"Sounds a little dangerous," I said, "and I can't be sure if there's a connection when I write a letter in my old days."

"So you have to know as much as you can about the monsters," the wooden stick in his hand pointed to the rows of bookcases, "These are detailed information about the monsters, including population, appearance, likes and dislikes, personality, aggressiveness, special functions, common regions, etc., covering almost more than 90% of the monsters, only if you know the monsters very well, can you judge which monsters are easy to connect with, and which monsters need to be treated carefully." ”

"With so many books, I won't be able to finish them for a while, and even if I do, I may not be able to remember them. ”

"Of course we've taken that into account, otherwise you think the exclusive area is just one more room?" "Paper Spirit jumped over the bookcase and took out one of the booklets, which were not too thick, the pages were a little torn and dusty, "This book contains the first thing you need to learn. ”

I took the old booklet from its hand, it looked like it was only a hundred and ten pages, but it was unbelievably heavy in my hand.

"How... It's so heavy!" I had to hold it with two hands, "it looks thin!"

"Because there's more to it than it seems. "You should have heard of a kind of monster called 'seal', which can record content far beyond your own size, this book is 'seal', just like you humans continue to thin information, from bamboo slips to letters, from disks to network disks, we are also constantly improving the facilities of the library, the difference is that we retain feelings and memories." ”

I wanted to refute, but I didn't know how to refute, so I could only silently put the seal on the table and start learning.

The cover of this booklet should have had the title on it before, but it has been polished to the point where I can't see it clearly, and I can only faintly see a label that says "One" in the lower right corner, and I tried to turn the first page.

"Yo, this isn't Ye Ke, long time no see. "Familiar voices come from the pages, a three-dimensional miniature world jumps out of the flat paper, and the mountains and rivers are within reach, as if a holographic projection is set up on the paper.

But instead of being pleasantly surprised, I broke out in a cold sweat.

Because what jumped out of the page was Qiqi, the Qiqi that had been sealed, and its appearance was not very clear, but I was very sure that it was it.

"I said we would see you again. Qi Qi spoke in a lazy tone, "But I didn't expect to see you in the gap in time, yes, yes, this road is very suitable for you, maybe..."

With a snap, he closed the book with the wooden stick in his hand.

"Have you seen Qiqi?" he stared straight at me.

"It's... More than have ever seen. ”

"Did you write its name?" questioned the tone.

"This one doesn't. ”

"Then why is your power connected to it?" "The paper spirit began to get angry again, "Although the seal is not as specialized in assisting in summoning as our paper spirit, but after all, it is a library monster in the gap of time, and it is an exclusive book for ghostwriters, full of information about monsters, once you connect with the monster power introduced in the book, it is easy to achieve a similar effect to summoning, fortunately, Qiqi is sealed, if that guy is brought here, I will become a sinner for the ages!"

"Because when I sealed it," I recalled, "I also had some of my power taken with it." ”

"Why didn't you say it earlier!" he stomped his foot angrily, "This is the list of the most vicious monsters!

"I'm sorry," I was a little scared, "I didn't expect the seal to be like this." ”

"You're so stupid! I've never seen such a stupid ghostwriter!" Tsuki took back the dangerous booklet, "I thought that you wouldn't be in danger if you first got to know the vicious youkai, but who knew you would have a connection with that kind of guy." ”

"Otherwise, let's make a list of all the youkai I've come into contact with," I said, "and it's a little safer." ”

"I don't have that much time," he said, "Forget it, skip this item first, wait until you sort out the names of the monsters you know, and then study them by yourself, anyway, they are all serial numbers." It took another item from the bookshelf and unfolded it on the table, a long scroll of maps marked with all sorts of intricate patterns.

"Here, here, here, and here and here. "From now on, use all your brain cells and memorize the appearance of these patterns, these are all marks of time loopholes, and any one of the patterns drawn on me can become the 'door' that Grandpa Beard said." ”

I looked closely at these patterns, which seemed to be a simplified landscape map of the corresponding location on the map, and I could think of the corresponding location just by looking at the pattern.

"Well, I basically remember. I said after a few minutes.

"Okay," he said, taking out a few pieces of paper and rolling up the scroll, "Now, draw those patterns on this paper." ”

"Huh?"

"Paint!" I was beaten with another blow with an angry shout.

"No, this pattern is pointed here? It's round!"

"Don't you see three more dots here?"

"Are you really drawing?"

......

I don't know how many times I was hit by it, but after countless revisions, I finally drew a pattern that satisfied me.

"Well, this time it's pretty much the same. He said.

"What's next—" I felt like I was about to collapse.

"Although you should read through the first two volumes of the monster directory first, you still need to skillfully trace all the patterns on the scroll to pass," said Yu, "but I don't have that much patience to accompany you, the unfinished books will wait for you to read slowly next time you come here, if you want to master the scroll patterns for the time being, it is enough to master the few just now, and then, we should go to the archives." ”

"Why do you always feel like you're in a hurry..."

"Because aren't you rushing back to solve the problem of infectious diseases," said Zhen, "and as a tool of the ghostwriter, the paper spirit must always follow the ghostwriter after the practice, and this is our mission." ”

"Then we can wait until I solve the infectious disease, and then we can come back and continue learning?"

"Once the paper spirit leaves the gap in time, it will fall into a permanent slumber. "I've been waiting for you to take me out, in other words, the paper spirit was born to be a ghostwriter's tool, so I have to tell you the most important thing before you leave the gap in time." ”

"Sleep forever?"

"It's exactly the same as a normal notebook," it looked at me as if it was retarded, "and when you leave the gap in time, you won't hear me nagging about you." ”

“......”

"Whether you write the name of the monster you want to summon on me, or draw a door to the world, you have to remember three things, first, all handwriting must use the ink of the time gap to be effective, second, you must write and draw in the time gap so that the handwriting will not disappear after you go out, and third, no matter what kind of handwriting, it is disposable, so you have to make reasonable use of the less than thirty pages on my body, as much as possible..."

"Can I not take you out?" I asked.

"Huh?" I asked, confused.

"I said, can I get out of here on my own, and you will always be left in the gap in time. ”

"Why?" said he wasn't angry, "You think it's okay to leave me here to save me?"

“... It's not about saving, I just don't think you need to lose this kind of lively life for me..."

"You're really hopeless," the paper spirit sighed, "Every life has the meaning of every life, some people are born to save the world, some people are just to pass on the lineage, the same, some monsters are born to repay their kindness, some monsters are to listen to all things, and some monsters are to protect nature, but for the originally rare paper spirits, becoming a ghostwriter tool is our mission, and it is also what we hope for, the best destination." ”