"Is this a lousy place?"
Bohemia could not help but let out a low cry of surprise. "This world is so disgusting. It has a price but no supply? Ah, of course, I'm not questioning Lord Puppeteer … "
"It's normal for a small fry like you to not know."
Puppeteer was sitting far away from them. His face and body were shrouded in shadows. When he turned his head slightly, the glitter at the corner of his eyes glowed faintly and then dimmed again.
"For posthumans who understand this world, the Edible Truth is a sacred place that can help people relive their old dreams," Puppeteer suddenly said. That was all he said before he suddenly stopped talking. From the cat doctor to the miscellaneous fish Mia, no one dared to urge him to continue.
Behind them, Lin Sanjiu slowly stood up from the ground. Her body was still trembling from the dizziness.
"This world …" She asked hoarsely, "What's going on?"
Puppeteer was silent for a moment. After a few seconds, half of his face quivered as if a cold smile had emerged from the deepest part of the night. When everyone present shuddered, they heard him say softly, "Since all of you are so eager to know, why don't you go and see for yourself?"
Alarm bells went off in Bohemia's head. However, before she could muster the courage to say "I'm not really interested", the figure not far from her suddenly stood up silently. As soon as he stood up, the shadow of the "chair" under him split into two independent shadows and stood up as well.
"Follow me."
"If you don't want to become a puppet that is used as a chair, you better follow him obediently."
Even though they were of different species, they shared the same thought. Lin Sanjiu's body swayed as if she could not stand properly. Bohemia reached out her hand to support her. She thought for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Let me ask you something. What happened when you were alone with Puppeteer? That saliva towel … "
At that moment, the mosaic next to them seized the opportunity. It twisted its body and dashed into the night in the blink of an eye. Its movement was silent and so fast that it was hard to capture its movements. When they realized what was going on, it had already disappeared from their sight. Only one sentence echoed in their minds, "Since the game is over, I'm not going to play with you anymore. Now, we don't owe each other anything. Goodbye!"
"I forgot to trap it with my higher consciousness!" Bohemia snapped out of her daze. She gritted her teeth and said, "This guy is really smart!"
After exiting the game, Lin Sanjiu did not think of continuing to detain Descartes. The latter was as still as a mountain, as if he had forgotten about it. Bohemia's higher consciousness was very fast, so it waited until Lin Sanjiu was distracted before it escaped.
"Just let it be. It's just too troublesome to keep it around." Lin Sanjiu sucked in a breath of cold air. "Don't grab my arm so tightly …"
"But …"
Bohemia stared blankly at the direction where Cartesian had escaped. In the end, she did not say anything.
When the group of injured, disabled, and the cat finally stopped, they were already deep into the city. It was the darkest hour of the night, and dawn was just around the corner. Almost all the buildings on the roadside were dark, forming shadows of different heights in the dark. The only things that could be seen were the lampposts that were randomly arranged, casting a grayish-white light on their path.
"Accidents happen every day with these kind of street lights, right?" the cat doctor asked in a low voice, full of doubt.
The street lights were crooked. Sometimes, there were several lampposts clustered together. Sometimes, they could not see a single lamppost even after walking for ten minutes. The people who built the street lights were probably as drunk as the people who built the buildings. Even the middle of the road, the steps beside the road, and the sewers were filled with lampposts of different sizes.
Not far away, at the edge of the dim light from the street lights was where Puppeteer was standing. His tall and frail figure corroded the lamppost, forming a gloomy darkness.
"M-My lord," Bohemia shot a glance at Lin Sanjiu. Seeing that Lin Sanjiu was still in a daze, Bohemia had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask, "We are here because … because …"
"Don't you want to know the truth of this world?" Puppeteer's cold voice seemed to contain a trace of mockery. "Then, let's meet the owner of this world."
"Are you referring to that so-called truth? Where is it?" Bohemia's voice became weaker and weaker as she felt guilty and scared. She looked at the cat doctor for help. Unfortunately, the difference in their heights was too big, and they didn't have a good rapport. All she could see was a round head and a pair of pointy ears.
"Aren't they everywhere?" Puppeteer sneered. He turned his head slightly and looked at Lin Sanjiu. "The meaning of your life is here. Why don't you bow to your dear lamppost?"
Bohemia and the cat doctor made a sound as if they were choking at the same time.
"What?" She had even forgotten who the person in front of her was. "Lamppost? Why is it a lamppost? "
Lin Sanjiu stood in the middle of the road in a daze. Her eyes darted back and forth between Puppeteer and the lamppost. The grayish-white lamppost was thick at the bottom and thin at the top. It stretched all the way into the air before it suddenly remembered that it still needed to light up the road. A dim light shone from the semicircular "top" of the lamppost.
Even though Lin Sanjiu knew what she had missed out on, even though the sense of loss was still throbbing in her chest, when she saw the streetlight, she was still shocked speechless by the absurdity of the situation.
"I …" She stared at the lamppost. After a few seconds, she stared blankly at the buildings on the roadside. "Is this the purpose of my life that I have found? I remember it clearly. It is something very important and meaningful … "
"How is it not important to take care of the truth, protect the truth, and live in harmony with the truth?" A cold smile appeared on Puppeteer's pale face. "Without the dog sh * t in your eyes, can't you recognize the meaning of your life?"
Bohemia struggled and hesitated for a long time. Finally, she gave in to her curiosity. She whispered to Lin Sanjiu, "I … I still don't understand …"
The person who answered her was Puppeteer.
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