Douglas' words suddenly popped into Lin Sanjiu's mind without any warning when her [Vibroblade] was tearing that humanoid cardboard into pieces. Lin Sanjiu had no idea what Douglas had said.
"This world is actually named after a horror story. Looks like it has something to do with these things."
The image of the air stewardess on the cardboard was no longer recognizable. Countless pieces of paper were still floating in the air above the convenience store. Lin Sanjiu took a few deep breaths. She put away the vibroblade with trembling hands and tried her best to calm her racing heart.
"Since it could be torn into pieces without any resistance, it seems like this thing isn't that scary."
Lin Sanjiu told herself over and over again.
However, she refused to stay here any longer. Lin Sanjiu grabbed her copy of "Technological Frontiers" and held it tightly. She didn't even dare to look at the small pile of paper in front of her. She took a detour from the back of the shelf and dashed out of the convenience store.
It was only when she reached the main road that she felt her soul returning to her body.
"Could it be that the so-called dark matter could give these inanimate objects the ability to move?"
Lin Sanjiu turned around to look at the convenience store. It still looked desolate and it didn't seem to be in any danger. Lin Sanjiu's heart thumped. She had long lost the mood to look around. All she wanted was to return to the hotel as soon as possible.
Although they weren't related to each other, Chen He's existence gave her endless comfort.
"Douglas!"
The corridor on the second floor was still the same as when she left it. It was dark and quiet, as if no one had ever set foot in it. Lin Sanjiu didn't know why, but she suddenly remembered that she had touched some dust on the doorknob of Douglas's room. She couldn't help panicking a little. She yelled, "Douglas, come out!"
The door to the room on her left opened with a squeak. Lights and the sound of a game spilled out from the room. It was as if a corner of the world had opened up. Douglas stuck his head out from the gap of the door with a puzzled look, "What's wrong? What happened? "
Lin Sanjiu heaved a sigh of relief. She laughed at herself inwardly.
[So, I knocked on the wrong door. Douglas is staying in unit 205.] She tried to open the door of Unit 207 next door. No wonder her hands were covered in dust.
"I found some information. Take a look. Maybe we can figure out some of the rules of this world." Lin Sanjiu waved the magazine in her hand. Unexpectedly, a magazine suddenly fell out with a plop. Only then did she realize that she had unintentionally rolled up another entertainment gossip magazine along with it.
As she walked into Douglas's room, she unfolded the two magazines on the table.
On the television in Chen He's room, a shooting game was paused. The screen was stuck on a gun and a few zombies in front of it.
"These things. How many times have you fought in real life? What else is there to play with? "Lin Sanjiu pulled two chairs over and sat down with him. She was a little confused.
"You don't understand. The armory and the map are too rich," Douglas replied casually and lowered his head to read the article she pointed out. After a while, he smacked his lips and raised his head.
"Dark matter, uh, or according to the article, dark energy will erode all matter in space …" He touched his chin. Qing Shushi's stubble was almost as long as his hair. "This place is also called Kisaragi Station... I say, could it be that this dark matter is what we usually call, uh, you know, supernatural things?"
Actually, this was also Lin Sanjiu's first thought.
As an atheist, she found it hard to believe that a group of ghosts from the universe had killed everyone in this world.
"Not necessarily." Douglas did not seem to be afraid at all. "Maybe everyone in this world has turned into dark matter. It would have floated into space a long time ago. "
"This is a little too ridiculous!" Lin Sanjiu couldn't help laughing. In the bright room that was filled with the smell of life, after chatting with a warm living person for a while, the fear and panic from before had completely disappeared. "You … haven't encountered anything strange?"
Chen He opened his mouth and thought for a long time.
"Uh … I think I was searching for games. He dropped something, but when he went back to look for it, it was gone. But this kind of thing happens all the time in other places. It can't be considered a supernatural event, can it? "The more he spoke, the more careless he became. "Other than that, I eat, sleep, and play Dou Dou. Other than the fact that my days are too leisurely, I can't be any better. "
[So, this joke also exists in his world.] Lin Sanjiu immediately felt more at ease. She laughed out loud and felt more at ease.
Perhaps, the geomancy theories that she had heard before might make some sense in this world. Perhaps it was because Douglas was a man that he had a strong "Yang energy" and was less susceptible to invasion? The theory of yin and yang seemed to be perfect here.
"Alright, if that's the case, I will go back to rest and wash up. I will play Dou Dou with you tonight." Lin Sanjiu stood up and pointed at the zombie named Dou Dou in the game.
"Okay, don't forget your magazine. See you tonight."
Before Lin Sanjiu stepped out of the door, Douglas had already grabbed the game controller again. He did not waste a single second.
The biggest fear was the unknown. Since Lin Sanjiu knew that everything was related to dark matter, she felt much more relaxed. She took out her key and opened the door. She pushed the door open and walked into her dark room. Her eyes met with Teru Teru's black eyes.
"By the way, I almost forgot that you are looking after the house," she said softly and turned on the light switch.
Everything was normal in the room.
Her body was cold and dirty, and she couldn't wait to take a hot shower. However, she had learned her lesson from the meat fried rice. She wrapped her jacket tightly around herself and turned on the shower head in the bathroom. She reached out her hand to test the temperature of the water.
The water gushed out of the shower head. It was scalding hot to the touch. White steam rose from the shower head and quickly filled the air.
Ever since she took a shower at the sponsor's house in Garden of Eden, Lin Sanjiu had never seen hot water flowing automatically. She had almost forgotten about the strange things in this world. She gratefully took out a toothbrush and towel from the hotel. She only let out an "Oh" when she saw the mirror in the bathroom.
"Just cover it with a bedsheet," Lin Sanjiu had heard a lot of ghost stories even though she had never eaten pork before. "A mirror doesn't seem to be a good omen."
After the mirror was covered, this small space seemed a lot safer.
Lin Sanjiu kicked off her boots first. Her heavy boots thudded against the ground. Her heavy boots thudded against the floor.
Next, she had to take off her clothes.
This step was not worth mentioning. If she could take off her jacket, she could not.
However, she could not take off her jacket.
She had already unzipped it, but the fabric wrapped around her body did not budge. It was as if Lin Sanjiu had thousands of kilograms of force. Instead, it tightened inch by inch. Soon, Lin Sanjiu's face turned purple. She could hear her ribs cracking.
The hot water flowed and the white steam became thicker. In the hazy mist, Lin Sanjiu quickly turned into a struggling shadow on the floor.
"What, what's wrong?" Mrs. Manas' panicked voice rang in her mind.
Lin Sanjiu found it hard to even breathe. She did not have the time to respond. The cotton jacket seemed to be filled with the most vicious of intentions. It was as if it wanted to strangle her to death. However, she was not afraid of such a brazen attack. Even though it was uncomfortable, her mind was still clear. She first activated her [Cheat Finger]. Then, she pressed her hands on the hem of the cotton jacket and activated [Mosaic Censorship].
With the help of her [Cheat Finger], she managed to prevent her lower abdomen and the cotton jacket from exploding into pieces.
The cotton jacket that was torn to shreds instantly lost its strength and slid off her body, revealing the singlet underneath.
Lin Sanjiu sat paralyzed on the ground, gasping for air. The hot steam made it even harder for her to breathe.
"Even though I don't know what you are doing, and I know you mean me no harm," she yelled in her mind, "I think you should use less of your higher consciousness! I might need it to save my life in the future! "
Mrs. Manas already knew what happened from Lin Sanjiu's mind. She knew that she was in the wrong, so she did not dare to argue with Lin Sanjiu about respecting her teacher.
After a while, Mrs. Manas said as if she was trying to please Lin Sanjiu, "Well, higher consciousness can be used to defend against many kinds of attacks. Higher Consciousness could be used to defend against many kinds of attacks... It might come in handy here. I will teach you the method now, okay? "
Lin Sanjiu snorted when she heard what Mrs. Manas said. She did not say anything.
She took the opportunity to knock on the door of Unit 207. She was almost strangled to death in the bathroom. She stared blankly at the cotton wool on the floor for a while. Suddenly, she realized something. She quickly went out and knocked on the door of unit 207.
When Douglas heard the knock, he opened the door and saw Lin Sanjiu with a face full of water. He was very surprised.
"Slow down, slow down … Did you say that your cotton jacket attacked you?"
He was still holding the game controller in his hand. His face was full of disbelief.
"The pieces are still in the bathroom. You can go and take a look if you don't believe me," Lin Sanjiu answered stiffly.
"That's not it …"
"All in all, this is what I just thought of." Lin Sanjiu was not in the mood to listen to him. She immediately interrupted him, "The article did say that all matter can be corroded by dark energy, right? So, everything we have come into contact with can be considered as dark energy … If your guess is correct, doesn't that mean that everything is dangerous? Just like my cotton jacket. "
Lin Sanjiu spoke quickly with a sense of urgency, as if she was being chased by something.
"What you said makes sense … But, I see it from a different perspective."
"What?"
"Look, I have been living here for more than a month, and I have not encountered any strange incidents, let alone any life-threatening situations. If everything could attack me, how could I have survived until now? Sigh, it's not that I don't believe you … But, if you look at it from the perspective of a folktale, it makes sense. "
He found a towel for Lin Sanjiu to wipe her face and continued, "The owner of the cotton jacket is definitely dead. In a normal ghost story, this means that the jacket has a 'spirit' attached to it. If you run around in a dead person's clothes, how can you not get into trouble? "
This was the first time Lin Sanjiu thought of this. She was stunned for a moment, but she actually felt that what he said made sense.
In the past, she was not interested in such stories, so she naturally did not understand the logic of the supernatural world. She suddenly thought of the old cloth shoes next to her feet. She smiled bitterly and gripped the towel tightly, "I'm afraid that the owner of every piece of clothing in this world is dead … Do I have to freeze here?"
There were no clothing stores along the road in the tourist area.
Douglas did not seem to think that this was a problem. He smiled and replied, "Other than the electronics stores, there are many snack bars and clothing stores … You can go there to find some clothes."
"Take the tram?"
"I take the tram back and forth. But, if you want, it's not that far on foot." Douglas was very familiar with the location of that street. He took out a pen and paper and drew a simple map for Lin Sanjiu, "I'm at a crucial point in this game, so I won't accompany you. But, remember to bring me more games."
Lin Sanjiu was much calmer now. She picked up the map and nodded.
Douglas had not experienced what she had gone through. Lin Sanjiu could be nonchalant about it, but she didn't dare to be careless. After thanking him, she immediately left the house.
For a normal person, it would take them more than two hours to walk. However, for a posthuman, it took them less than twenty minutes to finish the journey.
Lin Sanjiu did not idle along the way. She had been learning from Mrs. Manas about the methods and application of higher consciousness defense. To put it simply, a normal person's thoughts were just thoughts. However, under the influence of higher consciousness, countless thoughts with mental strength could be condensed into a physical form of defense. Besides that, it had many other functions. It was said that the highest level of higher consciousness was the phrase that people used to say during New Year's greetings, "Everything you wish for".
However, with Lin Sanjiu's current higher consciousness, she couldn't even withstand the cold. She had to obediently look for a clothing store.
The electronics street wasn't long, but it was densely packed with all kinds of shops. Not a single space was wasted. It was obvious that this was a very crowded place before the apocalypse.
After walking for half a street, Lin Sanjiu finally entered a shop. She took out a heavy woolen coat and a down jacket made of patched leather. She even converted two long johns into cards under the persuasion of Mr. Kurosawa.
Next was to get Douglas a game.
Lin Sanjiu pushed open the door of the largest electronics store. She suddenly realized that she didn't need to get him a game anymore.
"Weren't you … playing games at the hotel?" She stared blankly at the space in front of her. "How did you get here before me?"
There was a man standing behind the shelves. He turned around when he heard the door opening. It was Douglas.
"I cleared the game after you left. What a lousy game." Douglas scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed. "Since you are here, I thought I might as well take a look around here … Did I scare you?"
"Oh, no —" Lin Sanjiu felt a lot safer now that she had a companion. Lin Sanjiu also felt a sense of security. She smiled and said, "You can pick your own game.
Douglas laughed heartily and said something along the lines of, "Other worlds don't even have electricity. I can finally enjoy myself here." Then, he dove back into the game disc.
The last time she played a game was when she was in university … Lin Sanjiu was a little unfamiliar with the various game series on the shelves. The store was huge. Aside from the game discs, there were also many game consoles, gaming helmets, movie discs, and other things for sale. Since she had nothing to do, she casually walked around the store.
After walking for a short while, Mrs. Manas suddenly called out to her in her mind. Her voice sounded a little shaky.
"Lin … classmate Lin …"
It sounded like he was afraid of something.
Lin Sanjiu's heart skipped a beat.
Just when she was about to ask what was wrong, she saw a head behind a shelf in the distance. Douglas looked around and looked at her with a puzzled expression, "Did you hear that? I think I heard a voice just now. It was calling something classmate? "
PS:
I wrote until midnight yesterday. Today, I wrote for the whole morning. I combined the two chapters into one fat chapter ~
Tomorrow, I will continue with the two chapters.
Up until now, this book has been in second place on the Pink Ranking for two days. I am overwhelmed by the favor. I am very grateful for everyone's support!
I would like to thank Kotorena's Pink Shoes, Kitty's Pearl Milk Tea Lollipop, Dream's Pink Heart, Riki's Protective Amulet (I won't be scary anymore when I die at 39, I promise), Bubbly _ Foam's 3 Pink Votes (I'm touched …), Fat Meow's In-Law's 2 Pink Votes (Hello, Boss), Big Three's Pink Votes, Bear 0922's Pink Votes, and the Soul Severing Eccentric's Pink Votes!
Seeing that there are more and more new readers, I feel more motivated to write!
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