The library was the place Zhang Heng was most familiar with on campus. It was even above the dormitory building where he lived.
In his static world, the two places Zhang Heng frequented the most were the gym and the library. To facilitate his access, he even took the time to get a staff key. Now, it came in handy. Zhang Heng entered the library through the side door reserved for the librarians. He first went to the basement to turn on the power device, then came to the elevator, pressed the buttons from the second to the seventh floor, and exited the elevator.
He didn't know what was in the library, and whether it was alive. However, the location the other party chose did make him think about it. The library was the central building of the school, and it had seven floors. It was an excellent observation point. The person upstairs could clearly observe almost every corner of the campus. If the thing inside was really alive, then it was likely that the other party had seen everything Zhang Heng did before he entered the library.
Even if the other party didn't notice him, pulling the power switch would alert the other party that someone had entered the library. So, Zhang Heng used this method to confuse the other party, making it impossible for the person upstairs to guess which floor he was on. After that, he went upstairs through the safety passage.
Since the landing angle of the Paris Arrow proved that its target was upstairs, to save time, Zhang Heng decided to search from the top floor.
He went straight to the seventh floor, and when he opened the door, the reading area was dark. Relying on his memory, Zhang Heng fumbled for the LED light switch on the wall above his head. However, when he pressed it, there was no response. Zhang Heng immediately became vigilant. The other party had destroyed the lighting equipment on this floor, which meant the Paris Arrow's target was probably on this floor.
Zhang Heng tightened the bowstring. His biggest problem now was that he didn't know what he was looking for. When the Paris Arrow was about to run out of energy, it only pointed to a general area. Now that Zhang Heng was very far away from the pool of black liquid, he couldn't shoot it again.
Just then, Zhang Heng heard a rustling sound. It wasn't loud, but it was particularly eye-catching in the empty and quiet library.
Zhang Heng judged that the sound came from behind a bookshelf, not too far from him. Holding the recurve bow, he approached it. To avoid stepping into a trap, he took a slight detour. Just as he was about to reach the bookshelf, a masked shadow suddenly rushed at him from inside.
At such a close distance, Zhang Heng was well-prepared, and he had the Paris Arrow on his bowstring. It was impossible for him to miss. His combat instincts, honed in the dungeon, allowed him to aim at the target immediately. However, the moment the arrow left the bowstring, Zhang Heng suddenly raised the recurve bow in his hand. At the same time, he quickly looked around. In the end, the arrow grazed the masked man's cheek and nailed itself on an English document.
Zhang Heng moved sideways to avoid the masked man that pounced on him. Before he had time to check on the man's condition, he quickly pulled out a second arrow from the quiver, nocked it on the bowstring, and shot at another black shadow that was escaping to the emergency exit.
The arrow hit the target's calf, causing the shadow to stagger and fall to the ground. It seemed to be badly injured, for it let out a miserable scream and lost its ability to move. Zhang Heng didn't waste this opportunity. In less than two seconds, he shot a third arrow. However, at this critical moment, the wall on the left side of the shadow suddenly melted, and Zhang Heng saw the pool of black liquid again.
This time, it completely enveloped the black figure and brought him into the wall before disappearing.
Zhang Heng didn't choose to chase after it. He knew the characteristics of that thing. Whether it was the elevator or the emergency exit, it was too dangerous to stay in such a narrow area. Not to mention that there wasn't much time left before midnight.
Zhang Heng looked at the watch on his wrist, holding the recurve bow and standing guard for a while. After making sure that the thing wouldn't come back, he turned around to check on the masked man behind him and removed the mask on her face.
The masked man looked like a student of the school, but her hands were tied behind her back, and her mouth was stuffed with Zhang Heng's socks. She looked terrified. When Zhang Heng untied the rope around her hands, she cried and crawled under the desk not far away, her body still trembling.
Zhang Heng picked up the campus card on the ground and saw the name on it — Li Shengyue.
"It's okay. It should have run away." Zhang Heng put the SF recurve bow aside and handed the campus card to Li Shengyue under the desk.
However, the latter was still trembling. After another half a minute, she suddenly woke up from the nightmare, took the campus card, and asked in a surprised tone, "Zhang Heng?"
"You know me?" Zhang Heng was a little surprised.
"I don't know you, but it's looking for you." Li Shengyue trembled. What happened tonight had completely exceeded her understanding. Even now, she still felt terrified when she thought about it. Still, she tried her best to tell Zhang Heng what she knew.
"After the exam, the closing time of the library was changed to six in the evening. I wanted to go there in the afternoon to read for a while, but I saw a child outside the library. He was about seven or eight years old, and he wanted to enter the library to read comics, but he couldn't get past the access gate. Coincidentally, the teacher at the circulation office wasn't around, so I quietly swiped the gate for him. I saw him go to the comic section on the second floor with my own eyes. I told him to come to the seventh floor when he was done, and I would send him out.
"After I finished reading for a while, he walked up to me again and asked if I knew a person named Zhang Heng. He said that the owner of this name was also in our school. I smiled and told him that there were many people in the school, and I couldn't possibly know everyone. The next second, his face turned gloomy."
Li Shengyue was still a little shaken when she recalled the previous scene. "I've never seen such a cold and terrifying expression on a child's face. It was as if he would kill me the next second. But after that, he didn't say anything and walked away on his own. From then on, I started to feel a little scared, and I didn't want to read anymore. After sitting for another ten minutes, I planned to leave the library, but when I went down to the comic section on the second floor, I couldn't find him."
"In fact, after that, I searched every floor of the library, but I couldn't find him again. I thought he had left the library with someone else. But to be safe, I tried my best to sit in the same place until the library was about to close. Before I left, I went to the toilet, and when I looked in the mirror on the sink, I saw … saw …" Li Shengyue's voice trembled as she spoke.
"You saw the wall melt and turn into a pool of black liquid?"
Li Shengyue nodded. "The pool of black liquid fell on my shoulder, then crawled along my neck to my face. I couldn't breathe, and I struggled to run out, but I couldn't lift my legs. It was a terrible feeling. Then I fainted, and when I opened my eyes again, I found myself tied up here."
Little Adorkable said.
Well, I have to go home for a visit these two days … so I can only watch one chapter.
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