Math?
Ever since he was a child, Zhang Zian had always struggled with math. Meng Li's question was so abrupt that he was stunned. "What do you mean?"
Meng Li looked at his watch and said hurriedly, "Manager Zhang, if you want to find a book about life, the universe, and everything else, you might as well look for it in the reference book section. If there is such a book, it should be in the reference book section... Well, I have to go. See you later!"
Reference book section?
Before Zhang Zian could react, he waved to Zhang Zian and hurriedly left with the book.
"Wait a minute! Why is it a reference book? "
Zhang Zian finally came back to his senses and hurried down to the second floor to ask what had happened, but Meng Li had already joined the other readers who had gone to check out the books and disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving Zhang Zian standing at the top of the stairs in confusion.
Meng Li's expression was quite firm when he spoke, and it did not seem like he was joking. Although Zhang Zian did not understand how life, the universe, and everything else were related to the reference book, as the saying went, "Try any doctor you can find in an emergency". If he searched blindly, he would definitely not have enough time. So, he could only follow what Meng Li said and look for it in the reference book.
The books on the second and third floors were roughly divided into four categories: social science, science and technology, reference books, and literary novels. If the search scope was limited to reference books, the time would be reduced to a quarter of the original.
Zhang Zian thought about it carefully. Damn it! There were reference book sections on the second and third floors. Should he go to the second or third floor? Or the second or third floor? Meng Li left in a hurry, and Zhang Zian did not have time to ask.
He was now standing in the corridor between the second and third floors. The readers passed by him, feeling that he was in the way.
Should he go to the second or third floor first?
He took out his phone and looked at it. The light that represented the elfin's location on the electronic map had become abnormally dim. Judging from the speed of the search just now, he could only choose between the second floor and the third floor. It was as difficult as flipping a coin.
Zhang Zian could not hesitate anymore. He decided to bet on the second floor. After all, the second floor was the Chinese section, so it would be faster to find the elfin. Maybe he could go to the third floor after that.
When he took a step, he suddenly remembered that when the elfin first appeared in the morning, Xinghai blinked at him three times outside the storage room. He did not know what Xinghai was doing at that time, and Xinghai did not explain.
Could it be...
Was Xinghai reminding him to go to the reference book section on the third floor?
Of course, he might have misunderstood. In fact, Xinghai had no special meaning at all.
Since he had no clue, he would just take it as what Xinghai meant. Anyway, it was a gamble.
Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated and went straight to the reference book section on the third floor.
The search was halved.
Reference books included dictionaries, general books, political books, encyclopedias, almanacs, handbooks, abstracts, tables, catalogues, maps, and many other classifications. Zhang had bet on the reference book section on the reference book section. that Zian had the reference book of.
He was betting on the special meaning of Xinghai's three blinks. In that case, what did Xinghai mean by facing the wall after blinking three times?
Wait, which direction is that wall facing? Zhang the east or west?
Zhang Zian identified the direction and turned his body to the west, where Galaxy was facing. Coincidentally, the bookshelves in the reference book area were also facing east and west. He was facing west, so he was looking at the east side of the bookshelf.
The range was reduced by half again.
Finally, he raised his face to an angle similar to Galaxy's and turned the phone horizontally. He saw the fifth and sixth layers of the bookshelf.
The range was reduced by a third again.
If he understood Meng Li's hint and Xinghai's hint correctly, the search range had been reduced to 1/48th of the original.
Zhang Zian raised his head, raised his phone above his head, and searched line by line.
One bookshelf, two bookshelves, three bookshelves …
No …
No.
No!
The remaining bookshelves became fewer and fewer, and he became more and more anxious. Could it be that he had really misunderstood?
"Oxford Interactive Illustrated Dictionary", "Cambridge Advanced Learning Dictionary", "Collins Dictionary", "Oxford Contemporary Encyclopedia", "Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy", "McMillan English-English Dictionary"... Large dictionaries appeared and disappeared on the phone screen.
The muscles in Zhang Zian's arm were sore again. He was about to change his hand to hold the phone. The moment his left and right hands connected, he suddenly saw that the picture on the phone screen seemed to be a little different from reality.
His heart beat violently, and he quickly returned the phone to its previous position. Through the game capture interface, he saw a scarlet book inserted between "Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy" and "McMillan English-English Dictionary". The spine of the book was bare, without any characters.
He took the phone away, and the scarlet book disappeared from his field of vision.
The phone was put back in place, and the scarlet book was right in front of him.
It couldn't be wrong! It was this book!
Zhang Zian held back the ecstasy in his heart. He held the phone with one hand and slowly reached out with the other hand.
Before this, when he was capturing Fina, Old Time Tea, Richard, and Famous, he had never touched the elfins to be captured with his hands. Although these elfins existed in reality in real form after being captured, when they were in the state of being captured, they were between reality and illusion. He couldn't imagine what it would feel like to touch them at this time.
Now, he was about to touch a book from the void.
He pinched the spine of the book, but he didn't feel any warmth. Other than that, it was similar to a normal book, with the same thick texture.
With more force on his fingers, he pulled the book out.
Sure enough, as the elfins had described, the book had no title, and the cover, back cover, and spine were all bare. The hard cover had a golden metal edge, and it was heavy. He couldn't tell if it was new or old, but it felt good to the touch.
With Zhang Zian's personality, he really wanted to open the book and see if it really included life, the universe, and everything else. He also wanted to know why Meng Li could determine that the book was in the category of reference books, but there was no time. After he pulled the book out, he immediately ran to the fifth floor with it under his arm.
Some passing readers pointed at the sign on the wall with disgust — "No loud noise, running, spitting, or littering in the library," but Zhang Zian ignored them.
He went back to his seat in one breath, bent over, and typed a line in the chat room as fast as he could.
[The Hottie]: 3.1415926, I found your book. I'm standing now, holding your book in my hand!
He pushed the keyboard away, held the scarlet elfins book high like an Olympic torch, and prayed that there was still time.
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