[I'm almost done. Give me one more hour. I have been a cripple recently. Love will harm the nation, comrades.]
Q: "Siri, what happens if no one finds the five target books?"
A: "In that case, the activity in the library will continue … until the books are found. Or, when the number of days the activity lasts is equal to the sum of the lives of all the team members, the number of lives will be deducted in one go. "
Q: "Then, won't they all die?"
A: "When that time comes, I will open the door again to welcome the next batch of readers."
Q: "Alright. What if someone collects all five books but doesn't want to confirm it? "
A: "Let's assume that no one finds the books."
Q: "In other words, we have to confirm it … Do we have to come to the workbench to confirm it? What if I hold up the five books for you to see? "
A: "No."
Q: "Then, can you tell us the sum of the lives of everyone in the library?"
A: "Yes."
Q: "… Then tell me!"
A: "522."
Q: "Ah, so many … Who knows how many? Can you tell us?"
A: "I can't. Because it doesn't affect the duration of the activity. "
Q: "No matter what you say, you are right. By the way, how did the five target books disappear from the library's system? "
A: "Because the librarian here loves to read. When the library is closed, she would spend the whole day in the library. Regardless of whether she was eating or taking an afternoon nap, she would always hold a book in her hand and read wherever she went. Maybe she was too relaxed, so after some time, she realized that five books had disappeared. "
Q: "You are the librarian, right?"
A: "No comment."
Under the cover of the night, Lin Sanjiu and Rena quietly and quickly approached the corner of the wall. They stopped and listened for any movement in the corridor next door.
From the hints they got from the conversation between Reno and Siri, they could basically confirm that the "librarian" had left the five books in her path while she was killing time. The three books that were found in the reading area and the multimedia area seemed to prove this point. When Siri mentioned eating and napping, she seemed to be hinting that this "librarian" had the same daily activities as a living person. However, there was no cafeteria in the library.
Lin Sanjiu scanned the area with her higher consciousness. When she didn't find anything out of the ordinary, she gestured to Rena and the two of them quickly turned into the corridor. There was a sign above their heads with the words "Restroom" glowing in the dark.
Before the two groups separated, Silvan pulled down the combat glasses on his head and covered half of his face. For some reason, his action was especially memorable. "Let's go talk to the people from the west wing first." He casually flung his arm over Reno's shoulder as if they had known each other for many years. "Be careful when you're looking for the books. The south wing is abnormally quiet right now."
Just as Lin Sanjiu remembered this reminder, she and Rena had just pushed open the heavy wooden door of the female washroom. The wooden door slid open soundlessly under the control of the two people's strength, and a dark yellow light immediately spilled onto the ground. Even though the wattage of the light bulb wasn't high, it wasn't damaged. The sink, the cell phone dryer, and the individual cubicles were all lit up by the light. They sat quietly in the washroom.
Looking around, Rena heaved a sigh of relief when she didn't see anyone in the washroom. After she closed the wooden door, she mumbled softly, "I really hope the books are in this washroom …"
This was already the fourth washroom they had searched.
After they searched the two female washrooms in the central hall, they went to the second floor of the east wing. If there were no books in this washroom, Lin Sanjiu really wanted to go back and search the male washroom as well.
"Are we still going to search one by one?"
Since there was no one around, Rena felt a little relaxed. She pushed open the door of the first cubicle and walked in. Then, she started to nitpick again, "The toilet is really disgusting. Siri is really …"
Lin Sanjiu walked into the second cubicle. As she dealt with Rena casually, she put down the toilet lid and checked the crack behind the toilet bowl.
"By the way, are you sure you don't want to tell Brother Silvan your name?" Even though Silvan was searching for books, he didn't stop Rena from chatting with Lin Sanjiu. "There aren't many gentlemen like him. Besides, not everyone in the Twelve Worlds Centrum is Puppeteer's lackey …"
"It's okay. I think you guys can just call me Jiu now."
Perhaps it was because Gong Daoyi had left a deep impression on her back in Garden of Eden that Lin Sanjiu couldn't trust Silvan, who had that kind of appearance. Besides, she didn't approve of his overly gentle attitude toward all the women around him.
After Rena finished checking the first cubicle, she walked past Lin Sanjiu and entered the third cubicle. "Hmm, this one is really dirty! I heard that the female washroom is actually much dirtier than the male washroom. Maybe I can confirm it today … "
Young children always seemed to have an endless amount of energy. No matter how many battles they fought or how many injuries they sustained, as long as they could catch their breath, they would be full of energy again. When Lin Sanjiu thought of this, she couldn't help smiling.
This cubicle was also empty. Before Lin Sanjiu left, she took a look behind the door.
A woman's satchel was hanging on the hook.
Lin Sanjiu felt a surge of excitement. She reached out and took the satchel down. She touched it through the fabric and felt a thick texture. Lin Sanjiu opened the satchel and took out a book. She looked at the book under the light. It was "The Heart-Stealing Consort Runs with a Ball".
Just as Lin Sanjiu shifted her gaze from the cover of the book, Siri's muffled voice reached her ears through the corridor and the wooden door, "Progress: The fourth book has been found."
Lin Sanjiu couldn't help letting out a long sigh. A smile appeared on her face, "That's great. Now, there's only one left … Looks like there won't be any more in the washroom. Let's go and find a place to take a nap."
Lin Sanjiu looked at the book in her hand and couldn't help joking, "You don't say. This book is really suitable for reading in the washroom —"
Suddenly, Lin Sanjiu realized that something was amiss.
The washroom was a little too quiet.
She stiffened and slowly shifted her gaze to the gap under the partition of the cubicle.
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