As lting Snow stared at the number displayed for the total of books he collected thus far in complete and utter confusion, he couldn't help but think the ga might be bugged. That would be the only explanation why, after filling up six shelves, the quest counter would say that he only put back two.
'There's no way this quest is bugged; if it was then, it wouldn't have counted any of the books.' Rubbing his chin, lting Snow thoughtfully looked at the shelves. 'Maybe I should read the quest once again. I could have missed sothing.'
Glancing away from the bookcase, the furry-eared boy turned his focus back on the transparent blue screen that was in front of him. Using his finger, lting Snow scrolled upward so that he could reread the quest from the beginning.
[You have angered Pan Yingjie, and he has given you approximately 1 hour to fix the bookcase and organize the books. Each book must be put in its 'PROPER' place. No one can offer you help!]
After rereading the quest description once again, lting Snow realized his mistake. He thought that the NPC just wanted the books to be put back neatly, but he should have known that it couldn't be as simple as that.
His understanding from that second reading was that the Pan Yingjie wanted him to the books back in the exact order they were in before they fell. With how rare this quest is, that would make more sense than what he was doing.
But even if the difficulty of this quest made sense, lting Snow still didn't know how he would be able to complete it. 'Omg, I can't believe this! How will I know where they go? I'm not a librarian.'
Sighing softly to himself, lting Snow picked up one of the books nearest to him and began thoroughly searching it. Tapping into the knowledge he gained from doing multiple quests, he knew that NPCs wouldn't just tell a player to do so sort of outlandish thing above their skill level without leaving a hint.
However, the only thing he could find was five lines of letters and numbers written very tiny on the book's back cover. And after checking a few of the others, lting Snow saw that they had the numbers there as well.
This didn't help him, though; it only confused him more. lting Snow was a 23rd-century boy, after all. He has no idea what the numbers on the back of the book ant since all books can now be read digitally.
lting Snow began racking his brain, trying to co up with an idea on how to put the books back in their precise place. While he was thinking, he so happened to catch a glimpse of the quest tir.
[Ti left: 36 minutes 48 seconds]
'Oh crap, what to do? My ti is going to run out before I think of anything.' lting Snow inwardly scread as he tugged on his ears in worry.
The grey-eyed boy was starting to panic; he didn't know what he should do at all. lting Snow knew that if he failed this quest, it would be over; he and Drifting Cloud would be kicked out of this place.
'Drifting Cloud, that's right! I can ask him for help.' lting Snow could slap himself for being so stupid. Although he couldn't get any physical help on the quest doesn't an he couldn't get ntal.
Quick as he could, lting Snow opened the party chat function and connected the voice chat.
'Co on, Drifting Cloud, hurry, and pickup.'
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As soon as Xinya got back to his table, he put himself to work, copying all the useful material from the books the librarian had gathered for him. Even though he had great hope that lting Snow could complete his task, there was still a sliver of doubt.
So using his ti wisely, Xinya deviated his ti from taking pictures of certain important pages to taking shorthand on things that might not be so important.
While he was reading about why an established lucerne will survive, even a scorching burn because of the massive underground root reserves and growing points, he got a voice call through party chat.
Knowing that it could only be lting Snow, Xinya hurriedly picked up the call and answered.
"Hello?"
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"Drifting Cloud, I need your help!! When that librarian NPC said to put the books back, he didn't an just to put them back neatly in place; he wanted them in exact order!" exclaid lting Snow in a panic tone.
"Calm down, we will figure this out," Xinya replied soothingly. He had a feeling that the NPC would pull so sneaky trick, and he was right.
Listening to what the green-eyed man said, lting Snow, started to calm down. If the man was this calm, he must have so idea of how to help him.
After giving the matter so thought, Xinya asks, "Do the books have call numbers on them?"
"Call numbers? What is that?" asked lting Snow, totally bewildered.
Xinya should have expected this. No one, especially a young boy of lting Snow's age, would know an obscure library system from hundreds of years ago.
"A call number is an address on books that help people locate materials in the library." Xinya sighed, "But since you had to ask, there's no point in going that route."
"Then what should I do?"
Xinya wondered that too. Since he needs the boy to complete his quest, he needs to think hard. Suddenly an idea hit him, it was a stupid one, but he knew it could work.
"lting Snow, I got an idea, but first, I need you to remove all the books, if any, you already put on the shelf. Then, using your fastest speed, I want you to try all the books one at a ti in a spot until the quest says the book counted for your quest. You are going to have to do that over and over again until the entire shelf is filled. Is that sothing you can do?" asked Xinya.
lting Snow thought about his friend's plan and had to agree it was a stupid idea, but he also knew it would work. "Yeah, I can do it. Thank you so much for the idea. I'm going to go start on it right now!"
Before Xinya could even reply, lting Snow had already hung up the call and started taking the books off the shelves.
"I didn't even get to ask about how he will be reaching the top shelves of the bookcase," Xinya said softly before going back to his books.
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