Twenty-seven hours before the airship landed, the tall man who had been missing for an entire night slowly returned to Area R.
He was a little old, and his hair was faintly mixed with gray. His blue shirt and jeans were full of wrinkles. Under Lin Sanjiu's unblinking gaze, the tall man sat listlessly in a corner with his eyelids drooping.
With the nameless man as an example, Lin Sanjiu already had a hunch that the tall man would return.
She quickly exchanged glances with Walter and Green Dress and nodded slightly. Walter cleared his throat nervously and stood up.
Not long ago, when everyone was resting in Area R, the three of them had secretly exchanged information at the end of the corridor.
"So, what I read isn't a metaphor," Green Dress said. Her name was Jade Zhang. She looked strangely refreshing compared to herself. "Did she really 'give birth'?"
Walter nodded. His expression wasn't pleasant, "That's right. At least, from my readings, there have been more life forms in this cabin since yesterday …"
"What did she give birth to?" Jade Zhang's eyes widened, "And where did she give birth to?"
Even though the two's abilities unexpectedly proved each other's abilities, regretfully, these two problems still remained unsolved.
As they did not want to arouse suspicion, they only talked for ten minutes before they returned to Area R. However, even though it wasn't a long time, Lin Sanjiu knew that Jade Zhang would definitely be of great help to them. It wasn't because Lin Sanjiu had a special sense of mission, but because she couldn't resist the curiosity that was aroused by the incident. Lin Sanjiu could almost imagine Jade Zhang's face as she recounted her experience to others.
Walter stopped beside the tall man.
"Hey, I haven't seen you for a while," his voice sounded a little too relaxed, making it seem unnatural, "Where have you been?"
The tall man closed his eyes and leaned against the wall without saying a word. It was as if he didn't realize that Walter was talking to him.
"I didn't see you anywhere. Did you go to the cargo hold?"
There was still no response. Walter called out a few times, but the man ignored him. He couldn't help but feel a little angry. Just as he was about to push him, another hand suddenly reached out from the side and blocked his hand.
AYU's arms stood in front of the tall man like a fence. He smiled and said, "… He's asleep."
Walter stared at her for a few seconds but did not say anything. He turned around quietly and returned to Lin Sanjiu's side.
Behind the blonde young man, AYU's eyes were glued in his direction. She seemed to be staring at him. It was as if he was looking at Lin Sanjiu through him.
"… Did you notice? She was sitting next to that skinny guy before, but now she's sitting here," Jade Zhang whispered. As her curls fell down, the smell of artificial perfume filled Lin Sanjiu's nostrils.
Lin Sanjiu nodded and scanned Area R thoughtfully. Even though the truth couldn't be more obvious, Lin Sanjiu couldn't help but feel a sense of mystery when it came out of her mouth.
The journey of being trapped in the spaceship was long and boring. After building up a certain level of trust, the passengers did more and more things, and the only thing left to do was to take a nap. At this moment, other than them and AYU, the rest of the passengers were fast asleep, including the nameless man. Even though he had slept for more than ten hours straight.
"Read that nameless guy," Lin Sanjiu mouthed to Jade Zhang silently. Fearing that Jade Zhang wouldn't understand, Lin Sanjiu shot a glance at the man who was curled up against the wall. "… And that tall guy."
Jade Zhang closed her mouth and looked at the men. For a moment, all expression faded from her round face. After two seconds, she blinked as if she couldn't understand the result of her reading, "The nameless guy is 1.7, the tall guy is 1."
There was no need to use these numbers to prove that they were related to AYU. Other than causing more confusion, this result didn't help them at all.
"I need to go to the washroom," she stood up with a defeated expression. Ward opened his mouth. He seemed to have remembered that Lin Sanjiu had guarded the door for him before. However, after a few seconds of effort, he did not bring up the idea of following a woman to the toilet. Lin Sanjiu was very satisfied with that.
The pitiful amount of food that he had eaten on the spaceship was not enough to expel it from his system, not to mention the physique of an evolved human. It was not uncommon to not go to the toilet for seven or eight days in a row. It was just that the spacecraft was so boring that even going to the toilet became an activity for the passengers to kill time.
However, Lin Sanjiu did not go there for that reason.
Such a frequently-visited place had been carelessly placed at the end of the hold, with the doorway directly facing the corridor. From the walkway, one could easily see the person who had just come out of the lavatory. However, Lin Sanjiu had a feeling that the crew of the spaceship wouldn't mind.
In the next second, the door was locked with a "click" sound. Mrs. Manas's voice rang in her head. "If this idea is also wrong, what do you plan to do?"
Lin Sanjiu sighed.
"I don't know. If I still can't figure it out … I can only hope that AYU and the creature she gave birth to don't come looking for us. "
"I wish I had a real body and lived in a peaceful world. I wish I could win the lottery one day," Mrs. Manas mumbled.
Lin Sanjiu ignored Mrs. Manas. She forced herself to turn around in the washroom and looked around. Her skeletal wings were even more of a hindrance in this cramped space. When she was inspecting the washroom, Ward was the one who was responsible for inspecting the interior corners. However, this crudely constructed place could be seen with a single glance. There was a toilet bowl against the wall. The rusty body of the toilet bowl was mixed with a suspicious yellowish-brown color. It was hard to look at it, let alone the smell it gave off. Perhaps the creator knew that posthumans who could survive to this world must have experienced even more unhygienic conditions. Therefore, there was no sink. However, for some reason, there was a mirror hanging on the wall.
Lin Sanjiu looked at herself for a few seconds. The woman in the mirror was very unfamiliar, just like when she looked at her own body.
"How long are you going to stay here?" Mrs. Manas asked.
Nothing happened after she entered the washroom. Lin Sanjiu wasn't too sure, "Should I wait for another three to five minutes?"
While Mrs. Manas was silent, it was as if the air in the washroom was tainted with the stench of human urine. With every passing minute, Lin Sanjiu felt that her idea was becoming more and more foolish.
"Even though the two men disappeared after coming to the washroom, you came here too," Mrs. Manas finally spoke. She seemed to be trying to persuade Lin Sanjiu to leave this place as soon as possible, "If your bait was effective, what would have happened would have already happened."
"No, I forgot. I have never entered the washroom alone, "Lin Sanjiu reminded Mrs. Manas," I only came here with Ward. I didn't even come in. "
"What about Ward? Didn't he come out in one piece? "
"Because I was guarding the door," Lin Sanjiu thought for a moment and said stubbornly, "There is no one outside now." Jade didn't even enter the washroom, so she couldn't refute Mrs. Manas's words.
Jade Zhang didn't even enter the washroom, so she couldn't refute Mrs. Manas's words. The other passengers seemed to have only moved along the corridor. Even if they did enter the washroom, they definitely didn't see them.
However, it seemed that Mrs. Manas was right. Lin Sanjiu had no choice but to give up after staying in the washroom with her guard up. As she opened the door, she couldn't help feeling that she was wasting her time.
When the door opened, Lin Sanjiu lowered her head instinctively and saw a pair of black and white eyes staring at her.
AYU's smile was still as faint as before. It made her look elegant and polite. However, her smile was still half a second too late. Lin Sanjiu could clearly see the faint trace of surprise that was left on the woman's face as soon as the surprise faded.
"Why are you surprised?"
Lin Sanjiu thought to herself as she stared at AYU with her amber eyes.
"Are you surprised that I came out so quickly? I didn't end up like those two men? "
"What a coincidence," AYU spoke before Lin Sanjiu could react. If Lin Sanjiu looked closer, she would realize that AYU wasn't as young as she looked. At the very least, there were faint wrinkles under her eyes. However, Lin Sanjiu didn't know what kind of aura AYU had, but when she spoke, she felt that she was still very young. "These five days were really tough, right?"
Lin Sanjiu looked at AYU's abdomen instinctively. AYU had a slim figure. Her abdomen was also flat. In fact, it had always been that flat.
AYU didn't seem to notice Lin Sanjiu's gaze nor did she notice Lin Sanjiu's wariness. She smiled and said, "Oh, right. I don't seem to know … Sister, which world are you from? "
It was hard to explain what happened in that instant. However, she felt as if an electric current had struck her. Immediately after, the hair on the back of her neck stood up. The next second, the skeletal wing on her right was like a ferocious beast that had been hibernating in the deep sea for a long time. It stirred up the air and turned it into a gust of wind. The ghastly white shadow charged towards AYU. Lin Sanjiu didn't even wait for the skeletal wing to hit her. She leaped to the left and slid past AYU. Then, she dashed towards Area R.
The skeletal wing, which Lin Sanjiu had been complaining about for the past few days, suddenly opened up behind her and forced AYU to retreat. Usually, the skeletal wing looked clumsy, but at this moment, it revealed its ferocious expression. The skeletal wing looked like a living beast. As it cut through the air, it cut off one of AYU's arms, which she couldn't retract in time.
At this moment, Lin Sanjiu had already dashed into the entrance of Area R.
Her quick thought had come true.
They knew that there was something wrong with AYU and they also knew that Lin Sanjiu had just gotten up to go to the toilet … So, when AYU stood up and entered the corridor, Walter and Jade couldn't possibly remain indifferent.
Perhaps Jade might not be able to do anything, but Lin Sanjiu was confident that Walter would definitely follow her … However, there was no one behind AYU just now.
There was only one situation where Walter and Jade Zhang would leave her alone — — and that was when something happened to both of them.
Most of the people in Area R were still lying on the ground, looking as if they were asleep. There were only two people who were awake. However, this time, the nameless man and the tall man were standing expressionlessly in Area R.
A head of thick, dark blonde hair lay at the feet of the tall man. The rest of his hair was hidden in the shadow cast by the tall man. The nameless man was carrying a limp body in his hand. The body was wrapped in green, and it did not look as meaty as it used to be.
However, what shocked Lin Sanjiu the most was their pupils.
Regardless of their original color, their eyes were now completely black. Even though they didn't look like they were going to disperse, four black eyeballs, each the size of a ping pong ball, were staring at Lin Sanjiu without a trace of humanity.
When Lin Sanjiu sensed a shadow slowly approaching from behind, she raised her skeletal wing first.
"Relax," AYU's voice was the same as before. "Actually, I'm not very good at fighting."
As she said that, she touched the stump on her arm. There was no blood, no torn flesh; it swayed slightly below the elbow, like a piece of cloth bag. (To be continued.)
PS:
To celebrate being a bachelor, I'm even more …!
Thank you to Reed Nian Nian, Fox Baby, and Rabbit Teeth Baby for your safety amulets, another sachet from Fat Bird, three safety amulets from Osuoqinaidi, and … a whip … (Why did this kind of reward option appear?!)
Also, thank you to Elegy and Ying Xueru for their monthly tickets. Two monthly tickets each for Pit (Spit Love) and Miviyaida.
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