Lin Sanjiu stood in front of the Dolls' House from a distance. She lowered her eyes and looked at the color of the stone pavement beneath her feet. The ripples in the water gradually deepened.
The lake water was slow and gentle. When it touched her boots, it circled around her and continued to flow forward.
Lin Sanjiu turned with the flow of the lake. Her boots broke the surface of the water and she stretched out her hand. Like a seabird catching a fish, she pulled a card out of the water with her Higher Consciousness. Lin Sanjiu looked at Lin Sanjiu.
Before she entered the pocket dimension, she used her Higher Consciousness to knock the card away. The card returned to her hand with a thud, splashing a few water droplets in the air.
[The Bracelet That Predicts the Time Left to Live] was an ordinary name. It was a card with a simple description. There were only a few words on the card that introduced one of the functions of the bracelet. It did not have any "precautions" or background information for other items.
It was such a plain and indifferent thing that had drained the last of Bohemia's life from its body, turning it into a circle of blood red.
No matter how many times she looked at it, she could not figure out what Bohemia wanted her to wait for.
Lin Sanjiu pressed the card back into her card bank. As if she had found a piece of her puzzle, she exhaled slowly.
There was a possibility that she would die in any pocket dimension in the "Grand Palace of Enchantment". If nothing happened to her in the pocket dimension, it would remain in its card state. No one could do anything to the bracelet. If she really died in the pocket dimension, at least Puppeteer could walk out of the pocket dimension, pick up the bracelet that had returned to its original state after she died, and wait for her.
Fortunately, she managed to avoid that kind of ending.
The water ripples around her feet trembled as if someone had pricked it. However, Lin Sanjiu knew very well that even if it was painful, it wasn't the lake water that was hurting. It was the Dolls' House that was slowly being squeezed open.
She turned her head to look.
The stone pavement extended to where the Dolls' House used to be. Under the sky, there was a lake in a slanted angle.
The lake rose and fell as if it could breathe. Occasionally, due to the resistance of the Dolls' House, it would splatter some water.
It was obviously a shapeless lake, but it was like jelly, steadily pointing to the sky. It blocked most of the view. In the turbid green water, there were dark black water plants, white swollen bodies, and the shadows of rolling debris … It was going deeper and deeper into the structure of the Doll's House. The long sofa in the living room was like a phantom, floating in the green water.
From the back of Puppeteer, Lin Sanjiu could not see anything different. He was still as thin and narrow as before. He did not even move an inch. It was as if he was not the one who charged into the Dolls' House from the lake.
Lin Sanjiu did not expect that Puppeteer could use such a method … She was at a loss for words. She had no idea what Puppeteer was doing to the palace.
Using an instance dungeon to force their way into another instance dungeon … this, is it really possible?
If one had to make an analogy, wasn't this like using one fist to break the skin of another person's arm? When there was no one with greater "strength", would forceful squeezing be effective?
The deeper they went into the lake, the greater the resistance. They had been stuck in there for almost half a day, and their progress was almost undetectable.
Puppeteer did not seem to be in a hurry. He leisurely took out a sofa and sat down. For a while, the stone path was quiet and the wind was silent. The two of them and the two dungeons were quiet and motionless. Only the water under their feet was trembling.
Ever since they left the Dolls' House, Lin Sanjiu did not have many chances to see Puppeteer. She did not even talk to him. She thought for a moment and decided to tread on the water. Puppeteer did not even turn his head as if he could not hear her purposely splashing footsteps.
Even though Lin Sanjiu was suspicious of Puppeteer's actions and was afraid that his nonsense would affect her getting the medicine of regret from the Palace of Enchantment, she did not ask any questions when she spoke.
'This doesn't sound right, but … I can't alert the enemy.'
She had mastered the art of finding a topic to talk about and talking nonsense.
"Well …" She looked at Puppeteer's pale face and neck. Even the slightest hint of blood could not escape her eyes. "You haven't asked me how I found out that the doll wasn't yours when I was in the pocket dimension."
If his eyes were not open, he would have looked like he was asleep. There was no response at all.
"Sigh, the more I think about it, the more I feel that this Dolls' House is really well thought out," Lin Sanjiu sighed. "When I suggested that we both take out an item to prove our identities, the Dolls' House should have no way to deal with us … What did you take out at that time? It's definitely not that soft cloth, right? "
It was as if Puppeteer had turned into a puppet.
"I saw you take out a piece of soft cloth at that time. Now that I think about it, before we entered the pocket dimension, the Dolls' House had already seen your soft cloth. Besides, it looks normal, and the pocket dimension doesn't allow people to examine it carefully … If your doll was holding a cloth of similar color, I would naturally be fooled. Hey, what did you take out at that time? "
Lin Sanjiu repeated the question five times patiently.
"Shut up, [eBay]," Lin Sanjiu answered at the same time.
"What a coincidence," Lin Sanjiu pretended not to hear him, "I also took [eBay]! Hmm, first it was a card, then I deactivated it … Wait a minute, [eBay] is still in your hands? Why didn't you reply to my message? "
It was a miracle that Lin Sanjiu was not hurt even though she stood there for a long time.
Of course, Lin Sanjiu had no intention of blaming Puppeteer. She coughed dryly and continued, "When the pocket dimension moved us, we all felt it. So, I thought that if the pocket dimension moved you when the lights were off, you would definitely react. If you reacted, your doll would react as well … So, when 'Puppeteer' took out the soft cloth with a calm face, I believed him. Even though the lights were off once, the Dolls' House didn't have a chance to move. Was that what you thought at the time? "
Lin Sanjiu seemed to have seen some blood. Perhaps she was about to lose her temper … She shut her mouth.
After the blood disappeared, Lin Sanjiu opened her mouth again.
"It wasn't until you told me that the Dolls' House had two levels that I realized why the Dolls' House had to turn off its lights even though we couldn't move it. If the lights were on, the doll would be synchronized with our movements, so I couldn't help but see the doll drawing air from the chains on its hands. Since everything happened instantaneously, the doll would only have a chance to take out the soft cloth when the lights were off — "
"Did I ask you?" Puppeteer finally couldn't stand it anymore. He twisted his head, "I'm very curious about how you came up with those thoughts in your head."
"Isn't this the end of the pocket dimension so we can exchange our thoughts …"
"Why should I exchange my thoughts with Acne?"
Lin Sanjiu wasn't angry. She had made that decision in the pocket dimension, and Puppeteer definitely couldn't stand it. His current reaction could already be considered very gentle and reasonable.
"Ahem, since we have nothing to do anyway, let's just talk." She braced herself and finally got to the topic she wanted to talk about. "We have been squeezing into the pocket dimension for so long, but we haven't made any progress. Besides, we don't know what will happen next …"
Puppeteer suddenly sneered.
Lin Sanjiu didn't know if he saw through her intention, but he kept quiet again.
Lin Sanjiu waited for a few seconds before she continued, "Sigh, I don't know if you realized it or not, but I did … Oh, that's also the reason why I realized that the doll beside me isn't you. Everyone thinks that the darkness is there to block our sight, but the Dolls' House is really cunning. Blocking our sight is just a facade. What it really wants to block is our voices in the dark — "
Puppeteer might have reacted at that moment, but she didn't know.
Before she could finish her sentence, the stone pavement suddenly shook violently. As if it couldn't bear the pressure anymore, it cracked and crumbled. The ground beneath their feet seemed to have been torn apart.
"I'm sorry, this chapter took so long because I couldn't resist sleeping halfway through … Today, I listened to a podcast and heard about the background of a movie that was going to be adapted. Oh my god, how could there be such a talented author? God is so unfair when it comes to people's talents … It's called Blindsight, and I immediately bought it from Amazon.
Speaking of which, I've been following a principle for the past few years. The things I input must be unimaginable or uncreated, and they must come from a height that I can't reach. "If it wasn't for xx, I wouldn't have known that there was such xx in this world." This doesn't just include movies, books, and music. Even a comment on a social media platform is also an input. This is because the highest level a person can output is definitely at least one level lower than what they input … It's quite difficult to put this principle into practice. Just like how the human body will instinctively use energy conservatively, the brain will always want to go to the easiest place.
"I feel that the above is so awkward that it doesn't sound like a human. Anyway, it's fine as long as you understand what I'm saying."
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