consecutive dungeons is enough to establish Bai Zhi's position in this temporary team. It is just a hug, which is not shameful.
"It's simple, explore the library, find a way out, complete the story, collect relevant clues, and leave the story."
As he spoke, Bai Zhi snapped his fingers.
Following his movements, a shadow guard walked out of the shadows beside him and handed him a sketchbook amidst the envious eyes of others. Then after completing this action, the shadow guard started again. disappeared into the darkness.
"Before, I have always sent shadow guards to search for relevant information in this library. Unfortunately, as soon as we enter the story, the shadow guards existing in this library will disappear, but it doesn't hurt..."
Putting the sketchbook in his hand on the table, Bai Zhi distributed one to everyone.
"There are a total of 3084 bookshelves in this library. The collection of books is too large to be counted, but it is initially estimated that there are more than hundreds of thousands of books. This is a topographic map of this library drawn by the shadow guard. You can take a look. .”
"...are we looking for books in the library?"
Taking the sketch paper and taking a look at it, Ye Yue Yingxue and the clouds dispersed and couldn't help but raise their heads and ask.
"Yes, in this library, all the books look the same from the outside, but there are a few exceptions. Their cover colors are different. The Shadow Guard is not a living thing, so he can't take it. Books, and what we have to do is... huh?"
Raising his eyebrows slightly, Bai Zhi suddenly turned his head and looked at the darkness shrouded in the rows of bookshelves behind him.
Ever since the book on the square table appeared, the side of their square table was the brightest in this large library, while the brightness in other places in the library was obviously much darker.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing Bai Zhi's unusual behavior, the others couldn't help but feel nervous and quickly started asking.
"There is something wandering over the bookshelf. The shadow guard I had just disappeared. Please be careful not to be touched by the other party... Has it appeared again?"
After a brief explanation, with half-closed eyes, Bai Zhi summoned the shadow puppet in the dark, and then quickly went to the place where the incident occurred.
-Unless he can share the vision with the Shadow Guard at any time, the information obtained from the Shadow Guard will be limited after all.
Soon, Bai Zhi came to the area where the shadow guard had an accident. With the help of the shadow puppet's vision, he finally saw the true face of the monster that had been elusive in the bookshelf area since the beginning. , one of his shadow guards was killed by this guy.
However, after seeing the other party's true face, Bai Zhi couldn't help being slightly stunned.
It was not some kind of ferocious-looking monster as expected, but a quite normal human being. It looked like the librarian of this library. He was still wearing a uniform, but there was no expression on his face. It's like a mechanical puppet.
At this moment, the other party was bending down to pick up a book that fell from the bookshelf to the ground at an unknown time.
Squinting his eyes slightly, Bai Zhi suddenly seemed to think of something. When the other party didn't notice him, Bai Zhi controlled the shadow puppet to get a book from the bookshelf on the side.
Then, when the librarian was about to put the book in his hand back on the bookshelf, Bai Zhi exchanged the book in his hand with the book in the other person's hand.
After doing all this, the figure of the shadow puppet disappeared into the shadows again, and then returned to the square table with the book.
Volume One: The Gap between Illusion and Reality: Chapter 590 Chapter 582: The Origin of Strange Stories