In the Moe Academy, people are afraid of dying and are constantly trying to protect themselves.

"Try your best to survive, everyone."

"Survive, and you'll have family, strength, and money—everything you need!"

After saying that, Zhang Qian in the mirror turned into specks of light and disappeared. The mirror floated up and grew larger, covering the sky above Meng Academy and swallowing the entire Meng Academy into a nightmare.

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"Hiss—" Pa slipped to the ground, clutching her throbbing head, and got up.

The surrounding scenery was still the familiar sight of Moe Academy, but it was already dark, which clearly meant that quite some time had passed since he was hit and fainted.

"Ah, how could no one have noticed me, Director Pa, lying here for so long?!"

Pa slid down and strongly condemned the students who were on patrol today.

You should know that the atrium is not a place that can be left unchecked; there are phone booths there.

Even if I can't come myself, I'll ask someone else to come and take a look...

You can't just see him lying on the ground and then ignore him, letting him sleep there, can you?!

"We still need to talk to Eric and the others."

Because of the twisted position when she fell, the handkerchief, which caused her back pain, slipped to the ground. She rubbed her back and staggered towards the infirmary.

It's strange, didn't Da Tian Tian and the others come to the central courtyard with him? Why haven't we seen them yet?

Could something have happened?!

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boom--

Miya Xing's hand, which was propped on the desk, loosened, and the sudden feeling of weightlessness startled him awake. He instinctively slapped his hand on the desk to adjust his center of gravity, preventing himself from suffering the tragic fate of hitting his forehead on the desk.

"Where is...where?"

The moment he regained his senses, Miya Xing looked around, trying to figure out his current situation.

Aside from the fact that Miya Xing was dozing off at the beginning, the reddish-brown table and chairs she used were empty.

The space is filled with towering, neatly arranged, and seemingly endless massive bookshelves.

The bookshelves were packed full of books of all kinds, some old and some new, in different languages, many of which were things that Mi Yaxing had never seen or understood before.

"Emm...it's like a library."

Miya Xing didn't think Zhang Qian had gone to so much trouble and effort, only to get him to read books in a library he had never seen before.

Some of the books here he doesn't even recognize the words on, so how could he possibly read them?

Moreover, Zhang Qian explicitly stated that there would be a risk to his life.

We can't just let him study here, take exams, and kill him if he fails...

isn't it...

"Don't worry, you're not worth anyone wasting their time on." A muffled voice came from above.

Miya Xing looked in the direction of the sound and saw a thick, heavy-looking book floating in the air.

The sound came from inside this thing.

"This is the Library in the Mirror. Your mission is—by any means necessary, to conquer me with your intellect before I die."

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"Damn it!!! You've been sleeping for so long, you should be awake by now. If you don't get up now, you're never going to get up!!!"

"what--"

While unconscious, Ou Pa was suddenly struck on the body with a stick, and cried out in pain, waking up from his drowsy state.

Upon opening his eyes, he saw an old man glaring at him, holding a staff as tall as a man, wearing a strangely colored robe, with a full head of white hair but an unusually young face.

Who are you? Where am I?

Ou Pa quickly got up and distanced himself from the old man. Looking around, it looked like a wizard's camp tent from a legendary story.

It was filled with strange and unusual things, and had a primitive smell. Through the gaps, you could see the forest outside.

"Does it matter? You can't get out anyway."

"Here, take this." The old man took out a shattered crystal ball and handed it to Ou Pa.

"This is your life. Find a way to fix it, or just wait to die."

"At least the view looks nice from my side..."