"Don't come near me!" A shrill female voice pierced through the darkness, "Stay away from me! Stay away from me!"
"Who is it?" The voice was so frightened that Lin Sanjiu couldn't tell who it belonged to.
"What's wrong?" Henna's unmistakable voice was filled with confusion. "What happened?"
"Isn't it just darkness?" The person who spoke seemed to be Wen Ya. "Stop screaming. You are already an adult, so why are you afraid of the dark?"
"I'm not joking!" The female voice pierced through the air again. For a moment, even her saliva and tongue were mixed together. "I chose the Evolved Ability of the flying dagger. All of you, move back now. Otherwise, I can't guarantee what will happen to those who come near me!"
Lin Sanjiu recognized the voice. It was Guan Nan, the thin and small woman who had been quiet and muddle-headed.
"Are you crazy?" Rat-Faced Man panicked again. "Nobody knows how big this place is. How dare you shoot your flying dagger at us?"
"Then stay away from me!" Guan Nan yelled at the top of her lungs.
Perhaps everyone realized that the threat she made when she lost control of her emotions might become a reality. Along with the promise of "Alright, we will stay away from you", the rustling of robes and hurried footsteps could be heard in the darkness.
As they retreated, some of them tried to persuade Guan Nan to calm down. Some of them asked her what was wrong. One of them was in such a hurry that he bumped his leg against something and yelled in pain, "There seems to be a chair here."
"Who chose this lousy place? There's no light at all!" Hana scolded in a hoarse voice.
Lin Sanjiu didn't move. She closed her eyes and tried to use her [Higher Consciousness Scan] to capture the appearance of the objects and environment around her. As there was no light, and the effect of this ability had been reduced to only six percent, she had to use a lot of effort to "scan" the surroundings repeatedly before she could vaguely see a corner. At this moment, Ya Mu's voice came from the left corner in front of her. "I've retreated to the wall!"
"Me too," Eider Down said fearfully. Her voice came from the right corner behind Lin Sanjiu.
Gradually, the other people who were groping their way to the wall also responded to Lin Sanjiu. Since there were people retreating in all directions, Lin Sanjiu could sense that they were in a rectangular room. It was quite spacious. Even though there were 13 people in the room, their voices could still be heard echoing from the ceiling.
"Yes, all of you, move aside …" From Guan Nan's voice, she was still standing at the top right corner of the rectangular room. Lin Sanjiu was standing right in the middle.
"Guan Nan, what's wrong?" Roab asked in a muffled voice.
Guan Nan's breathing gradually became softer as he calmed himself down. Only then did he realize that his reaction was a little too much.
"Don't act like you don't know anything," Jiang Tian said with a trembling voice. Just when Lin Sanjiu thought that Jiang Tian was replying to Roab, Jiang Tian shouted, "Jiang Tian, didn't you say it yourself? You, you said that when everyone is together, it's best to get rid of the others one by one … All we need is an opportunity, didn't you say that? "
Jiang Tian remained silent in the dark.
"That's not what I meant …" she said softly, "You misunderstood me. I'm worried that someone will kill us one by one. I'm not the one who wants to kill anyone."
"That's not what you said! You didn't say that you are going to kill anyone, but you hinted that someone is going to do it. " Guan Nan seemed to be afraid that others wouldn't believe her, so she said hurriedly, "If we are in another place, you can explain yourself however you want. But this is a dark place. I'm afraid that this is your chance, right? Isn't this your home turf? Who is the one who wants to kill us? "
"I already said that's not what I meant. If you want to pester me endlessly, just say it." Jiang Tian was getting angry.
Seeing that the two of them had argued for a while and that the others had started to interrupt them, Lin Sanjiu finally couldn't stand it anymore. She raised her voice and shouted, "Stop arguing! It's not a big deal that there's no light here. This is obviously a room. Can't we just find a switch and turn on the lights? "
Faced with such an obvious solution, the darkness that shrouded everyone was silenced.
"Switch?" Eider Down mumbled, "Ah, right. That kind of room has electric lights …"
Lin Sanjiu came back to her senses. She had forgotten that she was surrounded by a group of commoners from Fan Jia City. To them, a room with electric lights that would light up at the flick of a switch was a foreign concept. They wouldn't have thought of it if they hadn't been reminded.
Fortunately, they were not slow when it came to finding the light switch. In less than two minutes, Lin Sanjiu heard the familiar click of the light switch. However, the sound of the light switch faintly faded away. Darkness remained in the room.
"Is the light broken?" Roab mumbled.
It seemed that the setting was deliberately set to be dark.
"I get it," before Guan Nan could shout again, Vanvolt suddenly said, "The Media in this setting must be a flashlight, right?"
Without waiting for anyone to speak, he finished his sentence in one breath, "When I was looking for the switch, I sensed that there were quite a number of tables, chairs, and cabinets in the room. The Media should be among the furniture. Think about it, when we were choosing the setting, we didn't even know what the Media was. Someone must have seen this dark setting and guessed that the Media had something to do with light. That's why they chose this setting … Otherwise, why would they choose such an inconvenient setting? "
One of the disadvantages of having a large number of people was that even if each of them only said one sentence, it would still cause a lot of noise.
Roab suggested that they look for a flashlight first, but Vanvolt immediately suspected that he was the setting's owner. Guan Nan insisted that it was too dangerous to be in the dark, while Eider Down thought that the setting's owner might not be right … After arguing for five to six minutes, they finally came to an agreement. It wasn't a good idea to fumble around in the dark, so they had to look for a flashlight first. If there was really a flashlight, they would put it on the floor and let go immediately after they switched it on. The time it took to withdraw one's hand was much faster than the setting's owner speaking.
After that, everyone had to search for a flashlight in the room. At the same time, they had to avoid Guan Nan and persuade her to calm down. It was a mess. Only after half of the setting's duration had passed did someone finally find a flashlight. As expected, that person didn't say a word. Without any warning, a beam of white light suddenly pierced through the room and landed on the opposite wall.
Finally, there was light. Even Lin Sanjiu heaved a sigh of relief.
With the help of the dim light source, everyone quickly looked around. A normal person might not be able to tell, but Lin Sanjiu could tell that this place didn't look like a large office or classroom. There was a security guard's desk at the entrance. There were a few rows of chairs in the room. There was also a long wooden desk at the corner of the room. There were some paper, pens, billboards, and brochures scattered on the desk. It looked like a public office of some government department.
"Did anyone else find a flashlight?" Wen Ya was the only person standing next to a flashlight on the ground. "One is not enough. Half of the room at the back is still dark …"
After searching for a long time, they could only find a flashlight. Considering that there had to be more than 12 Media, it was unlikely that this was a Media.
Even though everyone had more or less thought of this, Wen Ya still didn't want to pick up the flashlight in front of everyone.
"Then you kick it and make it turn to the back." Muya gave him an idea.
Wen Ya thought for a moment. "Fine. Don't say a word when I kick it," he threatened in a hoarse voice, "I also chose the Evolved Ability. If anyone says a word, I will twist his head off."
They had only experienced three scenarios, but this group of normal people, who were participating in a pocket dimension for the first time in their lives, were already on high alert.
Lin Sanjiu thought to herself as she followed the flashlight rolling on the ground and looked behind her. "It's almost impossible not to notice," Lin Sanjiu thought as she followed the flashlight rolling on the ground.
Especially after Doctor Chen used his own words to demonstrate how to extract a hidden Message … Even if Lin Sanjiu wanted to win the game now, she didn't know how to do it.
The white circle of light turned to the back half of the room and illuminated a few office desks at the back. The desks were partitioned by cubicles and there were chairs for visitors in front of them. This was indeed a place for administrative work. Unbeknownst to Lin Sanjiu, Doctor Chen had found his way to the back of the desk and sat down. He had his head lowered like a clerk reading documents.
Lin Sanjiu's heart tightened.
"Doctor Chen," Vanvolt took a step forward, "What do you think —"
"Move back! Don't go over there!" Her shout startled everyone, and they all turned to look at her. Only Doctor Chen remained seated motionlessly in the snow-white circle of light with his head lowered. The shadow he cast on the wall looked like a headless shadow.
"He's dead," Lin Sanjiu said slowly as she looked at the piece of paper filled with Doctor Chen's handwriting.
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