Me? I was transported into a book? And I became a vicious villain?

As the night fell, the roars of the Black Wind Village's minions echoed through the forest. Chu Mengmeng and Xiao Yichen tried their best to run on the rugged mountain road. They nimbly shuttled through the woods, but the torches behind them were chasing them like will-o'-the-wisp. Finally, at the edge of a cliff, the two were forced to stop.

"What should I do? There is a cliff in front and pursuers behind!" Chu Mengmeng panted quickly, her pretty face covered with sweat.

Xiao Yichen looked solemn, and suddenly his eyes lit up as he looked around. He pointed at a thick old vine on the edge of the cliff and said, "Let's go down from here!"

After that, he took the lead in grabbing the old vine and slid down swiftly. Chu Mengmeng followed closely behind, and the two of them reached the bottom of the cliff without any danger, shaking off the pursuers from the Black Wind Village.

After a short rest, they finally found their destination according to the guidance of the treasure map - an ancient ruins hidden deep in the forest.

The mottled stone door was carved with strange patterns, and an ancient atmosphere filled the air. However, when they tried to step into the gate of the ruins, an invisible force bounced them back. Xiao Yichen staggered back a few steps, covering his chest with his hands, and frowning.

"What's going on?" Chu Mengmeng quickly supported him and asked with concern.

"There seems to be a powerful force around the ruins, preventing us from entering." Xiao Yichen said in a deep voice, with a hint of solemnity in his tone. He did not believe in evil, mobilized his internal strength, and tried to force a breakthrough again, but saw a bright light at the entrance of the ruins, and an even more powerful force knocked him out and fell heavily to the ground. "Yichen!" Chu Mengmeng exclaimed, and hurriedly ran to Xiao Yichen, anxiously checking his injuries, "How are you? Are you injured?"

Xiao Yichen struggled to sit up, a trace of blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, his face pale, but he endured the pain and shook his head, "I'm fine, it's just that this power is too strange, I can't resist it."

The two looked at each other, feeling helpless. Did they come here with so much hardship, only to return empty-handed?

Just when they felt desperate, an old voice suddenly sounded in their ears: "If you want to enter the ruins, you can't rely on brute force alone."

Chu Mengmeng and Xiao Yichen were startled and looked in the direction of the sound. They saw an old man in a gray robe and with white hair who appeared in front of them. The old man was leaning on a cane, his face was full of traces of time, but his cloudy eyes were bright and energetic, as if he could see through everything in the world.

"Who are you?" Chu Mengmeng asked vigilantly.

The old man smiled slightly but did not answer her question. Instead, he pointed at the patterns on the gate of the ruins and said slowly, "This relic was left by a powerful person in ancient times. It is full of traps. Only by solving the puzzles can you get permission to enter."

"What puzzle?" Xiao Yichen asked, enduring his injuries.

The old man pointed to the stone pillars on both sides of the gate and said, "These two stone pillars are engraved with ancient characters. Only by finding the connection between them can we solve the puzzle and open the gate."

Chu Mengmeng and Xiao Yichen heard this and hurried to the stone pillar to observe it carefully. They saw that the words on the stone pillar were simple and difficult to understand, like some long-lost symbols. They had never seen it before, let alone understand its meaning.

"This... this is too difficult, right?" Chu Mengmeng said with a bitter face, "We can't understand these words at all."

The old man stroked his beard, smiled faintly, and said: "I can give you some hints, but the final answer to this puzzle still needs you to find it yourself."

After that, he began to tell the legend about the ruins and ancient characters, hoping to give Chu Mengmeng and Xiao Yichen some inspiration. However, although the story told by the old man was wonderful, it had little to do with solving the mystery. Instead, it made them confused and even more puzzled.

"It seems that we can only rely on ourselves." Xiao Yichen sighed softly, his eyes determined, "Mengmeng, let's act separately. You study the old man's words and those words carefully, and I will go around and look around, maybe I can find other entrances."

Chu Mengmeng nodded and agreed solemnly. The two of them acted separately, one immersed in the ancient text, and the other carefully searched around the ruins, trying to find a breakthrough. Time passed by, the sun set, and the sky gradually darkened, but Chu Mengmeng and Xiao Yichen still found nothing.

"Is there really no way out?" Chu Mengmeng was a little frustrated. She repeatedly pondered the old man's words, but still couldn't get the point. Those ancient characters were like a chasm that stood in front of her, leaving her with no idea where to start.

Just when Chu Mengmeng was about to give up, she accidentally touched a groove on the stone pillar. Suddenly, the stone pillar made a dull sound and slowly moved, revealing a passage hidden behind the stone pillar. Chu Mengmeng was delighted and quickly entered the passage and walked down the narrow stone steps.

At the end of the passage was a secret room, in the middle of which was a stone table, on which was placed an ancient book. Chu Mengmeng walked forward curiously, gently opened the pages, and a faint musty smell came to her nose. The pages were densely covered with beautiful handwriting.

"This is..." Chu Mengmeng carefully identified the words on the pages and found that it was actually a diary. The owner of the diary was a woman who lived hundreds of years ago. From the lines, it can be seen that she seemed to be one of the builders of this relic.

Chu Mengmeng flipped through the diary page by page, and as she read deeper, she gradually showed a look of shock on her face. The diary recorded many secrets about the ruins, and what shocked Chu Mengmeng even more was that the diary actually mentioned the antidote for the toxin in Xiao Yichen's body!

"Could it be that there is still a cure for Yichen's poison?" A glimmer of hope ignited in Chu Mengmeng's heart. She couldn't wait to tell Xiao Yichen the good news. However, at this moment, the diary suddenly broke in the middle and fell to the ground. The scene in front of Chu Mengmeng began to distort and finally fell into darkness...