Among the Twelve Worlds Centrum, Red Nautilus had the smallest geographical area. Other than the ocean that covered half of the planet, there were only four human districts. Among the four districts, three of them were close to each other and shared the same vast continent. Only the last district, Cyber District, was located in the middle of the ocean. It became Lin Sanjiu's last stop after she arrived at Red Nautilus.
Even though she knew that her luck wasn't very good, she couldn't help sighing after the long journey from Cape Howling to the Free District.
Looking out of the window, she was tired of looking at the dark blue and unchanging sea. A few days ago, the airship flew over a forest of rocks, a cluster of volcanoes, and a large patch of dark red shells of Red Nautilus. From then on, it was an endless ocean.
The reason why the past few days felt so long was probably because she had to keep an eye on Soulsqn at all times.
Surprisingly, Soulsqn had been very quiet for the past few days. She did not resist at all. She did not even try to confuse Jade or Captain Malone with her illusions. However, the more she behaved this way, the more nervous Lin Sanjiu became.
Compared to when she first boarded the airship, AYU's stomach was much smaller. It seemed that the Souls inside were slowly returning to their original size. However, since AYU was wearing a human skin, the enlarged skin was no longer supporting it. It piled loosely on her abdomen, which made it even more difficult for Lin Sanjiu to look at it. Every time Malone came in to deliver food and water, he would always look at the top of everyone's head.
According to Soulsqn, the Souls would return to their original size after leaving their shells. However, the larger their original size, the longer it would take for them to recover. After Red Nautilus was sunk by humans, they had no choice but to lie dormant at the bottom of the ocean for many years before they finally came ashore. Lin Sanjiu calculated the date and realized that it was about one to two months before Lin Sanjiu teleported.
For a soul, this timing was really bad luck.
"Are you guys like worms that crawled all the way from the ocean to the city?" Lin Sanjiu asked curiously. "Come on. Tell me from the beginning. "
Soulsqn was silent for half a second. Lin Sanjiu couldn't tell what her attitude was through the human skin, "Of course not. When we are close to the surface, we can release chemical hormones into the air. Basically, all carbon-based organisms will react to these hormones. The most common is coma. "
As it spoke, it couldn't help looking at Jade Zhang, then at Lin Sanjiu.
When Soulsqn failed on the cliff, she had secretly sprayed the chemical hormone at them. It took a lot of time for the chemical hormone to accumulate, and the amount that Soulsqn sprayed was the amount that she had accumulated over the past month. However, Lin Sanjiu's mouth and nose were like decorations. Without feeling anything, he chopped off the lower half of its body, completely unaffected.
Unlike Jade Zhang, Lin Sanjiu didn't have any Special Items to protect herself. However, she had learned her lesson from her experience, so she had already activated her [Defense Forcefield] and 'covered' her face and head with it when she was dealing with the souls.
After the battle at Kisaragi Station, not only had her control abilities improved greatly, but her Willpower was also slowly increasing every day due to her Growth-type Physique. In fact, ever since she entered the spaceship, her [Defence Field] had never been turned off.
However, judging from Marlon's reaction, Soulsqn did not seem to be up to any tricks.
"Continue," Lin Sanjiu said.
Even though Soulsqn was a creature that didn't need to breathe, she still opened her mouth when she heard Walter's words. Through her mouth, Lin Sanjiu could vaguely see something that didn't belong to a human flash through "Walter's" throat.
"Those who were unlucky and inhaled the hormone were naturally put on by us … Carriers like AYU were the first batch to put on human skin. After they sent more of their kind into the city, they found more people to put on the human skin. From then on, they moved around human settlements, built nests, and gathered resources … "
"You have more than a thousand souls. Are you all in the Cyber District?"
"No … There are too few carriers. There are only seven of us, and there are very few people near the coastline … So, we can only enter in batches. Some of us are in Cyber District, but most of our kind are still at the bottom of the sea. "
"I once saw one of your meat cavities … It was filled with unconscious people. Why did you do that?"
Soulsqn paused for a moment, as if she didn't want to continue. However, the reason why Lin Sanjiu took the trouble to bring AYU and the other group of Souls was because she wanted to use them to threaten each other. One of the most important reasons was to use them to threaten each other. If Soulsqn refused to speak, Lin Sanjiu would cut AYU open and kill one of the souls. If Soulsqn didn't tell the truth or didn't match up, Lin Sanjiu would kill another soul.
As expected, Soulsqn still spoke, "That was to prepare for our kind. No matter how powerful we are, we have our limits. We can't just knock out humans on the streets … That's our reserve warehouse. You have the scent of our reserve warehouse on you. That's why AYU followed you. "
Lin Sanjiu couldn't resist sniffing herself, but she couldn't find any scent. She frowned and asked, "Reserve warehouse? I can see that many of the people in there are almost unrecognizable because of their prolonged coma. How are you going to use them? "
Soulsqn replied calmly, "We use those who can be used. We don't have to worry about those who can't be used. Anyway, there will always be new humans sent to the reserve warehouse."
"In other words, if it weren't for me, Faun, the young man in the Chinese tunic suit, and the others would probably die as" spare consumables "…" Lin Sanjiu tried her best not to reveal her inner emotions. She tried her best to remain expressionless as she asked, "Can humans fall into hallucinations when they are unconscious?"
Soulsqn nodded.
"Then … when did I fall unconscious?"
Soulsqn knew the condition of all the Souls, so she should also know Sajee's actions. As expected, she moved her body and said, "You have interacted with the Souls alone. You had our scent on you, but you didn't fall unconscious. So, when you walked out of that alley, you were noticed by another of our kind … Sajee was one of the Souls responsible for transporting you."
Lin Sanjiu was stunned. She had never expected that she would have fallen into an illusion so early in the morning. She still remembered that she had planned to go back to the commercial district to look for the young man who had guided her here. However, she did not expect that she would be drugged before she even reached the underground market!
The Queen did not finish her words.
"Before you entered the underground crevice, you were woken up once. Then, Sajee used an illusion to guide you and made you walk step by step into the storage warehouse under the crevice."
… If that's the case, many things make sense.
The Faun and the others were not with her. Judging from the condition of their bodies, they had been thrown into the cavities a few months before Lin Sanjiu. And the reason why she was able to see her "neighbor" in the flesh cavity, and even Sajee, the "guide", was because she was able to see her "neighbor" in the flesh cavity. It was all because her Higher Consciousness was trying its best to remind her that everything around her was not right.
Lin Sanjiu suddenly felt a chill run down her spine. Ever since she died at Kisaragi Station, she rarely felt this way.
Jade Zhang sat quietly at the side, her expression a little blank. There were many things that she didn't know, so she was confused by what she heard. However, Lin Sanjiu did not intend to tell her everything, so for a moment, the spaceship fell into a strange silence.
This short silence was immediately broken by a creaking sound.
Marlon poked his head in and saw four pairs of eyes staring at him. He coughed and pushed the door open with his shoulder. There was a tray in his hand. There was a small pot of water, two cups, a small plate of jerky, and a few pieces of pancakes.
As the only crew member on the spaceship, the captain had to do everything.
Even though Lin Sanjiu had given the captain a lot of red crystals to pay for the food and water, Marlon had come in a little too often. It wasn't even halfway through the day, but he had already come in twice. The last time, he brought some dried fruits.
Lin Sanjiu looked at the middle-aged man. She wanted to say something, but she felt that she was overthinking. Just as she reached for the pot of water, Marlon quickly said, "Let me do it, let me do it." Then, he eagerly poured her a glass of water.
The water in the glass was clear and flawless. It was refreshing and cool.
The two Souls sitting opposite her were expressionless. They didn't even look at the food and water. Jade Zhang had been looking out of the window since a while ago. She didn't seem to be in a good mood. Lin Sanjiu thought for a moment. Lin Sanjiu took a sip of the water.
It tasted like ordinary water, with a slight taste of rust. It slid down her throat briskly.
She waited quietly for a long time. Nothing seemed to be out of place.
Lin Sanjiu took a deep breath and withdrew her Higher Consciousness from the water.
"This pancake is not bad. Do you want to try it?" This time, Marlon stayed a little longer. He smiled and said, "I brought this with me when I passed by Thebissus. It's a specialty there. Everyone likes to bring it along when they teleport …"
For some reason, Lin Sanjiu found it hard to say "I don't need it".
After a short pause, she finally picked up the pancake. The egg yellow pancake looked crispy and gave off a strange aroma. It was quite appetizing. However, the pancake was bigger than a person's head, so it wasn't easy to hold it.
Lin Sanjiu tore off a corner of the pancake with her hand and turned to the captain. "I understand. You can go back first —"
Before Lin Sanjiu could finish her sentence, her vision suddenly blurred.
She didn't know where it came from. It seemed to be moving slowly, but in the blink of an eye, it filled the entire space. Startled, Lin Sanjiu jumped to her feet. She realized that all she could see was a thick, fog-like gray fog.
The fog was so thick that when she lowered her head, she couldn't even see her own chest. When she raised her hand to her eyes, she realized that the fog was gushing out from the hole in the pancake.
As the fog rose and fell in front of her eyes, she could even see the tiny particles in it. She had only taken two breaths, but her nasal cavity was already burning.
[Smog Essence]
As its name suggested, this Special Item was the essence extracted from the thick smog that had been collected over the years. Other than being able to block one's sight and cause serious health problems, it could also be stored in various items. When it was released, it would create a dramatic effect if one wasn't paying attention.
"Marlon wouldn't attack me for no reason. This must be the work of the two Souls." Lin Sanjiu cursed inwardly. Suddenly, she felt a stinging pain in her eyes. It was as if something had scratched her eyes, and she couldn't stop tearing up. The effect of the smog essence was immediate. In less than two seconds, her nasal cavity, mouth, and eyes felt so uncomfortable that it was as if someone had buried them in sand.
Just before she closed her eyes, a black shadow suddenly stabbed at her from the side. She felt goosebumps all over her body as she activated her [Higher Consciousness Scan]. Lin Sanjiu twisted her body and dodged a lance from Marlon's hand.
"Jade Zhang!" Lin Sanjiu shouted as she steadied herself. "Watch them!"
There was no response from the thick fog.
Jade Zhang's shadow seemed to be swallowed by the thick fog. She didn't seem to notice anything wrong. If Lin Sanjiu could see it, she would have noticed that the plump girl was yawning out of boredom.
The knight's spear poked out from the side like a snake. Lin Sanjiu's skeletal wings moved slightly, and she immediately caught the spear like a living creature.
In fact, in terms of combat power. Malon really wasn't much stronger than the Souls. Lin Sanjiu could think of at least five or six ways to deprive him of his ability to move. However, the thing that made Lin Sanjiu hesitant was neither the airship that was cruising in the sky nor the two Souls that were lurking in the dark.
It was just that she couldn't do anything to Ma Long.
[Love Grows Over Time]
It was said that there was a psychological phenomenon where the more you saw a face, the more you would find it beautiful. Perhaps this was the theoretical basis of "love develops over time"? Thanks to this kind of mentality, many single dogs could be saved.
A middle-aged man with neither much money nor much charm developed this ability out of desperation. He thought that he could finally get a wife, but he didn't expect to use it on his enemy.
Usage: You must let the target see you a few more times. The more times the target sees you, the more favorable the target will feel toward you. Hence, the target will be less likely to attack you.
In order to use this ability, Malon had obviously prepared for a few days. For the past few days, Lin Sanjiu had seen him two to three times a day on average. Hence, the effect of this ability was very obvious. Once the thought of fighting back surfaced in her mind, her hands would immediately droop as if they were boneless. She lost all will to fight.
Amidst the thick fog, a low rustling sound came from the direction of the two Souls. Lin Sanjiu's heart skipped a beat. With a clang, the spear hit her bone wings once again. At the same time, she heard a very light "Bada" sound, which was quickly caught by her ears.
Almost in the next second, Lin Sanjiu realized what it was. She knew what it was.
It was the sound of the black leather rope sliding off Soulsqn's body.
The two Souls did not expect Malon to defeat her. Everything he did was to create a situation that they could use to their advantage. The [Female Slave Bondage Rope] was something Lin Sanjiu snatched from Garden of Eden. Actually, she didn't know how to use it, nor did she have the necessary tools to use it. It was already surprising that it could bind Soulsqn for such a long time.
"It seems like I have to use it …" Lin Sanjiu thought, a little reluctant. She gritted her teeth. The moment a thin shadow appeared in her hand, she slammed it on the ground.
"Stop it!"
As this action did not cause any substantial damage to Malon, the [Soulsqn's Reality] was successfully released from her [Nostradamus's Card]. It quickly engulfed the owner of the knight's spear.
This was Lin Sanjiu's first time using the ability of a Soul. She waited with her heart in her mouth for a few seconds. Finally, the gray smoke around her gradually dissipated. Behind the thick smoke, Malon's pale face could be seen. Lin Sanjiu had no idea what kind of "reality" she saw. Panting heavily, she slid down the wall and sat on the ground. The spear fell on the ground with a loud clang.
Soulsqn, who had regained her freedom once again, was standing not far away, looking at Lin Sanjiu quietly.
As Soulsqn had no legs, the way she "stood up" was so creepy that it made Lin Sanjiu's scalp go numb. However, Lin Sanjiu's gaze only lingered on Soulsqn for half a second before she looked at AYU, who was standing beside Soulsqn.
AYU was standing beside a window. Outside the window was the vast sky and sea.
Lin Sanjiu exhaled slowly.
She did not know how the spaceship worked, nor did she know its speed and altitude. However, from what she knew before the apocalypse, once the window was broken, the only thing that would survive would be the soul.
Lin Sanjiu smiled as the Souls stared at her. Then, she pulled the armchair that she had knocked over and sat down quietly.
As Soulsqn froze, AYU, who was standing behind her, immediately put down her hand.
"You guys … have been struggling for so many years. The main reason is to find a body to reproduce, right?" Lin Sanjiu deliberately spoke slowly. Every word she said was a question that she already knew the answer to.
"However, no matter how many places you guys went to, you guys couldn't find a body that would allow you to reproduce." Lin Sanjiu pointed at Soulsqn and continued, "The reason why you chose me is that I am different from ordinary people. I have modified genes … Furthermore, I have successfully modified my own body."
When Soulsqn's gaze fell on Lin Sanjiu's skeletal wings, Lin Sanjiu was sure that she saw a flash of light.
"But have you guys ever wondered how I modified myself?" Lin Sanjiu tilted her head and asked softly.
As expected, Soulsqn opened her mouth.
"... What did you do?"
"Because I know someone," Lin Sanjiu's smile remained unchanged. Lin Sanjiu's smile remained unchanged. "She personally created an intelligent creature that has never existed in this world before. Furthermore, this creature could reproduce."
Only God knew whether the "sages" could reproduce. However, this didn't stop Lin Sanjiu from continuing, "Out of friendship, she also modified my body … You have seen my skeletal wings. They're pretty powerful, right?"
There was probably no one in this world who would believe that Nuwa had created a weapon for her enemies. Soulsqn was no exception. She stared at the skeletal wings for a long time before she finally spoke.
"What … do you mean?"
"What I want to say is actually very clear." Lin Sanjiu's voice was chilly, "The first option is for you guys to continue standing there and then be killed by me before you break the window. The second option is for you guys to come back obediently and sit on this armchair. Think carefully about what request you should make when you meet my friends. What do you say? "
When the Free District came into sight, Soulsqn was sitting on the armchair, looking at the human world outside the ship. (To be continued.)
PS:
I managed to finish this before the 4th. I barely fulfilled my promise!
Thank you to the following classmates who never left me: Mushroom Soul Egg's sachet and protective amulet, Yamada Mia's 5 sachets, Bread and Milk's Hut, Irozin, Xin Xin, Mokugyo (I didn't forget about you), Lixia and the Cat, This is a Pit Meow, Pan Dajun, One Tuan Zi, Bi An's protective amulet, Bushan, Misty Rain, Bi An and Shuyou 130704213140472
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