"Are you sure Beardy walked in this direction the last time you saw him?"
Even though Lin Sanjiu had lowered her voice, she could still hear her voice being carried far away in the dark and long city corridor. Her voice drifted and dissipated between the brick walls. Her own movement was so light that it was almost imperceptible. In the gloomy silence, Lin Sanjiu could hear her voice even more clearly.
"It should be right. After he took me to the guard station, I sat on the chair, and he turned and walked to the left side of the chair." Dreadlocks followed closely behind her, afraid that if he ran any slower, the two of them would be separated. "But, I don't remember walking this far …"
Lin Sanjiu had the same feeling. She had walked through a few streets in search of Dreadlocks, but it only took her about seven to eight minutes. However, after they followed the direction Dreadlocks pointed, they had been running for at least five minutes. The streets were getting quieter and quieter, and they were getting more and more unfamiliar. They continued to move forward in the darkness, and there was no light or sound.
"I think we are going in the wrong direction," Lin Sanjiu said calmly as she stopped. Lin Sanjiu lifted her chin and gestured for Dreadlocks to turn back. "Let's turn back. We might have missed a fork in the road."
This time, they paid close attention to both sides of the road so that they would not miss a fork in the road. However, even when they were about to reach the place where Dreadlocks was keeping watch, and the chair that he had knocked over was already in sight, they did not see any fork in the road.
"Let's go to the other end and ask a few ordinary people," Dreadlocks suggested. Sunlight shone through the cracks in the road, casting a pale white shadow on the ground. Around the corner, they could vaguely see some ordinary people sleeping on the ground.
Lin Sanjiu looked up and turned to look at the path they had just come from. "Something's not right."
"What's wrong?"
"Look," Lin Sanjiu pointed at the sunlight, "The road ahead is exactly the same as the one I remember in Fan Jia City. There are cracks in the ceiling every few meters. But look behind us. We have walked so far, but have you seen a single crack? "
The man with the dreadlocks twisted his head violently, almost slapping himself in the face with his long braids. However, he couldn't care less about it. He mumbled, "What … What do you mean?"
Lin Sanjiu did not say anything. She took a few steps forward. Just as she expected, the chair, the moonlight on the ground, the ordinary people's mattresses … everything in the city remained the same distance from her.
"What's going on?" After Dreadlocks tried it himself, he finally couldn't take it anymore. He knocked on the wall and said angrily, "Is it the effect of a special item?"
Although his combat strength was ordinary, his foresight was not bad. Lin Sanjiu nodded and said, "From the area around your chair, there should be a new dimension connected to it. This dimension has the appearance of the original environment, but no matter how far we walk, we can't walk into the real city. It will only extend as we walk. That's why it won't change with distance like a real city road. For example, the cracks on the ceiling. "
She had experienced the effect of an item called the Mobius Strip before. Although it was different from this space, the concept should be similar.
"A space-type item?" Dreadlocks rubbed his face and said, "I'm so proud. Someone actually used such a precious item to deal with me. But, when did this trap start … "
Even Lin Sanjiu couldn't tell. When she woke Dirty Dreadlock up and questioned him, she had not sensed that there was a posthuman nearby. Unless the person who had set up the trap was far more powerful than she had imagined, and even her hypersensory and Willpower could not detect any trace of him.
"There is a possibility that someone could hide from my senses, but it's very unlikely," Lin Sanjiu crossed her arms and said. Lin Sanjiu crossed her arms and said, "The other possibility is that the person who set the trap was also the person I wasn't paying attention to."
"You weren't on guard …" Dreadlocks looked around and suddenly froze. He pointed at himself. "Are you talking about me?"
He immediately panicked and waved his hands. "Why would I harm myself? Besides, I have no reason to trap you here. I can't afford it — "
"I know." She couldn't help sighing, "If it's really you, it doesn't make sense that you trapped yourself here."
Dreadlocks didn't even need to use the trick to gain her trust because she never suspected him.
"Then don't scare me," Dreadlocks said with lingering fear, "I'm already very uncomfortable being trapped in this space. Did Fanjia City offend someone? Why are there people disappearing? Why are there people mutating? Why are there people I don't know? Now, there's even a space-type item! What's going on? "
The two of them tried several ways, but there was no sign that they could get out. Usually, space items would not cause any immediate danger to their lives, but once they were trapped, it was almost impossible for them to get out on their own. Even their shouts could not be heard. Deep in the city, the ordinary people who had been frightened and exhausted for the whole day were still sleeping soundly. Even though they were only a few feet away from the normal world, both of them were like ghosts separated from the world of yin and yang.
"What should we do now?" Dreadlocks sat on the ground and stared at a chair not far away.
Lin Sanjiu remembered that when they jumped off the suspension bridge, she turned her head and saw a familiar silver light in the sky.
Octopus had always been aware of the movements in the city. Perhaps it was because he had placed one of his "heads" in the sky? She remembered that the Eight-Headed Druid had mentioned that the silver balls called 'heads' were equivalent to information centers. If they could observe and capture the flow of information in the city at all times … She remembered that the Eight-Headed Druid had mentioned that the silver balls were equivalent to information centers.
"But our voices are isolated," Dreadlocks retorted after Lin Sanjiu explained, "If our voices can't be heard, his head can't receive it, right? Besides, he might not come to save us. Maybe Octopus is related to this — "
When he said that, he suddenly remembered the man's loyalty to Octopus and shut his mouth.
It wasn't the time to explain. Lin Sanjiu frowned and thought for a moment. Suddenly, an idea came to her. She opened her palm and a card appeared.
"This is the reason why I came to Fan Jia City," Lin Sanjiu raised a small white box and said, "This is the personal terminal of the 'Beacon Smoke' system. Can't Octopus' program be forcefully installed in all communication systems? Then if we send him a message through the 'Beacon Smoke' terminal, will he be able to receive it as well? "
Dreadlocks was stunned for a moment. Then, his eyes lit up. "That's right. With your level, of course you can afford a personal terminal! You can. He has always been very well-informed. He knows everything, be it the gossip around him or the news in the system … It's worth a try. "
This was the first time Lin Sanjiu used the small white box ever since she got it. After familiarizing herself with it for a while, she finally found a way to send a message. The name "Octopus" was a public and well-known address in all the major systems. Lin Sanjiu really didn't know if her distress message would be drowned in the letters from her fans.
"Octopus, if you receive my message, please contact me immediately. We are trapped by a dimensional item … "Lin Sanjiu paused. She really didn't know where she was in Fan Jia City. "We are at the place where Dreadlocks is keeping watch. We need help now."
Dreadlocks didn't seem to mind that he was represented by his hairstyle.
"Don't tell anyone about this. Come here alone as soon as possible," Lin Sanjiu added to the small white box, "I might have found the reason why you mutated from a normal human."
Dreadlocks asked angrily, "Will he come?"
When Lin Sanjiu heard the last sentence, Octopus would probably come over. As long as he wasn't the one who set the trap. Lin Sanjiu had a vague guess as to who set the trap. She had already ruled out Octopus.
"I hope he can receive it," Lin Sanjiu moved her finger to the green ring that represented confirmation. Once she pressed it, the message she had just typed would be sent to Octopus's receiving point in the 'Beacon Smoke' system. The moment she pressed the send button, the small white box suddenly rang. Startled, Lin Sanjiu flipped through the box in a flurry before she realized that someone had sent her a message.
Octopus's usually clear and calm voice sounded like it was going to crack at this moment. After both of them cleared up the misunderstanding about their names, Lin Sanjiu heard her name echoing loudly in the dark night.
"Lin Sanjiu, where are you? Why can't I find you? Someone is chasing after me. I don't know who it is, but I can't hold them off any longer! "
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