No matter how many times Qing Jiuliu poked the mermaid or how much he tortured it, the only sound that came from the mouth of the Special Item was the same as before.
"Stop trying," Lin Sanjiu felt dizzy again, so she quickly stopped him. She stared at the huge ruins behind them and said softly, "I think the source of the whistle is still there."
"Are you going back to look for it?" Qing Jiuliu put the mermaid back into his pocket. "Usually, horror movies always start like this."
"My life is already a horror movie," Lin Sanjiu replied nonchalantly. She looked at the ruins again and finally retracted her gaze, "But I have something more important to do now. I don't have the time to care about it … Let's go."
Qing Jiuliu followed her lazily.
The whistle was like an illusion. As they walked further and further away, it did not sound again.
The two of them walked in silence for a while. Qing Jiuliu was so bored that he yawned so many times that his throat could be seen. Even after he finished smoking half of his cigarette, he still could not lift his spirits. Qing Jiuliu wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes and called out to the silent woman in front of him, "Hey! Strong Lin! "
Lin Sanjiu shuddered under the black cloth as if someone had interrupted her train of thought. "What's wrong?" Lin Sanjiu was a little displeased.
"Ever since I met you, I have completed all the steps that I had not taken in the past few years," Qing Jiuliu grumbled. Qing Jiuliu grumbled before he shuffled over to her side. "I have an idea. You go and look for that person while I rest at the hotel over there. What do you think? Even though it's shabby and covered with graffiti, it's still a five-star hotel. "
Lin Sanjiu sighed. She told Mrs. Manas in her mind, "Wait." Then, she turned to him and said firmly, "No. If Irezumi finds out that we are separated, there might be trouble. "
"You have taken away a chance for me to die on a soft bed," Qing Jiuliu smacked his lips regretfully. He took a deep puff of the cigarette butt.
"You're welcome," Lin Sanjiu replied and tossed him a cigarette. "Don't disturb me. Let me think about what to do next."
Hearing his "oh", Lin Sanjiu heaved a sigh of relief and said to Mrs. Manas in her mind, "Now that we have cigarettes, he will probably stop for a while … Did you just say that my [School of Higher Consciousness] has leveled up?"
"It's like you have a pet." Mrs. Manas chuckled. Then, she said gently, "That's right. Battles are the best way for people to grow, and it's the same for Willpower … After the battle with Nuwa, your Willpower has greatly increased — [School of Willpower] has finally entered the middle school stage. "
"High school …" Lin Sanjiu answered insincerely. She asked blankly, "Does that mean I have another ability to use my Higher Consciousness?"
"Yes, but also wrong." Mrs. Manas paused for a moment before she said word by word, "This time, rather than calling it an ability, it would be more accurate to say that you have activated..."
Before she could finish her sentence, a series of rumbling noises came from afar. It was as if a building had collapsed. Startled, Lin Sanjiu quickly withdrew her attention from her mind. Then, she heard Jiu Liu pointing at a building in the distance and wailing, "My bed!"
When Lin Sanjiu looked up, she saw the five-star hotel crumbling from the middle like an exploding building block. Half of the building collapsed, and the ground beneath their feet trembled. Both of them quickly ran to a corner and stood still. They craned their necks to look out. The rumbling continued for more than ten minutes before it gradually stopped along with the tremors.
Just as Qing Jiuliu took a step out, Lin Sanjiu grabbed him and pulled him back.
"There's someone over there." She whispered into Qing Jiuliu's ear, "… That hotel didn't collapse naturally."
"Who has a grudge against a bed?" Qing Jiuliu sighed sadly. As expected, he did not move. Instead, he hid in the darkness with Lin Sanjiu.
No matter who it was that destroyed the hotel, it was certain that the culprit was very careful. The two of them waited for a while. Except for the occasional breeze and the rustling of leaves in the night, the rest of the world was so quiet that there was not a single trace of life.
"Perhaps, the culprit has already left in another direction?"
Even though Lin Sanjiu had no idea why someone would want to go through an abandoned hotel, it didn't seem to have anything to do with them. After thinking for a while, Lin Sanjiu waited for another ten minutes before she led Qing Jiuliu to the direction of the hotel.
The collapsed hotel was no longer recognizable. It had turned into a huge pile of construction debris. The debris covered half a road, flooded the surrounding sidewalks, and toppled more than ten trees. Since Lin Sanjiu didn't expect Qing Jiuliu to find anything, she asked him to wait at the side. She leaped into the wreckage of the hotel and examined it carefully. However, she didn't find anything out of place. She didn't even see any signs of fighting or fresh corpses.
"It has nothing to do with you," Mrs. Manas said softly when Lin Sanjiu walked out of the building. Her tone was a little cold, "The most important thing for you is to continue mastering the [School of Higher Consciousness]. Now, I will continue to tell you. Listen carefully — "
It was as though someone was trying to stop her from speaking properly. Before she could finish her sentence, the sound of something collapsing could be heard from afar. Even though the sound was much softer this time, a clear "Ah!" could be heard amidst the muffled sounds of bricks crashing against the ground. Judging from the voice, it was undoubtedly Qing Jiuliu.
Lin Sanjiu's heart skipped a beat. She didn't care what Mrs. Manas was going to say. She sprinted toward Qing Jiuliu. However, when she stopped, she was surprised to find that the latter was sitting on the ground. He had just exhaled a puff of smoke.
"What's wrong?" Lin Sanjiu asked nervously as she looked around.
"Over there," Qing Jiuliu pointed the cigarette in front of him, "Do you see that piece of wall? Move it away. Be careful not to touch anything underneath. "
"What's underneath?"
Lin Sanjiu's heart skipped a beat. She struggled to lift the huge and heavy piece of wall. She raised her arms and the wall fell backward, revealing a gap underneath. She lowered her head and looked into the gap. Then, she raised her head and looked at Qing Jiuliu.
The latter walked over with a solemn face. He reached his hand down and touched the wall. He nodded.
"This is one of the most expensive bedding brands in the world. I didn't expect it to exist in this world." Qing Jiuliu let out a satisfied sigh. He gestured for Lin Sanjiu to turn the mattress into a card and put it away, "I'm really lucky that this mattress is still intact even after the collapse of the building."
Lin Sanjiu glared at Qing Jiuliu as she smashed a few bottles of good wine on the ruins. Qing Jiuliu felt as if he had smashed the bottles on his head. His mouth twitched as his heart ached for Lin Sanjiu. He quickly stopped her, "What are you doing!"
"Don't you have any sense of nervousness? Don't you know where you are?" Lin Sanjiu couldn't help yelling at him.
"You won't have it if you are drunk," Qing Jiuliu retorted. When he saw Lin Sanjiu move her hand and another bottle of wine appeared in her hand, he immediately gave in, "But other than this, I found something else. I'm not lying to you!"
"What is it?"
"Look," Qing Jiuliu pointed at the wall that she had just lifted, "... there are words on that wall."
Lin Sanjiu's attention was focused on the gap under the wall, so she didn't notice the words on the wall. She turned around and glared at Qing Jiuliu. Then, she kicked away the broken bricks and a thick layer of dust on the wall. With the help of the moonlight, she squinted her eyes and finally saw the broken words on the wall. She could not read them clearly.
Although it was half a sentence, it was actually just four words: "The Consular Officer is in the West".
The rest of the words had been destroyed along with the collapse of the building.
Lin Sanjiu was stunned. She stared at the four words and frowned.
"Consular officer?" After Qing Jiuliu drank some wine, he sat on the ground as if he had no bones. "Hey, don't tell me this sentence refers to a Consular Officer? In the West, it means in the West? "
"Have you also looked for a Consular Officer?" Lin Sanjiu asked casually when she saw that Qing Jiuliu had the same guess as her. Based on Qing Jiuliu's sloppy behavior, it was more likely that he would drift with the flow until he reached the next world.
"I used a visa for the first three worlds. One time, it was six months in advance," Qing Jiuliu answered lazily. Qing Jiuliu replied lazily, "But ever since I stopped shaving, I haven't been able to get a visa."
In other words, all the Consular Officers who gave him visas were women.
Lin Sanjiu heard Mrs. Manas chuckle in her mind. She didn't know why, but she suddenly felt a little awkward. She grabbed Qing Jiuliu's collar and pulled him up, "If that's the case, let's head west to look for a Consular Officer!"
Usually, only a Consular Officer would write such a message. However, Lin Sanjiu didn't want to take this opportunity to get a visa. After all, Irezumi was an unstable factor. If she got a visa, her identity might be exposed.
However, Ji Shanqing didn't know that she had already become a candidate. He probably thought that she would continue to get a visa. If he was also looking for Lin Sanjiu, he wouldn't let go of this opportunity. This way, as long as she found the Consular Officer who left the message, she might be able to find Ji Shanqing nearby. Even if Ji Shanqing wasn't around, posthumans would gather around a Consular Officer. She might be able to find some clues about Ji Shanqing there.
When Lin Sanjiu thought that she would be able to find her grand prize soon, she couldn't help feeling excited. She started walking.
"Bed, mattress —" Qing Jiuliu called out reluctantly.
Lin Sanjiu let out a heavy sigh. In the end, she turned around and turned the mattress into a card.
For some reason, Mrs. Manas chuckled and asked, "Do you like him a lot?"
"I prefer a dog more," Lin Sanjiu scoffed inwardly. Then, she jumped to a higher spot among the ruins.
From her vantage point, Lin Sanjiu looked into the distance. She could see the source of the sound. It was a section of the wall not far from them. For some reason, someone had broken it down from the middle. The wall had collapsed, and rubble and bricks were strewn all over the ground. From the looks of it, the person who destroyed the hotel and the wall was the same person.
If Lin Sanjiu and Qing Jiuliu headed west, they would pass by that section of the wall. Lin Sanjiu stopped beside the broken wall to take a look. Even without Mrs. Manas's reminder, Lin Sanjiu found something strange.
"Look, there are words here too," Lin Sanjiu kicked a few pieces of the wall and gestured to Qing Jiuliu, "Official, West … The handwriting is the same as before."
"If that's the case, someone is purposely destroying the clues left by the Consular Officer," Qing Jiuliu yawned. Qing Jiuliu yawned as he said in a bored tone, "… This is really interesting. I think I need that mattress."
Lin Sanjiu had a way to deal with Qing Jiuliu's indifferent attitude. After she took out a bottle of wine, Qing Jiuliu immediately became more obedient.
"That's weird. Why would someone want to destroy the consular officer's message?" Lin Sanjiu rummaged through the broken pieces of the wall and managed to make a "lake" word that she had never seen before. Seeing that she couldn't make the rest of the words, both of them headed west again.
"Just because other people can't get a visa doesn't mean that he can get one. Isn't this harming others without benefiting himself?" Qing Jiuliu mumbled with a cigarette dangling from his mouth as he flicked his lighter a few times.
"Harming others without benefiting myself?" Lin Sanjiu was stunned and immediately stopped.
The last time she heard this description was when she was at Harry's Farm …
As if to confirm her suspicions, a chuckle suddenly came from the darkness in front of them. Even with Lin Sanjiu's acute senses, she didn't notice that there was someone hiding in front of them. Both of them took a few steps back and looked around, but they didn't see anyone.
"Look, I'm here," a familiar and soft voice of a girl giggled.
An object the size of a soccer ball was shrouded in the shadows of the leaves, and it was hard to see clearly. Accompanied by a rustling sound, the object moved forward a few times and finally reached the top of the tree, revealing itself under the moonlight. Qing Jiuliu sucked in a deep breath, and the cigarette fell from his lips.
Lin Sanjiu's face darkened. She finally understood why she didn't notice anything.
Even if she activated her hypersensory state, she probably wouldn't be able to detect a human head sitting motionlessly on a tree branch.
No, to be more precise, it was three-quarters of a human head.
"Hey, you," Sunny's face looked as if it had been chopped off, but she still had a smile on her face. Without looking at Lin Sanjiu, she pouted her lips at Qing Jiuliu and asked softly, "You look a little familiar. Have I seen you before?"
Qing Jiuliu didn't expect that he would be questioned by a human head one day. "Ah," he replied, a little dazed, "You probably saw my photo."
"Oh! That's right," Sunny jumped happily, "That's right. You are an actress. That woman was holding onto a poster even before she died. Hmm, I didn't expect you to look even better in person … Hey, the one in the robe. "
Lin Sanjiu raised her chin coldly. Her current disguise seemed to be very successful. Sunny didn't even realize who she was.
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