Specialization in the art industry becomes more and more obvious in places like distribution centers.
Lu Ning's development direction is increasingly focused on investigation and clue hunting. Considering the vast amount of knowledge composed of countless worlds, even working on this one area is a year-round job.
Just like Cheng Wuling, no matter how smart he is, he can't remember everything. She only quickly understood the rules of various worldviews through extensive but superficial high-speed reading. For detailed information, she had to go to the library to specifically check it out.
But just from the perspective of "knowledge", there are always bugs.
It is no secret that people can earn certain points by working for various service facilities. Unfortunately, it is quite difficult to pass the assessment of the facilities. That is to say, being a waiter like Amon in the coffee shop is still an easy job.
Librarians are naturally different.
Yang Shuyu was accidentally met by Lu Ning in the library. At first, he thought she was someone who was also reading books. Later, when she saw the staff sign on her chest, she realized that she was actually a staff member.
She remembers where all the documents of all kinds are located throughout the library—and as a former hyperamnesiac, she retains at least part of her powerful memory and uses it to make a living here.
After helping Lu Ning find the book she wanted, Lu Ning asked about her work during the chat.
"If I enter the test site too often, I will definitely die."
The quiet girl with pigtails replied somewhat lonely.
"I have no determination to risk my life and no reason to go back. I'm not a strong person either. Even the test that must be conducted every six months relies on evasion and concession to survive. If Xiao wants more points , may die soon.”
There was no reluctance in her eyes, but she was full of satisfaction with her current life.
"The points I earn here are enough to support my daily life. I don't have to worry about those thrilling life and death situations. I can just live peacefully. Maybe one day I can't hide anymore, so I will die quietly in a certain scene. It's best to live alone." Choose your own way of death, and that’s probably the ending I want.”
Even though she has an extraordinary memory, there are some things that she may never be able to access in her lifetime.
"Are you satisfied with this?" Lu Ning couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, now I feel very calm even when I enter the necessary testing ground. To be honest, we have all died once, so we should take life and death lightly, right?"
Yang Shuyu smiled and brought Lu Ning to another bookshelf.
"If you want to experience a magnificent life, there are countless heroic epics and legendary biographies here. They are all stories that really happened in a certain world. Even with my authority, I have seen the stories of many tourists who once existed in the testing site. Stories are also possible. I can experience their emotions without any adventure at all.”
"If you are satisfied..."
Lu Ning reached out and pulled out a book. It was a book of myths, an ancient record of a world where the gods had not faded away. When he opened the title page, stars flickered and disappeared, and the heavens changed. The words recorded the dreamlike events in an epic narrative technique. Ballads.
"…This might also be an option."
"Ah? What did you say?" Yang Shuyu did not hear Lu Ning's too low voice clearly.
"It's nothing. When you get off work, I'll buy you a cup of coffee. Do you know Lewie Havonie Cafe? The coffee there tastes very good."
===================
The distribution center is still very beautiful in the evening.
The distant galaxies gradually infiltrated the bright sky, forming a celestial phenomenon switch that is impossible to form in nature. As the stars adorned the night sky, the dazzling aurora quietly ascended to the end of the sky. Just looking at this scene, Lu Ning felt that many worries and frustrations had been thrown into the universe, and her mood became brighter. A lot.
After checking with many parties, she had a rough understanding of the level of civilization in the first stage of machinery.
After most civilizations entered this stage, they inevitably had wars. Although some were big or small, this seemed to be a certain historical development trend. The birth of machinery has greatly intensified productivity, which has fundamentally affected human life and social class, thereby provoking conflicts - whether it is internal digestion or external transfer, contact will always be made through violent means. Therefore, she was almost certain that there must be war in the background of the era.
But will they join the war?
Life in war is extremely fragile, and individual strength is almost worth mentioning. No one can guarantee that they will survive.
After asking Yang Shuyu, Lu Ning also received a positive answer. Among the more than 1,700 first-level test sites she has read about with war as the main mission line, the average survival rate of tourists is about 25%, which is only higher than the high supernatural and chaotic world backgrounds. of survival rate.
Back in the dormitory, Lu Ning told several roommates her suspicions.
"...So if it is a war background, how can we ensure our survival? We may even be assigned to different forces."
"We don't need guarantees."
Cheng Wuling took shorthand in his hand and took the time to answer Lu Ning's words.
"Even if we form a team in advance, it is impossible to challenge such a mission without death. When we discussed it, we also discussed the situation of sacrificing our companions, right? Do you think all seventeen of us can reach the second level safely?"
"Isn't it possible? Haven't you accomplished many such impossible things?"
"That was after understanding the mission... I suspect you think too much of me. I'm just an ordinary college student. Even though I have a little bit of family knowledge, it's not enough to be able to make perfect plans."
"Just be humble." Shu Xingruo placed a lunch box in front of Cheng Wuling and thrust the chopsticks into her hands, "Didn't you eat us to death in the Holy Scriptures?"
"There are a lot of accidents in the Holy Code, and they are all remedied later...Thank you." Cheng Wuling put down his pen, opened the lid of the lunch box, and took a deep breath.
"Forget it, then there is nothing wrong with what Lu Ning said this time."
"Her investigation is very valuable. If it is a war background, we are likely to obtain firearms and other weapons of that era in the scene. This is why we are not allowed to bring our own and specifically emphasize it. In addition, In addition, there are also explanations for entering through sleep, so we have to make a plan for where to escape."
"No, wait, please explain clearly." Su Zhilan hurriedly stretched out her hand, "How did you come up with this logical relationship? Please let me, who is not qualified enough, to follow your thinking."
"...The way we enter is also the way we cut into the scene. Everyone must have understood this after going through it several times. I experienced this entry method of sleep once when I was in the Holy Code. That time I had to wake up from the training chamber. Come, so we arranged that way of entry. But that time there was someone outside, and the entry of Lu Ning and Shu Xingruo was completely different from mine. Only this time, all of us received the same entry method."
"Uh...so?"
"There is no upper limit on the number of people in the promotion test, so it is impossible for just us to take it. If someone enters in a different way, the notification should be sent to their respective mobile phones, rather than on the projector on the table. A unified statement. This means that everyone’s entry method is the same without further notice.”
"Yeah, I understand. Continue."
"Then everyone falls into a deep sleep - where is the necessity? You must know that neither the task reminder nor the scene entry requires us to sleep, so we must be in a state of 'asleep' when we enter. We all know that when entering, we will be directly thrown into the mission point. So based on what Lu Ning found, there are three more likely conditions - identity is a soldier or villager, the residence is attacked by enemy forces at night and needs to be evacuated; identity is a prisoner , to complete the task, first escape from the prison cell; and the identity is an important person with a relatively high position. The third one may not need to worry too much, but for the first two, we must prevent ourselves from encountering difficulties as soon as we get started."
"Does that mean escaping?"
"Um."
"You still say you don't know anything? You've already guessed so many things before even entering the mission! Also, eat! The noodles are going to be lumpy!" Shu Xingruo knocked on the table, Cheng Wuling nodded without saying a word The ground began to eat noodles.
"Sleeping is the first disadvantage?" Lu Ning sat on the bed and thought for a while, "Then we must first have a strategy to wake up as soon as possible? It would be a big loss if they were all asleep and killed in their dreams. ”
"Don't worry about this, I'm a bed-bearer."
Su Zhilan laughed softly.
"If the sleeping environment is changed, I will never sleep well. I will definitely wake up."
"But we may not be together."
"So don't worry about me, hahaha..."
"Stop joking! Come over and eat!"
Su Zhilan's bad taste was suppressed by Shu Xingruo.
"But you just said that this is just most of the possible situations." Lu Ning unknowingly began to think about the worse situation again, "If there is anything more troublesome..."
"Yes, I have."
Cheng Wuling carefully swallowed the food in his mouth before answering her.
"For example, in horrific scenes, we are thrown directly into a haunted house to fall asleep, or we become wounded soldiers who retreated from the battlefield and were forcibly disabled, or we are thrown into a ravine and kidnapped by human traffickers... these are all It's something that might happen in that context. But according to the practice of giving us a priority at every test site to 'say hello', the promotion test is probably no exception."
"So it is impossible for us to be in a completely safe environment. It can even be said that it is a place where 'accidents' will happen, to create an atmosphere, or simply to give a warning?" Lu Ning gradually understood the meaning of Cheng Wuling's words. .
"Yes, in as little as a few minutes or as long as a day, we will definitely encounter a less fatal crisis, so we don't even think about waiting to see what happens."
Lu Ning nodded slightly.
The killing that started immediately in the villa three hours later, the sudden appearance of Danma's body while riding in the elevator, and the small wave of corpses that appeared on the way to the shelter.
"But, there's a problem."
Shu Xingruo said.
"Laws no longer apply once you advance to a higher level, so will you still follow this convention during this upgrade test?"
