Escape the Library

Yue Xingwen is a third-year student in the Chinese Department of Hua'an University. This semester, the final assessment of a course requires everyone to write a paper and submit it to the professor for grading. He is busy writing papers these days and needs to consult a lot of literature.

There is an electronic reading room on the first floor of the school library, where you can find a large number of electronic documents and the latest domestic and international academic journals. It's just that the final exam is about to happen recently, and students from various majors flock to the library to review like a flood. The library is full of people from morning to night, and it is difficult to get a seat if you go a little later. Yue Xingwen gets up at 7:00 in the morning every day, and rushes to occupy a seat before the library opens at 8:00.

This morning, when he woke up, he found that it was snowing heavily outside, the whole world was covered in silver, and the playground next to the dormitory building was covered with thick snow, as clean as a white fleece blanket.

Yue Xingwen is from the south. He had never seen snow when he was a child. After he came to school in the north, he discovered the spectacular snow scene in winter. He excitedly stood on the balcony and took a lot of photos with his mobile phone. Only then did he wash his face and put on thick clothes. Down jacket ready to go to the library.

Gu Ming, the head of the dormitory, also just got up. Seeing that he was about to go out, he yawned and asked, "Xingwen, are you still going to the library when it's snowing outside?"

Yue Xingwen said while changing his shoes, "I'm just short of the last part of my thesis. I want to hurry up and finish it today."

Gu Ming said: "The thesis you wrote must be professional. I just fooled one, as long as I can pass it."

Yue Xingwen is a well-known scholar in the Chinese Department. He has received scholarships every year. His thesis has been praised by many professors. The attitude of the scholar to the thesis is different from that of the scumbag. Gu Ming sighed in his heart and warned, "It's snowing, be careful on your way."

Yue Xingwen put on his shoes, turned back and said to Gu Ming: "I know brother Ming. I won't be back at noon, and I'll be back at night when the museum is closed."

***

It was freezing cold outside and there was thick snow on the road, so Yue Xingwen walked very carefully.

As soon as I walked past the corner of the boys' dormitory, I saw a classmate in a black down jacket teetering on the steps. Before Yue Xingwen could reach out to help, the other party threw a dog in the snow and ate shit. A "big font" is placed on the ground.

That sound was painful to hear.

Yue Xingwen quickly stepped forward, helping his classmates pick up the books scattered on the ground with one hand, and holding the other hand's arm to pull him up with the other hand, and asked softly, "Classmate, are you alright?"

The boy struggled to get up with the strength of his arms, and quickly wiped the snow on his face, revealing a pair of clear eyes.

The two looked at each other, and a smile quickly appeared in the boy's eyes: "Senior, what a coincidence!"

Yue Xingwen also recognized him: "Xiao Nian?"

Zhang Xiaonian, a freshman in the Civil Engineering Department of the School of Architecture of Hua'an University, is in the same high school as Yue Xingwen, and the two met at the University Hometown Association. Since Zhang Xiaonian was his high school brother, Yue Xingwen took great care of him. It's just that this little junior brother is a little confused, and he is still a road idiot. When the school started, he often couldn't tell how to go from area A to area F of the teaching building, and there were a lot of jokes.

Yue Xingwen always felt that the head of the younger brother was lacking. Seeing that his whole body was covered in snow, Yue Xingwen asked with concern, "It doesn't hurt, right?"

Zhang Xiaonian patted the snow on his body, and when he laughed, he showed two little tiger teeth: "It's okay, I'm wearing thick clothes!"

Yue Xingwen handed the picked up book to the other party: "Your information."

Zhang Xiaonian took it over and thanked him and asked, "Did the senior go to the study room so early?"

Yue Xing Wen said: "Go to the library."

"I'm going to the library too, let's go together!"

The two walked forward side by side.

Yue Xingwen casually asked, "How did you study for the final exam?"

Zhang Xiaonian said with a bitter face: "I've been working hard to endorse these days. I didn't listen to the class well in the first half of the semester, and I always felt that I would fail the class."

Yue Xingwen looked back at his junior brother: "After failing a course, there is only one chance to make up the test, but if you fail to make up the test, you will have to retake it. Retaking is very troublesome, you have to go to class with the next class of students. You should try your best to review it, and you can fly at a low altitude with 60 points. There is a record of failing subjects, and you can no longer guarantee research in the future."

Zhang Xiaonian nodded seriously: "Yeah. I know, I've been in the library every day to sort out my notes. I hope this exam won't be too difficult..."

The two chatted while walking, and it was exactly 8 o'clock when they came to the library.

The library opened on time, and the students who had arrived early filed in.

Yue Xingwen said goodbye to him at the door: "I will go to the electronic reading room on the first floor to check some materials."

Zhang Xiaonian smiled and waved: "Then I'll go to the fourth floor for self-study, see you, senior!"

The two separated at the entrance to the library.

Yue Xingwen found a vacant seat in the electronic reading room on the first floor and sat down, put his mobile phone aside, opened his laptop and started to read literature.

During lunch and dinner, students used to put their textbooks in the library to occupy seats, and Yue Xingwen also put his schoolbag on the seat, and hurried back after eating to continue to check the materials-he had to finish the thesis as soon as possible so that he could concentrate on reviewing the rest. several courses.

It was getting dark, and it took Yue Xingwen a whole day to finish finishing the paper. He closed the laptop, stretched comfortably, and thought about reading it through again tomorrow, fixing the typos, and sending it to the professor's mailbox without any problem.

After tossing for more than half a month, the paper is finally finished, and Yuexingwen is relieved.

It was almost ten o'clock when he packed up and got up to go back to the dormitory.

After pushing open the door of the dormitory, the heat rushed towards his face, Yue Xingwen rubbed his hands that were about to freeze, and was about to change his shoes when Gu Ming, the head of the dormitory, came over and said, "Xingwen, why didn't you answer the phone? ? I just wanted to ask if you wanted to go for a late night snack."

"I've been in the library all day today. Maybe my phone was on mute, so I didn't hear the call." Yue Xingwen took out the phone from his pocket, and reached into his pocket to feel empty. He hurriedly opened the zipper of his schoolbag and rummaged through it for a while, his face gradually paled.

Gu Ming wondered: "What's wrong?"

Yue Xingwen frowned slightly: "I left my phone in the library."

Gu Ming asked, "Is it the new phone you just bought last week?"

Yue Xingwen nodded and rubbed his temples helplessly: "Alas, my mind is confused when I search for information, I hope my phone is not lost."

Gu Ming hurriedly urged: "Then go back and look for it! The library doesn't close until 10:30, so half an hour should be enough."

Yue Xingwen put on the down jacket again: "Well, I'll hurry up and come back." He is usually not so sloppy. Maybe he was dizzy after checking documents all day today, and he forgot to put it on when he was packing at night. cell phone on the seat.

***

After Yue Xingwen went out, the other two roommates returned to the dormitory one after another, sitting at the desk and chatting with the computer on.

A roommate swiped to the school forum, pointed at the computer excitedly, and said, "Damn it, look! Top 10 popular posts in the school forum. A freshman passed by the library in the middle of the night and found the door was open and there were many inside. The shadows are shaking, as scary as a ghost movie!"

Gu Ming walked over with a teacup and glanced at the post, and said: "This is obviously an illusion caused by too tired reviewing at the end of the term. How can the library be open in the middle of the night? Fortunately, there are so many shadows shaking, why didn't she say that a red one came out of it. Clothes ghost?"

The roommate nodded in agreement: "That's right, she must be dazzled. There is no picture and no truth." When he refreshed and found that "this post has been deleted", the roommate looked indignant: "It really is a nonsense fishing post, so fast It was deleted by the moderator!"

At this time, Yue Xingwen was walking forward against the cold wind.

The snow fell even harder, the whole world was white, and he could only see the distance of more than ten meters in front of him. The cold winter wind mixed with snowflakes and knives rushed towards his face. The criticism went from east to west, and he was the only one who went from west to east, and everyone around him cast doubtful eyes at him, as if asking: This classmate, why did you go to the library in the middle of the night?

Yue Xingwen wrapped the down jacket tightly. He also didn't want to go to the library in the middle of the night in the snow, but the phone was a 20th birthday gift he bought for himself with a scholarship, and it had only been used for less than a week. If he lost it, he would be heartbroken.

Yue Xingwen pulled the brim of his hat and continued forward.

When we arrived at the library, it was already ten twenty-five in the evening, and the library would close in five minutes.

Yue Xingwen rushed to the door quickly.

It is too cold in winter, and the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor is very large. The library usually closes the outermost glass door and draws a thick curtain to block the wind. But it is strange that at this time, the door of the library is actually open.

No one came out, no one went in.

It was eerily quiet.

The white snow fell rustling, and the library building was integrated into the thick night, as if it was soaring into the clouds, it was impossible to see the top. Although the lights were on inside the library, the heavy snow obscured the sight, and all the windows were covered with a thick layer of fog, making it impossible to see how many students were inside.

This time period should be the peak period for students to return to the dormitory. Why did no one come out of the library?

Yue Xingwen hesitated for a moment and walked up the steps.

He always felt that there were a few more steps at the entrance of the library today than usual, but he had never counted the specific number of steps and could not confirm it. The door is open, or it may be close to closing time for students to enter and exit?

Thinking of the new mobile phone he had left behind, Yue Xingwen did not hesitate any more, swiped his campus card at the door, and walked quickly into the library.

The light overhead was dim, and no one was around.

Yue Xingwen walked straight to the electronic reading room on the first floor. He remembered that his seat was the far right in the third row. At that time, he put his mobile phone on the inner seat. The location was actually very secret. Maybe the mobile phone was still in place, or it was picked up by a kind-hearted classmate and handed over the lost property. Admissions office.

Yue Xingwen walked quickly across the corridor, and then, his whole body froze suddenly—

What appeared in front of him was not the familiar electronic reading room and neat rows of computers, but an empty hall the size of a basketball court.

The four-meter-high walls around the hall are made of solid wood bookshelves that go straight to the top, which are densely filled with various books. The bright light from the crystal chandeliers on the roof sprinkles gently like broken diamonds, and the white marble floor is interlaced with light and shadow. , like a magnificent dream.

Yue Xingwen rubbed his eyes hard, thinking he had hallucinated.

But after rubbing his eyes, the scene in front of him remained the same.

In front of him was still an empty hall full of bookshelves, and he could not see a computer in the electronic reading room.

He still sat here in the afternoon to check the information, why now, the reading room has completely disappeared? What's up with this strange hall?

Yue Xingwen noticed that something was wrong, and immediately turned around and ran out at the speed of a 100-meter sprint!

But the moment he ran to the door, the door of the library suddenly closed in front of him with a creak, and the sound was sour in the silent night. Reaching out his hand to push the door, he found that it couldn't be opened at all. Yue Xingwen turned his head and said sharply, "Who is pretending to be a ghost?!"

His voice echoed twice in the empty hall.

Then, a cold mechanical female voice suddenly sounded in my ears: "Student Yue Xingwen, a third-year student of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Hua'an University, student ID number 18384016, the information has been archived."

"—Welcome to the Escape from the Library live-action survival game."