“Less than two minutes.”

As she spoke, Xia Yibing slowly walked out from the shadow behind the bookshelf, also holding a pocket watch in her hand.

“I’ve been there before. You guessed it right. Go straight in along the bookshelves. At the end is a strange tree.”

“I want to see it.”

“Then take my hand.”

Xia Yibing reached out to her.

Hitzfeld raised his hand and was slightly stunned before he noticed that there was a rope tied to the chain connected to his collar, and the other end was in the woman’s hand.

“you–“

“Precautionary measures.”

Xia Yibing raised her eyebrows, her face full of innocence.

“Don’t forget that we are in an environment that has not been confirmed to be safe. There are too many variables if we act separately in a place like this… I don’t want to encounter a strange thing disguised as Hitzfeld.”

What she said does make sense.

Hitzfeld frowned slightly.

Although I still feel that this behavior is not as simple as she said.

But who can blame the current situation?

It’s not good to dwell too much on such trivial matters.

He forced Xia Yibing to untie the rope, and with a little emotion he gave her his hand, and the two of them walked forward along the bookshelf corridor.

As they walked, Xia Yibing introduced the structure of the place to her.

“You’ll notice that the hallway gets narrower as you go further in,” she said, “because the bookshelves form a circle, and the tree is planted in the center of the circle.”

Reaching the end of the corridor, Hitzfeld finally saw what she was talking about.

That is a white tree.

It is as tall as three or four stories, and the lowest branches are only one meter from the ground, which is within reach for people of Hitzfeld’s height.

But the tree did not bear any fruit.

There are not even leaves, all the branches are empty.

Coming in front of the pure white branch, Hitzfeld reached out and touched the tip of the branch.

She went over in her mind a memory that she had experienced not long ago.

When he opened his eyes again, a new “forbidden fruit” had appeared under the branch.

well.

Hitzfeld raised the corner of his mouth.

So this is the borrowing method…

Then, the only obstacle preventing her from reading all memory fruits unlimitedly is… figuring out the so-called “authority”.

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Thanks to: Someone Who Loves Cats, Short Ellie, Flowers Are About to Wither, Silent Vigilant, Cross Chant… for their blades and rewards~

Thank you for your support~~

Chapter 46: The Unknown Price

“It’s already 5:55.”

Xia Yibing had been paying attention to the girl’s actions. When she saw her reaching out to pick the new fruit from the branch, she couldn’t help but remind her.

Although Hitzfeld said it was okay, and according to her observation, the girl did not show any abnormal reaction after eating the fruit, she had been educated on how terrible these fruits were, so she naturally did not want the girl to become addicted to the fruit like those novelists.

So she wanted to remind her that it was almost 6 o’clock.

If Simon and the woman who calls herself the Dream Fairy are not lying, they can try to wake up after 6 o’clock.

Hitzfeld glanced at her and did not answer immediately. Instead, he stared at the fruit in his hand and fell into deep thought.

“Hitzfeld?” Xia Yibing raised her voice slightly. She saw the girl turn around and walk back the way she came, squeezing directly into the corridor between the bookshelves, and immediately followed closely.

There were too many fruits on the bookshelf, too densely packed together. Hitzfeld could no longer remember where he had eaten the fruit.

But fortunately, the gap was still there. The gap in such a dense arrangement was too conspicuous, so she quickly found the spot and put the fruit in her hand back to its original position.

Allwater Memoirs: 1957

She stared at the words carved on the wooden board in front of her.

[27 years ago, the most prosperous city in the Northern Parish, the mine Allwater, suffered an unprecedented disaster. After the disaster, Allwater was half destroyed and the population was greatly reduced, but the Northern Parish chose to conceal the news of the disaster. So much so that today people still believe that the silence of Allwater was caused by the landslide caused by the mine disaster. This book will take you through the entire process of the accident from the perspective of a mine guard, ensuring that you are immersed in it and understand the truth hidden by the sun.]

[Contributor: George Lister.]

[Borrowing authority: Level 8.]

[Note: The fruit produced by the wisdom fruit tree after reconstructing the mind is natural and pollution-free, and is different from those disgusting defective products.]

“No changes?” Xia Yibing saw her exhale, “Only the initial contributors will be recorded… Then the acquisition of permissions and points will require this kind of contribution…”

“Hitzfeld.” Xia Yibing couldn’t help but remind her again, “It’s already 6 o’clock… maybe we should get out of here first.”

“Go out?” The girl was stunned, and her expression changed as well. “Yes… Going out is also a way to verify… If I can go out… No… But this would be too bad…”

Here she comes again.

Xia Yibing’s mouth twitched.

After working in Shadow Lion for so many years, she considered herself a qualified agent. But after meeting Hitzfeld, she always felt that her thinking speed was a little slow.

It’s not that her abilities are really that bad, otherwise she wouldn’t have been promoted to captain at this age…it’s just that Hitzfeld can always find clues earlier than her!

I hope to be with her in the future…but I can’t let her look down on me in this regard.

A feeling of not wanting to admit defeat emerged from the bottom of her heart. Xia Yibing temporarily gave up urging and also began to think quickly about what the deeper meaning behind Hitzfeld’s series of actions was and what hidden clues she had discovered.

First, Hitzfeld chose to eat the fruit… She was not afraid of the side effects at all. Her confidence seemed a little too exaggerated, so exaggerated that she seemed… certain of it.

So it’s… some ability of hers as a Devourer?

uncertain.

There is too little information, and it is unknown what memories she gained from the fruit.

No – that’s not right.

She frowned slightly.

Hitzfeld’s demeanor changed when I urged her the second time, and the key word was “get out”. Whether she could get out should have nothing to do with the conditions I had considered before, but what it really related to should be –

“what?”

Just as she was about to turn around, Hitzfeld saw Xia Yibing take a step ahead of her, so she had to chase after her and they both stopped under the stone wall.

“‘The borrowing/residence reading authority levels are divided into 1-10 levels… borrowing/residence reading beyond the authority will be severely punished…'” Xia Yibing slowly read out the above rules, “‘Once discovered, any violation of the authority caused by any reason will be severely punished.'”

“Xia Ye, did you notice that?” Hitzfeld glanced at her. “The authority granted to us by this library… seems to be a little off.”

Based on the information she has collected so far, she has basically understood the operation process of the library.

A book is a fruit.

There are two kinds of fruits. One is like what she just did, according to the description on the wooden board, “the product condensed directly from the wisdom fruit tree after reconstructing the mind”, and the other is “disgusting defective product”, and the specific production method is currently unknown.

Both resident readers and borrowers eat fruit, that is, they eat the corresponding fruit and obtain the thoughts and memories invested by the person who initially contributed the fruit.

If you want to return the fruit, you just need to go to the center of the library, come to the pure white “Wisdom Fruit Tree”, touch the branches, and recall your memory. The tree will automatically reconstruct the memory and condense the fruit you just eaten.

Only in this way can the library continue to operate.

It is definitely not allowed to eat the fruit and then run away without wanting to eat it.

It’s written in the rules. The consequences of violating them… She doesn’t want to try it yet.

What made her feel uneasy here was the issue of “authority”.

This was her first time at Harry Library. She had not made any contribution, had not accumulated any points in the library, and accordingly had not obtained any privileges.

Well, according to common sense, after entering the library, the fruits that someone like her can eat, touch, or even see should all be of the corresponding lowest level… that is, level 1 authority.

But she could indeed see, touch… and even eat the “Memoirs of Allwater: 8” corresponding to Level 1957 clearance.

This is simply… irrational.

According to the borrowing instructions written on this wall, she has violated the third and fourth rules.

What about the punishment?

“Either the punishment was delayed or there was no punishment.”

Xia Yibing looked at her solemnly.

Hitzfeld is also an action.

“We all think the same thing, right?”

“Looks like it.”

“Izabella (Chorus).”

Turn around together.

Run downstairs together.

When they returned to the bar on the first floor, they found it was empty and there was no sign of anyone there.

“Is this the price she said was waived?”

Hitzfeld bared his teeth a little.

“I still don’t know how much I’ve been overdrawn. This damn place…”

She didn’t even understand why they were being treated this way.

Just because you’re a woman?

That’s impossible. There are women among those novelists.

Hitzfeld looked at Xia Yibing who was in deep thought, and secretly glanced towards the stairs.

What if…

This kind of preferential treatment.

This exemption from the permission requirement is not limited to just one piece of fruit.

It is not limited to “this visit to the library”.

Doesn’t that mean that she can take whatever she wants of all the fruits and wisdom here?

As long as she follows the rules and finds the fruit tree of wisdom every time, copies one and puts it back, this kind of request is basically… unlimited?

She didn’t notice that at the same time as she had this thought, a wisp of black gas quietly floated out of her shadow and disappeared at a speed that was imperceptible to the naked eye.

Then there was the stinging pain—

Stinging pain in left eye.

“Hitzfeld?” Xia Yibing noticed that she was half-squatting with her eyes covered, so she quickly ran over and half-huggled her.

“It doesn’t matter…”

Hitzfeld breathed.

“It’s probably because… my real body can’t hold on any longer.”

Also.

They had wasted an extra day here for nothing, which meant that their real bodies had not woken up for two days, the entire Saturday and Sunday.

No water, no food.

Given her physical strength, it is normal for problems to occur.

It seems we can’t waste any more time here.