"If I had known that I would have to walk so much in the future, I would have let that b * stard bite me to death."
Under the scorching sun, with every step Lin Sanjiu took, the dry air would be stirred up by a cloud of choking dust particles. As far as the eye could see, there was nothing left in these few blocks. All the buildings, streets, and man-made facilities had been turned into a thick layer of yellow dust. The dust was so thick that it reached up to one's calf. When one stepped on it, it was like stepping into quicksand. It took a lot of effort to pull one's foot out of the thick layer of dust.
Walking in such an environment was already a difficult thing to bear. Yet, coupled with Qing Jiuliu's drawn-out and colorful complaints, it required a special level of endurance to endure.
Lin Sanjiu covered her mouth and tried her best not to ask him about the story between him and that b * stard.
"Seriously, how did I end up in such a place?" Qing Jiuliu grumbled. The level of the whiskey in his bottle suddenly dropped a little, interrupting his words. He puffed up his lips and rinsed his mouth with the whiskey. Then, he swallowed the whiskey reluctantly. However, the moment the whiskey entered his stomach, he opened his mouth again, "Of course, the liquor store wouldn't be here. Otherwise, wouldn't the store have turned into yellow dust?"
"Then, can you give me a more detailed description?" Lin Sanjiu raised her eyebrows, "The liquor store was originally located by the side of a road, and there was an electric pole next to it. That's nonsense."
Qing Jiuliu didn't say anything. After some time, he sighed and gulped the whiskey in his bottle again.
[The Light of Hope for a Bankrupt Drunkard]
A person who was not addicted to something would never understand the unbearable feeling of being scratched in the liver and lungs! When there was no wine or money, it was as if his mind could only think of one thing … it was too painful! She could always buy a few packs of cigarettes by selling the junk in her house. However, the money she had in her pocket was like a drop in the bucket when it came to buying good alcohol...
"It would be great if I could drink the alcohol just by touching the bottle. One day, a certain drunkard really developed such a skill.
Since the initial goal was wine. Therefore, this ability could only allow the drunkard to extract the liquid inside through some kind of obstruction. Extract the wine through the bottle, extract the blood through the skin, extract the urine through the bladder … Of course. Probably no one wanted the last thing. All the liquid that was extracted had to enter the body of the user of the ability. In other words, the drunkard could only extract as much liquid as his body could hold. If it was a whole person's blood, he would explode first. The drunkard was willing to take this risk.
PS: This ability can ignore the effects of mixing different blood types. After all, it doesn't matter what your blood type is. When it reached Qing Jiuliu's body, it would turn into alcohol.
"At any rate, I shall recognize it when I get there." After Lin Sanjiu interrogated him again, Qing Jiuliu grumbled, "I want to find that place earlier than you."
Like tying a carrot in front of a donkey, Lin Sanjiu would take out a bottle of alcohol and a carton of cigarettes from time to time to lure him forward. If they came across a convenience store that sold alcohol and tobacco, she would have to fight with Qing Jiuliu to get the new cigarettes and alcohol. Fortunately, as long as she paid attention to his hand, Lin Sanjiu never lost.
Just like that, the two of them walked through half of the city. Although it was half of the city, the boundaries of the city had already been eroded by the apocalypse. They didn't know the exact location of the city. However, even after two days, they did not see that dark blue building.
The more they walked, the more anxious Lin Sanjiu became.
It had been so long that it was almost impossible for Ji Shanqing to stay in the building. Even though she didn't know what happened to him, the only thing she could do now was to search the building and see if there were any clues that he had left behind.
That was, if she could still find that building.
After Qing Jiuliu said to an electric pole for the seventh time, "This pole looks familiar," he took the opportunity and sat down by the roadside. He insisted on taking a rest before continuing.
Lin Sanjiu didn't know what to do with him, so she had no choice but to sit down with him. She thought for a moment and made Qing Jiuliu stay in the [Voice Recorder] to record a recording of him being immune to crypt particles. As such an ability could only be used once, she decided to save it for the last moment.
"I really don't know how you survived the apocalypse." Lin Sanjiu shot a glance at Qing Jiuliu. The latter reeked of alcohol as he lay on the sidewalk. He looked like he was about to fall asleep or die. "How many worlds have you been to?"
The man was drowned by his beard and hair. After some time, he raised his hand and made a surprising "six".
"It's just surviving. What's so difficult about that?" He spoke with a lisp, "You're limp and drunk. You've lived for so long … But it's not easy to die."
"Do you want to die?"
"Oh, that's not it." The wine in the bottle suddenly became shorter. Qing Jiuliu mumbled, "Everyone will die one day. I just hope that my death will come with alcohol, cigarettes, a soft bed, and a good night's sleep. Forget about the girls, they will be sad if I die."
Lin Sanjiu couldn't think of anyone who would be sad for him, let alone in the plural.
The two of them exchanged a few words. Lin Sanjiu didn't know if it was because of the anxiety and stress in her heart or because she hadn't drunk a single drop of water for the past few days, but she pursed her lips, which were as pale as an old leather sofa. She sighed deeply and shut her mouth. After all, every word she said was like a knife cutting her dry and empty throat.
"Why don't you drink water?" Qing Jiuliu suddenly asked. Then, he waved his hand, "Forget it. I don't really care."
"Nonsense. Won't I go crazy if I drink?" Even though many lines flashed through Lin Sanjiu's mind, she still answered him.
"Have you drunk before? Have you gone crazy? Or have you gone crazy after seeing other people drink? "
"No. But once you're exposed to the air …"
"Who said that?" Qing Jiuliu suddenly sat up. He took out a cigarette and lit it up. As if he wanted her to see it clearly, he put the cigarette into his mouth. "Look, according to the crypt particles theory, I should have gone crazy if I put a cigarette in my mouth."
Lin Sanjiu was stunned. She had always thought that cigarettes weren't considered food, so she didn't think about it. Now that he reminded her, it seemed to be the case...
"Besides, if you breathe directly through your nose and mouth, you will also ingest crypt particles. Logically speaking, I should have also ingested the crypt particles, but I'm fine. "She frowned and muttered to herself.
"That's why I said that the rules of this world are a little strange. Drinking water was not a problem. But not alcohol. " Qing Jiuliu sighed regretfully. His voice gradually became softer, "Putting a cold glass bottle to your lips while you're immersed in the aroma of alcohol is a kind of ritual."
Lin Sanjiu didn't say anything. Her mind was completely focused on the idea that had just surfaced in her mind.
Water was fine. But not alcohol … Cigarettes and breathing were fine...
The commonality between food and alcohol, the commonality between breathing and water...
Lin Sanjiu shuddered when she thought of this.
If her conjecture was correct, even if there was a way to remove the crypt particles from the surface of the food, eating it would still result in a mental disorder...
Lin Sanjiu raised her head and was about to say something to Qing Jiuliu when she froze.
She didn't know when the man had fallen asleep. He was lying on the ground with his belly exposed to a stranger. He was snoring loudly.
Lin Sanjiu shook her head and sighed.
It seemed that there was no need to bring this guy along. He couldn't find a place to sleep anyway.
But she couldn't just leave him here.
She dragged the soundly asleep Qing Jiuliu to a cubicle beside the road where an ATM machine was placed. Even though the cubicle had been smashed into smithereens, and even the machine had been reduced to a pile of scrap metal with wires all over it, there was still a door blocking the way. Lin Sanjiu shoved the pig-like man through the door and stood up. She was stunned by what she saw.
As the saying goes, 'You can wear out iron shoes in fruitless search, but by chance you get what you want without even looking for it'.
When she was sitting on the ground, her line of sight was blocked by another building. Now that she stood up and looked around, she saw a dark blue building in the distance. The building was a little crooked. Lin Sanjiu could see it from a different angle.
She didn't expect Qing Jiuliu to be right for once!
Lin Sanjiu's heart raced, and she took two steps back. She took two steps back and looked around. There didn't seem to be anyone on the street. She took out two bottles of alcohol and a carton of cigarettes from her card and placed them beside Qing Jiuliu's feet. Then, she walked slowly and cautiously across the street. She walked toward the office building.
The building was shorter and more slanted than she remembered. It was obvious that the bottom of the building was damaged by the impact. Even though it didn't make sense, it looked as if the building had fallen from the sky and crashed into the ground.
When she thought about it, the cigarette and liquor store seemed to have the same impact marks.
The nearby streets were still relatively well preserved, except for the shops along the street that had been charred black by the smoke and fire, and the occasional cries from afar. It gave people the illusion that they had returned to the time before the apocalypse.
When Lin Sanjiu walked past a convenience store, she suddenly stopped at a corner.
After turning the corner and walking straight for a few hundred meters, she would arrive at the building. However, Lin Sanjiu did not move forward. Instead, she took two steps back. With a wave of her hand, the [Tornado Whip] appeared between her fingers.
As if realizing that her whereabouts had been exposed, a huge shadow suddenly pounced out from behind the corner and collided with the small tornado that she had released. The two quickly covered half of the sky and collided with each other. However, the tornado only struggled for a few rounds in the air before it was swallowed by the shadow at an unimaginable speed.
As soon as the tornado disappeared, Lin Sanjiu quickly took a few steps back. It was only then that she realized that the shadow floating in the air was a piece of red velvet cloth. It looked a little like the stage curtain of a theater.
"Hey, how did you find me?" a childish voice came from behind the corner. However, when the person walked out, it was a short man with a large forehead. He looked at Lin Sanjiu and raised his eyebrows. A few wrinkles appeared on his forehead, which was about the size of a brick. "I thought I had covered my body and aura."
Indeed, Lin Sanjiu did not notice that there was someone behind the corner. Halfway through, she suddenly felt uncomfortable. She just didn't want to go any further. She couldn't even remember how many times she had been saved by her instincts.
"What are you doing?" Lin Sanjiu lowered her chin coldly. With a light flick of her wrist, she took out her [Vibroblade].
The short man only reached her shoulder and was no taller than 1.6 meters. Even though he had a childish voice, his wrinkled skin made him look like he was in his forties or sixties. The short man looked at the knife in Lin Sanjiu's hand and narrowed his eyes in satisfaction, "Nothing. I'm just going to cripple you so that I can interrogate you."
"You have a point," Lin Sanjiu smiled. Lin Sanjiu smiled faintly. As she spoke, she disappeared from where she was standing. Before the short man could even lift his eyes, he was already covered by a shadow above his head.
Even though his words were harsh, he wasn't that good at fighting. Just when Lin Sanjiu's blade was about to slice off his shoulder, the short man finally reacted. "Close the curtain!" he yelled in a fluster. Immediately after that, a patch of red appeared out of nowhere and engulfed the knife in her hand.
The [Vibroblade], which could even cut diamonds, immediately stopped buzzing when it was wrapped by the thick and soft velvet cloth. Lin Sanjiu couldn't even cut through the cloth. As if it was stuck in a swamp, Lin Sanjiu couldn't pull it out no matter how hard she tried. When she fell to the ground, the knife had already disappeared into the red velvet.
"Hahaha, come on," the short man crawled up from the ground, but he couldn't hide the excitement on his face, "What other Special Items do you have? Let me see. "
Lin Sanjiu stared at the red velvet in the air, and her face darkened.
The short man chuckled. Every wrinkle on his face was brimming with confidence. Then, without turning his head, he shouted something that came out of nowhere. Lin Sanjiu was stunned.
"Aren't you going to see the other candidate? You can go first. By the time you come back, I'll already be done, "the short man said as he smiled at Lin Sanjiu.
"There's someone else here?" "Candidate?"
Lin Sanjiu's heart skipped a beat. When she looked up, she saw another figure leaping up from the roof of a building. She thought that she was fast enough, but she still felt a chill run down her spine when she saw that person's movement. Without saying a word, she looked in her direction, but the next moment, that person had already disappeared from this space. Lin Sanjiu couldn't even tell where he went.
In her haste, Lin Sanjiu could only vaguely see the man's snake-like yellow eyes. (To be continued.)
PS:
"I really don't feel like writing today, and I don't feel like doing anything serious... Silueta, did you say that you want to catch up with your chapters? Why are you so generous? If I want to slack off, it'll be so stressful! "
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