"Run!"
Lin Sanjiu turned around and yelled at Bohemia. Seeing that Bohemia had caught up to her, Lin Sanjiu sprinted forward with all her might. Rippling with pink, turquoise, and pearl-white light, the flood followed them with a gentle yet cold momentum.
It was a power from another dimension. They could neither dodge nor block it. The only thing they could do was to get out of its reach.
"Quick, follow me," Lin Sanjiu yelled as she ran, "Go to the front of the airship, to the infirmary!"
Exodus had already set its destination and speed. Regardless of whether it was swallowed by the flood or not, it would still fly toward the hiding place of the Heaven Underworld. Now she could only hope that the flood would slow down as suddenly as it had sped up, and give them a chance of not being transported; but, regardless of the probability of that, there was one thing she had to do first.
"How long until the infirmary is unlocked?" Lin Sanjiu yelled.
"Fourteen minutes."
"Has Puppeteer woken up?"
"The patient hasn't woken up yet."
"What kind of big shot from the Twelve Worlds is this?" Lin Sanjiu cursed inwardly. "Isn't he very powerful? Why can't he recover from his injuries? If he wakes up, he might be able to force his way out from the inside. "
"What are you going to do?" Bohemia raised her voice and asked in the howling wind.
"We have to bring him along, lest he gets teleported away by the flood!"
Bohemia was so shocked that she almost tripped. "Why can't you think straight?" She quickly caught up with Lin Sanjiu, her face filled with anxiety and anger. "There are still fourteen minutes left. How are we going to avoid the flood if we wait for the infirmary to open? Are you going to hold it off with your crosstalk? "
Lin Sanjiu turned around and looked at Bohemia.
"You know about crosstalk?"
"Now is not the time to ask such questions!"
Lin Sanjiu had only one way to deal with Bohemia's doubts: Let's get there first.
When the two of them ran with all their might, their speed was so fast that even the Great Flood, who had no idea what it was, could not touch the hem of their clothes. The colorful light followed them closely, like a giant beast that could not suppress its excitement when it smelled the scent of its prey.
When they finally reached the door of the infirmary, Bohemia's face was covered with sweat and tears. It was hard to tell whether it was because of fear or anger. She turned around and yelled, "Look at the back of the infirmary! It'll catch up to us in a minute or two! "
"Silas, how much longer until you unlock it?"
"Five minutes until the lockdown is lifted."
"Can you accelerate again?"
"I'm sorry, but this is the highest speed the ship can reach."
The answer was within their expectations. Thanks to Exodus's massive size, they were given some time to react. However, they had almost reached the end of their escape. There was not much space left on the ship, so they had nowhere else to run. Besides, she couldn't leave Puppeteer alone in the Apocalypse Cycle again.
"You should think of something," Lin Sanjiu said as she stared at the colorful light from afar. Her forehead was covered with cold sweat. "How do we get in?"
Bohemia stared at the ground blankly, as if she did not hear Lin Sanjiu. "All good things never come to an end. You've taken mine, so you won't run away …"
Lin Sanjiu had no time to correct Bohemia. She shook Bohemia a few times and said, "Think!"
"How the f * ck would I know?!" Bohemia was furious. While Lin Sanjiu was talking, half of their bodies were shrouded by the colorful light. "You can't open the door, and I can't control the flood. Why don't we just go our separate ways — Huh?"
Lin Sanjiu stared at Bohemia.
The way Bohemia opened her eyes and tilted her head made her look like an owl.
"W-wait, I think I know," Bohemia stammered. "Doesn't the flood come down from above? It hasn't even reached our feet yet! Silas can't speed up, but can you make the airship descend diagonally? If we can descend before the flood … "
Before Bohemia could finish her sentence, Lin Sanjiu slapped her on the shoulder. The latter's eyes lit up. She didn't have time to praise Lin Sanjiu, so she immediately gave Silas an order. As soon as she gave the order, both of them felt the air beneath their feet. Then, they were thrown high into the air by the inertia. After a few seconds, they fell back to the ground.
As the airship plunged downward, everything that wasn't secured to the ceiling tumbled to the ground. Even the fluorescent lights in the ceiling were flung out of the room. As they swayed and bumped against each other, the light at the entrance of the infirmary became a blur. For a moment, Lin Sanjiu couldn't even keep her balance, let alone see anything.
However, even in her dizziness, Lin Sanjiu could still feel that the sea of light that illuminated the corridor seemed to be moving a little. It wasn't moving forward, but diagonally upwards.
Bohemia scrambled to her feet and tilted her head upwards.
"No," she muttered, "We haven't distanced ourselves from it yet … I don't think we can. Its speed and direction are just like the flood … There's no pattern to it … "
As long as Lin Sanjiu didn't open her eyes in the next world, she wouldn't give up. As the airship plunged downward, due to the angle, Lin Sanjiu was pushed against the infirmary's door. "Silas, it's time for you to start unlocking!"
"Yes. I'm preparing for unlocking. "
Amidst the chaos, Silas's gentle and calm voice rang out, "Please wait … Five, four, three, two, one."
As soon as the last word left her mouth, Lin Sanjiu and Bohemia lost their balance and tumbled into the infirmary's door, which was suddenly opened. It was only when they crashed into some kind of equipment that they managed to get up.
Fortunately, the chaos outside did not affect the infirmary. When the infirmary's door opened, Puppeteer, whose face was pale, was still sleeping peacefully. Even his eyelashes didn't move.
Lin Sanjiu slapped his face a few times. She didn't hit him hard, but Bohemia was so shocked that the blood drained from his face.
"It seems like he's not going to wake up," Lin Sanjiu didn't have time to feel disappointed. She turned around and ordered, "Quick, before the flood comes, let's look for him!"
"Look for what?"
"A visa! Last time, he asked Silvan to bring him a consular officer because he said he needed a lot of visas … "Lin Sanjiu frowned as she tried to recall, but she could only vaguely remember the details. However, she had already started to feel around Puppeteer's body." But he doesn't need help to get a visa. I'm sure he already has one on him! Come and help us look for him! "
"But didn't you say that a visa might not work in the flood?" Bohemia retracted his hand and refused to move. "Besides, we are supposed to go back to the Heaven Underworld!"
"It's impossible."
Lin Sanjiu didn't even raise her head. Her voice became a little more solemn, "Even if the flood keeps going at this rate, it's only a matter of time before Exodus is swallowed by it … We can't go back to the Heaven Underworld. If we have a visa, we might be teleported randomly, but if we don't have a visa, the three of us will definitely be teleported randomly. "
Bohemia was stunned for a few seconds. Then, she stood up and reached for a small piece of leather on Puppeteer's shoulder.
"What about Exodus?" She lowered her head, her golden brown curls covering her face. She sniffled as she searched for the leather.
"Silvan will take care of it. I've told him before. When the time comes, we will think of a way to come back. " Lin Sanjiu had lost count of the number of times she had parted ways with her friends, but every time she was about to part with them, it was as heavy as the first time.
Especially this time, she had parted ways with Exodus. The white bracelet that had accompanied her for only a few months seemed to have become her home, a part of her that belonged to her. It would stay quietly in a mountain somewhere in the Heaven Underworld, waiting for her to come back and activate it again. However, Lin Sanjiu didn't know if she could see it again.
After all, even if she had a visa to the Heaven Underworld, she might not be able to come back.
She swallowed the lump in her throat and said in a low voice, "If Puppeteer has prepared a lot of visas, then he might have more than one visa to the same world. Even if the flood comes and the laws of the world become invalid, we still have to give it a try. What if? "
Bohemia lowered her head and replied with a "Hmm." She was lucky. As she searched, she suddenly stopped. When she raised her head again, she found a stack of visas in her hand. She was pleasantly surprised. She quickly separated a portion of the visas and passed it to Lin Sanjiu. "Take a look and see if there are any similar ones. If there are, we can take one each — "
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