This scaled-down version of the library is slightly larger than a normal living room. There are only two rows of tall bookshelves inside, and there is no place to hide people at all.
But where did the woman behind the bookshelf come from?
Li Jianqi guessed that this real-life NPC should have been hiding behind the bookshelf. Because he was with Da Zhi, she would not be discovered as long as she hid around the bookshelf.
The woman looked at Li Jianqi and Dazhi with a half-smile, then put her finger on her lips and made a shushing gesture.
"Ah...wu!"
Dazhi was so frightened that he was about to scream, but Li Jianqi quickly covered his mouth, pointed to his own mouth, and shook his head to signal him not to make a sound.
According to the prompts in the script, each room where key items are hidden has a taboo. If anyone accidentally violates the taboo, that person will die.
Seeing the movements of the woman behind the bookshelf, Li Jianqi guessed that the taboo in this library was not to make any sound.
Of course, he felt that even if he made a sound, he would definitely not die as the script said. At most, he would be disqualified from the game.
Dazhi nodded, indicating that he would not make a sound, and then Li Jianqi let go.
The two of them glanced at the face that seemed to be frozen behind the bookshelf, and then tiptoed gently toward the door.
When walking around the bookshelf, Li Jianqi turned his head and wanted to take a look at the real NPC hiding behind the bookshelf, but he found that there was no one behind the bookshelf.
It only took ten seconds to get here. The movements of this real-life NPC were a bit too fast.
Out of curiosity, Li Jianqi gestured to Dazhi to stay here, then turned around and walked back.
But when he returned to the starting position, he found that the woman's face was still there.
Li Jianqi was a little distrustful, so he walked around to the other side of the bookshelf, but still did not see the real NPC.
He made a questioning gesture towards Dazhi opposite him, and Dazhi shook his head, indicating that he didn't see anything.
Li Jianqi was a little confused now. If there was no one behind the bookshelf, how did that face appear behind the bookshelf?
He felt a chill on his back, and the hairs all over his body stood up. He remembered that the last time he felt this way was when he was carrying a corpse for the first time in the crematorium.
Li Jianqi didn't want to stay in this weird library anymore. He made a gesture to Dazhi to leave immediately, and then quickly walked towards the door.
The two people walked towards the door in the middle from both sides of the bookshelf. Li Jianqi was a little faster. When he held the door handle, Dazhi walked behind him.
But just when Li Jianqi was about to open the door, Dazhi suddenly felt someone tap him on the shoulder.
He turned around in horror and found that the woman behind the bookshelf was standing behind him and made a "shush" gesture towards him.
The face with a weird smile almost stuck to his face.
"ah……"
Dazhi couldn't control himself anymore and shouted out. At the same time as he made the sound, the woman standing behind him grabbed him and dragged him behind the bookshelf effortlessly.
Li Jianqi did not choose to save Dazhi, but directly opened the door and ran out of the library.
Although he felt something was wrong, subconsciously he still thought it was just a game.
Since Dazhi violated the taboo, he was disqualified from the game, so even if he was rescued, it would be of no use.
Standing at the door of the library, Li Jianqi let out a long breath. He had begun to regret why he proposed to divide into two groups in the first place, so he decided to join the others now.
…
After separating from Li Jianqi and Dazhi, Jiang Haishan and the others walked through the passage representing the stairs to the "second floor" and quickly found the art room.
Pushing the door open and walking into the art room, the three of them saw a human-shaped object covered with white cloth placed in the middle of the classroom. Two holes were cut out in the white cloth, revealing two eyes.
This should be the terrifying statue mentioned in the script.
Xiao Nan looked at the "statue" in front of him and couldn't help but sarcastically said: "It's too perfunctory to ask the staff to cover the statue with white cloth. I will never do this kind of script to kill the museum a second time!"
Brother Chao also echoed: "Isn't it right, Manager Jiang, last time you were frightened by such a scene in the script and gave up the game midway?"
Jiang Haishan looked embarrassed. He also felt that this design was too perfunctory, but he still explained:
"Last time it was mainly because they bribed the people around me. In fact, I wasn't afraid at the time, but the people who came with me couldn't stand it anymore, so I gave up."
"With you here this time, there will definitely be no problem! Well... let's quickly find the key props."
After all, Jiang Haishan was the employer, so Xiaonan and Brother Chao said nothing more, and everyone began to look for the key props mentioned in the script.
But when their eyes left the "statue", the "statue" quickly walked towards the nearest Brother Chao.
"Oh, it really scared me to death!" Brother Chao said pretendingly as he looked at the "statue".
At this time Jiang Haishan said: "Let's just let one person stare at the statue, otherwise when we go out soon, the boss here will say that we don't follow the rules of the game."
Xiao Nan nodded: "You are right, Brother Chao, just keep an eye on this statue!"
"Why me?"
"With such a boring script, your talent for comedy is of no use. Just stare at it for a while. It will probably be over in half an hour at most."
Xiao Nan said so, and Brother Chao could only reluctantly agree.
Brother Chao stared at the "statue", while Jiang Haishan and Xiao Nan searched for key props in the art room, but after searching for a long time, they couldn't find them.
Xiaonan looked around and said, "I have searched every corner of this room, but I haven't found any key props. They didn't deliberately leave them out to delay time, right?"
Brother Chao gloated and said with a smile: "Everyone has looked for it, but there is still one place you haven't looked for."
"where?"
Brother Chao walked up to the "statue" and lifted up the white cloth, revealing two feet. In the middle of the two feet was a small statue of a devil.
He picked up the small statue and turned it over to see that there was a pattern of the Big Dipper engraved on the bottom. It seemed that this should be a key prop in the art room.
"Who says I can only be funny? Did you see that without me, you two would still be wandering around here? Why don't you just stare here and I'll go to the next room."
Xiao Nan snatched the small statue from Brother Chao's hand, then waved his fist and said, "Just stare at the statue here for me!"
After saying that, she and Jiang Haishan left the art room.
After the two people left, Brother Chao smiled and said to the "statue" in front of him: "Brother, there is no one else here. Let's stop fooling around here and take a rest!"
The "statue" nodded, and then the white cloth fell to the ground with a "swish".
Brother Chao was completely dumbfounded this time. He had clearly seen a pair of feet under the white cloth just now, but now the white cloth was spread flat on the ground, and the person inside had disappeared...
