Deadly Game: Almighty Boss’s Guide to Making Money

Chapter 1241. The Book at Night (29)

They agreed to take a nap, meet at the entrance of the nearby shopping mall, and then go back to their respective hotels.

This time, Lin Xi didn't forget to eat; the first thing she did upon returning to her room was to eat.

Eat, wash, and sleep.

Throughout the entire process, she and Huang Jingjing did not communicate much, nor did they mention anything about passing through customs or anyone else.

The viewers in the live stream assumed they were just too tired and told them to get some rest.

The audience also needs to rest. As for following everyone's upside-down schedule... well, we're used to it anyway, so it doesn't matter.

The first thing Lin Xi did after opening her eyes was to pick up her phone.

She thought she heard her phone ring once while she was sleeping, but she was too sleepy to check it.

“It was a vegetable vendor who sent it, saying he had woken up and asked if anyone wanted to go out for a walk,” Huang Jingjing said. “Ouyang went with him.”

Lin Xi glanced at the time and put down her phone.

"The two of them hit it off immediately."

Huang Jingjing naturally understood Lin Xi's meaning and smiled.

"The vegetables are not the same as when we first met them. He's nice to everyone now."

Lin Xi went to watch the live stream again, asking questions as she watched.

How many people are left?

"Twenty-seven," Huang Jingjing replied.

Viewers in the live stream chat were also spamming "27".

Some were entangled to death by the black mist, some were killed by the book spirit, and no one touched the taboo.

Lin Xi got up and asked Huang Jingjing if she had eaten yet.

"Not yet," Huang Jingjing said.

The phone rang again, and Lin Xi picked it up to look at it.

Chu Xue said in the group that there were two people from their hotel who wanted to join everyone.

Mu Xiaobei: [Anyone using dirty methods here?]

First Snow: [He's not here; he's been eliminated.]

Mu Xiaobei: [Okay.]

Lin Xi put down her phone and looked at Huang Jingjing, who had just put down her phone.

"Let's eat!" Lin Xi said.

She saw the same doubt in Huang Jingjing's eyes.

Whether there is someone with "unclean methods" is hard to say.

Although the first snowfall left them with many useful clues during their last clear, it is still a high-risk area.

They were wary of all high-risk individuals.

Whether it's the first snow or Ouyang Xichen, whether it's Bai Yueming or Xiao Qin.

After dinner, we all agreed to walk to the mall together.

Bai Yueming and Ouyang Xichen were outside, saying they would be there soon.

When Lin Xi and the others arrived at the mall entrance, Chang Xiaohe and Chu Xue were already waiting there.

There were also two girls, both very young, around twenty years old.

One is named Wenya, and the other is named Qingqing.

“When we came over just now, we noticed that a convenience store next to the mall had been turned into a bookstore,” Wenya said. “If we go there, will we even need to look for clues anymore?”

“That makes sense.” Bai Yueming snapped his fingers. “The dungeon is called The Book of the Night. As long as there are books, it doesn’t have to be a library; a bookstore would be fine too.”

"Shall we go to the bookstore and take a look?" Xiaoqin said.

"Whatever." I don't care at all.

Lin Xi looked at Huang Jingjing and Bai Ye, seeking their opinions.

"I'm fine with anything," Bai said.

"Let's go take a look!" Lin Xi said. "There's still plenty of time."

The group reached an agreement and headed towards the bookstore next door.

The bookstore isn't very big, but it's not small either.

Besides the shop assistants, there were also some readers reading books.

Some sat at the tables in the reading area, while others sat under the bookshelves. Lin Xi took out her phone and glanced at the time.

Five p.m.

There's still half an hour before the bookstore closes for the day.

The group waited for a while, and seeing that nothing had changed around them, they weren't in a hurry and decided to read some books or chat with the shop assistants.

There is a shop assistant near Linxi.

He looks very young, only in his early twenties.

Lin Xi greeted the girl with a smile and learned that the girl's name was Xia Jin and that she had been interning here for three weeks.

"I have to work overtime tonight," Xia Jin said with a sigh.

"Why work overtime?" Lin Xi suddenly became interested.

"Organizing old books," Xia Jin said.

"What time do you get off work?" Lin Xi asked again.

“If we don’t work overtime, it’s 5:30. But even if we do work overtime, the store still closes at 5:30,” Xia Jin said. “We have our own internal overtime system.”

"Are you all going to work overtime?"

“No, it’s just Uncle Zhang and me working overtime today,” Xia Jin said. “We take turns working overtime.”

"Uncle Zhang?"

Xia Jin pointed towards Ouyang Xichen.

"The one talking to that handsome guy is Uncle Zhang."

Lin Xi nodded.

He was a kind-looking old man.

Since there was nothing else to do, Lin Xi browsed around the bookstore for a while before it was time to leave work.

The bookstore customers seemed to know when the store closed, and they all started to leave.

The other bookstore staff were also saying goodbye to Xia Jin and Uncle Zhang.

Lin Xi and the others looked at each other but didn't move.

After all the other customers left, leaving only the group of people in the shop, Uncle Zhang slowly walked over and began to speak.

"Everyone, we're closing down now, you..."

Before Uncle Zhang could finish speaking, Xia Jin exclaimed "Ouch!"

Everyone looked towards Xia Jin.

At the corner, Xia Jin tripped over a pile of cardboard boxes half her height and stumbled, scattering the several hardcover books she was holding.

One of the copies of "The Blank Book," with its gold-embossed cover, fell to the ground. The cover cracked, and a few wisps of silver-blue light spilled out, like startled fireflies.

She hurriedly crouched down to pick it up, but just as her fingertips touched the pages, all the lights in the building suddenly went out.

The cold white light of the emergency lights suddenly shone, casting long shadows of the bookshelves, like countless black fences.

Just then, Uncle Zhang, as if he hadn't seen Xia Jin, turned around and walked out of the bookstore with a blank expression, closing and locking the door behind him.

Lin Xi and the others stared silently at Uncle Zhang, whose expression was blank, without moving.

Xia Jin was stunned by Uncle Zhang's actions. After a moment of hesitation, she quickly shouted.

"Uncle Zhang! Uncle Zhang!"

Uncle Zhang either didn't hear her or ignored her, he didn't even glance at her, and pulled the outer roller shutter closed.

Lin Xi took out her phone, and the screen suddenly went from full signal strength to no service.

The time stopped at 5:40 PM.

Just then, the incandescent light overhead began to flicker, and the sound of electricity crackling filled the air.

The air was filled with the smell of old paper mixed with turpentine, and from the shadows between the bookshelves, the soft sound of pages turning could be heard.

When Xia Jin saw that Lin Xi and the others were still there, she quickly walked over to them.

As soon as he turned around, he exclaimed "Ah!" and pointed to the chandelier in the center of the reading area.

—Holy crap!
—What the hell is that?

——Fuck!
--bird?

—To be honest, this thing that I don't know didn't scare me, but Xia Jin's scream did.

—To be honest, Xia Jin's scream didn't scare me, but the screen full of "fuck" scared me.