Of course, Bohemia was the main interrogator.
The pink-haired boy eagerly dragged the two old men together. During the process, they tried to use their evolved ability on Bohemia, but unfortunately, they were too old to use it. No matter what effect it had on Bohemia, it was like a breeze that dissipated in the blink of an eye.
The attack seemed to have exhausted all of their strength. No matter how Bohemia tortured them, the two old men kept their heads down and said nothing.
Bohemia was more unkind than ever. She found a twig, and with it she struck her sagging, wrinkled cheeks, back and forth, and cried, "Hullo! Can you guys hear me? "
In the blink of an eye, their genders were no longer distinguishable. Their faces became even more crooked. It was hard to believe that two people of the same species could change so much. One of them smacked his toothless mouth and mumbled, "I'm just old … My ears are fine."
The other old man, Lin Sanjiu, couldn't help feeling a little envious. Sometimes, she needed Mrs. Manas to repeat the words in her mind before she could understand what they were saying.
"Wait a minute," Lin Sanjiu raised her trembling hand, "I have something that is very strange … Where are the other ants?"
Logically speaking, if the queen ant was knocked down, shouldn't the ants rush back to save her? However, the jungle was quiet. Other than the queen ant's heavy buzzing, there was no sign of other ants.
The other old man let out a sarcastic sigh. His loose lips were lifted by the wind. Judging from the length of his sparse hair, he seemed to be a female.
"Do you guys think …" she said slowly, "that this is the only nest?"
Bohemia was stunned. She squatted down beside her and asked, "What do you mean?"
"To fight against so many mushroom cities … we need more than one queen ant," Lin Sanjiu said. She spoke clearly, "When this queen falls … we and the other worker ants will seek refuge in other nests …"
Lin Sanjiu forced a smile and said in a low voice, "At that time, the person who destroyed the previous nest will become the enemy of all the ants …"
"You think I'm afraid of you?" Bohemia snorted and poked Lin Sanjiu with a branch. "Why don't you ask them to come here right now and bring their Special Items with them?"
Lin Sanjiu took out the pack of cigarettes from her pocket. Her fingers were trembling, and the pack fell to the ground with a thud. "Here you go."
She already had enough items. Among the eight items she obtained from the lake quest, there were still five that she had yet to use. Of course, that was if she could successfully retrieve her [Planar World].
Bohemia's eyes lit up. She reached out and grabbed the crow. "Too bad it's not silver," she muttered. Then she put the crow into her pocket without hesitation. "Not bad. So you know about the crow's reverse feeding!"
She seemed to have used the wrong word, but Lin Sanjiu did not have the strength to point it out.
"Cut the crap," Bohemia refocused her attention on the two old men. "Tell me, why did the posthumans stop teleporting after joining you and Mushroom?"
The two old men hung their heads, and one of them snorted.
"No, that's not right," Bohemia suddenly remembered something and corrected herself, "It's not just stopping teleportation. You guys can teleport whenever you want … I remember that Mushroom City would often send people to the Twelve Worlds Centrum to promote their existence. What the hell was going on? How did you do it? "
"Ah," the woman opened her mouth. Her front teeth were black. "That's not our responsibility …"
"Bullsh * t!" Bohemia was on the verge of losing her patience. "Which one of you is a posthuman?"
"Me." Lin Sanjiu could understand why the other man was so cooperative, even though he was barely breathing. When a person was as old as them, they would let go of many things. It wasn't because they could accept it, but because they were too tired. The feeling of exhaustion when one's life was about to run out would make one lose the will to fight back. All they wanted was to wait for the absolute darkness to strike them.
"How did you stop teleporting?" Bohemia asked again, "Don't tell me you don't know how they did it. At least you know what happened to you, right?"
Lin Sanjiu and Bohemia were dumbfounded when the old man told them his story in a disjointed and muffled manner. When they regained their senses, they looked at each other.
If they weren't sure that the old man had lost the strength to lie, they would have thought that the old man was just messing with them.
No matter what Puppeteer was planning, he wouldn't be able to find the answer he was looking for from the old man's words. "No, wait!" Lin Sanjiu suddenly realized something.
"Could he have already —"
She replayed the old man's words in her mind again and asked in a low voice, "You said that … every time when the 14 months were about to end, you would be brought forward by someone?"
The old man breathed out an "Ah!" from under his loose lips, as a sort of affirmation.
"I would go to a certain point and then come back … and I wouldn't be teleported for the next 14 months?"
This time, he didn't even bother to breathe, but he didn't deny it.
Over the past few days, Puppeteer had also been moving forward. This couldn't be a mere coincidence. However, could the key to stopping the teleportation be to "walk forward"? How could that be possible?
"I see."
The four cold words landed on her shoulder like ice shards. She shuddered when she realized that Puppeteer was already standing behind her without her realizing it. She turned her head and saw a pair of black leather boots on her back. The thick leather wrapped around her legs. Before she could say anything, Puppeteer said calmly, "Roasting your eyeballs doesn't count as killing you."
Old Lin Sanjiu turned her head back.
If she wanted to get more information from Puppeteer, perseverance and knowing when to stop were equally important.
After hesitating between fear and curiosity, Bohemia summoned her courage and asked in a low voice, "Sir, he only said to walk forward. He didn't say anything else. He didn't say where he was going either."
"I know."
Bohemia swallowed back her courage.
From the corner of her eyes, Lin Sanjiu glanced at the huge, motionless shadow in the distance. She wasn't sure whether the ant queen was dead or not. She could have killed the ant queen and its minions on her own, but Puppeteer got impatient. Not only that, she was attacked by Puppeteer, but she was also beaten up together with the ant-man. Now, she was so old that she could only sit on the ground and gasp for breath.
"What about 'from big to small'?" She didn't forget to ask, "What did Magus say?"
"Unqualified. Can't use it," Puppeteer answered her question directly. As he spoke, he took a few steps toward Bohemia as if he was suppressing his anger. It was obvious that he didn't want to continue this topic.
"So … do you understand what 'walk forward' means?" Lin Sanjiu asked cautiously.
Puppeteer didn't answer. The creaking sound of leather drifted past Lin Sanjiu and Bohemia. A cold, almost pungent scent drifted past Lin Sanjiu and stopped in front of the two old men.
"The torrent of time … never stops," Puppeteer said softly with his hands crossed and his back straight.
"What does he mean?"
The two old men didn't move. They were still leaning against each other. Their heads were tilted to one side, and their chests were rising and falling almost imperceptibly. After a few seconds, Lin Sanjiu felt that something was wrong. She opened her blurry eyes and took a closer look. She realized that the two old men's chests had stopped moving, and they had even stopped breathing.
The baby's cries had also died down, and she couldn't hear it anymore. Bohemia glanced at the babies, and her expression froze. She almost jumped up from her seat. "They … they …"
Puppeteer didn't move an inch.
"What's wrong?" Lin Sanjiu asked. Her voice was weak and tired.
"They aren't human —" Bohemia bit her tongue, "Those babies aren't human —"
'What do you mean they aren't human? '
"They have deformed. They don't look like humans anymore. They are curled up together," Bohemia was obviously not good at describing things. She gestured with her hands, "They are much smaller. Some of them have grown tails, and they are still shrinking …"
"You two are lucky." Puppeteer turned his head slightly. His eyes were filled with disgust and scorn. "What? Do you think [Torrent of Time] can make people smaller or older? Do you think something like that is precious to me? "
Lin Sanjiu had many questions she wanted to ask, but she didn't know if it was just her imagination, but she felt that she seemed even weaker than before.
"[Torrent of Time] can disrupt the flow of time, but it is still time." Puppeteer smiled slowly. "It will bring a person to the end of their life cycle, whether it is at the beginning or the end. After that, time will return to its normal speed, and it will slowly flow on your body … until your life ends."
"In other words, all the babies have regressed to their embryonic state?" Lin Sanjiu looked at the two old men in front of her with shock and suspicion. She finally understood why they died so suddenly. Puppeteer didn't do anything to them. It was just that their life cycle had reached its end.
"I..." Bohemia touched her face blankly. That arrogant young face was now deathly pale. "I … died at this age last time?"
"Probably." Puppeteer gave her a rare look. "Your five stages of life are quite interesting."
"Will we … also …" Lin Sanjiu couldn't finish her sentence because her voice was hoarse.
"Let's see who will die first, or the effect will wear off first." Puppeteer's tone was calm. "When I used the item, I didn't aim it at you. I didn't even think about you. This isn't a violation of the rules. If you die because of this, it will be a pleasant surprise. By the way, do you know how I got [Torrent of Time]? "
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