Returning from the abyss

Chapter 118 The Librarian

Specialization in the art industry is becoming more and more obvious in places like distribution centers.

Lu Ning's development direction is more and more focused on investigation and clue finding. For the vast amount of knowledge composed of countless worlds, even working hard on this subject is a year-round job.

It's like it's impossible for Cheng Wuling to remember everything no matter how smart she is.She also only quickly understands the rules of various worldviews through extensive but superficial high-speed reading, and she must go to the library for special reference when it comes to detailed things.

But only in terms of "knowledge", there have always been bugs.

It's no secret that people can earn certain points by working for various service facilities, but it's a pity that it's quite difficult to pass the facility's assessment, that is, it's an easy job for a waiter like Amon in a coffee shop.

Librarians are naturally different.

Lu Ning met Yang Shuyu in the library by chance. At first, she thought she was someone who was also reading books. Later, when she saw the staff identification plate pinned to her chest, she realized that it was actually a staff member.

She remembered the entire library where all kinds of documents were located - as a former hyperamnesia patient, she retained at least a part of her powerful memory, and used it to make a living here.

After helping Lu Ning find the book she wanted, Lu Ning asked her about her work in the chat.

"If I enter the test field frequently, I will definitely die."

The quiet girl with braids replied a little lonely.

"I don't have the determination to risk my life or the reason why I have to go back. I'm not a strong person. Even the test that has to be done every six months is surviving by dodging and giving in. If Xiao wants more points , may die soon."

There was no unwillingness in her eyes, but full of satisfaction with her current life.

"The points earned here are enough for my daily life. I don't have to think about those thrilling life and death, just live peacefully. Maybe one day I can't hide anymore, and I will die quietly in a certain scene. It's best to live alone. Choose your own way of death, that is probably the ending I want."

Even though she has an extraordinary memory, there are some things that she may not be able to touch in her whole life.

"Are you satisfied with this?" Lu Ning couldn't help asking.

"Yes, even if I enter the necessary test field now, I feel very calm. To be honest, we have all died once, so life and death should be taken lightly, right?"

Yang Shuyu smiled and brought Lu Ning to another bookshelf.

"If you want to experience the magnificent life, there are countless heroic epics and legendary biographies. They are all stories that actually happened in a certain world. Even with my authority, I have seen many tourists who used to exist in the test field Stories are okay too. I can experience their emotions without any adventure at all."

"If you are satisfied..."

Lu Ning reached out and pulled out a book. It was a myth, an ancient record in a world where the gods never faded. When she opened the title page, the stars flickered and the sky changed. Those words recorded the dreamlike ballad.

"...This may also be an option."

"Ah? What did you say?" Yang Shuyu didn't hear Lu Ning's low voice clearly.

"It's nothing, I'll treat you to a cup of coffee after you get off work. Do you know Lewie Havonie Cafe? The coffee there is delicious."

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The evening at the distribution center is still very beautiful.

The galaxy in the distance gradually infiltrates the bright sky, forming a celestial switch that cannot be formed in nature.As the stars dotted the night sky, the dazzling aurora also quietly climbed to the end of the sky. Just looking at this scene, Lu Ning felt that many troubles and frustrations were thrown into the universe, and her mood was broadened. a lot.

After many investigations, she also had a general understanding of the level of civilization in the first stage of the machine.

After most civilizations enter this stage, wars inevitably occur. Although there are large and small ones, this seems to be a certain historical development trend.The birth of machinery has greatly enhanced productivity, which has fundamentally affected human life and social classes, and then provoked conflicts—whether internal digestion or external transfer, they will always be contacted through violent means.Therefore, she can almost be sure that there must be war in the background of the times.

But will they join the battle?
Life in war is extremely fragile, and the strength of an individual is hardly worth mentioning. No one can guarantee that they will survive.

After asking Yang Shuyu, Lu Ning also got a positive answer.Among the more than 700 first-tier test sites with war as the main line of missions that she has read, the average survival rate of tourists is around 20.00%, which is only higher than the survival rate of high-level supernatural and chaotic world backgrounds.

Back in the dormitory, Lu Ning expressed her conjecture to several roommates.

"...So if it is a war background, how to ensure our survival? We may even be assigned to different forces."

"We don't need guarantees."

Cheng Wuling was taking shorthand notes, and took the time to answer Lu Ning's words.

"Even if you form a team in advance, it is impossible to challenge such a mission without dead people. When we discussed, we even discussed the situation of sacrificing our companions? Do you think that all seventeen of us can rise to the second level without incident?"

"Isn't it possible? Didn't you achieve many such impossibilities?"

"That's after understanding the mission... I suspect that you think too much of me. I'm just an ordinary college student, even though I have a little homework, it's not enough to be exhaustive."

"Just be humble." Shu Xingruo put a lunch box in front of Cheng Wuling, and stuffed the chopsticks into her hand, "Didn't you eat us to death in the scriptures?"

"There are also many accidents in the scriptures, and they are all remedies later... Thank you." Cheng Wuling put down the pen, lifted the lid of the lunch box, and took a deep breath.

"Forget it, then there is nothing wrong with what Lu Ning said this time."

"Her investigation is very valuable. If it is a war background, we are very likely to obtain weapons such as firearms of that era in the scene. This is why we are not allowed to bring our own and are specially emphasized. In addition In addition, there is also a lot of talk about entering through sleep, we have to make a plan for where to escape from."

"No, wait, explain clearly." Su Zhilan hurriedly stretched out her hand, "How did you come up with this logical relationship? Please let me, who is blunt with my qualifications, follow your train of thought."

"...The way we enter is also the way we cut into the scene. Everyone must have understood this after a few times. I experienced this way of entering sleep once in the holy scriptures, and that time was to wake up from the training chamber. Come on, so I arranged that kind of entry method. But that time someone was outside, and Lu Ning and Shu Xingruo's entry was completely different from mine, only this time, all of us received the same entry method."

"Uh... so?"

"There is no upper limit for the number of people in the step-up test, so it is impossible for only us to do it. If someone's entry method is different, they should be notified by sending them to their respective mobile phones, rather than in the projector on the table. A unified statement. That is to say, the method of entry is the same for all without further notice."

"Well, I see. Go ahead."

"Then everyone fell into a deep sleep - where is the need for this? We must know that neither the task reminder nor entering the scene is necessary for us to sleep, so we must be in a 'sleep' state when we enter. We all know that when we enter, we will be sent directly to the mission point, so combined with what Lu Ning found, there are three conditions that are more likely to be - the identity is a soldier or a villager, the residence is attacked by the enemy at night and needs to be evacuated; the identity is a prisoner , To complete the task, first escape from the cell; and the identity is an important person with a relatively high position. The third type may not need to worry too much, but we must prevent the first two from encountering difficulties when we come up. "

"Does that mean you escaped?"

"Ah."

"You still say you don't know anything? You have already guessed so many things before entering the mission! Besides, eat! The noodles are going to be lumpy!" Shu Xingruo knocked on the table, and Cheng Wuling nodded without saying a word Start eating noodles.

"Sleeping is the first disadvantage?" Lu Ning sat on the bed and thought for a while, "Then we must first have a strategy for waking up as soon as possible? What if we are all asleep and killed in a dream? It will be a big loss. gone."

"Don't worry about that, I'm the one who accepts the bed."

Su Zhilan laughed softly.

"If the sleeping environment is changed, I will never sleep well, and I will definitely wake up."

"But we're not necessarily together."

"So don't worry about me, hahaha..."

"Stop kidding! Come and eat!"

Su Zhilan's bad taste was suppressed forcefully by Shu Xingruo.

"But you just said that this is only the most possible situation." Lu Ning unconsciously began to think about the worse situation, "If there is anything more troublesome..."

"Yes, I have."

Cheng Wuling answered her after carefully swallowing the food in her mouth.

"For example, in a horror scene, we were directly thrown into a haunted house to fall asleep, or we became wounded soldiers who retreated from the battlefield, were forcibly handicapped, or were thrown into a ravine and kidnapped by human traffickers... It's all the same. It’s something that might happen in that context. But according to the practice of “greeting” us first in every testing field, the level-up test is probably no exception.”

"So it's impossible to keep us in a completely safe environment, and it can even be said that it is a place where 'accidents' will happen, to create an atmosphere, or simply a warning to show off?" Lu Ning gradually understood the meaning of Cheng Wuling's words .

"Yes, the shortest is a few minutes, and the longest is one day. We will definitely encounter a not-so-fatal adventure, so the act of waiting and watching the changes is not even considered."

Lu Ning nodded slightly.

The massacre that started in the villa three hours later, the corpse that suddenly appeared when Danma took the elevator, and the small wave of corpses that appeared on the way to the shelter.

"However, there is a problem."

Shu Xingruo spoke.

"Things like rules are no longer applicable once the level is upgraded, so is this practice still followed in this level-up test?"

(End of this chapter)