"The answer is, when you don't know what to do, don't do it."
Lin Sanjiu also felt that she was a little too carefree sometimes.
Even though no one could be on high alert for 24 hours a day, she was usually very alert. She was much more sensitive to any abnormalities compared to ordinary people. It could be said that the life of a posthuman was always shrouded in a layer of anxiety. She was like a mongoose on its hind legs, constantly looking into the distance with vigilance.
Since she had no choice but to wait for something to happen, when something really happened, wouldn't it just be a matter of her boots falling off the ground?
Looking at the problem from this angle, Lin Sanjiu felt more at ease.
Lin Sanjiu stood up from the tracks and looked around. After pondering for a while, she gradually felt less worried. After all, she had experienced many desperate situations in the past. Didn't she manage to get out of them?
"I still have 6% of my Higher Consciousness left. At least, I'm stronger than an ordinary person, right? They are still alive, so I'm not afraid of anything. I'll just let nature take its course and see what the factory is up to. If worst comes to worst, I'll just jump off from the tracks. I don't believe I'll fall … "She stretched her neck and looked at the abyss outside the tracks. Then, she changed her words," Whatever happens, I'll deal with it. I believe there's always a way out. "
"What you said isn't unreasonable. Sometimes, people need to be reckless," Mrs. Manas actually supported Lin Sanjiu. It was rare for Mrs. Manas to support Lin Sanjiu. She said thoughtfully, "Besides, I'm sure they didn't put in so much effort just to gather ordinary people here and kill them …"
"Why are you still here?" When Lin Sanjiu suddenly realized this, she felt a little more hopeful. "Is my Higher Consciousness not affected?"
"It is. I'm just a representation of the subconscious. It's useless if I'm here alone. " Mrs. Manas's words extinguished the fire in her heart. "Even though you still have your Higher Consciousness, it's like taking water from a pool. In the past, you could take as much as you wanted until the water ran dry. Now, you can only take 6%."
Even the strength of the tracks had dropped to 6%. Lin Sanjiu sent out her Higher Consciousness and hit the tracks a few times. In terms of power … if the tracks could talk, they would probably scream, "Ouch!"
She looked up into the distance.
One by one, the ordinary people on the A04 caterpillar tracks were sent into the huge metal cage in front of them. Once they entered, the door of the cage would close. Only when the next person was sent to the door would the cage open its mouth and swallow them.
The metal wall was smooth and vertical. If it was the old Lin Sanjiu, she would have no problem jumping on it. However, looking at it now, she had no choice but to be swallowed by it or jump into the abyss. There was no other way.
While there was still one person between her and the shield, Lin Sanjiu quickly tried her other abilities.
"What does six percent of the [Planar World] mean? Does it mean that the weight of the item that can be converted has become …" She shook her hands twice, but her palms were still empty. He swung a few more times, but the card bank was still silent and refused to deal, like a dealer on strike.
Lin Sanjiu suddenly understood.
"Damn, so it's a conversion rate of 6%? That's equivalent to six out of a hundred attempts? "
Wasn't that the same as crippling him? If she really wanted to use her cards, which gentleman would stand there and wait for her to test her weapon before fighting her?
The metal cage closed the door silently, trapping the ordinary people in the shadows behind it. The tracks buzzed as they moved forward, bringing the next man to the metal cage. Lin Sanjiu listened carefully, but she couldn't hear what was going on inside the metal cage other than the sound of the Dynamo Core. At least, she didn't hear any screams.
After the man disappeared, it was Lin Sanjiu's turn.
No matter how hard she tried to sense her surroundings, her hypersensory ability had become short-sighted. No matter how hard she tried to sense her surroundings, she couldn't see anything clearly. Hei Zeji's Air Vortex, which could devour mountains and rivers, could probably only cause people to be blinded by the wind. As for the two abilities from Van Wah, Lin Sanjiu didn't even have the time to try them out before she was sent to the metal shield.
The metal cage slid open soundlessly to one side, revealing a gloomy space.
The tracks buzzed as they moved forward. Piece after piece of empty black rubber was sucked into the metal cage. After seven to eight seconds, no one was sent into the cage. The metal cage's door was still wide open. Lin Sanjiu was taking large strides backward, maintaining her original position for the time being.
"I can't see clearly," Lin Sanjiu said as she craned her neck and squinted her eyes. "It's so dark. I can only see an empty space. On both sides …"
Before she could see what was on either side, she felt a gust of wind behind her head.
"Behind you!" Mrs. Manas shouted after realizing something.
At the same time, Lin Sanjiu turned around and saw that the silver clamp was swinging toward her like a pendulum. Lin Sanjiu didn't know whether it was going to knock the man in or pick him up. She immediately cursed inwardly and leaped forward. With her current abilities, she barely managed to get into the metal cage. Clang! The clamp hit the metal cage's closing door, and the sound was so loud that Lin Sanjiu's ears went numb.
"This stupid clamp is quite versatile!"
Lin Sanjiu gasped for air as she climbed up from the small platform. After she lost the light from the outside world, she could vaguely feel that the tracks seemed to have returned to their original position. The platform under her feet was still. Just when she was about to reach for it, a red dot lit up in the dark.
Before she could react, several red rays had already scanned her from head to toe.
"Female," an electronic voice said, "Right side."
"What right side? Men should go to the left side? Why does it have to differentiate between men and women? "
When Lin Sanjiu turned her head to the right in a daze, another metallic claw came down from above her head. This time, it was smaller, but it was just as merciless. Like a doll in a claw machine, she was scooped up into the air with one swipe. The metal claw didn't care where it struck or how much force it used. As Lin Sanjiu hissed in pain, the metal claw picked her up and placed her on another track on the right side.
After following the track for about ten seconds, Lin Sanjiu stopped in a small room that was lit with a faint white light.
The small room seemed to be pieced together by a few iron-colored metal plates. Rather than calling it a room, it was more like a spacious coffin. At most, it could only accommodate one person. There was a faded sign hanging in front of the room. It read, "Please remove all your clothes and place them in the corner."
"Huh?" Lin Sanjiu didn't expect to be asked to do something like that. She looked around and found a pile of tattered women's clothes and shoes at the corner of the room. They were probably left behind by the commoners and hadn't been cleaned up yet.
"I'm not going to take them off," Lin Sanjiu muttered. Just as she mumbled, Mrs. Manas suddenly said, "Wait, why are those clothes so torn?"
"So be it," Lin Sanjiu's brain was almost unable to process the many questions she had, but she still followed Mrs. Manas's request and bent down to look at the pile of clothes. "The clothes worn by commoners … Huh?"
Indeed, the clothes of commoners wouldn't be so tattered. If Lin Sanjiu stretched out her hand, she wouldn't even be able to pick up a complete piece of clothing. It was as if they had been corroded for years and only the threads were left to hold them together.
"That's weird," Lin Sanjiu straightened her body. Before she could think of a possibility, the walls around her suddenly spewed out a mist. Although it was called water mist, it wasn't too wet. Rather, it was called air mist, but it had a weight that shouldn't be there. As if it was attracted to her, the mist enveloped Lin Sanjiu's body, her pants, her shoes … It was as if the mist could distinguish between the fabric of her clothes. It avoided most of her exposed hair and skin, but it didn't even let go of the bandage around her neck.
The mist soaked through the bandage. Her skin that came into contact with the cloth began to itch and ache as if she was being bitten by countless tiny teeth.
"The mist is corroding the clothes!" Mrs. Manas screamed. Lin Sanjiu understood what was going on at the same time. She was afraid that her skin would be corroded along with the cloth, so she had no choice but to take off her clothes. She quickly threw her clothes into a corner. As expected, the strange mist shifted its target along with the clothes. It was no longer interested in Lin Sanjiu.
"What kind of f * cking perverted place is this?" Lin Sanjiu was so angry that she wanted to tear off her [Facial Hair] and smash the room. She cursed aloud, "Why do we need ordinary people to take off their clothes? Next — "
The word "next" stretched into a series of "ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch," as Lin Sanjiu lost her footing. Finally, it ended with the sound of a heavy object falling into the water.
When Lin Sanjiu realized what was going on, she had already fallen into a large pool filled with liquid.
"That's right," Mrs. Manas said in an almost numb tone, perhaps due to the sudden change in events, "After they take off their clothes, they have to take a bath, right?"
Lin Sanjiu had never been a good swimmer, but that wasn't the reason why she was panicking. Even though she had shut her eyes and mouth tightly, she could still feel the liquid seeping into her eyes, nose, and mouth. Her mucous membranes were on fire. The liquid in the pool was definitely not water. The smell and the pungent smell reminded her of disinfectant.
However, disinfectant was much milder than this kind of liquid.
"Let me wrap it up with my higher consciousness," Mrs. Manas said hurriedly.
"Now is not the time to save your higher consciousness!"
Lin Sanjiu calmed down a little when she was wrapped by her higher consciousness. Even though the searing pain was still there, she could at least struggle to swim up. Her vision was blurry, and she could not see how deep or wide the pool was. She struggled for a while, but the water around her seemed to have spun and surged around her. There was no way she could withstand such a strong whirlpool. Before she could pull off her [Facial Hair], she was swept down with the current into the darkness.
"Did I f * cking fall into the toilet bowl just now?"
The water in the pool receded like a receding tide. Lin Sanjiu was drenched and panting as she lay on a table. For a moment, her eyes were burning, stinging, and hurting. The light was so dim that she couldn't see clearly. Vaguely, she felt the same red ray light up and land on her body.
Since Lin Sanjiu hadn't withdrawn her higher consciousness, the red ray couldn't make up its mind and shone on her a few times.
"Target detection of unevolved person's microbial community. Result: 0% …" The electronic voice seemed to have come to a conclusion. It gave instructions for the next procedure, "Pass. You are allowed to continue with the microbial community replacement. Next preparation, posthuman's microbial community."
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