CHAPTER 328: CHAPTER 326: TREASURE CHEST AND BOOKS

"Is this the large node you mentioned?"

Standing in front of the sink, Gu Xi asked curiously.

At this moment, Luna was adjusting the image in the sink’s mirror.

Just as Luna had said, the area corresponding to the sink was mostly bathrooms, and judging by the current situation, they were predominantly women’s restrooms.

"No, a large node is woven from at least five or six different supernatural rules. Here, there’s only one rule, so it doesn’t even qualify as a node, at most, it’s just a passage.

Alright, found it. It’s the mirror in the women’s restroom on the second floor at 22-17 South Flow Road. Sir, please wait a moment."

Without waiting for Gu Xi to make a move, Luna dove into the mirror. Without any noticeable movement on the opposite side of the sink, Luna dragged out a woman wearing a red short skirt with her hair down from the mirror.

"It’s done, the supernatural issue has been dealt with."

After rolling up the woman dragged out from the restroom and stuffing her into the cabinet under the sink, Luna turned to Gu Xi and said.

"Did you kill her?"

Gu Xi pointed to the woman stuffed into the cabinet and asked curiously.

"No, this kind of supernatural thing won’t die. And unlike the previous mirror image weirdness, extracting the rule doesn’t make it disappear temporarily. This thing, once killed, will quickly revive at the original place, so there’s no guarantee it will definitely die.

So, we can only put her here for now. If you want to kill her, come at night to see if there’s a corresponding rule or method to handle it."

"No need for that. We’re not making points off this."

As Gu Xi spoke, he climbed onto the sink and squeezed out through the mirror.

The next moment, he seemed to pass through a thick water curtain, climbing out from the women’s restroom on the second floor at 22-17 South Flow Road.

Since it wasn’t time yet, the security hadn’t let anyone in, and the building was still empty.

Gu Xi checked the time and quickly headed towards the third floor without delay.

At the end of the corridor on the third floor, in the men’s restroom, Gu Xi decisively opened the second stall.

Standing there, Gu Xi reached out to remove the water tank lid of the toilet, discovering that someone had packed a thick stack of magazines inside it with a plastic bag.

Because it was tightly packed, Gu Xi wasn’t sure what kind of magazines they were, so he simply took them all out and placed the lid back on.

Upon removing the lid, Gu Xi realized that this lid was actually the mysterious treasure chest he was looking for this time.

After obtaining the treasure chest, Gu Xi didn’t leave the building through the front.

Nor did he return to the women’s restroom on the second floor.

Utilizing his ability, in an instant, Gu Xi returned in front of the Assembly Hall in Yalidu City.

After surveying the surroundings, Gu Xi knew that Luna must have led an expedition, so he didn’t look for Luna to help open the door but instead took out what he had brought back.

For now, Gu Xi wasn’t interested in the mysterious treasure chest. What intrigued him more were the 19 books.

He remembered clearly that his library was still lacking books.

Now he had 19 books at once, and if they could generate an attribute, it would be a boost to the library.

Thus, Gu Xi quickly opened the plastic bag wrapping the magazines and dumped out the contents.

Despite being stored underwater, the magazines felt completely dry due to the tight packaging.

Holding them in his hand, Gu Xi couldn’t help but grin, glancing around before moving the magazines aside.

At this moment, Gu Xi had already seen the attributes of these magazines.

Compared to those fairy tale books initially placed in Gu Xi’s library, these magazines had much better quality. Two were green, one was blue quality, and the rest were all white quality.

["Giant? High School Student" (Green): A full-color personal photo journal, quite serious, not suitable for children.]

["Underground Idol Girl Group" (Green): A magazine introducing the efforts and poverty of a certain striving underground idol girl group, not suitable for children.]

[...]

As Gu Xi carefully flipped through these magazines, he noticed something peculiar — while the quality varied, none of the magazines had attributes corresponding to their quality.

At this moment, Gu Xi couldn’t even tell the difference between the blue and green quality magazines compared to the white quality ones.

Was it just because the content of the magazines was more engaging?

They didn’t seem like something you would use to add attributes.

Despite his confusion, Gu Xi still stacked the 19 magazines together after browsing through them and sent them to the library.

In the library, the Corpse Charm Demon was still sitting at the desk, constantly reading fairy tales.

It was apparent that she was quite obedient to Gu Xi’s orders.

When Gu Xi brought the magazines into the library, a voice sounded in his ear.

[Library’s collection increased. Total number of collected books reached 39 (32/100). Please continue to add to the library’s collection.]

[The direction of the library’s collection has shifted. The weekly production of peas remains unchanged, while every week a fairy tale character (female only, cannot be retained, cannot be made into Undead, can make a wish or be traded) will appear in the library.]

While Gu Xi was observing the changes in the library, the Corpse Charm Demon, who had been reading fairy tales, picked up one of the recently added magazines and began flipping through it.

As she read, she looked up at Gu Xi.

"Is this... what you like?"

Ah?

Gu Xi then realized that he seemed to have arranged for the Corpse Charm Demon to study here, and as a result, she learned to speak.

Unexpectedly, the Corpse Charm Demon picked up one of the magazines, opened a few pages, and said to Gu Xi, "I can do these poses too, and better than them."

"No, I brought these books here to upgrade the library’s level. The library mentioned earlier that a fairy tale character would be arranged weekly, but it never happened, so I thought there must be an issue in that area.

These books I specially brought."

Gu Xi stated earnestly.

The Corpse Charm Demon looked at Gu Xi with a skeptical expression as if wondering whether to believe him.

"Alright, I picked these up outside; I didn’t buy them. Now I need to fill up the library."

"Then, should I keep studying here?"

The Corpse Charm Demon lifted the magazine in her hand, gazing at Gu Xi and asking.

"Of course, keep studying until you..."

"Until I use what I learn on you?"