When the Pocket Dimension came to an end, nobody realized it.
There was no notification, no announcement of the winner. Even the television that announced the rules did not appear again.
Lin Sanjiu suddenly felt the ground beneath her feet swaying and the sound of rushing water ringing in her ears. Her vision was blurred by the sudden change and the white waves. At that moment, her reaction was even faster than her mind. Before she could figure out what was happening, she had already sent out a large amount of Higher Consciousness from her hand.
In the blink of an eye, her Higher Consciousness quickly split and lengthened to form thin ropes. Then, the ropes connected and formed a large net. The sudden river water rushed through the net. Those who had just fallen out of the pocket dimension screamed and crashed into the net one by one. All of them were stopped.
Logically speaking, Lin Sanjiu had no foothold at the moment. She had also fallen into the river, so the net she threw out should have been washed away as well. However, the more critical the situation was, the more quick-witted she became. She raised the net formed by her Higher Consciousness into the air and threw it in the opposite direction of the river, leaving the people trapped in the net behind. Lin Sanjiu stuck her head out from the ripples of the river. Panting, she scanned her surroundings and swam to the riverbank with great effort. She managed to stabilize herself.
Lin Sanjiu shouted a few times in the turbulent river, but her voice was drowned out by the sound of the waves. She couldn't hear a single reply. She could feel that the net had stopped some people, but she didn't know who they were. Were Duck Down and Jiang Tian released from the pocket dimension along with the rest of the people who hadn't won or lost the game?
Lin Sanjiu's heart tightened. She dove into the river again and swam against the current with all her might towards the people trapped in the net.
The sound of the rushing river became a distant background noise in her ears. She couldn't help replaying the scene before she left the Pocket Dimension in her mind. She wanted to know if she had made a mistake or miscalculated something. Did her speculation and plan work?
Needless to say, the four Believers were different. Thanks to her credibility of 3.36, it didn't take her much effort to get all nine of them to agree with her. The factory was more useful than a normal person, so the Pocket Dimension shouldn't result in too serious an outcome.
The real challenge was to get Jiang Tian and Duck Down to join her plan.
She knew, too, that she could only rely on her own conjectures at the moment, so when she came to them, she could not say that she was not at all anxious. She knew that she was asking for their absolute trust.
"You mean …"
The plan was simple. After listening to her, Jiang Tian looked at her as if she was looking at a rare beast and asked, "So, our fates are tied to your whims?"
"This is the least we can do right now," Lin Sanjiu lowered her voice as she looked at the people chatting not far from the amusement park.
Even when his own scene disappeared, Wen Ya did not realize that he had become a Believer. Just like Ya Mu, they seemed to have the same characteristic. As long as Lin Sanjiu needed it, they were very good at distorting the reality in front of them to match the beliefs in their minds, rationalizing all unreasonable things.
Wen Ya seemed to really think that the hospital was Doctor Chen's home ground.
When Lin Sanjiu wanted to create an opportunity to talk to Jiang Tian and Duck Down alone, she asked him and the other Messengers to stall Vanvolt and the others. None of them felt that there was anything wrong with this sudden decision.
"Let the two of us become extra people …" Duck Down frowned as he mulled over her idea. He said slowly, "And you want to get seven Believers in one go to end the Pocket Dimension?"
Lin Sanjiu also felt that this idea made her look suspicious.
"Getting seven Believers from normal people doesn't give me any additional benefits. It's the same as getting four," she explained slowly. "But, as long as I have seven Believers, the remaining people won't be able to produce a new winner. Then, the Pocket Dimension will end. Compared to the situation of having two winners, there will be one less person who will become a Believer, but there will be one more person who will be fine. "
"How do you know that those who don't win or lose will be fine?" Jiang Tian raised his eyebrows and asked.
Lin Sanjiu knew that she had to convince the two of them as much as possible. Otherwise, even if Jiang Tian's Message was exposed, her Media was still unknown. Plus, there was still Duck Down, whose mind was spinning fast …
"I think that this type of Believer will be released at the end of the Pocket Dimension. If that's not the case, there might be extra people appearing in every round. If the remaining people are stuck in the Pocket Dimension, it will affect the entire process of the factory … Besides, when the first few batches of Believer enter the Pocket Dimension, there won't be enough people in the Pocket Dimension, so we have to wait for the next batch. This also proves that the extra people will not be left behind for the next round. "
As Lin Sanjiu spoke, she looked at the few people in the distance. An indescribable feeling rose in her heart.
In order to get out of the Pocket Dimension as soon as possible, her next plan might be to change the lives of Vanvolt, Caveman, and Roab. After all, Hana still had a granddaughter at home, so she couldn't bear to hurt a grandmother. Even though she had made up her mind that she would never interfere with the lives of the Believer the moment she left the Pocket Dimension.
This was another reason why she wanted to be the only winner, but she couldn't bring herself to say it out loud. She knew that she would never take advantage of her position as the winner, but she found it hard to believe that the other winners could resist the temptation.
After all, they were humans that she could manipulate … Subduing and controlling others seemed to be a wet dream that humans could never get rid of.
"Now, the only people who can be chosen as Believer are those who haven't realized that I have already won. Both of you should have guessed what my Message and Media are, right?" Lin Sanjiu looked at the two of them. When she saw that they did not deny it, she continued, "So, naturally, neither of you can become my Believer. This is also the reason why I want to discuss with both of you … Both of you can leave the Pocket Dimension safely as people who don't win or lose. "
Lin Sanjiu added, "Just like what I promised just now, there is another benefit to only letting me win. In the worst-case scenario, if I am wrong, I will still bring seven people into the pocket dimension and start a new round of battle to get you out. If there is a new winner between the two of you, are you sure that the winner will come back to save you? "
This was the truth, but it was also a provocation — it was an overt plot.
Duck Down and Jiang Tian looked at each other. Both of them showed hesitation on their faces.
"In the worst-case scenario … How do I know that you will definitely come back to save us?" Jiang Tian asked.
Lin Sanjiu smiled bitterly.
"No matter what I say, it's just empty words. I don't expect you to believe me just because of a few words. I can only tell you the truth … The reason why I snuck into the factory was because I wanted to know who was attacking the civilians in Fan Jia City. The lives of ordinary people are also lives, and I don't want to see you die in vain here … That's all. "
"In the Twelve Worlds Centrum, anyone who says something like that is either a madman or a liar," Jiang Tian said softly. Duck Down seemed to have the same thought.
"Yes!"
Lin Sanjiu really couldn't find any more words to convince them. She could only wring her hands and wait for their reply. Her plan had to be approved by both of them before it could be carried out. She realized this when she remembered that Guan Nan and Wen Ya's followers had also been given to her.
Even if she acted alone and found seven believers, she could still become the target of Duck Down and Jiang Tian.
So what if she knew Jiang Tian's message? She didn't need Duck Down to convince her. She already had the same belief. Jiang Tian just needed to find a suitable opportunity to trick her into using Media. When that time came, Jiang Tian and Duck Down would once again engage in a battle of deceit and murder. This pocket dimension would probably produce the largest number of believers. No one would be able to escape unscathed.
"But … I don't know if it's because of your trustworthiness, but I think … I can trust you."
Lin Sanjiu was shocked.
Duck Down didn't seem to be sure. He said to her hesitantly, "Even a liar wouldn't say something like that … This means that it might be what you really want to say, right? You did disguise yourself as a normal person and came here for an adventure … As a posthuman, it's not a problem for you to leave Fanjia City. Isn't that what the other posthuman do? "
Jiang Tian crossed her arms in front of her chest. She was more cautious and doubtful than Duck Down. After thinking for almost ten minutes, she finally nodded slowly at Lin Sanjiu. It was so difficult that it was as if there was an invisible force pressing down on her head.
The process of gaining more believers was simple but also difficult.
The simple part was that the remaining four people didn't have their guard up against her yet. Instead, because she was a posthuman, her trustworthiness increased, and they trusted her even more. Moreover, there were six other people beside her who were encouraging her to do so.
When Lin Sanjiu saw them picking up her Media one after another without knowing what was going on, she felt that it was a rare sight. She just wanted to turn her head away and pretend that she didn't know anything.
Vanvolt probably didn't even dream that the newspaper he mentioned to divert people's attention was really the Media in the hotel scenario.
Jiang Tian probably didn't expect that the hotel scenario didn't belong to Lin Sanjiu, but she just happened to hit the last 1/12.
When she was in the hotel, she had asked everyone to gather flammable materials. After that, the more scenarios they visited from the hotel, the more relaxed they became. It was as if there was no problem with the scenario after going through so many scenarios. However, who made the rule that they had to pass the Media to someone in their own scenario?
The key to getting someone to pick up the Media was to bring it into another scenario. Let the owner of the scenario think that the Media belonged to them and pick it up unsuspectingly.
With four Believers, it was easy for Lin Sanjiu to determine which scenario belonged to whom. When everything was coming to an end, Jiang Tian and Duck Down told Lin Sanjiu their Media and Message with the same determination as if they were going to die.
Once Lin Sanjiu knew the key information, the game naturally couldn't continue. As expected, the Pocket Dimension had determined that the battle had come to an end. However, Lin Sanjiu didn't expect the Pocket Dimension to end so suddenly. In the blink of an eye, she was swept far away by the river. She didn't even know whether the two girls had come out or not.
"Duck Down! Jiang Tian! " Lin Sanjiu smashed another wave that was about to sweep her away. She felt that she had used much more strength than she should have. In her anxiety, Lin Sanjiu shouted until her voice was hoarse, "Tell me if you can hear me!"
Countless streams of water gushed out from the web of consciousness, creating tall, white waves in the air. Behind the wall of water formed by the waves, Lin Sanjiu finally heard the faint sound of the eiderdown.
"We are all out!"
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