[...Ye Ling was in a terrible mood right now.]
[As the renowned Collector of the Void, she had a certain innate pride. Although the Library's problems were quite thorny, it wasn't as if she had no way to solve them.]
[But she hadn't expected the delicate balance she had painstakingly achieved to be so easily broken by two uninvited guests.]
[...Although the balance didn't seem to have gone wrong, who knew what that guy had done inside?]
[Being able to bring that dead weight beside him all the way this deep inside, the other party should possess Mythical-level strength. If someone at that level caused trouble, that would be the worst-case scenario.]
[...Though I wanted to wait a while longer, it seems I have no choice but to bring out my true body ahead of schedule.]
Without any warning, Yu Fang suddenly heard a completely emotionless narration, whether she was inside the warehouse space or in the Library outside.
Her face immediately darkened slightly.
"What do you mean, dead weight... Wait, that voice is..."
—Yu Fang suddenly realized something.
"One of the signs that the balance has been broken: we are currently being subjected to a Dimensional Strike by this Library."
Ye Ling glanced at her and sighed. "This is an attack on the structure of the narrative layer. Once it completes its narration, we will become characters in a book. Your companion has caused me quite a huge problem."
"Dimensional Strike? Characters in a book... What does that mean?"
Yu Fang froze slightly.
"Exactly what it sounds like. Look down."
"...Look down?"
Lowering her head somewhat blankly, Yu Fang finally noticed the abnormality in her body.
At some point, her entire body had turned black and white, as if something had drained all the color from her. In just