In the open wilderness, the wind at night seemed to be stronger than it was during the day. The bonfire, which was made up of broken branches and dried leaves, flickered and danced in the wind. Before the smoke could reach the sky, it dissipated in the air.
Apart from this small bonfire, there was no other source of light between heaven and earth. Even the stars, which were usually dim, were covered by thick clouds tonight.
In the dark, six people and one rabbit sat around the bonfire. The flickering light from the fire illuminated everyone's solemn expression. For a long time, no one spoke.
It had been six hours since Bai Xiaoke and the other two went missing.
Even though no one said it out loud, everyone knew that the chances of rescuing them alive were slim.
Finally, B.Rabbit looked around and broke the silence. It opened its mouth and asked a question that it had already confirmed several times, "… Green Melon, did you really not see anything strange when you were in the sky?"
"It's true, boss," Green Melon said with a mournful face. His tone was dejected and numb, "I didn't even dare to let go of the slightest movement! But other than those seemingly endless mountain ridges, there really wasn't anything … I didn't even see a single bug, let alone traces of human activity. "
That afternoon, when the light from the [Dog's Frisbee] lit up, they stopped when they saw that they had left the danger zone. Lin Sanjiu suddenly remembered that she could ask Green Melon to put on his [Cloud Mimic Raincoat] and fly into the sky to check out the situation.
Even though the [Cloud Mimic Raincoat] could only allow a person to rise from where they were standing and couldn't move in the air, if they could look into the distance, they might be able to find something … However, this thought soon turned into disappointment.
Even though they didn't dare to step into that area recklessly, they tried their best. They released all their Special Items that could detect the situation. When they returned empty-handed, they spent a lot of effort to capture two bugs, tied them to the strings, and threw them into that area.
They wanted to find out what was going on. Other than Green Melon, who was monitoring them from the sky, Lin Sanjiu also took out her Diary Card. Ignoring its complaints of "Oh, so disgusting", Lin Sanjiu tied the Diary Card and the bugs together and released them together.
When the rope is pulled back. Sure enough, the other end was empty. There were no more worms. There was only a Diary Card swaying back and forth. Lin Sanjiu suppressed the excitement in her heart. She took the Diary Card and looked at it. There was only one sentence recorded on the Diary Card: Disgusting worms suddenly disappeared.
Then, he called Green Melon down to ask him. His answer was not much better. "I only saw two small black shadows roll for a while, and then they disappeared … How did they disappear? I didn't see it clearly at all. It was like a blink of an eye."
This time, everyone was truly at their wits' end.
After a while, someone suddenly let out a long sigh.
"This is all my fault." The person who spoke was Lin Sanjiu. She lowered her head and stared at the small patch of ground in front of her, "... If I didn't recklessly bring all of you here, they wouldn't have … gone missing."
Suddenly, one of the twins sniffed loudly.
"I can't blame you for this. Sister Lin! " Hui Chuyan immediately became a little anxious. "Everyone agreed to come here together. Before we got close to this area, you even told us to be on guard … It's just that this is too illogical. No one could have predicted this!"
Lin Sanjiu patted her hand lightly, thanking her for defending her. However, she did not say anything. It seemed that she did not agree with Lin Sanjiu.
There was one more thing that she had buried in her heart and never said out loud.
The place where the light was on. They were no longer at the place where they had stopped at the beginning. They were at least two to three hundred meters away. Lin Sanjiu thought for a while, but she couldn't figure out the reason for such a situation. The more she thought about it, the more confused she became. On the contrary, he was even more uncertain if he had remembered wrongly.
After all, this area had long been deserted. There were weeds and ruins everywhere, and they all looked the same. There was nothing eye-catching that could be used as a mark. At that time, he was in a hurry, so it was very possible that he remembered the wrong place.
The others did not seem to have noticed this. Perhaps this was proof.
"Let's analyze it," Lin Sanjiu rubbed her face and said as if she was sighing. Even if she regretted it now, she couldn't bring them back. She might as well try harder.
"The worm and the Diary Card were released together. The worm disappeared, but the card was still there … Does this mean that only living creatures would go missing?" Lin Sanjiu's gaze swept across everyone with a hint of anticipation.
"That should be the case," B.Rabbit immediately replied, "Besides, only things on the ground would go missing …"
"But the strange thing is that the missing people and the worm are not in the same place. They are quite far away from each other …" Xueqin spoke hesitantly, "If something attacked them, could it be more than one thing?"
Green Melon immediately denied her guess, "Impossible. Even if there was only one, I would have already discovered it, let alone a few."
The discussion soon reached a dead end. Lin Sanjiu scratched her head anxiously. Many thoughts flashed through her mind, "Is it a mutated creature? Duoluozhong? Special Item? Pocket dimension? "
As soon as the word "pocket dimension" entered her mind, she immediately raised her head and attracted everyone's attention.
"Could this … be a pocket dimension?" Lin Sanjiu said slowly. Her heart was pounding rapidly because of this small breakthrough.
"F * ck, it's possible!" B.Rabbit immediately jumped up, "Some pocket dimensions are so silent that you wouldn't even know when you are lured into one!"
Other than Xueqin, who had just evolved and didn't quite understand the meaning of a "pocket dimension", everyone else became excited. The dejected look on their faces disappeared, and they discussed the possibility of a pocket dimension for a long time.
"If that's the case, then they might not die for the time being —" B.Rabbit pointed out the hidden worry in everyone's mind, probably because the confusion in everyone's hearts had lessened. "It's a pocket dimension, so it's impossible to go according to the normal way! We still have time! "
Lin Sanjiu also felt the heaviness that had been pressing down on her internal organs lighten a lot. She felt less guilty, and even her mind became more active. She immediately continued, "Even though we don't know what kind of pocket dimension this is, there must be a next step. We need to be prepared … Hmm, how about this? I took quite a lot of things from the Garden of Eden Lab. Let's split them tonight. Let's try to increase our combat power in the shortest time possible. "
Before they escaped from the Garden of Eden, she had ordered the girls beside her to carry a big backpack each. Those who couldn't find a backpack were to tie it with a bedsheet and make a big cloth bag. After all, she could only convert 16 items. Hence, she only picked the bigger items that were difficult to carry. The smaller items were slowly converted into cards along the way.
Lin Sanjiu lined up all the items that might come in handy on the ground in the form of cards.
Xueqin's eyes lit up, and she was the first to pick up a card. It was the [Bubble Blowing Girl] that had caused them so much trouble back then.
"This can be used as a night guard!" Xueqin said excitedly.
[Bubble Blowing Girl]:
The product of the Garden of Eden Lab's Robotics Department. It has the appearance of a 1.8-meter tall, buff kindergarten girl blowing bubbles with a bottle of soapy water in her hand. There is an extreme point energy compression device inside the bottle of soapy water. The bubbles produced by the device can create a small explosion. However, the most powerful ability of the bubbles is the "enemy tracking ability". They can track the enemy all the way. After confirming the enemy's location, the bubbles will explode at the enemy.
Lin Sanjiu nodded and unconverted the robot into a card. Immediately, a brightly colored plastic doll with a stiff smile on its face appeared in the night. Its tall shadow seemed to give everyone a sense of security. While Xueqin was studying how the robot worked, everyone looked through the remaining cards and distributed them according to their needs.
After they had an idea, everyone felt much better. After experimenting for a while, the elder sister of the twins, Metaphysics, spoke, "Boss, it's still a long time before dawn. Shouldn't we rest for a while?"
As no one knew what the next step of the pocket dimension was, waiting in fear was not a solution. B.Rabbit thought for a moment and arranged for the people who would take turns to keep watch. "I think so too. Let's get some rest this morning. Green Melon, you will be on duty for two hours. After that, we will change. Erm, what's your name? Hui Chuyan, right? "
Seeing that B.Rabbit had arranged everything in order, Lin Sanjiu took out a backpack and used it as a pillow. Then, she lay down beside the fire. B.Rabbit reminded them, "Make a headcount every thirty minutes. Don't lose anyone again!" Then, they found a comfortable spot to lie down and curled up into a ball.
[He really does look like a boss.]
Except for Green Melon, who was on duty. The others also lay on the ground in twos and threes. Even though no one fell asleep, they quickly quieted down. Soon, they could hear each other's breathing clearly.
Lin Sanjiu stared at the night sky for an unknown period of time. Even though she was worried, she eventually fell asleep.
Unexpectedly, he slept peacefully and peacefully, and nothing unusual happened.
When she slowly opened her eyes from her dream, the sky was still dark, and the fire had been extinguished. It was dark everywhere, and she could only vaguely see a few shadows not far away, as well as the tall [Bubble Blowing Girl] beside her.
[Nothing seems to have happened …] Lin Sanjiu rubbed her eyes and sat up. She asked in a low voice, "Who is on duty now?"
She heard the sound of the wind from afar, but only silence answered her.
Lin Sanjiu's palms were sweaty.
When she looked closely, she realized that those shadows were the backpacks that everyone used to sleep … However, the backpacks were empty and there were traces of them being pressed down.
[Where … Where are they?]
She didn't know why, but the first thing she did was call out her [Dog Frisbee]. Then, she put it into her mouth.
However, the lights did not light up as she had hoped. (To be continued.)
PS:
[Thank you, Marciaa, for the pink ticket! I only have one today. It's so precious, isn't it ~ ~]
[Unfortunately, it's my period today. After vomiting for the entire afternoon, I can't believe that I managed to write one chapter …]
[I feel that I'm not satisfied with the quality of at least 1.5 chapters …]
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