There was always a gap between ideals and technology. Due to the limitations of the Potential Growth Value and the difficulty of the ability, not every ability that was described could be perfectly replicated by the collar.
The effect of Lin Sanjiu's ability was more or less discounted. Sometimes, the difference was subtle, but sometimes, it was fatal. For example, after she finally found a place to grab onto and climbed onto the head of the giant fish, she realized that there was a huge flaw in her "maneuvering" after she persuaded her master to leave earlier.
After all, it was a gigantic fish. When Lin Sanjiu sat on its head, she felt like a grape falling onto a dog's head. Her Potential Growth Value was very high, so she could maintain basic maneuvering. The reason she used this analogy was not only to show that it was not easy to maneuver, but also because the giant fish behaved like a dog. It always wanted to shake its head to shake the grape off its head, lick it into its mouth, and eat it.
In other words, the giant fish reluctantly accepted the command of "Master, bring me across the lake", but "Master, don't eat me" was not an option.
"You're right. After all, not eating you is going against its nature. Crossing the lake is a normal activity. It has swum back and forth countless times," Mrs. Manas said in her mind, "Of course, it's relatively easy for you to order it to cross the lake … Sigh, why didn't I think of that earlier?"
Lin Sanjiu didn't have the time to scold Mrs. Manas. Besides, she would only be scolding herself if she did. She had just given the command and spent a lot of effort to pry a few iron scales upright. The gap between the scales could be considered as a seat. She squeezed herself between the scales and sat down. She hugged the iron piece in front of her tightly. Just in time, the giant fish turned its head and dove into the dark lake.
However, Lin Sanjiu did not know if it was because the giant fish was unhappy that its scales were broken, or it just wanted to eat her. When it dove into the black lake, the fish tilted its body slightly. When it suddenly accelerated, the water that gushed through its scales almost sent Lin Sanjiu flying.
To her, it made no difference whether she was on land or in the water. After all, the [Defense Forcefield] and the respirator could isolate her from the ominous reality. However, she could not fall into the water. At the moment when Lin Sanjiu was almost flung out of the water, her body was still stuck between the scales, but her heart had already pierced through her skin. When she regained her senses, she swung her hand and the [Metal Gauntlet] wrapped around her fist.
"What do you want?" As soon as Mrs. Manas asked, she immediately got the answer.
Lin Sanjiu grabbed the metal scale with one hand and mustered all her strength with the other. She smashed her fist into the metal scale with all her might. To her surprise, even with her strength and the buff from the [Metal Gauntlet], she couldn't break the metal scale. "Huh?" Lin Sanjiu couldn't help exclaiming, "I didn't expect it to be so well-developed."
"Do I have an electric drill?" Lin Sanjiu thought for a moment. The giant fish did not seem to feel the blow on its scales. Other than the scales that she had forcefully pulled open, its entire body had tightened and elongated. The water flowed away from its body without any resistance.
"Do you have electricity?" Mrs. Manas' question made sense.
Initially, Lin Sanjiu wanted to drill two holes to create space for her claws. If she activated her [Mosaic Censorship], she would be able to blast open a hole. However, she couldn't deactivate her [Defense Forcefield] right now. The first thing that would be destroyed would be her own defense.
Now that she could not break the scales, she had no choice but to wrap her limbs tightly around it. She also drew out her precious Higher Consciousness to form a rope to secure herself in place. The edges of the scales were thin and sharp. If it were not for her [Defense Forcefield], she would have already become a swine under the impact of the water flow and the constant swaying of her body.
"Mimi," Lin Sanjiu didn't know if her voice would work in the water. She shouted, "Why do you keep swimming deeper? Do you want to bury me at the bottom of the lake? Why don't you swim up there? "
The giant fish turned a deaf ear to her.
Strangely enough, Lin Sanjiu could clearly sense that the giant fish "understood" her orders. However, in its anxiety, anger, and confusion, it refused to obey her orders.
Lin Sanjiu looked around her.
After years of mutation, the black giant fish had gradually honed countless densely packed iron scales, and each piece was the same chaotic black that was almost indistinguishable from the lake water. Not only were the scales harder than she had imagined, but even its eyeballs were as hard as limestone. In the pitch-black lake water, perhaps all aquatic animals' vision had deteriorated.
Lin Sanjiu felt like she was riding on a submarine. It was so hard that she had no place to put her hands. She kicked the metal scales away and found a new layer of metal scales underneath.
"If you don't swim up, I will hit you," Lin Sanjiu threatened the fish.
If the giant fish could sigh, it would have done so in exasperation.
The next second, Lin Sanjiu felt a sharp turn in the direction she was heading. With a nearly ninety-degree change in direction, she shot straight up to the surface of the lake. The thick, black water suddenly turned into thousands of tons of concrete, pressing Lin Sanjiu back to the bottom of the lake without giving her any leeway.
After a brief moment of blackness, when Lin Sanjiu regained her senses, she felt that it was a miracle that she was still holding on to the fish scale.
The color of the lake above her head was getting lighter. The pitch-black darkness was quickly diluted into a foggy night. The darkness only lasted for a second before Lin Sanjiu realized that there was no water around her.
"What's going on —"
The giant fish was like an arrow shot out of the water. It pierced through the thick haze and continued to swim up at full speed. Like a rebellious teenager, its message was clear. "Didn't you want me to go up? Is that enough? Can I go up a little more?"
Even the haze was washed away by the giant fish, turning into wisps of clouds that streaked across the surface of the scales. In a split second, Lin Sanjiu was caught off guard by a ray of sunlight. A long and thin icicle glowed in the distance. The sunlight shone through the icicle and scattered a faint, colorful glow.
No one came to bungee jump today.
The skyscrapers, skyscrapers, and winding skyways floated under the blue dome as usual. The sun and the clouds intertwined. With every breath, the sky glowed with new life. However, this scene of the sky palace was quickly stripped away from Lin Sanjiu's eyes as the giant fish fell. As she screamed, she followed the giant fish and fell headfirst into the smoky layer. She passed through the thick fog and fell heavily into the lake.
"I can't even shake her off. You can call me a fish skin rash," Lin Sanjiu thought as she fell into the black lake.
At the same time, she finally understood why some people liked bungee jumping and fishing.
If the giant fish had intelligence and understood human beings, it would have realized that Lin Sanjiu's high-pitched screams of excitement when she leaped out of the smoke for the second and third time and plunged into the lake again. Her uncontrollable, hearty laughter reverberated through the air, echoing through the empty sky.
The fear and suspicion she felt when she encountered the red brick wall, the anxiety she felt when she was targeted by a shark, the confusion she felt when she missed the house, and the regret she felt for her grand prize and Yu Yuan buried in the deepest part of her mind. They were like layers upon layers of dried up shells on her body. Every time the giant fish leaped into the air, they would shatter, be swept away by the wind, and sink to the bottom of the lake.
The tour group had introduced the size and range of the lake under the haze. When the shore of the lake was within her reach, the tour came to an end. Lin Sanjiu had never felt so light before. It was as if she had been cleansed from the inside out. She was clean, clean, and full of life. Surprisingly, this feeling came from the deathly place where she was walking among the clouds.
"Are you ready?" Mrs. Manas called out to her.
The moment she was about to break through the haze, Lin Sanjiu's [Defense Forcefield] disappeared. Treading on Clouds, the clean and pleasant wind caught her. She pressed her hands on the fish's scale and released her Higher Consciousness rope.
Lin Sanjiu pushed off from the fish head that had just leaped into the air. Her Higher Consciousness Rope shot out and bit the railing of an aerial highway not far away. She pulled the rope with one hand and swung herself in a huge arc. Like a pendulum, she swung herself toward the highway and grabbed the railing. Then, she stopped in her tracks.
Only then did she hear the faint sound of a heavy object falling into the water from the depths of the haze.
The spaceplane's parking lot was only a few dozen meters away.
Lin Sanjiu panted a few times and looked down. She couldn't hold back the smile on her face any longer.
In her other hand, there was a huge black iron scale hanging from it.
"Thanks, Mimi."
[I had a good time writing this chapter. I felt that I had too much trouble with the duoluozhong and the red brick wall. It was time for me to relax.]
[Mimi's fur can grow back. Please don't worry.] (I know you must be worried about this after reading this.]
(End of the chapter)
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