The first fifteen minutes of her shopping trip were not smooth sailing. The main reason was that the people who saw the overhead lights were all talking about bread.
"Won't there be bread crumbs if there's bread?" A middle-aged man held a fresh, warm bread in a cloth bag and said, "I bought freshly baked bread. I'm willing to sell it to you."
"Do you want bread crumbs to feed the birds?" a child asked.
"Why do you want bread crumbs instead of bread?" a girl asked with genuine doubt.
"Looks like [Bread Crumbs] is one of the rarer Special Items …" Lin Sanjiu explained a few times. Eventually, she lost her patience and changed the words on the overhead lights to "Looking for Loving Mother Knitting Garments". That was much better. Lin Sanjiu could tell that it was the name of the item and no one would try to sell it to her.
Even though she changed her target, she was still uneasy about whether she could buy all the items she needed.
There were too many people in the Special Item Section. Many of them were like her, with a taxi overhead light above their heads. Among the bustling crowd, people with red hair, brown hair, and rubber hair swam back and forth. She had no idea how many overhead lights there were. There were some bright and some dark words, and there were also some symbols that she couldn't understand. Amidst the buzzing of the crowd, it was as if there were countless boats floating on the waves.
The entire mountain was dug out from countless "empty rooms" to form this market. In fact, it was very difficult to distinguish the upper floor from the lower floor. Most of the shops, empty spaces, and walkways were dug out from the original terrain of the mountain. If it weren't for the maps and signs on the walls of the mountain, Lin Sanjiu would have gotten lost a long time ago.
The excitement of the people when they saw something new, the caution when they bargained, the anticipation, the novelty, and the satisfaction they felt when they harvested something new. The atmosphere was so thick that it seemed to seep into the skin. Subconsciously, the people's emotions rose along with the crowd. Even Lin Sanjiu was dazed for a moment. She felt as if she was really here to shop.
Under the pressure of teleportation and the Deluge, the posthumans could still build such a vibrant and wonderful society. What would it be like after they obtained the vaccine and stabilized the situation?
"Oh, Loving Mother Knitting Garments," a posthuman walked past Lin Sanjiu. He looked up and suddenly said, "That's a humanoid Special Item. It's quite expensive. You have to go down another two levels."
The people from the Karma Museum were indeed friendlier than those from other worlds. Lin Sanjiu thanked him and followed the directions. After a while, she arrived at a section selling humanoid items. Compared to other places, there were far fewer posthumans here. Most of them just looked around and did not buy anything. There were even a few stalls where only humanoid items were selling themselves on behalf of their owners.
Lin Sanjiu thought for a while. Although she felt that she should hurry up and get down to business, she still summoned the three humanoid objects. Who knows, maybe they could meet someone from the same hometown?
"You should have kept us outside."
After asking about the situation when he was put away, the life mentor muttered, "If you kept me outside, you wouldn't have fallen for that person's trick … Maybe not."
"What? Are you not sure?" Lin Sanjiu glared at him.
'Your friends are so queer, 'said the Tutor matter-of-factly.' I might have thought you had a friend who looked like that. Also, what if the owner's state affected the item's state? You can't ask that person to come out and try again … So, what are you doing now? "
Lin Sanjiu told him everything about the paper crane she obtained from the pocket dimension and the information about Puppeteer and Bohemia from the paper crane.
"That's a pretty accurate way of measuring things," she said with a sigh. "Something that can bring me news about them, but not the person themselves, is probably worth six to eight to me. As for the fact that Bohemia isn't herself … If I think about it, the degree of misfortune fits the criteria. "
Even though Lin Sanjiu could think of it herself, the life mentor did not stop him from giving her suggestions. "That place doesn't sound too good," he said. "You should find out more about it before you go there."
Lin Sanjiu showed him the "Encyclopedia of 3D Maps" that she had just bought.
"There is a brief introduction about the Grand Palace of Bewilderment. I have read it once. It's a tricky place, "she sighed again." Not only the paper crane, but all communication methods will fail after we enter the palace. According to Puppeteer's subordinates, the paper crane that I sent to Puppeteer and Bohemia has been circling outside the Grand Palace of Bewilderment. He seemed to be in despair, so he played the paper crane while circling. That's how he heard me. "
"Wait a minute," the Tutor suddenly said, "Then, he might not be Puppeteer's subordinate, right? What if he's just someone who happens to be nearby? "
Lin Sanjiu shook her head.
"Have you forgotten? I didn't receive the paper crane on the street. The pocket dimension measured its value before giving it to me. This is enough to prove its authenticity."
Lin Sanjiu pondered for a moment and explained further, "Furthermore, this also explains why I haven't heard from Puppeteer and Bohemia even though they are both in this world. If they didn't receive the paper crane because they are too far away from me, then the paper crane that I sent to them shouldn't be heard by anyone nearby."
Taking a step back, even if the person who sent the paper crane to her was not Puppeteer's subordinate, it wouldn't make much of a difference. Logically speaking, only Puppeteer and Bohemia should know the content of the paper crane that she sent to them. Now that someone else had heard it, it meant that Puppeteer and Bohemia were probably in a state where they couldn't receive the paper crane and couldn't reply to it.
She had to trace the clues she had and find the source of the problem. In other words, she had to find the place where the content of the paper crane was leaked and see for herself why it was leaked. Of course, the place where the content of the paper crane was leaked might not be the Grand Palace of Bewilderment.
However, she was certain that the Grand Palace of Bewilderment had something to do with the leaked content of the paper crane.
With Puppeteer's abilities, if he couldn't even send and receive a message, she had to find out what was going on even if she had to take the risk.
"Furthermore, the list that person gave me was basically filled with items that I could use to protect myself in the Grand Palace of Bewilderment," Lin Sanjiu said. "If someone wanted to harm me, why did he ask me to buy a bunch of items to protect myself and repeatedly remind me to be careful? He didn't even mention a word about the dangers of the Grand Palace of Bewilderment. He only told me that Puppeteer and Bohemia were waiting for me there, and that there was a 50% chance that they were there. Then, I went straight to the palace. "
"You have a pretty good understanding of yourself," Lin Sanjiu nodded. "Is this the reason why you want to buy a humanoid item?"
He didn't seem to want Lin Sanjiu to buy a humanoid item. He could afford to buy other items, but he couldn't afford to buy Caster and Painter.
Putting everything else aside, the [Benevolent Mother] was very important to Lin Sanjiu. Even if she didn't buy anything else, she had to buy it.
However, there were so many Special Items in the world. Would it be possible for someone to sell the [Benevolent Mother] at this place and time so smoothly? In order to gather all the items, she had already activated [No Coincidence, No Story]. She wondered if it would work this time …
"You want a Benevolent Mother?"
Just as Lin Sanjiu was thinking about this, a head popped out from a cave not far away from her. The man looked at the overhead light of the taxi and shouted, "I don't have a Benevolent Mother, but if you are willing to pay more, I can get it for you … What do you think?"
He chuckled and said with a business-minded look, "After all, knowing where to get something is also a kind of resource. Miss, you won't blame me for using my own resources to earn money, right?"
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