Chapter 251 Broken Chapter Bookstore

The first floor of the mall.

The bookstore that Meng Lian and Song Yao found was not very large. It was hidden in the corner, like a small ladybug covered by fallen leaves. Someone reached out to move the leaves away, exposing it to the sun, and it shook its bright red wings and feet.

The decoration inside the bookstore was very exquisite. It can be seen that the owner of the store has mobilized all his imagination in this small and cramped area.

In the entire decoration space, all pure wooden furniture is used, and each piece retains the original grain of the wood, and even imperfect cracks.

These bookshelves filled with books are of different heights, and the wooden boards assembled into them are not deliberately neat, making them seem like uneven trees in a forest, with a more unique style.

Among all the furniture and decorations, the most special one is the wooden pier-like table.

This table is very large. If people step on it, about six or seven people can stand. Such a small space, but it is luxuriously allowed to occupy a large part, which shows the owner's love for it.

The table was cut from a complete tree stump, and the annual rings on it are clearly visible. Trees that can grow to this extent are rare.

And there is a special crack on its cross section.

This crack almost runs through the shortest part of the stump, passes through the heart of the tree, and finally leaves a knuckle-wide cut at both ends of the tree.

It destroys the beauty and harmony of the stump wooden table, like a deep wound that will never heal and will always be exposed to people's eyes.

I don't know if this is a natural crack or it was deliberately made for the sake of shape. The owner is very thoughtful and put a few band-aids on this crack.

It was put on casually, and it obviously couldn't cover the scar, and there was a sense of powerlessness that the scar was more obvious.

The bookstore has its own name, called Duanzhang.

…

I don't know what the owner has experienced, so he took such a name.

At this time, the two stood at the door of the bookstore, and Song Yao was still a little hesitant.

"The location given on the flyer is not marked here. It would be a waste of time for us to go in and investigate."

Meng Lian stopped outside the bookstore, separated by a small decorative fence.

Her intuition told her that there would be clues here.

What's more, the text clues in the copy are the most common. Where else can there be a more concentrated text display than in a bookstore?

"Let's go in and take a look, Captain Song," Meng Lian said tactfully, not wanting to be too strong, but also wanting to express her own ideas, "It won't take too long."

Song Yao's expression still didn't relax, and then Meng Lian thought of another idea.

"How about this, I'll look for clues here in the bookstore, and Captain Song, you go to other places? It doesn't need to be too far, just nearby. In this way, we are not completely 'separate actions'."

She was determined to enter this bookstore. She didn't have much thought at first, but the table took away her attention.

It's very different.

It was rare for Song Yao to see Meng Lian being so persistent. He thought about it and decided to go in with Meng Lian.

Otherwise, leaving her alone here as a girl would not look good on the air.

"I'll go with you. What if you are alone and encounter danger?"

He also spoke in such a caring tone.

Meng Lian nodded and said "hmmmm" three times, seeming very obedient, but in fact, it was a bit perfunctory.

Song Yao felt a little awkward, not sure if it was his illusion. Since entering the dungeon of the Four-moth Building, the direction of many things and the attitudes of the team members have been off track.

They entered the bookstore. The light dimmed instantly.

The only lighting equipment in the store was a bowl-shaped lamp above the head and several electronic candlesticks placed between the bookshelves and on the corners of the table.

There were only a few "customers" in the store. The owner was not there, and the young female clerk was taking a nap behind the counter.

Although it was not as bright as outside the mall, I don't know why, after walking in here, it gave people a comfortable and reassuring feeling.

It was completely different from the depressing atmosphere outside.

Maybe it was because the store was fumigated with incense. The fragrance was very special, with a faint floral scent and a quiet mixture of woody scent.

After Meng Lian entered the store, he went straight to the table in the most conspicuous position.

Song Yao glanced at her and looked at the customers around him.

No one cared about what they were doing. Everyone was quietly reading or picking old books on the bookshelf.

Some people were talking, but their voices were very low. If you didn't listen carefully, you couldn't hear them at all.

Song Yao thought that although the customers here appeared and disappeared very strangely, they still looked very stable and peaceful during business hours.

Thinking of this, Song Yao gradually put his mind at ease. He was not interested in the table that Meng Lian was studying. He started to flip through the pile of books at hand.

There were about seven or eight books, which were placed randomly. They should be placed here by customers after reading them and didn't have time to return them.

Song Yao lowered his head and paid full attention to the pile of books.

He didn't know that when he lowered his head, all the "people" in the bookstore stopped what they were doing just now, staring at him silently, and Meng Lian who squatted down to study the strange table.

Two outsiders who accidentally broke into here, aliens who didn't fit in.

The faces of those "people" gradually changed, like expanding bubbles, bulging out from time to time and then shrinking back.

Some grew fine hairs, and the mouths of others turned into insect mouthparts.

They stared at the two "aliens" with greed and hostility, treating them as food and enemies, which was very contradictory.

But no matter which one, it was not a good idea for Meng Lian and Song Yao.

The more times you go to the dungeon, the more vigilant you will become. When Song Yao picked up the second book, he suddenly felt very strongly that he was being spied on.

He raised his head, and at this time, all those covetous and observing eyes converged, and all the "people" continued what they had just interrupted.

Song Yao frowned slightly and looked at the peaceful scene in front of him.

Was he just too suspicious?

He was indeed too cautious, and rolled up his sleeves, revealing a little bit of his bracelet.

He projected the screen on the inside of his palm, so that it would not look particularly conspicuous and attract attention.

Song Yao called up the function of the live broadcast room.

Many guilds stipulate that players should not watch the live broadcast room when going to the dungeon. Because now with the increasingly fierce competition between major guilds, the bullet screen area of ​​the live broadcast room is becoming more and more unsightly. After watching, the players' mentality will be affected to varying degrees. This is the conclusion drawn after a large amount of data accumulation and calculation. During the dungeon, players who pay too much attention to the live broadcast room will reduce the success rate of the dungeon.

When Shen Yuan was alive, he also did not allow the team's players to watch the live broadcast room and pay attention to external things such as fan popularity. But now the degree of commercialization of Yinxue is getting heavier, coupled with the chaotic internal management, many of the rules set by President Shen when he was in office have long been broken, and there are not many left.

As the captain, Song Yao should not have been given a lot of power. This is the consistent style of Yinxue. Even when Shen Guanyu was the captain, everything should be based on the arrangements of the guild.

But now it is different. Song Yao is subject to very few restrictions. As long as he enters the dungeon, he can be called a dictator who decides everything.

Now Song Yao is going to open the live broadcast room to see if the audience has commented on what happened just now.

Sure enough, although the barrage was refreshed quickly, Captain Song still caught the clues.