Chapter 59 Reversal of Middle School (8) - Triggering a Hidden Quest
When Ning Shu got closer, she saw that the male classmate was actually organizing books, putting the books in the cart into the corresponding bookshelves according to their categories.
"Excuse me, are you... a teacher? You look so young." Ning Shu stepped forward to greet him.
The other person didn't look up and simply explained, "I'm a student, working part-time."
Ning Shu realized that she had classmates like this in college, who helped teachers organize books in the library and earned some living expenses.
Ning Shu continued talking to the other person while observing their behavior to see if there was anything unusual.
As a result, she discovered a peculiar situation.
The male student can identify the type of book and its shelf by the barcode on the spine, but how does he identify the books with damaged barcodes?
From the book title, we can only determine its category. However, there are many rows of bookshelves for the same category, and each row of bookshelves has many shelves. How did he find the exact location?
Remember? That's impossible, right? Libraries have hundreds of thousands, or even tens of millions, of books.
Maybe he just left it lying around?
A series of questions arose in Ning Shu's mind.
She secretly observed the other person, and even followed them up to the upper floors, where she made a significant discovery.
It was too dark on the basement level, so she didn't see it. Apparently, after the male student put the book with the damaged barcode back on the shelf, the barcode automatically recovered.
She located the book, went over and took it out. Surprisingly, the barcode was still intact after the book was removed from the shelf.
She compared the barcodes of the books with those of the books next to her, and they actually connected!
This discovery is amazing, but it doesn't seem to be of much use to her big exam.
After following him for a day, she found nothing else. After meeting up with Cheng Chuan, the two talked, but there was no significant progress.
Wu Yi was really impressive this time; he actually managed to catch Zeng Shaobo along with Tuya.
Cheng Chuan stared at Zeng Shaobo with a look of anticipation, believing that Ning Shu would not let him off the hook.
Sure enough, after Ning Shu found out, he had Wu Yi give Zeng Shaobo a good beating, but without killing him.
Zeng Shaobo was surprised that his trip to the library had been discovered. Curious, he asked them why, and was immediately beaten up.
Ning Shu looked at him with a gloating expression: "How about it, are you happy? Next time, if you hide anything from us again, we'll kill you!"
This time, Ning Shu actually took out her prop—a sharp blade—and held it to Zeng Shaobo's neck.
Cheng Chuan was surprised by Ning Shu's audacity. He was glad he had found a secluded spot, otherwise the security guards would have come after him.
Just to be on the safe side, he asked Graffiti to first observe whether anyone was following or eavesdropping on them, but Graffiti shook his head.
Ning Shu then began interrogating the top student with peace of mind.
"Tell me, what treasure did you find in the library? What's it for? How did you find it?"
Three questions that strike at the very core.
Zeng Shaobo dared not cause any trouble and honestly answered Ning Shu's three questions.
"I received a fountain pen, mainly for the big exam."
Upon hearing this, not only Wu Yi was excited about the graffiti, but even Ning Shu and Cheng Chuan were thrilled.
"As for how to find it, you just need to find an administrator teacher, chat with her, and she will post tasks. You can get it by completing the tasks."
That simple?
"What teachers? We flirted with every teacher in the library today, but none of them gave us any assignments," Ning Shu said, puzzled.
"You have to find the most senior teacher at the work station, use the correct code, and tell her you need a clue to pass the big exam before she will issue you a task."
Wait, wasn't that what she mentioned to the other party? She didn't manage to get any information about the mission out of them.
"Aren't we asking for clues about the big exam?"
Ning Shu looked at Cheng Chuan. Did they not understand Chinese? Should she consider speaking in English? If they wanted to use another language, she would have to learn it on the spot.
“You must use the four keywords ‘pass the big exam’.” Zeng Shaobo seemed to understand their thinking.
Hearing this, Ning Shu and the others got excited; they were about to get the key to clear the level!
"Tell me what's going on first."
Zeng Shaobo dared not hide anything and told everything he knew and could say, adding at the end:
"It sounds simple, but it's not actually like that, so you'll probably have to try a few more times."
Cheng Chuan: "Can we try a few more times? There's no limit to the number of attempts, right?"
Zeng Shaobo thought for a moment and said, "I'm not sure. I've tried many times, but I can't say for sure."
Ning Shu frowned after listening. According to him, they might not be able to finish, since there was less than a week left until the big exam.
Ning Shu suggested, "No matter what, let's give it a try first. There's no time to lose, let's hurry."
So the four of them went to communicate with the teacher Zeng Shaobo pointed out one by one, and sure enough, they successfully obtained the task by using the key words.
Ning Shu was the second person to trigger the task and immediately received a system notification.
[Congratulations to player "Strong Man Doesn't Wash His Feet" for triggering a hidden quest.]
[Task Requirements: Successfully return the books in front of you to their respective bookshelves to complete the task.]
Good luck to the player!
After the system voice disappeared, Ning Shu saw a handcart in front of her with some books on it, roughly a dozen or twenty.
However, the barcodes were mostly damaged or illegible, a situation that seemed familiar.
Ning Shu immediately thought of the male classmate who worked part-time while studying. Could he actually be doing a mission?
At that moment, she turned to look at the others and found that they were all gone.
This "others" refers only to Cheng Chuan and his group, excluding NPCs.
She suddenly realized that the person who received the mission could only see the NPC, and she was sure it was because there was martial arts and graffiti behind her.
Logically, they haven't started their mission yet, so we should be able to see them, but we haven't. This can only be the reason.
That fits the rules of this dog game perfectly.
[Countdown begins: 59 minutes and 59 seconds.]
The system's voice sounded again, and then she saw a transparent light screen appear in front of her, displaying a countdown timer.
here we go!
She quickly picked up the book and carefully examined the barcode. This barcode was terrible; it only had the first few digits and one or two digits in the middle.
She immediately took it to the book lending machine by the wall to try it out, but naturally it couldn't be recognized. However, it did give her a hint.
The numbers in front represent the category and the floor.
She quickly borrowed a pen and a piece of paper, scanned all the books, and confirmed the floor.
She grouped the books on the same floor together, from bottom to top corresponding to the floor level, and from left to right from lower to higher floors.
After she finished organizing, she realized that 10 minutes had passed, so she quickly went to the corresponding category on this floor.
After finding the category, she almost collapsed; there were 11 bookshelves in one category!
She only has two books in this category, my goodness, that's a lot of work.
She quickly picked up one of the books and compared it with the one next to it, and found that it was not right. Then she continued to compare it while pushing the cart.
When she compared the fourth row, she suddenly felt a little desperate. There were no obvious gaps between the books, and she didn't know where to put them.
If there are any obvious empty spaces in these 11 rows of bookshelves, she can just stuff them in and try her luck.
The key issue is that there isn't one, so the answer could be anywhere between any two books. If you try to do it that way, it's impossible to complete the task within an hour.
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