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Chapter 408 Books
The feeling of weightlessness was fleeting, and Li Sheng rolled forward and landed steadily on the ground.

The electronic eye installed on the back scans left and right, literally keeping an eye on all directions and listening in all directions to guard against possible attacks at any time.

"This is the library?"

Li Sheng stood up in surprise. The space around him was a modern library.
The central air conditioner blows cold air, the LED environmentally friendly lights embedded in the ceiling emit light, the tile floor is spotless, and the two-meter-high solid wooden bookshelf is filled with all kinds of books from ancient and modern times, both Chinese and foreign.

Crack!

The faint sound of whipping came from deep underground. It was the manor guards' movement.

It arrived one second earlier than Li Sheng, and followed the instructions given by Li Sheng to attack all non-human targets in its sight, and chased after them.

'The manor guard can only last for 15 seconds at most, and the whipping will cause a huge amount of pain on the psychological and spiritual levels.'

Li Sheng silently recited the skill description in his mind. At least in these fifteen seconds, he was relatively safe.

The information integration glasses quickly scanned the surroundings. This place was indeed an amorphous space that did not obey the laws of physics, just as the players on the surface had speculated.

There are thick brick walls outside the windows, and there are no bacteria on the ground or on the surface of the bookshelves, which is comparable to the cleanest sterile room.

A few dozen meters away, there were two machines scattered on the ground: a drone produced by Jingge and a robot dog produced by Prometheus. Both had two modes: manual remote control and AI automatic exploration.

The information integration glasses showed that these two devices were dropped in by the players on the ground nine minutes and fifty seconds ago.

Just as it was about to explore automatically, at 9 minutes and 41 seconds, it was suddenly drained of all energy and shut down.

"So, the one who ambushed me here and wanted to attack me is an abnormal being that can extract energy?"

Li Sheng's mind raced, and he immediately took out boxes of lithium cobalt oxide-graphite solid-state batteries from the three-dimensional warehouse, ready to plug the charging cable into his chest at any time.

These batteries were what Huiyu had pestered him to buy before. Since he was stuck at the bronze rank in gaming and couldn't make any progress, he thought of overclocking to improve his brain power. Once overclocking occurs, the power consumption goes up, so he has to buy some batteries to serve as a backup hidden energy source.

Ten seconds, eleven seconds, twelve seconds.
Li Shengmo counted the numbers. The fifteen-second summoning time had passed, and the surroundings were still dead silent. The information integration glasses did not scan out any abnormalities.

Could it be that the manor guards were too ruthless and scared the abnormal being that could extract energy, so it dared not to come over?

Li Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly. The potential death scenes shown in [Death Note] did not include the current library, so he should be safe for now.

After thinking for a moment, he took out the Tamagotchi egg, released Huiyu, and briefly explained the situation.

Huiyu scratched his head, "Where did the White Horse Tombstone go?"

"I don't know, but it won't be here."

Li Sheng installed blade-shaped solid-state batteries on his chest and back like bulletproof plates, and said casually, "Before me, there were three waves of players, and a large number of automatic exploration drones coming down.

There were only two drones with no power nearby.

Either this area will actively swallow foreign objects, or the teleportation location is different every time you enter the secret realm.

Considering that the drone ran out of power nine minutes ago, the second guess is more likely.”

After saying that, he stepped forward, picked up the two drones, plugged them in, restored the power and restarted them.

High-end reconnaissance drones like the ones used by players have the function of saving video in real time.

Li Sheng clicked on the video and saw that after the two drones were transmitted to the library, the signal transmission with the outside world was instantly disconnected and they passively switched to automatic exploration mode.

The drone had just flown a few meters away when a baby appeared out of nowhere in front of it.

The baby looked a bit like the character in the cartoon "The Boss Baby", with a delicate figure, fluffy hair, a pacifier in his mouth, a suit and tie, and a briefcase in his right hand.
The difference is that he, or she, has a dejected look on her face, showing the tiredness and sadness of a worker who is forced to work overtime.

The sad baby in the suit stretched out his chubby left hand and touched the two drones. The battery, which could theoretically last for eight hours, was instantly emptied, and the video recording was interrupted.

"Oh my god, there really are child laborers in this secret place."

Hui Yu was shocked and said, "I thought I was the only one who would hire elementary school students online to help with homework." Damn, no wonder I haven't seen you asking for a policy to reduce the burden on students during this period.

Li Sheng was multitasking. While giving Hui Yu a brain-smacking blow, he also stuck a razor blade battery under her and his own soles.

Bioelectricity is also electricity, and if it is touched by a baby in a suit, it would not be good.

After taking precautions, Li Sheng activated the puppet assembly special effects, roughly connected a new battery to the drone, released it, and continued to explore on its own.

Then he turned and walked to the bookshelf, randomly pulled out a few books on radio communications, maternal and child care, success studies, and art history, and quickly flipped through them.

Hui Yu was puzzled. "Hey, aren't you going to look for Bai Ma Tombstone and the others? Why are you reading a book?"

"This area is an amorphous space, covering an area of ​​tens or even hundreds of square kilometers. It would be difficult to find someone without clues."

Li Sheng said without even looking up: "As for reading, books are very special in all types of illusions, dreams, and amorphous spaces.

If the book only has a cover but the text inside is unclear, it means that it is likely an illusion, or the quality of the secret realm itself is relatively low. "

When you open the book, you will find clear text and neat paragraphs. The publisher information, printing house address, and famous author reviews are all available.

It doesn't look like an illusion.

The only two strange things are probably that the types of books are too diverse, with all kinds of languages ​​from ancient and modern times, both Chinese and foreign, and they are not arranged according to category.

And the latest printing time for all books was two years ago.

'Two years ago'

Li Sheng narrowed his eyes. Whether it was Gary Hoy, the Vietnamese female ghost or the patient with facial recognition dysmorphia, the time point was all two years ago.

Could it be that this time point is critical? Is it related to the formation of the entire secret realm?
Just as he was thinking, there was a thud and a book five bookshelves away fell off the shelf.

"Don't go there."

Li Sheng stopped Hui Yu who was about to run over, and took out his Ape Man Degeneration Gun and walked forward cautiously.

The book is called "Robot Motion Programming", published in 2022, and is very thick.

The pages of the book automatically opened as they fell, and two mutilated human faces were printed on the torn papers on both sides.

They are [Binary Tree] of Whale Song and [Red Spider] of the [Suit Thugs] Guild.

Only the right and left halves of the faces of these two people were visible, with the rest of their faces and bodies missing.

They were still "alive" to a certain extent and had some ability to perceive the outside world. As soon as they saw Li Sheng appear, they immediately struggled and shook, blinking desperately, signaling Li Sheng to rescue them.

"WTF?"

Li Sheng's eyelids jumped. Binary Tree and Red Spider were good players at Level 28 and 27, but they were actually sealed directly into the book.

However, what surprised him even more was yet to come.

"[Phase 1 Mission Objective: Rescue Binary Tree and Red Spider before they are digested]

[Task time limit: 10 minutes]

[Task reward: none]

[Penalty for mission failure: Permanent stay in the secret realm]"

The system prompt sounded.

(End of this chapter)