As soon as Lin Sanjiu pushed the NPC into the forest, the leaves and branches in the forest shook and swallowed the fatty whole. After her vision was blocked by the foliage, she could only hear a heavy body tumbling down the hill. Even though she could hear the sound of the body tumbling, she could not hear the NPC making a single sound. It was as if he had lost the ability to make a sound in such a short period of time.
Lin Sanjiu's heart skipped a beat.
Apparently, the pocket dimension had suddenly received nourishment. The night sky expanded, and in the blink of an eye, the pocket dimension had expanded by several inches, causing the ground to shake violently again. Lin Sanjiu quickly took a few steps back to avoid the pocket dimension. She turned around and shouted at the others, "How is he? We need to go now! "
Magus shook her head, not knowing what to say. Bohemia answered, "One of his legs was completely swallowed by the mud pocket dimension. I have no idea how he could hold on for so long and even block the mud … "
It was probably the first time in the apocalyptic world that Lin Sanjiu had one foot in one pocket dimension and the other was stuck in another. Force was useless in this situation. Lin Sanjiu could only think of one solution.
"Bohemia," she called out.
Perhaps it was the emotion in her voice that alerted the latter. "What's wrong?"
"Your leash," Lin Sanjiu pointed at her neck, "Quick, take it out and tie it for me."
"What dog —" Bohemia was interrupted before she could finish her sentence, "Your Higher Consciousness training method, that garden, can you reach the level of Divinity or Spirituality in the universe …"
Lin Sanjiu couldn't remember what Bohemia had told her. The latter didn't want to listen to her anymore. She waved her hand and asked, "You want me to bring you to the garden at the crossroads? Why? "
"Didn't we see the Great Flood last time? This time, I want you to bring me to the Great Flood. " Lin Sanjiu hastened her speech, "Looking at this planet and this world, the lava must have been affected by the Great Flood. It must be somewhere around here. I need you to bring me to it! "
Bohemia stared at her with her mouth agape. Suddenly, she turned around and looked at Hei Zeji. She seemed to understand something.
"You want to use the flood … to teleport him to the next world?"
"I hope everything goes smoothly," Lin Sanjiu licked her dry lips. The Great Flood was against order, and it did not contain any rules. It could also sweep past him, but there would be no effect.
"Besides," added Bohemia, "what if the flood is far away from him?"
Lin Sanjiu felt her throat tighten as if it was being choked by something. Her palms were also wet with a layer of sweat. When she shoved the NPC into the darkness, she vaguely sketched out the answer to this question in her mind. "I … I have an idea. I want to try it out."
Bohemia stared at her, and Hei Zeji frowned at her.
"If you don't try, you won't be able to get out." Lin Sanjiu sighed. "You can't just give up and get swallowed by the mud pocket dimension."
The reason why she shoved the NPC into the [Invasion] pocket dimension was to see what would happen. Now, she knew that the people who were swallowed would become nutrients for the pocket dimension.
Bohemia bit her lip and nodded. When she took out the belt, she did not forget to turn around and say to Hei Zeji, who was in a bad mood, "Remember, I've saved you twice."
When Lin Sanjiu entered the garden along the intersecting path again, the tremors in the hospital room seemed to have been compressed into a thin sheet and sank into the deepest layer of her senses. Lin Sanjiu knew that her body was still in a swaying room, but it felt like she was looking down from a very high place. She couldn't stand steadily, but this feeling was insignificant. It couldn't even capture her attention for half a second.
She allowed herself to rise and merge into a deep, dark, and silent universe. Reality became a transparent piece of paper, vaguely leaving a trace at the edge of her consciousness. If she looked carefully, she could even see the white tree in the room, the decorations, and the figures beside her. One after another, bright red fish slid through the darkness, as if they were fleeting thoughts in the deep sea that could not be detected by anyone.
"The Flood is not here," Bohemia's voice rang out even though she didn't hear anything. "But, the Flood has been here before."
Lin Sanjiu understood what Bohemia meant when she turned in a different direction. The originally dark and silent universe was now glowing with a gentle and beautiful light. It was like the reflection of water on the beach after the tide had ebbed, or like a black curtain that had been penetrated by the light. The light flickered in Lin Sanjiu's eyes. Lin Sanjiu was very familiar with this light. It was the light of the Flood.
The Flood had already left.
"What should we do now?" Bohemia sounded anxious. "Should we go out? I don't feel safe going into the garden in this situation. "
"Wait a minute," Lin Sanjiu called out to her, "Do you remember something that the NPC said?"
"What is it?"
"'The Great Flood is spreading in all directions all the time'," the old man said. Lin Sanjiu felt like she was dreaming when she repeated the sentence in front of the glistening light left behind by the Flood. "I didn't understand what he meant at that time … No, I still don't understand it now. But … "
Bohemia repeated Fatty's words twice. She couldn't understand it either. "According to the literal meaning, doesn't it mean that the Flood has always existed everywhere?"
Perhaps, that was what the NPC meant.
If the Flood didn't spread from one place to another, it would explain why all the Order, Pocket Dimensions, and posthumans in the apocalyptic worlds were affected at the same time. If the Flood wasn't a mysterious external force, but an eruption from the system of this apocalyptic world that was on the verge of collapse, penetrating through everything from the inside to the outside, ignoring time and space …
Lin Sanjiu dashed toward the glowing spot not far away. She knew that her body was in the real world, and it obeyed her will. She shook off Magus's hand and ran toward a spot in the material world. However, the feeling she got was so distant and unreal, as if the material world was just an illusion created to keep the audience watching.
"Where are you going?!" Bohemia yelled as she followed Lin Sanjiu.
For a moment, Lin Sanjiu couldn't put her thoughts into words. She had a vague idea of what she should do, but she couldn't explain it. Her body dashed toward the deepest part of the room. Soon, her "eyes" were illuminated by the gentle ripples of light. Just as she was about to touch the light, she stopped.
"Don't follow me," she said to Bohemia, who had caught up with her. "Keep back a little, lest, if I should succeed, you should be swept away too."
"What?" Bohemia was stunned.
"I think the Great Flood might have come from the inside," Lin Sanjiu said. Only when she blurted out those words did she believe it was true, "It came from the inside of the system of the apocalyptic worlds. That's why it is everywhere. Do you remember what you said the first time you saw the flood? "
"What did I say?"
"You said that the 'Garden of Intersecting Paths' is your way of training your Higher Consciousness. It is like a window that provides us with a way to see the Flood. Since the Flood exists in the real world, it can't touch us in the Psychic Universe created by the garden. Do you remember? "
Bohemia remembered. "Yes. But in fact, it can touch us in both the Psychic and the real world … I don't know why."
Lin Sanjiu calmed herself down. "That's because your way of training your Higher Consciousness is also a part of this apocalyptic world. If the Flood is generated from the inside, then it can touch any element in the apocalyptic world, be it Psychic or Physical. That makes sense, right? "
"Let's not talk about whether it is true or not," Bohemia was a little flustered, "What if it is really generated from the inside?"
Lin Sanjiu took a deep breath.
"Then …" She looked at the water in front of her and said in a low voice, "That means the Flood was generated from here before … Is it possible that we can use some kind of stimulation to make it happen again?"
"The 'stimulation' you are referring to is —"
The idea that Lin Sanjiu could think of was actually very simple. She didn't know whether she could succeed or not, but she had to try for Hei Zeji's sake.
The Higher Consciousness that Lin Sanjiu borrowed from Bohemia was now rumbling and tumbling in her body like a ferocious beast that was constantly hitting its cage. When Lin Sanjiu threw herself into the water with all her might, she vaguely heard Bohemia's scream from behind her.
The "stimulation" that Lin Sanjiu had thought of was herself.
Everything on this planet, including the mushroom society, the lava world, the pocket dimension of the hospital, and the NPCs, had been affected by the Flood. The order and rules on this planet were already unstable, and it was very difficult to maintain them. However, it was different for posthumans. Their very existence proved that some of the rules and orders on this planet were still alive and effective.
Faced with such a piece of 'fresh meat', the spots of light that were scattered across the dark universe seemed to have woken up from their slumber. Innumerable spots of light burst forth from nowhere, gathered, and converged like magma erupting from the ground. The dazzling, ever-changing light waves lowered their heads and pounced on the tiny posthuman below.
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