Shi Xin had sensed that something was wrong with Mingqiao's mood when he first heard the name "Sun Guiping". Now that Mingqiao was obviously in a depressed state, it further confirmed his thoughts.
"Teacher Ming, do you want to continue reading?" Shi Xin looked at the piece of paper that Ming Qiao had just reached down, and pursed her lips hesitantly.
Mingqiao was brought back to his senses by Shi Xin's words. He pinched his palms and forced himself to stay awake. In addition to being interrupted by the name Sun Guiping, what needed to be dealt with now was the problem of his violation - that is, the second rule, food and water cannot be brought into the library. Mingqiao looked at the colorful building blocks in front of him, and after being more certain that he had violated the rules, he made a choice.
He couldn't give up that big bag.
At the beginning of this instance, Mingqiao could not judge whether he would encounter danger, nor could he estimate the time he would spend in this instance. If the time was too long, he had to ensure that he had enough supplies to survive. This was the first reason. Secondly, with the previous experience of saving people in the giant mahjong in the casino, he had to stock up some food for the trapped people who might have been without water and food for many days. Finally, since Shi Xin could see everything from outside, it didn't seem to matter that he had to face these building blocks inside.
Mingqiao's voice became two degrees hoarse, and he said slowly: "Keep reading, I'm listening."
"Library Supplemental Rules:
Welcome to the library. The library contains 19,276 books, 92,741 newspapers, and 173 textbook reference books. Please believe in and abide by the following rules during your stay. I wish you a pleasant stay.
1. This museum is absolutely safe.
2. Remember who you are. ”
Mingqiao was waiting for him to continue, but Shi Xin paused: "No more?"
"Yes, there are, but the others are all large mosaics with a lock pattern on the top." Shi Xin paused for a few seconds. Ming Qiao only vaguely heard the clicking sound of a few keys, and then heard Shi Xin say, "Teacher Ming, I tried to click on the lock, and a taskbar appeared on the screen."
"Complete the mission to unlock the rules," Ming Qiao nodded, "As expected."
"There are three options for identity," Shi Xin read: "Please confirm your identity, student? Teacher? Staff?"
"It hasn't changed since the restaurant changed its identity. Select staff."
"Staff Task 1: Please put "Escape from Marriage 10,000 Times: The Domineering President Can't Catch Me" back to the designated location."
"...There are books like this in the library?" Ming Qiao was speechless about the title of a book for a rare occasion, so he asked, "Where is this romance novel now?"
"The clue is at the bottom of bookshelf No. 5."
Bookshelf No. 5 was one of the bookshelves in the row that Mingqiao saw when he first entered the door. He took his cell phone and turned back, pulled up his trouser legs slightly, knelt on one knee on the ground, and lay down.
The light in the room couldn't reach the bottom of the bookshelf, but the flashlight on the old phone could. Mingqiao easily found a large flat pink building block in a pile of thick dust.
"Is this it?" Mingqiao asked with a dusty face.
"Yes." Shi Xin gave an affirmative answer: "The title of the book is written on it."
"The designated location is on the second floor?"
"Yes."
Mingqiao had a premonition that things were not going to go smoothly, and sure enough, when he wanted to go up to the second floor via the stairs, the stairs collapsed.
The sudden suspension of his feet caused him to fall heavily to the ground. Then, cement, bricks mixed with steel bars fell down. Ming Qiao quickly got up from the ground and ran two steps to avoid being hit further.
Looking at the mess on the ground, Mingqiao calmed himself down and said to Shi Xin, "We can't get up to the second floor. Can this mission be put on hold for the time being?"
"No." Shi Xin said, "The task bar is linear. You have to complete this one before you can move on to the next one."
Mingqiao looked up at where the stairs used to be.
The mission did not allow him to escape, and even if he did not go up now, he would definitely have to go up again in the future. He had to build a new staircase to climb.
"Teacher Ming, you have to hurry up." Shi Xin reminded: "It's already half past three. In another hour and a half, the library will be out of power."
"good."
In just a few seconds, Mingqiao had formed a preliminary model of the stairs in his mind. The first method was to use the building blocks to build a straight ladder. In addition to being a little difficult to climb and possibly not very strong, this type of ladder was the simplest and took the shortest time. The second method was the same spiral type as the original stairs. This type of staircase would definitely be more stable if it was handled well, but it would use more building blocks and take more time.
Mingqiao took down all the yellow building blocks on the bookshelf and started to build the first type. All the building blocks were similar to Lego blocks, with protruding parts on them that could be inserted into the concave parts at the bottom of other building blocks.
"Teacher Ming, have you ever played it?" Shi Xin asked.
“No.” Mingqiao didn’t stop moving his hands: “My parents would never buy me things like building blocks. I never played with them when I was a kid, and I definitely won’t play with them when I grow up.”
“Are uncle and aunt very strict?”
"That's not the case. They don't restrict me from playing with toys, but they think that playing with blocks, a boring and time-wasting game, is meaningless." Mingqiao took down a slightly longer block from the stool, trying to use it to make a combination joint, but failed. He had to put it down: "But I have seen other people play with it. My graduate supervisor has a five-year-old girl at home. She plays..." Mingqiao stopped thinking of Sun Guiping and didn't continue talking. He just played with the blocks in his hands quietly.
Shi Xin noticed his silence and sympathetically avoided the topic that was originally going nowhere: "Teacher Ming, our school notified us a month ago that we will also conduct a random inspection of papers every year after graduation. If the papers are found to be unqualified, the graduation certificate and degree certificate will be revoked."
"Yeah, that makes sense."
Shi Xin's voice sounded listless: "My teacher gave me a hard time during my thesis defense. I'm a little worried."
"Everyone has been bullied before. It's okay." Ming Qiao had already built a ladder that was nearly one meter high. He placed one end on the edge of the table, walked up and stepped on it twice. It didn't collapse, so it was still quite sturdy.
"Speaking of which, there was a boy in our dormitory who was asked to rewrite his thesis during his defense. Compared to him, I think I am better."
"Yeah." Mingqiao continued to put the things in his hands: "When I was a graduate student, I followed my supervisor to listen to an undergraduate defense. In fact, when you sit down and listen to the students on the stage, you can really hear the difference. Some people can recite their papers if you ask them to recite them, not to mention just summarizing some key points and answering some questions during the defense, but some people don't even know what they wrote. The probability of such people failing is very high."
Shi Xin once again marveled at Ming Qiao's extensive knowledge, but also reminded him in due time: "Teacher Ming, there is still half an hour."
"Okay, I'll speed up."
Mingqiao has basically mastered the technique of building a ladder with building blocks, and he just needs to continue doing simple repetitive tasks.
Shi Xin continued to chat with him: "Mr. Ming, what kind of lover do you expect?"
"I've never thought about it before," Mingqiao said.
"And now?"
"Well... just be a little more lively."
Although Shi Xin couldn't see Ming Qiao's current expression, his heart still trembled when he heard these words.
It seemed like Mingqiao was talking about himself, but it also seemed like he wasn't.
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