The dust danced in the afternoon sun. I pinched my nose and stuffed the last "Unsolved Mysteries of the World" back on the bookshelf.
The librarian sounds very artistic, but is actually a humanoid vacuum cleaner and book mover. Facing these yellowed pages every day, as well as the old men and women who occasionally come to borrow books, my life feels like soaking in warm water, not hot, but boring.
What I want is simple: a job that can make a living, an environment where I don't have to deal with too many people, and preferably, I can be lazy.
The mobile phone vibrated, and the news headline was "Superhero "Chen Xi" solves another major case and destroys a transnational smuggling gang."
I crossed out the notification and put the phone back in my pocket.
Hero? Superpower? It's too far away from ordinary people like me. I never even won five dollars in the lottery.
[Energy fluctuations of the world-destroying disaster 'Abyss Rift' were detected... Coordinates locked: XXX east longitude, XXX north latitude... Countdown to outbreak: 71 hours, 59 minutes and 22 seconds...]
My hand shook and the "Introduction to Ancient Book Restoration" I just picked up almost dropped to the ground.
Auditory hallucinations?
Have you stayed up late and read too many novels recently?
[…Meet the binding conditions…Forcibly bound to the 'Ultimate Villain Playing System'…Binding successful.
I heard it clearly this time.
Cold, mechanical, without a trace of fluctuation, the sound exploded directly in my mind.
Not an auditory hallucination.
