Act 148 A Different Kind of Battle
The editor looked at the bubbles bursting in the air and reached out and caught the twenty-sided dice that the fitness man always held in his hand.
She looked at the shell books that flipped and flew in the sky, and looked at herself as the sky in the distance kept exploding, and she had a feeling of being out of this world.
"Okay, Miss Editor, don't be sad, we're going to start acting." Natsume said as she stretched out in the flat space on the girl's chest.
"But...... But they all died...... What's the use of continuing the mission......" said the editor with tears in her voice.
Although she was not very familiar with these people, she was just a stranger who had only known each other for less than a day.
However, whether it was because she was sympathetic or because things hurt her, she was very sad in short.
"It's all said it's a snack worker, don't care so much. The snack worker meaning is sacrifice. Death is their destination. Natsume said.
"Snack Worker...... Did you know it from the beginning? Miss Editor asked.
The mature cat nodded.
"Then why don't you ......"
"Don't save them?" Natsume raised her head, looked at the editor's chin and paused twice, "If you were a passerby and you saw a bamboo rat suffering from heat stroke by the river, would you save it, ignore it, or eat it?"
If you were a Hua Nong brother, would you save it, ignore it, or eat it?
If...... Are you a bamboo rat yourself? β
"I'm a bamboo rat...... "The editor replied.
"Yes, you're a bamboo rat, but I'm a cat. Not only cats and pandas, but also bamboo rats will not end well. Natsume flashed his tough claws and blew the dust on them.
"I'm also a bamboo rat...... "The editor repeated.
"You're different. Don't the Huanong brothers also have white bamboo rats? After Natsume finished speaking, he looked at the sky that was starting to become hazy, "We're going to hurry." If you're a little faster, you can bring those snack workers to life. β
"Will you ever come back to life?" Miss Editor was surprised.
"Of course, don't forget where the Persona Division is located in the Hidden City, where it was borrowed. As long as death is not entered into the book of life and death, it is not really death. Death in the Otherworldly Fragment will not release the message until the Otherworldly Fragment disappears. That is to say......"
"They didn't really die?" Miss Editor said in surprise.
She had already become pessimistic and negative, but she suddenly began to become optimistic, and the vitality of youth was re-injected into her body, "Natsume-sensei, what do you say we should do?" β
Natsume said, "The platform we are on now is the heart of the City of Sacred Books, can you see the Twin Towers on the left and right?" They are the libraries of the City of Sacred Books. And your ability is to craft books. All you need to do is go in and craft a book of the same level as the City of Books, and this otherworldly fragment will be contained.
But we're going to hurry. Can you see the clouds in the sky?
It was not an ordinary cloud, but a miasma produced by the text worm after it had been proliferated by the human body.
When that miasma is strong enough, the City of Books will be fully revived.
And you and I, too, will be eaten by the City of the Holy Book and become a page of text on it. β
"Yes!" The editor replied energetically.
Her slightly slender body burst out with great power in an instant.
The two tense calves seemed to catapult up from the ground, and with the fastest speed, interspersed the gaps in the ground, breaking into the great library of the Holy Book City.
After entering, there is the middle floor, looking up at the towering bookshelves, as if inserted into the sky, looking down to see the end, dark as a bottomless abyss.
"Ding! Synthesis is complete. β
[Complete the mission: Complete a Grade A book and get 1000 points.] γ
"Ding! Synthesis is complete. β
[Complete the task: Complete a C-level book and gain -100 points.] γ
"Ding......
The quality of the books on the shelves of the large libraries is similarly uneven.
Miss Editor's Pair Synthesis will not only synthesize Grade A books, but also Grade C books and even Grade D books.
Although Miss Editor has a lot of points, if she keeps synthesizing low-level books, she will still be quickly obliterated.
Therefore......
She has to plan the optimal synthesis route, synthesize more books as quickly as possible, and not let her negative points be wiped out, but also ensure that the overall route repetition rate is reduced.
Such a complex requirement is a great challenge for the editor.
It's like she's in a giant Pac-Man 3D maze, but her enemy isn't a ghost, it's time.
The porthole of the library offers a view of the outside.
The clouds over Innsmouth, the city of holy books, began to thicken. The shapeless clouds had begun to reveal strange outlines, floating in the air like giant text worms. Although there was no movement, it made people shudder.
The editor swept her fingers across the spine of the book.
"Here comes the book!"
Several books flew in according to their ranks. The editor didn't know how many angels could stand on the tip of a needle, but she knew she could put a hundred books on her fingertips.
"Ding! Synthesis is complete. β
"Ding! Synthesis is complete. β
"Ding! Synthesis is complete. β
"Ding......
The editor felt like she was playing Happy Match, book after book, disappearing from her fingertips and synthesizing into a brand new one.
And behind her, hundreds of Grade A books have been accumulated.
The high-frequency exercise made her a little out of breath, and she asked the cat in her arms, "Natsume-sensei, is there a problem with the synthesis of Grade A books?" β
"No, it won't."
"Ding! Synthesis is complete. β
[Synthesize a super Grade A book and get 10,000 points.] γ
γDing! Hide the main quest trigger!
Death to a partner! Innsmouth, the city of books, is clouded! The mad world wants to be destroyed in madness! Time is not waiting for me! Complete your mission to save the world of the Holy Book!
Create a Super Grade A Book: Reward 100 Points!
Create a Super Super Grade A Book: Reward 300 Points!
Create Super Super Super Grade A Book: Reward 500 points!
Create Super Super Super Super Grade A Book: Reward 500 Points!
Create......
Mission Time Remaining: 2 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds. γ
When the editor saw the task prompt, she didn't seem to know the word "super" anymore.
However, the new assignment is a major plus for her.
Because, synthesizing low-level books, there is no longer a punishment.
As a result, her trail can be even wilder.
"Synthesize!"
"Synthesize!"
"Synthesize!"
ββ¦β¦β
Miss Editor moves like a wind, rolling up all the books she can see in the big library.
For other missionists, the precious points increase as quickly as if they didn't need money.
All the books on one side of the Great Library of the Twin Towers have been crafted.
And the path to the other Twin Towers has been filled with materialized text worms.
The cat in her arms said, "The first battle is coming, let me teach you some fighting skills." β
Hearing that she was going to fight, Miss Editor clenched her little fists.
"Don't be so nervous, it's not the fists that are important in the fight, it's the brain. Do you think I'm going to turn you into a Transformer and blow those worms out of your head with one punch? How can it be!
If you look closely, do you see any common characteristics? β
Natsume said seductively.
"Characteristic ......" Miss Editor squinted her eyes slightly to take a closer look, although she didn't wear glasses, she was actually a little short-sighted. However, in general, she rarely looks at distant objects, and every day she either looks down at her phone or heads up at the computer screen, so it doesn't have any effect.
"They're all worms...... Their bodies are all made up of words? The editor said.
βBingoοΌ Right! They are all made up of words. Natsume shook his tail, glad that he had found a tool man who was still smart, "Since they are all made up of words, the easiest and most effective way to defeat them is to destroy the structure of the words on them. You know what I mean. β
The editor nodded, "They are all described in words, as long as you destroy the text description, you can defeat them." But...... How to change it? β
"Do you think that what I just gave you was the ability to synthesize books? Actually, that's a whole set of skills in using words! The excited cat said with a strange mouth fetish, "You feel your abilities with your heart, and try to find the patterns of those word worms......"
The editor, hidden behind the huge door of the Great Library, stared at the wandering worms, and at first, she didn't feel anything, not so much observing their inner laws as counting the spots on their bodies.
But, suddenly, for a moment, she felt as if she had grasped something.
Holding the tail of that quick-slipping inspiration, she suddenly had a wonderful feeling.
The uncomfortable-looking worms in front of them have actually become cute, and the words in their bodies are also arranged in a three-dimensional way, describing the accurate meaning.
As if instinctively, the editor raised her hand, picked up the pen, and gently inserted a symbol of unknown meaning in a place where the expression was weak, and only two characters were connected.
"Boom!"
The two-meter-tall, five-ton worm collapsed and turned into a tortoise-like motionless text.
It's not enough to solve a worm!
From this end of the Great Library of the Twin Towers to the other end of the Great Library, there were dozens of worms in between.
But what is the use of these worms, no matter how large they are?
The editor, who has mastered the skills of rewriting, holds the cat in her left arm, wields the pen in her right hand, and walks all the way with her footsteps, like a god blocking insects.
With her insecticidal skills, when she returns to the real world, she can get a job instead of insecticide spray.
Miss Editor swelled.
This feeling of killing everything in seconds between waves of hands is really pleasant.
Before she knew it, she was halfway there, and at her current rate, in less than two minutes she would be able to enter another tower of the Great Library, full of books.
Advance!
Advance!
Advance!
There are more and more words at the feet of the editor, and there are fewer and fewer worms in front of her.
Two-thirds of the way through the journey, we were about to enter the library.
Instantly synthesize all the books, synthesize the City of Sacred Books, end the quest, and resurrect your teammates!
But at this time, "Woo! A huge shadow hung over the editor's head.
She looked up and saw the living book of seashells.
A strange creature from another world, the Shell Living Book, can only be described as weak in another world. The fitness man collects it, just holding the psychology that it is a pity not to take anything with him.
However, the creatures at the bottom of the fragment of another world came to the city of holy books, and jumped from the bottom of the biological chain to the top of the food chain.
It's like the editor solves worms and changes their text structure. The shell living book devours the text worm, and it is not the illusion of the worm that devours it, but the text itself.
As a living book with free will, it also feels like an editor's lady.
Moreover, what is even more powerful than Miss Editor is that every time it devours a text worm, it will be one point larger in size and one point stronger.
Miss Editor was just madly crafting books while it was devouring worms.
Because, now it has been - obscuring the sky.
The experience of the worm just now made the originally timid editor not afraid of such a huge book at the first time, but subconsciously wanted to interpret this living book and find its weak points.
However, she only read the beginning and felt a splitting headache.
If we say that the complexity of the text worm is only equivalent to the judgment sentences in a junior high school textbook. Then the shell book is a huge program with a huge volume and no annotations.
The text in it is intertwined, and even if the editor sees it, she will retreat. But when she wanted to retreat, she found that her consciousness was lost in the labyrinth of words.
"Stupid! Wake up! Natsume's pad slapped the editor's face.
Looking at the editor who had just returned from consciousness and was still a little confused, Natsume said angrily, "Don't try to read, just synthesize." β
Behind the editor's wife, emerges a book as large as a shell living book.
I wanted to devour the shell book of the guy who was competing for his prey, but when I saw this huge book, my saliva flowed from between my teeth like a waterfall in a water curtain hole.
If the text worm is a bear biscuit, then the huge book in front of you is the top dessert.
Without thinking too much, the Shell Book moved towards the huge book.
Just as it was about to come into contact with the Colossal Book, Miss Editor shouted, "Synthesize! β
The books that originally looked harmless to humans and animals on the outside instantly disintegrated into countless tentacles.
As soon as the tentacles tied up the shell living book, the open pages on both sides of the huge book turned into the mouth of a giant python and swallowed the bound shell living book.
"Goo-goo-goo-goo......"
Strange sounds kept coming from the closed pages.
"Ding! Synthesis successful! β
[Synthesize a super γ
Miss Editor waved her hand, and the huge book, twice as thick, began to shrink until it was the size of a normal book, floating behind her.
The editor flicked the tip of her pen to clear the remaining worms that stood in her way, and pushed open the door to the large library on the other side.