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Chapter 3 "Book Tomb Notes"

"A two-star novel?"

After accepting the information sent, Liu Xing was greatly surprised that this "Book Tomb Notes" was actually a two-star novel.

As far as he knows, a two-star novel can be worth at least 5000 yuan.

"I was lucky today. I found a two-star novel among the pile of ordinary novels at home!"

The grading of Huaxia Kingdom novels is assessed by book appraisal experts, and the accuracy rate is very high, as high as 99.9%.

In other words, on average, among 1000 novels, the identification results of 999 novels are correct, but the identification results of 1 novel will be wrong, which means that in ordinary novels, there is a one-thousandth probability of finding star grade novel.

"The quality of two-star novels is indeed much higher."

Liu Xing has identified more than 2000 ordinary novels tonight, and the matching degree of all ordinary novels is less than 1%. However, the matching degree of this two-star novel "Book Tomb Notes" is as high as 28%, which is very close to 30%. Certain reading value.

"Notes on the tomb? What is the tomb?"

Looking at the novel in his hand, Liu Xing searched for related memories in his mind.

The so-called book tomb refers to the tomb where books are buried. It is a unique cultural phenomenon in China.

Huaxia Kingdom has had frequent historical wars, and every war will cause a large number of people to be displaced and homeless.Hundreds of years ago, in order to prevent their collections from being destroyed in wars, some novelists secretly dug graves underground one by one, and then hid their books in the graves.

Therefore, with the current "book tomb", it is actually an underground library.

A high-quality novel can be sold for a sky-high price in China, and many precious books of ancient novelists are buried in the book tomb, and its value is self-evident. thief.

This "Book Tomb Notes" tells the story of a group of tomb robbers stealing the book tomb.

Liu Xing is a fan of novels. He finally found a two-star novel, and the matching rate was so high, so he would not let it go. He half-lyed on the bed in the bedroom, holding "Book Tomb Notes" in both hands, and read it with gusto. up.

The plot of "Book Tomb Notes" is not complicated. It tells the historical event of "burning books and burying horses" in Huaxia Kingdom more than 800 years ago. The emperor at that time burned a large number of books.In order to prevent his ancestral books from being burned, a novelist named Ma dug eight tombs and hid his novels, turning them into eight book tombs. More than 800 years later, the descendants of the novelist surnamed Ma got a book collection map and began to search for the eight book tombs buried 800 years ago...

"Well, why is it gone?"

Three hours later, when Liu Xing was fascinated by the reading, "Book Tomb Notes" had already turned to the last page, and the plot came to an abrupt end.This set of "Book Tomb Notes" seems to be a series. There are a total of eight novels in the whole set, and Liu Xing is holding only one of them.

"Where are the other seven volumes of "Book Tomb Notes"?"

Liu Xing recalled carefully that he bought this "Book Tomb Notes" from a roadside stall in Nanhu Park for 8 yuan when he was in junior high school, and there was only one copy in total at that time.

"Forget it, go to bed first, and go to the bookstore tomorrow to ask."

Lying down on the bed, Liu Xing soon fell asleep...

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"Ah Xing, the sun is shining on your buttocks, it's time to get up!"

In the early morning, under the urging of his mother, Liu Xing woke up. After a simple wash, he went down to the restaurant on the first floor to eat.

Breakfast was a bowl of steaming eight-treasure porridge. The porridge was cooked by his parents.

After eating and drinking enough, he left the hotel alone, and was going to visit the bookstore on Novel Street.

Liu Xing's eyes have supernatural powers, and he can quickly identify the matching degree of novels. As long as he finds a place with many books, he may be able to find a novel that suits him.

Fiction Street is located in Chengnan District of Tianhai City, with a total length of more than 1100 meters. There are more than 100 bookstores here. It is one of the largest fiction markets in Tianhai City, and it is naturally the best place to find books.

In the early morning, the sun was soft and the air carried a faint fragrance of flowers. Liu Xing walked along the straight street where the flowers were densely clustered. Since he went out too early, many bookstores were not open yet, so he could only continue walking forward.

"Caiyun Bookstore?"

When he walked to No. 119 Fiction Street, Liu Xing found a bookstore called Caiyun, which seemed a little familiar to him. After thinking about it carefully, he found out that Guo Tieming, the captain of the criminal police, had mentioned it last night.The proprietress of this bookstore was stabbed by a male fan of "Goddess Raiders Diary" two months ago.

The proprietress should have recovered, because the bookstore is open again.

Liu Xing walked in.

Caiyun Bookstore has an area of ​​more than 40 square meters, and more than a dozen bookshelves are neatly arranged. These bookshelves are very distinctive. Some bookshelves are dark green, and some are pink. The bookshelves of the two colors are placed together to form an interesting contrast. It looks like a beautiful picture of green grass and red flowers.

After walking a few steps into the store, Liu Xing saw a middle-aged woman in her 40s standing at the front desk of the bookstore. She was Huang Caiyun, the proprietress of the bookstore.Although she is a bit older, judging from her current figure, she was definitely a beauty when she was young.

"Little brother, do you want to buy books?" Huang Caiyun greeted him.

"Do you have tomb robbery novels in your bookstore?" Liu Xing cut to the chase. When he was enjoying reading "Notes on the Tomb" last night, the text suddenly disappeared, which made him somewhat depressed.

"Tomb Raider novel? Yes, this way please."

Following Huang Caiyun, Liu Xing came to a dark green bookshelf with more than a dozen tomb robbery novels on it. He scanned the titles, but did not find "Book Tomb Notes".

"Miss Boss, do you have a tomb-robbing novel called "Book Tomb Notes" in your store?"

""Book Tomb Notes"?" Huang Caiyun thought for a while, shaking his head, "the number of tomb robbery novels is relatively small, as long as the tomb robbery novels are on the market, I have the impression, but I have never heard of "Book Tomb Notes". Little brother , You must have misremembered the title of the book, right?"

After she said it, Liu Xing was a little disappointed. It seemed that the possibility of finding the remaining seven "Book Tomb Notes" was very slim. His eyes drifted, and his attention fell on the bookshelf in front of him again.

There are different types of novels on the bookshelves of the bookstore, including urban novels, romance novels, mystery novels, science fiction novels, campus novels, etc., with a total of more than 30 categories.

These novels are all beautifully packaged and cannot be read at all.

Liu Xing needs to read the book from beginning to end to read the information of the book. Therefore, he cannot read the information of these well-packaged novels in the bookstore.

"It seems that it is impossible to choose novels in the bookstore, unless you buy the novels."

Liu Xing paid special attention to the prices of these novels. The long series of numbers on the price tags shocked him: 1788 yuan, 1888 yuan, 3266 yuan, 5900 yuan, 9700 yuan...

The price of many novels is more than 1000 yuan, and these novels are star novels.Among them, a three-star novel placed on the most conspicuous shelf in the center of the bookstore is priced as high as 99000 yuan. Liu Xing can't afford it even if he sells himself.

Those who can afford novels are indeed rich!

"Ma'am, how much is a two-star novel?" Liu Xing asked suddenly.

"Two-star novels? It depends on the genre." Huang Caiyun introduced, "If it's a romance novel, then the price will be around 5000 yuan. If it's a mystery novel, since there are few good books of this type, the price will generally be twice as expensive. About 10000 yuan."

"What if it's a two-star tomb robbery novel?"

"Tomb-robbing novels... don't seem to have two-star novels?" Huang Caiyun said, "In my impression, the best tomb-robbing novels only reach one-star rating, and there is no writer in the country who can write two-star-level tomb-robbing novels." Novel. If there is a two-star tomb robbery novel, I estimate that the price will be at least 10 yuan."

"10 yuan?"

Liu Xing's heart moved. The "Book Tomb Notes" on the bookshelf in his bedroom is two-star. That broken book is worth 10?
Thinking of this, Liu Xing suddenly felt that he was very extravagant. Last night, he spent 10 hours to finish reading the 3 yuan "Book Tomb Notes", and spent an average of [-] yuan per hour. He has never been so extravagant in his life.

"If you run out of money in the future, you can sell "Book Tomb Notes" as an emergency."

With this in mind, Liu Xing walked out of Caiyun Bookstore.Although there are many novels in the bookstore, they are all beyond his reach, and there is no point in staying there.

Back on the street, the sun was dazzling. It was already past nine o'clock in the morning. Fiction Street gradually became popular. Most shops, coffee shops, and book bars were open for business, and bookstores were no exception.

In the next three hours, Liu Xing walked into more than 40 bookstores one after another, and found that almost all the novels in the bookstores were wrapped in outer packaging, and the relevant information could not be read at all.

After tossing all morning, Liu Xing found nothing, but he was a little hungry, so he decided to go back to the hotel first.

When he was passing by the gate of Nanhu Park on Fiction Street, a man with sly eyebrows and mouse eyes suddenly ran up and asked softly, "Brother, do you want to buy a book?"

As soon as Liu Xing saw this man, he felt that the man was not a good bird, just like a small vendor selling mobile phones at a train station, he was probably a liar.

So Liu Xing ignored it and was about to leave.

"Brother, I have many star-rated novels, each of which only sells for tens of yuan!"

Just as Liu Xing took two steps, he heard the man say again.

Star novels only sell for a few dozen yuan?
How can it be?

Liu Xing just visited dozens of bookstores, and the cheapest one-star novels cost at least 500 yuan.

"Brother, star novels cost 50 yuan a copy, how about it, let's take a look?"

Hearing what the man said, Liu Xing was a little shaken. After a moment of hesitation, he decided to find out. Anyway, he only had 100 yuan in his pocket, so he couldn't suffer much.

"Brother, come with me."

(End of this chapter)