Yin Zhu put down the book with a smile still on her face.
When Yin Zhu finally saw what it was, her smile vanished—"Hiss!"
It was obvious that the sound came from a snake.
But can someone tell her why dozens of snakes could suddenly emerge from the corner of this library? Did she disturb a snake pit? Or did the library belong to Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen?
The lead emerald green snake had a body as green as jade, its scales vibrant and translucent. If you didn't consider the swarm of smaller snakes following behind it… well, even Yin Zhu wouldn't dare approach. For some people, the fear of snakes is ingrained in their genes; they want to stay far away at the sight of one.
Clearly, the man with the mustache also saw the snakes and instinctively shouted to the librarian, "Snakes! Snakes!" He frantically climbed onto the table and knelt down in the direction of the snakes, praying that they would spare him.
The lead green snake flicked its tongue, then shifted its gaze from him to the expressionless Yin Zhu.
As mentioned before, Yin Zhu freezes when she's frightened.
So her expressionless face at this moment was purely because she was frightened. Yin Zhu's mind was racing, trying to think of anything that snakes might be afraid of.
She had a bottle of clear liquid, but Yin Zhu didn't know what it was.
Theoretically, if the yellow liquid is water, the clear liquid should be alcohol. Judging from its appearance, the clear liquid is indeed alcohol, and the vague wording of the rule is likely intended to prevent people from immediately guessing the key point—the alcohol is probably realgar wine, a legendary remedy for snakes.
But don't forget, there's another rule in the library.
7. Loud noises, vandalism, and littering are prohibited in the library.
If alcohol is poured on the ground to scare away snakes, it violates Rule 7, "littering." Therefore, alcohol is not for humans to drink, nor is it meant to be poured on the ground. Only two kinds of beings could drink it—a librarian or a group of snakes.
Fortunately, Yin Zhu's stiffness did not last long.
However, Yin Zhu's good fortune came at the expense of others' misfortune. Suddenly, the man with the mustache who had been shouting earlier reached out and grabbed his own throat, letting out a suppressed "Ahhhhhh," which brought Yin Zhu back to his senses.
In his panic, the man with the mustache didn't realize he had violated rule number seven and started making a loud noise in the library.
Out of the corner of his eye, Yin Zhu noticed that the snakes had once again been drawn to him, their bodies writhing and starting to stir restlessly. It has to be said, in a world with gods, even snakes are so intelligent, almost like humans.
Like humans?
In a flash of inspiration, Yin Zhu suddenly understood.
The misfortune that Little Mustache was experiencing was not over yet. He was holding a fairy tale book. Although Yin Zhu did not know what it was about, she could see a huge silhouette of a dragon on the cover.
A dragon's roar suddenly came from the second floor of the library, and an evil dragon descended, grabbed the seemingly extremely painful mustache, and flew into the air, all the way to the top of the book tower in the very center of the library, before suddenly letting go.
The snakes and Yin Zhu both followed the mustachioed man's gaze, raising their heads simultaneously, and their eyes followed the dragon's release.
The unfortunate mustachioed boy smashed the book tower and eventually lay dead in a sea of books.
The book tower was filled with books with red covers, which were originally piled up to almost reach the second floor, but now they were all scattered on the ground, like a person covered in blood lying in a pool of blood.
The snakes swarmed forward, all attacking the man with the mustache.
Having witnessed many terrifying scenes, Yin Zhu gradually calmed down and walked to the service counter with the clear drink in her hand.
3. Animals are strictly prohibited from entering this library. If you see an animal in the library, please go to the library desk immediately and ask the librarian for help. Please do not attempt to touch the animals to avoid causing unnecessary personal injury.
Would you like a bottle?
Yin Zhu shook the bottle in front of the librarian, and it was obvious that the dog subconsciously swallowed, and even reached out to grab the bottle from Yin Zhu's hand: "Then thank you...?"
Yin Zhu withdrew her hand, not handing it directly: "Remember to leave some for your colleagues, they should like it too, right? I spent quite a bit of money on it." Mainly, Yin Zhu was too poor, and this wine was obtained through a lottery, so it was naturally very precious.
"What are you talking about?" The librarian was genuinely confused this time.
“Things that appear in the library are listed in the rules and have a fixed appearance time. Shouldn’t that count as library staff?” As Yin Zhu handed over the wine, the live stream camera cooperated by showing her face. In the background behind Yin Zhu, the snakes were pulling the little mustache out of the pile of books and then trying to restore the book tower.
"ah?"
Rather than whether this will happen, it's more accurate to say that, in the librarian's understanding, this situation has never occurred in the library before.
From a librarian's perspective, normal people, upon discovering a group of snakes, would ask the librarian to drive them away. The only difference is that those who brought alcohol would be unharmed, while those who didn't would pay a price.
However, in this library, there has never been a case where the snakes start working before people leave!
In the librarian's memory, those eerie snakes were always slacking off and never volunteered to work overtime. They did indeed like alcohol, but if someone spilled their favorite drink on the ground, they would lick up the spilled alcohol and then rush up and tightly coil around the person's body like vines until they died.
This is very unusual.
The librarian was stunned, unable to understand why this change had occurred.
Yin Zhu put the wine on the table and went back to reading. After bribing the librarian, she should be able to focus on her reading this time, right?
Where did you see that came from?
Yin Zhu found the previous page number and began to carefully read the section about the inner city.
The inner city was the area where gods and their attendants lived. The latter were granted the status of high-ranking citizens and were revered by thousands, equivalent to priests in ancient times.
It is worth noting that not every life form with a non-human appearance can become a high-ranking citizen. On the contrary, some half-humans who anger the gods may be regarded as demons and demoted to the lowest level, never to become high-ranking citizens again for generations.
The book also mentions a special thing called "serving the gods," which specifically refers to the requirement for the descendants of high-ranking citizens to serve the gods.
Even though a spacecraft was flying by outside the library window at that moment, Yin Zhu felt that this world only had a science fiction shell, but was still full of traditional things at its core... It was hard to say how they managed to stitch feudal traditions and modern capitalism together.
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