Chapter 5 third quarter

Hearing Shao Xuecheng's request to enter the library on the second basement floor, Old Wang was terrified and resolutely objected: "I told you that the library on the second basement floor is a restricted area and you must not enter it!" Shuku became more interested, especially Zhu Jiayin, who turned his attention from the radio to the outside world for the first time, staring at Old Wang expectantly.In the eyes of such conspiracy theorists, the old Wang with a secret is sexier than the black, long and straight girl.I bet there are at least three or four theories in Zhu Jiayin's mind.Even if he said that the Standing Committee held meetings below, I wouldn't be surprised at all.

Liu Yue asked Sister Zheng if she knew what the second underground floor was. Sister Zheng curled up in her cloak, still not recovering from the shock of being "repressed".After Liu Yue asked several times, she shook her head in panic, expressing that she didn't know at all: "I'm just an ordinary librarian, I usually only stay on the first floor, and I don't know anything." The meaning behind her words can be understood by everyone .Shao Xuecheng frowned and walked up to Old Wang.We all thought that he would directly knock Lao Wang to the ground and step on another foot.But he just picked up a few books, threw them into the fire slowly, stared at the old Wang and said, "I don't really want to force others, if you can tell us what's below, we don't have to go in." Lao Wang thought for a long time , and then said: "The ventilation system of this library is no longer working. The library on the second basement floor is a closed space. Moving the fire down is asking for death. We will all suffocate to death."

Shao Xuecheng was a little disappointed: "I asked you what's down below, not why you can't go down!" Lao Wang waved his hands excitedly: "What else can there be in the underground library, of course there are books, and they are all rare books, which must be taken care of properly." Save it. I'm afraid you'll burn those things too." "If it's just a book, you won't be so nervous." Shao Xuecheng turned his face slowly when he said this, and said to all of us: "Don't you all want to take a look? There may be food stored there, it may be warmer and more comfortable, and there may be a radio station that can communicate with the outside world. We can either call for help or save others. If there is a God, this underground library must be God Enlightenment." He summed up all the levels of Maslow's pyramid in one breath, and everyone's morale was aroused, and they all called for a fight.

I have my doubts about the storage of food or radio stations in the second basement of the library, but I don't want to disturb others' interest at this time-to be honest, I am also curious.Now our small team is in a predicament. If there are no new changes, we will wait for death sooner or later. Why don't we go and see what happens.Even if a big bomb inside killed us all, it wouldn't be worse than the current situation. Even if it's the lake of fire leading to hell, at least it's warmer, right? Each of us—except Lao Wang—was given a M&M chocolate bean, which added a little heat.Then Lao Wang stayed to guard the fire, Sister Zheng guarded Lao Wang, Long Aotian guarded Sister Zheng, and the others followed Shao Xuecheng and walked towards the library.

It was night and there were no lights in the library, so we made some torches using local materials.Making torches is a very technical job.Ordinary books are too small, and they are glue-bound, which is not easy to roll up, and the feel is far inferior to that of magazines.The selection of magazines is not random.It is suitable for the thickness of "Mina", but almost every page of this kind of fashion magazine has UV varnish, and the coated paper is more than 90 grams, which is not easy to burn.After comparison, we finally chose some old-fashioned magazines with conscience: "Reader", "Youth Digest" and .The ratio of the format to the number of pages of these magazines is moderate, and they can just be rolled into a paper tube, which is very comfortable to hold in the hand.Just one book is a bit thin, but because of their long history, they have accumulated a large number of issues, and there are bound books every year, which can effectively make up for this shortcoming.

We raised our torches high and followed behind Shao Xuecheng. These magazines were as condescending as before, illuminating the way forward for us.I also purposely tear out the joke page in each issue as proof that they ever existed.We came all the way to the end of the library, the mysterious iron door was still closed, and the small red light on the electronic lock was shining vigilantly, like the one-eyed eye of a cave-dwelling beast. "Behind this iron gate is the road leading to the library on the second floor of the basement. We are finally going to open it." Shao Xuecheng's thin face showed a look of excitement, under the reflection of more than a dozen torches, he looked like an ancient Greek hero . "At this moment, what do you think of?" He asked.

"Pandora." I answered honestly. "Urashima Taro." "Bluebeard." Everyone chattered, and Shao Xuecheng roared: "Can you think of something auspicious?" Everyone thought for a while, as if no matter where the folktale The debtors really didn't have a good ending, so they all fell silent.Shao Xuecheng pointed at Tian Xiao: "You, go and open it." Tian Xiao likes to do this kind of thing the most, and walked to the iron gate first, but froze there.This iron door is very strange, there is no door handle, and there is not even any protrusion, so there is nowhere to pull it.

"Could it be by pushing?" Tian Xiao put his palm on the door and pushed hard, but it didn't move.He kicked it with his foot, but there was still no response, so he had to focus on the electronic lock. The electronic lock is a square area pasted on the door, which is slightly darker in color than other places. Except for the red indicator light, there are no buttons or switches in this area.Tian Xiao studied for a long time, but couldn't find a way, so he had to tell Shao Xuecheng that there was no way.Shao Xuecheng went into battle himself, and kicked twice fiercely, with great force, but the iron gate still stood firm.

"We have to get Old Wang here, he must know how to drive." Shao Xuecheng sent Xu Cong and Wang Dapeng to look for it.Wang Dapeng was brought by Shao Xuecheng, he was taciturn, hardly heard him speak, and had no sense of presence.If Shao Xuecheng didn't mention it, I would have almost forgotten that there was such a person. After the two of them left, the remaining people sat down around the iron gate to reduce their calorie consumption.Shao Xuecheng instructed to set up a small fire in front of this door, and I asked him what kind of books he planned to burn.Shao Xuecheng said that you were too literary and youthful to burn books before, which is not enough.He came up with a new classification method: "There have been few good books in recent years, so I don't think they should be classified. Just refer to the publication date, and read the recent ones first, and then the distant ones. You can't go wrong." Some dissatisfaction with the arbitrary classification method, but there is nothing to stop it.So everyone held torches and walked to the bookshelves everywhere, picked books one by one, just like the ancient Roman farmers in the Po River Manor, picked delicious and juicy fruits from the fruit trees according to the year, and then offered sacrifices to Vulcan. Ergan.

According to the new method proposed by Shao Xuecheng, we have collected a large number of brand new books in a short period of time, all published in the past two years, of all types, and the covers are all gaudy and ostentatious without exception.They both burn easily, but all have one particularly nasty thing - girdles.The girdle not only affects the beauty and touch, but also burns very badly.We must tear off the girdles of all the books like we choose vegetables, and then throw them into the fire. Don't finish the work, I was so tired, my stomach was empty and burning, so I lay down anywhere, stuck the torch in the shelf, and pulled out a few pages to peruse.

These papers were torn out on purpose when I was burning the magazine just now, and they are the page where jokes are published in each issue.It wouldn't be a pity to burn up all the magazines, but these few pages are worth saving for an occasional look, maybe to forget about hunger for a while.At this time, a person next to me approached me. I turned my head and saw that it was Liu Yue.Liu Yue was covered with a thick curtain, a bit like a bathrobe.She looked at me with burning eyes, and whispered: "Old Ma, do you want some goods?" I was taken aback, not knowing what she was referring to. Liu Yue gave me a charming smile, put her hands between the curtains and bathrobes, and slowly eased them away.I thought that something glamorous would happen, but I saw that there were more than a dozen books hanging on the inside of the curtains, all of which were about cooking and food, including Chinese, Western, Japanese, Korean, and Southeast Asian styles, with large full-color pictures. "How do you have these things?" I asked in surprise.Now that the food reserves have bottomed out, everyone can only get extremely limited supplements. In order to prevent the morale of the army from being shaken, Shao Xuecheng has ordered that all books on food and cooking be taken out and burned. "I kept it privately. How about it? Would you like a copy?" Liu Yue blinked, full of temptation. "I'm sorry, I don't want it." I suppressed my desire forcibly.In this day and age, cookbooks are no different from drugs. They may relieve your hunger and thirst for a while, but soon you will have to suffer more. It is drinking poison to quench your thirst.I have very poor self-control and don't have the confidence to quit after getting the food book. "What are you afraid of? Isn't everyone watching? If we are destined to die here, we can gain temporary happiness with just one glance. Isn't it greedy to go to heaven before death?" Liu Yue pursed her lips Come on, with a finger on my sleeve, I saw Xu Jia holding a copy of "Gourmet Map" across a bookshelf. He put his nose against the color map, gasped wildly, and trembled all over.Suddenly, he put down the book, collapsed on the ground and rubbed his stomach, then got up with difficulty, turned to the next page, and repeated the action just now. In the darkness, there were gasps like this one after another. At least three to four people had already got the goods from Liu Yue, which showed that this small underground trading market was running smoothly.It seems that Shao Xuecheng was right in ordering the destruction of the gourmet book, it will completely destroy the spirit of this team like a plague. "So what do you want from me?" I asked.I really can't think of anything of value on me.Liu Yue put her mouth next to my ear: "What I hope to get is your support." "Support?" "Yes, we don't like Shao Xuecheng, it can be said that we hate it very much. If you can support me, Ma If so, then we have enough manpower to get rid of him..." "Forget it, I'm not interested. Besides, I can't beat her either." I rejected her, and I didn't dislike Shao Xuecheng replacing me at all, and I even relaxed Take a breath.The responsibility of leading a team is too heavy and my character is too weak to really fit. "Two copies? One of them is Zhao Heng's "Old Glutton Essays." Liu Yue offered a higher price, but I was still unmoved.Liu Yueyi gritted her teeth: "What if I'm added?" I smiled wryly, "Even if I have the heart, I don't have the strength." Liu Yue wrapped the curtains around her body again. "What are you two doing?" A shout came from a distance, it turned out to be Tian Xiao.As soon as Liu Yue saw him, she turned around and ran, but she couldn't run faster than a mature man, and he tore off the curtains within a few steps, and the dozen or so books fell to the ground with a clatter.When Tian Xiao saw that they were all delicacies, his complexion sank immediately. He stepped on the book and grabbed Liu Yue from the ground: "You are committing a crime!" Liu Yue raised her chin unwillingly: "Are you Give me what I have nothing to eat, and I will make cakes to satisfy my hunger, so how can it be considered a crime?" Tian Xiao ignored her and dragged her all the way to the iron gate, and I quickly followed.Shao Xuecheng sat cross-legged directly opposite the iron gate, his eyes fixed on the small gate.Tian Xiao told Liu Yue's story again, Shao Xuecheng frowned: "Didn't I say that? Don't touch those things, they will destroy your will." Liu Yue laughed: "Anyway, we all don't live long. It doesn't matter if the will is broken or not." Shao Xuecheng said calmly, "When the underground library is opened, we will have a way out." Liu Yue sneered: "I advise you not to open it, if you don't open it, everyone still has some hope , if there is nothing after you open it, then you will be finished." This sentence is quite sharp.Shao Xuecheng's current authority is based on the promise to lead everyone to open the library on the second basement floor to obtain a large amount of food or warmth. If this promise fails, his legitimacy will no longer exist.Violence can solve some problems, but it cannot solve the shortage of resources.The circulation of gourmet books and drugs is a typical symptom. When the food shortage reaches the point where the people are not afraid of death, the authority will also reach the critical point of collapse. Shao Xuecheng was obviously aware of this, he didn't say anything, asked Tian Xiao to let Liu Yue go, and then called everyone together to carry out the investigation.It turned out that in addition to Liu Yue and Xu Qi, there were also Xiaoying and Li Chao who were "contaminated with drugs".The drug that Xiaoying smoked was Naoko Takagi's "A Person's Gourmet Journey", while Li Chao smoked "Food in the Bible" - I have read this book, and it mainly talks about the food that God regards as clean in the Bible , it is not so much an introduction of food, but rather a gift from the perspective of food - it seems that this is specially prepared by Liu Yue for devout Christians. All the gourmet books were collected to make the fire burn even more vigorously.Xiaoying cried and threw herself into the fire, yelling, "Let me take another look! Just take a look! Wagashi is still one page away from being sucked".When she found that she was powerless to stop the books turning to ashes, she began to inhale violently, as if a gourmet book could turn into gourmet smoke when it was burned.She was so choked that she coughed and burst into tears, and it took several people to hold her down. Shao Xuecheng crossed his arms and looked at the dancing flames with deep and melancholy, like Lin Zexu who was standing at the Humen pondering the fate of the Qing Empire.He told everyone else to leave except me.Shao Xuecheng leaned his body on the bookshelf, and said a little tiredly: "I know all about the conversation between you and Zhu Jiayin about the doomsday broadcast." "Oh." I'm not surprised at all, Zhu Jiayin will definitely tell others.Shao Xuecheng said: "There will definitely be no rescue, right?" "Yes...we might be the last surviving humans on Earth." I’m asking you now.” I looked directly at him, “What’s your intention behind opening the second basement? Is it to give everyone a hope of survival?” “No, if that’s the case, wouldn’t it have nothing to do with taking drugs? The difference? Let me tell you, I really want to open it to see what’s going on.” “But what’s the point of this? You and I both know that this is the second basement of the library, not Carrefour, nor a large commercial building , there are only books in it, not food or radio.” Shao Xuecheng grinned: “Old Ma, if I tell the truth, will you believe me?” “Let’s listen to it.” "As soon as I approached that door, I felt something calling me there." Shao Xuecheng stretched out his palm, thoughtfully.Before I could reply, Xu Cong hurried back and said that Sister Zheng and Long Aotian had been laid to the ground, and Lao Wang was gone.We were all shocked, and Shao Xuecheng asked what was going on.Xu Cong said that Lao Wang made a sudden attack just now, knocked Sister Zheng and Long Aotian unconscious with a weapon, and then ran away without a trace. "What weapon did you use?" "Encyclopedia Britannica, Natural Philosophy Volume." "So cruel?" Both Shao Xuecheng and I knew how thick it was, so we gasped, "Is everyone okay?" They just fainted, and their lives were safe. After Wang Dapeng and I settled them down, Dapeng stayed by the fire, and I came to report the news by myself. As for where Lao Wang went, I don’t know.” We all Lost in thought.Lao Wang has been working in this library for many years. If he wants to hide, we will not be able to find him.However, in this cold weather, how long can he last as an old man away from the fire? I didn't expect that the answer would be known within two seconds.A black figure jumped up from behind Xu Cong, holding a long-handled weapon, shouting: "Little Li Flying Knife!" and slashed towards Shao Xuecheng.Shao Xuecheng reacted quickly, dodged it, subconsciously raised his hand to block it, and a bloody wound was drawn on his hand. By the light of the fire, I could barely see that the attacker was Lao Wang.The weapon in his hand was an iron frame that had been removed from the bookshelf, and a long, sharp strip of ice was still frozen on it.At this moment, he changed from his old decrepitude, and his eyes were bare. "I knew you were not simple." Shao Xuecheng held the iron gate and said calmly.Lao Wang shook the ice gun in his hand: "I told you not to burn books, but you didn't listen; I told you not to try to open this iron door, but you didn't listen. Now that the big mistake is almost made, you have to die for me." !" "Why can't it be burned? What's behind the iron gate?" Shao Xuecheng asked. Lao Wang didn't answer, he let out a roar, and stabbed with his gun.Shao Xuecheng quickly grabbed two half-burned books from the fire with both hands, and put them on Old Wang's ice spear.The two of them fought for several rounds, Lao Wang's marksmanship was unsurpassed, but Shao Xuecheng's "calligraphy" was also superb, dancing with books in both hands, without losing the slightest bit.Those two books are the first and second volumes of "Crossing the South and Returning to the North", they are thick and solid, Lao Wang's ice spear pierced it, but he couldn't pierce it, but was melted by the flames of the books.Moreover, the layout of this book is very chaotic, the annotations are small, and Shao Xuecheng opened it facing his opponent and flipped through the pages one by one. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Shao Xuecheng flicked the book forward, and at the same time retreated quickly.When Lao Wang escaped from the book smash, he jumped between two rows of bookshelves in an instant, creating a long distance from Lao Wang.Lao Wang ignored us at all, stared at Shao Xuecheng and rushed over again, and after walking a few steps, he saw a small book flying over from the darkness.Lao Wang picked it lightly, and the book flew into the sky.Unexpectedly, three more books flew in, followed by a steady stream, as if a machine gun using books as ammunition was firing violently, and there were too many picks. I picked up a book from the ground and looked at it by the firelight, only then did I understand what was going on.It turned out that the two rows of bookshelves were all series of popular historical books such as "Reading ××× in One Breath", "Understanding ××× in Ten Minutes", the books were small and light, and there were many of them.Shao Xuecheng grabbed it casually, and threw out a heavenly girl without any difficulty.Lao Wang was flustered by his throwing around like a high favorite who picked a tackle. Lao Wang couldn't attack for a long time, and he was a little irritable. At this time, the flying book came again. Lao Wang habitually picked it up, but the tip of the gun was deflected by the book. He staggered and almost fell.This time, it was Liu Yong's series of works that flew here.Liu Yong's books are rambling, and the content of each book is almost the same, and the weight is also the same.Old Wang was used to the weight of small books, Shao Xuecheng suddenly changed Liu Yong's book and threw it over, he didn't adjust it all at once.More importantly, the number of books written by Liu Yong is no less than those series.Shao Xuecheng mixed them together and threw them over, suddenly "Reading the History of the Tang Dynasty in One Breath", suddenly "Love Wants a Lifetime's Stunning", and later, several more "One Hundred Places You Must Visit in This Life" Kind of travel books.This kind of book is small and tough, with few words and many pictures, which confuses people's eyes in mid-air, and Lao Wang is overwhelmed. When Old Wang managed to get close to him, Shao Xuecheng paused with his right foot, and stepped on Master Xingyun's "Between Between Enlightenment and Enlightenment" and jumped into the air.There are more than a dozen books in this series, from courage, prajna, open-mindedness, joy to adaptability, ties, reassurance, willingness, a whole set of life philosophy is stacked on the side of the bookshelf, the format is very large, the writing is as generous and peaceful as Buddhism, and it is the easiest to jump up and down .Shao Xuecheng jumped up high with the power of Buddhism, first kicked out a copy of "Being Willing", and jumped towards another row of bookshelves. Lao Wang hurriedly chased after him. He saw the series on the bookshelf in a daze, so he pulled it to the ground with a gun, calculated the height, and stepped on it.Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped on his toes, he felt something strange. He looked down and found that there were not only volumes one, two, and three under his feet, but an extra copy of "Three-Body X".The strength that Lao Wang used when he landed was considered good at first, matching the thickness of the three books, but now that there was an extra X, his strength suddenly changed, and his body staggered and fell down.These four books are all named Three-Body, and the light was dim. Lao Wang didn't notice it for a while, but he fell into Shao Xuecheng's trap, revealing a big flaw. What..." Before he finished speaking, Shao Xuecheng shook his right hand and revealed the three volumes of Walsh's "Conversations with God", which was slammed down by the wind and thunder.The cover of this book is hard, the paper is quite heavy, and it is a set of three. It hit Lao Wang's head at once. If the thunder was furious, he immediately knocked him to the ground, and threw the ice gun aside.After Shao Xuecheng took care of Lao Wang, he landed lightly, clapped his hands, let out a long smile and said, "If I hadn't been a book critic, I might not have won this time." "Have you ever done that?" I Seeing how violent he is, I can't believe it.Shao Xuecheng tore off a piece of white cloth, wrapped his injured palm, and replied: "Well, after working for more than three months, she was also annoying, so I broke up with her." "Hey..." I was about to Asked how to deal with Lao Wang, suddenly there was a "beep" sound from behind.We all turned around to look, and found that the square area of ​​the electronic lock on the iron door was stained with blood cut from Shao Xuecheng's palm, and then the indicator light turned from red to green, and suddenly there was a click, and the iron door opened a gap by itself. We looked at each other and turned our attention to Shao Xuecheng.Shao Xuecheng showed doubts, walked over slowly, pushed lightly, and the iron gate opened towards the inside, revealing a dark passage, without lights, but there seemed to be a section of descending steps.Beside the steps, there is also a stone tablet, made of smooth marble, which is quite elegant, with three big red characters flying on it: Shaw Building.