From the outside, the wooden hut seemed to be at least a hundred square meters in area. However, there was only a sofa and a set of tables and chairs. There was no room for anything else.
The sofa was almost the size of a double bed, but when Minnie sat on it, it still filled up the space. The huge piece of furniture was obviously specially made for Minnie. It made the wooden hut feel even more cramped.
Lin Sanjiu sat on the chair, her feet dangling in the air once again.
Minnie held a cup of tea in her hand and took a sip. The steam from the tea made its eyes blur. The gold ring on the hand that held the teacup was shining.
"I don't quite understand …" There was a cup of hot tea beside Lin Sanjiu's hand, which was exactly the same as the one she had just seen. However, she did not touch it. She looked at Minnie cautiously. After some time, she opened her mouth hesitantly. "So, you didn't lose your ring?"
Minnie did not speak for a moment. Her eyes narrowed into two vertical lines as if she was enjoying it very much. After she swallowed the hot tea in her mouth, she slowly said, "Never."
"Then, why did Mickey —"
"Let me put it this way," Minnie interrupted her, "I told Mickey that I lost my ring. He believed me, so he asked you to find my ring."
Lin Sanjiu didn't know why, but the mouse in front of her looked very different from the Minnie who gave her the pie. Frowning slightly, Lin Sanjiu waited for Minnie to continue.
"You must be wondering why I would do such an inexplicable thing, right?" Minnie raised one of Minnie's large hands and turned it slowly. She admired the ring on her hand for a while. "It's a long story."
"It was about a week ago … When I suddenly woke up from my dream, it was early in the morning." Minnie's voice suddenly became very low and slow. Her voice was deep, but there was a kind of unsettling gloom in it. "I was lying on the bed. I was a little groggy and my mind wasn't very clear. Do you know what I was thinking at that time? "
Lin Sanjiu gulped and moved her body forward. When her feet touched the ground, she shook her head.
Minnie gave her a huge grin after the steam from the teacup.
"I lay in bed, wondering where I was. I had spent a lot of money to get a visa to Red Nautilus. I've been poor for a long time, and I don't have any red crystals to stay in the inn. I've been sleeping and eating in the open for the past few days … How could I suddenly wake up from a bed? "
"Could it be …" Lin Sanjiu felt goosebumps all over her body.
"The more clear-headed I am, the more I remember. I found a temporary job at sea to look for supplies, and I was accidentally dragged into a dungeon … I am not a Growth-type at all. I died right after I passed the first round with much difficulty … "The rat's smile seemed to have frozen. It was stiff and rigid, and did not move at all." … Now, I am Minnie. "
Minnie let out a soft sigh and raised her teacup again.
"Do you know, I don't even know who Mickey and Minnie are — Oh, of course I know that this is my 'character setting'.
Character setting? But in my hometown, there's no Disney at all. "Minnie's voice was soft as she laughed self-deprecatingly. "The reason why I became Minnie is probably because I am a woman." Lin Sanjiu was half shocked and half confused.
Lin Sanjiu recalled Scrooge McDuck's words, "Out of ten Pocket Dimension creatures, there might not even be one who knows what's going on like me."
Even though Lin Sanjiu didn't know why there were two such people in this experience, it was obvious that Minnie was the next character to wake up after Scrooge.
"Actually, this isn't the first time I've heard of this." After thinking for a while, Lin Sanjiu asked cautiously, "But, what does this have to do with the gold ring?"
Minnie seemed a little surprised when she heard that. She paused for a moment. Then, she continued, "This isn't the first time? Could it be that you've met other people like me? Hmm … Forget it. Listen to me. I don't care what happens to other people … As long as I can get out of this place. "
"Get out?" Lin Sanjiu's eyes widened.
"It's just a guess," Minnie put down her teacup and rubbed her fingers together. He rubbed his fingers subconsciously, and for the first time, he could not help but reveal a little emotion. "A person dies like a lamp going out. If I'm really dead, then from a scientific point of view, it's impossible for my own consciousness to exist, let alone using me to play another role … Is it possible? Is it possible that my brain is in a deep sleep all this time? I'm like a brainwashed puppet controlled by this Pocket Dimension, but I'm actually still alive? "
Perhaps it was because of her conversation with Scrooge McDuck that Lin Sanjiu didn't think about this problem. When Minnie finished her sentence, Lin Sanjiu shot up from her seat, "You're right!"
Just as she finished her sentence, Lin Sanjiu suddenly thought of something. She couldn't help glancing at Minnie's body.
"I've thought of the same thing as you," Minnie responded quickly. She chuckled and touched her round rat face. "This rat body of mine feels like my real flesh and blood. It's not some puppet costume. So, there are two possibilities. One, my consciousness has been projected into this body, and my original body, which is the foundation of my consciousness, is still somewhere else. The other possibility is that my entire brain has been transplanted into this body. "
Even though she was talking about this topic, she still had a self-deprecating look on her face.
"As long as I can leave this place and survive, I don't mind losing my human face. Let alone the body of a rat, even if I have to become a duoluozhong, I'm willing to do it. So, from that moment,
Ever since the moment of 'enlightenment', I've been looking for an opportunity. "
"So, you found an opportunity?" Lin Sanjiu looked at the ring on Minnie's finger and thought of Scrooge McDuck.
"It's not that simple." Minnie shook her head and said, "Most of my actions are still influenced by the settings. I have no choice but to do a bunch of stupid things. For example, when I asked you to choose a pie to eat, it was obvious that if I put poison in the pie and made up some lies, all the posthumans who came in would be tricked to death. But I couldn't do that. My body wouldn't listen to my commands. "
"However, in the process of continuously testing the borders, I discovered something very interesting." Minnie's lips curled up once more as she said softly, "In this place, I discovered something very interesting.
"In this' Cartoon World ', we seem to have been programmed. Every word and action of our characters have to follow the settings. We can't deviate from this path, and we can't attack other cartoon characters. In other words, it's impossible for me to attack Mickey. However, if a character shows frequent instability, it will be a different story. Then, the character will disappear from this' Cartoon World '.
Disappearing from the 'Cartoon World' … I'm guessing that it's either placed in another place, with a different character, or returned to its original body. "
"How do you know that he hasn't been eliminated?" Lin Sanjiu asked with a frown.
"That's possible." Minnie shrugged. "But I think it's worth the risk … I don't want to take any risk at all, but I want to take back the life that belongs to me. How can there be such a good thing in this world?"
There was one thing that Minnie did not say, but from reading between the lines, Lin Sanjiu could vaguely sense that Minnie had not finished her sentence. The life of a marionette was gone for her. It wasn't much of a risk.
"Then, the next part will be interesting." Minnie placed her elbows on her knees and leaned forward. She stared at Lin Sanjiu with her vertical eyes. "I can't attack other characters, and I can't do anything out of line … so how should I show instability?"
"After repeated experiments, I finally found a solution," she said slowly to Lin Sanjiu, revealing a row of human teeth. "I told Mickey that I accidentally lost the gold ring, and I wanted to ask a posthuman to help me find the ring. Since Mickey made the request at the beginning of the round, it was a good idea.
Thus, 'Find the Golden Ring' became the main mission of the evolved. "
"But, you will never find the ring. Give it to Mitch — because I've always had it. In other words, if I don't give you the ring, you will never complete this round. " Minnie's smile was even more unsettling than before. "We have talked for so long. We finally reached this point. My request to you is to stay in this project and kill every character you see until I'm 'eliminated'.
Since I'm the one who gave the order, your actions will be blamed on me. Even though it's a roundabout way, this is the only way. Hmm. Let's start with Mickey first. "
Lin Sanjiu stood up slowly, and her gaze darkened.
The sun was setting in the west, and there were no lights in the wooden hut. Most of the hut was already shrouded in shadows. Beneath a pair of tall, snow-white wings, her amber eyes glinted with a faint luster. Lin Sanjiu sneered and stretched her shoulders.
"Even though I sympathize with what you've been through," Minnie's words sounded as if they were soaked in ice water, "You are indeed a pitiful person, but that doesn't give you the right to be a bastard."
Minnie was stunned. She didn't seem to realize that the situation had taken such a turn, "Don't you want to leave this round? If you don't help me, you will have to stay here with me forever. "
Lin Sanjiu tilted her head and stared at Minnie. "Have you ever thought that the characters you want me to kill are all people like you?"
"So what?" Minnie laughed, "You're not sympathizing with them, are you? They don't have self-awareness, so it's not a pity for them to die. Besides, you came from an apocalyptic world — "
Before Minnie could finish her sentence, Lin Sanjiu's body had already blurred into a blur.
Even though Minnie didn't know where she went, she could still see a pair of ghastly white wings spreading out in the air. They sliced through the air and headed straight for Minnie. Lin Sanjiu chuckled, "Since we're going to kill each other, why don't I just kill you faster?"
Even though Minnie was as tall and strong as a hill, her reaction wasn't slow at all. She fell backward and flipped herself over along with the sofa. Her bony wings sank deep into the sofa. Using this moment of stagnation, Minnie bounced back. She crashed through the wall of the wooden hut and landed on the woodland outside.
To Minnie, there was no need for her to fight with Lin Sanjiu. She chuckled, turned around, and ran.
Once Minnie escaped, Lin Sanjiu would have no other choice but to follow Minnie's instructions and kill as many people as she wanted. The moment Minnie moved, Lin Sanjiu followed suit. The two of them turned into two faint shadows in the forest. They dashed through the trees at lightning speed. In the blink of an eye, they had left the wooden hut far behind and disappeared without a trace.
Lin Sanjiu followed closely behind Minnie, but she didn't dare to relax. She kept her eyes fixed on the black shadow in front of her.
"Did I forget to tell you something?" Even though they were running at such a high speed, Lin Sanjiu could still hear Minnie's steady laughter, "Even though I'm not a very strong person, since I dared to plot against you, I must have a certain skill. Ever since I evolved, no one has ever caught up to me."
Lin Sanjiu was stunned. Just when she realized something was wrong, the shadow in front of her suddenly sped up. It was as if a rocket launcher had been installed in her body. Even though Lin Sanjiu followed suit, the gap between her and Minnie was still visibly widening even though she was running as fast as she could.
The sparse forest had already passed by them. Minnie was heading towards a mountain range. In another half a minute, Minnie would completely disappear from Lin Sanjiu's sight. Lin Sanjiu was so anxious that beads of perspiration appeared on her forehead. She gritted her teeth and immediately activated her [Scrooge], ignoring the fact that she was saving her Stamina Points.
[Power].
This was the first time Lin Sanjiu used this ability after she obtained it. She didn't know if it was because of the current situation, but there were a lot more terms and restrictions. It was very different from when she used it on Scrooge McDuck. However, Lin Sanjiu didn't have the time to care about the terms. She quickly scanned through it and cried out, "Okay!"
The moment she said that, the forest in the distance suddenly fell one after another. After Minnie dodged the first few trees in a flurry, Minnie's large body was smashed under the last tree.
When Lin Sanjiu stepped on Minnie, she finally understood Scrooge McDuck's feelings. Tears of reluctance welled up in her eyes. (To be continued.)
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