Chapter 288
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Tulip Bookstore, a new shopping mall built by Rohr Resources.
The shop had just been renovated. There was a pile of discarded materials at the door. Inside the door was a pile of cardboard boxes filled with secondhand books. It looked a little sloppy.
Because the secondhand bookstore had just moved in, there were not many valuable items in the shop. As for the valuable secondhand books, they were locked in the cabinets.
Therefore, Theodore, who had just left, did not expect that not long after he left, a red-eyed gray pigeon on the roof would fly into the Tulip Bookstore. It cooed twice and turned into a human.
In the shadow under the pigeon's feet, a black figure also "protruded" and then transformed into a human appearance.
Of the two, one was wearing a gray robe with a hood. His pale hair was messy, and his face was gloomy. He held a short golden wolf-headed cane in his hand.
The other was wearing a tight black shirt. Even his face was hidden in the darkness. His wrists and ankles were bandaged, and he wore sharp metal finger gloves. A row of daggers were inserted into his leather belt, and three black swords of different lengths were fixed behind his waist.
If someone from the Truth Society was here, they would definitely recognize that these two were Extraordinaire criminals on the bounty list and mercenaries with a bad reputation.
The first was called Wallis. He was a Terror Grade druid in the Sapir family, which had a wolf as its totem. He was good at summoning and shapeshifting.
The last one was a notorious "Shadow Assassin." His name was Louis. He had once assassinated an Annihilation Grade assassin. He was very good at stealth.
Wallis looked at the cardboard boxes in the Tulip Bookstore. He glanced at them and said, "It's not here. We seem to be late."
Louis did not say anything. He walked silently to one of the open boxes and stared at the traces of rummaging.
Wallis also walked over. He raised his cane and waved it. A layer of light blue light appeared in his eyes. He lowered his head and said, "He went out with that book."
He followed the light blue footprints that extended from the cardboard box to the outside. He looked up and saw the old bookstore across the road.
"That … seems to be a bookstore too?"
Wallis was a little hesitant. He had vaguely heard rumors about a nameless bookstore in this area, but there wasn't much. There wasn't any substantial information, and most of them were exaggerated and unbelievable.
However, many people who coveted the target book were afraid and didn't dare to make a move.
Moreover, the spies he placed in the family had told him about the witch of the Chapman family. It was said that she was able to have such an ability because of the support of the bookstore.
This made him somewhat hesitant.
"Why don't we wait here and wait for him to come out? We can capture him and interrogate him after he comes out …"
As soon as Wallis made this suggestion, Louis sneered. "Are you sure he'll still have books in his hands after he comes out?"
"This …"
Wallis frowned. He thought to himself, Could it be that you want to go straight into that bookstore and rob it?
What if that bookstore was really as rumored …
"You don't have a choice." Louis turned back into a black shadow and merged with the other shadows. "Don't forget that the mission given to us by the organization is to get that book. If we don't complete it, you know the consequences."
His voice was very cold and remained in the air. "Also, you've disappointed me. You're completely a weakling. The matter of letting you join the organization may have to be postponed."
Wallis wanted to say something, but he saw that Louis had already entered the bookstore.
He gritted his teeth and quickly turned back into a pigeon. He flew to the eaves of the bookstore and saw Louis turn into a shadow. He quickly merged into the shadows between the bookshelves and hid.
But then, the shadows suddenly seemed to be boiling …
It was as if someone was violently struggling inside.
— —
In the bookstore, Lin Jie was thinking.
"Since this notebook was able to appear in downtown Nuo Jin and come into my hands, it means that the owner of the notebook really did come into contact with another world. His research is not fake. The contents of the notebook should be true after removing the nonsense.
"And all this time, because of the preconceived notions and A Zier's culture being broken, I never thought about why a completely different world would still use Chinese and English as a language. Even the details and structure of the words are no different from those on Earth.
"So …"
Lin Jie looked at the blood-stained notebook in his hand. His gaze was solemn. "My subjective consciousness has actually been tampered with since I transmigrated?"
It was like opening the system settings and then manually adjusting the language to "Chinese (Simplified Chinese)".
After refreshing it, it directly "translated" a bunch of garbled codes into a language that he could understand.
And there was only one existence that could easily accomplish such a "magnificent feat" that was extremely magical in the eyes of normal humans and had been "assisting" Lin Jie …
Blackie?
Lin Jie raised his eyebrows and subconsciously raised his head. Over Theodore's shoulder, he saw that in the middle of the bookshelf opposite him, in the shadows of the narrow slanted gap, there was a squirming movement. Suddenly, there was a pitch-black blurry shadow with only the upper body.
It was as if there was an invisible person standing there.
At this moment, the shadow politely nodded, then raised its hand and waved left and right.
It was as if it was saying "You're welcome."
So that's how it is … Is this also a benefit of transmigrating?
Lin Jie pondered for a moment and felt that he understood what Blackie meant. His expression eased a little.
That's true … If he didn't have a language barrier after transmigrating, then his situation three years ago would have been many times worse than before. Not to mention selling books to make a living, even communicating with people would have been a problem.
Although he wouldn't be like the owner of the notebook, who repeatedly walked into a dead end due to the lack of a language user to use as a sample for communication, resulting in a complete misunderstanding and not knowing what he was researching for half a day.
But at the very least, it would take at least a year for him to be able to communicate without a problem.
In the past, he often complained that Blackie, the instigator, killed him but not buried him. After fulfilling his wish, he transmigrated to this world and disappeared. He didn't even give him a description of the price he had to pay or a goal.
This made Lin Jie think that the price for fulfilling his wish was to be "exiled to another world."
But he didn't expect that the "after-sales service" had already been provided.
I've wronged you, Blackie!
And thinking about it carefully, the language barrier between Earth and A Zier meant that his customers shouldn't have been able to understand the books he brought over.
But in fact, not only did they understand, but they even chatted happily with Lin Jie.
What did this mean?
This meant that not only did Blackie adjust Lin Jie's language system, but he also adjusted the display text of his books so that people from another world could understand it, making it easier for Lin Jie to sell his books.
How thoughtful and meticulous …
Lin Jie was completely enlightened and revealed a knowing smile.
But why did it feel like Blackie was a little fatter today?
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