Lin Sanjiu suspected that someone was playing a prank on her, or that she had accidentally stepped into a pocket dimension shaped like Fan Jia City.
Ever since she parted ways with Cyrus, she had been walking on the winding streets of Fan Jia City for almost twenty minutes. She did not see a single duoluozhong. Not only the duoluozhong, even the normal humans seemed to have disappeared into the ground.
Since when was she the only one left in the huge Fan Jia City?
"Octa-Headed Druid," Lin Sanjiu held the Beacon Smoke Terminal in her hand and asked, "Is there any news?"
The little white box was silent for a while. Then, Octa-Headed Druid's breathing became weaker and weaker. Lin Sanjiu's heart sank. "Could it be that his injuries are so severe that even a cup of coffee can't help him?"
"This is weird," Octa-Headed Druid mumbled, "It has been two minutes. I haven't heard anything."
Excluding the posthumans, there were still a few thousand normal humans left in Fan Jia City. Even though it was late at night, it was hard to imagine that these few thousand people could go back to sleep after being awakened by the posthumans and duoluozhong. When she first entered Fan Jia City, Octa-Headed Druid could still hear a lot of messy, panicked, and useless messages. However, as the night deepened, the messages became sparser and more subtle until they finally dried up.
If the members of the Shadow Palace had not arrived at Fan Jia City yet, then what about the duoluozhong that made Gui He give up? Where did they go?
When she thought of the "duoluozhong", Lin Sanjiu naturally remembered what Cyrus said before he left.
"There is a special warehouse in the Shadow Palace's storage facility to store all kinds of 'apocalyptic factors'. Under the same apocalyptic factor, posthumans can evolve into many different forms, but duoluozhong can only have one frame. Only within this frame can they have individual differences. Look at the so-called 'mutants'. Even though they have different parts and shapes, their core performance is the same. "
Lin Sanjiu sucked in a cold breath. "Their limbs are constantly … extending outwards?"
"Yes," Cyrus said without using any means to block their voices. He glanced at the drone in the distance and said, "Duoluozhongs replicate, multiply, and expand their bodies for the same purpose, which is to increase the area they can cover … Obviously, in that apocalyptic world, the larger the area they cover, the greater the survival advantage they have. Unfortunately, I don't know what kind of apocalyptic world it is. Here, these duoluozhongs are the best weapons to clear out Fan Jia City. "
With Eight-Headed De's ability, he must have heard it as well. Now that he was unwilling to talk about it, Lin Sanjiu couldn't bring herself to bring it up. Cyrus's words meant at least two things. First, the Shadow Palace had used the Doomsday Element in their hands to turn a portion of Fan Jia City's civilians into duoluozhongs.
Considering the apocalypse, most people would neither evolve nor become corrupted. The number of ordinary people who died would definitely be a few times higher than the number of duoluozhongs. If someone was unlucky enough to evolve, they might not live to see the end of their evolution.
Second, after these ordinary people were turned into duoluozhongs, they turned back and secretly hunted more ordinary people. For example, Apoo, whom Lin Sanjiu met during her patrol, became a victim. Like a crab that was eaten clean, all that was left was an empty shell.
"This must be a huge blow to him …" Lin Sanjiu sighed inwardly. He wanted to help the "mutated people", but little did he know that when the middle-aged woman heard "Eight-Headed De is here", she attacked them without any hesitation. She was already a duoluozhong, so she didn't care about Eight-Headed De's life.
However, if Lin Sanjiu thought deeper into Cyrus's message, the situation became even more bizarre.
There must be a second type of duoluozhong in Fan Jia City, which was why Gui He finally gave up and fled. After all, Gui He didn't know anything about the mutated people, so the "duoluozhongs" they mentioned couldn't be mutated people.
In the end, there should be another group of duoluozhongs in the city … Could it be that the new batch of duoluozhongs could be invisible?
"East," the Eight-Headed Druid suddenly said in a weak voice, "East, I think I heard something."
"What did they say?" Lin Sanjiu asked.
Perhaps Eight-Headed De was severely injured, his grasp of information wasn't as fast and precise as before. He hesitated and listened for a while before saying, "There are two people … I think they are neighbors. They are talking about going home to get something together."
"They are ordinary people." Lin Sanjiu felt relieved and quickened her pace.
Ever since the 'mutants' swept through Fan Jia City like a flood, both evolved humans and normal humans were forced to flee in all directions. Now that the streets were quiet, the two normal humans probably thought that the situation had stabilized, so they decided to return home.
This time, Lin Sanjiu's luck was pretty good. After running for a while, she heard faint voices drifting along the streets.
"I heard that … the posthumans have left. They left us here …" a man said.
A woman answered vaguely, "It's good that they left … They are treating us like ghosts …"
Even though the voice wasn't clear, Lin Sanjiu could hear the indignation and resentment in both of their voices. When Lin Sanjiu turned a corner, she hesitated for a moment and stopped.
Lin Sanjiu could tell that she was a posthuman at first glance. If she showed herself now, those two normal people would definitely be wary of her. Even though they couldn't do anything to Lin Sanjiu, if they couldn't get the truth out of them because they were unwilling, it would be a huge loss.
After thinking for a while, Lin Sanjiu took out a big ball of hair from her card.
[Facial Hair]
This is the facial hair collected from an ordinary person. After the user pasted it on their face (only the face, not the head) and activated it, it will give the impression that they are an ordinary person. This item does not restrict the user's gender. However, since men have more facial hair, it will feel more natural. After all, a man with a face full of hair is much more normal than a woman with a face full of hair.
As long as the user doesn't pluck off the hair, this impression will last forever. Its effectiveness is as high as 96%. It works on most posthumans, ordinary people, and duoluozhongs. As long as the other party doesn't have any ability or item that can see through disguises, the user will be able to get away with it.
However, the [Facial Hair] cannot create such a misunderstanding in the pocket dimension. [You are too naive if you think the pocket dimension will let you off because of this.]
Even though the effect is good and there is no time limit, it is important to note that when the user wears the [Facial Hair], the user's combat level will be reduced. The specific reduction is random, ranging from 5% to 95%. After plucking off the hair, the user's combat level will naturally recover.
PS: You can only take it off once every eight hours. Therefore, when you put it on for the first time and realize that your combat level has been reduced by 95%, you won't be able to take it off and put it on again. You have to wait for eight hours before you can try again.
[This ball of hair is really too thick …] Even though Lin Sanjiu had pasted a moustache on her face before, the situation was different now. She still had to speak, so she couldn't pretend to be a man. She listened to the footsteps of the two ordinary people walking toward her. After a moment of hesitation, she tore off two small clumps of hair and pasted them on her eyebrows.
They melted into her eyebrows smoothly like cream. When she touched them, she didn't feel the slightest bit strange or messy.
However, when she looked down, the large clump of hair in her hand didn't seem to have decreased in size.
"Two more clumps then," she muttered inwardly. Then, she repeated the same trick.
The large clump of hair that looked exactly the same as before was still trembling on her palm.
"Then, let's add a little more."
This time, Lin Sanjiu was a little anxious. The two clumps of hair she tore off were almost enough to cover her cheeks, so she stuck them on her eyebrows. She remembered that she still had eyelashes, so she quickly pulled her eyelids with one hand and used her other hand to stick the hair between her eyelashes.
Even though the amount of hair that could be digested by her eyelashes wasn't as much as her eyebrows, she still had four rows of eyelashes. When she finally used up the large clump of hair, she felt a gust of wind in front of her when she blinked.
Lin Sanjiu rolled her eyes upward. For the first time in her life, she could see her eyebrows clearly without looking at the mirror.
However, she didn't have the time to fix it. Besides, she really didn't have any place to stick hair on her face. When the two ordinary people were about to turn the corner, Lin Sanjiu shouted, "Activate!" Her legs gave way and she almost fell.
Mrs. Manas let out a long sigh.
"I thought that with your luck, your combat ability would be reduced by 95%," Mrs. Manas said slowly, "I didn't expect that you would only be weakened by 94%."
Since everything in the apocalyptic world was alive, it probably included her Higher Consciousness. It was just that the longer this Higher Consciousness "lived", the more unpleasant it sounded to Lin Sanjiu.
Even though she was a little unlucky, as long as the people weren't duoluozhongs, she didn't think it was a big deal. If her combat ability was lower, wouldn't she be more like a normal person? If it was someone else, it would be a waste of time to tear the hair off her face. However, Lin Sanjiu was different. When she was in danger, she just needed to touch her eyebrows and retract her [Facial Hair]. Then, her combat ability would be restored.
Luckily, the people weren't duoluozhongs.
"Aiya! You scared me!" The woman turned the corner and was startled by the figure in the dark. She stopped in her tracks and pressed her hand against her chest. After looking at the person, she asked with a trembling voice, "Who is it? You … What are you doing standing here so quietly? "
The dark-skinned man who was holding a lantern shone the light on Lin Sanjiu. Both of them fell silent.
Lin Sanjiu couldn't blame them for staring at her. After losing 94% of her combat ability, Lin Sanjiu felt that her eyelids were heavy. It was as if two rows of stones were hanging on her eyelids. Even blinking was a little tiring.
"Both of you are normal people, right?" Lin Sanjiu purposely heaved a sigh of relief. "That's great. I'm all alone and scared … I heard that there are duoluozhongs in the city. Where did everyone else go? What's going on? "
Unexpectedly, the two ordinary people looked at each other with puzzled expressions.
"What do you mean by that? What duoluozhongs? We have never heard of them. "The woman looked at Lin Sanjiu suspiciously. She even touched her eyebrows subconsciously. "There aren't many people around here … I heard that all the posthumans ran away because of the mutants."
Lin Sanjiu froze for a moment. Then, she realized a problem. She was fast and traveled far, so she knew that most of the places in the city were empty. However, these two normal people couldn't have noticed that everyone was gone.
"I walked through a few streets and didn't see anyone," Lin Sanjiu brushed them off and said, "Where are you guys going? Can you bring me along? I'm scared to be alone. "
"Are you afraid that there are duoluozhongs? Where did you hear that? "
"When the posthumans left, I overheard them talking about …"
The two people's faces turned grim. The dark-skinned man sighed deeply and said, "I don't know if it's true or not. If only Eight-Headed Druid's broadcast was still here … I don't know what's going on these few days. It's like we're cursed. "
He took two steps forward and said, "Both of you are women, so you should follow behind me. I will lead the way. It will be safer for you guys. Just follow me closely. "
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