Deadly Game: Almighty Boss’s Guide to Making Money

Chapter 1237. The Book at Night (25)

Bai Yueming swung both hands together, and the flint landed on the red ink spot on the book spirit, instantly igniting a blue flame.

The Book Spirit leader emitted a sharp "rustling" sound, its body shrinking back, but it quickly pounced again. This time, it didn't spray ink, but countless ink-stained pages, which flew towards the group like knives.

"Quickly hide behind the bookshelf!" Chang Xiaohe shouted.

Everyone immediately ran behind the bookshelf.

The pages hit the bookshelf with a "bang," and black ink stains flowed down the bookshelf, hissing as they corroded the spines.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Huang Jingjing aimed the white light from the key at the Book Spirit's body. The white light enveloped the Book Spirit, and its body began to twist violently. The red ink spots gradually faded, and more and more pages fell out.

"Vegetables, their weakness is in their eyes!" Lin Xi shouted again.

The bright white moonlight relentlessly attacked the Book Spirit.

Flames wrapped around ink specks, and with a crackling sound, the Book Spirit Leader's body gradually shrank. The red ink specks turned into black smoke and disappeared, leaving only a pool of black ink that seeped into the pages of the book on the ground.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and leaned against the bookshelf to catch their breath.

Lin Xi walked to the bookshelf where the Book Spirit leader had been and found a black-covered book that hadn't moved.

On the cover of this book, besides the character "墨" (mo, ink), there is also a small character "空" (kong, empty).

"It's a clue to the 'Key of the Void'!"

Lin Xi pulled out the book, turned to the first page, and saw the words inside gleaming with silver light.

"The reflection in the sunglasses conceals hidden mechanisms; only by following the timing can one see the gate to emptiness."

“‘Using time as a guide’ must refer to this key.” Guo Yuelang looked at the silver key in Huang Jingjing’s hand. “The key has the character ‘time’ on it. Maybe you have to put the key in front of the sunglasses to trigger the mechanism.”

Huang Jingjing nodded, folded the book, and put it into her backpack.

"Then let's hurry over to the sunglasses area, so we don't run into the Book Spirit again."

Everyone walked towards the direction of the sunglasses.

The black pages on the ground rustled underfoot, as if reminding them that the danger was not over.

After walking for a while, they finally arrived in front of the sunglasses.

The mirror is two meters high and more than one meter wide. The frame is made of black stone and is engraved with complex symbols, exactly the same as those on gears.

A thin layer of black mist shrouded the mirror, obscuring any human reflection; only the black mist flowed slowly within.

"Why is there no reflection?"

As Quan Quan spoke, she walked to the mirror with a puzzled look in her eyes and stretched out her hand.

His hand was not reflected in the mirror; only black mist swayed.

Huang Jingjing held the silver key up to the mirror, and the white light from the key was instantly absorbed into the mirror.

The black mist in the mirror began to swirl violently, gradually gathering into a circular pattern. In the center of the pattern, the shadow of a key could be vaguely seen—it was the "Key of the Void"!
“It’s the shadow of the ‘Key to the Void’!” Chang Xiaohe said, and was about to reach out to touch the mirror when Guo Yuelang grabbed him. “Wait, there might be a trap in the shadow.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a black hand suddenly reached out from the black mist in the mirror.

The hand was made of ink, with long, thin fingers and red ink dots on the nails, reaching out towards Chang Xiaohe.

"careful!"

Lin Xi immediately summoned a plastic hammer and smashed it at the ink hand.

The ink-black hand in the mirror was smashed apart, and the black mist reformed into a circular pattern, making the shadow of the "Key of the Void" clearer than before.

Lin Xi stared at the symbols in the mirror and suddenly remembered the engravings on the gears.

"Who had the gear just now? The symbol on the frame is the same as the gear; maybe we need to insert the gear into the slot in the frame!" "It's with me."

As Ouyang Xichen spoke, he took out a gear and touched the frame of the glasses.

Sure enough, there was a slot on the right side of the frame that matched the shape of a gear.

The moment the gear was inserted, with a "click," the symbol on the mirror frame suddenly lit up with blue light. The blue light climbed up the edge of the mirror, and the black mist in the mirror gradually receded, revealing the true location of the "Key of the Void."

The key was placed on a stone platform behind the mirror. It was exactly the same as Huang Jingjing's key, except that the key had the character "空" (empty) engraved on it.

Huang Jingjing reached out to grab the key, and just as her fingers touched it, the mirror suddenly shook violently, the ground began to tremble, and black pages fell from the bookshelf, spinning in the air and gradually gathering into small book spirits.

There are more than a dozen this time!

"Hurry up and grab the keys!" Lin Xi shouted.

Huang Jingjing grabbed the "Key to the Sky" and turned to run towards the stairs.

The key was golden. The moment the key was obtained, the surrounding black mist suddenly thinned, and the Book Spirit's movement speed also slowed down.

"The key can suppress the black mist!" Huang Jingjing held the key in front of her.

The golden light and the white light of the silver key intertwined to form a two-meter-wide safe zone. The Book Spirit was blocked outside the safe zone and could only circle around in the black mist.

Everyone followed closely behind Huang Jingjing and ran towards the stairs.

The book spirit chased after it, but could never break through the safe zone.

When she reached the stone gate, Huang Jingjing inserted the "Key of Emptiness" into the slot on the stone gate.

With a "click," the black mist on the stone door instantly dissipated, and the stone door slowly opened, revealing the stairs behind it.

"Hurry down the stairs!" Xiao Qin shouted, rushing into the stairwell first.

The crowd followed closely behind, but the Book Spirit was blocked outside the stone gate and could only wander around the forbidden book area on the second floor before gradually disappearing into the black mist.

When they descended to the first-floor lobby, the Book Spirit was gone, and the black mist in the lobby had thinned out.

Huang Jingjing placed the "Key of the Void" and the silver key together. The light from the two keys intertwined, forming a streak of light in the center of the hall, which pointed towards the stairwell on the third floor.

It was a hidden door behind the bookshelf, which they hadn't discovered before.

"The third floor...that's where the 'Shadow Key' is located."

—That was so difficult!

—Could the "Shadow Key" on the third floor be hidden in an even more dangerous place?

——Of course!

—A bunch of jinxes.

Where exactly is First Snow? Could she be on the third floor?
—There will definitely be even more powerful monsters in the next stage! I'm both excited and scared!
—I have no expectations, I'm just nervous.

—Well, I wouldn't say I'm scared, but I'm really nervous.

After resting for a while, Lin Xi stood up.

"Let's go, we'll have to find it eventually anyway, so let's find the last key as soon as possible and get through the game sooner."

Everyone walked towards that door together.

Huang Jingjing held the key in front of her, and the golden and silver light intertwined, illuminating the secret door leading to the third floor.

The group followed her, step by step, into the hidden door.

The stairs behind the door were steeper than the ones before, with black symbols carved on the steps. In the black mist, one could vaguely hear some eerie sounds, but they were hard to describe.