The sage was determined to die.

"Where is this place?" Ji Bai asked.

"Oh, here it is." The girl thought for a moment and said, "The lounge."

A question mark slowly appeared on Ji Bai's head.

The girl tossed the stone aside, feeling a little unsure of herself, and put her hands on her hips, saying, "Being a proctor is very hard work, isn't it? It's not unreasonable for me to steal a spot for myself to sit in the rest area, is it?"

Ji Bai didn't say anything, but glanced at the stones by the roadside and said, "It's not excessive, but why are there stones all over here, while there are corpses all over there?"

The girl was completely bewildered. Her large, clear eyes widened as she asked, "A corpse? What corpse? Is there something so terrifying on my turf?"

Ji Bai frowned slightly.

...Does she really know nothing?

"It's nothing."

Ji Bai intentionally leaked the news, saying, "This place is quite interesting; I think I've found a way out."

"Oh." The girl pouted unhappily and said in a pleading tone, "Then could you please leave a little later? Once you leave, this place will be closed, and I won't be able to come in and play anymore."

As Ji Bai walked along, she indeed found that there were as many stones as corpses, and they were covered with formulas. At her writing speed, she didn't know how long she had been writing.

Thinking of this, Ji Bai asked, "Why did you insist on writing the formula on the stone?"

The girl slowed her carving pace slightly. She stared blankly at Ji Bai, her delicate brows furrowing and relaxing as she asked uncertainly, "First impression?"

"What first impression?" Ji Bai didn't understand.

For some reason, Ji Bai felt that she had changed somewhat when he saw her this time; she seemed more like a child.

The girl gestured with her hands and said, "When I first came into this world, I watched helplessly as my predecessor turned to stone in front of me. He was originally a person, but when I appeared, he was turned to stone by a mountain of books."

Ji Bai's hands unconsciously clenched tighter; he hadn't expected her to suddenly say something so shocking.

"At that time, I didn't know that there was a fixed number of people to be the guardians of the Book Mountain."

She straightened her face and continued, "But I noticed that the statue of our predecessor still stands there, completely undamaged."

Ji Bai swallowed hard and said, "You mean...?"

The girl nodded at him, her eyes sparkling: "You figured it out too, didn't you? Stones have a special kind of durability in this world, so of course the data has to be stored on stones!"

Ji Bai: "..."

He sighed, thinking that she must have been driven crazy too.

"I'm leaving."

Ji Bai greeted her, then turned to leave. He took a few steps forward, but seeing the girl didn't stop him, he turned back and said:

"I've seen your second personality."

The girl's bright eyes suddenly dimmed. She exclaimed "Ah!" and slowly said, "No wonder I felt a little dizzy earlier. She's appeared again."

"Hmm." Ji Bai hesitated for a moment, unsure whether to speak, but finally said honestly, "The way she acted was like your self-protection mechanism in this world."

He paused, then asked, "Did you have a history of mental illness before you time-traveled?"

The girl felt something was off about his words, shook her head, and said, "I forgot."

"However, I always suspected that she knew my name."

The girl sighed and said, "Next time you see her, please ask her for me."

Ji Bai nodded, looked into the other person's eyes, and said, "...Okay."