It was a face that Lin Sanjiu would never forget for the rest of her life.
For a moment, the fear of being completely suppressed and struggling between life and death made her tremble. At that time, she had her grand prize, Qing Jiuliu, Magus, and even Irezumi and Cyrus by her side. Now, she was all alone, facing the same despairing enemy.
Compared to many years ago, the old woman no longer looked like a few blurred images stacked on top of each other. Even the edges were blurred. Now, the old woman's face and body contours were much clearer and more stable. It was as if the imperfect pixelated images had gradually materialized into a person.
However, Lin Sanjiu knew very well that the old woman wasn't a real person.
She was just a product of someone's Higher Consciousness, just like the brain form that Lin Sanjiu had in Kisaragi Station. The difference was that this product of Higher Consciousness also carried an Evolved Ability of the owner of the Higher Consciousness, [Conceptual Mishmash].
Previously, the ability carried by the old woman caused the apocalypse of Meat Elysium, so Lin Sanjiu could use her [Nostradamus's Card] to store the old woman away. This time, the old woman had nothing to do with [Walker Above the Clouds], so she wouldn't be absorbed as a doomsday factor. Lin Sanjiu had already wasted one or two seconds. She had to make the best use of her time.
Countless thoughts flashed through Lin Sanjiu's mind, and it was this one that made her stop immediately. She was about to put away her [Facial Hair].
Two seconds had passed, but the old woman still hadn't made a move. Furthermore, when the old woman said "there's another one", it sounded as if the old woman didn't recognize her.
"It's your turn soon," the old woman said as she shifted her gaze away from Lin Sanjiu. Her dry and hoarse voice rang out abruptly, sounding as if she was giving an order. "You can run if you want. I don't care if you catch me dead or alive."
As she spoke, she pulled the pouch off her back and opened it nonchalantly. She swept the pouch over the heads of the three ordinary people sitting on the ground. In the blink of an eye, when the pouch was lifted again, the three people had disappeared. The pouch still looked loose and empty, just like before.
"Could it be … that ordinary people disappear like this? Were they all captured? But what was the point of capturing ordinary people?
Lin Sanjiu was a little confused, but at the same time, she realized that the old lady really did not recognize her.
Was it because [Facial Hair] made her look like a normal person? Or had it been so long that the old woman had forgotten what she looked like?
She was standing there motionlessly. Perhaps in the eyes of the old woman, she was just an ordinary person who had been scared silly, so there was no need to pay much attention to her … In that case, she should not act rashly at this moment.
Magus had yet to recover from the [Concept Collision], and she didn't even know who was behind the old lady. If Lin Sanjiu could use this situation carefully, she might be able to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of the ordinary people, find out the true identity of the old lady, and most importantly, rescue Magus. As soon as this thought appeared in her mind, Lin Sanjiu felt her heart heat up. She was so excited that her breathing quickened.
What should he do?
"Hey!"
At this moment, the skinny man poked his head into the straight street. He probably noticed that Lin Sanjiu was acting strangely, so he shouted from afar cautiously, "What's going on? Why is there no sound — Hey, who is that?"
The old lady looked at him and took a step toward him. Her old-fashioned cloth shoes pressed silently against the tiles on the ground.
When the skinny man met her eyes, he was so shocked that he dropped the can in his hand. Without saying a word, he turned around and ran.
Perhaps it was because she had lost 94% of her combat power, Lin Sanjiu's reaction was sluggish. All she saw was a blur flashing past her eyes. The air it cut through was so sharp that it almost tore her heart apart. Almost at the same time, the skinny man let out a scream before he was abruptly cut off.
The skinny man had disappeared from the street, leaving only the hunched back of the old lady.
If there was anything different from when she collected the ordinary people, it was that this time, there was a drop of blood at the bottom of the cloth bag. It looked as if the drop of blood was leaving the bag and dripping somewhere else. The small drop of blood quickly disappeared, and the cloth bag returned to its original state. If Lin Sanjiu hadn't blinked her eyes, she would have thought that she was hallucinating.
Even though she had lost her combat power, she could still feel the fresh smell of death in the air. Compared to that, when she collected the ordinary people, it didn't seem like anyone had died.
"There's only one person."
When the first word rang out, the old lady was still far away. When the fourth word rang out, she had already walked past Lin Sanjiu. Compared to before, this Higher Consciousness product was much more difficult to deal with. "What a waste of my time …"
Even though Lin Sanjiu's combat power had been weakened, it wasn't an easy task to suppress her instinct to fight. Lin Sanjiu's muscles and blood flow seemed to have sensed the powerful enemy in front of them. They clamored to gather their strength and fight back. This had always been her first reaction when she encountered a powerful enemy.
It took a lot of her strength just to stop herself from moving, especially when the old lady's cloth bag was about to fall on her head.
Everything pointed to the fact that the old lady would only kill her target when she was about to run away … Was that right?
When Lin Sanjiu's vision turned black, she was secretly thankful that her grand prize and Yu Yuan weren't with her, so they didn't have to risk their lives with her.
Even though her vision was plunged into darkness and she suddenly lost her balance, her consciousness was still clear. She felt as if she had fallen from a high altitude. Her limbs swayed in the air, even though she landed on a cloth bag. She felt her blood flow quicken, and her palms were sweaty. Her heart was beating like a drum. She fell straight into the darkness. Even though she knew she was doing something reckless, she didn't feel the slightest bit of fear.
It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for a very long time.
Lin Sanjiu didn't know what she would encounter when she fell into the deepest part of the darkness. She wasn't even sure if she could see the light of day again. However, no matter how many times she guessed, she wouldn't be able to guess that when the white light swallowed her, she would fall into a … a …
"Wait a minute, what is this place?"
Lin Sanjiu, who had lost 94% of her combat power, couldn't help squinting her eyes. She felt her body ramming into some kind of wall. Finally, with a loud thud, she fell on a track that was sliding forward. She quickly raised her head and was stunned by what she saw.
"Did I fall into a … giant factory?"
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
