536 Book of Elfins (1/2)

Chapter 536: Book of Elfins

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Math had always been Zhang Zian's worst subject. He felt a bit lost as Meng Li's question came from nowhere. ”What do you mean?”

Meng Li looked at his watch, and said in a hurry, ”If you want to look for a book about life, universe, and everything, maybe try to search in the reference book section. If that kind of book exists, it should be classified as a reference book. I need to go. See you soon!”

Before Zhang Zian could respond, Meng Li waved and hurried off with his books.

”Wait! Why reference books?”

By the time Zhang Zian finally processed the information, and hurried off to the second floor to ask for an explanation, Meng Li was already at the check-out counter, then disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving Zhang Zian lost.

Meng Li spoke with a certainty. Although how life, the universe, and everything could be considered as a reference books, he didn't know, but he didn't have time for a random search. The reference section seemed to be his only option.

The books on the second and third floors were split into four categories: social science, science and technology, reference, and literature. If the search was narrowed down to reference books only, it would reduce search time by three-fourths.

After careful thinking, Zhang Zian realized something. Both the second and the third floor had reference sections. Should Zhang Zian search the second floor or the third? Or both? Meng Li left in such a hurry that Zhang Zian had no time to ask.

He stood on the stairs between the second and third floor. He stood in the way of the readers passing by.

Should he go to the second floor or the third?

He took out his phone and looked. The icon indicating the elfin's location on the map was already very faint. Judging from his search speed just now, he could only choose one of the two floors.

He couldn't hesitate any longer. Zhang Zian decided to bet on the second floor, since it was the Chinese book area, and the search might go faster. Maybe he'd have enough time to search the third floor after he finished.

As he took his first step, he suddenly remembered the moment when the elfin first appeared. Galaxy blinked at him three times. He had no idea what it meant, and Galaxy didn't explain it.

Was that Galaxy's way of hinting to search the reference section on the third floor?

Maybe he interpreted it wrong, maybe Galaxy didn't mean anything.

Since he was clueless, he gambled that Galaxy had given him a clue. He stopped hesitating, returned to the third floor, and went straight to the reference section.

The search was narrowed down by half.

Reference books had a variety of sub-categories: dictionaries, encyclopedias, manuals, graphs, tables, maps, etc. Zhang Zian had never searched in the reference section on the third floor before, and sighed at the countless books.

He bet that Galaxy's blinks had special meaning. If so, what would be Galaxy's meaning of facing the wall afterwards?

Wait, which direction did the wall face on the outside? East or west?

Coincidentally, the bookshelf in the reference section faced east and west Once Zhang Zian figured it out, he turned west and saw the east side of the shelf.

The search was narrowed down by another half.