If Lin Sanjiu hadn't seen the red velvet, she would never have guessed that the short man was a posthuman.
Strength, Dexterity, Dynamic Vision … These were all common abilities for any posthuman, but the short man did not have any of them. Even if he were to fight with a junior high school student who had not evolved yet, it was still a mystery as to who would emerge victorious.
However, Lin Sanjiu couldn't do anything to him. She even almost died a few times.
She leaped backward again, but this time, she lost her balance and fell to the ground. Fearing that the man behind her would catch up to her, Lin Sanjiu rolled on the ground and jumped up. As she panted, she stared at the red velvet in the air.
The fully unfurled red velvet was dozens of meters wide and two stories tall. It was as big as a stage curtain. It wrapped the sky in front of her into a smooth, soft dreamland. The dark red luster glowed along the texture of the velvet. Just by looking at it, Lin Sanjiu could feel the incredible silky texture of the velvet in her hand.
Lin Sanjiu was very familiar with the wonderful texture of the velvet.
In fact, she had just barely escaped from that wonderful texture of the velvet.
"Do you think this is my Special Item?" The short man chuckled in his childish voice. There were many wrinkles on his forehead because of his smile, "But then again, that 300 route of yours is really a good item. Hmm, I won't hold back after I'm done with my questions."
Lin Sanjiu's expression turned cold.
She tried to ask the short man, "Have you heard of 300 route?" in an attempt to freeze the red velvet, but this time, it didn't work.
As soon as the words left her mouth, the red velvet suddenly unfurled and curled up on its own. Even though there was nothing in the air, Lin Sanjiu's heart skipped a beat. When the red velvet stopped moving, the short man smiled nonchalantly and shrugged his shoulders.
"How pitiful. Don't tell me that you think my ability can only devour physical objects? " He clicked his tongue and seemed to have no intention of explaining his ability. He pointed at Lin Sanjiu and shouted, "Close the curtain!"
Here it comes again!
Lin Sanjiu cursed in her heart. She turned around and tried to escape, but the red velvet was closing in on her faster than she could. It cast a dark red glow on her body and in front of her eyes, quickly blocking her way. Feeling the smooth and smooth sensation about to touch her, Lin Sanjiu clenched her teeth and immediately entered the hypersensory state. At the same time, she pushed her palms backward.
The Qi Whirlpool she learned from Hei Zeji immediately shot out from her palm. Even though the red velvet swallowed the small whirlpool, it gave Lin Sanjiu a chance to escape. She managed to escape from the red velvet and leaped to the rooftop of a small building by the street.
Lin Sanjiu panted. She was so anxious that she wanted to curse. She had never met an opponent like this before!
Whether it was [Have You Heard of Route 300], [Tornado Whip], Painter, or [Howtorender], none of the Special Items that she had relied on all the way were effective against the red velvet. Regardless of whether the Special Items were tangible or intangible, they would all disappear after being wrapped by the red velvet. Even her [Howtorender] was almost sucked into the red velvet. She didn't dare to use her Special Items anymore.
Among all her abilities, her [Planar World] couldn't be converted into other people's abilities, so it was the first to fail. Her two [One Tink] also required her to touch her opponent's body. However, with the red velvet in her way, Lin Sanjiu was afraid that she would be sucked into the red velvet before she could even touch the short man. As for Ol 'Duck and Goldfinger, they didn't even need to be mentioned.
Therefore, after struggling for a few minutes, Lin Sanjiu realized that she could only use her air vortex to push the red velvet a little further away.
"To be honest," the short man said leisurely when the red velvet was sucked toward her again, "For people like you who can last more than two minutes, I have only met three … No, four. Including you, I have only met three people like you. Do you know what happened to them in the end? "
After conjuring another vortex, Lin Sanjiu did not have enough time to change direction. She kicked the roof of the building and fell straight into it. Naturally, she didn't have the time to respond to him.
The short man sighed.
"All of them were swallowed by my ability. Tell me, why are you still struggling? "
With a loud boom, the wall of the building shattered as if a bomb had been planted in it. Lin Sanjiu's disheveled silhouette dashed into the distance amid the debris and dust.
She couldn't even use one-tenth of her combat power against the red velvet. In other words, she had no chance of winning. Even if she wanted to find out more about the "Candidate", she wasn't willing to exchange her life for it.
"You can't escape even if you want to." Following the short man's words, the red velvet once again wrapped around her like a nightmare. "The curtain moves according to my thoughts. No matter how fast you are, can you be faster than a human's mind?"
Lin Sanjiu gasped for air and turned her head around. She didn't know if it was because of the shadow under the red velvet, but her clear eyes were now dark red. When she opened her mouth, her voice was hoarse from the torture of anxiety. She was shocked, "This doesn't make sense."
"Oh?"
"All abilities have their limitations and weaknesses. There is no such thing as an invincible ability in this world." Lin Sanjiu's veins were bulging on her forehead as she escaped from the red velvet again. "I just need to find out the limitations of your ability. Then, you are finished!"
"Haha, you are right." The short man narrowed his eyes and clapped his hands. With the red velvet fighting for him, he seemed very relaxed. "Not only does my ability have a weakness, but it is also a fatal one. Perhaps, it is the price for developing this ability. Not only did my body not evolve, it is even weaker than before the apocalypse. However, this weakness is meaningless to you because you will never find the second and most crucial weakness."
The nightmarish red velvet paused in the air as if he was talking excitedly. Then, the short man continued, "Besides, even if I tell you the second weakness, you won't be able to use it. Because … you are not cut out for it. "
"Cut out for it?"
Lin Sanjiu frowned at the strange way he put it.
"Just accept your fate. For those who don't meet the requirements, my ability is unbreakable. Close the curtain! "The red velvet curtain pounced on Lin Sanjiu once again as the short man laughed.
Even though Lin Sanjiu had secretly mimicked Ji Shanqing once, she still couldn't figure out the key to breaking this ability. The only thing she could do now was to mimic his ability. Lin Sanjiu could only use the strong momentum of the vortex to buy herself a few seconds of time. Putting aside the fact that it was only a temporary solution, it couldn't solve the problem. After a dozen attacks, Lin Sanjiu could feel her stamina dropping rapidly.
She couldn't even imagine it. Even with her current battle prowess, there would come a day when she couldn't beat him or run away from him.
When Lin Sanjiu fell to the ground involuntarily again, she heard a startled voice coming from the opposite side of the street.
"I say, what are you doing? You actually left me two bottles of wine … "She abruptly raised her head to look at a man with a thick beard and tangled long hair. He was holding an almost empty bottle of wine in one hand. The cigarette in his mouth moved up and down as he spoke," … Do you know how narrow that place is? My neck is hurting now … "
A dark red shadow had already quietly shrouded the area above him as he spoke.
"Run!" Lin Sanjiu roared angrily. She leaped up and charged towards Qing Jiuliu — if she was fast enough, that was. If she was fast enough, she might be able to push the red curtain away and save his life. However, he froze for a moment. Before Lin Sanjiu could get close, the red velvet had already closed around his body.
Lin Sanjiu's heart skipped a beat. "Qing Jiuliu —!"
"Huh?" Suddenly, the short man spoke involuntarily behind her. His voice was trembling, "Is … is he Qing Jiuliu?"
Lin Sanjiu spun around and saw Qing Jiuliu's sloppy figure being "spat" out of the air. His face landed right in front of the short man. The short man seemed to have thought of something as his face suddenly turned pale.
Why wasn't he swallowed by the curtain? Why was he sent to the short man?
Lin Sanjiu didn't have the time to think. He hurriedly shouted, "Catch him!" Then, she sprinted toward the two men.
"You said catch …" Qing Jiuliu scratched his head and looked at the man in front of him. He seemed to feel that this wasn't an easy task, "How do I catch him?"
Lin Sanjiu watched as the short man turned around and ran. However, Qing Jiuliu was still standing at the same spot. He even had the time to gulp down a mouthful of wine. Lin Sanjiu felt as if her lungs were going to start smoking. Before the red velvet could block her again, she waved her hand, and the bottle of bourbon shattered on the ground with a loud clang.
"Don't be rash," Qing Jiuliu jumped up as if he had been pricked in the butt. He caught up with the short man in a few steps. "Alright, alright," he shouted as he placed his palm on the back of the short man's neck.
The moment he placed his hand on the short man's neck, the short man fell to the ground with a thud. Lin Sanjiu couldn't believe that the short man was the same person who had forced her into a dead end just now.
Just before it hit Lin Sanjiu, the red velvet fluttered and disappeared from the sky.
Lin Sanjiu's chest was still heaving up and down. She slowly approached the short man with her wobbly legs.
"He is in a coma due to blood loss. He will wake up in a while." Qing Jiuliu took a deep puff of his cigarette, "But when I look at him closely, he looks really ugly. If I take his blood, I won't become ugly too, right? "
Lin Sanjiu looked at Qing Jiuliu, who looked like a caveman. She didn't think it was a problem to worry about.
"He seems to know you?" After some thought, she tied the short man up and placed her [Empty-handed Kleptomaniac] on his body. To be safe, Lin Sanjiu asked Qing Jiuliu to place a hand on the short man's shoulder. As she slapped the short man a few times, she asked, "Why doesn't this guy's ability work on you?"
After the [Vibroblade] was swallowed, it didn't fall from the short man's face.
"How would I know?" Qing Jiuliu smacked his lips, "There are many people who know me. Maybe he comes from the same hometown as me."
He was obviously trying to brush her off. How many people in Hyperthermal Hell knew Lin Sanjiu? But seeing that he had just helped her, she did not say anything in the end. Another crisp slap landed on the short man's face. The sound made Qing Jiuliu gasp in shock.
Lin Sanjiu blinked. The short man had just regained consciousness, and his eyes were still filled with confusion. Just as Lin Sanjiu opened her mouth to threaten Qing Jiuliu, the short man shifted his gaze to Qing Jiuliu. He frowned and scrutinized Qing Jiuliu for a while. Finally, the short man sighed deeply. He seemed to have accepted his fate and muttered, "It really is him. I admit defeat … Tell me, how can you let me go? "
"How do you know him?" Even though she didn't use her insurance, Lin Sanjiu didn't dare to let her guard down, "What is the weakness of your ability?"
"Huh?" The short man was startled, "Why? Didn't he tell you who he is?"
Lin Sanjiu glanced at Qing Jiuliu. The latter narrowed his eyes and removed the cigarette butt from his mouth. He coughed awkwardly.
"In my hometown, he is an idol actor who has fans all over the world," the short man said with a bitter expression and a dry voice, "... He is the youngest actor in history."
Lin Sanjiu blinked twice.
She looked at Qing Jiuliu, who was squatting on the ground carelessly. She felt that she didn't understand his introduction.
"... Sigh, it doesn't matter if I tell you the weakness of my ability now," the short man continued speaking dejectedly.
[Stage Dream]
As an ugly person who yearned for an acting career, the only chance for him to appear on stage was probably in a circus. However, when the apocalypse came, the owner of this ability finally developed this ability with the help of the stage he had been dreaming of.
When the red velvet curtain closed, all the abilities, props, and characters would be regarded as a "play on stage" and would be removed from reality. In other words, no matter how powerful one's combat ability or Special Item was, when they were forcibly regarded as "fictional plots", they naturally wouldn't be able to achieve any effect.
After the curtain closed, the ability and the posthuman would disappear as "fictional plots". Only a few random props would return to the backstage, which was also the hands of the owner of the ability.
PS: For such a powerful ability, it is understandable that he would sacrifice his physical fitness.
PS: Closing the curtain would only be ineffective against a certain type of person. That is, the opponent is an actor. Even if the actor is not a professional actor, as long as he has acted in a stage play, he would still fall out from the other side after the curtain closed. After all, actors would usually walk to the front of the curtain to pay their respects after the curtain call.
Lin Sanjiu was stunned. For a moment, she didn't know what to say.
In this world, everything had its nemesis. (To be continued.)
PS:
After a sleepless night, I have a new leader... Silueta, you tipped me a leaf for the monthly vote! Leaf! Seriously, my liver is trembling... It seems that debt and compound interest are the same. They both roll like a snowball. I'm so sorry... I can't repay your appreciation.
By the way, the character that was blocked in the previous chapter was a stripper!
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