The greater the power, the greater the flaw.
Regardless of whether it was an ability, an item, or a person, there was no exception.
The wind whooshed against Lin Sanjiu's face, and the tree branches that were swaying from the impact were like cold knives that scraped against her skin. The soil under her feet was still wet from the morning dew. She ran at a high speed, and every time she landed, she would splash a layer of soil into the air. In the distance, she could vaguely see the outline of ants covering the entire forest. Behind her, there were a few people with crooked faces who had not been swept away by the wind and were chasing after her angrily.
When she dashed out of the tornado, the ant with the circlet on its antennae disappeared. Lin Sanjiu remembered that she had been very careful not to let the tornado avoid it. When she looked again, she realized that even the branches of the forest where the ant stood were still intact.
Lin Sanjiu understood now.
"When did the queen ant send out the signal?"
She dashed into the forest, and her mind spun as fast as her feet. The queen ant had five senses that were beyond human imagination. She could see clearly who her target was just by looking down from above. She was like a chess player sitting on a black and white table, picking up a chess piece and moving the ant away from Lin Sanjiu's palm.
"Where did she move the chess piece?"
If she used the cover of the forest to block her vision, would she still be able to see her next move?
As Lin Sanjiu ran and scanned the surrounding forest, the ants in the distance began to move. The method of using numbers to suppress the ants was not as effective in the jungle. The ants that had been silently watching from the side began to crawl towards her one after another. They turned around and moved almost at the same time. It was as if the queen ant had swept a few flags.
"If that's the case, the ant that can steal an item is not in the same place as the ants that are swarming toward me?"
The reason was simple. These ants were not like the queen ant. If they did not have a Special Item, they would not pose much of a threat to Lin Sanjiu. If they wanted to use a Special Item on her, the queen ant would have to move the circlet away from her so that it would not absorb the effect of her Special Item. Unless the ant could switch the circlet on and off freely.
"Hmm? What's the plan? "
Lin Sanjiu pressed one hand against her ear and tilted her head. She panted slightly as she answered, "Mrs. Manas, I don't think anyone can open or close that loop. A posthuman would not give a warning before a battle. If it waited until the effect of the item was activated before opening the ring in a hurry, wouldn't it be easy to miss it? However, the few times we used our items, it caught them all. This means that it must have been prepared for a long time. Therefore, I think that the thin circle must have been opened beforehand and lasted for a period of time … Most importantly, other than the thin circle ants, no other ants used any special items on us, right? "
She hurriedly explained a few words and then cut herself short. The bushes not far away suddenly parted, revealing the shiny brown shell of a giant ant. It had unknowingly gotten so close.
Lin Sanjiu looked around. Instead of retreating, she advanced. She leaped into the air and grabbed a thick branch in mid-air, swinging herself like a pendulum. Then, she let go and did a somersault in the air, right over the ant's head, and almost touching the back of its body, she landed on the ground.
With her body as the center, her [Higher Consciousness Scan] spread out in all directions. In the blink of an eye, it had covered a large area of the forest. One after another, ants appeared on the "map" in her mind. They were crawling toward her. However, there was only one direction where there were no ants.
It was as if the ants had purposely left a path for the ant with the circlet on its head.
After taking a closer look, Lin Sanjiu couldn't help admiring the queen ant. The direction where there were no ants led to Bohemia. However, if she wanted to chase after the ant, there were a few ants around her that could block her way.
Lin Sanjiu made up her mind in an instant.
Even now, the ants behind her did not have the time to turn around. Not only were they tall, but their bodies were also long. It was much more difficult for them to turn around in the narrow space between the trees than it was for a human. Lin Sanjiu exhaled softly. She looked at the swaying bushes in front of her and quickly took off her metal gauntlets. Without turning her head, she pressed her hands on the outer shell of the ant behind her.
It was cold, hard, and slippery. The pungent smell of the earth seemed to seep into her skin and into her heart.
As she suppressed the nausea, she activated her [Mosaic Censorship]. The ant behind her exploded into countless pieces of slime. Splat! The slime splattered all over the place, and the leaves above her swayed. Lin Sanjiu's back was already wet from the ant's residue, and her clothes were stuck to her skin.
She turned around and saw a shiny object covered in slime amidst the pile of broken shells, broken tentacles, and slime.
Under normal circumstances, Special Items would not be damaged.
Lin Sanjiu scooped it up and shook off the slime. It was only then that she realized it was a cigarette box. Under the English words "Marlboro", there was a gruesome picture of a rotten lung, and the words "Smoking is bad for your health". Lin Sanjiu opened the box and found that there were a few cigarettes missing. Everything looked like a normal cigarette.
Lin Sanjiu did not have her [Planar World], so she did not have the only way to understand Special Items. Like other posthumans, she could only guess the uses of Special Items. Just as she stared at the words "Smoking is bad for your health" and wondered if it meant that she needed to smoke to take effect, she heard the rustling sound behind her getting louder.
"More ants are coming!"
Lin Sanjiu did not have the time to turn around. Her back was already covered in goosebumps. Her [Defense Forcefield] lit up from head to toe. Just as it enveloped her completely, a strange force hit her back like a wave. Suddenly, a bright light flashed behind her. In just half a second, she was already drenched in cold sweat.
The light dimmed as if it had been blocked by the [Defense Forcefield]. Lin Sanjiu could not help but feel relieved. [Defense Forcefield] could only block a limited number of types of attacks. If it was a curse or an invisible effect, she would be helpless. However, since she did not manage to knock her down, it was a pity that the ants behind her were going to be turned into minced corpses.
Lin Sanjiu twisted her waist and turned around. Like a bolt of lightning, she tore through the air with a sharp whistle. In the blink of an eye, she plunged into the middle of the swarm of ants. Wherever she passed, shells, legs, and slime exploded like fireworks in the air.
The queen ant would not tolerate this.
If the general biological knowledge was accurate, then these ants were the worker ants that it had painstakingly produced. It would never allow Lin Sanjiu to wander into a deserted place and massacre the ants. However, it didn't even have the chance to execute the plan it had prepared to deal with Lin Sanjiu. Lin Sanjiu had already killed so many ants. "What will the queen ant do next?"
Just as Lin Sanjiu thought of this, she suddenly lost her balance.
When she fell to the ground, she looked down and realized that her right leg had disappeared. It was as if it had never existed. From the base of her thigh, there was nothing left. Even though she could still feel her right leg as if it was real, she could not move her right leg.
"Phantom limb," Mrs. Manas was the first to understand. "An ant used a Special Item to turn your right leg into a phantom limb!"
When Lin Sanjiu's back landed heavily on the ground, the spinning forest and the sky were blocked by the shadows of the ants. They stepped on the dismembered corpses of their comrades, but they did not dare to get too close to Lin Sanjiu. After all, both of her hands were still intact.
"The Special Item must have randomly chosen my right leg," Lin Sanjiu laughed at the shadows of the ants. "Since it's so powerful, it won't last long. I just need to wait for the effect to run out, and my right leg will return. As for you guys … Do you think I can't touch you guys just because I'm missing a leg? "
Accompanied by the sudden high-pitched roar at the end, she turned over and crawled up. Using both hands and one foot to support herself on the ground, she used the power of one leg to leap out, directly pouncing towards the ant closest to her.
There was one thing that she was clearly aware of.
She had said a few words to the ants just now, and it was enough for a few Special Items to hit her at the same time. However, she was still fine. Nothing happened to her.
That could only mean one thing.
When Lin Sanjiu opened her arms and bumped into the ant's body, she let out a soft "Huh?" Then, she raised her head. The ant was still intact. It was shaking its head as if it was about to move its thin legs and turn toward her.
"Where's my ability?" Lin Sanjiu mumbled to herself. She scanned her surroundings and her gaze fell on the shadow of an ant under the shade of a tree not far away.
It looked similar to other ants. The only difference was the thin, dark rings on its antennae.
"My ability …" Lin Sanjiu stared at the ant. "You took away my 'explosive contact' ability? When did you get here? "
The ant moved slowly. Its six long, thin, dark brown legs moved toward Lin Sanjiu again and again. All other directions were blocked by the ants. They occupied every single gap that Lin Sanjiu could escape from.
As the ant got closer to her, the thin rings on its antennae could be seen clearly. It had absorbed the [Mosaic Censorship] just now, so if it wanted to use it again, it had to abide by the rule of the ability: Touch Lin Sanjiu.
Her eyelashes couldn't help but tremble. She watched as the ant slowly raised its two front legs and stretched them out.
At that moment, Lin Sanjiu pounced forward and pressed her hands on the ant's chest. In the next second, the ant exploded like a fountain, smearing the air with its body.
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