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After Irezumi closed the briefcase, he frowned and sat motionless for some time. He seemed to be in a daze.
Lin Sanjiu, who was wrapped in her black robe, was also eerily quiet. Even though Irezumi couldn't see her expression clearly, he could vaguely sense the storm that was coming.
"Then … what should we do next?"
Qing Jiuliu looked to his left and right. Seeing that neither of them had any intention to speak, he thought for a moment and decided to ask Irezumi, "Are you going to tell us the content of the next trial?"
Irezumi seemed to have been woken up by Qing Jiuliu's question. He looked at the two candidates beside him and suddenly snorted. He shoved the briefcase back into his bag.
"Wait here. Don't run around." He pulled a long face and walked towards the door. "… I'm going to find some more candidates. I'll tell you the content of the second trial then."
In other words, he had listened to Number 46's suggestion and decided to give up on Ji Shanqing.
Qing Jiuliu was stunned. He couldn't help shooting a glance at Lin Sanjiu. The shadow cast by the black cloth covered her face. She only heaved a sigh of relief when Irezumi's figure completely disappeared from her sight.
"I want to find that woman," Lin Sanjiu said in a low voice. Her voice was soft but every word was firm, "I don't care where she is."
Qing Jiuliu gasped as if someone had pinched him, "How are you going to find her?"
Lin Sanjiu paused for a moment. Initially, she was hoping that Mrs. Manas would say something, but after a few seconds of silence, she couldn't help replying with disappointment, "I'm not sure. However, we know the direction she left in. If we return to that area and follow that direction, we might have a chance. "
Even though Lin Sanjiu knew that the woman wouldn't stay in the same area for so long, this was the only stupid idea she could come up with.
Qing Jiuliu thought for a moment and slumped on the chair like a ball of mud. He waved his hand at her, "Alright. Have a safe trip."
"You're not going?"
"Find that woman?" Although Qing Jiuliu was often drunk, it didn't mean that he was slow. "Between the two of us, there's one person who doesn't plan to die today. Guess who it is?"
Lin Sanjiu sighed and said, "I understand." Then, she turned the wine cabinet and mattress back into cards and placed them neatly in a corner. "I'll leave these to you. I'm leaving now."
Qing Jiuliu was taken aback when he saw that she had agreed so readily.
"Are you really not going to bring him along?" Mrs. Manas suddenly asked.
"What's the point of bringing him along?" Lin Sanjiu shook her head and said nothing. The person who kidnapped Ji Shanqing was probably a powerful enemy that she could not defeat. If she were to fight with him, she would be in grave danger. Qing Jiuliu's combat ability was not high, so why would she bring him along to die?
Since she had already made up her mind, Lin Sanjiu didn't want to waste any more time. She nodded to Qing Jiuliu and walked out the door. By the time she remembered that she heard Qing Jiuliu calling her from behind, she was already a few blocks away.
After giving it some thought, she decided not to turn back.
"That kid is quite interesting. What a pity," Mrs. Manas said regretfully.
"The most important thing now is to find the grand prize," Lin Sanjiu replied. "Besides, no matter how many new friends I make, they are bound to part in the end. It doesn't make a difference whether we break up earlier or later."
When she said that in her heart, she felt that she had tried her best to sound as calm as possible. However, she still felt a sense of helplessness, as if she had exposed all her weaknesses to others.
"If that's the case, why do you want to find Ji Shanqing?" Mrs. Manas asked with interest, "If he is dead, as the owner of the grand prize, you should feel something. Now that he is not dead, isn't it the same as breaking up?"
"It's different," Lin Sanjiu frowned subconsciously, but she didn't say anything else. At that moment, she had already walked into the street where she almost bumped into that strange woman.
Lin Sanjiu could still see the marks left by the emergency brake of the minivan on the road. Lin Sanjiu stood at the spot where she was standing and looked around. As she tried to recall where the woman had gone, she walked into the dilapidated buildings.
However, just as she feared, Lin Sanjiu couldn't find a single trace of that woman even after searching for a long time. After all, the woman didn't have to walk in the same direction. Who knew where she went after she left? Mrs. Manas was right when she said that it was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Lin Sanjiu sat on the road dejectedly. She buried her face in her palms and didn't make a sound for a long time.
She was really at her wits' end.
"Do you know," Mrs. Manas waited quietly for a long time. When she saw that Lin Sanjiu was covering her face without making a sound, she finally opened her mouth. "Maybe you can use the ability that you unlocked in middle school …"
Lin Sanjiu raised her head abruptly. She was a little stunned.
"Even though I'm not confident, this is your best chance," Mrs. Manas briefly introduced the ability. Mrs. Manas gave a brief introduction of her ability, but she didn't get any response from the audience. She paused for a moment and suddenly asked, "Are you listening?"
"Huh?" Lin Sanjiu replied as if she had just woken up from a dream. It was obvious that she didn't take Mrs. Manas' words to heart. She said hurriedly, "Maybe I have an idea!"
"What do you plan to do?"
Lin Sanjiu did not answer him. She jumped up and looked to her left and right. Then, she rushed to the opposite side of the street. There, a large advertising screen had fallen from the top of a tall building. It embedded itself deep into the ground and blocked the few shops behind it. Lin Sanjiu tightened the laces on her boots and gave the advertising screen a roundhouse kick. The advertising screen shattered with a loud noise. Her kick created a large hole in the screen. Debris and wires fell to the ground.
"What are you doing?" Mrs. Manas seemed a little puzzled.
Lin Sanjiu crouched down and squeezed through the screen. The shops behind the screen were still intact. She pushed open the door and walked straight to the row of freezers that were hidden in the shadows due to the power outage. Lin Sanjiu took out her [Ability Polishing Agent] and examined the drinks inside.
"This is great. This world also has them." When her gaze fell on a row of black bottles, even though they didn't look the same, her heart still beat faster. She quickly pulled out a bottle. On the bottle, there was a silver-gray font that said "Coke Zero".
Mrs. Manas didn't ask any more questions.
Just in case, Lin Sanjiu carefully studied the nutrition facts on the bottle. When she found that the Coke Zero in this world was no different from the one in her hometown, she took a deep breath and twisted the cap of the bottle.
Even though it had been there for two years, the carbon dioxide in the bottle emitted a clear sigh as she moved. As soon as the bottle cap was opened, a layer of fine foam quickly floated to the surface.
Now, the air, which was filled with crypt particles, had completely come into contact with the liquid in the bottle.
The blood in Lin Sanjiu's veins flowed faster. Feeling a little anxious, Lin Sanjiu brought the bottle closer to her mouth. The unique smell of Coke immediately rushed into her nostrils.
After praying that her conjecture was correct, she closed her eyes, tilted her head back, and gulped down half the bottle in one gulp.
"Other than water, all other drinks will make people go crazy," Mrs. Manas said softly as if she was stating a fact.
"I know." Lin Sanjiu covered the hiccup caused by the Coke. Her hands and feet were cold because of her actions. After a second, she steeled her heart and drank the rest of the Coke.
"My goal is to suffer from schizophrenia again," Lin Sanjiu threw the empty bottle away and leaned against the freezer while panting. "But this time, I need to maintain the symptoms of schizophrenia at the lowest possible level … Only then will I have a chance to regain my sanity."
"That's why you chose Coke Zero," Mrs. Manas grunted. She seemed to have understood Lin Sanjiu's intention. "I understand now. When did you come up with this idea? "
"Not long after I met Shangqing Jiuliu, I started to feel a little strange because of the information he gave me." When Lin Sanjiu said that, she suddenly felt a little dizzy. She quickly closed her eyes. After a while, she opened her eyes again. "No matter what, alcohol can't be considered as food, so why can't it make people go crazy? Why can't water, air, and smoke do the same? As long as we can find the similarities between them, we can find the law of this world that makes people go crazy … "
"Calories," Mrs. Manas added softly. She seemed to be amused and sighed at the same time.
"So, you have already figured it out …" Lin Sanjiu replied as if she was sleep-talking. "However, I don't know why, but it seems like human flesh is the only exception …"
Even though the label of Coke Zero stated that it had zero calories, it still contained calories. It was just that the number of calories was so low that it could be labeled as zero on the nutrition list. The moment it came into contact with the crypt particles in the air, it fulfilled Lin Sanjiu's strict requirements. She had to go crazy, but she could only go a little crazy.
Of course, all these were just Lin Sanjiu's conjectures. However, when she slowly walked out of the shop, her gaze fell on a person in front of her. She couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. A tired smile appeared on her face.
"We meet again," she muttered to herself.
"Go and find a map," Silvan lowered his head. His eyes were as green as emeralds in a deep lake, "Then, look for a hotel with the word 'Plaza' in its name on the map."
"Plaza?" Lin Sanjiu was stunned.
After all, the hallucinations caused by schizophrenia originated from her own consciousness and mind. The information provided by this "Silvan" must be something that she already knew subconsciously but did not pay attention to.
Silvan slowly straightened his body. His muscles, which were as smooth as those of a Greek sculpture, were gilded under the sunlight. He looked no different from a real person. "The cloth bag in her hand is a large laundry bag from the hotel. When she was dragging the bag away, it knocked against the side of the road and revealed the name of the hotel on the other side. According to the shape of the name, that hotel should be called The Plaza … "
Before he could finish his sentence, Lin Sanjiu had already returned to the shop. She was lucky this time. She managed to find the tourist map of the city by the cashier's counter. The Plaza Hotel was located about ten kilometers away from her current location.
Lin Sanjiu rushed to the Plaza Hotel as fast as she could without even taking a breath. She raised her guard and carefully walked across the vast grassland in front of the hotel. Since she was suffering from schizophrenia again, her [Planar World] and other abilities were temporarily disabled. She clutched her [Empty-handed Kleptomaniac] tightly and leaped over a few overturned cars that had crashed into each other. Finally, she arrived at the entrance of the hotel.
The glass door was covered in spiderweb-like cracks, and a cold wind blew out from the hole that had been smashed by some unknown force. After losing its electricity, fresh air system, and light, the once luxurious hotel now looked more like a dark black hole, waiting for any human who walked into its mouth.
Lin Sanjiu stepped on the stained carpet and stopped at the entrance.
"Why aren't you going in?" Mrs. Manas suddenly asked.
Amidst the silence, Lin Sanjiu was startled by the woman's voice. "Why are you still here? Is the [School of Higher Consciousness] still working? "
"I told you before. You have advanced to the middle school level," Mrs. Manas replied nonchalantly, "Your [School of Higher Consciousness] is different from before."
Lin Sanjiu was stunned for a moment. It was only now that she heard what Mrs. Manas said.
"My [School of Higher Consciousness] … How is it different now?" Lin Sanjiu mumbled, "I'm going to face that woman soon … I'm a little unsure. Can the [School of Higher Consciousness] at the middle school level give me an extra trump card when I face her? "
"Of course it can. I will tell you everything you need to know," Mrs. Manas said softly. "Are you ready to activate it?"
Lin Sanjiu paused for a moment and let out a sigh.
"I'm ready."
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