The group of giant black hairs in the air seemed to have sensed their first real danger after piercing through so many city walls. After a short pause, the black hairs, which were as big as human heads, retreated a little.
Then, the storm, spear tips, and bullets seemed to have been magnified a hundred times. They charged toward Lin Sanjiu with a force that was far more violent and violent than when they broke through the barricades.
Even though Lin Sanjiu had activated her [Defense Forcefield], she could imagine what would happen to her if she was hit by those black hairs. Her limbs would not be able to withstand the impact of those black hairs. When they were hit, they would be sent flying. Then, they would fall off from their shoulder joints. However, since they were protected by a layer of [Defense Forcefield], they wouldn't be able to fly far. Instead, they would fall limply to the ground beside their dismembered bodies.
Even though the black hairs appeared to be monsters without intelligence, they could still destroy most of the people and objects that dared to block their path with their powerful and concentrated force. Unfortunately, Lin Sanjiu was not one of them.
When she first saw the black hairs, she noticed that they were the same as real eyelashes. They had different lengths. Just this fact alone was enough to make the difference between life and death.
Lin Sanjiu did not evade them. She tapped the ground with the tip of her foot and charged toward the dozens of black hairs that were charging at her like a tsunami.
Like a dolphin spinning in the water, Lin Sanjiu twisted her slender body in mid-air. At that moment, gravity seemed to loosen its grip on her teeth. She landed naturally and smoothly in between two thick black hairs that were charging at her.
After she entered her combat mode, she sometimes couldn't tell if she was fighting, calculating, or dancing. It seemed like she was fighting all three at the same time.
These were the two longest "eyelashes". Only after she plunged her head into the space between the two did the slightly shorter eyelashes attack the place where she had just been standing. Naturally, they all fell into thin air, causing the air to scream in pain when it was shattered. It seemed that as long as there was a need, the "eyelashes" could be extended indefinitely, but they couldn't move too far, especially when it came to the things inside her body. She could guess a thing or two from the broken bricks and pieces of furniture carried by the eyelashes.
Lin Sanjiu raised her hand, and a rope formed by her Higher Consciousness coiled around the "eyelash" above her. She hung upside down from the body of the shadow, and the dark shadows of the "eyelashes" around her cracked the air and shook the city wall, but none of them could touch her.
She knew she only had a split second.
Once the monster reacted, all the other "eyelashes" just had to pile on top of her and suffocate her to death. Lin Sanjiu held on tightly to the rope and kicked the "eyelashes" above her. She slid backward while hanging from the monster's body, which was the deepest part of the group of black "eyelashes".
I should be able to find her eyes by following her eyelashes, right?
Eyelashes always grow on the eyes, and eyes should always grow on the human body, right?
Lin Sanjiu's target was the mutated human that might be hiding in the deepest part of the "eyelashes".
The "eyelashes" seemed to have realized that there was an extra thing on them, and they slid toward the deepest part of the "eyelashes" at an unstoppable speed. A few thick and large shadows swung and clashed with each other in the air as if they were trying their best to knock Lin Sanjiu down.
Gritting her teeth, Lin Sanjiu dodged a few times. At first, she was a little flustered, but when she took the opportunity to turn around and stood on top of the "eyelashes", the situation became much easier to deal with.
Just like skiing, Lin Sanjiu used her Higher Consciousness to fix her feet on the "eyelashes" and crouched down. Every time a shadow came at her, she would tap the "eyelashes" with the rod in her hand and use the momentum to dodge in the opposite direction. Then, she would slide forward again. Sometimes, she could escape through the gap between the "eyelashes", but sometimes, it was as if she was stepping on a tall building. She didn't know how many shadows would fall on her at the same time, crushing and crushing the space in front of her. When that happened, Lin Sanjiu would give up on the "eyelashes", pass through the narrow gap between the countless shadows, and jump to the next landing point.
Anyone who saw this "skiing" scene would break out in a cold sweat, but Lin Sanjiu was the only one who didn't show any reaction.
Just like dancing to the beat of the music, her muscles, bones, mind, and movements stretched and contracted to the rhythm of the giant "eyelashes". It was as if there was a narrow and smooth path that had been specially arranged for her. All she needed to do was to let her body continue gliding.
What she didn't expect was the length of the "eyelashes".
After gliding at high speed for a full three to four minutes, she vaguely felt that she had made a few turns and passed through at least five city streets. Among them, there was a place that was broken by someone, and it shone with dazzling light. However, the "eyelashes" continued to extend, and she couldn't see the end of them.
Lin Sanjiu thought for a moment and waved her hand. She summoned her [Tornado Whip] once again.
"The city wall here —" Mrs. Manas shouted.
Yes, the city wall of Fanjia City couldn't withstand a single hit from [Tornado Whip], but Lin Sanjiu had a way to avoid touching the city wall.
The next moment, when a thick black shadow came straight at her, Lin Sanjiu maintained her gliding speed. She flicked her right hand, and the whip coiled around the black shadow like a living snake before it could touch her.
In that split second when the whip coiled around the "eyelashes", Lin Sanjiu activated [Tornado Whip] from the back to the front.
Her [Tornado Whip], which had been with her for so many years, seemed to have gained sentience as they worked together. The [Tornado Whip], which was supposed to be an indomitable pillar of wind, fell as she wished. The thick "eyelashes" that the whip coiled around were right in the eye of the tornado. In an instant, a strong gust of wind swirled around the "eyelashes" and swept into the depths of the black shadow. Lin Sanjiu was almost blown away.
When the [Tornado Whip] disappeared into the depths of the black shadow, nothing seemed to have happened for a few seconds.
After a short pause, a loud boom erupted from the depths of the black shadow. Lin Sanjiu didn't know what it had hit, but all the "eyelashes" began to tremble violently and uncontrollably. If Lin Sanjiu didn't have a similar experience with the big fish at the bottom of the lake, she might have been thrown off. The feeling of weightlessness only lasted for a moment, and the black "eyelashes" beneath her suddenly lost their strength and fell straight down.
She had hit it!
Lin Sanjiu fell to the ground together with the dozens of black shadows. The black shadows above her were pressing down on her. It was too late for her to run. She quickly curled her body and spread her arms, activating her [Mosaic Censorship]. All the "eyelashes" that came into contact with her hands exploded into black dust in mid-air.
When she jumped out of the dust cloud, she spat a few times and wiped her eyes. Her entire body was covered in a layer of black dust. It was as if she had just come back from a mine.
When Lin Sanjiu opened her eyes again, she found herself standing between the thick and glossy "eyelashes" that looked like giant snakes. After they fell from mid-air, she could once again cast her gaze along the city wall. Sunlight shone through the hole in the ceiling, illuminating the dust floating in the air. However, there was nothing in the distance except for the "eyelashes".
She must have hit something that made the "eyelashes" fall. "Where is the thing that I hit?"
Lin Sanjiu walked between the "eyelashes" for a while. She had no idea what she was looking for.
The roots of the "eyelashes" were like dozens of round and thick cement pipes. They were piled high up in the city wall. They were soft and oily. They had lost their strength, but they had a greasy look to them. When Lin Sanjiu thought about the fact that these roots might be growing in the giant hair follicles not long ago, she felt a strange sense of disgust. She didn't even want to touch them.
"Ji Shanqing!"
"This is impossible."
The voice that came from the city wall behind her made her mind go blank. Lin Sanjiu slowly turned around. She trembled in confusion, excitement, and fear.
However, when she saw Octopus and a few other posthumans rushing toward her from the corner of the city wall, she felt as if she had been splashed with a bucket of snow water.
She didn't want to tell Octopus her name when she was on Spaceship No. 26, so she told him that she was "Ji Shanqing". When she was looking for someone through the broadcast, she only asked him to look for her "grand prize". Coincidentally, Octopus still thought that her name was Ji Shanqing.
"I brought some people here to help. Why did these things suddenly die? Did you do it? " Octopus ran closer and noticed that something was wrong with her. He asked, "What's wrong? Are you hurt?"
Even though Lin Sanjiu understood everything, she still couldn't recover from the shock.
That misunderstood greeting seemed to have shattered something in her body. She bent over and for a few seconds, she couldn't take in any air or exhale any foul air.
"I'm fine," she said in a low voice after she regained her composure, "I hit something at the root of the eyelashes. They fell as if they were hurt, but I don't know what I hit."
"Thank you for your hard work," Zhong Qing said.
The Eight-Headed Druid stood in the empty space between the eyelashes and looked around. It wasn't just Lin Sanjiu. The Eight-Headed Druid, the posthuman with the dreadlocks, and even Zhong Qing, who had always been calm, found the huge, oily, soft eyelashes a little disgusting. None of them wanted to touch them.
"Did the mutated human get hurt and run away?" Dreadlocks mumbled.
"Are there any residents nearby?" Octopus didn't answer. He just shouted at the city wall. "It's safe now. You can come out now!"
Perhaps it was due to his ability, but his voice did not diminish as it echoed along the streets. Instead, it spread out and gathered again and again between the ruins, like the tide sweeping up the fish and prawns. Finally, from the depths and corners of the streets, it brought out the hesitant figures of twos and threes.
When they slowly walked out from their hiding spots, the first thing Lin Sanjiu noticed was that they were all normal people, and almost all of them were injured.
That was only natural. When they were faced with the thick black eyelashes that covered the entire city, they could neither run nor resist. The only thing they could do was to find a place to hide and pray that they would not be swept by the eyelashes. Those who could slowly walk out while coughing blood were the lucky ones. Most of them would probably be crushed to death by the thick and heavy black eyelashes before they could even react.
The second thing Lin Sanjiu noticed was that when they walked out, other than Octopus, the other posthumans tensed up their muscles. They were ready to fight at any moment.
None of the posthumans walked up to them to ask if they were injured or if they needed help. Their gazes on the normal people grew tighter and tighter as the posthumans got closer.
"Everyone, you can still walk. Let's get out of the city now. We don't know if those things will come back." Octopus did not notice the change in the posthumans' attitude. He was busy telling the group of normal people, "Those who are young and strong, please help those who are injured. I heard that there is already a shelter at the west entrance. There are posthumans there to protect them …"
Lin Sanjiu's gaze swept across the group of posthumans. Suddenly, she took a few steps forward. With a swing of her hand, the longsword she got from Silvan slipped from her palm.
She raised the longsword and used the tip of the blade to block a young man's blood-stained face.
Octopus turned his head to look at her blankly.
"Tell me," Lin Sanjiu whispered to the man who was covering his face with one hand, "How did you hurt your right eye?"
I had a rare productive day yesterday, so I wasted all the time I saved yesterday. I don't even know what to do today. I really have to pay back what I borrowed … "
(End of the chapter)
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