Chapter 7: 7,8
The headless blood corpse was punched a few times outside, but it was useless. It could only leave angrily.
Diep Tich did not waste much emotion on this blood-soaked monster. Instead, he tilted his head and asked Ton Luong: "What happened just now?"
Even though she was busy, her tone was still calm and not too panicked. Like He Si Jia and Sun Liang were worried about not being able to borrow a book, in her place it was not a problem at all.
Sun Liang was still panting, hearing her question, his originally furrowed brows became even more furrowed, then he met Ye Xi's gaze and looked over: "I also want to know, what happened just now?"
Diep Tich raised his eyebrows: "Didn't you guys discuss it well before? They borrowed the book and went to the novel district to find you? Now something happened in the novel district, you said you don't know?"
"What do you mean by this?!" Sun Liang was clearly dissatisfied, pointing at the headless bloody corpse footprints outside, "Do you think that thing could have been made by me?!"
But that's not good.
Diep Tich sneered in his heart, but his face still had an indifferent expression: "Misunderstanding, that's not what I meant. I just wanted to clarify the situation and ask."
Sun Liang saw that she was so calm that it was difficult for her to react. He took a deep breath and calmed down. "We did discuss it before, but they came to me. But I…" His teeth started to tremble again. "I was so scared that I immediately took the book when I got to the novel section. I wanted to go straight to them."
"I arrived at the commune science district and couldn't find anyone, so I had to turn back. I had only taken two steps when I heard a scream. I went forward again and ran into you guys."
Diep Tich: "In other words, you are going to delete it?"
"At first glance, that's right..." Sun Liang lowered his head, seemingly wondering. Ye Xi didn't urge him, everyone was silent for a moment, until Sun Liang asked again, "So... What exactly happened just now? Where are Zhou Yuanyuan and Fang Mu? Were they killed by the blood corpse?"
Diep Tich's eyes sank: "That blood corpse is Phuong Mo."
Ton Luong widened his eyes: "Ah?"
Ye Xi temporarily put aside her doubts and explained to him in a very objective manner: "That miserable scream you heard was made by Fang Mu. That miserable scream must have been against the rules, causing her to suddenly… explode, and then transform into a headless bloody corpse."
"Based on..." Sun Liang trembled, not forgetting to ask, "Where is Zhou Yuanyuan?"
"Didn't see it." Ye Xi said bluntly, pondered for a moment, then said, "But I suspect that Zhou Yuanyuan might have violated some rule and turned into a pile of pink foam balls."
She clearly remembered that when Fang Mu fell to the ground and screamed miserably, there was a large, pale red foam ball in front of her. But that pair of pink foam balls didn't look scary at all. If the situation was changed, for example, if it appeared at a wedding scene, it would even be very romantic.
Logically speaking, an adult wouldn't be scared by such things, even if they suddenly appeared before his eyes.
But if that pair of sponge balls were transformed by Zhou Yuanyuan, then it would be different. Considering that Fang Mu and Zhou Yuanyuan were university roommates, and the two of them had always acted as friends, Ye Xi felt that Fang Mu was most likely watching Zhou Yuanyuan transform from a living person into a sponge ball.
So Phuong Mo screamed miserably and said it was okay.
... Wait a minute.
Pink, sponge ball, romantic point...
A ray of inspiration flashed through Ye Xi's mind. She hesitated for a moment and boldly guessed, "Zhou Yuanyuan might have a reason for holding a light pink cover letter."
Basic rule 8: Please avoid folders with light pink covers, even if the content is to your liking, or the cover design is really attractive.
This rule is not aimed at any particular area, but the area with the most romance novels is the area with the most pink cover novels. Moreover, from He Sijia's previous experience, even if the readers do not take the initiative to touch those books, those books will instead charm the readers, enticing them to reach out and take them.
Hearing her mention the "Pink Cover Letter", He Si Jia naturally thought of the dangerous situation ahead. At that time, although she was also scared into a cold sweat, but in fact, she did not know what would happen if she really touched it. Now thinking back to that large pile of pink foam just now, her whole body felt unwell.
"Of course, I'm just guessing, not necessarily right." Ye Xi once again spoke seriously and made a disclaimer statement. His gaze shifted and he saw Xie Rushan sitting in a corner, tearing paper without blinking. One A4 paper that was cut at a time was torn one after another with his hands.
Diep Tich's face was not good as he looked at him carefully: "What are you doing?"
"This is... This is an IOU." Xie Rushan was depressed, his voice was weary, but also revealed a hint of flattery, "That bag, you don't need to pay for it."
The thief was quick-witted. Just now, he thought about asking Ye Xi for money. On one hand, his personality allowed it, on the other hand, at that time, there weren't too many deaths, so he blindly believed that he could survive.
But now, not only is there not one person in the circle, there is also a headless bloody corpse type of crazy thing that has appeared.
——headless, blood corpse, listen, is this like a normal life scenario?
So Ta Nhu Son was in a difficult situation, desperately wanting to find a trustworthy thigh to hug and save his life.
Looking back and forth, the most suitable person to hold the thigh right now is only Ye Xi. She was very calm from the beginning, doing many analyses back and forth, although the analysis may not be correct, it is at least stronger than others.
But because he was greedy for money in the past, Diep Tich did not respond to him in the next two waves. This kind of situation made Ta Nhu Son very uneasy.
Learning from his painful experience, he had no choice but to tear up the debt paper to restore some goodwill.
Again...
He doesn't necessarily get tired of tearing up the debt paper.
Chicken thief people calculate meticulously, he will make money.
The next cycle is the Rule of Law Realm, which opens after the fifth round of borrowing books. According to the calculation rule of the same area where people borrowing books must be separated by half an hour, the area they went to in this cycle is just a new cycle. It is also the safest historical area for Ye Xi, He Si Jia, and Xie Ru Shan, while Sun Liang went to the social science area alone.
Up until now, Ye Xi had always had a pensive look on her face. However, in such a place, having experienced so many terrifying things, it was normal for anyone to fall into deep thought, so no one bothered her, including He Si Jia who got along well.
So no one noticed, her eyes were always intentionally or unintentionally on that black backpack.
4:38, Diep Tich stood up with the letter in hand: "Let's go, we're going to the historical district."
"Just like that, go out?!" Xie Ru Shan was stunned, "That blood corpse..."
"The rules for borrowing the letter are strict, and it also directly mentions that if any accident happens, you can go to the reading area to avoid it. So I thought, the blood corpse should have been gone." Ye Xi finished speaking in one breath.
But the three people had not yet caught up with her thoughts: "Why, why?" Ha Tu Giai asked confusedly.
Ye Xi paused, and could not help but explain more carefully: "Think about it, borrowing a book late and violating the rules will definitely cause problems. Then if you go to the reading area to avoid danger, the meaning is that only staying in the reading area is safe. After leaving here, there should be blood corpses and blood corpses, so what is the point of avoiding it?"
Anyway, it's just a matter of death - being strangled to death by a blood corpse and being strangled to death by some strange method because you couldn't borrow a book on time, is there any difference?
"That's also true..." Ha Tu Giai pondered and slowly nodded, his heart racing, "In any case, if I don't borrow the book, I will die, I definitely can't wait here, let's go!"
These words made the still hesitant Xie Rushan believe them, the four people reached an agreement, and together they walked out of the reading area to rest. But in reality, for at least half a minute, everyone's nerves were really tense, afraid that a blood corpse would suddenly pop out from a corner.
Fortunately, until they left one by one, the blood letters and corpses did not appear. It seemed that Diep Tich's guess was correct.
The history area is right in front of the reading area. Ye Xi, He Si Jia, and Xie Ru Shan quickly went to the bookshelf to get the good books. He Si Jia and Xie Ru Shan both wanted to quickly finish registering and go back to the reading area.
Although the historical area is also safe, but the reading area is clearly safer, there is no problem with reading books, and it can also block monsters!
For some reason, Diep Tich walked out of the history bookshelf and immediately went straight to the novel reading area in front of the resting area.
"?" Ha Tu Giai and Ta Nhu Son glanced at each other, both feeling confused. At this moment, Diep Tich turned her head back, pointed at the registration area for herself, and pointed to the resting area, signaling the two of them to go ahead and not follow her.
Both of them hesitated for a moment, then simultaneously decided to listen to Diep Tich. Diep Tich saw them turn around and leave, and continued walking into the novel area.
She had two things to do.
First lawsuit.
Go to the end of the bookshelf, along the bookshelf and the east wall forming a narrow passage, go north.
To the north is the main gate and the self-help registration area, in front of that, she will pass the social science area.
Sun Liang in the commune of science.
Diep Tich was three or four bookshelves away from the social science area when he lowered his voice, his breathing also became light, his eyes searched through the gaps between the bookshelves and shelves to find a figure.
Very quickly she found Sun Liang. He had just selected a book, pulled it out, flipped it around, held it in his hand, then walked towards the west flank.
The west flank and the commune science district are relatively religious areas. Between the two areas, there is a very narrow path. This path is much wider than the path against the wall. Normally, everyone will go to that side, so Sun Liang did not pay attention to Ye Xi at all.
Diep Tich saw him calmly walk towards the self-registration area, and touch each other's faces with Ha Tu Giai and Ta Nhu Son who had just finished registering, then continue walking towards the machine.
After a while, He Si Jia and Xie Ru Shan walked around the reading area. Ye Xi continued to look at Sun Liang for a while. When he turned around and walked towards the reading area, she quickly hid behind the bookshelf. After he left, she silently returned to the novel area and started doing her second job.
She relied on her memory to find the place where Phuong Mo and Chu Vien Vien died. She raised her eyes and looked left and right.
Just like she thought, the place where the incident happened was not the romance novel area, and there were no pink-covered books on the bookshelves on either side.
❀❀❀She did not leave directly, but instead bent down and knelt down, pressing her face to the ground, checking the bookshelf below.
Without wasting any effort, she saw a book from the crack below.
This book has a simple, clean white cover, at first glance there is nothing unusual. Ye Xi's eyes sank, he thought for a moment, then took out a signature pen from his carry-on bag, flicked it towards the bookshelf, and flicked the book out before he directly touched it.
Actually, based on the search rule of "Please avoid all folders with light pink covers", her operation cannot be said to be safe. However, she temporarily cannot think of any other method, she can only use this method to make things clear.
With a slight sound, a letter came from the flower gap to the small aisle, and the name of the letter was displayed: "Summer Flavored Yogurt".
The letter's wind was slightly loose between the scratches, and the clean white outer wind slid forward about a centimeter, revealing a light pink inner wind.
... This beauty is really beautiful.
At the same time his eyes stopped on that light pink, a trace of indescribable infatuation rose in Diep Tich's heart.
It's so beautiful...
Her eyes became misty and hazy, the hazy feeling made her nerves relax, she was possessed and bent down, wanting to see that beautiful pink face more clearly, best to press it into her heart.
Or... Or just take it away...
Diep Tich absentmindedly stretched out her hand, a murderous aura rising in her heart, starting to feel embarrassed by the white exterior wind. If it weren't for the white exterior wind, she would be able to see this beautiful and gentle light pink exterior wind more clearly.
Wait... White outside?
A flash of clarity flashed through his mind like lightning. Ye Xi's body suddenly lifted up, causing him to stare at a bookshelf.
Deep breath, deep breath! She silently chanted in her heart, as her mind gradually returned, cold sweat dripped from her forehead.
So dangerous. She was not completely unprepared for the possibility of dangerous situations, but she did not think that after just a glance, she would be captivated.
Fortunately, what she saw was only a narrow edge. If the entire pink inner wind was exposed before her eyes...
She had no doubt that she would first reach out her hand in a daze like He Si Jia, and then, like Zhou Yuan Yuan, turn into a giant pink sea foam.
Her soul was completely gone, and Ye Xi's breathing gradually returned to normal. She did not dare to lower her head to look at the book again, and directly turned around and walked out of the bookshelf's small passageway. Without looking back, she went first to scan the registration code, then returned to the reading area.
"Nothing happened, right?" Ha Tu Giai, who had been worried and on guard, finally let out a sigh of relief when she saw her return.
After changing his mentality, Xie Rushan, who was hugging her thigh, relaxed his expression a lot and immediately said: "Speak quickly, is there anything to pay attention to in the next round?"
The next round is the last round of borrowing books. After borrowing, one only needs to wait until 5:00, then one can directly run away and leave this hellish place. So now, everyone is filled with anticipation for the next round. Some are nervous, some are suspicious, and some are worried that the last round will have new dangers.
Ye Xi seemed to not hear Xie Rushan's question. With a plain face, his deep eyelashes raised as he looked at Sun Liang without any emotion: "You just borrowed a book and didn't register it."
"... What?" Sun Liang suddenly couldn't defend himself.
"That's right, you went to register yourself, but you didn't even use that machine to read the screen, and you never scanned the borrowed mail and barcode. You didn't register."
She spoke with absolute certainty, without any hint of doubt. Sun Liang was momentarily stunned, while He Si Jia and Xie Ru Shan were left confused: "What is this… what does it mean?"
Diep Tich still looked at Ton Luong: "Chu Vien Vien and Phuong Mo were killed by you."
Hearing this condemnation, Ton Luong immediately became angry: "What are you saying, I..."
"Don't be angry, let's analyze it." As he spoke, Diep Tich walked towards the drink counter, took out a jug of beer and gave it to Ton Luong, as if he was trying to comfort and apologize.
According to the zoning rules, the drinks and snacks provided by the rest area are safe. He Si Jia had drunk the water from this place before without any problems.
So Ton Luong glared at her while opening the zipper.
Ye Xi continued: ""Summer Flavored Yogurt". You made Zhou Yuanyuan get this book, causing her to break the rules and turn into pink sea foam. Fang Mu saw the whole process, was scared to the point of screaming, and transformed into a blood corpse."
"Zhou Yuanyuan is not stupid, although she came to find you, she intentionally bypassed the romance novel area. But you are more meticulous, the selected letter is white on the outside, light pink on the inside, and specially given to Zhou Yuanyuan in an area without romance novels, making her not have any defenses. After something happened to her, you even promptly kicked the letter to the bottom of the bookshelf, hiding the evidence."
"As for you not being at the scene at that time, it was because you ran away quickly. When we arrived, we didn't see you there, so it wouldn't be easy to suspect that these things had something to do with you. The explanations you made up would still be reasonable."
"...Nonsense." After Sun Liang heard this, he smiled instead, his smile was very complicated, he looked at Ye Xi with eyes as if he was looking at a mentally ill person, "You said before what are you studying? News? I think you should be studying literature..." He sighed and laughed, "This is too possible."
Diep Tich ignored his sarcasm.
She herself also completely did not want to explain more about the matter between Zhou Yuanyuan and Fang Mu, because in this round, she did not have much evidence. Unless Sun Liang took the initiative to admit it, otherwise she had no way to prove that the book "Summer Flavored Yogurt" appeared under the bookshelf because of him.
So this round for her is just a blanket.
After hearing this, Ha Tu Giai and Ta Nhu Son both shivered. Ta Nhu Son even instinctively ran towards her, away from Ton Luong.
Diep Tich paused: "And there's Truong Minh."
"Cough——" Sun Liang, who had just finished drinking his beer, almost choked. He immediately denied: "Zhang Ming died because he took the rules and entered the bathroom. Everyone saw it! You're fucking sick, why are you suddenly biting me!"
Ye Xi was not in a hurry or angry, his thin lips even pursed a very gentle smile: "Zhang Ming's clothes disappeared, but his backpack, tissue bag, and the rule page fell on the ground. It can be explained that the things that were closely connected to him were all gone with him. The bag was left behind because it was placed to the side. The rule page and tissue paper's location, it seems, was when he fell to the ground when he died, and could have been left behind."
"The rule page and the tissue paper are about the same size, they can be easily put in a pocket, so at first glance it looks like he accidentally took out the rule page and the tissue paper together, which is why he brought out the wrong rule.
"But, you overlooked one detail."
Sun Liang flew into a rage: "What? Don't be so secretive! Show it to everyone!"
Diep Tich gave the rule book he had been holding to Ha Tu Giai: "This is mine, help me get it."
Ha Tu Giai casually took it, Diep Tich picked up the black backpack placed on the side of the chair, opened the zipper, and took out another one: "Guess who this one belongs to?"
"?" Because the bag in front was Xie Rushan, Xie Rushan's first reaction was to lower his head to look for his rules, then he saw the rules page on the table.
Not him, not Diep Tich, that...
Xie Rushan was stunned: "It's Zhang Ming?" He stammered, then suddenly realized, "That's right, Zhang Ming borrowed my backpack. If he realized that the rule pages were also 'books and newspapers', then of course it would be more convenient to put the rule pages and the books together in the backpack, there's no need to separate them into small pieces and put them in his pocket."
"Yes." Ye Xi nodded and added, "And if he didn't realize that the rule sheet was also a 'book' and would have directly taken the rule sheet into the bathroom, he would have died the moment he entered. He wouldn't have been able to wait that long."
Everyone clearly remembered, they waited and waited but still did not see the two people come out. Just when they were getting anxious, Sun Liang ran out to tell them the bad news.
Is it possible that Zhang Ming, for convenience, had already put the rules page in his pocket, and only retrieved the letter in the front restroom?
This possibility itself has its own reason for existence, but the problem is, everyone also clearly remembers that Zhang Ming originally had to go to the bathroom, but he took a trip out, precisely because he noticed that the bathroom rules conflicted with the rules at hand.
At that time, he was still holding that page of rules in his hand.
"So, the rule page that led to Zhang Ming's death was you." Ye Xi looked at Sun Liang again, "I guess, it was you who borrowed the paper from Zhang Ming, and when you returned the tissue paper, you folded the rule page into small pieces and placed it underneath together. Zhang Ming was unprepared, so of course he accepted it."
"Talking nonsense..." Sun Liang gritted his teeth, as if he was trying his best to restrain his emotions, every word was forced out through his teeth. But the reason was that, his tone sounded even more terrifyingly gloomy.
At this time, Ha Tu Giai also shrank back towards Diep Tich.
Sun Liang tried to reason: "Why would I do that? Besides, don't you realize that there's a huge logical flaw in what you said? If you take the pink cover of the letter and you'll die, taking 'books and newspapers' into the toilet will also kill you, why is it okay for me? Whether it's giving Zhou Yuanyuan a letter or Zhang Ming a rule book, I have to take it first???"
Favor?
A second ago, Sun Liang, He Si Jia, and Xie Ru Shan were still in fear. They looked at Ye Xi in unison, their faces both saying: You detective, it seems like you have a bit of a flaw huh...
But Diep Tich did not waver: "Because, you are contaminated."
She did not trust that "Prophet" at first, but after discovering through her own observations that Sun Liang really had a problem, she believed the "Prophet", so she directly used the expression "polluted" that she learned from the prophet.
"Surely after being contaminated, you won't be afraid of breaking the rules, including..." Ye Xi's gaze moved down a few inches, stopping on the beer jar in Sun Liang's hand, "Religious area rule 4: 'Respect religion, remember religious taboos'."
They all borrowed Buddhist books.
In Buddhism, although drinking alcohol is only a "precept", drinking alcohol can easily break the four great sins of adultery, killing, stealing, and lying, so drinking alcohol is naturally a "religious taboo".
Even if it is a step back, some not-so-strict Buddhists will drink some wine, fruit wine, etc., but will absolutely not touch beer or other food and drink.
When she gave Sun Liang a tablet, she was intentionally giving him his lower body.
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