If Lin Sanjiu had the slightest illusion that Puppeteer had come to save them, it was shattered into pieces in the next few seconds.
The fact that Lin Sanjiu was still alive was enough to prove that Puppeteer was a man of his word. Since he had said that they might as well die if the time was up, Lin Sanjiu and Bohemia would not be able to get any help from him. In fact, when he made his move, he didn't even try to avoid Lin Sanjiu and Bohemia.
Before the words were finished, the flood that came out of nowhere had already roared and surged over from the distant hill, rushing through the forest with a destructive force. The trees that were swallowed by the high waves were not broken, nor were they destroyed. In that split second, Lin Sanjiu vaguely saw a few more trees wither in the flood. As if they could not withstand the weight of time, they finally reached the end of their lifespans and fell to the ground.
Before Lin Sanjiu could check if the tree where Bohemia was was also caught in the flood, she was swallowed by the roaring torrent. Her vision went black, and even Mrs. Manas' scream sounded so far away that it was almost unreal.
After an unknown period of time, Lin Sanjiu was awakened by the persistent cries of the doll.
When she opened her eyes, she was lying on the slightly shaking ground. Her head was groggy, and even the pain from the wound at the back of her head was washed away by the dull, powerless, and tiredness.
The sky and the forest were blurry as if they were covered by a layer of white mist. She blinked her eyes a few times and realized that the white mist seemed to be covering her eyeballs. Her eyes and ears felt like they were wrapped in thick spider webs, so she couldn't see or hear clearly.
The creaking sound of leather came from not far away, but Lin Sanjiu could still hear it. When she raised her head, she suddenly felt short of breath and coughed violently. Lin Sanjiu used the force of her coughing to prop herself up from the ground. When she looked down, she saw that her gray hands were old and withered. They were covered with green veins and spots. Even the crimson rings on her wrists had sunk into her swollen skin.
… This is her hand?
Lin Sanjiu was stunned. At that moment, the ground shook again, causing her to almost fall. Just at that moment, a large hand reached under her armpit and helped her stand straight.
She turned around and saw an unfamiliar young boy staring into her eyes.
The boy's fluffy hair on the top of his head was dyed pink, and the sides were shaved short, retaining its original platinum color. Whether it was his nose ring, the small tattoo on his cheek, or the wide vest that revealed his pale and thin arms, they all complemented his lively and flamboyant temperament. His thin lips curled up, and it was the standard definition of fearlessness and disdain for youth.
"You, you are …" The voice that came out of Lin Sanjiu's mouth sounded like a withered leaf that would shatter at any moment.
"Oh my god." The pink-haired boy took a deep breath and did not know how to hide it at all. "Aren't people too ugly when they get old? Really, listen to my advice. Instead of becoming like this, it's better to die when you're young. "
Lin Sanjiu looked at him through her eyes that seemed to be covered by a layer of fog. She blinked slowly. Behind the pink-haired boy, there were all kinds of people lying on the ground. There were a few babies whose faces were red from crying, a few dead people, and four or five people who were so old that it was hard to tell whether they were male or female … If there was anything familiar about them, it would be the clothes they were wearing.
Not long ago, those clothes were worn by the people with crooked faces.
"I … They," Lin Sanjiu found it hard to speak, "What happened? Who are you? "
The pink-haired boy pursed his lips, "Have you already suffered from dementia?"
Lin Sanjiu stared at him blankly. Suddenly, a thought flashed across her mind, but she still couldn't believe it, "Bo-Bohemia?" "Bo-Bohemia?"
The boy let go of her hand and gestured to his face, "I think I look good this way, don't I? As expected of me. "
'You look good, but that's not the point, right?'
Just as Lin Sanjiu was about to open her mouth to ask Puppeteer what he was doing, she heard the soft sound of leather rubbing against each other. She snapped out of her reverie. She struggled to turn around and wanted to ask Puppeteer what he was doing. However, when she saw the scenery not far away, she was stunned.
The giant ant queen, which was still standing high up in the sky not long ago, had been flipped over one by one. Its head and front teeth were pointed at the sky, and its slender tentacles were wriggling on the ground like two pythons. The six thick legs that extended out from the abdomen were trembling and struggling in the air, causing the ground to tremble. However, they were firmly bound together by the black fog and had no hope of breaking free.
Next to the unbearably large ant head stood a pitch-black silhouette. Puppeteer's back was facing her. He could hear her voice clearly, but he did not even bother to turn his head around. She could vaguely feel that something was different about him, but she could not see it clearly due to her blurry vision due to her old age.
"Help me over there," she ordered the young boy version of Bohemia.
Bohemia's personality was obviously not as fearless as her new appearance. "I'm not going." After a moment of thought, she added, "Sir didn't call me."
Lin Sanjiu was speechless. She could not move over with her current body, so she could only whisper to Puppeteer, "You … When did you catch it? What was that flood? What happened to me? "
Even though it looked like a flood, there was no moisture on the leaves, the ground, or their clothes after the flood subsided.
There was only silence after Puppeteer finished speaking. The only sound in the air was the rustling of leaves and branches from the ant queen. After some time, both of them heard Puppeteer sigh softly.
"I didn't believe that anything in this world is impossible," he said without turning around. His eyes were still fixed on the ant queen's head. His voice traveled into her ears clearly. "But I was wrong. I admit that it's impossible for me to recycle you. "
Even though she was old and weak, Lin Sanjiu still felt indignant.
"Even if you didn't come, we … we can still defeat the ant queen. It's just that it'll be a little hard … "She had been surrounded by posthumans before, and she was confident that she could win. Mrs. Manas had said that her brain worked very fast during battles.
Puppeteer sneered. His sharp voice was like an icy blade cutting through her skin, "You're too kind. It's not a little hard. Even if I gave you a pen and asked you to write your name down, you would have to scratch your head for two days. "
Lin Sanjiu swallowed the few curses she had in her mind. Firstly, she was smart, and secondly, she was too weak.
"What … What happened to me? These people … "
Hearing that, Puppeteer finally turned around slowly. He seemed to have changed his clothes because the feathers on his shoulders and wrists had disappeared. Lin Sanjiu's vision was blurry, so she could only see a few thin black leather belts wrapped around his pale and thin waist. When he turned around, she could still see the cotton cloth and blood on his lower abdomen.
After taking a closer look, she finally understood what was different about Puppeteer.
His hair.
Lin Sanjiu gulped. She felt as if there was something stuck in her throat, and she couldn't swallow it. Puppeteer's black hair, which reached his collarbone, had been cut short and combed to the back of his head. His glossy black hair fell to the back of his neck, revealing his thin and cold face. On the side of his face that could not move, there was a trace of eternal youthfulness frozen on it.
Gong Daoyi had the same hairstyle.
When he left Cloud 9, he took the Vindice's uniform with him. Now that he was about to find Gong Daoyi, he cut his hair and combed it. It was as if Puppeteer had enjoyed the pleasure of revenge to the extreme, so he had to take some souvenirs with him so that his hatred would live on forever.
He couldn't wait any longer. He didn't even have the chance to kill Gong Daoyi with his own hands, but he already wanted a souvenir.
"I just got the [Torrent of Time], and you guys wasted it."
Perhaps it was because Lin Sanjiu was staring at him, but his voice was filled with disgust, as if she was even more disgusting than an ant queen. "Turn your face away. Don't look at me. You look like you're radiating radiation."
[Torrent of Time]!
Lin Sanjiu's thoughts were immediately pulled back to reality. She was old now, but fortunately, her mind was still sharp. "I get it now … It messed up everyone's time … So, some people are old, and some people have reverted to their infancy …"
She turned to look at the pink-haired boy beside her. He had well-proportioned muscles and a slender body. Even though he wasn't muscular, his skin seemed to be filled with endless energy. He was indeed a very good-looking boy. Lin Sanjiu couldn't help sighing when she thought about the fact that the boy must have died a long time ago. "This boy … Is he from your previous life?"
"He should be." Bohemia stretched her fingers and couldn't help asking in a low voice, "Who split my life into five parts? This power is too amazing. I can't figure it out. Even my ability is different. "
'Even my ability changes according to different life forms?'
This was indeed an ability that Lin Sanjiu couldn't even think of. She coughed again and asked in the distance while gasping for air, "The ant queen … How did you catch it?"
Even Puppeteer couldn't defeat such a huge ant queen with his physical strength alone. Moreover, he was injured. 'He must have used some special item to help him.' He used his Special Items one after another, and even took out something as precious as [Torrent of Time]. It seemed that he really wanted to rush to somewhere else as soon as possible — where exactly was it?
"Let me think about it." Puppeteer suddenly clapped his hands as if he had forgotten something. Then, he smiled warmly and said, "Do I have any obligation to answer a maggot's question?"
Lin Sanjiu felt deflated.
"Oh, no."
His voice turned cold and gloomy. As he tilted his head, Lin Sanjiu finally understood why the people of the Twelve Worlds Centrum called him a mad dog. "Before the effect of the Time Torrent wears off, I want you to squeeze the answers I want out of them."
Bohemia nodded desperately. "Thank you, my lord, for giving me a second chance."
'What kind of answer does he want?'
Lin Sanjiu was stunned for a moment. Then, she remembered that he wanted to know why the posthumans stopped teleporting after they converted. She glanced at the people who were still alive not far away. Babies were naturally useless, so they could only try to wake up those who were also old and dying.
"What about you?" She did not forget to ask, "What do you want to do with the ant queen?"
Puppeteer turned around and ignored her.
Persistence was Lin Sanjiu's greatest characteristic. Even when she was too old to speak, she could still ask the same question ten times in a row. Puppeteer finally lost his patience. He turned around abruptly and growled, "Shut up!" "Shut up!" Puppeteer was annoyed.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
