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Chapter 258: The Last Ten Seconds

Translator: Pluto Editor: Vermillion

All sorts of books, new and old, thick and thin, were swept off the heavy bookshelf which was made of quality hardwood They fell fro a pitter-patter sound like rain The evil perpetrator of this action acted swiftly and before long the bookshelf was half e teenage girl held an old book between her white fingers She called out to her brother and Lin Sanjiu, ere not far from her, "It's called 'The hidden truth' There is the word hidden Maybe, we could use this"

Lin Sanjiu and the siblings decided to search through the sea of books in front of theht under the noses of the ing team As each of these books was a Special Item, they were sure that they could find a book whose effects would allow theest problem was that they could not open the books to check their content

Once a book was opened, the content of what they read would immediately be activated as the book's effect The effect could only be activated once and the book would becoain In other words, they could only judge the usability of a book's content by its title or the occasional summary on the back of the book

Lin Sanjiu looked up and frowned ih she spoke quietly, her words were firm, "If the bookshelves are eht?

This was the first time Lin Sanjiu had lectured her, but Rena panicked inexplicably "Oh," she replied before bending down and collecting the books hurriedly After she placed sonant She wanted to throw a tantrum but she just couldn't In the end, she placed all the books back on the bookshelves obediently Then, she sashayed over to the end of bookshelf 100 and placed the book on the book pile there There was a large pile of books on the floor They had all been carefully selected based on their potential effects

As there were e they read would hold the effects they needed With that in mind, they had decided to place all the useful books to one side on the outset A few hours had passed since Lin Sanjiu approached Siri Through the s, the color of the sky hinted that daas arriving

Observing the situation froi Library would be switched off at 5 ah not as dark as during the night—but it would give Lin Sanjiu and the siblings a good opportunity to act

"Ready?" Lin Sanjiu was crouching She led the way, as the two kids followed behind her They looked a little pale as they nodded their heads This was already the third day since they entered the library This also meant that the actual number of lives Rena had was only 1

At the moment, they had no idea ould happen if Rena received a lethal attack They did not know if her "life" would be deducted from the actual 1, or the 4 that was on her back Neither did they have an opportunity to ask Siri this question Consequently, it was inevitable that the siblings were feeling very nervous

"Just follow behind me later If anyone attacks, I will take on the blows Don't let yourself be separated froroup" Lin Sanjiu advised, "My body is a hundred times more resilient than your bodies, so h, sounding a little relieved Reno looked at the wall clock in the central hall and pulled out a small backup torch Lin Sanjiu reached for one of the books and opened it froet a more accurate information about the situation, we could only wait helplessly and anxiously Jumon, our tribe chief noticed our predicament and took the initiative to lend us his car…"

The effect of the book was "A way out of a predicah it was very useful, it wasn't suitable for their current situation, so they had wasted the book Lin Sanjiu sighed and quickly took another book

"based on the logical considerations behind this behavior, this is soe this situation other than i the natural essence of the matter? Unfortunately…"

"This won't work either"

"She felt a wet sensation gliding past her thigh It landed sloppily on the floor, spreading out like a bloo white tulip Goodbye, my child"