Magazines, novels, textbooks, technical books... Lin Ye quickly flipped through the books on the bookshelf, but he didn't find any useful information for them in these books.

"Your wife?"

Lin Ye picked up a book and sat down opposite Landy. The title was "Efficiency and Gourmet Food."

Landy was looking at a photo he had taken out of his pocket. It was a picture of him and a young woman.

"It's my daughter. My wife died in an abnormal incident, that's why I do this job... I don't even know if I can make it back this time."

Landy carefully tucked the photo close to his body.

"If you can make it back this time, will you consider resigning?"

Lin Ye asked casually as he flipped through the book in his hand.

"No. Because this is a world without reason. If I resign, I won't be able to do anything when something happens to my daughter, just like before."

Landy had long been prepared to die during a mission. He would rather that than stay with his daughter in a so-called safe city.

Because there was simply no absolutely safe place in this world.

"Then I can only wish you a longer life... I promise you won't die today."

Lin Ye took a small sip of the energy drink, and his finger turning the pages suddenly paused.

"Thanks. What's wrong?" 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Lin Ye suddenly stood up and quickly walked over to the bookshelves.

"... I'm not sure. The content in this book seems related to that previous rotten flesh area."

Lin Ye carefully observed the books on the shelves. There was only one row of bookshelves in the library, with roughly over two hundred books in total.

Landy took out a device similar to a phone and started photographing the titles on the book spines.

Right at that moment, a loud banging sound suddenly came from outside the library's large door.

*Thud! Thud!*

Lin Ye ignored the commotion outside. Seeing that Landy had photographed the titles, he began pulling books from the shelves, quickly flipping through their contents.

A gap was smashed into the library's large door. A human-head-sized eyeball appeared outside the gap, peering into the library's interior through the opening.

*Bang!*

Lin Ye casually fired a shot toward the gap. The bullet accurately hit the eyeball. The surface of the eyeball cracked, and a splash of black liquid sprayed into the library's interior.

That puddle of liquid quickly writhed across the ground, soon approaching the vicinity of the bookshelf.

Lin Ye ignored the liquid. He just kept flipping through the books on the shelves.

Landy wanted to buy time for Lin Ye. He raised his gun and swept fire at the puddle of liquid. The bullets penetrated the liquid but failed to stop its movement.

The liquid quickly closed in on Lin Ye. Holding the book, Lin Ye used his Sliding skill, dodging the liquid's pounce.

But the liquid clung closely behind Lin Ye. The library space was limited, and Lin Ye's feet were soon touched by the liquid.

The areas contacted by the liquid began to rapidly melt, and this melting quickly spread to other parts of his body.

Lin Ye avoided the rest of the liquid by rolling away. He slid back near the bookshelf and began rapidly memorizing the book titles and the arrangement order of the books.

Landy positioned himself in front of Lin Ye. He used his body to block the liquid, buying time for Lin Ye.

But soon, Landy completely melted. The liquid caught up to Lin Ye, who was still sliding, and melted him into liquid as well.

…………………………………………

*Buzz... Buzz... Buzz...*

Lin Ye opened his eyes. He was back inside the prison transport vehicle speeding along the highway again.

[Remaining Simulation Attempts: 8]

'... So those books each represent a specific danger zone? There are over two hundred danger zones here?'

'What does the arrangement order of the books represent then?'

Lin Ye seriously pondered the relationship between that small library and this abnormal incident. He felt that if he could figure out this problem, he should be able to resolve this abnormal incident.

'... If the books represent danger zones, then does the arrangement order of the books represent the arrangement order of those danger zones?'

Lin Ye recalled that in the previous two simulations, the area reached through the cardboard was not fixed. If his speculation was correct, then one danger zone would only be connected to three or four other danger zones.

'... Let's just test it and see.'

Lin Ye decided to try it later on the highway, as only this area was relatively safe.

By repeating the previous operations, Lin Ye successfully teamed up with Landy again, but this time he didn't plan to enter the hotel corridor.

"This corridor looks a bit dangerous. And if we go in and this hole disappears, we might not be able to get back."

Lin Ye said to Landy.

"But the truck driver is probably inside..."

Landy also didn't want to enter such a suspicious place, but due to past experiences, he couldn't casually abandon ordinary civilians.

"With this amount of blood loss, it's impossible for the other person to still be alive. Think of your family. You don't want to die in a place like this, do you?"

Lin Ye shamelessly exploited Landy's daughter.

"... You're right. With this amount of blood loss, it's impossible for them to be alive."

Landy said, as if trying to convince himself as well.

"Get in the car. Let's drive forward a bit. Maybe we can find other people."

Lin Ye sat in the Driver's Seat. Landy sat behind him. Both were in the same plane.

The keys were already inserted in the dashboard. Lin Ye started the truck, stepped on the accelerator, and drove forward along the highway.

Ten minutes later, Lin Ye suddenly asked:

"Are we just going to keep driving like this?"

"What do you want to do?"

Landy asked warily.

"I want to study this area. If we separate, maybe that kind of cardboard will appear again. Breaking the cardboard should lead to other areas. We don't need to go over, just see what's on the other side."

Lin Ye proposed.

"... Fine. But you'd better not try anything unnecessary. I'll be watching you."

Landy didn't refuse Lin Ye's proposal. He knew they were currently in an abnormal incident. If they did nothing and learned nothing about this place, they would likely be trapped and die here.

"Received."

Lin Ye parked the truck by the roadside. Both got out simultaneously and then walked in different directions.

Soon, Lin Ye found the cardboard. He broke through it and discovered that on the other side wasn't the hotel corridor, but an old, small restaurant.

"'High-End Restaurant'? They have clickbait titles here too?"

After reuniting with Landy, Lin Ye changed locations and repeated the same operation several more times.

Just as Lin Ye guessed, this area was only connected to four danger zones.

'So that bookshelf is a map of these danger zones... The problem is, the map doesn't seem to mark the exit from here...'

Lin Ye kept recalling the names of those books and their arrangement order.