Deadly Game: Almighty Boss’s Guide to Making Money

Chapter 1235. The Book at Night (23)

Lin Xi carefully flipped through the pages and finally found a complete passage:

The black fog was getting thicker. I found a clue about the 'Ink Gate' in the lobby on the first floor. I needed to use the white light of the 'Key of Time' to activate the bookshelf mechanism in order to open the staircase to the second floor.

But there were too many book spirits, so I had to hide in this hidden room.

I just saw that there is a black mist barrier at the entrance to the second floor. It requires the use of a 'fire starter' and a 'gear' to open it. The gear needs to be inserted into the slot next to the barrier, and the fire starter needs to burn the vines on the barrier.

The 'Key to the Void' is hidden behind 'Sunglasses' in the restricted book section on the second floor. That mirror reflects a person's image, and the image contains a hidden mechanism...

The diary entry ended there; the next page was torn out, leaving only a jagged tear.

Lin Xi handed the diary to everyone, her brows furrowing.

"First Snow must have been chased by the Book Spirit. She didn't finish writing, so how could she activate the bookshelf mechanism?"

"The bookshelf mechanism, is it the bookshelves in the lobby on the first floor?" Chang Xiaohe suddenly remembered the bookshelves he saw when he first entered the library. "At that time, I felt that the bookshelves were arranged very strangely, as if there was a pattern to it."

Guo Yuelang walked to the metal cabinet and tried to open the door—the cabinet was unlocked, and inside was a yellowed library map.

The map marks the location of the bookshelves in the lobby on the first floor in red, and there is also a "mechanism point" circled in a circle, with the words "Rotate in the order of 'Time and Space Ink'" written next to it.

“'Time-Space Ink'?” Bai stared at the words on the map, then his eyes suddenly lit up. “Could it refer to three books?”

"The Mo Jing?" Quan Quan replied.

“Very likely! We need to go back to the lobby on the first floor, find the bookshelves corresponding to these three books, and rotate them in order to open the staircase to the second floor.”

Just then, a rustling sound suddenly came from outside the room, just like the sound the book spirit had made earlier, and there was more than one!
"Oh no! The Book Spirit is catching up!"

Ouyang Xichen immediately turned up the flame on his lighter and stood guard at the door.

Bai Yueming also went over and stood guard on the other side of the door.

The black fog outside the door grew thicker and thicker, and several shadows made of pages could be vaguely seen moving toward the room.

"Close the iron gate immediately!"

Guo Yuelang pulled the iron gate over and was about to close it when he saw a book spirit's "hand" (a clump of pages) reach in. Ink dripped onto the ground, instantly corroding a small hole.

Huang Jingjing immediately pointed the white light from the key at the "hand." As the white light swept across it, the pages of the book instantly turned into ink stains and shrank back.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Guo Yuelang closed the iron gate and used a wrench to jam the door handle.

The door was banged on repeatedly as the spirit's "hands" reached through the crack, but were blocked by the white light emanating from the yellow crystal.

"This won't work, the number of Book Spirits will only increase!"

Lin Xi stared at the "mechanism points" on the map.

"We must return to the first-floor lobby immediately and activate the staircase mechanism, or we'll be trapped here by the Book Spirit!"

Huang Jingjing nodded and held the key in front of her.

"I'll open the door, everyone stay close to me! The white light from the key can temporarily block the Book Spirit, let's rush back to the hall!"

“Then we’ll use fire,” Bai Yueming said.

—Waaaaaah, I'm starting to get nervous.

—You're making it sound like you weren't nervous just now!
—Has anyone gone to Chuxue's live stream? Where is she now?

—I'm going!

—Her live stream room was dark; she was hiding.

—She was hiding somewhere, and she didn't say a word.

Guo Yuelang removed the wrench from the doorknob, and Huang Jingjing took a deep breath and suddenly pulled open the iron door.

Five book spirits were huddled in the black mist outside the door. Upon seeing the group, their red ink spots instantly lit up, and they simultaneously sprayed ink. "Quick, hide!" Lin Xi shouted.

Bai also pulled Xiao Qin aside and jumped away.

Huang Jingjing's key emitted a burst of white light, blocking the ink outside, and she ran towards the hall.

"follow me!"

Everyone followed Huang Jingjing closely.

Bai Yueming and Ouyang Xichen were at the very back.

The book spirit chased after it, the rustling sound growing closer and closer, with occasional drops of ink falling beside it, causing the floor to hiss and crackle.

Bai Yueming's fire flew towards the Book Spirit.

Under Bai Yueming's attack, the five book spirits quickly turned into ink spots, seeping into the floor.

Why didn't the vegetables kill the book spirit just now?

—They were definitely afraid that if they killed them, even more would come; there were players all there at the time.

—Yes, now that everyone is in front, he can kill with peace of mind.

—You guys really know how to find excuses for every player!

—This isn't about finding reasons for the players, it's about analyzing for those who don't understand, haha!
"We're almost at the lobby!" Chang Xiaohe pointed to the light ahead.

Those were the torches they had left behind, still stuck on the bookshelf in the center of the hall.

The moment Lin Xi rushed into the hall, he immediately shouted, "Find the books with 'time' and 'space' in their titles, as well as the 'Mo Jing' (Ink Classic). Rotate the bookshelves in order!"

The crowd immediately dispersed.

“The Mo Jing is still here!” Guo Yuelang’s voice came from the west bookshelf. He was holding the thick book with a spiderweb-like crack on the cover, and the two characters “Mo Jing” on the spine were tinged with ink.

"Here's a copy of 'Chronicles of Time and Space'!" Lin Xi and Huang Jingjing also found their target.

The book, enveloped in a faint blue light, was placed on the top shelf of the north-facing bookshelf, where the black mist dared not approach.

Just then, Xiaoqin suddenly shouted, "We found the book marked 'empty'! It's on the east bookshelf!"

Everyone immediately ran towards the bookshelves they had found.

Holding "Chronicles of Time and Space," Lin Xi followed the map's instructions and turned the bookshelf half a circle clockwise. With a "click," a small slot popped out from the side of the bookshelf.

Immediately afterwards, Guo Yuelang turned the bookshelf containing the "Mo Jing" half a circle counterclockwise, and a slot popped out as well.

Bai, holding the book marked "empty," spun around the east bookshelf, and the third slot popped out.

The moment the three slots popped out, the floor in the center of the hall suddenly began to shake, and black slime seeped out from the wood grain, forming a circular pattern.

In the center of the design, a staircase slowly rises.

The staircase was made of black stone, with gear-like symbols carved on the steps, leading to the second floor.

"It's done! The stairs are up!" Quan Quan shouted excitedly, and was about to run towards the stairs when Ouyang Xichen grabbed her arm.

"Beware of the Book Spirit!"

Everyone turned around, and sure enough, five more book spirits appeared. Their bodies were a size larger than the previous five, and blood seeped from the red ink spots. They were rushing towards the stairs.

"Hurry up and go up the stairs!" Lin Xi shouted, taking the first step onto the first step.

The symbols on the stairs touched the soles of her shoes and suddenly lit up with a faint blue light. The blue light climbed up the steps and formed a wall of light on both sides of the stairs, blocking the path of the book spirit.

"The light wall can block the book spirits! Come up quickly!" Lin Xi shouted back. "Try not to kill them!"

Otherwise, if something even bigger happens, it will be too troublesome!