When Lin Sanjiu freed her hand and pushed aside her long, wet eyebrows, she said her name. For a moment, Eider Down felt as if he was going to faint from embarrassment.
Her eyes quickly scanned Lin Sanjiu's face and forced herself not to look at her eyebrows. It was obvious that she had swallowed her thoughts about her eyebrows. She apologized profusely, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I misunderstood you because I saw that you are so strong and strong …"
"She sure knows how to talk."
"We can't hang on the railing forever," Lin Sanjiu took the initiative to help Eider Down out of her embarrassment. Otherwise, Eider Down would probably apologize to her until her mouth went dry. "The factory will not allow anyone to not follow the flow of the assembly line."
It had only been half a minute since the railing was opened, but Lin Sanjiu could already feel the flow of the river quickening. The water was much heavier than before, as if the river was trying to wash away the stubborn stains on her body.
"Ah, right. What should we do now?" Eider Down looked around and her eyes fell on the forest. She mumbled, "If only we had an oar. At least, we could control the boat …"
Lin Sanjiu had the same thought just now. Unfortunately, the forest on the shore was too far away from them. Secondly, the branches of the nearby trees were thin and short. Even if she used her Higher Consciousness to pull a few branches down, they wouldn't be able to serve as an oar.
Logically speaking, if all the ordinary people had entered the pocket dimension, she should also enter it. However, Lin Sanjiu had too little information at the moment. What if the factory's focus wasn't on ordinary people, but on testing and "training" the pocket dimension? Or, what if the pocket dimension was just a dead end?
Rather than taking the risk of entering a pocket dimension that she didn't know if she could get out of, she would rather go deeper into the factory and find the end of the river and the mastermind behind the factory.
With that in mind, Lin Sanjiu turned her head back to look at the snow-white river in front of her. The Pocket Dimension players on both sides of the river were rushing to and fro, and the red ship was bobbing up and down. In her eyes, it was like a broken scene from a movie.
The red inflatable boat that was the furthest away had drifted to the size of a pinky. Lin Sanjiu had no idea how those people managed to avoid the pocket dimension along the way and float there. Lin Sanjiu looked at both sides of the river, and another question popped up in her mind.
There were less than a hundred ordinary people in this batch. Why were there so many Instance Dungeons?
The nearest pair of snow-white palms were now holding each other on the surface of the river. They were no longer moving, and the thin layer of mucus on their bodies seemed to have completely disappeared. Lin Sanjiu stared at them for a few seconds before an idea came to her. She took a deep breath.
"I know," she blurted out. "The instance dungeon is full!"
Not sure if Duck Down heard it clearly or if he couldn't react in time, he only let out an "Ah?"
Lin Sanjiu blamed herself for being so slow. The reason why there were so many pocket dimensions was the same as how the ordinary people were released into the river in batches. Generally speaking, there was a limit to the number of people a pocket dimension could hold.
Just now, the two huge snow-white palms had clawed at the surface of the river four to five times, and the first wave of inflatable boats that had rushed out had all perished. However, after the first wave of inflatable boats, the ones at the back were able to pass through the dungeon and rush to the front. The furthest one was almost out of sight. This meant that the few dungeons at the front were already "full," right?
"But," after listening to Lin Sanjiu's hasty explanation, Duck Down felt very embarrassed that he had questioned Lin Sanjiu, "The number of people we have … should correspond to the number of pocket dimensions. There should be some pocket dimensions that aren't full waiting for us, right?"
"That's true," Lin Sanjiu nodded, "When we get closer to the last few pocket dimensions, we might be swallowed by them."
"What should we do then?" Duck Down asked anxiously, "I can't hold on any longer … My hand is in extreme pain." She paused for a moment and quickly added, "Of, of course, I'm not trying to pressure you …"
"You don't have to be so considerate when you're asking for help." Lin Sanjiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She was willing to help Duck Down, so she asked, "If I stretch my right hand out now, are you confident that you can grab my arm if you let go of the railing and rush forward?"
Duck Down looked at Lin Sanjiu's outstretched arm.
Even though Duck Down was a timid and cautious girl who didn't want to make others unhappy, when it was Lin Sanjiu's turn to risk her life, Duck Down actually let go of her arm without saying a word. Lin Sanjiu was shocked. Amidst the raging waves and the crashing waves, the two of them tried their best to reach each other's hands. As they didn't hold on tightly, their hands slipped out of the water. Lin Sanjiu quickly used her Higher Consciousness to catch Duck Down and pull her closer to the water.
"This … this isn't your hand …" Duck Down couldn't open her eyes because of the splashing water, but she still noticed something was wrong. She searched for Lin Sanjiu's Higher Consciousness and asked, "What is this? Is it a rope? "
"It's my ability," Lin Sanjiu said without turning her head. It wasn't really a lie.
"Ah, the Evolved Ability that I chose doesn't seem to be of much use …" Duck Down thought that Lin Sanjiu was referring to the Evolved Ability that an ordinary person had just obtained. She wiped the water off her face and asked, "What should we do now?"
"Hold on tight," Lin Sanjiu said as she clenched her fist. Then, she punched the bottom of the wooden guardrail.
In the past, she could break such an ordinary piece of wood without even blinking her eyes. But now, her ice-cold fists, which had been warmed by the river water, felt as if they had been jolted into her bones by the force of the impact. The skin on her knuckles started to bleed. After all, even the toughness of her body had dropped to six percent.
Gritting her teeth, Lin Sanjiu endured the pain and changed her angle. She mustered all the strength she could muster and smashed the wooden guardrail a few more times. Finally, she heard a cracking sound and the guardrail split in half.
The wooden guardrail could no longer withstand the impact of the river and the weight of the two of them. As soon as it broke, the waves of the river caught hold of the two inflatable boats. Amidst the screams of the duck feathers, the two boats spun and rushed into the river.
Lin Sanjiu was still holding on tightly to the wooden guardrail. To be more precise, she was holding on to the top of the wooden guardrail.
"Ah, so that's how it is," Duck Down shouted as he staggered between the waves with a strand of Higher Consciousness, "You have a paddle —"
"Lower your head!" Lin Sanjiu shouted. At the same time, she lowered her body and shrunk into the inflatable boat. Even though the two snow-white palms didn't move, they were still hovering in mid-air above the river. In their haste, both of them managed to shrink back in time to avoid being hit by the palms.
Just as Lin Sanjiu expected, the three to four Pocket Dimensions ahead of them were already "full". Even when people approached them, they didn't react at all. It was as if they were just standing motionless toys.
In such a turbulent river, a long wooden plank was still very useful. Lin Sanjiu rowed the boat in the opposite direction and slowed down the speed of both boats. She could even change their direction according to the situation of the Pocket Dimensions on both sides of the river. Sometimes, they even formed a zig-zag pattern in the river. Even though it was very strenuous, they managed to avoid most of the Pocket Dimensions. The number of Pocket Dimensions on both sides of the river gradually decreased. Soon, they would only be left with the river and the green bank.
At this moment, Lin Sanjiu's heart was in her throat.
The ordinary people who had been released from the river with them had all disappeared at this time. Looking around the entire river, only the two of them were left in the lonely little red boat, one in front of the other in the back. If the number of ordinary people was determined by the number of Pocket Dimensions, then the remaining Pocket Dimensions...
Just as he thought of this, a figure suddenly appeared from the forest on the shore ahead.
The moment Lin Sanjiu saw Ji Shanqing, she almost forgot that she was on the boat. When she leaped forward, she almost fell into the water along with the boat. Apparently, the grand prize sensed the movement on the river and turned his head in her direction. His clear and bright eyes, which were now misty, were imprinted on Lin Sanjiu's retina. Lin Sanjiu could not help but stare at him.
"Sister?" With a child-like blankness and a slight, imperceptible sense of grievance, he called out in a low voice.
… No, this must be the form of a certain instance dungeon.
Just as the thought flashed through her mind, she could feel her mouth opening. "Grand Prize?" she was about to blurt out.
"Ah ah ah la la la la la!" A loud and loud voice suddenly rang out from behind her, startling her. Lin Sanjiu turned around and saw that Duck Down's face was as white as a sheet. It was as if he was so anxious that he had forgotten how to speak. All he could do was shout, "La la la wa wa wa Lin Sanjiu!"
With that delay, the inflatable boat was swept away by the current, leaving Ji Shanqing behind in the blink of an eye. Lin Sanjiu was startled. She turned her head to look at the shore again and realized that Ji Shanqing had disappeared. In his place was a tall and long humanoid figure that seemed to be made out of white fish meat. Its pointy head, which was shaped like a KKK hood, was staring at Lin Sanjiu from afar. The humanoid figure grew smaller and smaller until it was too far away to see clearly.
"My God," said the eiderdown, visibly frightened, "did you see something different from what I saw? You didn't even blink when you looked at that thing. You looked very emotional … "
'Is it because the humanoid pocket dimension can only hold one person? Is that why I'm the only one who is affected?'
For a moment, Lin Sanjiu didn't know what to say. It was as if she would burst into tears if she turned around to look at it again. She thanked Duck Down. As she rowed the boat, she looked ahead. From what she could see, the two banks of the river were empty. Other than the forest, there wasn't a single pocket dimension.
"Is it over?" Duck Down asked blankly, "But, even if that humanoid ate one person, we still have one more …"
Lin Sanjiu turned her head and looked at Duck Down. She felt her cheeks slowly puffing up.
She didn't know why she was smiling.
Similarly, she didn't know why she would say such words to Duck Down, "I finally brought you here. I didn't miss a single person in this batch. "
The full title should be, "As expected, you can't trust strangers easily."
(End of Chapter)
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