On the Edge of Despair: Chapter 8
"Finally, the library. "The collection was completely more than I could have imagined, and the city library I used to go to when I was at home was not even a fifth the size of the library, and there were books in every kind of way," he recalls. β
Ferry shook his head vigorously: "No, no, no, not all kinds of books are available, Joe and I have been looking for a long time but we haven't found Playboy and Dragon, Tiger and Leopard......"
"The things you're looking for can't be called normal publications, and they're not books. Zhen snorted and turned his face away: "It's just garbage that shouldn't exist in the first place." β
And Cui Fan, who was in high spirits as soon as he heard the library, hung his head in frustration: "It turns out that there are no playboys and dragons, tigers and leopards...... Originally, I didn't try to go to the library this time because I wanted to wait a little later to secretly find the latest issue......"
The corners of Ji Wutong's mouth twitched, and he secretly rolled his eyes, saying that the favorite publication of a super-university-level encyclopedia turned out to be that type of magazine, this kind of thing is really ...... I feel so tired......
"In other words......" Yulin glanced at Cui Fan: "Your so-called mind full of books, is it actually mostly that kind of filthy thing?"
Cui Fangan laughed twice: "Everyone has to have some personal interest, and I won't write them down when I read those magazines, otherwise the quality of sleep will become very ......."
"Ahem. Ji Wutong felt that there was no need to continue this completely useless topic, so he coughed lightly and said with a smile: "Let's continue the previous topic, and there will be time to talk about the rest." β
Zhen sighed: "I also wanted to get down to business, please don't interrupt, I continued, there are many types of books in the library, but the main part is based on world history and character archives, biographies, and then there are professional books in all aspects, medicine, oceanography, cooking, all kinds of reference books, geology books and the like, and there are many novels and the like, I'm not good at this, please Cui Fan have time to look back, if it's you, it should be very simple to get it, right?"
"I'll do my best~" Cui Fan smiled, but the loss just now was not visible at all, and I don't know if he was really sad when he learned that there was no favorite magazine or if he wanted to liven up the atmosphere.
"There are two separate rooms in the library. Yulin added: "One is a place like a warehouse, there are no books, but there are a lot of paper, pens and other things, and a few ladders, which should be used to get those books placed in high places, as for the other room, it can't be opened." β
Yao Qianhan blinked: "What does it mean that you can't open?"
Literally. "It's locked, but the strange thing is that we didn't find anything like a keyhole or a combination lock on the door, it looks more like a one-way door," Yulin said. β
Wan Teng thought for a moment and guessed, "Could it be a secret passage or something? Maybe that place can lead to the outside world?"
"Secret passage?" Ji Wutong paused for a moment and asked, "Is this possible?"
"Nothing impossible, right?" Wan Teng snorted, "You think, although this ghost place where we are located seems to be completely isolated from the outside world, but if there is no place that can be the same as the outside world, how can the ingredients in the refrigerator be replenished?
Bai Miaomiao nodded lightly, and then shook her head again: "Classmate Wan Teng's words are very reasonable, I also think that this 'Hope Peak High School' will definitely not have the same place as the outside world, but it should not be in that room in the library." β
"Why do you say that?" Yang Rui asked, "I think people are quite right!"
"I don't feel happy at all when you praise and recognize...... Wan Teng muttered in a low voice.
This time, without waiting for Bai Miaomiao to speak, Ji Wutong first asked Yulin: "Classmate Yulin, may I ask where is the room that you found in the library that cannot be opened?"
"Is it the location?" Yulin thought for a moment: "Just across the door as soon as you enter, you can see through a few rows of bookshelves, the locked room and the unlocked room are next to each other, opposite the entrance to the library. β
Ji Wutong nodded: "If you look at it this way, it is indeed unlikely......
"Hey!" Yang Rui shouted: "Why do you think it's impossible? I think what Xiao Wan said is right! There is no keyhole outside and the door can't be opened, isn't it a secret passage?!"
Wan Teng shook his head helplessly: "I didn't say anything to refute it, can you be quiet." β
"Okay~~~" Yang Rui immediately said with a smile, I don't know why she is so gentle to Wan Teng when she is only friendly with girls, Ji Wutong has not considered the possibility of women pretending to be men, but no matter how you look at it, this super-university-level oceanographer is a complete man, but he looks like a Zhengtai who has not grown up.
Ji Wutong glanced at Bai Miaomiao, shrugged his shoulders and said, "I think it may be a hidden room, or a passage, or an exit, but as a secret passage, it is not very valid, because it is too obvious." β
"Uh......" Wan Teng is not stupid, hearing Ji Wutong's words, he thought about it a little in his heart, but nodded reluctantly: "That's right, what you said makes sense, it's indeed too obvious." β
"It's impossible for us not to pay attention to a place like the library. Chang Xia interjected and smiled: "And the locked door in the library is naturally the focus of attention, if we have the heart, usually arrange one or two people to do nothing and keep blocking there, then no matter who you are, you will definitely not be able to get out of there." β
Zhen nodded: "That's true, although I can't imagine how boring it would be to stay there all day......"
Chang Xia shook his head: "I wouldn't recommend that you really do that, but since this is a possibility, then the planners who have designed it very carefully from beginning to end will definitely not ignore this potential hidden danger, so I support the idea of having the same idea as the outside world, there may be a secret passage or something, but the locked door there should not be." β
Everyone agreed.
"That~" Ye Xi suddenly raised his little hand and asked: "If it is really like what Miao Miao and Chang Xia said, the secret passage exists, can we try to find it? Maybe after finding it, everyone can escape from here, and there is no need to ...... Cannibalism...... What ......"
Jiang Dao whispered faintly on the side: "It's said that it's a secret passage, how can it be found by us so easily, even if you really find something, it may be a trap...... The trap that destroys us all. β
"Hmm, is that so...... Ye Xi sighed: "I may really be a little too whimsical." β
Yao Qianhan shook his head: "Not necessarily, didn't the school rules given to us by the black and white bear say that you can explore casually? If we just search this place, there will be a deadly trap, then he might as well kill us directly." β
"That's right. Ji Wutong nodded and said: "Although it may be true that it will not be so easy for us to find anything valuable, as Jiang Dao said, but I don't agree that there will be traps waiting for us......
[Because the purpose of the black and white bear should be to let us kill each other...... As it says, give us the ...... of despair]
Ji Wutong didn't say this sentence, because people who understand this kind of thing naturally understand, and those who haven't understood it yet, it will be more comfortable if they don't understand it like this.
With the passage of time and slowly getting used to his own situation, Ji Wutong has gradually regained his calm, after all, although he is indeed just an ordinary high school student, as a special talent at the super college level, his psychological quality will naturally not be so bad, and the same is true for the people around him, whether it is Chang Xia who jokes that it doesn't matter if he stays here or not go back, or the Rice brothers, who have always been optimistic and cheerful, have completely calmed down, not to mention Bai Miaomiao, who has been working hard until now.
Others......
Ji Wutong looked around, Yang Rui, Kang Xiaofeng, and Ye Xi were relatively uncalm, Jiang Dao, as a super-university-level pessimist, maybe this was her normal state......
"That's probably what our group of intel is. Shin concluded: "Although there are some discoveries, they do not help us much in our current situation. β
Cui Fan thought for a moment and said softly: "I still care more about the library, I plan to take a look when it's okay later, my reading speed is relatively fast, I want to work a little hard to see if I can find any clues." β
"Try not to go it alone. Yulin said lightly: "I'll accompany you later, it just so happens that this is the place we explored before." β
Cui Fan smiled: "It's an honor to be accompanied by beautiful women." β
"Hmph......" Yang Rui snorted coldly: "Men are really despicable animals. β
"Then ......" Bai Miaomiao said in a deep voice: "I'll talk about it for a while, and finally I'll talk about the basement floor, the previous conjecture is not wrong, it is definitely not the place where this building can basically be judged to be the comprehensive teaching building of Hope Peak High School now." β
Wan Teng nodded and said: "That's right, many places can be seen to be completely newly built, although there is no tangible evidence, but it should be eight or nine ten." β
"I can guarantee that there is absolutely no basement floor in the comprehensive teaching building of Hope Peak High School. Cui Fan said: "The first floor here is exactly the same as the floor plan in my impression, but the basement floor is ...... If there is a place like a dormitory, I don't think there's a reason why it won't be marked in the profile. β
Bai Miaomiao continued: "We went to the dormitory area first, because it may involve privacy issues and unnecessary suspicions, we only went to our own room, I and Yao Qianhan in a group, Cui Fan and Wan Teng in a group, each looked at each other's dormitories together, and found a little. β
"After the exchange, we found out that the boys' dormitories are different from the girls' dormitories. Wan Teng said with a stinky face: "Although the difference in area is not too much, the beds and bathrooms on the girl's side are relatively advanced." β
Cui Fan smiled: "Girls naturally have a higher status than us, if you have a girlfriend in the future, you should be able to understand." β
"What?" Yulin suddenly asked, "Do you have it?"
"I don't have it~" Cui Fan hurriedly waved his hand and smiled: "In this social form where the male status occupies the lowest level in love and family, I will still be thinking about this kind of thing later, I have not yet reached the situation where I have no love." β
Chang Xia smiled: "I want to find a girlfriend, but unfortunately now I am not the type of otaku who will be easily welcomed." β
Swindler!!
Almost all the boys scolded in their hearts at the same time.
Ji Wutong looked at Chang Xia's face that could be taken out as a promotional poster without PS, and slandered in his heart, if this kind of person can't find a girlfriend, then there is only one possibility, that is, he doesn't like women at all......
The others probably had the same idea, and their gaze at Chang Xia suddenly became a little strange.
Inan, who was closest to him, quietly moved his chair back slightly......
"Hey, do you think I can't see if I deliberately don't make a sound!?" Chang Xia shouted at Inan with tears and laughter, and then spread his hands: "I'm normal! Orientation is also normal!!It's just that I'm addicted to games every day and I don't socialize, and the team that plays games together is basically male, understand!!"
Call......
I don't know why I was relieved.
Bai Miaomiao cupped her forehead: "Okay, okay, the more important discovery is that each of the four of us has something different from the others in the room." β
"Different?" Liu Li asked curiously, "Is everyone's room different?Is it all their own style or something?Just like that theme or something!?"
"It's not. Wan Teng shook his head and said: "How can there be that kind of thing, everyone's room is similar, but there is a different thing, such as the ...... I found."
He took out a blue crystal ball from his pocket, and looked closely at it, it seemed that there were two blue dragons entrenched in it, of course, it was just a model, and there were no two dragons swimming in it that kind of special fantasy unfolding, the dragon was a slender oriental dragon shape, not the kind of dragon that is common in the West.
"This ...... Could it be your own thing?" Inan asked, "It feels like it symbolizes water, and it doesn't fit well with your identity as a super-university-level oceanographer?"
Wan Teng shook his head decisively: "I don't have this kind of thing, and it should have nothing to do with identity, otherwise ......"
"Otherwise, mine would have interpreted it differently. Bai Miaomiao also took out a thing, which turned out to be a small skeleton like a figure: "This thing should be completely different from my identity, right?"
Truly......
No matter how you think about it, super-college-level scholars and skeleton figures are completely incompatible......
Ji Wutong was suddenly very curious, curious about what the things in his room would be~
I always feel that I don't know who deliberately arranged these items in the house, it must not be simple.
γEdge of DespairγChapter 7: The End