Just as she had done for the past few days, Lin Sanjiu released her [Higher Consciousness Scan] once again and checked every corner of the hotel before she put it away.
Today was the third day since Magus had left for the Astral Plane of Consciousness. Her body was currently sleeping on the floor above Lin Sanjiu's head. She had already used a special force field to "seal" the entire floor.
Even though Lin Sanjiu didn't know what that force field was, before Magus left, she reminded the three of them not to go upstairs and not to touch the force field that covered the entire floor. "Otherwise, even if you don't die, you will beg me to kill you when I come back."
When Magus narrowed her eyes and curled her red lips, the three of them shuddered.
From the looks of it, Magus didn't need Lin Sanjiu's protection at all. However, Lin Sanjiu still faithfully fulfilled her promise. When she had nothing to do, she would sit in the room below Magus's room. Every day, she would patrol the hotel a few times. Of course, Qing Jiuliu would ridicule her every time she did so as "unnecessary".
The peace of the past few days seemed to prove that point.
Lin Sanjiu pulled herself back from the window and let out a sigh of relief. Just then, she heard the door behind her open.
"Sis," the grand prize stumbled over to her. Ever since his chest was pierced, he had put on four to five layers of clothes to make up for it. In addition to his previous clothes, he looked like he was about to turn into a ceremonial ball. Now, even before he arrived, the sound of his clothes rubbing against each other could be heard from afar, "Is everything alright today?"
"No," Lin Sanjiu smiled at him. Then, she frowned slightly, "Come to think of it, it's strange. We killed one of Number 46's candidates, but everything is still so peaceful …"
"Maybe that guy is afraid of Magus," the grand prize grumbled. The grand prize grunted and sat down on a chair beside him. As he bent over, he muttered to himself, "I think I'm wearing too much."
"Did Qing Jiuliu go out?" Lin Sanjiu turned around and asked. The last few days had been so startlingly quiet that she was not used to it; and when it was idle she was bewildered and uncomfortable.
"Yes," the grand prize replied, struggling to pull his arm out of the outermost pocket of his jacket.
Since they still had a Trial Mission, they had to go out from time to time to look for a consular officer to deal with Irezumi. This was to prevent Irezumi from losing his temper when he found out that they were holed up in the hotel. However, out of consideration for their safety, Lin Sanjiu and Ji Shanqing spent most of their time in the hotel. Qing Jiuliu was the only one who was tasked with this task.
And when Qing Jiuliu said that he had lived through six worlds in a drunken stupor, it did seem to make some sense.
One day, he went out and didn't come back until late at night. Just when the two of them couldn't sit still anymore and were about to go out to look for him, they saw Qing Jiuliu yawning as he walked out of the darkness. When they looked at his arm under the candlelight, they saw a dense row of teeth marks.
Lin Sanjiu asked him curiously and found out that he had met a duoluozhong on his way back. After he bit the duoluozhong while enduring the stench of alcohol and tobacco, the duoluozhong found the duoluozhong to be unpalatable. After struggling for a long time, the duoluozhong decided to let him go.
"I fell asleep in the forest not long after, and I just woke up," Qing Jiuliu said confidently at that time.
However, the result of letting him go out was that they couldn't find a consular officer for a few days. Instead, there were five to six boxes of cigarettes and alcohol in the room.
"It's a pity that Irezumi knows you aren't a consular officer," Lin Sanjiu sighed at her grand prize, "I don't know if your ability can be used … Otherwise, we wouldn't have to look for you everywhere."
It was still unknown whether the visa issued by Ji Shanqing could be used for teleportation or not. However, when they were experimenting, they discovered another fatal problem. The [Bubbly Visa] could only last for three to five seconds at most. Therefore, even if they had a visa in their hands, it would be useless if they could not teleport within the three to five seconds.
However, for posthumans, it was already considered very accurate if they could determine the time of teleportation within the range of two to three days. This was because different worlds had different calendars. In some worlds, a day might not even last 24 hours. In addition, the time flow in some pocket dimensions was different. As a result, a 14-month teleportation time could only be used as a rough reference.
In the end, Lin Sanjiu forced herself to put Ji Shanqing's useless ability to good use. She asked Ji Shanqing to issue her a [Bubbly Visa]. Then, she quickly converted it into a card. She planned to summon it when the color of her body started to fade due to the teleportation. However, at that time, it was hard to say whether or not the visa would be of any use.
While chatting with Ji Shanqing, Lin Sanjiu summoned one of the things that Magus had left for her — six colorful balls.
The balls themselves didn't have anything special, but Magus' request was tricky. Lin Sanjiu had to levitate each ball with her Higher Consciousness. Then, she had to make them move in different directions at different speeds at the same time. On top of that, she had to make sure that none of the balls would fall or suddenly fly off sideways. "When you can use these balls to draw a LOEWE logo in the air while chatting with someone, I'll consider that you've passed the test." Magus instructed Lin Sanjiu before she left. She even showed Lin Sanjiu the logo on her bag. Lin Sanjiu almost fainted when she saw how complicated the logo was.
So far, Lin Sanjiu could only make four balls levitate in the air, let alone that logo.
Ji Shanqing looked at the two balls that remained motionless on the ground. Then, he looked at Lin Sanjiu, whose veins were bulging. He sighed inwardly and asked, "Sis, did you say that the Astral Plane is another dimension created by posthumans with Higher Consciousness?"
"Yes —" Just as Lin Sanjiu uttered a word, two balls fell from the air. She quickly used her Higher Consciousness to hold the two balls in place. As she lifted them up, she continued, "It's really an incredible place. I've never thought that Higher Consciousness can be connected to a network. In that world, everyone exists in the form of Higher Consciousness. They look like stars, unless you change your appearance. "
Ji Shanqing's jaw dropped. He was a little dazzled by Lin Sanjiu's words.
Even though he looked like a grand prize who had turned into a demon, he still did not have the Potential Growth Value of a human being. Regarding this place that he would never be able to reach in his lifetime, he felt a little regretful and yearning. "It's amazing that you can create another dimension."
"Yeah," Lin Sanjiu agreed, "The Astral Plane looks very vast. I didn't get to explore too many places before I was brought back by Magus. Before I came back, I had just entered a playground. "
"A playground?" The grand prize's interest was piqued.
Lin Sanjiu repeated what J7 had told her. After a pause, she tilted her head and mumbled to herself, "If I stayed in that playground, I wonder if my Higher Consciousness would improve by leaps and bounds."
"That J7 … is actually a half-cyborg and half-machine?" the grand prize mumbled. He then asked, "What kind of game did you guys start?"
"What was it called? I exited the game when I saw the name … Oh, it should be 'Prison Break for Two Players'." After Lin Sanjiu secured four of the balls, she finally pulled the fifth ball off the ground. "It's been so long. J7 must have ended the game long ago. I don't know where to find him … It's such a pity that I didn't get to bid farewell to him."
Ji Shanqing was stunned. He blinked his eyes, "Prison Break for Two Players?"
"There's another prison break," Lin Sanjiu added. She looked around, and her face lit up with joy. She shouted, "The fifth ball! It's finally here! "
Ji Shanqing furrowed his brows and thought for a moment. Suddenly, a strange expression appeared on his face. He scrutinized Lin Sanjiu's expression carefully. When he saw that Lin Sanjiu had a natural expression on her face, he couldn't help but open his mouth.
Based on Lin Sanjiu's current progress, only God knew when she could enter the Astral Plane again. However, the problems that she had to face were getting more and more difficult.
"What's wrong?" Lin Sanjiu glanced at him. Then, she shifted her gaze to the last ball.
"Hmm … It's nothing." Ji Shanqing gulped and turned his head to look out the window. "Hey, Qing Jiuliu hasn't come back yet."
"It can't be that fast," Lin Sanjiu said without turning her head. "If he drank two bottles of wine and took a nap somewhere, it would be dark by now."
Ji Shanqing saw that she was trying to slowly pull a ball in his direction. He looked out the window with a guilty expression on his face.
The rooms that they had chosen earlier were facing the front courtyard of the hotel. Most of them had been destroyed by the dimensional rift. Therefore, they decided to move to the other end of the same floor. Looking out from the window, they could see the spacious street behind the hotel that was filled with French sycamore trees. Before the doomsday, it seemed to be a gathering place for luxury stores. It was no wonder that Magus would choose this place as her lodging.
At this moment, Ji Shanqing saw something moving under the thick shade of the luxuriant trees that gradually encroached on the street. Narrowing his eyes, Ji Shanqing waited for the shadow to come out a little. When he took a closer look, he realized that it was Qing Jiuliu.
"Don't talk about people in the day and don't talk about ghosts at night," he mumbled to Lin Sanjiu. Then, both of them looked down at the same time.
Even though they couldn't see his facial expression clearly, they knew that he must have drunk a lot of wine. His footsteps and the large bag in his hand were dragging on the ground. Qing Jiuliu walked slowly for a while, and when he saw that he was about to reach the road where the hotel was located, he paused and thought for a moment. Then, he staggered and turned around, taking another road.
Lin Sanjiu couldn't help smacking her forehead. "Call him."
While the grand prize struggled to pull himself out of the chair, Qing Jiuliu had already walked quite a distance away. When the grand prize finally leaned against the windowsill, both of them froze before they could make a sound.
On the same street, there was another person walking toward Qing Jiuliu from the opposite direction.
"Who is it?" Lin Sanjiu narrowed her eyes.
"I don't know him," the grand prize answered. He stared at the figure walking toward Qing Jiuliu from the other side of the street. "Judging from the way he walks, he doesn't seem to be a lunatic."
At this moment, Qing Jiuliu seemed to have noticed the person walking toward him.
Qing Jiuliu's figure flickered in and out of the dense foliage of the plane trees. When he reached the gap between two trees, Lin Sanjiu and Lin Sanjiu finally saw him turn his head away. It seemed that he had glanced at the person and realized that he didn't know him. Then, he continued walking forward without a care in the world.
"When the world ends, what should two posthumans do when they meet on the street?" Qing Jiuliu didn't seem to care about this question at all.
Under the cover of the trees, the person slowly approached the hotel. Qing Jiuliu watched as the person walked past him at the same speed, seemingly uninterested in him. When the person got closer, Lin Sanjiu and the grand prize realized that the person was an old lady wearing a green blouse.
She had a walking stick in one hand and a hunched back with the other. With her hair in a bun, the green blouse, and a pair of baggy black pants, she looked like the epitome of the word "old lady".
The old lady had a bad leg, so she walked slowly out of the shade of the trees. Her speed was alarming. Lin Sanjiu and the grand prize looked at each other. For a moment, neither of them called out to Qing Jiuliu.
The swaying figure walked further and further away. Halfway through, the old lady stopped and took out something from her pocket. It was either a cigarette or a bottle of wine.
At this moment, the old lady suddenly stopped and turned around to look at Qing Jiuliu.
Lin Sanjiu and the grand prize were stunned. Then, she turned around and chased after Qing Jiuliu at a high speed.
Even though her figure blurred because of the speed, they could still see that the old lady was still "walking". In the blink of an eye, she had disappeared into the shade of the trees.
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