Chapter 926 AS174: Time of Riot

Da—da—da.

The sound of leather boots hitting the ground echoed in the quiet library.

For the time being, no one has made a move. All the apprentices plan to have others pave the way first, and then decide how to play the game based on the reactions of the librarian during the chase.

Just then, a piano melody suddenly rang out above Yu Xunge's head.

She didn't delve into why there was that sound, nor did she waste any time looking up to see who it was. She also didn't intend to stay put and gamble on whether the librarian could see her.

She turned around and charged in another direction. As she ran, she transformed into a mantis only five centimeters long and landed lightly on the ground. The dagger hanging at her waist turned into a mark on the mantis's petal-like legs.

She was right, because the moment the piano music started, eyes popped out from the surface of every bookshelf.

Under the gaze of the Library Eye, all stealth skills became ineffective, and all apprentices were enveloped in a halo of shimmering white light.

Yu Xunge, who used the "Hide and Seek" skill, is the same; she is now like a moving firefly.

Almost as soon as she left the lamp stand, a whip, its movement leaving a trail of afterimages, struck the spot where she had just been. Immediately afterward, the woman in the suit appeared in the spot where Yu Xunge had been, with a lunge-like braking motion.

She looked up at the location where the music had come from, but halfway up, she lashed her whip at a nearby bookshelf—there was a closer target there!

Grapefruit, whose invisibility was broken by the Eye of the Library and was about to slip away, dodged the whip tail, rolled on the spot, and began to run away.

That first note was like the signal that a concert was about to begin; as the apprentices moved and ran, the notes rose and fell in waves.

Yu Xunge quickly figured out where the music was coming from. As she crawled between two books, she came across the title on the cover of one of them—"The Third Person".

With a "do" piano note originating from her, a "3" appeared in her consciousness that she could manifest at any time.

The "three" in "The Third Person" has lost its luster.

The orchid mantis left its original spot and began to move upwards along the bookshelf.

After realizing they could no longer hide, all the apprentices began searching for numbers while fleeing under the whips.

The apprentices upstairs and downstairs were the same, except that the main music was different on each floor.

The floor where Yu Xunge was located was mainly decorated with pianos, and occasionally the sound of guzheng could be heard. The other floors were mainly decorated with instruments such as drums, violins, French horns, and pipa.

The library was like a small concert, with the sound of whips cracking through the air serving as the conductor's basic rhythm, and the random sounds made by the apprentices as they found numbers forming the melody of the music.

These librarians don't need to run around frequently; the range of their attacks is limited to the area their long whips can reach.

Moreover, this weapon is so tricky that it can only hit the target they see without damaging any books or facilities in the library. The whip is also long enough to hit the ceiling directly.

I wonder what the punishment is for being hit. The apprentices who were hit only let out a scream and didn't utter a sound no matter what I asked...

The apprentices also began to fight among themselves, abandoning stealth skills in favor of various abilities that could alter their body shape, making it easier to hide and move among the bookshelves.

Yu Xunge felt like he had accidentally wandered into the house of a figurine collector. Various small dolls and figurines were running around silently. Once discovered, they would use various skills to push the other apprentices they saw toward the librarian, framing each other.

Anyway, the librarian will only attack the one closest to them.

The orchid mantis is searching for numbers in the book title.

She had already checked the "Waste Guide" once, and instead of looking for numbers, she browsed through the vending machines and even tried to go to other floors.

Everything here requires numbers. You need to insert the corresponding number to randomly receive items when shopping. You also need to give the number displayed next to the stairs as a ticket to go to other floors.

Unfortunately, just as she touched the numbers to try and collect them, the time stop abruptly ended.

Her act of obtaining numbers affected the game results of other players.

Fortunately, she was mentally prepared before touching the number, so she spent at least 15 hours of time-stopping time collecting all the information she needed in this floor of the library before touching the number.

She knew where the numbers were; all she needed to do now was get them.

The only slightly annoying thing is that some unclean spirits are persistent.

With another new number in hand, Yu Xunge squeezed out from between the pages of the book and whispered, "How much longer are you going to follow me?"

On the shelf above hers, a crab the size of a fingernail is being chased by a grapefruit and an IKEA shark plush toy.

Those were Grapefruit and Shark Cold, who had used the ability to change their body shape. This ability was obviously not a high-level transformation ability. They could only move by jumping in place, but this side effect was acceptable for the sake of convenient movement and hiding.

While dodging attacks from Grapefruit and Shark, Crab shouted, "I just want to ask, is that time stop skill from your divine relic?"

Yu Xunge said fiercely to Xie Xie, "If I say another word to you, I'm a pig."

The orchid mantis hopped onto another bookshelf, where she remembered there was a "9".

She occasionally saw the vending machine display a shopping number of "27". She should be able to use 3 and 9 to make up a purchase quota, but she didn't know what items would randomly drop.

Just then, an announcement blared from the library: "[An apprentice on the second floor has damaged library books. The librarians on that floor have entered a riot period, which lasts for 15 minutes. Apprentices hit by librarians will have their maximum health reduced by 10% for the game. During the librarian riot, apprentices will not face any penalties for damaging library facilities."

Yu Xunge's running noise instantly decreased, but a commotion arose behind her. She turned around and saw a long line of apprentices following behind her.

Little crabs, grapefruits, shark dolls, and all sorts of strangely shaped apprentices.

This is definitely all aimed at her and Crab, wanting to kill them during the no-penalty period.

Yu Xunge turned around and started running wildly.

Crab clearly wants to find someone to share this pursuit with.

The hunting form's greatest strength is its speed. Even if Yu Xunge occasionally stops to touch the numbers, the other apprentices still can't catch up with her.

Led by an orchid-shaped mantis, a group of small animal figurines fly and leap among the bookshelves.

Yu Xunge took a step and led the tourists behind her straight towards the librarian.

But those who dare to wade into this muddy water to compete for the divine relics are all confident in their own strength, and none of them are afraid.

A librarian who was cracking a whip slowly turned his head and looked at a long string of things running past in the circular corridor near the central island.

Whoosh—she flashed away and chased after him.

Something was lashed out, and Yu Xunge immediately jumped to dodge the long whip that swept past her feet. The various small dolls behind her also saw the whip and jumped at about the same time as her.