Even when Lin Sanjiu leaped into the air, she still felt a little bewildered after a moment of disbelief.
If it weren't for the fact that the card in her palm was hard enough to touch her skin, she would never believe that Puppeteer had given her so many Special Items in one go.
"You … You gave them to me just like that?" The Special Items rained down on Lin Sanjiu's head and face. She hung from the pillar with one hand and used her other hand to convert all the Special Items into cards. Only then did she have the time to catch her breath. "Aren't you afraid that I will run away with them?" she asked, "Are you not afraid that I will take them and run away?"
Puppeteer, who was crouching on the pumpkin like an owl, suddenly lowered his pale face.
"I've always been the one taking other people's things. No one else has ever taken mine." His eyes slowly narrowed in the dark grayish-black powder that looked like glittering smoke. "Besides, I've seen too many idiots like you who pretend to be kind and righteous. Normally, you wouldn't do something like that."
For a moment, Lin Sanjiu wished that she could just take the Special Items and leave so that she could give him a good slap in the face. However, her rationality won her over. She swallowed her anger and held the card in her hand.
"Take this," Puppeteer tossed a small object to Lin Sanjiu's face without moving his arm. "Listen to me. Don't move."
"I thought you couldn't use the Special Items?"
Puppeteer glared at her. His expression didn't change, but for some reason, Lin Sanjiu felt like killing her at that moment. It was like a normal person who suddenly wanted to eat an apple. However, the killing intent disappeared as quickly as it came. Puppeteer said indifferently, "This is just an ordinary wireless earphone."
The goosebumps on Lin Sanjiu's skin receded like a receding tide. Lin Sanjiu was reminded once again that the man in front of her was a temperamental person. She mustn't let her guard down. With a quick nod, she took out the [Female Slave Bondage Rope] and swung herself to the next lamppost.
The duoluozhong, who used to be Santa Claus, was now in the middle of the road. Perhaps it was crouching or standing. No one could tell the position of its twisted limbs. Regardless, it was quietly raising its ball-like "head". Layers upon layers of pustules rose and fell. The densely packed round shells formed a wave that made one's scalp tingle. It was as if the duoluozhong was waiting for something.
To be honest, the path of evolution for duoluozhongs was much more arduous than that of humans.
Lin Sanjiu had only seen a handful of high-level duoluozhongs in her four worlds. She thought about it for a long time and concluded that she had only seen a group of duoluozhongs in the oasis. The difference between those duoluozhongs and the one under her feet was like the difference between Honeysuckle and Puppeteer. Lin Sanjiu couldn't imagine how long this "Santa Claus" had survived in this apocalyptic world and what kind of abilities he had.
Its ability was definitely not limited to making pustules.
"Now, focus and listen to me." Lin Sanjiu heard Puppeteer's cold and feminine voice through the small earpiece. His voice was so cold that it made Lin Sanjiu shiver. "The reason why Santa Claus was able to dominate the Twelve Worlds Centrum is not only because of his ability. Ever since a long time ago, I've found it strange. He seems to be able to find Special Items that other posthumans can't."
Lin Sanjiu gritted her teeth and held on tightly to the lamppost on the lamppost. She listened to Puppeteer's unhurried words while panting.
She thought that Puppeteer must have a reason for bringing this up, but for some reason, after a quick pause, Puppeteer quickly changed the topic.
"But don't think that you have a higher chance of winning just because you sealed its special item … What you need to do is to use the four items I picked out for you to delay this thing's limbs, tear apart its defenses, and fight for an opportunity for me to attack. Do you understand? "
Even though Lin Sanjiu didn't like Puppeteer's condescending tone, she still nodded at him. Puppeteer only gave her the earpiece but not the microphone. It was as if he didn't need to hear her reply.
However, this duoluozhong had layers upon layers of pustules on its body. It could be used to attack or retreat, but it couldn't be touched or attacked. Lin Sanjiu couldn't think of any Special Item that would work on it. She lowered her head and glanced at the card on her palm. There was a line of words written on it: [Sequelae of Staying Up All Night].
[Sequelae of Staying Up All Night]
No matter how sleepy you are during the day, as soon as you turn off the lights, your eyes will immediately light up. Playing with your phone, chatting, baking pancakes, your zodiac sign … No matter what, you just can't fall asleep. You might want to wake up and play for a while, but when you feel sleepy, it's already 4: 30 am, and you have to wake up at 8 am to go to work.
This special item was extracted from an office worker whose eyes were so tired that they hurt. Once it was sprinkled into a designated area, the creatures in that area would immediately feel the extreme lack of sleep of this office worker, as if they were purgatory.
Once the Special Item is activated, the duration of the effect depends on the ability of the target. However, even if it was used on God, it would only last for two to three seconds. After all, no one knew whether God needed to sleep or not.
Note 1: It can only make the target experience extreme sleepiness after a lack of sleep. It can't really make the target fall asleep.
Note 2: This Special Item can only be used once. After all, staying up too much is not good for your health.
"This is really useful!" Lin Sanjiu exclaimed in her heart. She quickly summoned the Special Item from her palm. However, the moment she removed the [Sequelae of Staying Up All Night] from her card form, she was dumbfounded.
She never thought that the [Sequelae of Staying Up Late] would turn out to be a sticky, jelly-like thing. It was slippery between her fingers, and it looked like it was about to melt in her palm.
Note 3: Because it is too slippery and soft, when you hold it in your hand, you must place it on the target's skin within 10 seconds. If you hold it for more than 10 seconds, the [Sequelae of Staying Up All Night] will be absorbed by the user's skin, so you must be careful.
Even if she could turn it into a card and get rid of the 10-second time limit, Lin Sanjiu still didn't know how to place it on the duoluozhong's body. Not only did it look unnatural, it was also slippery, and she couldn't throw it away!
The duoluozhongs on the ground had not moved a single inch. The only thing that remained was the blood-red pustules that covered the entire pumpkin road. The pustules undulated and quivered as if they were alive. Like worms laying eggs, more and more pustules were squeezed out of the black holes on the duoluozhongs' bodies. Before the new pustules could land on the ground, the old ones had already slid away, creating a small space for the duoluozhong. However, even that wasn't enough. Soon, the ground was filled with the pustules, which were wriggling like an ocean.
If Lin Sanjiu climbed down the pustules, she would end up like the male posthuman before she could even reach the duoluozhong.
"It's been so long. What are you doing?" Puppeteer urged her angrily.
Lin Sanjiu didn't answer him. She looked down at the second card.
This Special Item was as powerful as its namesake software. It was definitely not as simple as lengthening a person's legs and sharpening their chin. However, it depended on the ability of the user. Based on the current user "Lin Sanjiu", only the "Stamp" and the "Eraser" were available to her at the moment.
"If I didn't have the basic knowledge of software before," Lin Sanjiu grumbled. She read the instructions on the card carefully and rehearsed it again in her mind, "I wouldn't even know how to use a Special Item now!"
However, even if she only knew a little, it was more than enough for her. She swung the rope in her hand, and the woman with a pair of skeletal wings on her back leaped into the air. She grabbed a lamppost next to her. However, when she pulled the rope back, Lin Sanjiu screamed and rolled down the lamppost. Maybe it was because her body was too heavy, or she didn't manage to secure herself properly. Lin Sanjiu rolled down the lamppost.
"Hahaha, let me welcome you with the second stage of my ability," the greasy voice of the duoluozhong came from its ball-like skull. It suddenly rose in pitch, "Microwave heating!"
During the half a second that she was rolling down, Lin Sanjiu struggled with all her might, trying to find something to hold her body. However, the pair of heavy skeletal wings continued to drag her down. Just as the duoluozhong's voice faded away, the layer upon layer of black and red pustules on the ground suddenly bubbled and churned as if they were really being heated over a fire. One after another, the pustules turned translucent and trembled violently. Wisps of white smoke rose from the pustules one after another.
In the next second, the white smoke enveloped all the houses and lampposts on Pumpkin Route as if they had been splashed with sulfuric acid. Their skin melted and their bones melted. Starting from the top, they turned into a thick liquid that flowed down the remaining buildings.
"No wonder this duoluozhong wasn't worried at all. He even had the leisure to enjoy the scene of the two of them moving back and forth on the lamppost!"
However, Lin Sanjiu would probably never find out about this.
Her slender body had long since completely submerged into the densely packed and trembling pustules, leaving not a single trace of her existence.
"If you knew this would happen, you might as well give it to me, don't you think so?" The ball-like head of the duoluozhong shifted to the side. As if it had been casually sliced open by a knife, it laughed heartily at Puppeteer, who had lost his footing, "... Useless thing. Even the helper you found is useless —"
Before it could finish its sentence, the duoluozhong's body suddenly swayed. Then, its voice dropped involuntarily. It spat out the word "use" softly and weakly.
Puppeteer's face scrunched up. Finally, a smile appeared on his face.
The pustules that had been heating up suddenly stopped as if they had lost their source of energy. As the duoluozhong twitched on the ground, another puff of white smoke came out of nowhere. However, like an arrow at the end of its flight, "Santa Claus" fell to the ground with a loud thud. He was still swaying uncontrollably.
"I'm so sleepy …" it mumbled. This was probably the first and last time it said this since its death, "... I want to sleep …"
Lin Sanjiu didn't know when the [Sequelae of Staying Up Late] was successfully applied to the duoluozhong. The long-awaited feeling of eye soreness and drowsiness overwhelmed the duoluozhong.
When it stood up shakily and swung its leg weakly at Puppeteer, a human head popped out from the pustules not far away. Then, it leaped into the air with a pale face. It grabbed a lamppost that had not completely melted yet and secured itself to the ground.
That person was none other than Lin Sanjiu.
Lin Sanjiu had to admit that the item in Puppeteer's hand was amazing.
She didn't expect that even though the description of the second Special Item was simple and general, it wasn't exaggerated at all. It was as if the entire world had been turned into layers, allowing the owner of the item to edit the contents as they pleased!
With the help of the "eraser" function, Lin Sanjiu had already "wiped" all the pustules on the ground under her feet while she was falling. It was a feat that defied all the known laws of physics in the world. However, the pustules disappeared without a trace just like that. Before the pustules around her could squeeze into the pustules, Lin Sanjiu hurriedly took out the image of the pustules that she had copied using the "stamp" function and threw it on the ground. Instantly, the pustules around her stopped moving.
Lin Sanjiu heaved a long sigh of relief and descended with a peace of mind.
She had already experimented with the [Sequelae of Staying Up Late]. The "stamp" function could only replicate the shape of the pustules. It was just an empty shell that did not have the same effect as the original. However, it was precisely because of this that she was able to create an illusion for the duoluozhong. Since Lin Sanjiu was using Puppeteer's item, there was no reason for Puppeteer to be fooled.
"It would be great if I can use such a powerful item a few more times a day. Twice is too little." With a tinge of regret, Lin Sanjiu lowered her head and glanced at the third card.
"Huh?"
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