Even a fool wouldn't believe that Gong Daoyi's message wasn't a trap.
Lin Sanjiu really didn't want to listen to his message. What good news could he have? She had a feeling that once she listened to his message, she would be dragged into one of Gong Daoyi's sick plans again. She would become his chess piece or his target. If she could, she really wanted to stuff that forgettable candy down Gong Daoyi's throat so that he would forget who she was.
However, since she already knew that his message was only a hair's breadth away from her, it was too difficult for Lin Sanjiu not to listen to his message anymore. With this dark cloud hanging over her head, no matter how interested she was in the "Hundred Thousand Shifting Worlds Dream", all she could think about was Gong Daoyi's message.
She had to come sooner or later.
She stood on the flight deck and stepped on the sea. After a few minutes, she said slowly, "Thank you for the message."
"Yes," the tour guide replied with a smile. Then, she fell silent.
Lin Sanjiu was still waiting for the tour guide to read the message, but it didn't move at all. Just when she was wondering if the thing was broken, she suddenly felt someone tapping her shoulder lightly.
Even with her current ability, she didn't notice anything unusual behind her. She didn't even realize someone was approaching her until her shoulder was tapped. It was almost inconceivable. Lin Sanjiu quickly turned around and sucked in a sharp, cold breath.
Gong Daoyi tilted his head, and his long fringe slid past his ears. He looked exactly the same as he did many years ago. Under his messy hair, his eyes were so deep that it was hard to see his expression clearly. It was easy for people to mistake the glint in his eyes as gentleness or a smile.
The light and shadows of the "Hundred Thousand Shifting Worlds Dream" that floated between the sea and the sky flowed lightly across his face. One moment, it was like the moonlight that had been washed away, and the next moment, it was like the silent creeping vines in the night.
"I'm here," he said softly. His voice seemed to be wrapped in gray fog.
"Did he deliver the message himself?"
Just when this thought was bouncing around in Lin Sanjiu's mind like a rubber ball, Mrs. Manas shouted, "No, this isn't the real person!"
"What?"
"This, just like the tour guide," Mrs. Manas said anxiously, "is not the real person."
"He's not a real person?" Lin Sanjiu mumbled.
Of course, Mrs. Manas was telling the truth. However, when Gong Daoyi nodded and said, "This is indeed not a real person," it was hard to believe that he wasn't Gong Daoyi himself.
"That's right. The guide can communicate with me and even touch objects … So this is how 'leaving a message' works." It was only then that Lin Sanjiu felt the hair on her back slowly smoothing out. She was considered a top-tier posthuman now, but the shadow left behind by Gong Daoyi actually made her break out in a cold sweat.
However, this shadow was too realistic.
Lin Sanjiu wouldn't be surprised if she found out later that she was already in a trap and that the Mrs. Manas she heard was just an illusion and the person in front of her was the real person.
"You think this projection is me?"
The "Gong Daoyi" in front of her seemed to be very interested in her mistake. He asked, as if to confirm, "How did you make such a mistake?"
Lin Sanjiu was a little confused. What's so important about this question? Why didn't the projection go straight to the point?
"Your question is very strange …" Lin Sanjiu said slowly. For a moment, she still couldn't get used to the strange feeling that she was talking to "Gong Daoyi" instead of Gong Daoyi. "It's only natural that I misunderstood when I saw you."
"Is this the first time you saw me since you came to Karma Museum?"
"… Yes." For some reason, it was a simple fact, but it was a little difficult to say it out loud.
In the next moment, Lin Sanjiu found a clear reason for the vague feeling she had just now.
"Then," Gong Daoyi put his hands into his trouser pockets and said casually, "It's not time for you to listen to my message yet."
"What?" Lin Sanjiu was stunned.
"You can only listen to my message after a certain event has happened," Gong Daoyi said with a smile, "If you haven't seen me yet, then that event definitely hasn't happened yet. You can come again when it has happened. "
"Wait a minute, how do I know which event you are talking about?" Lin Sanjiu raised her voice.
"If you still have any doubts, then it hasn't happened yet." Gong Daoyi turned his head and looked away from her. It was as if the projection had just decided that it was time for him to leave. "As long as it has happened, you won't have any doubts."
"Can't you just tell me?" Lin Sanjiu took a step forward anxiously. It was only then that she remembered that there was a sea outside the flight deck. The projection of Gong Daoyi in front of her was floating on the surface of the sea.
"If I tell you directly, it might conflict with the result I want." Gong Daoyi smiled, "Have a good experience of the 100,000 Worlds Shift dream. Every day, every person, every message left here will never disappear, so my projection will patiently wait for you here. When you call my projection out again … "
When he said that, a dark and distant emotion seemed to come over him and cut off his words.
"When that time comes, should I be happy or unhappy?"
Those were the last words Gong Daoyi's projection left behind. It was so soft that it didn't seem like he was talking to her, but to himself.
Lin Sanjiu watched as the "Gong Daoyi" slowly melted away from his body, color, and reality.
Then, he disappeared into nothingness, as if he had never existed. Lin Sanjiu didn't expect that Gong Daoyi's message would have a time limit. This clearly proved that he was indeed planning something. What was it?
Be it Nvywa's experiment or Rena's plan, they didn't seem to be Gong Daoyi's style. He liked to watch the ups and downs of an individual's fate, but he didn't seem to care about the fate of humanity as a whole. Lin Sanjiu couldn't put her finger on it, but she felt that under that layer of gentleness and grace, there was an inhuman coldness. It was as if he wouldn't shed a tear even if he saw the death of his lover. No, no, he didn't even have a lover.
Perhaps, she should say that he wouldn't feel pain even if he was pricked by a needle.
She bit her lip and thought for a while, but she couldn't come up with an answer. She was already mentally prepared to jump off a cliff, but now, she realized that her death date had been delayed. She didn't even know when it would be.
When the guide "resurrected" again, Lin Sanjiu's enthusiasm for exploring the "100,000 Worlds Shifting Dream" was no longer as strong. She nodded and said, "We can start now."
"Before we enter, please allow me to briefly explain," the guide said gently. "Sending and receiving messages is just one of the most basic functions of the" 100,000 Worlds Shifting Dream ". Other than that, there were also library services, Mokugyo Forum, the complete encyclopedia of museum collections, information on surviving the apocalypse, advertising, recruitment, bounty and announcement sections, Karma score ranking, Hundred Thousand Worlds Experience Tour, Willpower Workshop … Most of the services were free. Is there any project that you would like to know about first? "
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