"Why?"
Lin Sanjiu only got an answer when she heard the last "10" from the woman's countdown. She was smarter this time. Even though she was still thinking about something else, she still hurriedly pointed at one of the men before the countdown ended.
It was not important which one she thought was Derik. What was important was that if she randomly pointed out one of them, even if she guessed wrongly, only one of them who claimed to be Derik would stay and attack her. If she was lucky and guessed correctly, both of them would retreat into the darkness.
This was also what puzzled Lin Sanjiu.
The man she pointed at lowered his head expressionlessly and melted into the darkness. At the same time, the woman beside him laughed evilly and turned into a black shadow that dashed towards Lin Sanjiu.
Sure enough, it was the same as the previous time.
In just a few minutes, Lin Sanjiu's fighting style had become second nature to her. She leaned sideways and bent her waist. Her evasive maneuvers were smooth and fluid. Nothing was out of her expectations.
Lin Sanjiu was a little perplexed when she thought that Derik was using the human wave tactic. However, it didn't seem like it. But why did he ask her to identify the so-called "Derik" again? No, no, if he was planning to use the human wave tactic, he wouldn't have asked her to identify the "Derik" right from the start. He could have just asked the first few hundred people to charge at her.
The space was only so big. Even if they squeezed, they could still injure her severely.
What happened next was exactly the same as the previous time. Different people asked her to identify the "Derik" one after another. In order to reduce the number of people remaining, Lin Sanjiu pointed randomly. She did get it right a few times, but she was still wrong most of the time. Very soon, there were only about 30 to 40 people left.
After experiencing the sea of enemies, Lin Sanjiu was no longer nervous about the 30 to 40 people. With their numbers reduced, their attacks weren't that great either.
Just as Lin Sanjiu thought of this, she suddenly felt something flash at the edge of the scanning range of her higher consciousness. Immediately, alarm bells went off in her head. Mrs. Manas shrieked, "Dodge!" and exploded.
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She didn't have time to think. She subconsciously kicked the ground and threw herself forward. Before her body landed, she stretched out her arm and grabbed a gloomy man. She grabbed him by the collar and flung him backwards.
A black flower that had just silently approached swallowed the man without a sound.
It was not a real flower. It was like a few strands of light, drawn from the darkness and twisted into the shape of a flower. As soon as the stamen of the flower touched the man's shoulder, it opened silently, and the man's body melted into the darkness.
Lin Sanjiu saw a flash of light. It was the glimmer of light on its petals.
"Is this an Evolved Ability?" Lin Sanjiu mumbled to herself in shock. "How, how did they suddenly gain the ability to evolve?"
A little girl in her teens was holding the stem of the "Black Flower" in her two bony hands. She looked at Lin Sanjiu with a dark expression. With a flick of her hand, the flower flew toward Lin Sanjiu with a whoosh. It was obviously her Evolved Ability.
"Are these people all posthumans?" Lin Sanjiu looked a little clumsy when she ran away. She glanced at the few dozen people not far away from her and turned around to run toward an empty spot. She found that there were quite a few people whose hands were glowing. It was obvious that more than one of them were about to activate their Evolved Abilities.
Lin Sanjiu took a deep breath. She couldn't care less about preserving her Higher Consciousness anymore. She quickly activated her [Cheat Finger]. Every time she used her Evolved Ability, she would use her Higher Consciousness as fuel. Not only did it deplete her Higher Consciousness quickly, but once she ran out of Higher Consciousness, she would be stuck in a situation like the oasis. Then, she would have no hope of resurrection.
However, she had to survive this ordeal first before she could think about resurrection in the future.
In for a penny, in for a pound. She activated her [Defense Forcefield] again. With two layers of protection, she bolted toward a few people not far away. She didn't know which ability was working, but she felt a slight pain in her abdomen. At the same time, her newly formed abdominal muscles were swallowed by something, [Mosaic Censorship] was activated, and the few people instantly turned into smoke between her hands.
The next battle was going to be a very difficult one. While Lin Sanjiu was dealing with the enemy, Mrs. Manas kept a close eye on Lin Sanjiu's higher consciousness consumption. From time to time, she would remind Lin Sanjiu to stop attacking and give her higher consciousness a chance to recover.
If they continued fighting like this, Lin Sanjiu was confident that she could hold on until all of them died. However, at this moment, the people attacking her stopped once again.
The process of identifying Derik began again. This time, she only had five seconds to identify Derik. Lin Sanjiu wasn't sure if it was an illusion, but she felt that the speed at which they spoke and the speed at which they disappeared into the darkness had become faster. It was so fast that she couldn't even keep up with their breathing. She could only point out one of them at random when she had to face the attacks.
In the process of going from 38 to 19, she guessed correctly once.
From 19 people to 9 people, she didn't get it right even once.
In the process of going from 9 people to 3 people, Lin Sanjiu had already lost a large part of her higher consciousness. From the soles of her feet to her shins, all the way to her knees, all the way to her bones and muscles were gone. At this moment, Lin Sanjiu looked like she was floating in the air without any legs.
The remaining three people were all terrifyingly powerful. Their evolved abilities were also unimaginably strong. Lin Sanjiu didn't know where they were hiding and why they didn't attack her earlier.
She quickly figured out the answer to this question.
It didn't take long before the three of them stopped and asked Lin Sanjiu a question that she was very familiar with, "Which one of us is Derik?"
Lin Sanjiu instinctively pointed to one of them and a thought flashed across her mind.
She watched as the two of them quickly retreated and disappeared into the darkness. The remaining person suddenly became shorter — like a melted ice cream on a hot summer day. He suddenly became shorter. Then, like clay, an invisible hand slowly kneaded him into the shape of Derik. Gradually, his appearance took on the shape of Derik.
This was the first time Lin Sanjiu saw Derik ever since she entered this dimension.
"Nice to meet you," Derik chuckled as he stabilized his appearance. He looked at Lin Sanjiu from head to toe, "You are really a weird person."
Lin Sanjiu's mind was suddenly enlightened. She couldn't help shouting at Mrs. Manas, "I understand now!"
PS:
Thank you to Li Dou Zi for your safety charm (I'm relieved), Heart-Broken Traceless for your 2 pink votes (I really don't know how to fight, I made a copy), Lily AD for your 2 pink votes (You voted for me again, thank you) ~!
Even though I was pushed to 4th place on the category leaderboard, this is the best result I've gotten since the start of the book. I'm very happy ~
After publishing this chapter, I have earned full attendance for the month of June. This is the first time in the book that I've gotten this much...
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